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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — William Lacy Clay Jr. beat Russ Carnahan in the Democratic primary for Missouri's 1st Congressional District.
The three-candidate race pitted two incumbents in a district redrawn by Missouri's Republican-led legislature when the state lost a district after the 2010 Census. Candice Britton finished third.
Both men are members of prominent Missouri political families. William Lacy Clay Sr. represented St. Louis in the House for 32 years before his son took office after the 2000 election.
Carnahan's grandfather served in Congress and his father was governor of Missouri before dying in a 2000 plane crash. Russ Carnahan first won election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 2004.
Six other members of Congress from Missouri were also on Tuesday's primary ballot. Two ran unopposed, four were considered favorites.


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Another Friday has rolled around way too quickly, especially when you've had the type of hectic week we've had. While continuing our efforts on the site, we've also had to move offices, conduct lord knows how many back-to-back projects, and find ways to grow our team, all the while keeping an ear on the ground for what's been happening within soccer culture. So before we can hang our boots in exchange for ones better suited for the Coachella desert, we're still grinding away at the new (and far from finished) office to bring you our Best 11 Instagram posts of the week, curated as always by our very on Andrew Medina.
To highlight a few, we've got COPA Football's homage jersey to one of the greatest grunge bands ever: Pearl Jam; LAFC's limited edition recycled Jersey, a Parley x adidas x MLS effort for Earth Day, Bleacher Report's Bayern vs. Real Madrid and Liverpool vs. Roma Dragonball Z-inspired animation, Zlatan and Shaq (of course), and Alexander Wang's third season drop with adidas Originals to name a few. Have a look below to see our full Best 11.
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Let's start with what the control arms are, and work our way backwards, shall we?
The control arms serve to connect the steering system to the frame of the car. They reduce the amount of force that is dealt to the car, which in turn limits unnecessary movement.
Many cars have at least four control arms: One for each wheel. Front control arms usually connect to the frame at one end and the steering knuckle at the other. When the vehicle travels over a bump, the control arm pivots on bushings, allowing your car's wheels to move up and down.
Left on their own, the steering knuckles would move around quite a bit, and that would get transmitted to your car, your steering wheel, and your hands. That's not what you want. And it's not what you get, thanks to the front control arms.
So, now we move on to the front control arm bushings. Most control arms have two bushings, which are located where the control arm attaches to the frame of your car. The bushings, which are made of metal but covered in either rubber or polyurethane, keep the metal control arms from excess contact with the metal frame of the car. This limits noise, and vibrations.
While the front control arm bushings are designed to withstand lots of wear and tear, they can give out over time. When that happens they'll need to be replaced, and, depending on your car, the control arms may need to be replaced as well.
Hey, welcome to your first day of Cars 101. Here's your first lesson: Noises aren't good. Other than the roar of your engine and the music you like to blast, your car shouldn't really make many noises. And when you hear abnormal ones, you should pay attention to them because they're only going to get worse.
If your car's front control arm bushings are failing, you're likely to hear a knocking noise. This is the result of the bushings struggling to hold the control arms in place. The control arms will move over as the car does, which means that when you drive over bumps or other imperfections in the road, you're likely to hear some bumping and thumping.
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Pulling is when your car isn't really driving in a straight line. You're not moving the steering wheel, but the car is pulling to the left or the right.
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Port St. Joe stamps playoff ticket
PORT ST. JOE — Dwayne Griggs set an early beat and the Tiger Shark defense kept in time and the result was a return to the postseason.
After four seasons of watching the playoffs from home, Port St. Joe earned a trip back with a 17-3 defeat of visiting West Gadsden Friday at Shark Field.
The victory improves Port St. Joe to 6-2 overall and 2-0 in District 1-1A, clinching no worse than second in the league with a showdown at home against Liberty County, also undefeated in district play, for the district title next Friday.
The Panthers fell to 5-4 overall and at 1-2 in district play drop out of the playoff picture.
"I am proud of our kids," said Port St. Joe coach Chuck Gannon. "We have stuck together, faced a little adversity, but we are heading to the playoffs.
"We know next week we will have our hands full with Liberty County, but we also know we have to play 24 strong and have each other's backs. We have done that all year long."
Port St. Joe, facing a Panther team that operated nearly all night in three- and four-receiver sets, played tenacious defense.
Hurrying West Gadsden quarterback Deonte Jackson every time he dropped to pass, the Tiger Sharks held the Panthers to 215 total yards, more than 90 of that coming on the final two series as West Gadsden tried desperately to get back in the game.
Jackson finished 10 of 26 passing for 165 yards, more than half coming in the final five minutes, with one interception.
That interception was critical.
Early in the second quarter of a scoreless game Jackson sent a pass into the middle of the field where Griggs, timing his move perfectly, stepped in front of a receiver at the Port St. Joe 23 to intercept and dashed all but untouched to the end zone.
Drew Lacour added the extra point and Port St. Joe had a 7-0 lead.
"Defense wins ball games for you sometimes when the offense is struggling," Gannon said. "That was the case tonight. That Griggs interception really set a tone."
West Gadsden added a 27-yard field goal shortly before the half to pull to 7-3 but the Panthers went into the locker room frustrated by opportunities lost.
Twice the Panthers took passes into the end zone only to have the touchdowns erased by penalties.
A screen pass for a score was nullified when all five offensive linemen beat the receiver into the defensive backfield for an ineligible receiver call.
A deep sideline route for a touchdown came back due to a holding penalty.
"We were just a couple of plays away tonight," said West Gadsden's first-year coach Joey Striplin. "I'm proud of these guys for competing so late into the season and having a chance at the playoffs because that hasn't been the case in recent years.
"But give credit to Port St. Joe. They have a great team and it was their night. They made the plays."
Griggs, who led the Tiger Sharks in rushing with 60 yards, put Port St. Joe in full control with a 4-yard touchdown run in the third quarter.
The play was set up by a 37-yard dash by Jak Riley after a short punt gave Port St. Joe the ball at the Panther 46.
An extra 5 yards was added for a horse-collar tackle and Griggs finished off the quick strike.
Lacour added the extra point and also a 31-yard field goal with 5:43 remaining — after being wide left from 30 yards in the third period — to complete the scoring.
The game marked the return to Port St. Joe of running back Jarkeice Davis and wideout T.J. Williams after being suspended all season due to off-the-field issues.
Gannon said the team voted to accept the two back and Davis had 57 rushing yards and several big plays on defense while Williams had a big 24-yard reception and contributed to the stellar play of the defensive backfield.
With Cole Cryderman's 37 yards — he was the workhorse of the first half — and Riley's 55, Port St. Joe had six backs rush for 209 yards, four contributing 37-60 yards.
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New favourite project alert. These beeswax sandwich wraps are dead easy to make AND replace my most hated nemesis – plastic (wrap and sandwich bags). AND they help me put my vintage fabric scrap collection to good use.
If you were to buy these, they might be made of organic cotton/hemp – mine are cotton (I think). If you decide to make your own, all you need really is cotton fabric, beeswax and an oven. All of which I happen to have – on hand. I learned how here.
Shout out to Gordon, who drew my attention to this, and clearly, gets me. I go back to work very shortly, so I'll be using these to pack my lunch on the daily. SO cute.


