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Elisabeth Coleman dies at 68; helped break journalism glass ceiling
After graduating from Vassar College in 1966, Elisabeth Coleman sought a job in journalism "as an assistant to a smart man." She found such a position as a researcher at Newsweek magazine in New York.
In those "Mad Men" days of suffocating sexism, editing and reporting at the big newsweeklies were jobs done almost exclusively by men. Bright women like Coleman did the legwork, an arrangement she did not question — at first.
Four years later, however, the revolution was underway. Forty-six women at the lower levels of Newsweek's staff lodged a sex discrimination complaint in 1970. It became the first class-action lawsuit by women in the media alleging their systematic exclusion from the choicest jobs. Coleman was one of the plaintiffs.
"She had no hesitation in joining," said former Newsweek senior editor Lynn Povich, who wrote a book about the case. "She had this great sense that big things were about to happen."
Coleman, one of the first women at Newsweek to rise from researcher to correspondent and who later served as press secretary to Gov. Jerry Brown during his first term in office, died June 20 in New York City after a short illness, according to her brother, Francis D.R. Coleman. She was 68.
"The Newsweek lawsuit played a huge role in my life," she told Povich in the 2012 book "The Good Girls Revolt: How the Women of Newsweek Sued Their Bosses and Changed the Workplace."
Within months after joining the lawsuit, Coleman was promoted to correspondent and assigned to San Francisco, where she covered such major stories as the trial of Angela Davis, the black militant acquitted of providing guns used in a courtroom shooting that killed a judge.
In 1976 Coleman became the first woman in modern memory to serve as press secretary for a California governor.
"It was a real challenge to be his press secretary," said former Gov. Gray Davis, who was then Brown's chief of staff. Brown was notorious for his spontaneity, which extended to the long, free-floating discussion with reporters late on a Friday afternoon in 1976 during which he decided to run for president.
Coleman "took all of the uncertainty and spontaneity that was part and parcel of the Brown administration in stride," Davis recalled. "She was terrific."
Born in Suffolk County, England, on May 26, 1945, she was the second of three children of David Coleman, a senior British intelligence officer, and his wife, the former Annelise Bojesen. She lived with her family in Germany until 1947, when one of her father's spy operations went sour and they were forced to flee the country.
Relocated with her family to the United States, Coleman grew up on a ramshackle farm in Indiana. They struggled financially for many years, but Coleman worked hard and was admitted to Vassar at age 16. She graduated in 1966 with a degree in Russian.
When she announced that she wanted to work in journalism for "a smart man," her parents asked if she had considered being a journalist herself. As told in the Povich book, she replied, "Oh my gosh, no — I couldn't do that. That's for men."
But she quickly fell into reporting as an assistant to Bruce Porter, who had joined Newsweek in 1967 as television critic. He took her on assignments and "before long she was reporting whole stories," he recalled in an interview last week. "Researchers, if they were lucky, could do reporting. If they were not lucky, they could just do fact checking. They were glorified secretaries. Elisabeth was doing the job of a full-scale reporter."
Porter was more supportive of women in journalism than most of his male colleagues. According to Povich's book, after Coleman was repeatedly told she could not apply for one of the magazine's summer reporting internships, the male head of correspondents admitted that the reason was "men don't want to work with women."
In early 1970, when Povich asked her to join the lawsuit, she was ready. "I had this tightly wound feeling that we were changing history," Coleman said, "that something was going to explode!"
The women were represented by Eleanor Holmes Norton, the civil rights advocate and future congresswoman, who described her clients as "pristine female brilliance, deliberately kept at ground level."
Even though Newsweek answered to a woman — Katharine Graham was president of the Washington Post Co., which published the magazine — progress in the case was slow. The women filed two complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission before the magazine finally agreed in 1973 to specific goals and timetables for moving women up the editorial ladder.
The successful legal battle changed Coleman's life. She left Newsweek in 1973 to work as a reporter for KQED-TV in San Francisco and later for ABC News before going to work for Brown. A stunning redhead, she "carried herself with a New York, sophisticated elegance which was then unknown in Sacramento," recalled Llew Werner, then a top Brown aide.
She left Sacramento after marrying Rock Brynner, the son of actor Yul Brynner, in 1978. "The governor stood up for Elisabeth at our wedding," Brynner told The Times last week.
They were divorced in 1981. In addition to her brother Francis, of Bloomfield, N.Y., Coleman is survived by another brother Jack, of Philadelphia; a half sister, Sally Van Devanter, of Westport, Conn.; and her stepmother, Elisabeth Laperouse, of Themines, France.
After her marriage, she moved back to New York, where she ran her own public relations firm for several years. In 1990 she joined American Express, retiring in 2004 as vice president in charge of communications. A devoted Buddhist, she was working on a memoir at the time of her death.
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Boy's Brave Battle Against Brain Cancer at 'the Best Place'
Follow boy's inspiring, year-long battle against rare brain cancer at St. Jude.
Nov. 26, 2008 -- When Daniel Biljanoski was 12 years old, he had a cancerous brain tumor the size of a goose egg removed from his head. His doctors in upstate New York weren't initially hopeful about his prospects for recovery, but Daniel and his family weren't about to give up without a fight, and neither was the staff at St. Jude Children's Hospital.
Daniel was diagnosed with atypical teratoid/rhabdoid Tumor, or AT/RT, a rare and aggressive form of cancer that occurs most commonly in children. The tumor involved a quarter of his brain.
"The chief of neurosurgery, his neurosurgeon, told us that if it is the AT/RT, we could be looking at 12 months [to live]," Daniel's mom, Lisa Biljanoski, told "Nightline." "It was terrible. It was horrible. Nobody should ever have to hear that -- about a child, nonetheless."
Daniel asked his oncologist what he would do if his child were diagnosed with AT/RT, and the doctor recommended that Daniel seek treatment at St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. So 15 days after brain surgery, Daniel and his mother left the rest of their family in Auburn, N.Y. and traveled to Memphis, Tenn., to the largest research hospital in the world for childhood cancer.
St. Jude: Treating Cancer With Teamwork
A cancer diagnosis can be a huge financial burden for many families, but St. Jude covers the cost of treatment for every patient.
"You will never get a bill from St. Jude for anything," said Joanna Jackson, the registrar who welcomed Daniel and Lisa and checked them in. "If the insurance company says we'll only pay 20 percent, St. Jude will cover the balance. What can I say? It's a wonderful place to be."
And strangely perhaps, it is also a happy place: a hospital that encourages sick kids to still be kids. Toddlers ride tricycles in the hallways, there are parties for the patients and uncomfortable needle pricks are rewarded with a trip to the toy chest.
On his first day at St. Jude, Daniel displayed his usual positive attitude. "I honestly feel awesome," he said.
The hospital's researchers are still investigating and perfecting treatment for AT/RT, and Daniel was soon introduced to his team of professionals. There seemed to be an awful lot of people involved in the care of one little boy: a physical therapist, an occupational therapist, a social worker, a teacher and numerous nurses and doctors. The same size team works with each and every patient at St. Jude.
"I think it's different because the whole infrastructure is different," said Tabatha Doyle, a registered nurse who is the coordinator of the brain tumor program. "It's a teamwork perspective. Everybody works together to make sure the patient is completely taken care of -- there's not anybody who feels like they are a more important member of the team than anyone else, even the physicians."
Daniel's primary physician, Dr. Amar Gajjar, described his role.
"The best way I can describe it is that I'm the conductor of the orchestra, so I make sure everything we've got designed for Daniel and his care is coordinated and everything is going as we expect it to go."
For more than a decade, Gajjar has been pioneering an experimental protocol for children over 3 with AT/RT, a protocol that could have the potential to save Daniel's life.
"Most patients have some side effects, some headaches, some nausea and vomiting," said clinic nurse Dori Parker. "[Daniel] comes in the clinic every time with a smile on his face and fives me a hug and tells me how happy he is to be in the clinic. And to see us. I mean, you can't get better than that."
Hope for 'Hopeless Children With Hopeless Diseases'
St. Jude is a research hospital, and to be accepted there a child must have a cancer under study, as Daniel did.
Actress Marlo Thomas spearheads the hospital's fundraising, which produces a whopping $600 million annually, making it one of the largest charities in the United States. Her dedication to the hospital is lifelong -- it was founded 46 years ago by her father.
"We are studying what we don't know, because we are a research center," Thomas said. "We are moving our science from the laboratory to the bedside to the patient very quickly."
Thomas says her father's commitment began long before he achieved fame and fortune as the star of TV's "Make Room for Daddy."
