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Worshipers in the Al Aqsa compound. Photo (archive) by Lazar Simeonov.
Israeli security forces entered the Al-Aqsa compound firing stun grenades and rubber-coated bullets during Muslim morning and afternoon prayers. No deaths were reported, but dozens of Palestinians, as well as four Israeli policemen, were injured in violent clashes that erupted afterwards.
Israeli police said in a statement issued shortly after the incident that security forces had attempted to, "clear the area of Palestinian protesters suspected of stockpiling fireworks and petrol bombs in preparation for a riot," Al-Jazeera reported.
Palestinian media suggested that the riots were sparked by the Israeli forces breaking into the Al-Aqsa compound in order to allow access to groups of orthodox Jews who were visiting the compound later in the afternoon to commemorate the end of the Jewish holiday, Tisha B'Av, Wafa News Agency reported.
The Jordanian government strongly condemned Israel's attacks on Muslim worshippers and its violation of the sanctity of the third holiest site in Islam, calling the event an act of provocation.
"The violation of the sacredness of Haram al Sharif or holy sanctuary, and the assault against its guards and the worshippers are a violation of the feelings of all Arabs and Muslims and are designed to ignite further hostility," said Jordanian Communication and State Affairs Minister's spokesman Mohammad Momani in a statement published by Petra News Agency yesterday.
Momani also called on Israel to uphold its responsibilities as the occupying power in the area and prevent, "the recurrence of such vicious assaults against the sanctity of the site, its guards, and worshippers."
The director general of Al-Aqsa affairs, Sheikh Azzam Al-Khatib told the Middle East Monitor that over 20 Palestinians were injured by rubber-coated bullets and dozens others suffered from teargas inhalation.
Ma'an News Agency reported that 19 guards from the Islamic Endowment Department who were trying to prevent the Israeli troops from breaking into the compound were assaulted by soldiers and sustained moderate injuries.
According to the Al-Aqsa compound director, Omar Al-Qiswani, the Israeli troops entered through the Moroccan Gate and started to throw tear gas and stun grenades at Palestinian worshippers.
After the clashes subsided, a group of 140 Jewish settlers marched into the Al-Aqsa area with Israeli Agricultural Minister Uri Ariel from the far-right Jewish Home party reportedly leading the way, Ma'an News Agency reported.
Israeli security officials at the Al-Aqsa compound have been on high alert since Thursday following an incident in which a female Jewish settler called the Prophet Mohammad "a pig".
The defamatory statement captured on someone's camera went viral on social media and sparked discontent among the Muslim worshippers, Al-Jazeera reported.
Recent shooting and killing incidents in the Occupied West Bank have further heightened the tension between Israelis and Palestinians.
Yesterday night, an Israeli security official shot a Palestinian youth, who was later identified as Muhammad Abu Latifa, during a raid on the Qalandiya refugee camp near Ramallah in a search for two terror suspects who were allegedly planning an attack in Israel.
An official statement issued by the Israeli police stated that the 18-year-old suffered fatal injuries after falling off a roof when he was trying to run away from the soldiers who allegedly shot him only once, hitting his feet, the Times of Israel reported.
However, Muhammad's uncle, Jamal Abu Latifa, told Ma'an News Agency that Israeli soldiers detained his nephew while he was still alive, "shot him in the chest and then tied him with electricity wires."
Last week, the Israeli security forces also shot and killed a 21-year-old Palestinian in Jenin and a 53-year-old Falah Hammad Abu Maria in the south of the West Bank, while he was defending his son.
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SAN DIEGO -- The Orioles' dugout had a good laugh during Wednesday's 10-3 win when reliever Darren O'Day got his first career at-bat, a ninth-inning strikeout facing Padres reliever Sean O'Sullivan.
"Quite a bit," O'Day said when asked how much ribbing he got from teammates as he walked back after the four-pitch at-bat. "Everybody had a good laugh, which they should. It was a good moment. I got to hit once, this is my sixth year [in the Majors], I got to wait six more years to hit again.
"I haven't had to calm myself down on the mound that much in a while. The adrenaline of hitting is different, a lot of fun."
O'Day, who recorded the final out of the eighth inning, was told by manager Buck Showalter that he'd take his turn to hit and go back out for the ninth.
"We couldn't lose there," said Showalter of the decision. "If Darren got a hit, we'd have something to talk about. If he struck out, we've got something to talk about. "
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Developing Waynesboro into a home furnishings hub makes sense, they said, given the city's location, available commercial space and, perhaps most importantly, an existing market.
