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It has been quite some time since we last reviewed a Cooler Master power supply and we were happy to see one show up recently on the test lab doorstep. We were even happier to learn that the new Cooler Master V Series, which includes three units: the V700, B850 and V1000, are all built by Seasonic, who has a stellar reputation for building some of the best PC power supplies on the planet. All three power supplies in the V Series incorporate all modular cabling, high efficiency (80Plus Gold certified), high quality Japanese made capacitors, a silent 135mm fan with a Fluid Dynamic Bearing, and they come backed by Cooler Master's 5-year warranty. In addition, the V Series power supplies deliver excellent voltage regulation (particularly on the +12V output) with minimal AC ripple and noise. The Cooler Master V850 power supply is currently selling for $169.99 (newegg.com, March 2014).
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A winner was selected from 70 designs submitted by 25 freelance designers.
4-color or less design that inspires people to donate. Design should inspire love, compassion,and hope. We are open to anything...so use your imagination.
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"Second conditional (used to talk about unlikely, imaginary or untrue events or situations)If + past would + infinitive"
More: Conditional Sentences - English Grammar & Usage
Then we have:
"Then someone suggested that if I had Oxford University on my CV I might improve my chances in law. So I applied to do a Masters at Oxford."
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Does this mean that might can be used in informal English instead of would?
The writer is studying for a masters, having already a first-class degree BA from Durham (another very good university). Her writing (and her thinking) are very careful. What she means is that people suggested 'If you have Oxford on your CV it will increase your chances....'. (If there are 'chances', there must be 'a chance that not...', so there is no need to say it might happen.)
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Le 30 janvier 2014
Montpellier were hosts to Bordeaux Begles this Saturday a very pleasant winters evening, and a crowd of just under 10,000 came out to see if their favourites could get back into the groove and winning ways. Bordeaux fielded a full XV, a very strong side who throw the ball about and have a very impressive pack, always trying to go forward, the moment they get their hands on the ball. Montpellier even with International absences and injuries selected a strong team, one that hopefully would bring home the bacon. Montpellier had a dream start from the off, the very first scrum 40mts out, the ball came out to Francois Trinh-Duc who threw a massive miss pass, Berard came through at pace and gave the perfect pass to Jimmy Nagusa who went over in the corner, the young Eric Escande missed the touch line conversion.
The first half Montpellier created great chances, there were great line breaks from Rene Ranger who is beginning to look dangerous every time he gets his hands on the ball, he is finding space and using his strength to great advantage. Jonnie Beattie also has a couple of good runs with the ball, it was the finishing that let the home side down, with a little luck they could have had 2 or 3 tries in the first half but it wasn't to be. Eric Escande was on form with the boot and kept the scoreboard moving forward, but there should have been a lot more penalties given to Montpellier, the match Ref Mon. Pechambert, missed many infringements, a blatant trip by ex Montpellier, Ali Fakate that went completely unnoticed by all, bar the crowd that is, also around the ruck and mauls there was an awful lot of diving and continual offside from the visitors, all going unnoticed, just before the break Mon Pechambert gave Escande a yellow for a blatant offside, this was probably deserved, he did that right!!! At the pause Montpellier had their noses in front 14-6.
The second half started with Montpellier playing with only14 on the park for the first 9 mins. (Yellow card) and Bordeaux got themselves on the score board with a try from Le Bourhis, this was converted by Bernard, 14-13 to the hosts. The next 20 mins saw an exchange of penalties the hosts having 3 against a single one from Bernard, the score moving to 23-16. Montpellier were not playing with a great amount of consistency, and the attacks were few and far between, but Francois Trinh-Duc saw an opening with a beautiful cross kick towards the Bordeaux corner flag, Rene Ranger leapt high and palmed the ball back for Berard who crashed over in the corner, the conversion was missed, but Montpellier had put light between the 2 teams, Montpellier 28 Bordeaux 16. In the last few minutes the visitors attacked the Montpellier try line and got themselves a very generous penalty try from the again disappointing Mon. Pechambert, this was converted by Saubusse and the ref blew for the end of the game, Bordeaux got themselves the defensive bonus point but the win and 4 points for Montpellier keeps their hopes alive for the final qualification. Final score Montpellier 28 Bordeaux Begles 23.
Francois Trinh-Duc led his troops well as an excellent 10 and Capt, with Rene Ranger playing his best game so far for Montpellier, the backs were very solid Robert Ebersohn starting for the first time and doing himself no harm at all, Anthony Tuitavake again gave his 100%. The Pack needs more work on the training park to gain somewhere near perfection if that is possible, the line outs were poor and their scrimmaging, was not the best seen so far this season especially in the second half, but there is now a break for 2 weeks for the start of the 6 Nations and plenty of work will be done starting tomorrow with a altitude camp in the snow at Tignes before the next game on the 7th Feb against Toulouse away.
Interview with Robert Ebersohn, Montpellier's South African centre
Steve Whittell: First start in front of your home crowd your impressions please Robert?
Robert Ebersohn: First the win is great in front of the home crowd and very happy to be part of it, Bordeaux are a very difficult side to play against they come up fast and there is not a lot of room to manoeuvre, but I think we did fairly ok with ball in hand caused them all sots of problems, we should have scored more but maybe that's for another day.
Steve Whittell: The win was good but it could have been so much more?
Robert Ebersohn: In the first half we dominated and had the lions share of the ball, but when we get in the zone, mistakes are being made, we need to work on our finishing as it is costing us maybe that extra bonus point, the second half we came of the accelerator a little and we need to continue our efforts throughout the 80 mins.
Steve Whittell: You did enjoy it?
Robert Ebersohn: It was great I have had to wait for my opportunity for a while but the wait was worth it, every player wants to play every game but that is not possible especially in the TOP 14 which is a very challenging championship, the crowd were great, the opposition tough, and the win excellent hopefully more to come we are so close to that finished product, if we can just smooth over our finishing we should become a very good team.
Steve Whittell: Cheers Robert go join the boys and celebrate a good, but hard fought win.
Congratulations to Francois Trinh-Duc who received the phone call late on Saturday night, an injury to Remi Tales (Castres) and Francois was off to Paris on Sunday morning to join the French XV, and possibly a starting no.10 shirt against the Rosbifs Anglais in Paris next Saturday in the Stade de France ko. 18.00 for France's opening match of this season 6 Nations, this could kick start his already excellent International career. We all wish him the very best in another adventure with the French XV and of course a win against the mighty foe "LES ANGLAIS".
Interview & Reseme by Steve Whittell.
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When Ernst Lubitsch's comedy about a Bohemian menage a trois was released in 1933, it took a lot of heat for its lack of fidelity to Noel Coward's original stage play. Screenwriter Ben Hecht boasted that he had retained only one line of dialogue from the play. True or not, what Hecht added was a less frenetic rendition of the style of "The Front Page" and "Twentieth Century," his collaborations with Charles MacArthur. While the play may be more sophisticated, the movie is many times funnier and more infectious. Fredric March, Miriam Hopkins and Gary Cooper sparkle as the three lovers/friends; and even their foil (the wonderful Edward Everett Horton in one of his classic fussbudget roles) is given some sympathetic aspects.
The high-definition digital restoration on Criterion's new Blu-ray has excellent grain. The soundtrack isn't notably better than earlier video releases because of the rough quality of the original recording; this was, after all, made during the first five years of the sound era. The extras include commentary on about a half hour of scenes by film professor William Paul. Unfortunately, Paul sounds like he's a student reading a report, and the material, even when valuable, is painfully dry and academic.