"He literally had $10 in his pocket and it was going to cost $50 to get me and my mother out of the hospital," she recalled. "And so the sermon that day at church was on St. Jude, patron of hopeless cases. ... So he took out those little envelopes that they used to put in the baskets and he wrote on it 'Dear St. Jude, no one's more hopeless than I am. ... Just give me a sign that I'm going in the right direction.'
"The next day he got a call to play a singing toothbrush on the radio and the pay was $75. So all through his life he kept having these signs and so he kept saying to St. Jude, someday I will build a shrine to you and for you, and so that's when he decided that he would build a shrine that would be a living place of children, hopeless children with hopeless diseases."
Hopeless children like Daniel.
Dr. Thomas Merchant, the chief of the radiation oncology department, said that Daniel "had great surgery, he's getting excellent radiation, he's going to have very strong chemotherapy."
Still, Merchant acknowledged that the survival rates for this type of cancer are "very low."
"I just can't even bring myself to say -- survival is not very common," he said.
Daniel underwent a series of MRIs to determine if the surgeons in upstate New York were able to remove the entire tumor in his brain and to see if cancer cells were still spreading.
The next day, Daniel and Lisa met radiation oncologist Dr. Larry Kun, who informed them that there was no sign of spreading to the spine, "which is good for you and good for everyone."
"I actually stayed up late one night researching. They say once it gets to the spine you have to take action immediately," said Daniel. "The spine just connects to all the organs."
"That's true," said Kun. "And your spine looks perfectly good."
Despite the good news, Daniel still had a difficult journey ahead as he began a rigorous and painful course of treatment in an effort to save his life.
"He's on a protocol that is very intense, probably one of the most intense in the nation for this type of tumor, so we have to hope that there are children who are going to survive this," said Merchant.
Daniel's radiation dose needs to be big enough to stop the cancer from returning, while doing as little damage as possible to his brain. It is a dose too strong to give to children under age 3 without causing significant brain damage.
When asked to rate the difficulty of the treatment on the scale of one to10, with 10 being horrible and one being OK, Daniel said he'd put it as a one. He is relentlessly optimistic, saying he feels mentally and physically strong and doesn't ask "Why me?"
"Hey, you can't change it, so why bother?" he said. " [I] would rather me than other kids who probably couldn't take it, and I was the person who before all of this was afraid of needles and stuff like that, so I pretty much right now am not afraid of needles as much as I was before."
"Daniel and I talked the first night the neurosurgeon told him that it was cancer, and we were curled up together in the hospital bed, and I said to him, 'You know what Daniel? I'm going to turn off all my emotions right now except for strength and hope and faith,'" said Lisa. "We have to get through this and I said to him, 'I'm not going to cry about it because I can't. I have to stay strong.' And he squeezed my hand, and ever since then we've just thought this is something we have to do."
Chemotherapy for Children: 'I Was Horrified'
By the end of January 2008, Daniel had received 31 radiation treatments. Doctors were delighted with his progress, and he was finally allowed to go home to Auburn, N.Y., for the month of February. To the family's surprise, the entire town was abuzz with ways to reach out to Daniel -- there were fundraisers planned and thoughtful gifts, like a handmade quilt.
"Everyone sewed a little patch for who was praying for me," Daniel said. "It'll keep me warm; it's just amazing what everyone in the community does for us and our family."
And best of all, during the short respite from the hospital, Daniel got to get outside for some old-fashioned fun with his friends -- sledding.
"I love the snow. It's like I was born into it," he said. "I didn't want to hit my incision, so mom made me wear a helmet that's bigger to fit around my head."
The month was both precious for Daniel, and a painful reminder of all he was missing.
"I'm feeling a little anxious about going to St. Jude," he said, before returning for chemotherapy. "One, I just don't want to leave the house and my family."
"The chemotherapy has been described to him as poisons that are going to be put into his body and they're going to kill the good cells as well as the bad cells," said Lisa. "And so that's something that's scary for him, thinking that a poison is going to be put in his system."
The chemotherapy turned out to be even worse than they feared. Many days, Daniel was violently ill.
"I was horrified," Lisa said. "I wasn't strong. I was calling my mom, my husband, my best friend just in complete disbelief of how sick the kids actually become. I know it's necessary in order for him to get better. So it's just, put the mom hat on and OK, this has to be done, there isn't a choice. ... Let's just plow forward and get it over with."
In June, after three months of chemo, Daniel's treatment came to an end. It had been seven months since his cancer was diagnosed, and Daniel was feeling weak but proud.
"I did it!" he exclaimed. "I feel so lightheaded right now, I'd trip over my own legs. I'm drugged!"
St. Jude: 'The Best Place'
A month later, after regaining some of his strength, Daniel headed home. Waiting for him at the airport was his grandmother and a group of family friends.
"Today is very special. ... We can't believe this day has come," said his grandmother Beverly Centers.
"Words cannot explain how I feel," Daniel said when he got off the plane. "I am so happy and excited."
The journey through this year, through cancer, had been a long one, but four months after his homecoming Daniel was back at school. Although the cancer treatment slowed his ability to process information a little bit, Daniel remains a straight-A student, and every day he is getting stronger.
"It's fun running around again. I've gotten my strength back!" he said. "I don't have the stamina I used to, but I am trying to get my stamina back."
Best of all, almost a year to the day since his ordeal started, on Nov. 4, Daniel turned 13 years old -- that alone was a cause for celebration.
"He wasn't even expected to be here for his 13th birthday, and he's already had his 13th birthday and having his party tonight," said Lisa. "And we're going to have many, many years to come."
That he has turned 13 and is healthy and has not lost his humor or sweetness from all that has happened is a tribute not only to him but to those who cared for him: his family, of course, but also that team at St. Jude that never lost sight of the boy by only seeing the disease.
"I'm not saying that it was lucky, but I was at the best place to be treated and I know that," Daniel said. "I went to the best place and my future will be very good because of that."
Doctors say they will be carefully monitoring Daniel for the next year and a half to make certain the tumor does not return. He will have periodic check ups at St. Jude until age 21.

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Do ideas about information and reality inspire fruitful new approaches to the hardest problems of modern physics? What can we learn about the paradoxes of quantum mechanics, the beginning of the universe and our understanding of black holes by thinking about the very essence of information? The answers to these questions are surprising and enlightening, but also controversial. The topic of information within physics has involved some of the 20th century\'s greatest scientists in long-running intellectual battles that continue to the present day. In this special debate, hosted by the CBC\'s Bob McDonald of \'Quirks and Quarks\', you will enjoy a lively discussion between four prominent physicists who have thought long and hard about these questions.


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Crunchynut executed for blowing up Cocoa Pebbles HQ
Yeah, sorry again.
Its not directed at you, its been a common misunderstanding and I've brought it to light. No hard feelings against you
What about minor bad words like "hell" or "ass" or "damn" or "piss" that anybody over the age of 3 could handle?
grants prolly gonna say no
Thats a subjective argument but I believe Geoff should be the deciding factor. As of now, I would not appreciate a** or d*** being said. Please note that we all have had different experiences with curse words but we don't want to subject other children to it that don't necessarily have had that exposure. Just letting you know, I couldn't say any of those words, excluding a** or d*** which was later, until my pre-teens.
Fair enough.
why don't you make it the censor for the holes?
Unfortunately, Generals do not have the ability to change the censor settings. It's completely up to Geoff if the censor gets edited or not.
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I made this cake for Brade's brother's birthday (inside joke), but I think it turned out really well!
On WoW
There isn't a whole lot new on the WoW front. We finished getting everyone a firehawk last week, so I can finally say that I am (mostly) done with Firelands! We have an out of guild tank that has been helping us for the past month-ish and so we will probably do one more run to send a firehawk his way as a thank you. But other than that, I think we've likely put that fiery lord to rest once and for all.
We are still trucking along clearing out Dragon Soul every week. And, honestly, I think that is note worthy. I know that there are a lot of people who have stopped this effort, and each week that we get a full raid team together to continue pushing through I am grateful. Ends of expansions are hard. Motivation is lacking. This year it has the misfortune to compete with summer. And, honestly, after seven months of clearing the same content to be able to come together as a team and do it one more time each week shows dedication. And that, in my opinion, should be heralded.
I am a little more than disappointed with beta testing right now. I am not going to lie, I'm sitting somewhere at level 88 (or like a bubble from it, maybe), and lost some desire to continue my level push when Diablo came out. It had long been my intent to make a pre-made 90 to hit the raid content when it became available. Except that they have started some of the raid testing, and announced that they would not have pre-made 90's available yet. I was disappointed, to say the least, but started looking at my schedule to find some time to push my character to level 90. And then they announced the raid test times…which so far are all when I'm still at work.