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From what I'm picking up in the ether (and from Ez Klein's tweets and from here) it sounds like a deal is forming to avoid the cliff.
–The income tax rate for households with income above $450,000 goes from 35% to 39.6% ($400,000 for individuals);
–Couples with incomes above $300,000 would lose some tax exemptions from which they currently benefit;
–Dividend and capital gains rates go from 15% to 20% but only for households above $450,000;
–The estate tax goes to a 40% rate up from 35% and a $5 million exemption for an individual's estate, $10 million for couples;
–Sequester is unresolved; AMT and doc fix (payments to Medicare docs) get patched;
–Another year of extended unemployment benefits; payroll tax break expires;
–Raises $600 billion in revenue over 10 years;
–Nothing on the debt ceiling!
I don't know if this deal could pass both houses but I suspect it could.
Well, I'm always saying that politics is about compromise, and there are important parts of this deal that are real wins for the country—the deal marks the long-awaited end of asymmetrical tax policy on income tax rates that has prevailed for decades: the idea that rates can only go down, never up. And a year's UI extension is very welcome news, both for the long-term jobless and for the overall economy (it's great stimulus).
But jeez…this meets the R's further on their side of the field than one might have expected given the White House's (WH) leverage. The wealthy end up facing a considerably smaller tax increase under this deal—I'm sure the TPC will soon tell us how much smaller—than any other deal that the WH or D's have offered thus far, including the Boehner-Obama deal under discussion in 2011.
As Ezra notes in the link above, the theory of the case for the WH is a) we avoid the cliff, finally break the R's on tax rates, and get UI, and b) when we get to the debt ceiling fight, we'll insist that for every dollar of spending cuts, there's a dollar of new tax revenue. If the R's want a trillion in spending cuts for a debt ceiling increase of that magnitude, the WH will only agree if a) the R's identify the cuts–no more D's doing that work for them, and b) any such cuts are accompanied by the same amount in new tax revenues.
OK—but what are you gonna do, WH, when R's say, "forget it…let's default?" Unless the President is willing at that point to tell his Treasury Secretary to go forth and borrow as needed—i.e., override the R's—this plan will fail.
So, here's my first blush response to this deal. The thing that worried me most in the endgame is that the WH would be so intent on a deal that they'd lock in too few revenues with no path back to the revenue well, and that they'd leave the debt ceiling hanging out there. Remember, the ultimate goal of Repubicans here is still to "starve the beast"–to shrink government by hacking away at both sides of its ledger–receipts and outlays.
Those fears will be realized unless the President really and truly refuses to negotiate on the debt ceiling and is willing to blow past those who would stage a strategic default. If he is not, and if this cliff deal passes, then I fear the WH may have squandered its hard won leverage.


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Woman helps grandson escape Dubuque house fire
DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Residents have escaped unharmed from a fire that heavily damaged a home just west of downtown Dubuque.
Kathy Sutton told the Dubuque Telegraph Herald that she smelled something burning around 8:30 a.m. Sunday and then spotted the flames in a back bedroom of the home she shares with her son and grandson.
Sutton says she helped her grandson get out safely. It's unclear whether her son was home when the fire occurred.
The fire cause is being investigated. Dubuque Fire Chief Dan Brown says there is water damage throughout the house, and the roof is gone.


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NYC Bus Strike Updates (Or Lack Thereof)
February 11, 2013 1 comment
Click here for the latest news on the NYC bus strike, now in its fourth week. It sounds like roughly 60-70% of special ed families are finding a way to get to school on a regular basis. As one of them I can attest that it's not easy, though nothing compared to what this guy is going through to get there, or how this family is dealing without school at all.
Curious – has anyone received reimbursement from the city yet? If so, what was the turn around time once you submitted all of the necessary paperwork? Feel free to email me or post info into the comments section.


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Analyst: GE/Alstom deal strengthens Alstom's competitive positionWritten by William C. Vantuono, Editor-in-Chief
"With this deal, GE has further cemented its foothold in the power and energy segment, and management expects significant synergy gains," says Basu. "Where does this leave Alstom, though? For starters, it's going to be several billions richer, and there are some big strategic advantages, too. The total deal value after GE revised the offer comes to $10 billion. . . . With this cash influx, Alstom can pay down portion of its debt and increase shareholder returns. . . . This leaves room for Alstom to strengthen its competitive position against peers such as Ansaldo, Siemens, and Bombardier through acquisitions and organic growth."
"In the post-takeover scenario, Alstom plans to hold on to its high-speed train manufacturing business and buy GE's signaling business for $809 million," notes Basu. "This would boost Alstom's signaling sales by 40% and enable the French conglomerate to surpass Siemens to become the second-largest rail equipment maker in the world. Presently, Bombardier is the world's top rail equipment maker by sales, followed closely by Siemens, while Alstom holds third place. Aside from its power joint ventures, Alstom will surface as a pure transportation company and an integrated manufacturer of rolling stock, signaling, and controls systems for mass transit systems. According to Bloomberg analysts, this could give the company governance advantages over Bombardier and Siemens. Alstom also gets to form 'Global Rail Alliance' with GE, where among other benefits it will get commercial support from GE in the U.S. and other geographies, assemble GE's diesel locomotives in selected geographies, and service GE's locomotives outside the U.S."
According to Basu, "Ansaldo's management believes that the rail equipment industry is ready to take up another consolidation cycle and will gradually evolve. The future of the industry lies in providing turnkey rail transit solutions, and companies will have to evolve into fully integrated organizations to accommodate this in the days to come. This will actually be a big change for present-day rail equipment makers that specialize in either signaling or rolling stock. In such a situation, Alstom's management will have the freedom to chase further consolidation options. In addition to making Alstom a tougher competitor, the deal will also help the French train maker to better position itself for the changing market situation. Ansaldo has predicted that in the period between 2012 and 2015, most of the demand for rail signaling will come from emerging markets. These markets could see a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of 4%-6% compared with the global market, which is expected to grow at 1%-3%."
"The deal between Alstom and GE seems to be beneficial to both," Basu concludes. "In addition to providing combination synergies to the American conglomerate, it is also facilitating Alstom's growth. Alstom CEO Patrick Kron believes the arrangement to be a three-fold win: 'It provides a future for the activities and employees of Alstom, it has an industrial logic that GE and ourselves called for, and it addresses the [French] government's concerns regarding [France's] energy transition and nuclear sovereignty.' To sum it up, the deal has the potential to bring out the best in Alstom."


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Although every biopic takes its share of liberties with the facts, Jobs doesn't wander too far from the historical record in its big-screen retelling of the Apple cofounder's life. (And as I argue in my review of Jobs, that may be to the movie's detriment.) Still, we all think of ourselves as the heroes of our own narratives, not the by-product of some screenwriter's vision of who are. So here's a brief list of the people and institutions who may have a beef with the big-screen versions of themselves in Jobs.
Jef Raskin
Jef Raskin appears in two scenes in Jobs, the first as the bumbling head of the faltering Macintosh team who gets put in his place by Steve Jobs and the second as he cleans out his desk, having been given the bum's rush. That hardly seems a fair depiction of a man dubbed the Father of the Macintosh—though, admittedly, not everyone agreed with that moniker. What isn't in dispute is Raskin's influence on user interfaces, particularly when it came to the Mac's legendary ease of use. And, as Raskin liked to point out in interviews, he kept the Mac project from being scuttled on multiple occasions when one influential Apple employee—whose name rhymes with "Steve Jobs"—kept arguing for the Mac to be ditched (at least until Jobs was removed from the Lisa team and reassigned to the Mac project).
Arthur Rock
Every movie needs a villain, and in Jobs that part falls to Arthur Rock, Apple's bottom-line chairman who butts heads throughout the movie with the more visionary Steve Jobs. (With his owlish glasses, slicked-down hair, and tight-lipped expression, Rock as portrayed by actor J.K. Simmons bears more than a passing resemblance to a figure from a seminal ad in Apple's history, and I'm not referring to the lady who hurls the hammer.)
The real Rock is a visionary in his own right: In addition to his role as an early Apple backer, he was one of the first venture capitalists to invest in what would become Silicon Valley, and he helped to launch Fairchild Semiconductor and Intel. And if nothing else, Steve Jobs isn't the only character in Jobs to grace the cover of Time magazine.
Gil Amelio
Veteran character actor Kevin Dunn plays Gil Amelio, Apple's CEO for 17 undistinguished months from 1996 to 1997, appearing as a flummoxed chief executive clearly in over his head who is promptly outwitted by Jobs for control of Apple.
This portrayal is fairly accurate, actually.
Michael Scott and Michael Spindler
At least Amelio gets some screen time. Michael Scott—the guy who was Apple's CEO from 1977 to 1981, and not a lightly regarded middle manager at an East Coast paper company—and Michael Spindler don't appear in Jobs at all. In fact, they're the only Apple CEOs to be left out of the movie (other than Tim Cook, who is unlikely to be bothered by that fact).
Ron Wayne
Apple's third cofounder along with Jobs and Wozniak, Ron Wayne is the forgotten man of Apple's history. The makers of Jobs certainly seem to have forgotten him, as Wayne gets nary a mention in the movie, not even a peep about his selling back his stake in Apple to the two Steves 12 days after the company's founding. Maybe the filmmakers didn't want to bum everyone out.
Any woman employed in technology between 1976 and 2001
It's a man's world in Jobs, where the only female characters to have speaking parts are women who either raised Steve Jobs, slept with him, married him, were fathered by him, or answered his phones. I guess you could argue that the tech world was dominated by men, particularly in the '70s and '80s, when much of the movie takes place. I guess you could also believe that the fonts and icons in the original Macintosh designed themselves.
Xerox PARC
Sure, it's not a person, but who's to say research-and-development labs can't have feelings, too? The two visits to the research facility by Apple employees—especially one in 1979 that included Steve Jobs—have taken on mythical proportions, with some myths more accurate than others. But it's certainly clear that the visit had an impact on Jobs's outlook about personal computing.
It feels an odd oversight in Jobs for that moment to take place when the cameras weren't rolling.