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Morris said Waynesboro could become a destination akin to Farmville, the Southside Virginia town known for scores of home furnishing shops and related businesses.
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Objective: Update the Account "Getting Started" help pane (Also known as Help Visor).
In CRM 2011 there is a great new feature called the "Getting Started Pane". If you look at any of the system entities you will see Microsoft have created and tailored a pane with useful content for each entity. Recently I was asked how do you create one of these panes for a custom entity? Today I am going to explore the steps needed to do this and make it available in your CRM 2011 system.
One thing to note straight away is this process involves customizing HTML and adding JavaScript custom actions. This task would suit a dev type with the support of a functional person who can provide the actual content. You will need the CRM 2011 SDK kit to assist you.
Here are the steps to create a new custom help pane. In this example we will link to a video online, add a new video thumbnail and add in 2 custom content links:
1) In CRM 2011 you will need a solution ready with your custom entity. For this example I have a custom entity called "Interests".
2) Firstly export your Solution with the custom entity and ensure a Site Map has been added as a Solution Component. Save the customizations file on your development machine, we will use this again later.
3) In the CRM 2011 SDK kit find the Help Visor Template under "\SDK\Resources\GetStartedPaneTemplate".
4) Copy the "HelpVisor" folder to your development machine.
5) In this example will use English (1033) only, so will not be creating new language folders.
6) In the HelpVisor folder open up the HelpVisorTemplate.htm file in the 1033 Folder and edit it with an editor (like Visual Studio).
7) To replace the video image you need to add an image to the "image" folder of size 104 x 76px.
8) In the HelpVisorTemplate.htm file locate the "VideoContainer" tags and update the image directory to point to your custom image. For my entity "Interests" I am using a bicycle image called "bike.jpg". I have also changed the video link to point to a CRM 2011 video on YouTube just as an example. You could have a prepared content video and link to that in a Production system. You can also refine whether the video popups up in a new window/tab or is embedded.
9) Add in "TitleSection" description and a "DescriptionSection" description, in my example I have used "Getting Started with Interests"
10) By default your Visor has column and row placeholders. These will need to be edited and replaced with your content and actions. Each link can be an action item or redirect you to a detail page where you have specific information. Below I have added in a custom action for "Business Interests". In a Production system you could add many of these references liniking to custom pages you deploy within your HelpVisor solution. Better yet you may link to content on your corporate network.
11) Once complete your Visor should look something like this:
We are now ready to upload this to the "Interests" entity in CRM.
12) Using the Web Resources Utility tool found in the SDK kit. I highly recommend reading the "read me" file associated with the Web Resource utility, it looks and feels a bit like the Plug-in Registration tool, but there are a few more complexities. E.g. Resources must match the file structure for relative links to work correctly.
For example:
DynamicXrmSolutions _/Scripts/HelpVisor.js
DynamicXrmSolutions _/1033/HelpVisorTemplate.htm
DynamicXrmSolutions _/1033/Content/Content1.htm
Whatever you choose for your naming convention, make sure you note the path to the "redir.htm" file as this is needed in the sitemap.
13) Upload & Publish the files in the HelpVisor folder as Web Resources.
You will see the Resources appear in your Web Resources list in CRM almost immediately
14) The next step is to update the Site Map and make reference to the new Help Visor. Open the Customizations file you exported earlier and do a search for the "SubArea" with your entity name. In my example the entity schema name is called "dxrms_interests"
The tag we need to modify is the "GetStartedPanePath". Update the Web Resource URL to point to your root path (As noted when you uploaded the Web Resources linking to the redir.htm file.
15) Once this is complete, save your customizations file. Add it back into the Solution Zip file you exported (So far it seems you cannot upload a Customizations file separately outside of a .zip or cab .file). Import your Customizations and Publish your Solution. You will also need to refresh your browser to see the changes. You should now see the Getting Started Pane appearing above your custom entity!
Side note: I looked in customizing the system entity Help visors, but this appears to be unsupported. You would need to pull down the entity help visor .htm file from the CRM website and right there I feel we are in unsupported territory. I would be interested to hear other peoples thoughts on this and Microsoft's stance.


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Former Sengoku World Victory Road champion Hatsu Hioki (24-4-2 MMA, 0-0 UFC) will make his U.S. debut on Oct. 29.