I understand that Blizzard is in the same time zone that I am, and that they want their folks to be able to go home at a reasonable time every evening. But man does it really suck to want to be a part of beta testing for raids and realize that it's not going to be a possibility because you are on the west coast and have a commitment that keeps you from being at home during testing times. That has pretty much driven any desire to continue to level to 90 right out. The reason to get to 90 was to get a feel for how my class plays in a raid setting at max level, and realizing that it is unlikely for that to be an option for me pretty much bums me out completely.
On Inferno Diablo
Brade and I made a push before patch 1.0.3 hit to knock out the big bad guy himself…and didn't get it done. We just ran out of time, and had to do that adult responsible thing and go to bed. I was a little sad about this, but we were attempting it in a group of 4 – with three glass cannons. Maybe not the best approach to the encounter. But that's OK, because it's how I chose to play.
Anyhow, Brade and I both took a heavy hit to damage in the patch. As such, we spent some time reacquainting ourselves and farming some of the old content. Well, yesterday we had a little bit of time in the morning and spent a couple of hours throwing ourselves at Diablo again. We still haven't killed him, but we saw progress, fairly regularly making it into phase 2 and even getting our shades killed now and again. However, after a couple of hours we both came to the conclusion that we could both still use additional gear. Sadly, we don't have millions of gold to spend on it in the AH, so we are doing it the old fashioned way…grinding!
On a side note, I'm really enjoying the change to Nephalim Valor. It's nice to kill an elite or champion pack and know that you will be getting a shiny at the end. Even if that shiny has a 99% chance of being complete rubbish!
On Mists of Pandaria
I know that I say this every expansion, but for reasons that I don't have fully fleshed out myself as yet, I think MoP will be the last expansion that I raid seriously. It's not that WoW is tired, or being ruined by this group or that group, it's not even that I'm "tired" of it. It's more that as I get older I want to do more, and sadly raiding and being part of a leadership team for a raiding guild really places limitations on the time that I have to explore other things, and I think I've reached a point where the side of the scale holding "other things" is starting to tip more heavily. I have no regrets, and I've had amazing experiences and created amazing friendships in my love affair with WoW. In fact, I'd wholeheartedly recommend gaming and raiding to others. I'm just starting to think that, for me, the time commitment that it takes to raid is becoming more than what I want to give.
This isn't bad, it just is what it is. And for all I know I could re-evaluate things in two years or so and completely change my mind. But as it stands right now, and where I am right now, I think that anything I do in an expansion following MoP in WoW will probably be at a more casual level, where I can get up and walk away from the game without consequences or having an impact on 24 other people. I've always questioned if I could play the game that way, and it may turn out that I cannot, but I think I've reached a peace with what I want to do outside of the game meaning that I will no longer be able to play the game as I have to date. And I think I am okay with that.
Until that time, however, bring on Pandaland! I have another full expansion of internet dragons to kill and purple pixels to loot!
On Movies
With it being summer again we have been frequenting movies almost every weekend. We both enjoy movies, and it's been fun playing preview roulette and deciding what looks worthy of seeing, what doesn't, and what Brade will endure because I want to see it. So far this summer the movie of note, I think, would hands down be The Avengers. I have seen this movie four times in the theatres. If you are looking for something entertaining to go and see, I cannot recommend this one enough!
Other than that, most things have been one offs that we've found moderately entertaining, such as Men in Black 3 (Brade would probably argue that Dark Shadows was not entertaining). We saw Brave this past weekend and I thought it was wonderful and can't wait for BluRay so that I can see it again! I'm still debating on if I want to drag Brade to Rock of Ages. We both want to see Moonrise Kingdom (and may go this weekend). I'm on the fence about Spiderman, but know that I will go see it because I love Emma Stone. I can't wait for the final Dark Knight movie and I'm intrigued by Jeremy Renner's take on the new Bourne movie.
There is, however, one catastrophe on the horizon. And that is that The Hobbit and Les Mis come out on the same day! WOE IS ME! I will not lie; I am seriously considering taking a vacation day on December 14th just so that I can see them both that day. And even then, I am torn on which one to see first! (probably Les Mis).
On TV
Brade and I have been slowly catching up on television from the past month (yes, Diablo really has taken up most of our free time!). We finally finished Game of Thrones, and I have to say that I'm a little disappointed with some of the scenes. They could have been so much more! Regardless, even though I disagreed with some of the casting, I continue to enjoy the show and I am looking forward to next season. Oh, and Peter Dinklidge is pimp. Dude could stand in the middle of a white room reciting sonnets and I'd be hooked and hanging on every word he said.
I have continued to love Smash. I know some people (stupid critics!) have felt that it was "cheesy", but I have enjoyed and loved every last minute of it and seriously hope that it was slated for a second season. It ended such that it perhaps it won't, but I would watch the shit out of season two! Just sayin'!
True Blood, on the other hand, has jumped the shark so much that I'm not sure I'll make it through this season. Maybe it's because I read the books and was so attached to those characters that I'm turned off of the HBO spin off, but it seems to me that the only relationship the series even has to the books anymore is that they have characters that share the same names. We almost didn't finish watching the season opener. We made it through the second episode last night, and were both left with a WTF feeling as we went through the episode. I guess we will have to see where the series leads, but so far color me not impressed.
On Reading
I just finished the newest John Grisham book, and I've got to say that I loved every minute of it, and thought it was one of his best books recently. I would whole heartedly recommend it to anyone who is looking for something to read, and wouldn't even call this one a guilty pleasure! Of course, that leaves me without anything queued up on my kindle to read so I'm open to suggestions!
There is a new Sookie book out, as well as a Mary Higgans Clark book that I haven't read yet and I think Elizabeth George has two out that I haven't read. However, Brade really wants me to read the Hunger Games series (which is free with Amazon Prime right now!) and I also noticed that the Harry Potter books are open for Amazon Prime members to check out as well. So I may go that route for now. I need to go look and see when Jim Butcher's next book will be out, and to see if there is any word on Book 6 in the Song of Ice and Fire series (unlikely!). I am, however, always open to suggestions if anyone has anything they'd like to recommend as a good read!
So, how have you all been? Seen or read anything good? Looking forward to pandaland? Still enjoying Diablo? It's been so quiet around here (my own fault!) I'd love to catch up! 🙂


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The US Army's Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) has developed a new combination of helmet and respirator mask that will keep soldiers safer and more comfortable when buttoned down against chemical, biological, or radiation threats. The system, which bears a surface resemblance to helmets worn by Star Wars' Darth Vader and Halo's Master Chief, uses built-in fans to both cool a soldier's face and keep the mask pressurized to prevent contaminated air from leaking in.
As someone who has spent hours in a gas mask, I can testify to how uncomfortable and distracting it can be—especially in high heat or humidity. Doing anything in full Nuclear-Biological-Chemical gear is an order of magnitude harder under the best of conditions. By adding a blower to the mask, the Army is hoping to make it easier for soldiers to focus more on the mission and less on the sweat pooling around their eyes.
The mask, which connects to a belt- or backpack-mounted battery, is based on a commercial version of the Avon M50 filtration mask used throughout the US military. A blower built into side of the mask pulls air into its nose cup to ensure consistent air flow during an inhale. When the wearer exhales, a valve closes and air is diverted to the area around the eyes, over-pressurizing the face mask area to prevent contaminated air from leaking in if the seal is broken.
The ECBC's Respiratory Protection Branch has been developing and testing the mask for the past year. According to an Army report, the mask has proven to be more comfortable and at least as effective as the current gas masks used by the services during physical exertion and combat maneuvers. The development team is working on further improvements, such as sensors that detect when the fan needs to turn on and where to route airflow.


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Love Contract
Amor Comprado2008NC-17Venevision
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Can a wealthy playboy meet a deadline to marry before his 30th birthday when his own grandmother will stop at nothing to prevent it? Willy de la Fuente (Jose Angel Llamas) has grown up believing that women are only interested in him for his money. Instilling those thoughts into him is his grandmother Gertrudis (Sully Montero), who raised Willy after his parents passed away but has no love for the boy and wants him to lose his inheritance. Gertrudis arranges a marriage for Willy with Margot (Marjorie de Sousa), a young woman she can control. But Willy refuses to obey and places an ad in the newspaper for a bride. Mariana (Elizabeth Gutierrez), who needs money to help her family, answers the ad. Can Willy and Mariana stand up against his formidable grandmother with a contract relationship? "Love Contract," also known in Spanish as "Amor Comprado," is a 2008 telenovela by Cisneros Media that originally aired on Univision.