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In North America, it's become almost a cliché in science fiction to turn Japan and Korea into superpowers of the future. From William Gibson's first cyberpunk novel Neuromancer, to David Mitchell's Cloud Atlas (now a movie), we are bombarded with images of a hyper-futuristic world dominated culturally and economically by these Asian countries. And yet, despite intense political debates (and fearmongering) over China's growing hold over the U.S., we rarely see science fiction stories that depict it becoming a superpower. It's like we're afraid to imagine in fiction what the U.S. presidential candidates argued over repeatedly in their debates. Even the remake of Red Dawn shies away from a Chinese future; the movie was about a Chinese invasion, but that detail was changed in post-production to North Korea.
Still, there are stories like Looper and Maureen McHugh's novel China Mountain Zhang that are set in a future where China has eclipsed the West. A few themes emerge from stories like these, where most U.S. and Canadian fiction fears to go.
China On Top
McHugh, who lived for a time in China, has set several of her stories in a future version of that country. Her award-winning China Mountain Zhang came out shortly after the first book in David Wingrove's series about the rise of China as a superpower, Chung Kuo. The difference between the two authors' visions is stark. In China Mountain Zhang, McHugh imagines a China transformed by wealth and technology, a place where young people in the West aspire to go for education and opportunity. In this way, her future China is similar to the one we saw in Looper. It is still a country that struggles with authoritarianism, but like the United States today it is a sprawl of social contradictions and clashing viewpoints.
Wingrove, however, chose to imagine a more mythical future China, its often stereotypical characters grouped into two factions who are locked into a Cold War struggle between communism and capitalism. But for McHugh and Looper writer/director Rian Johnson, the future of China is all shades of gray. It's an amalgam of communism and capitalism, existing as uneasy bedfellows, the way a science-fueled economy and Christian-dominated politics do in the U.S. today.
Indie film Ghosts with Shit Jobs, which takes place in a future Toronto, takes McHugh's ideas a step further. This film has a strong satirical bent, and imagines what might happen if the west went bankrupt while China soared to economic dominance. A Chinese film crew comes to Canada to find out what it's like for all those poor Westerners who take those "shit jobs" outsourced by rich Chinese companies. China has basically become the United States, and North America has become a kind of mashup of today's India, China and Central Europe.
China Is Our Best Hope
Perhaps the most Utopian of the stories devoted to the rise of China as a world power is Neal Stephenson's The Diamond Age, which suggests that the world might be saved by hyper-educated Chinese women. Obviously the message of the book is far more complicated than that, but it nevertheless ends with one of the most striking Utopian images in fiction about China's ascendency.
Han girls who have been abandoned by their families in China organize themselves using an extremely advanced e-book teaching system called A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer. Armed with all the knowledge they need to become engineers, scientists, and leaders, they form a vast group called the Mouse Army. As the novel ends, they are unleashed upon the world. It's unclear what they will do, but it seems that they will be both just and unstoppable. This is a theme that Stephenson returns to in his near-future tale Reamde, where Chinese women are again represented as among the smartest and most capable characters.
We see another hopeful vision of China in some of Kim Stanley Robinson's work. In The Years of Rice and Salt, he creates an alternate history where the medieval plagues wipe out almost all of Europe's population. As a result, Christianity is barely a blip on the historical radar, and North America is colonized by Chinese and Japanese explorers. Indeed, the Americas are known by Chinese names. The world is dominated by Islam, Confucianism, and Buddhism — and eventually a strain of feminist Islam helps to reform many nations. In Robinson's work, like McHugh's, we see Chinese cultural dominance as a patchwork of many cultural traditions and ideals. But in Robinson's work the world is arguably a better place for it, while McHugh is ambivalent.
In Robinson's recent novel 2312, China has colonized Venus and is in the process of geoengineering it so that it will have an Earthlike climate. There is a certain sense that this massive engineering project mirrors some of Mao's disastrous ones — but instead of killing people, it is creating a better home for them. Though the Chinese Venus is a troubled political region, it is certainly better off than Earth in the novel.
China Is Everywhere, But It's Invisible
One of the best-known examples of science fiction about the rise of China is Joss Whedon's TV series Firefly. Though all the characters speak Chinese, eat Chinese food, and appear to live in a universe dominated by Chinese culture, we never meet anybody who seems even remotely Chinese. This omission has been so widely remarked upon that it's become almost a trope unto itself. I would argue that Firefly is a perfect example of the fear and confusion that lurk at the heart of western representations of Chinese power. We can imagine that China will eventually dominate human culture, but somehow can't bear to work out the details of how that might work. Nor can we stop believing that western characters will dominate that future somehow, even when that future belongs to China.
In 1930, famed SF author Olaf Stapledon published Last and First Men, another novel of invisible Chinese domination. In this epic future history of humanity, China wins out over America and becomes the dominant human culture — until humans evolve into new species (the second men, third men, and so on). So there is a history of Chinese rule, but it has long since faded away into the prehistory of post-humanity.
Through Western Eyes
It's important to remember that these fantasies I've been discussing — just a handful of stories told in the west about the future of China as a superpower — is not the same kind of fantasy you'd expect to see in China itself. SF is very popular in China, but sadly very little exists in English translation. Not surprisingly, one of the best-known works of Chinese SF in the west right now is The Gilded Age: China 2013 a dystopian tale that was banned in the mainland.
It's about how the Chinese government suppresses dissent by drugging everybody in the country and causing national amnesia so that nobody remembers a protest movement. This story — which has struck a chord among Chinese dissidents as well as westerners — fits neatly with popular western ideas about China as a country whose authoritarianism will lead to a future of even greater political abuses.
Still, looking at the novels and movies I've discussed here, we can see that North American fiction about China's great future is also filled with anxieties about America's own flaws. Often, the future China is a distorted version of the present-day America — full of wealth and opportunity, but dogged by a history of violent conflict and conquest.


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Willie Brown, in full Willie Lewis Brown, Jr. is an American politician who was the first African American speaker of the California State Assembly, the longest-serving speaker of that body (1980–95), and mayor of San Francisco (1996–2004).
Brown was born into poverty in rural Texas and moved to San Francisco after graduating from high school. In 1955 he received a bachelor's degree in liberal studies from San Francisco State College (now San Francisco State University), and three years later he earned a law degree from the University of California Hastings College of the Law (1958). Brown established a private legal practice and became active in politics. In 1964 he won election to the California State Assembly. Appointed to chair the Legislative Representation Committee, he used the post to enhance his position in the legislature and to facilitate his rise to power. In 1969 he became the Democratic Party whip, and in 1974 he made an unsuccessful bid to become speaker of the State Assembly. In 1980, winning the support of 28 Republicans and 23 Democrats, he was elected speaker, a post he held until 1995.
A flamboyant figure, Brown was a prime target of the successful effort in 1990 in California to limit state legislators to three terms. Forced to retire from the State Assembly, he was elected mayor of San Francisco in 1995 and was reelected in 1999. After leaving office in 2004, Brown briefly cohosted (2006) a radio talk show and established an institute on public service and politics.