Journalist/screenwriter Joseph McBride fares better in a twenty-minute interview. And critic Kim Morgan provides an insightful essay in the printed notes. Also included is "The Clerk" (with Charles Laughton), Lubitsch's two-and-a-half-minute contribution to the 1932 anthology film "If I Had a Million." By far the most valuable extra is a 1964 TV production of Coward's play (in a somewhat shortened version), as aired on "Play of the Week: A Choice of Coward." The author himself — puffing away on a cigarette — introduces the presentation.
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What to do with Old Town[edit]
Recently I changed Old Town into a complex attraction, but now I'm wondering whether to give it its own "district" article. There seems to be enough there to warrant its own article, but I'm still new to Wikitravel so I'm not really sure.
For those who have been to Old Town, what do you think? Is Old Town worthy of an article? PerryPlanet 17:55, 25 December 2006 (EST)
Truely local dining[edit]
I've added Barelas, (i for the longest time spelled it Barellas), and i've included the Geo information for it. However, are there any other really hard to find local restaurants that people can think of? I'd love to see them as an albuquerquian, and one that loves food. Indrora 17:38, 30 March 2008 (EDT)
Push for Star status[edit]
I think we're getting really close now. Imagine, two New Mexico star articles! Anyway, here's what needs to be improved if we want to turn this into a star:
With the exception of the map, I'm afraid I might not be of too much help. I don't do a lot of shopping (other than grocery shopping) and I've haven't needed to sleep in a motel in Albuquerque anytime recently.
Also, I noticed we don't have any price ranges for when we call something "Budget", "Mid-range", or "Splurge" here in Albuquerque. I really have no idea what these would be. Any ideas? PerryPlanet 19:50, 27 June 2007 (EDT)
UNM/Nob Hill map[edit]
I'm going to post this here, in case someone's wondering why I did this...
I made a small map for the UNM/Nob Hill area because we had a growing number of listings for that small section of town and it was getting annoying trying cram all of them onto the main Albuquerque map. So I made a separate map for the area, like the one for the Downtown/Old Town area. PerryPlanet 03:18, 20 May 2008 (EDT)
Edit conflict[edit]
I can't edit Albuquerque for some reason. Says edit conflict. Keep smiling, ee talk 03:42, 9 November 2008 (EST) .
The article says: "Many Albuquerqueans consider Interstates 40 and 25, which run through the city, to be their own personal expressways."
-- What exactly is the intended meaning of this sentence ? Why would we not consider the Interstates to be expressways that we can use ? —The preceding comment was added by 22.214.171.124 (talk • contribs) .
What are the criteria for including a particular store in the article ? I'd like to nominate CostPlus World Market. There are two locations in ABQ: Menaul at Carlisle and Old Airport Rd near Cottonwood Mall. They carry items from "all over the world", many of which cannot be found in other stores. It is not typical of Albuquerque (there are locations in other part of the country) but may be of great interest to travelers.188.8.131.52 02:15, 23 November 2009 (EST)
Obvious omissions?[edit]
Shouldn't we have a caution in "Get In" about making sure to turn left? Or at least a mention in "Sleep" about the oh-so-fluffy towels? LtPowers 14:16, 22 September 2010 (EDT)
Closed listings[edit]
This appears to be a temporary closure. I can't tell from the website whether or not it's reopening in the same location. Listing it here for now. Eco84 09:31, 28 November 2010 (EST)


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After enjoying akebi as a fruit, I couldn't wait to try it as a vegetable. Again, if you missed this article, the inner flesh of the akebi is eaten as fruit and the outer pod is prepared and eaten like a vegetable, mostly in the Tohoku (North Honshu) region of Japan.
There are a number of ways that the pod may be cooked and eaten including grilled, sauteed and tempura. The pod is pleasantly bitter and cooking takes the bite off the bitterness. We sauteed ours in miso which is a perfect contrast to the bitterness of the pod. (This is not Kyoto cuisine.)
Miso Sauteed Akebi (Miso Itame) あけび みそ炒め
Miso itame is a common way to saute vegetables in Japan. First the vegetable is sauteed with oil then a mixture of ryorishu (cooking sake), shoyu, mirin, sugar and miso is added and sauteed for a few more minutes. Miso itame is a very tasty, quick and versatile dish that combines the taste of sweet, pungent (miso) and salty.
Recipe for Akebi Miso Itame あけび みそ炒め
- 1 akebi pod (inner fruit removed)
- 2 tablespoons oil (sesame oil is nice)
- 1-2 teaspoon miso paste (same as for miso soup)
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon shoyu (Japanese soy sauce)
- 2 tablespoons of ryorishu (cooking sake or sake)
- shiso leaf (fresh green shiso leaf) optional
I used at least 2 teaspoons of Kansai-style sweet miso paste which is light in color. Tohoku style miso is red and saltier and you might want to go easy on the amount if you are using that style of miso. Adjust amount based on the kind of miso you are using and of course your taste.
If you would like to remove some of the bitterness you can soak the pod halves or slices in warm water for 30 to 60 minutes. Pat dry before sauteing.
Mix all the liquid ingredients together in a bowl, dissolving the miso paste and sugar.
Heat a fry pan and add several tablespoons of oil. Once hot, add sliced akebi pod and saute covered until akebi softens, this should take about 2 minutes.
Pour in liquid ingredients, reduce heat and simmer down until little liquid remains. This should take 1 to 2 minutes. Due to the high sugar content, the mixture will quickly burn – don't allow that to happen. Once the liquid has been reduced, serve on a plate and garnish with chopped shiso leaf.
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Central Kyoto encompasses the urban heart of Japan's former imperial capital. From the carefully tended gardens and stately buildings of the Imperial Palace in the north to the massive, ultra-modern showpiece structure of Kyoto Station in the south, this district has a bit of everything that makes Kyoto what it is today: a marbled mix of old and new, of immeasurably ancient traditions and fast-paced modernity.
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Kyoto's extensive rail, subway, and bus networks can all be accessed through the city's main transportation hub: the gargantuan glass-and-steel structure of Kyoto Station (京都駅, Kyōto-eki).
By train[edit]
Kyoto Station is a major stop on the Tōkaidō Shinkansen Line. From the station, travellers arriving by shinkansen (or by other railway lines) can easily access the city's municipal subway and bus systems.
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Central Kyoto is served by two intersecting subway lines. [53] The north-south Karasuma Line (which stops at Kyoto Station) and the west-east Tōzai Line link up at Karasuma-Oike Station near the city centre.
By bus[edit]
Several important bus routes (covering not only Central Kyoto but other parts of the city as well) start and end at the Kyōto-eki-mae terminal - which, as the name indicates, is right in front of Kyoto Station. Take the station's Karasuma/North exit and you'll see the bus terminal, which is divided into four boarding platforms (from A to D) and has signs in English identifying key stops on each route. For detailed route information, pick up a copy of the helpful "Bus Navi" leaflet from the information centre near the terminal.
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The Imperial Park is a large, peaceful area in the centre of Kyoto, centred around the Imperial Palace. The Palaces are only open to visitors on free guided tours, and bookings must be made at the Imperial Household Agency, online or in their office to the west of the palace complex.If you're in Kyoto for an extended amount of time, the park can make for a very pleasant afternoon, and it's large enough to let you forget the noise of the city outside the walls. It's home to 50,000 trees, including cherry, plum and peach tree orchards (mostly in the northern section).