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Behold the World's First Alarm Clock Toothbrush
Thought the Rubik's Cube MP3 player was the most ridiculous gadget combo of all time? We have one that just might beat it: the world's first alarm clock that's also your toothbrush.
Yes, we know what you're thinking: Gross. But the creators of the device, called Wayki, are way ahead of you. The clock part doesn't include that actual brush — that's still in your bathroom. The clock is essentially the electronic part of a sonic brush, and the clever twist is it doesn't stop beeping until you insert the brush head.
There you go, lazybones — a surfire way to ensure you both wake up on time for that important meeting and and show up wearing a sparkling smile. Or so the theory goes. The product is currently seeking funding, with estimated ship times in three to five months and a target retail price of about $150.
Are you into the Wayki? Or is it, as Apple CEO Tim Cook once said, a refrigerator-toaster? Tell us in the comments.
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Dorm Safety Tips
Brookdale Campus
- Nearly every theft from a dorm room is through an unlocked door.
- Always LOCK YOUR DOOR when the room is unoccupied or when you are sleeping.
- Personal computers / laptops should be engraved and, in many cases secured. Call Public Safety (481-4444) for more information.
- Report immediately to Public Safety (1-4444) any suspicious person in the dorm!
- If you have a guest be sure to instruct them to follow the Dorm rules (Hunter Living) requiring that you escort your guest while on campus at all times.
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By AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION NEWS
City leaders and policymakers around the nation are getting behind measures meant to encourage healthier habits.
In New York City, millions have been earmarked to beef up physical education in public schools. In Massachusetts, policymakers have funded improvements to encourage an active transportation lifestyle. And Los […]


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Downtown building owners hoping to capitalize on 'TOHO' name
Downtown building owners hoping to capitalize on new nickname
TORRINGTON >> The owners of a building on Main Street want the city to have its own version of the famous Hollywood sign.
Steve Temkin, of Torrington Downtown Partners, is proposing adding large signage on their building on 29 Main St. that reads "TOHO" as in the shorthanded moniker some members of the arts community are using to refer to the city's downtown art area.
The origins of the community driven-slogan are unclear, but Temkin and other community members have suggested the acronym can stand for Torrington Heart of the Arts, or Torrington (TO) heart (H) of (O) the Arts. The term is supported by the city's economic development director Erin Wilson, but it is not an official or city-sanctioned branding effort.
On Sunday, Temkin sent out emails to about 170 supporters of TDP to help choose a design and color scheme. The voters are all people who have made monetary contributions to the TDP, Temkin said. Participants have until Thursday night to submit their votes.
"It's exciting to hear the people's responses," Temkin said. "Most of them, as soon as I sent it last night, we started getting responses back.
Voters can chose between two letter styles and three color schemes, the latter being an idea that suggested by Craig Winsor of Torrington-based Lines & Letters, who created the preliminary schematics. That company actually has offices in the building where the sign is being places.
The term is already something of an unofficial branding effort led by community leaders like Temkin, who want to continue the developing the area's arts persona.
"I'm very excited about this TOHO thing being used," Temkin said.
Temkin is already envisioning the sign appearing on the background of photos taken near the area.
"I was really picturing it in my mind similar to the Hollywood sign," Temkin said.
The idea sprung after Temkin joined other community stakeholders for a short presentation on the term for the city's Economic Development Commission. There's already some merchandise available with the term being produced locally.
Temking has already met with City Planner Martin Connor, who confirmed the two met on June 10. Connor said the signage is small enough that it will only require a permit and the proposed designs meet city regulations. Thought he is not aware of the exact dimensions of the sign, Connor said anything below 32 square feet requires only a zoning sign permit.
Winsor said each of the four letters will be about 30 to 32 inches tall, depending on which option is chosen. He estimated each letter will be between eight to 10 inches in width. He will be producing the signs locally at his shop on McKinley Street
"We're going with something clean, not too modern, a little more timeless," Winsor said. "I think we don't want to come off as something completely new."
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Piping Plover
The piping plover, a two-ounce shorebird of open beaches, alkali flats, and sandy areas, breeds along the Atlantic coast from southern Canada to North Carolina; along major rivers and wetlands in the northern Great Plains from southern Saskatchewan and Manitoba through Nebraska; and along portions of the western Great Lakes. Most piping plovers winter along the coastal beaches of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts from the Carolinas to the Yucatan Peninsula.
Fewer than 2,800 breeding pairs of piping plovers were reported in the U.S. and Canada in 1995. About half of these were in the Great Plains region, and most of the rest were along the Atlantic Coast. Just a few dozen birds were observed on the beaches of Lake Superior and Lake Michigan. The Great Lakes population is classified as endangered, while the other two populations are classed as threatened.
On rivers, piping plovers use beaches, sand flats, and drained floodplains where vegetative cover is less than 20%. Widespread river dams throughout the Great Plains has hurt this species by curtailing the scouring of sandbars in spring and limiting formation of new sandbars. In 1994 a draft recovery plan recommended the status of the Great Plains population of the piping plover be changed from threatened to endangered. This plan is being rewritten and has not yet been released to the public.
Little attention was paid to the piping plover in Montana until its listing in 1985, although prior breeding records existed from Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuge near Malta and the Fort Peck Dam area. Work on this species is coordinated by the Montana Piping Plover Recovery Committee, a group led by the USFWS in cooperation with several state and federal agencies and a host of interested birders, many affiliated with Montana Audubon Society chapters.
Nesting habitat in Montana is primarily unvegetated sand-pebble beaches or islands in freshwater and saline wetlands and shorelines and exposed beds of larger reservoirs and rivers in the north-central and eastern portions of the state. Although Medicine Lake National Wildlife Refuge and nearby wetlands account for almost 80% of the piping plover production in Montana, nesting also occurs on the Missouri River below Fort Peck, on the C.M. Russell and Bowdoin National Wildlife Refuges, and at Alkali Lake on the Blackfeet Reservation. Annual nesting site surveys have been conducted since 1987 and, as more people have participated, new sites have been checked every year.
Abundant spring rainfall and high water reduced piping plover nesting habitat in Montana in 1994 and 1995. In 1995, 62 pairs of piping plovers were observed (exceeding the recovery objective of 60 nesting pairs for the third consecutive year); the total of 169 adults recorded was the second lowest number since 1987. Seventeen active nests produced only 20 young, the second poorest production since the surveys began.
Efforts underway to help the piping plover in Montana include: (1) timing spring releases from Fort Peck Dam to more closely mirror the behavior of a natural river (i.e., reduced flows during the nesting period); (2) reducing human, dog, and vehicle disturbance during nesting; (3) informing the public about plover biology and life requirements; and (4) minimizing predation (especially from gulls) by installing temporary, large-mesh cages over the nests. On the Blackfeet Reservation, gravel is being added to a plover area in an attempt to enhance the ability of a beach to carry invertebrates on which plovers feed.
An international piping plover survey involving 26 states, three Canadian provinces, seven countries, and more than 1,000 volunteers was undertaken in 1991. The survey is scheduled to be repeated and expanded in 1996 and every five years thereafter. The 1996 survey will include a two-week count in June and another two-week count in winter.


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Jessica Aguilar (10-4 MMA, 1-1 BFC) has been trying to stay active over the past few months – "trying" being the optimal word.
Sometimes the stars simply don't align properly. This is MMA, after all.
After seven months on the shelf, Aguilar will return to the cage on Saturday night for a preliminary card bout against Carla Esparza (5-1 MMA, 0-1 BFC) at Bellator 46. The event takes place at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. The main card airs live on MTV2.
"I still continued training (during the layoff)," Aguilar recently told MMAjunkie.com Radio (www.mmajunkie.com/radio). "I had a few fights scheduled that fell through, but I sharpened some of my tools up."
These efforts have all taken place at the American Top Team facility in Pembroke Pines, which happens to be just a short drive from Hollywood.
Many fighters despise competing on home turf due to demands from friends and family, increased media obligations and a little added pressure.
Aguilar, however, is not one of them.
"I love it," she said. "Here at home, it's no traveling. You get all your friends and all your teammates and everyone out here. It's a good time. I'm looking forward to it. I've done what I needed to do. I know that I trained hard and that's what matters. The fight is the easy part. It's fun."
After dropping a controversial split decision to eventual 115-pound women's tournament (and divisional) champion Zoila Gurgel in September 2010, Aguilar bounced back with a first round submission win outside Bellator a month later.