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Webster boy battling cancer is given special train ride
Brady Smith is used to playing with toy trains that can fit into his pocket. The 244,000-pound Grafton & Upton Railroad locomotive was a little more than he is used to handling.
The early birthday present for Brady, who turns 4 Monday, came after two friends were talking and found that the Webster boy, who is battling a virulent form of cancer called neuroblastoma, loves trains.
Word reached Kevin Gallagher, an engineer for G&U Railroad, and Sunday's short ride in Grafton was set in motion.
"This is his day. He's telling us what he wants," Mr. Gallagher said Sunday before the ride. "I think we should show him how to run it."
An imposing man with a long goatee and tattoos, Mr. Gallagher cracked a smile, imagining the boy's reaction.
"Hopefully he's not afraid of me or the train," he said while waiting on Westboro Road.
When Brady showed up wearing a train shirt with the number 4 in the middle, all his attention was on the train. He begged his mother, April Smith, to let him get on the steps.
Before he could get on, the little boy was greeted by G&U Railroad owner and CEO Jon Delli Priscoli.
"As a railroad owner, and more importantly as a father myself, I thought this would be a great thing to do for Brady and his family," Mr. Delli Priscoli said. "I hope in some small way this makes Brady happy because that's what this is all about."
Mr. Delli Priscoli handed the little boy a bag of gifts that included an engineer's hat, a train whistle, toy train and other goodies. Mr. Gallagher's family had shirts and other items for Brady.
"I was worried he was going to be shy about it," Mrs. Smith said. "I showed him pictures, pictures of the train and of Kevin and he just wanted to go."
As the train rolled along the tracks, Brady quickly pointed out the different types of railcars to Mr. Gallagher. His love and knowledge of trains was evident.
"It was a tremendous experience," his father Tim Smith said. "What 4-year-old gets to ride in the front of a freight train? He's fascinated with trains. I am grateful to everybody. We just can't say enough about it."
In his father's arms, Brady looked out of the windows as the train rumbled along the track.
The little boy will sit at the CSX yard in Worcester and watch trains. He goes on YouTube to watch train videos as well. After the trip in Grafton, Brady pleaded to go see more trains.
In May and June of 2012, Brady wasn't feeling well. He complained of stomach pain. After several tests the family learned he had stage 4 neuroblastoma; a cancer that arises in immature nerve cells of the adrenal gland, neck, chest or spinal cord. Brady had a tumor on his adrenal gland, which has since been removed.
Brady receives treatment at Boston Children's Hospital and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston. He just finished up radiation and will begin antibody therapy in June.
On Thursday, Brady was 58 days post-stem-cell transplant and had completed 12 sessions of radiation therapy. His most recent bone marrow biopsy came back negative for neuroblastoma.
"He's done remarkably well. He is exceeding any and all expectations," his father said. "He is just really fighting an amazing fight."www.bradysmission.com.
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Comedian Who Got $1 Million Just For Asking Admits It Was a Hoax
Well, we called it. Craig Rowin, the New York City comedian who claimed he got $1 millionaire just for asking for it in a YouTube video, has posted a new video revealing it was all a hoax.
"And not a very funny one," gripes the Daily News, which is feeling pouty because it fell for this extremely obvious prank. Above, you can watch Rowin burning up the check from the supposed millionaire on stage at the UCB Theatre in Manhattan last night, followed by a behind-the-scenes clip that reveals the millionaire was an actor and everything was a sham.
On the one hand, straight-up lying repeatedly to a bunch of people—half of whom don't even believe you—is not a very exciting prank. Apparently anyone can just call up a Daily News reporter and get an article written about them by lying! But can we blame Craig Rowin for the fact that many people operate according to toddler-level logic, which allows them to believe that millionaires walk around handing out $1 million checks to random comedians? Comedians who write jokes for a living?


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Counselor, The
Following the successful Hollywood adaptations of his novels No Country for Old Men and The Road, author Cormac McCarthy bought himself a copy of Final Draft and decided to skip right over the novel part and write a screenplay of his own. The outcome is The Counselor, a multifaceted crime film directed by Ridley Scott (Blade Runner, Robin Hood). It's a mostly solid effort that looks good but is otherwise dead around the eyes and a little long in the tooth, suggesting maybe McCarthy needs the judicious scissoring of an outside translator to save him from his own worst tendencies.
Michael Fassbender (Prometheus, Shame) stars as the nameless lawyer who is the movie's lynchpin. Finding himself in dire financial straits, he teams with nightclub owner Reiner (No Country's Javier Bardem, looking like he's auditioning for Wreck-It Ralph in loud cloths and a fright wig) and mysterious bad dude Westray (Brad Pitt, World War Z) to bankroll the smuggling of a bunch of drugs from south of the border. The payout will get the counselor back on his feet so he can go ahead and marry his girlfriend Laura (Penelope Cruz, Vicki Cristina Barcelona). He's asked more than once by his new business partners if he's ready to cross the line to become an outlaw. The counselor insists that he is.
Which, of course, means he's not. As such schemes are wont to do, the smuggling goes all wrong, and The Counselor becomes a convoluted morass of double-crosses and half-explanations and not altogether clear motives. The build-up, admittedly, is interesting, with Scott and McCarthy shaking up their box of dice and seeing what numbers come up. There is an amorality to The Counselor that is played with admirable clarity. No real judgments are made, no ethical equivocating. This allows for a surprising coolness, with none of the adolescent buffoonery seen in similar drug smuggling movies, like Oliver Stone's dreadful Savages. Excess is not celebrated. On the contrary, Bardem's flashiness is seen as a liability. More preferable is Pitt's icy efficiency. In another age, he might have been the antihero of a Jean-Pierre Melville movie.
Tragically, things start to go bad for The Counselor the worse life gets for its characters. The final act is too long, with the movie just spinning its wheels and never finding ground for a satisfying resolution. Some of the extended running time is presumably there to allow McCarthy to write a couple of the portentous monologues that he's known for. One of them, delivered by Ruben Blades (Assassination Tango) as a philosophical drug lord, works. The rest are superfluous. We get it. In the drug wars, life and death are meaningless. Underline the point any harder and your pen might rip through the paper, Cormac!
The cast does its best to hold The Counselor together. Fassbender and Cruz are the strongest, but their parts also have the most varied emotions. Everyone else does pretty well with the single notes they are given to play. Cameron Diaz delivers a fairly good effort in a traditional femme fatale role, even if some of the seductive grace and sharp language eludes her. Rosie Perez (Do the Right Thing), Bruno Ganz (Wings of Desire), and John Leguizamo (William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet) also make the most out of single-scene cameos.
Their efforts make The Counselor passable, even allowing one to forgive rookie screenwriter mistakes (every mode of killing in the climax has been telegraphed in ways that would make Chekhov blush) and Daniel Pemberton's on-the-nose scoring. Still, there are a lot of flaws, so much so that the scales nearly tip the wrong way. If only McCarthy had some kind of real ending or something of note to say, The Counselor could have staked a solid claim over some excellent cinematic territory.
Jamie S. Rich is a novelist and comic book writer. He is best known for his collaborations with Joelle Jones, including the hardboiled crime comic book You Have Killed Me, the challenging romance 12 Reasons Why I Love Her, and the 2007 prose novel Have You Seen the Horizon Lately?, for which Jones did the cover. All three were published by Oni Press. His most recent projects include the futuristic romance A Boy and a Girl with Natalie Nourigat; Archer Coe and the Thousand Natural Shocks, a loopy crime tale drawn by Dan Christensen; and the horror miniseries Madame Frankenstein, a collaboration with Megan Levens. Follow Rich's blog at Confessions123.com.
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Alone For All Seasons is Matt Sakey's chapter on the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. franchise from Well Played 2.0 – a book of criticism, one game per chapter. It's now available to read online. It's a cracking read; despite having read a large chunk of the writing about the game, I've not played any of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. franchise myself.
In the article, Sakey comments on the titular acronym, branded onto the player-character (and, indeed, other Stalkers) by the Zone itself:
It brainwashes or kills anyone who comes close to discovering it, marking the corpses as S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s – scavengers, trespassers, adventurers, loners, killers, explorers, and robbers. The tattoo is a scarlet letter left behind on unwelcome intruders as a warning to the others.
Scavengers, trespassers, adventurers, loners, killers, explorers, and robbers.
A categorisation that immediately takes me back to Richard Bartle's Hearts, Clubs, Spades, Diamonds and his four MUD player types (Achievers, Explorers, Socialisers, Killers).
There's an interesting subtly to its divisions. Play-as-trespass, for instance, is an immediately interesting one: exploration as transgression rather than just for its own sake. Scavenger and Robber play out in a similar axis: hunting for treasure that's there to be taken, against taking what you find regardless of whether it's treasure. There's not much room for Socialisers in the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. universe, though; that role is taken by the Loner.
The Zone knows it's being played with, and marks out its prey as exactly what it knows them to be: players.