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The city's main shopping district is centered on the intersection of Shijō-dōri and Kawaramachi-dōri, a short distance from the Kamo River and a manageable walk away from the neighbouring Gion district in Higashiyama. Kawaramachi Station on the Hankyū Line puts you right in the heart of the action, within easy reach of three major department stores and a wide assortment of other shopping options.
For electronics, head up to Teramachi and turn left; for clothes boutiques, including your chance at finding the perfect Engrish t-shirt, turn right into the covered arcade portion of Teramachi and Shinkyōgoku, which runs parallel.
Specific places worth checking out include the following:
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Bruce Rauner will begin a weeklong "Shake Up Express" bus tour.
Bruce Rauner will begin a weeklong "Shake Up Express" bus tour. The tour was supposed to start Monday in Jacksonville, but due to weather, the first portion of the tour has been rescheduled. The bus tour includes stops in Edwardsville, Waterloo, Carbondale, Anna, Vienna, Marion, Johnston City, West Frankfort, Mt. Vernon, McLeansboro, Carmi, Mount Carmel, Albion, Effingham, Decatur, Champaign, Chicago, Elmhurst, Lake Forest and Gurnee. Rauner is expected to meet with Mayor Jeff Pollard at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8 and then stop at The Carmi Times just before 11 a.m., pending weather conditions.
"Illinoisans are ready to shake up state government and make this year Pat Quinn's last one as governor," Bruce Rauner said. "And while national Democrats and government union bosses are preparing to spend millions on attack ads in an attempt to hijack the Republican primary, I look forward to personally sharing my vision for more jobs, lower taxes and spending, better schools, and term limits with the people of Illinois."
The "Shake Up Express" will be conducted Monday, Jan. 6 through Saturday, Jan. 11. The bus will make stops at more than 30 locations and travel more than 1,000 miles.
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Viber Unveils Desktop App
Viber, a mobile messaging app, is expanding a desktop version for Windows and Macs. Viber CEO Talmon Marco joins digits to discuss Viber's new features and how the company plans to compete with rivals like Google and Skype. Photo: Viber.
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Slash composing music for Halloween horror maze attraction
Rocker SLASH has composed the music for a creepy new maze attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood, which focuses on everybody's fear of killer clowns.
Clowns 3D will open as part of the park's Halloween Horror Nights, which begin on 19 September (14), and Slash can't wait for fellow horror fans to get lost.
He says, "I'm a huge fan of Halloween Horror Nights and was inspired to partner with Universal Studios Hollywood because they are the founders of creating extreme horror.
"I jumped at the chance to be an integral part of this year's event and create the original score for this creepy clown maze. I can't wait to see the fans' reactions and I will be first in line to experience the maze myself."
Slash, a life-long fan of scary movies, is currently producing a remake of the 1972 horror film Cut Throats Nine.


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David Cerpa, 38, is a long way from home. The dynamic opera singer for the local Amici Opera Company lives in Mt. Airy, but he was born in Argentina and lived in Peru for most of his life.
David, whose day job is with a company that makes accessories for swimming pools, had no more desire as a child to pursue a career in opera than he did to live on the moon. He studied economics at St. Augustine University in Arequipa, Peru, and proceeded to earn a Masters Degree in agribusiness from The National Agrary University in Peru.
David ended up discovering a passion for opera, however, when he was a disc jockey for a classical music radio station at St. Augustine University. He began to play certain operas on the air, and the more he heard, the more he enjoyed the music. He particularly fell in love with the music in "Carmen," the classic 1875 opera about a fiery gypsy seductress by French composer Georges Bizet.
Cerpa became so enamored of operatic music that after he started working in economics, he began taking private operatic voice lessons and eventually performed in recitals for a few years while in Peru.
"It became a passion, and it gave me a purpose in life," said David, who practices vocal exercises and singing for two to three hours every day.
David worked as a financial assistant for 10 years at a foreign embassy in Peru while taking those lessons. He was coached by Maria Eloisa Aguirre, a winner of the Pavarotti contest in Peru, for six years and then was taught by an Italian baritone named Gabriele Settembrini, who has sung around the world and who played a major role in David's development.
David wound up in Philadelphia after answering an ad on the internet for the Amici Opera Company, based in East Oak Lane. He came all the way to Philly from Peru for an audition and wound up winning the roles of Casio in "Otello" by Verdi (based on Shakespeare's "Othello") and later Ugo in "Parisina" by Donizetti (based on a poem by Lord Byron).
'"Parisina' is a rather obscure work," said David, "but the music is beautiful. It has elements of the classical and elements of the romantic period of music. The music is enticing."
David said he is appreciative of the opportunity given to him by Ralph Tudisco, dynamic founder of the Amici Opera Company, and realizes how competitive the opera world is. In addition to "Carmen," Cerpa said his favorite operas include "Madame Butterfly" and "La Boheme" by Giacomo Puccini and "Faust" by Charles Gounod, as well as "Rigoletto," "Il Trovatore," "La Traviata," "The Bartered Bride" and "Andrea Chenier."
The remarkable thing about opera singers is that there are so many talented singers and so few chances to perform. And very few of the opera companies that do exist even pay any money. In fact, the situation is so dire that many companies actually make singers PAY THE COMPANY in order to perform, both in the U.S. and Italy.
Like most, Amici does not pay singers anything, but the singers do not have to pay the company. Despite the fact that Amici does not pay singers, when they place an ad on the internet or in an opera magazine, "we get responses from all over the country and even from other countries (as in David Cerpa's case)," explained Tudisco. "Singers fly to Philly to audition for us from places like Utah and Washington state, even though it obviously cost them a lot for airfare and hotels and food, and they may have to take time off from their jobs at home or even take vacation time to come here."
David Cerpa's next role with the Amici Opera Company will be Enrico in Donizetti's opera, "Maria de Rudenz," on Oct. 20, 3 p.m., and Oct. 26, 4 p.m., at the Redeemer United Methodist Church, 1128 Cottman Ave. in Northeast Philadelphia. For more information about upcoming performances by the Amici Opera Company, call 215-224-0257 or visit facebook.com/pages/Amici-Opera-Company/136146556418516.
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Special Departmental Requirements
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Master of Science in Clinical Research
Indiana University's Master of Science in Clinical Research degree program prepares health care professionals for a career in clinical research. This program offers a combination of course work and practical research experience and is a core component of Indiana University's Clinical Investigator Training Enhancement (CITE) program. The program also constitutes the formal didactic requirements for certain types of federal training grants (such as K-23s) and other career awards. Following completion of the program, graduates can embark on a career in clinical research with the skills necessary to successfully compete for grant funding, conduct and analyze research findings, and publish work in scientific journals.
Course Requirements
The Master of Science program is divided equally between two main components: (1) completion of the formal curriculum and (2) active involvement in clinical research under the mentorship of a faculty scientist. Both elements are critical in preparation of the candidate for successful research following graduation.
Besides didactic classes, there is substantial research training in scientific writing and grant preparation. The curriculum is designed to cover core competency areas through a combination of course work and mentored research. The two-year M.S. program consists of a 30 credit hour curriculum, which includes the following core courses—G504, G651, G655, G660, G661, G664, N802—and two approved electives.
An overall average of at least a B (3.0) is required.
Research project (see GRAD G664 Mentored Clinical Research) is completed in lieu of thesis.