UFC officials today announced that the Japanese superstar will face scrappy veteran George Roop (12-7-1 MMA, 2-3 UFC) at UFC 137.
Featuring a pay-per-view headliner between UFC welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre and former Strikeforce titleholder Nick Diaz, UFC 137 takes place at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas.
The 27-year-old Hioki holds an incredible 12-1-1 record in his past 14
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Fighting almost exclusively in Japan during his near-nine-year career,
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Hioki also owns career victories over notables Jeff Curran, Ronnie Mann, Marlon Sandro and Rumina Sato, among others.
A former cast member on "The Ultimate Fighter 8," Roop has enjoyed mixed results in stints in the UFC and WEC that have seen the 6-foot-1 fighter compete at lightweight, featherweight and bantamweight. Highlights include a WEC 51 "Knockout of the Night" win over Chan Sung Jung and a thrilling split draw with Leonard Garcia at WEC 47.
For more on UFC 137, stay tuned to the UFC Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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NEW LONDON � A Norwich man was so addicted to heroin that he was using nearly 100 bags of it a day and selling it to support his habit, according to authorities.
Matthew Blacha, 40, was sentenced Wednesday in New London Superior Court to five years in prison on charges of selling heroin and illegally possessing guns. He agreed to a plea deal in August that carried a maximum six-year prison sentence.
�I took a year off (your sentence),� Judge Susan Handy, who sentenced Blacha, told him. �Why did I take a year off? Because I think you�re on the right track.�
Blacha has a long criminal record, with more than 30 arrests and multiple convictions. In addition, Assistant State�s Attorney Paul Narducci said, �he has been to virtually every (substance-abuse rehabilitation) program in the state of Connecticut.�
Blacha was arrested Jan. 30 by Norwich police. Police said they found 78 bags of heroin in his pocket, another 200 bags of heroin and 47 Methadone tablets in his house, and a shotgun and a 9 mm Glock pistol. As a convicted felon, Blacha is not allowed to have guns.
When she sentenced Blacha, Handy also ordered about $20,000 in cash police found in the arrest to be seized as proceeds from selling drugs. She also ordered the ownership of Blacha�s pickup truck to be turned over to Norwich police, because drugs were allegedly sold out of it.
�His substance abuse spiraled out of control,� Paul Chinigo, who represents Blacha, said.
In April, Handy raised Blacha�s bail from $200,000 to $425,000 after he tested positive for using cocaine and heroin while out on bail.
�Mr. Blacha was not happy when your honor raised his bond in April,� Chinigo told Handy. �But it saved his life.�
Returning to prison forced Blacha to stop using drugs, Chinigo said. However Blacha�s withdrawal symptoms were so severe that he had to be hospitalized and almost died, Chinigo said.
But the recovery made a difference, Chinigo said. �He�s the most healthy he�s ever been. � I believe that his near-death experience was altering for him.�
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Know Your Needs; Understand Their Needs
Members of Congress rely on constituents to help them shape their positions regarding the issues of the day. They seek the insights of community leaders and highly-regarded constituents.
When approaching a member of congress, it is important to be clear about your purpose. As a community leader, you may be looking to foster a long-term relationship. As a concerned citizen, you may want to see action on a particular issue or get your legislator to vote a certain way on an important piece of legislation.
Regardless of your intent or purpose, be specific in your requests and allow yourself the opportunity to follow up. This will ensure that you are building toward a relationship rather than a one-time interaction. For instance asking, "Will you vote in favor of legislation X" or "Will you bring this point up during debate on the House floor" are examples of specific requests. If you are in a position to organize a town hall, inviting the congressperson to visit with the community is another good strategy.
Do not tell the congressperson or their staff that you want to "make them aware of" an issue. Your issue may be fascinating, but their schedules are overloaded. Once they find you are not asking for anything specific, their attention may drift.
Equally important to knowing your goals is understanding the needs of the congressperson and their staff. First and foremost, members of congress are responsible to the voters in their district. Voters are the boss and elections are the annual review. You may have the best issue in the world, but if it does not find support in the district it may be hard to convince the congressperson.
It is recommended that you do some reading about the congressperson's views and priorities before your meeting. Information about the congressperson can be found through a visit to his or her website, searching for information about him or her on the internet, or reading articles about him or her in the local paper.
Your Reputation
Building a reputation is important. When you call an office, your reputation can result in your phone call going to a decision maker or being transferred into "our convenient general complaint voicemail box that is reviewed daily."