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CAIRO — An experimental solar-powered airplane took off from Cairo for Abu Dhabi early Sunday on the last leg of its globe-circling voyage, mission organizers said.
The Mission Control Center tweeted that the Solar Impulse 2 is expected to land in Abu Dhabi after a 48-hour flight. Mission Control said it had identified a weather window that could allow the plane to overcome the challenging high temperatures across Saudi Arabia.
"Just took off from Cairo to achieve the 1st round-the-world solar flight. A dream I have since 1999," pilot Bertrand Piccard tweeted after Solar Impulse 2 was airborne.
The solar plane had arrived in Cairo on July 13 after a flight from Seville, Spain. The aircraft landed in Seville on June 23 after an unprecedented three-day flight across the Atlantic.
The around-the-world voyage began in March 2015 in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates.
The wings of Solar Impulse 2, which stretch wider than those of a Boeing 747, are equipped with 17,000 solar cells that power propellers and charge batteries. The plane runs on stored energy at night.
Ideal flight speed is about 45.06 kph (28 mph), although that can double during the day when the sun's rays are strongest.
The solar project, which is estimated to cost more than $100 million, began in 2002 to highlight the importance of renewable energy and the spirit of innovation.


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Calylophus berlandieri
Calylophus berlandieri Spach
Berlandier's Sundrops , Square-bud Primrose, Sundrops
Onagraceae (Evening Primrose Family)
USDA Symbol: cabe6
USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
The showy, yellow flowers of Berlandier�s sundrops are 2 in. across with four, broad, crinkled petals. This is a bushy, 4-20 in. plant that sometimes becomes woody near the base. Its leaves are narrow and spiny-toothed.
This is an excellent rock garden plant. Named for French-Swiss physician Jean Louis Berlandier (1805-1851) who collected plants in Texas and northern Mexico.
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Plant CharacteristicsDuration: Perennial
Habit: Herb
Leaf Retention: Deciduous
Size Notes: Up to about 30 inches tall.
Bloom InformationBloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Time: Mar , Apr , May , Jun , Jul , Aug , Sep
DistributionUSA: CO , KS , LA , NM , OK , TX
Native Distribution: S.w. KS through e. NM, OK & TX to n. Mex.; also Gulf states to AL
Native Habitat: Plains; woodland edges; roadsides
Growing ConditionsWater Use: Low
Light Requirement: Sun , Part Shade
Soil Moisture: Moist
Heat Tolerant: yes
Soil Description: Sandy or rocky soils.
Conditions Comments: This is an excellent rock garden plant. The showy, yellow flowers of Berlandier's sundrops are 2 in. across with four, broad, crinkled petals. It is a bushy plant that sometimes becomes woody near the base. Its leaves are narrow and spiny-toothed.
BenefitConspicuous Flowers: yes
Nectar Source: yes
Deer Resistant: Moderate
PropagationPropagation Material: Seeds
Description: Propagation by seed is most successful if sown in fall. Take cuttings on new growth in early spring, sometimes in January.
Commercially Avail: yes
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From the National Organizations DirectoryAccording to the species list provided by Affiliate Organizations, this plant is on display at the following locations:
Fredericksburg Nature Center - Fredericksburg, TX
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - Austin, TX
Brackenridge Field Laboratory - Austin, TX
NPSOT - Fredericksburg Chapter - Fredericksburg, TX
NPSOT - Austin Chapter - Austin, TX
NPSOT - Williamson County Chapter - Georgetown, TX
Herbarium Specimen(s)NPSOT 0403 Collected Jun 6, 1993 in Comal County by Mary Beth White
NPSOT 0580 Collected May 11, 1990 in Bexar County by Harry Cliffe
NPSOT 0146 Collected Apr. 26, 1991 in Bexar County by Lottie Millsaps
Wildflower Center Seed BankLBJWC-MLE-1 Collected 2009-06-13 in Lampasas County by Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Additional resourcesUSDA: Find Calylophus berlandieri in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Calylophus berlandieri in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Calylophus berlandieri
MetadataRecord Modified: 2021-03-18
Research By: TWC Staff


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Jackson: 'Duck' star 'white privilege'
The Rev. Jesse Jackson has stepped into the "Duck Dynasty" uproar, using the case of civil rights hero Rosa Parks to make his case against show star Phil Robertson.
"At least the bus driver, who ordered Rosa Parks to surrender her seat to a white person, was following state law," Jackson said in a statement, according to the Chicago Tribune. "Robertson's statements were uttered freely and openly without cover of the law, within a context of what he seemed to believe was 'white privilege.'"
( Also on POLITICO: A&E launches 'Duck' marathon)
Jackson and his civil rights group Rainbow PUSH Coalition have demanded a meeting with the A&E network, which broadcasts the hugely popular "Duck Dynasty," and restaurant chain Cracker Barrel, which carries "Duck Dynasty" merchandise.
Robertson has been suspended from the reality show and Cracker Barrel briefly pulled "Duck Dynasty" merchandise from its shelves after the star's controversial comments about gays and African-Americans in an interview with GQ magazine. In the interview, Robertson said that in his Louisiana youth he picked cotton with African-Americans and never saw "the mistreatment of any black person," adding that they were "singing and happy," and didn't complain about white people.