Graduate Certificate in Clinical Research
This is a 14 credit degree with 3 required courses (G660: Clinical Research Methods, G504: Research Ethics, and G661: Clinical Trials or G651: Biostatistics). These 3 courses will constitute 8-9 credits; the remaining 5-6 credits will consist of graduate-level elective courses that are relevant to the student's clinical interests.
Electives (4-6 cr.) Electives (approved by program director) include graduate-level courses in more advanced biostatistics, epidemiology, clinical pharmacology, genetics, molecular biology, computer sciences, or other courses relevant to the individual student's field of clinical research.


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The contrast and balance between the intricate consistency of nature and the fragility of life's systems proves to be one of perfect logic yet, paradoxically, remains a mystery. The recurring link between systems of the human body and both the natural and constructed world allow us to contemplate the pure complexities of human existence. I have based my body of work on the work of Australian artists Lisa Jones and Fiona Hall to explore my own experiences of systems through different mediums.


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I'll say this about Super Bowl XLVII. Even if you weren't watching for the Baltimore Ravens to kick some 49ers rear end, those Super Bowl commercials kept you plenty entertained. And at $3.8 million for each 30-second time slot, they should have!
We had Doritos-munching goats, Amy Poehler asking naughty questions about 50 Shades of Grey, and some tearjerking moments with a certain Clydesdale. So which ads were actually worth all that cash? Let's take a look at the best of the best Super Bowl commercials for 2013:
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1. What would you do for Glee star Naya Rivera's love? The red M&M would do anything ... but he won't do that. And by that we mean some pretty sick stuff indeed:
2. Last year Audi walked on the dark side with vampires, but this year they decided to go straight for our hearts. They took us back to high school with a dateless young kid and his dad's car keys, stealing kisses on Prom night:
3. Let this Doritos commercial be a warning to you about what to do when you see a sign offering a goat for sale:
4. Amy Poehler had some important questions to ask her Best Buy guy ... like if that tablet won't read 50 Shades of Grey to her, will he?
5. Some things are worth fighting over, even if you have to do it at a whisper in the middle of the library. Oreo knows this:
6. It doesn't often happen, but one company managed to kill it with multiple commercials this year. A daddy indulging his daughter in some princess time totally stole our hearts, and made us hungry for Doritos:
7. It's not the Super Bowl without the Budweiser Clydesdales, and this year we got to see a colt grow up ... and we get to name him!
8. You only wish your Grandma was as cool as the geriatrics who escaped from the old folks home to hit Taco Bell:
9. Let's hear it for our military! Jeep and Oprah paid tribute to some true heroes with the Whole Again ad:
10. Now for the tough question. Where do babies come from? Kia helps answer the age old question flummoxing parents everywhere:
11. Heard the saying, "No Farms, No Food"? The folks at Ram know what farmers mean to America:
Alright, which was your favorite Super Bowl commercial this year? Any to add?
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LOS ANGELES, CA – January 15, 2013 – 686 Lights Out, a charity boxing event with the industry's finest, returns with boxing, bro's and brews during SIA on Thursday January 31, at Casselman's Bar and Venue in Denver, CO. Come watch professional snowboarders and industry insiders step in the ring for three rounds of hard hitting action to separate the men (or women) from the boys, all in the name of charity. "I feel like if you get asked to box, you need to step up. This is what being a part of our industry is about and what sets us apart. If you say no you will always wonder 'what if?' The people who I see shine are the ones who can't help but step into the arena, whatever it is and come as it may." proclaims Steve Klassen, founder of Wave Rave Snowboard Shop and one of the night's contenders.
Guest referee Danny Kass, and host Dingo, will be be on hand making sure contenders come out fighting and keep things somewhat clean, while a panel of pro shreds will sit as guest judges and determine the victors. "I'm excited to see all of our industry under the same roof doing something old school," said Dingo. "Everything today is so overhyped and produced, I'm just excited to be a part of Lights Out and see some blood!"
The night will kick off at 8PM sharp and also include the exclusive premiere of the 2013-14 snowboard video teasers. "We are excited to see the card forming. People are coming out of the their usual safe settings and putting their pride on the line for a good cause," said Brent Sandor, 686 Director of Marketing. "There are only a couple of spots left, and they are going fast." Registration information can be obtained by emailing Brent directly.
686 Lights Out is ticketed entry only. Tickets can be obtained from 686, Electric and Skullcandy at SIA on Thursday Jan 31, and will go fast. Don't sleep on it or you will miss out.
686 Lights Out is presented by Electric and will feature sounds provided by Skullcandy as well as 2013-14 video teasers by kidsKNOW. Additional support is provided by Grenade, Peligroso, Pabst Blue Ribbon and the entire night benefits SOS Outreach, a nonprofit building character in youth through outdoor adventure.
For more information about 686®, please log onto www.686.com.
Rider owned and operated, Westlife™ Distribution USA LLC is the parent company of 686® technical apparel, Matix Clothing® and the exclusive partner with New Balance® and Dickies® performance products. Since 1992, Westlife has provided the riding community with innovative, progressive, and technical apparel, outerwear, footwear and accessories found in specialty retail locations throughout theworld.


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Proliant DL560R01 Xeon 2.8GHz 2M (2P)Hewlett-Packard Part# 246639-001
Overview:The ProLiant DL560 is a groundbreaking ultra-dense 4-way server designed for environments that require high levels of computing power while maintaining maximum cooling and power efficiency. It combines Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) with the next generation of performance technologies to give you more control and performance in the same space-saving form factor. This rack-mount model is configured with (2) 2.8GHz Xeon processors (expandable to 4) a 2MB ECC L3 cache an integrated Smart Array 5i Plus controller and 1024MB PC2100 DDR SDRAM (expandable to 12GB). Because there is no pre-installed Hard Drive you can configure storage to suit your needs. The two open Hot-Swap bays allow up to 293.6GB of storage (2 x 146.8GB). In addition to the 400MHz bus speed and ServerWorks GC-LE chipset the DL560 features a 3.5 1.44MB floppy drive a 24X (max. speed) CD-ROM drive and three free PCI slots. The dual network adapters support 10/100/1000Mbps communication. The integrated 1280 x 1024 16M color on PCI local bus uses 8MB SDRAM. There is no operating system installed. Supported operating systems include: Microsoft Windows 2000 Windows Server 2003 Novell NetWare Linux (Red Hat SuSE) and UnitedLinux.


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Most underrated male athletes: Rather than focusing on the struggles of the men's basketball teams, Wahoo fans can proudly support their smaller-market clubs as the UVA men's swimming and diving team captures its seventh consecutive ACC championship in convincing fashion.
The Cavs locked up the victory Saturday, February 26, sinking the competition as runner-up Florida State finished a distant 146.5 points behind. The No. 2 nationally ranked (highest in the program's history) men's tennis team (10-1) meanwhile continues to extend their historic season. UVA opened conference play in dominant fashion as they hammered Virginia Tech 6-1 Friday, February 25, and then knocked off No. 24 Notre Dame 4-3 Sunday.
Knights stand alone: While other Central Virginia schools bow out of high school state basketball playoffs, only Mother Nature can slow the Charlottesville girls' march toward a state championship. CHS cruised past Harrisonburg 74-52 in the Region II quarterfinals on Tuesday, February 22, before the week's most recent winter blast indefinitely postponed their showdown with Stone Bridge in the semifinals.