To keep the momentum going once the calendar turned to 2011, she again received permission to fight outside the promotion's purview in March. This time it was in Japan on the "Jewels: 12th Ring" card.
Unexpectedly, Mother Nature had other plans as a 9.0 megathrust earthquake devastated the Tohoku region the day of the event in what is believed to be the largest to hit the country in recorded history and the fifth-largest in the world since 1900.
"It was bad," Aguilar said. "It was like I was in a movie. I was in Tokyo. It was about three hours from the tsunami. It was a good experience though. Very sad, but I'm glad I'm here and speaking to you guys and have another chance to step into the cage and do what I love to do."
Safe and sound stateside, Aguilar has her focus aimed squarely on Esparza and their impending confrontation Saturday night.
A potential rematch with Gurgel is out of sight, out of mind for the time being, but that doesn't mean it's not on the periphery of her thought process. It will remain an eye sore on her resume until she earns the right to address it.
"After I win this fight then we can speak to (Bellator CEO) Bjorn (Rebney) and make that happen, hopefully in August," Aguilar said. "And we'll see a new champion."
For the latest on Bellator 46, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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It was his turn, so Ray Rice thrust himself off an adjacent table and landed right behind a microphone without spilling so much as a drop of his drink.
"That should answer the questions about my hip," Rice said, suppressing a smile.
The questions predictably still came Wednesday — about Rice's health, his subpar numbers and his hold on the starting running-back spot. Rice answered each one, his tone neither defiant nor defensive.
In the midst of probably the toughest stretch of his six-year career, Rice maintained that he pays no attention to the criticism and he's not bothered by the talk that backup Bernard Pierce could have a more prominent role in the running game going forward. He also refused to blame his struggles on the hip flexor injury that sidelined him for one game and has seemingly limited his explosiveness and elusiveness in others.
"Once I get a little space, you'll see I'm clear off the injury," Rice said. "It's an ongoing battle that you just have to keep working through. This is something different for me, it's something different for the offensive line, and it's something different for all of us. It's something we're not used to. In the grand scheme of things, we did come out with a win last week. I don't want to harp too much on it, but it's something that needs to be corrected. We'll work on it."
The Ravens (4-5) play the Chicago Bears (5-4) Sunday afternoon at Soldier Field, a matchup that Rice would normally be expected to exploit. Long removed from their "Monsters of the Midway" days, the Bears have the second worst run defense in all of football, having allowed 129.4 yards per game rushing and 10 rushing touchdowns.
However, the Ravens' running game, and Rice in particular, haven't had success against anybody this season. Their 73.1 yards per game average on the ground is the third worst in football. Their 2.8 yard per carry average is tied with the Jacksonville Jaguars for the worst in football.
Rice, a three-time Pro Bowl selection who has averaged 1,267 rushing yards a season since becoming the Ravens' featured back in 2009, has just 289 yards on 115 carries this season, and is on pace to finish with 576 yards. He's also last in the NFL with an average of 2.5 yards per carry.
"I don't need to prove I'm a Pro Bowler," Rice said. "I've been there three times already and I've won a Super Bowl. Proving all that stuff all over again is not in my best interest. It's trying to do whatever I can to make the Baltimore Ravens win football games. As long as I'm able to do that, I'm fine with that. If I'm lacking in one area, go look at how I'm doing in pass protection. Go look at how I'm working with my offensive line, helping those guys communicate with Joe [Flacco, the quarterback]. They're just statistics and numbers that a lot of the world gets caught up in. Right now, the only statistic or number that matters is a 'W.'"
Rice, 26, also said that he has "no doubt at all" that he'll be able to return to his old form over the Ravens' final seven games.
"If I doubted myself, I wouldn't be where I am today," Rice said. "I'm at full strength. The Ravens are going to need me at full strength late in the year. It might be a blessing in disguise that I went through something early. Now, we're trying to get back on track, so I can get myself back to whatever you call 'full strength.' I know I'm able to make plays. I leave the doubt and the naysayers out there. When there's opportunity, you'll definitely see it. We just haven't had the opportunity to show it."
Rice's longest run this season is 14 yards, gains eclipsed by Pierce and the quarterbacks, Flacco and Tyrod Taylor. Even in the passing game, where he has been considered one of the league's top all-purpose threats, Rice is averaging just 4.9 yards per completion, and he has yet to show the ability to consistently win matchups in space against linebackers and defensive backs. Coming into the season, he averaged 8.7 yards per catch.
Nobody has disputed the fact that the Ravens' offensive line has struggled and holes to run through have been tough to find. Pierce is averaging just 2.8 yards per carry after averaging 4.9 last year. However, to Rice's credit, he hasn't pointed fingers, and his teammates are not about to start casting blame on him.
"It's never one guy," Flacco said. "We're working on this thing as a team. As I said, we've just got to be better all around. It's not one thing or one guy that's holding us back. If we were doing some other things better, than Ray would have more room and he'd be able to get in more one-on-one situations and make guys miss."
Rush linebacker Terrell Suggs has long called for getting Rice more touches and he said Wednesday that to "close the door" on the running back would be a mistake.
"We've got seven games left, and I've still got all the confidence in the world in Ray Rice," Suggs said. "He's one of the best players in this league, one of the best running backs in this league, and we have a lot of success with games when No.27 has got his hands on the ball. So, as long as we stick with that, I think we'll be fine."
Ravens coach John Harbaugh said Monday that he doesn't view replacing Rice with Pierce as the featured back as a "solution" to the team's meek running game. Harbaugh said that both players will get plenty of carries and the team will lean more on what back is more productive on that particular day.
"Needless to say, I know I'm a huge playmaker on this team," Rice said. "I've won a lot or games around here with this team. I helped out with everything that we've done around here, but I can't do it by myself. I'm not that guy. I'm not selfish. … You get judged by your performance [and] we have to play better. We have to help our offensive line play better and we'll continue to do that."
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Date: Thursdays & Fridays, 6:00-7:30am
Location: Pavilion
The Breakfast Program, formerly known as the Caring Committee Feeding Program, is among Central Synagogue's longest ongoing social justice projects. Originally conceived and implemented by longtime congregant Nat Shapiro in 1983, the Breakfast Program was started in response to Mayor Koch's outcry for New York City's religious institutions to respond to an exploding homeless and hungry problem. Today, many clients of the Breakfast Program are working poor who greatly appreciate and regularly rely on the warm, nutritious start to their day.
Currently, our volunteers are helping to distribute pre-made sandwiches and other "to-go" items from the doors in front of the Pavilion entrance. Social distancing is observed and a contactless pickup system for the food has been arranged.
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Like its sibling Photoshop Elements 11 (PSE), Adobe's $99.99 Premiere Elements (PRE) has undergone a facelift to make it more friendly, adopting a lighter gray interface when the rest of Adobe's applications have gone dark. That, plus bigger text and icons make it easier on the eyes for us aging baby boomers. Adobe has also streamlined the user interface, moving all the tools and options to the bottom of the screen, and simplifying the panel structure so that you're only confronted with one task at a time. My favorite part: you no longer need to create a new project as your first step. Drag and drop some clips and it automatically creates one for you. And like PSE, it's now broken down into two modes: Quick and Expert. Quick is an easy-to-use single track storyboard view compared with Expert's traditional multitrack timeline.
The big new feature for 11 is Time Remapping, in which you block off a section of a clip as a Time Zone and can speed up, slow down, or set a section to run forward and backward sequentially. It's a lot of fun. Less innovative but no less useful, version 11 adds FilmLooks, filters which mimic the effects of popular movies like Avatar (blue people) and Sin City (red on desaturated color). And the third major addition is the capability to combine video tracks with the full selection of Photoshop blending modes. Plus, color correction has gotten a lot easier.
PRE now comes in a 64-bit version for the Mac, and Adobe tuned its performance -- it really does seem faster.
As you'd expect, Adobe has updated the themes for its InstantMovie, plus it's added support for output to Vimeo.
Although further testing -- and comparative analysis -- awaits me, overall I think the interface is a big improvement over previous versions; it's much more approachable and easier to dive into than ever.


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Day six- 30/11/02
After a day of relaxing and recuperation we head off to the treats of Northampton. The venue is called the Soundhaus and it's pretty big, there's a cool sofa in the shape of some lips and a nice little room where we can keep all of our stuff. We head into Northampton and get some food and look around a record shop. Oh yeah! One thing I forgot to say was that in York I picked up a copy of Mr Lif's 'Emergency Rations' EP which is on Def Jux. It is seriously fucking good, anyone who is remotely in to hip hop should check it out, (Also get El-P's 'Fantastic Damage', wooo!) It's the shiz-nit!!