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Parker, Sir Hyde
Parker, Sir Hyde, 1739–1807, British admiral. In the American Revolution he broke (1776) the defenses of the Hudson River at New York City—an exploit for which he was knighted in 1779. He later held commands in the Mediterranean, Jamaica, and the North Sea in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Horatio Nelson was Parker's second in command at the great victory of Copenhagen (1801); his failure to observe Parker's signal to cease fighting is a famous incident in naval history. Nelson soon replaced Parker.
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Recent media coverage of the digital music sector has tended to lump all types of music streaming — notably, the radio-style delivery of Pandora and the on-demand access of Spotify — in the same bucket.
In fact, these two primary types of music consumption are quite different in terms of:
- Value proposition
- Market size
- Competition
- Business model
- Royalty expense
There's way too much to cover in one post, so I thought it'd be useful to drill down on each of these points of differentiation in a series of shorter entries. Let's start first with the value proposition.
One helpful way to think about online music services is to consider their historical analogs. Internet radio — what Pandora, Clear Channel's iHeartRadio, 8tracks, Songza, Slacker and others offer — is designed to function just like regular (terrestrial) radio: listeners pick a category of programming (e.g. music of a format or genre, for an activity or mood, or that "sounds like" one or more artists), hit play, and then tune in passively.
People who listen to radio — whether delivered over the air, via cable, satellite or internet — benefit because music has already been selected, reducing their time and effort. Listeners can be lazy. Unlike the 30-60 minute format of television or the 90-120 minute format of film, the five-minute format of music lends itself to "packaging" so that a listener doesn't have to keep returning to his device time and again to pick another track. While the album accomplishes this objective to a certain extent, radio offers longer listening and greater variety.
Because radio is programmed by people or algorithm for long-form listening to a variety of artists, it is also the primary means for music discovery (for listeners) and promotion (for artists). This has always been true of traditional radio, albeit less so since the homogenization of the airwaves in the wake of deregulation in 1996. And it is even more true for internet radio, where spectrum isn't scarce. Pandora plays a wider variety of music than terrestrial radio, and 8tracks extends even further down the Tail, with two in three tracks streamed from independent labels or artists.
As internet radio becomes increasingly ubiquitous, more artists have the opportunity for meaningful exposure, and more listeners have the opportunity for meaningful discovery.
While internet radio is the heir to terrestrial, cable and satellite radio, on-demand streaming—what Spotify, Deezer, Rhapsody, Rdio, Daisy/MOG and others offer—is the natural successor to older forms ofinteractive listening. From vinyl to (ahem) 8-track to cassette to CD to (most recently) digital download, sound recording formats have evolved relatively quickly over the last 50 years. But across all of these formats, the objective is the same: listeners pick a specific song or album or artist, hit play, and then tune in on demand, whenever and as often as desired.
People who listen to a CD, download or on-demand stream benefit from tuning into exactly the music they already know and love. Physical formats for recorded music are purchased and "owned" in the normal sense; digital downloads are sometimes purchased and may be hosted locally or in the cloud. A listener can stream a file she's uploaded to a "music locker" in an on-demand manner. However, the most widely used on-demand services are those that offer a large, pre-populated catalog of music and require (or seek) a subscription rental fee.
The most voracious music consumers no doubt stand to see the most value from on-demand subscription services: rather than pay $1 for a track on iTunes or Amazon, they can instead stream it — and pretty much any other track that comes to mind — fully gratis on Spotify (subject to ads) or for $5-10 per month on any of the other on-demand services. The relative value proposition to an artist depends on how much a listener tunes in, as the rumored magnitude of Spotify's sound recording royalty ($0.003 per play) suggests that ~200 plays of a given track would be required for an artist to earn as much revenue as they would from the sale of a download. By way of comparison, Last.fmscrobbling indicates I've listened to Moderat's A New Error more than any other track, for a total of 144 times.
Radio (Pandora) makes it easy to listen to a particular style of music, with less control but the ability to be lazy; once I've discovered new music through radio or friends, I can listen to exactly that track or artist, whenever I want, on an on-demand service (Spotify). The former promotes the sale or rental of music, while the latter — a rental model itself—largely replaces the need for listeners to purchase downloads on iTunes or another digital music store.
In my next post, I'll highlight the size of the markets for these two types of music consumption.
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A march for freedom
What: Rockford's Fourth of July parade
When: 7 p.m. today
Where: Downtown Rockford; forms at Seventh Street and Sixth Avenue, travels to East State, Wyman and South Main streets.
Admission: Free
Information: The annual parade will feature the Phantom Regiment, the City of Rockford Pipe Band and more than 50 other marching units. Prior to the parade, more than 500 motorcycles will travel the parade route. That event will start at 6:30 p.m.
Contact: 815-494-2569; rockfordfireandice.com
An explosion of patriotism
What: Rockford's Fourth of July SkyConcert
When: 9:30 p.m. today
Where: Downtown Rockford
Admission: Free; Davis Park seating is $6 per person, children ages 3 and younger are free with adult supervision.
Information: One of the state's largest fireworks display will begin over downtown Rockford. Davis Park is a prime viewing and concert area. Gates open at 6 p.m. Music on B103 radio will be synced with the fireworks.
Contact: 815-494-2569; rockfordfireandice.com
Have a blast!
Children and their families can get excited about the holiday at KABOOM! from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at the Discovery Center Museum, 711 N. Main St., Rockford.
The event will explain and demonstrate the physics and chemistry behind explosions. Children can also make their own light-up hat, assemble a sound sandwich and create a patriotic collage. Parents can also leave their car in the Discovery Center lot and walk downtown to Rockford's parade and fireworks.
Admission is free with the $8 general admission fee. There is no charge for museum members or children ages 1 and younger.
For information: discoverycentermuseum.org.
Leading the pack
Mike Saylor, a Durand resident and owner of Rockford Segmented Hex, will serve as the marshal for the 2014 Durand Fourth of July parade.
The event will start at 1:30 p.m. Saturday on Main Street. Hex is being honored for his involvement in many community events and projects over the years. He has also served several terms as treasurer of the Durand Area Retailers Trades & Services.
The parade will be led by "Uncle Sam" and any child who would like to walk or ride their bike.
For information: firstname.lastname@example.com; durandevents.com/july4th.
Honoring those who serve
The village of Davis Junction will hold a dedication ceremony for its Veteran's Memorial at 1 p.m. Saturday.
The memorial, which sits in the community park, 301 Lincoln Ave., recognizes anyone who enlisted or served in active duty while living in Davis Junction.
The free event will be followed by a fireworks display at dusk and a special showing of "The Lego Movie." All events are free; there will be popcorn and drinks for purchase. Guests are asked to bring blankets or lawn chairs for seating.
For information: 815-645-8000; davisjunction.com.
Get moving for families
The 22nd annual MELD Classic run and walk will begin at 7 a.m. today, with the routes starting and ending at the trolley station on North Madison Street in Rockford.
The event will include the Alan Hutchcroft Memorial 8K run, a two-mile run and a one-mile walk. The first 600 run entrants will also receive a T-shirt.
Cost: $10-$35 based on event, local memberships, age and registration date. For information: 815-633-6353, rockfordmeld.org


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Irene marks 1st big US threat in years
MIAMI (AP) - The rapidly intensifying Irene that's already cut a destructive path through the Caribbean is the first hurricane to seriously threaten the U.S. in almost three years, a worry for some emergency management officials who hope people haven't become complacent about the dangers.
Predictions by the U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Irene was likely to become a major Category 3 hurricane Tuesday. By Thursday as it roars toward the U.S. coast over warm open waters, it could become a Category 4, NHC hurricane specialist John Cangialosi said late Monday. Winds in such a storm can blow from 131 to 155 mph (210-249 kph).
The last hurricane to make landfall in the U.S. was Ike, which pounded Texas in 2008.
For now, the first Atlantic hurricane of the season had maximum sustained winds early Tuesday around 100 mph (160 kph) and was centered about 50 miles (85 kilometers) northeast of Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. The hurricane was moving west-northwest near 12 mph (19 kph) and could eventually land in Florida, Georgia or South Carolina.
Bryan Koon, director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, said after a meeting Monday with Gov. Rick Scott that the two have frequently discussed raising awareness since the Atlantic hurricane season began June 1 and is still predicted to be active.
"We want to make sure Floridians are paying attention," Koon said. "We are at the height of the hurricane season right now. If it's not Hurricane Irene, it could be the follow-up storm that impacts us."
After several extremely active years, Florida has not been struck by a hurricane since Wilma raked across the state's south in October 2005. The Hurricane Center said it was responsible for five deaths in the state and came two months after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans.
"For residents in states that may be affected later this week, it's critical that you take this storm seriously," said Craig Fugate, administrator at the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Julio Gonzalez in Miami was heeding the warnings and headed to a hardware store to pick up what he needed to protect his home.
"I'm gonna board up," he said Monday. "It's best to play it safe."
Others were stocking up on bottled water and plywood. And Hurricane Irene was trending on Twitter.
The storm slashed directly across Puerto Rico, tearing up trees and knocking out power to more than a million people. It then headed out to sea, north of the Dominican Republic, where the powerful storm's outer bands were buffeting the north coast with dangerous sea surge and downpours. President Barack Obama declared an emergency for Puerto Rico, making it eligible for federal help.
Irene was forecast to pass over or near the Turks and Caicos Islands and the southeastern Bahamas by Tuesday night and be near the central Bahamas early Wednesday.
In the overseas U.K. territory of the Turks and Caicos, a steady stream of customers bought plywood and nails at hardware stores, while others readied storm shutters and emergency kits at home.
"I can tell you I don't want this storm to come. It looks like it could get bad, so I've definitely got to get my boats out of the water," said Dedrick Handfield at the North Caicos hardware store where he works.
Many of the center's computer models had the storm veering northward away from Florida's east coast toward Georgia and the Carolinas, but forecasters said much was still unclear.
"In terms of where it's going to go, there is still a pretty high level of uncertainty," said Wallace Hogsett, a National Hurricane Center meteorologist. "It's a very difficult forecast in terms of when it's going to turn northward."
One key reason for that, he said, is the difficulty of measuring the effect on Irene of the high terrain of the island of Hispaniola, which is shared by Haiti and the Dominican. Hurricane warnings were up on the northern side of the Dominican Republic, as well as the Turks and Caicos islands just south of the long Bahamas chain. Forecasters say it depends on which way the storm veers after passing the Bahamas Tuesday or into Wednesday and heads into the very warm Atlantic waters.
And several past hurricanes have turned into Category 4 or 5 monsters but hit land with much less force.
The other big factor is exactly when the storm will encounter a higher-level trough along the U.S. East Coast, which will eventually turn it to the north.
"Timing is everything," Hogsett said.
In South Carolina, state and coastal emergency agencies went on alert for possibly the first hurricane to hit there in seven years.
"This is potentially a very serious hurricane," longtime Charleston Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr. said. He led Charleston's recovery from the massive destruction of Hurricane Hugo's 135 mph winds and waves back in 1989.
Joe Farmer of the state Emergency Management Division said he's not worried about complacency.
"If it does move this way, there will be a lot of public notice given and people will be warned," he said.
It's been more than a century since Georgia has taken a direct hit from a Category 3 storm or greater. That was in 1893 and the last hurricane to make landfall along the state's 100-mile coast was David, which caused only minor damage when it struck in 1979.
In Tallahassee and across Florida, emergency management agencies were closely monitoring Irene's movements and track. They urged residents to make sure they have batteries, drinking water, food and other supplies available in case Irene takes aim at the state.
"We must prepare for the worst and hope for the best," said Joe Martinez, chairman of the Miami-Dade County Commission.
Gov. Scott met with state emergency management officials and the state meteorologist, poring over detailed charts involving windspeed and steering currents. Scott, a first-term Republican who has not experienced a hurricane as governor, asked questions such as how much advanced notice would be needed for evacuations of low-lying areas.
"Irene's going to be close," Amy Godsey, the state meteorologist, told Scott. "We're not out of the woods yet."