Be honest about what you can and cannot do. Never make promises you cannot keep and keep the ones you make. In making a presentation, do not omit information that harms your case but is critical to the issue.
Do not wear out your welcome. Constant visits and letters will strain even the best of friendships. You must balance your need to keep your issue "top of mind" with the reality that a congressional office is inundated with people and issues.
Pitching Your Issue
As you frame your arguments to elicit support for your concerns, think about how the congressperson adopting the issue will help you both, and how it will impact their district.
Equally, always be able to compromise. On issues where you cannot come to a mutually agreeable conclusion, always maintain basic courtesy. Venting your frustration may be immediately fulfilling, but in the long-term it can lead to a closed door.
Supporting Materials
For Congressional consumption, materials supporting your issue should be no more than five pages in length. Your first paragraph should clearly state what you are concerned about and what can be done. Research indicates that you have approximately 15 seconds, or 150 words, before the reader decides to continue with what you have written or move on to something else.
Boil your arguments down to their most basic components, bullet point key information and requests. Write using short sentences and paragraphs. Massive blocks of text discourage reading by those who already have too much to read. Facts and numbers are important, but do not be afraid to include a personal story that puts a human face on your issue.
There is a good formula to follow in laying out your materials: outline the need for change, propose a specific change, address how workable the change is, review the positive and negative consequences of the change and rebut any arguments those who hold views different from you might present.
Even if you give the material in print, send it in an electronic fashion that the office can cut and paste at need. Congressional offices are always seeking good material to help them push issues forward, be willing to provide it to them.
Congressional Staff
Working with staff is important. Frequently, staffers are the office experts on their particular issues. They are also far more accessible than the typical member of congress. Quickly respond to any requests that staffers make; remember, they are trying to act on your behalf.
Always be willing to build coalitions around issues. Lending your support to the concerns of other communities can bring them on board with your issues. It is sometimes politically easy to turn away from one group, but a coalition representing varied interest groups is harder to ignore.
Put your faith into action, arrange to meet the people who are elected to serve you and share your opinions with them.
Know Who Represents You
To find out who represents you in the U.S. Congress and how to contact them, log in to CAIR's site as a member. You can also find out by calling the Capitol Hill Switchboard at (202) 224-3121 (have your zip code ready) or CAIR at (202) 488-8787.
Get Contact Information for the Member's Scheduler
Call the member's office and ask for the proper spelling of the scheduler's name and their fax number and e-mail address.
Send a Written Request for a Meeting
Include the following information: the topic you wish to discuss at the meeting; names of those who will attend, if possible limit your group to no more than five; when you would like to meet and your contact information. Include your address so they can verify that you are a constituent. Members are generally in the district weekends and during Congressional recess periods. Members are generally in Washington, D.C. on weekdays..
Send Your Request
Send the request to the Congressperson's scheduler by fax and e-mail.
Confirm the Request's Receipt
Wait two business days and then call the scheduler to confirm that your request was received.
Be Politely Persistent
Be patient and flexible, it may take several calls to get a firm meeting time.
Call the Day Before
Call the day before your appointment to reconfirm it.
Want to know more? Need help or advice?
Call CAIR and talk to someone in our government relations department.


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Bad weather brings good vibes for some
Brutally bad weather or bitter cold meant good vibes for lots of NFL players.
The conditions in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Pittsburgh and Denver didn't set back the Eagles, Ravens, Chiefs, Dolphins and Broncos on Sunday.
Most notable were the performances by Eagles star running back LeSean McCoy and Lions kick returner Jeremy Ross in blizzard-like conditions in Philly. McCoy ran for a franchise-best 217 yards, including touchdowns of 57 and 40 yards in a 34-20 victory over Detroit. The Eagles overcame two TD returns by Ross.
"I've actually played all of my football in Pennsylvania," said McCoy, who hails from Harrisburg and went to Pitt. "And this is the worst game that I've ever played in weather-wise. It's my best game, too."
Also surviving the elements were the defending champion Ravens, 29-26 over Minnesota, which lost 2012 MVP Adrian Peterson to a foot/ankle injury; Kansas City with a 45-10 rout at Washington; Miami in a 34-28 victory at Pittsburgh; and Denver, where Matt Prater broke the NFL record with a 64-yard field goal in a 51-28 romp past Tennessee that earned the Broncos a playoff berth.