Worst of times in Hooville hoops: Only a miracle can save the UVA men's basketball team's season at this point. A week after their heartbreaking loss to arch rival Maryland, the Cavs fade down the stretch in a 90-68 blowout road loss to the sixth-ranked Wake Forest Demon Deacons (24-4, 11-3) Sunday, February 27. With only one week of regular season action remaining, UVA (13-12, 4-10) coach Pete Gillen admits to waving the white flag. "That team [Wake] has a chance to get to the Final Four and win a national championship," he told the AP. "We couldn't stop them. They just wore us down."
Best model of perseverance: Even after the eighth-ranked North Carolina Tar Heels (23-2, 11-2) throttled the UVA women's basketball team 89-60 in Chapel Hill Thursday, February 24, coach Debbie Ryan found a way to keep the Cavs (19-9, 8-6) on track. The Lady Cavs rallied from an 11-point halftime deficit to beat a pesky Wake Forest team (14-13, 3-11) down the stretch to pull out a clutch 57-54 victory on senior day.
"They weren't going to quit and they weren't going to let things fall apart," Ryan proudly told The Daily Progress. The win also allowed UVA to secure fifth place in the ACC and earn a first-round bye as they head into a wide-open conference tournament.
Hottest February on the diamond: Fresh off a perfect 3-0 start, the Fordham Rams (4-2) invaded Charlottesville for the weekend hoping to extend their winning ways against the red-hot UVA baseball team (8-2). Instead, the Rams were happy to escape Hooville above the .500 mark, as they only managed to halt UVA's six game winning streak with a 3-2 victory Sunday, February 27. Prior to the setback, the Cavs stomped Old Dominion 8-0 Wednesday and then swept a doubleheader with Fordham Saturday, 5-0, and 13-3.
Men on a mission: The UVA men's lacrosse team enters this season determined to erase memories of last spring's collapse and return to the glories of their 2003 national championship. The Hoos look sharper than ever in their second victory of the season, an 18-2 rout of the Manhattan Jaspers at Klockner Saturday, February 26.
The Week Ahead:
vs. FLORIDA STATE
Saturday, March 5 @ 2pm in Greensboro
March madness begins as the Cavs look to pad their NCAA tournament resume. Various tickets remain through the UVA ticket office. 1-800-542-UVA1
MEN vs. FLORIDA STATE
2pm Sunday, March 6 @Tallahassee
WOMEN vs. SYRACUSE
Noon Saturday, March 5 @ Syracuse
MEN vs. SYRACUSE
3pm Saturday, March 5 @Syracuse
WOMEN vs. MARYLAND
7pm Tuesday, March 8 @ Klockner
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Friday, March 4 (2:30pm), Saturday, March 5 (1:30pm) and Sunday, March 6 (1pm) at Winston-Salem
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Wednesday, March 9 @ 4pm
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Obviously, oil and, thus, big oil money plays a major role in the tensions between Sudan and South Sudan. Most of the current nation of Sudan's oil reserves are in the South. Obviously, there are racial issues, with the north being dominated by light-skinned Arabs, while the vast majority of the population of the South Sudan consists of dark-skinned Africans from various tribes.
At the same time, it is obvious that religion is an important part of the decades of bloodshed and slavery -- most of it ignored by Western media -- that has now led produced a dramatic week-long referendum that could produce an independent nation in South Sudan.
It's obvious, but that doesn't mean that many mainstream journalists are totally comfortable with that reality, with some journalists insisting -- literally -- that the decades of slaughter in the region wasn't that big a deal, but merely a "pet cause" of the dreaded religious right. Some journalists just don't get Sudan.
It's easy to sense some of that discomfort with the religious element of the civil war while reading the following A1 Washington Post news feature about the drama at the polls -- which began this weekend. Most journalists prefer to talk about ethnic and sectarian strife and leave it at that.
Here are some telling images from early in the report:
Before dawn, large crowds stood in long snaking lines outside polling stations. Amid heavy security, they sang and danced, chanting such lyrics as, "We are here to thank god today."
"We have been waiting for this day all our lives," said Suzy John, 28, a businesswoman who was waiting in line at the mausoleum of John Garang, the south Sudan rebel leader who died several years ago in a helicopter crash. "It means self determination, freedom, hope for the future and hope for the future of our children."
That's an interesting chant. The people of South Sudan are largely Christian or are part of various animist, tribal religions. With that lower-case "g" -- I guess readers are supposed to assume that these are animists? Could the reporter hear a difference between "g" and "G" while covering this scene? Just asking.
The story does make it clear that concerns about Sudan have become bipartisan, with the second Bush White House pushing for the peace treaty that led to this week's voting. Now, the Obama White House is highly involved in making sure that the vote actually takes place.
In this passage, the Post does give the reader a short, but accurate, look at what is happening.
More than 2 million people died in the 22-year-long civil war, which pitted Arab Islamic rulers in the north against the south's animist and Christian rebels. Since 2005, when a peace treaty was signed, the south has been semiautonomous, ruled by the former rebels of the Sudan People's Liberation Movement. As a condition of the peace deal, brokered by the George W. Bush administration, the south was guaranteed a vote on independence.
Nearly 3.9 million people have registered to vote, and a turnout of 60 percent is needed for the results to be valid. Tens of thousands of southerners have arrived here from northern Sudan and from around the world to participate, some carrying all their possessions and hoping to resettle in the south.
The killing in southern Sudan, though, hasn't stopped. Last year, at least 900 people died in tribal fighting and 215,000 were displaced, aid groups say. Weapons are widely available, and militias are abundant. Clan rivalries and corruption are rife. And the gulf between light-complexioned Arabs and darker-skinned Africans remains wide.
While the story includes some hints of the role faith has played in the history of this civil war, it is often hard to know who is who.
For example, in addition to the Post's earlier "god" reference, God with a large "G" appears near the end. This journalistic confusion is understandable, since reporters are literally quoting believers in the Trinitarian God of Christianity, the radical monotheism of Allah in Islam and various tribal deities in African animism. And, of course, in the Darfur region, the Arab Islamists have been persecuting their fellow Muslims, who are Africans.
Religion is everywhere in this story, if not in the coverage.
Take one of the main Sudan stories in the New York Times this weekend. The top half, or more, of the story is virtually a religion-free zone. Then, when it is time for the background of this hellish conflict, the Times does manage to present the basic facts.
The British colonizers planted a political minefield in the 1920s when they drew a line across the bottom third of Sudan and declared that northern and southern Sudanese should remain separate. Part of the reason was to check the spread of Islam. To this day, the upper part of Sudan is mainly Muslim and controlled by Arabs; the lower third is mostly animist and Christian, linguistically and culturally more in tune with Kenya, Uganda and central Africa.
A group of southern soldiers mutinied in 1955, a year before Sudan was granted independence. The civil war had begun.
Then readers once again hear the voice of the rebel -- Philip Geng Nyuol -- whose life and voice provided the color for the story's lede.
By 1958, Mr. Nyuol, who is in his 70s (though he is not sure of his exact age), was organizing protests at his high school.
"Even then, we could tell what was happening," he said. "They wanted to Islamize us. They were building mosques all over the place. They wanted us to change our names."
That's pretty basic stuff, right there. It's a story about the core subjects of life in Sudan and Southern Sudan. All this week, help us look for the stories that get the religious component high in the story, along with the other key elements of this gripping, but long ignored, human-rights story.