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When I signed up for Boston this year, I knew it would be an amazing day. And amazing it was.
From the walk to Boston Commons, to the ride to Hopkinton, and the 26.2 mile journey back to Boston, it was amazing. And there is no better way to describe my experiences from April 21, 2014.
I thought about April 15, 2013 every day for the last year because it was terrible. Now I can't stop thinking about April 21, 2014 because it was so much FUN.
Before the Race
When I woke up on Monday morning, I was instantly excited. The nerves were there, but not too crazy. I knew the day would be fun, and I could not wait. As I got dressed in all my gear and layered on all my throwaway clothes, I got more and more antsy to be at the start.
After saying 'Bye' to Ramsey, I flew out the door and started my walk to Boston Commons. Along the way, I started chatting with a few other runners that were as anxious and excited as I was. Once we got the Commons, we parted our ways. Last year when I got there, I had to wait in line FOREVER to board the bus. This year I sat outside gate and hopped right on a bus when they called my wave. It was pretty awesome not to waste an hour of energy standing in a line like we did last year.
On the bus I sat next to the awesome guy named Mark. I told him he was a good sign, as my Dad's name is Mark. Then he informed me he had a sister named Ali! After that, we knew we were going to have a good day. The bus ride was long, made longer by the fact that we were all 100% certain that our bus driver was falling asleep on the drive. Not even kidding. It was terrifying. We had to keep whistling at him to keep him awake. That scare took some of the anxiety away from the 26 miles ahead…..
When we arrived to the start village, Mark and I parted ways. Then I immediately got in line for a potty and settled myself down on the ground. It was great that the weather wasn't freezing so we were't miserable before we started. I was able to see my friend Kerri in the village and sit with her for quite awhile before the race. That was nice to chat and catch up.
The process for getting to the starting line this year was much different than last, and felt very rushed. I liked that last year I could hang out at the start and watch the first wave go by. This year we were not allowed down there until they called our wave. When they finally called us down, I felt like I was in a HUGE rush to get myself in line and ready. Luckily – I made it in my spot with a minute to spare. I also got to see a couple more friends on the the way down – Jeff and Crystal!
It's Go Time
When the gun went off, the enthusiasm of the runners and crowd was something I had not ever experienced. Everyone was celebrating, smiling and happy. We all wanted to have a great day, and the fans wanted us to as well.
I decided to run with my GoPro camera so I could capture moments and remember exactly how it was. Ramsey will be helping me make a video, but for this post I just added some of the photos.
My goal for this race was to have fun. My second goal for this race was to run under a 3:40. I had no idea what my body would be able to do, seeing that my training was a little different (ahem…slacking) than usual. I had some really good runs, but I also took two weeks off in the middle of training. I felt that 3:40 would be doable for me on that day.
I knew starting too fast was going to be an issue. I was corralled with people that ran 3:20 marathons….so I was not surprised when my first mile clocked in under 7:40. But I did say to myself, "you are running too fast….slow down".
The first few miles blew by. I even got to run with Summer Sanders for awhile!!! That was pretty awesome and she seemed like a really nice girl. She even laughed at me when I made a joke (insert crazy happy face).
The towns promised that this year would be a Boston like none other, and they did not disappoint. Running by the Framingham train station was indescribable. The fans were screaming for strangers and thanking us for being there. Thinking about it now gets me all choked up, it was that incredible.
I continued a consistent pace of 7:50-8. I also continued to tell myself, "You are going too fast…." but I just couldn't slow down. The crowd had me all jacked (in the words of Greg Hall) and there was no slowing down while my legs felt good. I decided my new tactic would be to keep it going for as long as possible. Then I started thinking…."is a 3:30 in my future today?!?!!?!" (spoiler: it was not)
I was straight up giddy when we arrived in Wellesley. I heard the screaming before we saw the girls. Wellesley is the best part of this race, hands down. And this year, it went one FOREVER. I ran along the fence and high fived every girl I could. I watched the men getting kisses and some women too, and just laughed. It was insane and SO MUCH FUN!!!!
When I hit Newton I knew the hills were coming. This would be my moment of truth and tell me just how long I could continue to run my 8 minute pace.
Then at mile 18 I made the huge mistake of stopping to walk through a water station and take my GU. I knew my legs were getting tired, but had no idea how tired they were until I started running again. Ouch ouch ouch. I remember thinking, "my legs didn't feel like this at mile 18 in NYC…."
From that point on, I knew the rest of the race would be pure survival. My legs were burning bad, my asthma was horrible (I had to take my inhaler multiple times), and I was getting hot. We had super cold training runs all winter in KC, so running in 60 degrees and sun was not ideal.
I knew I was slowing down a lot on the hills, so I decided to stop looking at the Garmin. I didn't want this race to go south mentally. The day was not about my time, it was about the experience. I made a rule that it didn't matter how slow I was running, I could not walk. Walking is bad and only makes you want to walk more.
As I started heartbreak hill, I braced for what was to come. Then I saw a sign – "MEB WON!!!" As the runners went past this sign, we all cheered and celebrated. At that moment, it felt like WE WON this race. We were so proud and excited (I am crying right now writing this…that is how emotional it was). That sign was encouragement enough to get up that hill.
From that point on, I had my eye on the prize – finishing. I continued to soak it all in and enjoy every moment. I also continued to ignore the Garmin on my wrist because I did not want to ruin my moment.
With every hill I hit, I received cheers and encouragement. Wearing your name on your shirt is amazing in this race. A group of college guys started chanting "ALI ALI ALI ALI" around mile 23 and all I could do was laugh. That is why I was there. To have fun.
Every step was hurting. But every step was closer to the finish. In no time, I would be there.
Mile 25 I saw my amazing husband, as well as some of my blogger friends (Leticia and Michele!). This was one of the first times I looked down at my watch to calculate my pace. I realized if I kept going at the same pace, I would meet my goal of 3:40!!!!
As I turned right onto Hereford, I grabbed the GoPro to capture the moment. It was nothing I have ever experienced and something I never want to forget. So many people, all cheering for ME. And even better – yelling my name. I had nothing left in the tank, but this crowd got me through. (crying again right now!!).
And then I was on Boylston running to the finish.
So much enthusiasm and encouragement there to support the runners, the victims, and the city of Boston.
As I ran by each bomb site, I blew a kiss to the victims and their families. Those victims were there on April 15, 2013 to cheer for the runners. And I could not pass by those sites without acknowledging them with some love.
When I crossed the finish I was flooded with so many feelings. The main one being happiness. I was sore, I was tired, I was struggling to breath, but it was still one of the happiest moments of my life.
And I crossed just fast enough to reach my goal – 3:39:14
Even in those painful miles at the end, the race went by so fast. I wanted the pain to end, but I never wanted the experience to end. I wish I could re-live that joy every single day.
Post Race
After crossing the finish line, I hobbled along for what felt like an eternity. I got to see Natalie Morales being interviewed by Extra and I thought, "damn that would suck to have to do an interview like that right after crossing the finish". I also talked to a few other runners and we celebrated our races together.
When I saw Ramsey at the family meeting area, I couldn't help but start to cry. So many emotions from the day all flooding out of me. I was so happy, and so thankful it had gone so perfectly. Even through the pain, the day could not have been any better.
We took photos and began the walk back to the hotel. I told him all about the race and how happy I was. I think he was expecting me to be disappointed, since he could see my splits significantly slowed down the last 8 miles, but I told him I had no feelings but joy. How could I complain or be unhappy about anything? I just completed my 6th marathon, which happened to be the best marathon in the world. And it was also my birthday – you can't be mad on your birthday!
I still can't stop thinking about this race and how awesome it was. I love the marathon, and I LOVE Boston. And I promise to be at that race as long as my legs will carry me there.
Thank you for the all the love, well wishes and support. I felt every last bit of them on this journey.
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Nolan Ryan Says The New Boomstick is a 'Tremendous Wiener'
This year at The Ballpark in Arlington there's a new item on the menu for Rangers fans to get their heart burn from.
Team president, Nolan Ryan announced that a one-pound, two-foot long, $26 chili-cheese dog will be available to I can only assume families of four to purchase. But what's more surprising about this surprisingly over-sized frankfurter is in an interview Ryan referred to it as a "tremendous wiener." His reference of course transported normally civilized, well-spoken men like myself back in time to giggling, prepubescent boys.
I think that was Ryan's intent. Come one now — each word he chose to describe the new tube-steak was undoubtedly carefully calculated and premeditated to make us feel like kids again. And I appreciate it, thanks Mr. Ryan!
Here's what he said in the interview with ESPNDallas:
When [Rangers Executive Vice President, Communications] John Blake came in and told me that Sportservice had announced that yesterday, I asked him how big the wiener was. He didn't know. But it has to be a tremendous wiener. And then we're getting some kind of exotic bread flown in from France. And I don't know what kind of condiments you put on that. But I do want to look at it.
But regardless, the new "Boomstick" named after outfielder Nelson Cruz will be available for you to purchase next time you head to The Ballpark in Arlington.
Ya' gotta love baseball and wiener jokes to make you feel like a kid again. Can't wait for baseball season.