Week 14 began with Jacksonville improving to 4-9 by beating Houston 27-20 Thursday night. The Texans (2-11), losers of their last 11, fired coach Gary Kubiak on Friday.
Monday night's game has Dallas (7-5) at Chicago (6-6).
At Philadelphia, Ross returned a punt 58 yards for a score and ran a kickoff 98 yards at the Linc. But McCoy sprinted 57 yards up the middle for a tying TD, and Nick Foles connected with Riley Cooper on the 2-point conversion. Foles sneaked in from the 1 and Chris Polk had a 38-yard touchdown run to cap a 28-point fourth quarter for the Eagles (8-5).
"To be honest, it was definitely tough," McCoy said. "You just didn't have the normal footing and traction that you get when stopping and cutting. Sometimes I couldn't really plant. I can usually plant on a dime.
"But it all worked out."
The Eagles won their fifth straight game and took over sole possession of first place. Dallas can make it a tie for the top spot with a victory at Chicago on Monday night.
Snow began falling two hours before kickoff and intensified after the game started. Workers used shovels and hand-held blowers to clear off yard lines. Conditions were so poor neither team tried a field goal, and there were 2-point conversion attempts after seven of the eight TDs.
The Lions (7-6) have a half-game lead over the Bears in the NFC North.
At Baltimore, Joe Flacco threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to rookie Marlon Brown with 4 seconds left. Brown's catch concluded a five-play, 80-yard drive that took only 41 seconds.
It came after Matt Cassel threw a 79-yard touchdown pass to Cordarrelle Patterson with 45 seconds remaining. Just before that, Baltimore's Jacoby Jones took a kickoff 77 yards for a score, which followed a 41-yard touchdown run by Toby Gerhart, who had replaced Peterson for Minnesota (3-9-1).
The zaniness began when Flacco threw a 1-yard, fourth-down pass to Dennis Pitta with 2:05 go to for a 15-12 Ravens lead.
Baltimore (7-6) has its first three-game winning streak of the season and the inside track for the second AFC wild card.
"I've never seen a game like that before," Baltimore linebacker Terrell Suggs said. "Besides the Super Bowl, that's probably the most special win I've been a part of. Crazy game."
The visiting Chiefs scored on their first four possessions in the snow, sacked Robert Griffin III five times and Kirk Cousins once, and returned both a punt and a kickoff for a touchdown. Kansas City (10-3) snapped a three-game slide.
Quintin Demps immediately answered the lone Redskins touchdown with a 95-yard kickoff return that resembled at times a winter stroll, part of a stunning tally of 321 return yards by Kansas City in the first half alone. Dexter McCluster had a 74-yard punt return TD.
Jamaal Charles ran 19 times for 151 yards for Kansas City.
The Redskins (3-10) have lost five straight.
At Pittsburgh, talk about wild endings.
Ben Roethlisberger passed for 349 yards and three scores and the Steelers (5-8) nearly pulled off a miracle finish. Antonio Brown raced into the end zone after a series of laterals on the final play, but officials ruled he stepped out of bounds before scoring.
Charles Clay caught two touchdown passes, including a 12-yard strike from Ryan Tannehill with 2:53 remaining. Daniel Thomas ran for 105 yards and a score. Tannehill completed 20 of 33 passes for 201 yards and three scores for the Dolphins (7-6).
At Denver, Peyton Manning threw four more touchdown passes in 14-degree weather. Prater kicked his record setter to close the first half and pull Denver within 21-20.
Manning opened the third quarter by leading Denver (11-2) on a pair of touchdown drives as the Titans (5-8) were eliminated from playoff contention.
Manning set a franchise record with 39 completions and finished with 397 yards. It was his seventh game this season with at least four touchdown passes, the most such games in a single season in NFL history.
Visiting Cleveland had the Patriots down all game, but folded.
Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes in the final 61 seconds and New England recovered an onside kick to set up the win.
The Patriots (10-3) cut the deficit to 26-21 on Brady's 2-yard touchdown pass to Julian Edelman with 1:01 left. Cleveland (4-9) received a 15-yard penalty on the play, then Kyle Arrington recovered the onside kick at the Cleveland 40-yard line.
Brady completed a 10-yard pass to Danny Amendola, then Leon McFadden was called for defensive pass interference in the end zone. That put the ball at the 1, where Brady connected with Amendola again.
New England lost tight end Rob Gronkowski to a leg injury in the third quarter.