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The silver-anniversary reception on Monday, Dec. 3, for the Children's After School Achievement (CASA) program at Hope College will put a major focus on the young lives that the program has touched during its 25 years, but no less attention will be given to the veritable village that has made the impact possible.
Literally thousands of area children have participated since CASA began in 1987, all, noted executive director Fonda Green, because hundreds of individuals and multiple organizations in the community have come together on their behalf. Correspondingly, the anniversary event is featuring the theme "Celebrating 25 Years of Building Children's Future Together," and the community is invited.
The Monday, Dec. 3, celebration is taking place at 4 p.m. in the rotunda of the college's Martha Miller Center for Global Communication. Admission is free.
"It's celebrating the fact that thousands of kids have come through the program to assure their academic success. It's celebrating our close working relationship with the schools. It's celebrating the families who want their children to succeed and send them to CASA. It's also celebrating the hundreds of tutors who have given so much time because they want to give back to the community where they live," Green said.
"So it's celebrating, it's acknowledging, it's also honoring all these community connections that work together for Holland's children," she said. "It's rejoicing over all of these collaborations and partnerships for the good of CASA's young students."
CASA, a community program of Hope College, provides academic and cultural enrichment for at-risk first- through fifth-grade students. The program, which runs year-round, is intended to improve the students' academic performance by providing the tools they need to succeed in school.
During the school year, the students meet after school twice per week in one-on-one sessions with volunteer tutors, most of whom are Hope students. During its summer session, CASA receives additional support from the Community Foundation of the Holland/Zeeland Area to conduct a theme-related program in five classes, each led by a certified teacher and assistant four mornings a week.
The academic-year and summer programs serve Holland and West Ottawa students. CASA serves a total of 150 elementary-age students from September through July.
Highlights of the celebration will include remarks by former CASA student Karen Moreno of Holland, who participated in CASA from 2003 through 2005 as a fourth- and fifth-grader and is now a Hope freshman; and current fourth-grade participant Diego Hernandez, who is a student at Holland's East K-7 school. Remarks will also be offered by Hope freshman Mallory Dye of Castleton, Ind., who is Hernandez's tutor, and Holland K-7 principal Nereida Garcia, who was on the founding board of CASA.
About 100 of CASA's current participants and tutors will also be attending, and entertainment will be provided by magician Maciek Biezunski. The master of ceremonies will be Roberto Jara, executive director of Latin Americans United for Progress (LAUP).
The event will also include recognition of several of CASA's significant community partnerships, such as United Way and Holland Public Schools, and Green noted that Jara's participation is especially appropriate. LAUP helped to start CASA, which was originally housed at First United Methodist Church until moving to Hope in 1989.
CASA has its offices and conducts its summer classes in Graves Hall, and conducts its school-year activities in classrooms in Lubbers Hall.
While CASA's one-on-one tutoring model has remained at the heart of the program since the beginning, Green noted that refinements are on-going. Earlier this year, for example, CASA implemented a new "life skills" component, featuring lesson plans developed by the college's department of education, with additional support from the Meemic Foundation. CASA and Hope College TRIO Upward Bound, which works with high school students, have also been working together for the past three years to run the "Step Up" program, through which Upward Bound students tutor sixth- to eighth-grade students who have aged out of CASA.
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CEDAR LAKES – The title for Ripley High's cross country event on Saturday was a fitting one – Covered Bridge Invitational.
Due to a lot of rain, many went searching for cover as the day continued on.
Despite less than ideal conditions, the races were staged.
Ripley's boys turned in a second place performance in a field that consisted of 15 teams. The Vikings scored 58 points to trail only champion Winfield's 45. Ravenswood was 10th overall with 246.
For the Vikings, Jake Casto was sixth, Remy Boyce finished seventh, Levi Phillips was 11th, Antonio Jones placed 12th, Dalton Fisher was 30th, Nate Miller was 43rd, Skye Stover was 44th, Tucker Miller finished 57th, Christian Fields was 61st, Braxton Miller was 65th, Justin Fields was 67th and Jared Wendell was 77th.
Due to the weather, there were no times for the boys division. Hayden Harrison of Buffalo took first place.
For Ravenswood, Jameson Cooper was 46th, Riley Heatherington was 50th, Jon Hayman finished 54th, Chase Jarrell was 58th, Colby Marks was 98th and Dustin Anderson was 101st.
Ravenswood was third in the girls division with 86 points while Ripley placed sixth with 136. Winfield was first with 26 followed by Charleston Catholic with 60.
Both Ravenswood's Hailey Miller and Taylor Treadway turned in top 10 performances. Miller placed second behind champion Tori Dent of Hurricane, who crossed the finish line in a winning time of 20:36.89. Miller was clocked at 20:46.42.
Treadway (21:35) was sixth in the competition. Also for Ravenswood, Taylor Love (23:11) was 22nd, Mariah Currey (24:55) placed 41st, Kylee Williams (25:25) was 46th, Larissa Hayman (27:21) was 65th, Josie Hayman (27:54) was 71st and Jamie Fradella (30:16) placed 87th.
Ripley was led by Haley Ford (23:52), who was 27th. Amanda Longanacre (24:13) was 31st, Molli Cunningham (24:22) was 32nd, Kyndrah Hill (24:53) placed 40th, BryAna Stearns (27:04) was 62nd, Laurel Miller (28:21) was 75th, Jade Donohew (28:53) was 79th, Allison Phillips (29:59) was 85th, Julia Hunter (30:51) was 90th and Alex Kelly (36:00) was 101st.
In the middle school portion of the meet, Ripley's girls came away victorious with 44 points with Victoria (Tori) Starcher leading the way. Starcher placed second behind Alexis Imperial of Winfield.
Ripley defeated Winfield by one point for the title.
Mackenzie Gillispie was 10th, Allison Knox finished 11th, Olivia Gandee came in 12th and Regan Carpenter placed 17th to give winning Ripley five top 20 runners.
Also for Ripley, Kelly Longanacre was 24th, Sydni Cunningham was 57th and Kaylin Parrish finished at 151.
Ravenswood Middle was represented by Page Pursley, who was 33rd, Aspen Sheets, who was 55th, Hunter Gorrell, who was 64th and Cassidy Anderson was 73rd.
In the boys race, Ravenswood was seventh in the field of 17 teams with 169 points while Ripley was ninth with 240.
Bryce Jarrell led Ravenswood with a 13th place finish. Blake Jarrell was 15th, Chris Murray was 50th, DeShone Cooper was 54th, Austin Anderson was 58th and Noah Freeman was 59th.
For Ripley, Andrew Swisher was the top finisher placing 10th. Bradley Yost was 29th, Nate Williams was 88th, Morgan Galouska was 90th, Seth Gainey was 91st, Jacob Fox was 92nd, Kai Greely-Fay was 95th, Broedy Boyce was 113th and Walker Shouldis was 137th.
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CEDAR LAKES – The title for Ripley High's cross country event on Saturday was a fitting one – Covered Bridge Invitational.


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A study out this week in PNAS asked US participants to rate variables in their lives such as "stress," "worry," and "happiness" and used the responses to estimate their well-being. The resulting graph of well-being against age takes the shape of a U. In both males and females, overall life satisfaction seems to trend downward until a person's early fifties, when it curves up again.
The study was conducted by phone and collected over 300,000 data samples that were socioeconomically representative of the country as a whole. Scientists asked participants to rank their lives on various scales, including positive variables like "happiness" and "enjoyment" as well as worry, stress, and sadness.