Back at the venue, doors had just about opened when we went on, I beckoned the crowd forward and about four people obliged (thank you). That show rocked, the sound was great and by the time we finished the place was pretty much jammed full. My parents were there too so we got kicked down with plenty of free drinks, alright. Reuben and Hell Is For Heroes rocked the house and then the place turned into a club that actually played some pretty good music. The DJ played Converge! He also danced along the stage as though he was performing in a band! Ha ha Sean, you got the moves... Another cool thing that night was Jamie and John from Reuben doing some lovely songs from musicals in their sound checks, ahhh, it brought a smile to all our faces. We also met quite a few cool people that night so hello to anyone who spoke to us, you were all super nice!
That night we travelled to a travel lodge type place and crashed out, Chris almost had a fight with the lady in reception as they would only let three of us in a room (the fascists) and he demanded for a drink of water so "they wouldn't die!" That night ended in some deep discussions and hanging out in a service station with pimps and weirdoes. Rock on.
Day seven- 01/12/02
Today was a day for chillin'. We drove to Rotherham and met up with Matt from thisGIRL. He put us up, took us to the pub and entertained us all day. Much MTV2 was watched and we also indulged in some Superman 2 action which was great. His Mum also cooked us a MASSIVE meal so we are eternally grateful. Big thanks to Matt and his family, we love you!
Day eight- 02/12/02
Derby was our destination, we took a while finding the venue but got there very early in the grand scale of things. The venue was very small, the show was tight, packed full with people. The stage was very small, I think I hit Craig in the face with my guitar at one point during the set! It was cool though, much more like the sort of shows we're used to playing. The kids were right in our face and there was plenty of rock action going on. Reuben played a great show, the crowd seemed to dig them allot and it pretty much went off for Hell Is For Heroes.
Other highlights from Derby were the AWESOME pinball table that I must have spent at least £5 on, finding a picture of (the incredible) Spy Versus Spy on the venue's wall and also meeting some incredibly EEEEEEEMO kids. They told us that we should make Tyler scarves and that they cry when they listen to music! They were cool and pretty entertaining actually so thanks guys for all your emo stories! The sound man also had a huge dog that followed him around everywhere, it was partial to a bit of booze and just kept appearing. At the end of our set the dog was on the stage.
That night we stayed at Pip and Hannah's good friend Ally's house (thank you Ally!) and very comfortable it was too. Long sleeps all round and tea and toast in the morning. That's not very rock and roll is it.
Day nine- 03/12/02
Today our show was in Hereford, it was a really nice venue with a huge room for hanging out in upstairs. We just sat around watching MTV2 (re-occurring theme) and drinking coffee and booze. Me and Chris went out for a skate which was cool, Hereford seemed like a nice relaxed place and even a security guard left us alone when he patrolled the car park we were skating in. We got back, had some food, sound checked and then were ready to go on.
It was the weirdest set up as these security guys came and got us from upstairs, escorted us down a fire escape and through a door straight onto stage! When I say stage I mean floor, there was no stage which is often the best set up in my opinion. Once again the venue was packed, kids were round the side of the area we were playing in as well as in front of us, the sound was fucking loud and the show was great. Possibly my show of the tour... We left by the way we came in, escorted back to our room, it was pretty ridiculous. I tell you what, Fugazi wouldn't be escorted via the fire exit to the safe haven of their upstairs room!
Couldn't really see much of Reuben and Hell Is For Heroes that night as when we came down stairs you could see sod all due to the no stage affair. They sounded good though. There was a TV which was supposed to show the stage but kinda just had the corner of someone's head in it which was pretty funny. I spoke to quite a few nice people that night too, some were just drunk! After the show we journeyed to Cheltenham and stayed with Pippa's sister, Amanda. We sat around, drank some tea and listened to Miles Davis. A good end to a night. I was starting to come down with some kind of flu so everyone was offering me drugs (medicinal), big thanks have to be said to Amanda for making us very comfortable, cheers!
Day ten- 04/12/02
We had a slow morning just lying about, consuming tea and not really waking up (that's how I remember it anyway). The journey seemed really long and tiresome, I think I was pretty grumpy that day. I got some cool lomo shots of some stuff as we were driving, I wasn't expecting much from Harlow and to be honest it didn't make much of an impression on me, sorry Harlow! We loaded in and then waited around for AGES as the poor soundman had a bit of a nightmare with everything. There were kids trying to sell us drugs.
We got cooked a nice meal which was great, also downstairs in this bar bit there was a kinda juke box thing behind the bar where you could choose from about 50 CDs, most of em pretty good, for free! Some of the treats that were on offer are as follows: Sleater-kinney, Liars, Metallica, Nought. It was pretty damn cool!
The crowd were mean, we weren't into it. Hmmm, a bad Tyler show. Loads of kids seemed to dig it though so you can never tell. Reuben were awesome and the crowd lapped it up. Hell Is For Heroes almost destroyed the venue, I got some great live shots from that night. Some hanging around, a bit of boozing, a touch of cake and we were off to stay at my parents' house in Byfleet. We pigged out when we got there, then sleep sleep sleep...
Day eleven- 05/12/02
We hung out with my Dad in the morning, had breakfast and made our way to Gloucester. The venue was huge, kind of like the Phoenix art centre in Exeter but better. Ben, our bass player joined us for this show as Anna from HeadsOnSticks had been filling in at all the other shows like a true trooper. It was great to see him. There were hugs.
Finding our way around the place was pretty funny, a bit SPINAL TAP at moments and we had visions of not being able to find the stage and running around corridors all night! There was a cool little exhibition space in the building with some photos on display so we took the opportunity and got Pip to snap some photos of us in there (they came out a bit shit but never mind!). We were served some great veggie lasagne and prepared our self to bring the rock. The show was great, the banter was flowing ("Can I come on stage please?" "On stage? Your place is down there little man") and plenty of rock shapes were pulled. The kids went nuts, fighting (not dancing, the fools) stage diving (!) and generally acting crazy. I guess there aren't many shows in Gloucester... I dunno. We got to play our new song too, which was great. We finished it just before the tour started so playing it live was a real treat.
That night, whilst watching HIFH from the balcony at the end of the massive room it dawned upon me how amazing the tour was, we were playing to tons of people, playing every night and touring with two of the nicest bands we've ever had the joy of meeting. I was not looking forward to the end of the tour! We headed back to my parents again that night and had a lovely night's sleep, the next day we were heading back to Exeter for two days off as the Bournemouth show had been cancelled...
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İstanbul, 8-9 November 2008- The lastest edition of the 'In and around Turkey' regional process preparatory meetings in the run-up to the 5th World Water Forum is being held over 8-9 November in Istanbul's Marmara Hotel. Under the theme of "Protecting and Managing Water Resources Considering Humanitarian and Environmental Needs; Financial Issues". Download the full press release.
Geneva, 5 December 2008- More than 190 delegates representing ministries from 81 nations will gather at the UN offices in Geneva on 4-5 December to debate strategies about how to adapt to global changes that affect water management. Download the full press release
International Govermental Experts Gather to develop a 'Ministerial Agenda' for Water
11 September 2008 - The First Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) Meeting of the Ministerial Process of the 5th World Water Forum that begins at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris lays the groundwork for Ministerial Conference in Istanbul, March 16-22, 2009. Download the full press release
İstanbul, 8 September 2008- Turkish and foreign media have been informed in detail in Istanbul, "Su Ada" (Water Island) about the 5th World Water Forum which will take place on March 16-22, 2009 as Istanbul will become the capital of water during that week. It was announced that Turkish Republic Prime Minister's Water Prize would be given for the first time during the Forum. Download the full press release
Istanbul, 20 March 2008 - For World Water Day 2008, Mayors from around the world are gathering in Istanbul to discuss the most pressing water issues of their cities, as a dress rehearsal for the 5th World Water Forum, to be held in March 2009 in Istanbul.
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Istanbul, Turkey, 19 March 2007 – Dwindling continued lack of water services and dwindling water resources worldwide has brought together over 300 water professionals and decision makers to launch the preparations of the 5th World Water Forum to be held in Istanbul in March 2009. During 2 years, politicians, youth and professionals will be working to contribute to "Bridging Divides for Water", the overarching theme of the 5th World Water Forum.
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Sparta, KY (07-07-2011) – It wouldn't have been fitting for a Georgia Boot-sponsored Tundra to waltz easily into the limelight at Kentucky Speedway on Thursday night. So, Todd Bodine and the No. 30 crew took the 'long way' toward earning their fourth-place finish. From the drop of the green flag, Bodine explained that his Tundra wasn't handling the way he needed it. The Georgia Boot pit crew took several big swings at the chassis setup and pulled off some amazing pit stops doing it. The result was that Bodine started 20th and made consistent gains throughout the night to finish fourth.