At New Orleans, Drew Brees passed for 313 yards and four touchdowns and the Saints regained sole possession of first place in the NFC South. They snapped the Panthers' winning streak at eight games.
The Panthers' defense had not allowed more than two touchdowns in a game this season until the Saints scored three in the second quarter alone, when Brees completed 14 of 16 passes for 159 yards.
The Saints also became the only team this season to score more than 24 points against Carolina (9-4), which entered the game No. 1 in scoring defense, allowing 13.1 points per game.
Marques Colston had nine catches for 125 yards and Jimmy Graham added two TD catches.
At Cincinnati, the Colts (8-5) backed into the AFC South crown when the Titans fell.
Andy Dalton threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as the Bengals remained perfect at home and in control of the AFC North. The Bengals (9-4) improved to 6-0 at Paul Brown Stadium on a cold, windy day: 28 degrees at kickoff with a wind chill of 19 and light flurries.
At San Francisco, Phil Dawson kicked a 22-yard field goal with 26 seconds remaining, denying Seattle (11-2) a chance to clinch the NFC West.
Frank Gore broke a 51-yard gain with just more than four minutes left to set up the go-ahead 11-play, 76-yard drive as the 49ers (9-4) improved their playoff chances.
Dawson's fourth field goal of the day gave him 20 straight converted field goals, a franchise record topping Joe Nedney's 18 consecutive in 2006-07.
The 49ers are unbeaten at home against the West since losing to the Seahawks on Oct. 26, 2008.
Carson Palmer completed 27 of 32 passes, 12 of them to Larry Fitzgerald, and the host Cardinals ended an eight-game losing streak against NFC West foes.
Palmer, questionable for the game with a sore right elbow, threw for 269 yards and a touchdown as the Cardinals (8-5) won for the fifth time in six games.
Arizona's Karlos Dansby returned an interception 23 yards for a touchdown and John Abraham tackled Kellen Clemens for a safety against the Rams (5-8).
The Cardinals lost rookie safety Tyrann Mathieu in the third quarter with a left knee injury.
At Green Bay, Wis., Matt Flynn threw for 258 yards and the Packers (6-6-1) snapped a five-game winless string.
Mike Neal's sack forced Matt Ryan to fumble. Defensive lineman Johnny Jolly scooped up the loose ball and, four plays later, Flynn found Andrew Quarless for a 2-yard go-ahead score,
The score completed a comeback from an 11-point halftime deficit and whipped the fans swathed in parkas and knit caps into a frigid frenzy. It was 9 degrees when the game started, with a wind chill of minus-1.
Matt Bryant missed a 52-yard field goal with 6:42 left for Atlanta (3-10).
Geno Smith threw a touchdown pass and ran for another score as the host Jets (6-7) set a season high for points and stopped a three-game skid.
Chris Ivory had a touchdown run, Nick Folk kicked three field goals and Antonio Allen blocked a punt and returned it for a score. Smith ended a miserable stretch that included getting benched last week by completing his first touchdown toss since Week 7.
The Jets also prevented the first four-game losing streak under coach Rex Ryan.
Matt McGloin threw two touchdown passes and fullback Marcel Reece, starting because Oakland was down three running backs, had a 63-yard TD run for the Raiders (4-9).
At San Diego, Philip Rivers found rookie Keenan Allen for two of his three touchdown passes, and the Chargers (6-7) kept alive their long-shot playoff hopes. Allen had three catches to push his season total to 61, breaking LaDainian Tomlinson's team rookie record of 59 in 2001.
Manning dropped to 0-3 against San Diego since 2004, when the Chargers took him with the No. 1 overall draft pick and then sent him to the Giants for Rivers and a handful of draft picks. The Giants (5-8) were knocked out of playoff contention. Manning was picked off twice.
At Tampa, Mike Glennon threw two touchdown passes and Bobby Rainey scored on an 80-yard run on the second play of the day. The Bucs (4-9) intercepted EJ Manuel four times en route to their fourth win in five games following an 0-8 start.
Manuel, Buffalo's first-round draft pick out of Florida State, was sacked seven times and doubled his interception total for the season.
The Bills (4-9) have lost five of six, are assured of finishing without a winning record for the ninth straight year, and also are likely to extend the NFL's longest current playoff drought to 14 consecutive seasons.
AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org


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Roads to Roma
Elefant Traks presents the debut album from The Herd producer Unkle Ho
From a smoke-filled coffee house somewhere years from here comes the debut solo album from The Herd producer Unkle Ho titled Roads to Roma. This is a genuinely enchanting album of broken beats, drawing upon Unkle Ho's panoptic approach to sampling and listening.