The graphs of the various parameters took on some interesting shapes: enjoyment and happiness were also U-shaped, both bottoming out in the early fifties. Stress and worry had sharp increases between the 18-21 and 22-25 age brackets. Stress declined as age increased, with the drop-off sharpening around the mid-fifties. Worry remained flat until the late forties, when it began a slow decline. Researchers floated the possibility that the graph turns were related to children—in particular, a finally empty nest can contribute to the decline in stress.
Anger plateaued for those in their thirties, but declined with age. Sadness was the flattest of the graphs (sadness and happiness were not dependent on each other in this study). Participants indicated a small increase in sadness from mid-thirties to early fifties before becoming happy again.
Interestingly, women overall exhibited a greater sense of well-being than men, despite reporting the same amount of happiness and less enjoyment. While the two groups didn't always report the same levels of a variable, their peaks and valleys tracked each other over time.
Overall, researchers found that people from their mid-sixties and older rated their lives as being just as good as those in the youngest age bracket, 18-21, and those positive ratings increased with age. They note it's possible to attribute this rise to many factors, from "increasing wisdom" to the "positivity effect," wherein old people recall fewer negative memories than positive ones. Still, the general U-shape of well-being is something to look forward to, or dread, depending on which part of it you're in.
PNAS, 2010. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1003744107 (About DOIs).


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Perhaps the most interesting part of this profile is a description of Carey's movie The World's Greatest Sinner -- his directorial debut (and the only film he completed) which is described in the article:
This sounds great! He even got a then unknown Frank Zappa, who was just starting out, to score the movie! If you're curious to track down a copy of this movie, I found that Carey has his own website (run by his son who keeps his dad's memory alive), here: http://www.absolutefilms.net/videosale.html Now, I haven't ever ordered anything from this site. Has anyone on here? Is it legit/worth it? Just curious.Its narrative centers on Clarence Hilliard, a man who is tired of his humdrum life. He's an insurance salesman with a beautiful family, a Mexican gardener, and a horse. One night, he stumbles across a rock 'n' roll show happening near his home. He becomes so moved by the music and dancing that his mojo gets a goin' like it ain't anybody's business.
Hilliard heads home and turns over a new leaf. He decides that he's God, changes his name to God Hilliard and starts a rock 'n' roll band. He travels the country decked out in a gold lamé suit with "God" embroidered on the sleeves, working crowds into a frenzy! The rock 'n' roll performances that Carey unleashes in SINNER reek of punk rock and No Wave madness, and this was in 1956!
At any rate, the time Carey spent/worked with John Cassavetes is the most touching part of the Cashiers profile, including a hilarious anecdote about the filming of The Killing of a Chinese Bookie. Apparently, Cassavetes looked out for Carey when he had troubles:
If the Cashiers article isn't enough for ya, there is an excellent (and typically surreal) interview with Carey at Film Comment's site: http://www.filmlinc.com/fcm/1-2-2004/carey.htmOne great example of Cassavetes's overwhelming care and affection for Carey was in the early 80s when Cassavetes ran across Carey outside of the Paramount lot. Carey was looking for work. They got in a conversation about old times and when Carey smiled, Cassavetes noticed the cap that had fallen off of one of Carey's front teeth. He drove Carey to the dentist and paid the bill. At Cassavetes' funeral in 1989, Carey delivered an astounding, poetic, and beautiful eulogy for the man who had done so much for him. "His grace, humility, artistry, against all odds. His light will never be extinguished. Cassavetes: always perpendicular to humanity, antidote against apathy in my life as a thespian. To me, he will always be a theanthropist. Hail Cassavetes."
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Chicago police say the two men accused of killing a 15-year-old honor student mistook her and her friends for rival gang members who'd shot one of the men over the summer.
Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy, pictured, says murder charges were filed Monday against 18-year-old Michael Ward and 20-year-old Kenneth Williams.
Both are accused in the Jan. 29 death of Hadiya Pendleton. She and her friends weren't affiliated with gangs but were shot at in a park not far from President Barack Obama's Chicago home. She'd recently performed during his inauguration ceremonies in Washington.
McCarthy says Ward told investigators the shooting was meant as retaliation for Williams being shot in the arm in July.
McCarthy says they were arrested while driving to a strip club Saturday, just hours after Pendleton's funeral.


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Of course, nobody said it would be easy, either. The determined teams vying for a $1 million purse offered by the brewing company, Anheuser-Busch planned their flights in the "window of opportunity" that runs from late December until early February when the jet stream moves into the mid-latitudes and forms a great eastward flowing, circumpolar river of fast moving air. All are flying a type of hybrid craft known as a Rozier balloon. And, one by one, three balloons have lofted--and come down short of their goal. One more is now aloft--and two others are waiting their chance.
Fossett, who established a record for the longest balloon flight ever--more than 10,000 miles--in an around-the-world attempt last year, gained an early lead by being the first to successfully launch his balloon. Fossett's Cameron Balloon zipped across the Atlantic Ocean in record time, but then began experiencing problems with his capsule heaters and propane burners as he passed over Bulgaria on January 4; on January 5 he landed in a field in Russia--3,000 miles short of his previous record.
Another contender, Chicago architect Kevin Ulassi, took to the skies in the J. Renee from Rockford, Ill. just four hours after Fossett's launch. But his ride proved to be short. Just four hours out his balloon's helium bag burst. He rode his wounded balloon--also constructed by Cameron--to a safe landing in Indiana.
So far, the record for the shortest flight goes to Global Hilton, piloted by Dick Rutan, who won fame when he became the first to fly an aircraft around the world nonstop and without refueling, and ballooning veteran Dave Melton. After early equipment setbacks, the crew was ready to go on January 6 but waited until the January 9 for weather conditions to improve.
The launch from Albuquerque, N.M. was flawless but just 70 minutes into flight, the Cameron-built Global Hilton met the same fate as Ulassi's J. Renee: the primary helium bag burst at an altitude of more than 25,000 feet. Unlike Ulassi, Rutan and Melton abandoned ship by parachute. Rutan landed with minor injuries from a few cactus spikes; Melton suffered a broken hip when his parachute dragged him into a fence. As for the Global Hilton: it sank to Earth, rose again when the impact lightened it by knocking loose heavy propane tanks, and ended up a flaming wreckage in Texas.
All eyes are now on the Breitling Orbiter, sponsored by the Swiss watchmaker, which ascended from Chateau d'Oex, Switzerland in the midst of an international hot-air balloon festival on January 28. Shortly after launch, the crew ignored flight controllers advice and took their Cameron balloon up to 24,000 feet, apparently to find out quickly if their craft would meet the same fate as those flown by Ulassi and Rutan. The airship, which is fueled by kerosene, rather than propane, passed the impromptu test and drifted--at a disappointing 10 miles per hour-- across Italy, Greece and Israel to meet with the jet stream.
By February 3, Orbiter had broken the flight duration record of 146 hours and 44 minutes set by Fossett during his first around-the world attempt from St. Louis in January 1997, which ended in Pakistan--although not his distance record of 10,360 miles. But the remainder of the flight was in question. China had refused to permit the balloon to fly over its territory so controllers had "parked" it in slow moving air over the Indus River. If China changes its mind, the balloon can rise directly into the jet stream. But if not, the team was considering whether to try to fly around China (a time--and fuel--consuming maneuver) or to come down in the area of Calcutta, India or in Bangladesh, thereby also establishing a new distance record.