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Obama's Communications Advisor Makes Worst Twitter Typo Imaginable
There are Twitter typos and there are Twitter typos. And then there's what Senior Advisor to the President for Strategy and Communications Dan Pfeiffer did today.
You'd think the man who served as communications director for the Obama campaign would know to double check his tweets before hitting send, but, well:
I think a certain someone wishes his Federal Twitter account had been furloughed by the shutdown.


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With all the incessant hoopla about the new iPad, the one comparison that keeps popping up is that its 2,048x1,536-pixel resolution is "greater than an HDTV!" or "1 million more pixels than your TV!"
Not only is this irrelevant and a senseless comparison, but it has no bearing on the future of HDTVs, as some have implied.
Here's why.
Nearly all modern HDTVs have 1,920x1,080 pixels, as in roughly 2 million little squares that make up the image. This standard, one that's been with us since the beginning of high-definition back in the '90s, is found in HDTV broadcasts (in 1080i form), pretty much all Blu-rays (in 1080p form), and some download services like Vudu and now even iTunes.
Up to this point, most tablets maxed out at around 720p (1,280x720 pixels), like the 1,280x800-pixel Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, or slightly less like the 1,024x768-pixel old iPad/iPad 2. The forthcoming 1,920x1,200-pixel Asus TF700T is one notable exception.
The new iPad's 2,048x1,536-pixel resolution is certainly neat, but the comparison with HDTV resolution is either lazy or frivolous because there is one major difference: you're holding the iPad closer to your face.
The human eye has finite resolution. When an object is farther away, we are less able to resolve fine details. This is why at 50 feet you can see a person has hair, but not the individual strands of hair. Hold that person at arm's length, and you can count all the (ahem, remaining) follicles you want.
At the distance most people sit from their televisions (roughly 10 feet), 1080p is plenty. In fact, with smaller televisions under 60 inches or so, most people won't be able to tell the difference between a 720p and 1080p television.
Can you see the resolution difference between the old iPad's screen and the new one? I have no doubt, because you're holding it at less than arm's length from your face. You can hold the new one even closer, filling more of your field of view and creating a larger apparent image.
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Whether you can tell the resolution difference between the old iPad and the new at 10 feet has no relevance to the world of televisions. The next jump in resolution is going to be 4K, and even that is pointless, as I've covered before. We're not going to see 1536p televisions, even if/when the long-rumored Apple iTV comes out.
What would be a comparable "Retina" HDTV resolution? It's impossible to say, because there isn't a set viewing distance, nor is there a set image size. People picking up an iPad will naturally move it closer to or farther from their face for their personal optimal viewing experience. Apple can calculate this distance, within a few inches, for every one of its potential customers (and, of course, it knew the exact size of the screen and its pixels).
There isn't a comparable figure for televisions. Sure, for most people the distance is roughly 10 feet, but not all. And screen sizes vary greatly. I grew up with a 19-inch TV, now I make do with a 120-inch TV. TV manufacturers aren't going to start making TVs with drastically different resolutions to suit different screen sizes. It's not cost-effective, nor is it rational when for most people 1080p is more than they can see on undersize televisions from the distance they're sitting.
The bigger issue is one of content, as in, there is none. For the most part, video content on the Web is 720p, which isn't great (largely because it's highly compressed), but is at least generally better than standard definition. The maximum resolution of video content you can get online, for the most part, is 1080p, and this is only a small fraction of the content right now. Either way, the iPad scales the content to its 2,048x1,536-pixel screen. If you're curious how it does this, check out my article on upconverting.
This is nothing new; all computers do it. If you've ever watched Netflix on your PC or Mac, it was scaled to fit the screen. Unless it's a small laptop, the resolution is probably greater than 720p.
I'm not bashing the iPad, nor am I saying the new screen isn't cool. The fact is, screen resolution was never a real issue for most people. The new screen is just nicer icing on an already pretty cake. The reason why most people buy an iPad (or a Kindle Fire) is the access to content, via iTunes or Amazon, something all other tablets lack or are woefully deficient.
What I am bashing is the cognitive leap some are making in the media that the higher-resolution screen has any relevance to HDTVs. It is a completely different world, one that admittedly is growing closer all the time, but not when it comes to resolution.


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Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.Luther Burbank
Do not feed children on a maudlin sentimentalism or dogmatic religion; give them nature. Let their souls drink in all that is pure and sweet. Rear them, if possible, amid pleasant surroundings ... Let nature teach them the lessons of good and proper living, combined with an abundance of well-balanced nourishment. Those children will grow to be the best men and women. Put the best in them by contact with the best outside. They will absorb it as a plant absorbs the sunshine and the dew.Luther Burbank