Eastern European gypsy wails mingle with Arabic harmonies whilst dancehall and hip hop rhythms jostle with folk, dub and indie backdrops to create the unique spirit of Roads to Roma. Like any true herdsman, Unkle Ho carefully shepherds his musical species without succumbing to the recklessness of mashed up genre leftovers.
Guesting on the album is fellow member of The Herd: Urthboy, recent Quannum signings Apsci, and live collaborator Senator Jim (formerly of pioneering '90s Oz hip hop group Fathom).
Unkle Ho designed all the artwork, the website and the addictive barrel jumping flash game that accompany this release – see www.unkleho.com. An eye-popping animated video clip has been created for the first single Grace of the Guru by Tom Spiers ('Love and Imitation' – Infusion).
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December 16th-19th 2011 :: Theme: Alone
Statueby zazery - 48 Hour Compo Entry
You wander and explore this mysterious land looking for traces of the people before you.
Arrow keys to move
Up to climb ladders.
Space to jump (Y on Xbox controller)
Ending: You win the game when you collect all three shards and the optional kitten.
Double jumping doesn't work well. If you jump while standing still and then use the arrow keys to move in the air it will be much easier.
Downloads and Links
Seems like the controls aren't quite right. Jumping in particular is a bit of a chore and there is one section where it is particularly bad since the only way out is to double jump several times and I can't reliably do it for some reason. Otherwise I like this game. I just wish I could get out of that hole.
Pretty average. Very short, faulty controls; also, I thought I had won because the statue was all lit up, but I got no "You win!"
I have rendering problems when I played it. The world is all ultra blocky and pixelated.
I liked it but I'm not sure if I beat it? I got the shrine lit up, went and got the thing that made repeating explosions emit from me, but wasn't sure what to do after that :(
I got a sense of achievement for reaching the kitten thingy
and falling into the void after climbing over the cave system
with a few double jumps. Getting all symbols, on the other
hand, wasn't really rewarding. But I liked that the game was
straight forward, with not too much confusion and waiting.
It's true, the controls are glitchy and too slippery. Double
jumping appeared to deliberately troll me when I was just
about to reach something important.
Some walking animations would have been nice, and easy for
you to make. It's also not real retro pixel art style because
the player floats between pixels. This isn't necessarily bad,
though. Overall it looks okay.
I jumped out of the level geometry :(
I liked the graphics, but the jumping is very annoying and imprecise, despite the tight requirements of some jumps. Not really sure what the objective was, I got all of the yellow things but nothing happened...
Love it, shame about the lack of an ending though.
Also the double jump is only broken if you are falling when you execute the first jump, then you can't trigger the second one.
Thanks for the comments and suggestions everyone. I'm glad people are enjoying the game despite the flaws.
Ending: Yes, I ran out of time for a proper ending. You win the game when you collect all three shards and the optional kitten.
Controls: Double jump doesn't work as well as it should and I should have made the controls tighter. I wish I could update the controls but that wouldn't be in the spirit of the competition.
@bitbof: I didn't even think of double jumping on the mountain but I'm glad you got a sense of achievement out of it.
pretty cool game. I like the graphics a lot. I was able to get stuck inside the top mountain bit of the cave and had to restart :( My only nitpick is that more sound effects or ambient sounds would have made the game way more enjoyable. Well done :)
Got stuck in a hole as well, after I found a red cap. The random double jump made me give up too, but that's a shame, I like the art and I wish the controls would respond better.
Seemed like a very promising game, love the visuals and the exploration feel. Once I got the red hat though, I couldn't get out of that pit because of the broken double jumping.
love it!
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Embattled handset maker Research in Motion is making a move to play to its strengths in gadget software.
WATERLOO, Ontario (TheStreet) - Embattled handset maker Research in Motion(:RIMM) got some respite from its recent struggles on Tuesday by playing to its strengths in gadget software.
In a bold move, the Canadian company unveiled its BlackBerry Mobile Fusion software, which controls not only RIM devices, but also Apple(:AAPL) smartphones and tablets and gadgets running Google's(:GOOG) Android OS. RIM unveiled its BlackBerry Mobile Fusion software on Tuesday.
"For us, it's an incredibly exciting time," explained Alan Panezic, RIM's vice president of enterprise product management, during a Webcast on Tuesday. "This product is definitely going to simplify management for enterprise customers."