Still waiting in the wings is a team headed by Virgin Group magnate Richard Branson. They experienced a setback on December 9 when the envelope of the Virgin Global Challenger broke loose from the gondola and flew off on its own from Marrakech, Morocco. A new envelope quickly constructed in England by Lindstrand Balloons is now beig tested in Morocco. Another group of hopefuls, crewing the Dymocks Flyer, plans to attempt the feat in the Southern Hemisphere, flying a balloon based on the designs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's unmanned high-altitude balloons. They await friendly winds in Alice Springs, Australia.
The history of balloon flight dates to 1783 when two French brothers, Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier discovered that filling a bag with hot air would cause it to rise. They demonstrated their principle at Annonay, France, on June 5, 1783 with an unmanned balloon made of linen and paper. Amazed villagers watched as it rose to an altitude nearing 6,000 feet and landed in a field about a mile away. Just months later, on November 21, Pilatre de Rozier and the Marquis d'Arlandes became the first humans to fly in a manmade craft when they ascended from the center of Paris in a Montgolfier balloon.
Early hot air balloons had to be fueled on the ground (or carry dangerous open fires aloft) and, rather inconveniently, they came back down when they cooled. So they were soon replaced by envelopes filled with buoyant gases, such as hydrogen and helium. These balloons continued to rack up records for long duration flights. Balloons were used by the military as observation posts (and a few fairly futile attempts to drop bombs) and have a rich history of carrying scientific payloads into the upper atmosphere. Indeed, the first astronauts were balloonists who ascended to the edge of the atmosphere in a 1950s program known as the Manhigh Project..
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration operates a Scientific Ballooning Program that has collected data about cosmic rays in the upper atmosphere. Fossett, the only balloonist in the current race with a scientific project, was testing an "aerobot" designed by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to probe the atmospheres of Mars and Venus.
But when it comes to long-distance flight, gas filled balloons are also limited. As the sun heats the gas in the envelope, the balloon rises uncontrollably and so gas has to be vented; when the gas cools, the balloon sinks and pilots must drop ballast to maintain altitude. Sooner or later, they run out of gas or ballast and the journey is over. The problem was solved in the 1960's when Edward Yost equipped a balloon with an onboard propane burner. This device allows pilots to control the balloon's buoyancy by changing the amount of heat injected into the envelope. His innovation created the present boom in sport ballooning and opened the prospect of an around-the-world flight.
The balloons in the current race bear as much resemblance to the brightly colored sport balloons as a dinghy to a clipper ship. Their towering envelopes, which are more than 120 feet high, are pulled upright by a bag filled with helium; below is a cone-shaped gas bag that is filled with hot air. The hot air bag functions as variable ballast, allowing the balloonists to control their altitude. They can even alter their course to a limited extent by moving up and down to seek air currents flowing in the most desirable direction. Shiny aluminized coatings reduce the amount of heat gained from the sun and limit heat loss at night.
Nor are the capsules dangling below the traditional wicker baskets; they more resemble lunar spacecraft, ringed with cylinders of propane and helium, and equipped with high-tech navigation gear. They must protect their pilots from temperatures well below zero and rarefied air. The first two pilots--Fossett and Ulassi--flew in unpressurized gondolas. Their plan was to fly at an altitude of about 24,000 feet, where they would be subject to adverse weather but the technology is better tested. They expected to make the journey in about 15 days at speeds ranging from 40 to 150 miles per hour.
The other contenders aim to fly higher and faster. These teams fly in pressurized gondolas so their balloons can carry them to altitudes of nearly 30,000 feet. They will sail above most clouds and storms in faster wind currents, but their planned altitude is very close to the present record established for hot air balloons.
No matter how fast and high they may fly, all the balloonists are at the mercy of the wind--and the politics on the ground. The jet stream is likely to bring their silent airships over countries that do not look kindly on "airspace violations." After frantic negotiations, Fossett was granted permission to fly over Libya; clearance arrived only after he had managed to alter his course to take him to the north over Russia. And the Russians have not always been hospitable. In 1995, a racing balloon was shot down over Russia, and two balloonists were killed.
Owning one of these craft is about as easy as buying an America's Cup Yacht. So, not surprisingly, around-the-world balloon racing has become the gentleman's sport of the late 20th Century. These balloonists are hardly "daring young men in their flying machines." They not very young and are either extremely well-heeled or well-funded.
Fossett, 53, made a fortune in the commodities market and has spent much of it leaving his name in record books. He holds yachting speed records and has swum the English Channel and run the Iditarod dog sled race. He is president of Marathon Securities Inc. in Chicago and a trustee of Washington University in St. Louis, his official sponsor. Aviator Dick Rutan, 59, was backed by Hilton Hotels' scion Barron Hilton (as well as Pepsi Cola). Richard Branson, 47, is the maverick British billionaire who founded Virgin Atlantic Airways and other ventures. He is a veteran balloonist; this is his third around the world attempt.
As Rutan said while Fossett was sailing toward Europe: "It's a race; it's not over until its over." And despite the ups and downs, the remaining contenders are undeterred. It may be over this year...or next...or... There are still plenty of possibilities to win a place in the pantheon of world records. Even if one of the remaining teams goes all the way, the solo grail will remain--and Fossett and others will undoubtedly pursue it. And the new duration record is just waiting for someone to break.


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A hacker broke into the LibriVox forum and got access to our completedatabase including emails and encrypted passwords. We have locked them outof the system, and we've fixed the vandalism, but they still have ourdatabase.Well, I'm glad they are open about this. A great time to update the passwords I use to more secure ones. :)
In the interests of full disclosure, here is some extra information:(1) The database contained every piece of communications sent through theforum, including all private messages. This information is now in thepossession of the hacker.
(2) All forum passwords in the database are encrypted. However, if yourpassword was very simple, it will be trivial for the hacker to break theencryption using "brute-force" techniques. They will likely attempt exactlythis, so if you use the same password on any other Internet service, youshould immediately change your password at those services.
We are very sorry that this happened, and once this is sorted out as bestas it can be, we'll be doing a more thorough security review.
I would like to appeal to the community to look out for each other and report strange activities like spam posts or random content deletion to site admins, pointing out this recent hacking. Everybody who had a LibriVox account and used their password elsewhere should change it ASAP, especially if moderative or administrative accounts are involved!
... Let me just add a little bit of positive open content news though: I was looking for car blinker sounds, contacted three Freesound contributors and got permission from all of them to re-distribute under CC0, which I did on OpenGameArt. j1987 even added a "all my sounds are public domain" note. :)


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The Daedalus-class battlecruiser (also known as the BC-304) is a Tau'ri capital ship. Based off the earlier Prometheus, the Daedalus was an improved design that was put into mass production. A Daedalus-class ship can carry up to sixteen F-302 fighter craft. It is capable of reaching the Pegasus Galaxy in eighteen days (115.47047047047047..... Light Years Per Minute). In 2007, the Daedalus-class was refitted using the technology acquired from the Asgard before the blew up their planet (destroyed two of the Ori Warships that followed the Odyssey).
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- Summary: A maple tree changes as the four seasons come and go.
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- Summary: The reader learns about all of the things that can be seen in the night sky.
- Sun Up, Sun Down
- Summary: Ana watches the movement of the Sun across the sky.
- What Makes the Seasons?
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