"We worked hard tonight. Georgia Boot, America's Hardest Working Boot, was with us here in Kentucky and we couldn't let them down," said Bodine, who started the night in 20th place and with the help of his Georgia Boot pit crew, made it up into the top-five by night's end. "(Mike Hillman) Junior made some good calls and our crew did an awesome job with a lot of changes tonight. We made shock adjustments, air pressure adjustments, you name it, we did it. The Georgia Boot Tundra was the best there at the end. We were good in the middle, but then it got a little tight. At the end, we were pretty good and it was great to get a good finish for everyone at Georgia Boot."
The defending race winners, crew chief Mike Hillman Jr. discussed the two-day race weekend.
"Kentucky has always been an interesting track for this No. 30 crew. We won there last year after spinning out halfway through the race. That's how things seem to go for us there. Whatever we get, we have to earn at Kentucky. It's great we were able to turn the hard work of this Georgia Boot pit crew into a strong, fourth-place finish for our new sponsor. If we had a few more laps without cautions there at the end, we may have been able to challenge for the lead, but our top-five with the Georgia Boot Tundra was a good team effort," said Hillman, who's led the team to three top-five and four top-ten finishes in seven races at Kentucky.
Georgia Boot is based out of nearby Nelsonville, OH, and there were several company guests in the pits, experiencing the adventures of the Georgia Boot Tundra crew first-hand. They witnessed arguably the best pit crew in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series make eight flawless pit stops that played a key role in the team's fourth-place finish.
Bodine jumped two spots in the Truck Series standings to 11th following Kentucky's race results.
Germain Racing is only the second team in Truck Series history to earn multiple wins in seven consecutive seasons. Germain Racing has 22 wins, nine pole awards and two championships. Follow the team on Twitter @GermainRacing or on the web at Germainracing.com or become a fan on Facebook: Facebook.com/pages/Germain-Racing/198863890135.
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Placed in the NT immediately after Paul's letter to the Romans. One commentator described the problems surrounding the two extant letters sent by Paul to his turbulent converts as 'excessively dull to all except those who find that literary criticism offers the same kind of interest as a game of chess'. This is surely a very pessimistic view of correspondence which yields fascinating information about the complex social organization of a newly founded, racially mixed, Christian community in the heart of Hellenistic culture. The letters also give unequalled information about Paul himself: his pastoral sensitivity, his human emotions, his guidance on worship, and his clarification of his teaching in reply to the Corinthians' questions.
Paul came from Athens to Corinth, a seaport with a mixed population, including former serving soldiers of the Roman army after its refounding as a colony in 46 BCE, towards the end of 49 CE at about the same time as Aquila and Priscilla arrived. He converted Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, and remained in the city for about eighteen months. An accusation against Paul brought by the Jews was dismissed by Gallio (Acts 18: 16). Still, Paul decided to move on to Ephesus, leaving behind a Church of about 40 members (able to meet as a body in one house) of mixed social status.
Paul had persuaded the Corinthian Christians that the End was at hand, before they could expect to die. So he discouraged them from long-term plans and advised an ascetic way of life in the interval that remained; like them, he himself spoke in tongues. The pagan worship which surrounded them was meaningless, of no account; and the Christians' worship at Corinth was vibrant. But the news that reached Ephesus was disquieting. Paul was unhappy to hear that the Corinthians were proud of their exciting spiritual gifts and the special knowledge (gnosis) which they claimed to enjoy. He therefore wrote a letter to Corinth, sometimes called 'the previous letter' referred to at 1 Cor. 5: 9, (and consisting in part, according to one suggestion, of 2 Cor. 6–7: 11, which has been mistakenly attached out of its original context) warning them to be cautious about contacts with unbelievers, and mentioning resurrection of the dead, which seemed to imply that some at least would be dead before the End. Evidently this letter came as something of a shock to the Corinthians. They felt that their apostle had changed his views. The Church split into factions, under the banners of Paul, of Peter, and of Apollos, who had also visited Corinth. (Indeed Apollos may even have written a letter to Corinth which is preserved in the NT as the epistle to the Hebrews.) The divided Church at Corinth sent further information to Paul partly in writing and partly by word of mouth. There were questions requiring his answers, and there were tart comments on the Corinthian situation by those who carried the letters.
Paul replied in 1 Corinthians, though he dispatched Timothy to Corinth before it was finished. The letter deals with the enquiries about sexual relationships (1 Cor. 7), food sacrificed to idols (8–10), worship (11–14), and the resurrection of the dead (15). Finally he invites them to contribute to his collection for Jerusalem (16). Paul charges the Corinthians not to be satisfied with merely human wisdom (2: 5), and expounds a theology of the cross (as in Rom. 5: 6–11). The fundamental conviction of the central section of the epistle is the urgency to build up all who belong to the body of Christ; every gift they have is to be controlled by love—advice needed by leaders of a Church excessively proud of their spiritual gifts, and claiming an authority to eat regardless of the scruples of some fellow-members (6: 12). There were even some who did not regard physical actions as subject to moral restraint (19: 23). Paul deplores claims which flew in the face of human imperfections (4: 8–15; 13: 8–13).
Timothy rejoined Paul and reported that hostility to Paul had actually increased, seemingly by an intrusion of new and Judaizing opponents (11: 22), which obliged Paul to emphasize his apostolic credentials (2 Cor. 2: 17). But 2 Corinthians is remarkable for portraying Paul as working with a team—Timothy, Titus, Silvanus—and for the moving affirmation of the strength of superficial weakness. Paul himself paid a flying visit, and this too was unsuccessful. Back in Ephesus again he wrote a stern letter of rebuke; many scholars regard 2 Cor. 10–13 as this severe letter, which has somehow got attached to 2 Cor. 1–9 in the wrong place, as could easily have happened. At any rate, the letter, together with a visit paid by Titus, had better results (2 Cor. 7: 6), and when Paul got this news he sent 2 Cor. 1–9 with Titus (2 Cor. 8: 17), asking an over-zealous minority at Corinth who were unwilling to forgive a delinquent member to be more generous. Again, they were bidden to remember the poor in Jerusalem. Paul paid a third, and shorter, visit (Acts 20: 3), after which there is no information about the Church until 40 years later, when fresh quarrels provoked condemnation from the Church of Rome in the first epistle of Clement.


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Man badly burned in Silverton fire
Resident of basement unresponsive after he was trapped inside
One person was airlifted Wednesday afternoon after suffering burns in a Silverton fire.
Dispatchers said the fire broke out Wednesday around 4 p.m. at R.H. Towing, near the intersection of St. James Avenue and Plainfield Road.
A man who lived in a basement apartment was trapped inside the burning building for between five to eight minutes, firefighters said.
The man was unresponsive when firefighters rescued him from the home.
He was flown from Bethesda North Hospital to the University of Cincinnati Medical Center with burns to 80 percent of his body, the fire chief said. He is listed in critical condition.
"He had came up once to say the electric went out and he went back down," said Holly Hess, an employee of the towing company connected to the apartment. "When they realized there was smoke coming through the walls, they tried to go down and get him, but they couldn't get the door open."
Hess and Bob Jennings watched helplessly as firefighters carried their friend from the burning building.
"I see him almost every day," Jennings said. "Matter of fact, I talked to him a few minutes before the fire broke out. I was downstairs starting to do my laundry, and he was saying he had electrical problems. Apparently, the problem was worse than we realized. It must have been in the wall already."
The victim's friends feared a handicap prevented him from escaping the blaze.
"I'm kind of afraid for him," said Judy Sturgill, an employee of the towing company. "He has had one leg amputated and wasn't in the best of health."
Two departments were called to battle the blaze.
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Nashville, Tenn. - The Tennessee State men's basketball team snapped its three-game losing streak with an 84-65 win over Tennessee Tech on Thursday night.
The win improved the Tigers' home record to 9-0- their best start since going 10-0 during the 1992-93 season.
Five players scored in double-figures for TSU (13-10, 7-3 OVC) for the second time this season including Patrick Miller (17), Robert Covington (17), Kellen Thornton (17), M.J. Rhett (13) and Jordan Cyphers (10).
Thornton also recorded his seventh double-double of the season with a team-high 10 boards.
TSU forced a season-high 24 turnovers, which led to 32 points off of TTU (8-13, 2-7 OVC) miscues- the most by the Tigers this year.
The Tigers came out white hot to start the game, draining five of their first six shots including a jam by Rhett.
Rhett finished the contest with 13 points on 5-of-8 shooting, six rebounds, two blocks and a pair of steals.
At the 16:15 mark of the first half, Covington entered the game for the first time since injuring his right knee on Dec. 18. He immediately made his first shot on TSU's very next possession to make the score 10-7 in favor of the home team.
Covington's jumper ignited a 16-0 Tiger run that eventually put TSU up 24-7 with 9:45 left in the first half. Strong defense fueled the stretch as TSU forced five turnovers, recorded two blocks and held the Golden Eagles to 0-of-8 shooting.
TTU was able to trim TSU's advantage to 16 before Covington ended the half with an emphatic two-handed throw down with just seconds remaining. His flush made the score 41-23 at the half.
Covington ended the game with 17 points on 5-of-11 shooting, three rebounds and three steals.
TSU led by as many as 21 in the first period thanks to 14 TTU turnovers and by shooting 26.1 percent better from the field (48.3 to 22.2).
TTU cut the lead down to 13 during the first five minutes of the second period, but a three pointer by Covington made the score 51-35. The basket by Covington gave him his 1,579th career point, moving him past Bruce Price for tenth place on the school's all-time scoring list.
Back-to-back slam dunks by Rhett put the Tigers up by 17 with ten minutes to go in the game. The first was assisted by Deshawn Dockery while the second was set up by Miller
Miller ended up with 17 points on 5-of-11 shooting, three boards and a team-high four assists.
The teams traded blows for the better part of the half, but TSU would stifle any Tennessee Tech run with hoop of its own or a key steal. TSU finished the game with 12 swipes.
The Tigers finished the game on a 9-3 run that ended with a free throw by Thornton. The freebie made the score 84-65 where it remained until the end of the contest.
TSU had a season-high 24 fouls, but TTU also had 24. The slow-pace of play contributed to 64 combined free throw attempts.
Tennessee State will have a week off before traveling to Austin Peay on Feb. 7. Tip-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. and the matchup can be seen on the OVC Digital Network.
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Cop Who Told Protesters: 'I Will F—ing Kill You' 'Suspended Indefinitely'
Update, 5:25 p.m.: The officer seen in the video has been "suspended indefinitely,'' according to a statement from the St. Louis County Police Department.
"On Tuesday, August 19, 2014, shortly before midnight, an incident occurred wherein a St. Ann Police Officer pointed a semi-automatic assault rifle at a peaceful protestor after a verbal exchange,'' the statement reads. "It was at this time a St. Louis County Police Sergeant walked over and immediately took action, forcing the officer to lower the weapon, and escorting him away from the area.
"The unified command strongly feel these actions are inappropriate, and not indicative of the officers who have worked daily, to keep the peace. The St. Ann Police Officer involved in the incident has been relieved of duty and suspended indefinitely.''
The statement does not name the officer.
Original story: The high tensions between protesters and police in Ferguson, Missouri were captured on video Tuesday night when an officer was recorded pointing his weapon at protesters and yelling obscenities.
As the officer approaches the protesters, he says "I will f—ing kill you, get back!''
After some crosstalk between protesters, a man asks the officer: "What's your name, sir?''
The officer's response? "Go f— yourself.''
On Saturday, Aug. 9, a white police officer fatally shot unarmed 18-year-old Michael Brown, who was black, in the St. Louis suburb. Brown's funeral is scheduled for Monday morning at Friendly Temple Missionary Baptist Church.
Despite the hostile environment evident from the video, the protests were reportedly "more subdued'' Tuesday night, with no tear gas employed and no reports of gunfire.
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The 26-year-old former world number one has slipped down to fourth in the ATP rankings and has not played since his shock second-round exit at Wimbledon in June.
The Spaniard was diagnosed with a partial tear of the patella tendon and inflammation of the left knee, only returning to hitting balls on a practice court two weeks ago.
"My recovery is going well and the doctors are pleased," Nadal told Spanish radio.
"I have to look at my career with a five-year view. I considered having surgery, but the doctors have always preferred not to take risks with my treatment."
The 11-time grand slam singles champion was pragmatic about his return to competition.
"I would like to return in January," he said. "I don't expect to return and win the Australian Open, I have to be realistic. The results will not worry me in the first tournaments back.
"I have to take into account my form after so long out. It wouldn't bother me if I slipped down to 15th in the world as long as inside I knew was able to continue.
"I want to be 100 percent in time for Monte Carlo and the run-up to Roland Garros."
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Lunch in the Loop: Tortas Frontera
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Editor's Note: Whether you're a tourist or an office worker in downtown Chicago, you can get sick of eating at chain restaurants all day. So we've started a series to get you the lowdown on where to find a great and affordable lunch.
It seems like the food world has an enormous hunka-hunka burnin' love for Rick Bayless. I haven't experienced much of his food aside from a single trip to Xoco forever ago, and I did happen to eat at Frontera Fresco at Old Orchard Mall (of all places) in Skokie. I swear I wasn't mall walking. And, oh yeah, I went to another Frontera Fresco at Macy's. So, three brief trips. Even though I've had plenty of tastes, I'm still on the fence on whether or not I like his style.
For those of you who work in the Loop, Rick (I'll pretend we're on a first name basis now) has another little stand in the food court in the Chase Tower. Tortas Frontera focuses mainly on the art of the Mexican sandwich, the delicious torta. I'm used to the version served at a lot of Mexican restaurants here in Chicago—the messy, wear-on-your-face version with meat, lettuce, tomato, mayo, and avocado. But Rick's versions are different, both elevated and rustic at the same time.
Tortas Frontera only has one entree salad on the menu, and you can add on a protein if you like. The taqueria salad with smoky shrimp ($7.95 salad + $1.50 shrimp) is the sleeper hit. The salad is dressed with a refreshing avocado-lime dressing, and every bite of the salad works together as a whole package. There's a lot of components, too: Romaine, arugula, avocado, caramelized onions, roasted poblanos, radishes, crunchy tortilla strips, and cotija cheese.
Salads usually don't wow me, but in this case, I'm suitably impressed at how the busy flavors give each other massive amounts of flavor high-fives. I wasn't expecting much from the shrimp, but they have a slightly smoky flavor without an overly strong shellfish aftertaste, like you get from cheap shrimp.
There are torta specials as well, like the pork belly torta ($10.50). It's strongly smoky Nueske's bacon with black beans, roasted zucchini, arugula, chipotle sauce, and cotija cheese. Ever since Baconfest, I swore I'd punch the next piece of bacon I saw in the crotch, but it turns out I'll make an exception for this sandwich. If you've ever had Nueske's bacon, you'll know it is super smoky and sometimes overwhelming, but it's used sparingly enough so you won't get angry at it. The arugula adds a bitter green flavor, and the zucchini, though not too flavorful, adds a soft, almost meaty texture to each bite.
Every time I've been to one of Rick's restaurants, I've had the cochinita pibil ($8.95), which is a Yucatán-style pulled pork sandwich, but for some reason, this sandwich didn't turn out well, and I've even had this exact version before. The pork itself is tender and flavorful with a distinctly acidic flavor, but the excessive pickled onions on top permeate everything. The end result? A very sour sandwich. Those are two words you don't often see next to each other (like my Twitter handle).
The bread in all the sandwiches is thick, chewy, and satisfying, sort of like a ciabatta with a deeper flavor and a crisper crust, and it really makes these tortas stand out among the crowd of other tortas we've had as the Serious Eats Chicago crew.
Now, the fully-dressed guacamole ($5.25) is totally my style. It's your typical guacamole with a sprinkling of sundried tomatoes, bacon pieces, pepitas, cotija cheese, and spicy roasted peppers. Like the salad, it sounds like a noisy bunch, and it is. But the combination brings a ton of flavor to the mild guacamole, especially the concentrated hits of the sundried tomato. The pepitas also bring a satisfying nutty crunch which is a lot of fun.
The various aguas frescas ($2.50) are just as flavorful as the rest of the food. Starting from the left, there's the raspberry and prickly pear, lime, and mango agua fresca. They're all rocking a strong, very sweet lime flavor, and despite the color of the raspberry prickly pear mix or the mango, you don't get as much of those flavors as you do the bright tart lime juice.
Even after some really good items and a sandwich that sort of fell flat, I'm still perched on that fence on how much I enjoy his food. It's just personal preference. Another thing I'm not sure about? Whether or not you can call Rick's facial hair a full beard. Or if it's a separate mustache and beard. The world will never know.
Tortas Frontera
10 S Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60603 (map)
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