Mobile Fusion lets users configure a host of devices, according to RIM, and can also be used to secure and protect lost and stolen gadgets. With many workers looking to set up their personal devices on corporate networks (a trend known as Bring Your Own Device, or BYOD), all-singing, all-dancing management software is key, says Panezic.
A beta version of Mobile Fusion is targeted to be available in January 2012 for select customers, with general availability expected in March.
The software certainly resonated with investors on Tuesday, likely thanks to the company's impressive reputation for security. RIM shares, which have plunged more than 70% in 2011, closed up 89 cents, or 5.4%, at $17.37.
Rocked by delayed product launches and increasingly intense competition from Apple and Google, RIM has bled smartphone market share this year as iPhones and Android devices become more accepted for use in the workplace.
Mobile Fusion, however, could help RIM claw back some enterprise market share, albeit with the acknowledgment that it needs to make room for Apple's iOS and Android. "If you can't beat'em, join'em," seems to be the ethos underpinning the company's latest software play.
Built on RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) software, Mobile Fusion also lets users securely push applications out to the company's PlayBook tablets, according to Panezic.
"We believe that the announcement of RIM's future plans for launching Mobile Fusion will help keep RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Server in the enterprise, while adopting a BYOD culture," noted Martha Vazquez, an analyst at tech research firm Frost & Sullivan. "RIM's expansion into management of other device OS gives it a competitive edge in an existing stronghold for them - the enterprise segment."
Crucially, adds Vazquez, Mobile Fusion should help RIM keep its hardware foothold in the corporate arena. Enterprises looking to change over to other mobile operating systems are thus unlikely to get rid of BlackBerries altogether, she said, and can now keep a variety of smartphones and tablets under one management system.
RIM nonetheless faces fierce competition from iOS and Android, which continue to enjoy major mobile OS gains.
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Dirt, Lies and the Internet
Dr. Phil explores a popular new website that dishes the dirt on non-celebrities. Nik is the creator of TheDirty.com, where people can anonymously submit a photo and ridicule anyone in their community. Does this website go too far?
Nik calls his website the first ever civilian paparazzi, where people can be held accountable for their actions. Nik and his attorney say there's nothing illegal about the website, and people need to be more careful about what information they post online " because it could be repurposed at their expense. Nik speaks out for the first time about his controversial website.
"I think people like to see their neighbor get to a certain point and fall."
Bruna, 24, says she's an aspiring model whose pictures ended up on the website three years ago, accompanied by horrible comments and slanderous accusations. She says the insulting posts have affected her self-confidence and made her withdraw socially and second-guess her friendships.
"You pretty much ruined my life because of that."
Nik's wife, Shayne Lamas, often the subject of tabloids herself, offers her opinion. Did she know about her husband's website before she married him? And, Nik's attorney, David Gingras, gives his tips for protecting your reputation on the Internet. Plus, meet two people who say they're considered "dirty celebs" after being featured on Nik's website so often. How has it affected their lives?
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The Eaton sisters, Edith Maude (b. 1865–d. 1914) and Winnifred (b. 1875–d. 1954), were biracial authors who wrote under their respective pseudonyms, Sui Sin Far and Onoto Watanna. Raised in Montreal, Canada, by an English father and a Chinese mother, the sisters produced works that many scholars have recognized as among the first published by Asian American writers. Edith embraced her Chinese ancestry by composing newspaper articles and short stories that addressed the plight of Chinese immigrants in North America. Winnifred, on the other hand, posed as a Japanese woman and eclipsed her older sibling in popularity by writing interracial romances set in Japan. The significance of the Eaton sisters emerges from a distinct moment in American history. At the turn of the 20th century, the United States began asserting an imperial presence in Asia and the Caribbean, while waves of immigrants entered the nation as valued industrial labor. This dual movement of overseas expansion and incoming foreign populations gave rise to a sense of superiority and anxiety within the white American mainstream. Even as U.S. statesmen and missionaries sought to extend democracy, Christianity, and trade relations abroad, they also doubted that people who came to America could assimilate themselves according to the tenets of a liberal white Protestantism. This concern became evident with the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) and the Gentleman's Agreement (1907), legislation that thwarted Chinese and Japanese immigration efforts. The lives and writings of the Eaton sisters intersected with these broader developments. As mixed-race authors, they catered to a growing U.S. consumer interest in things Asian, acting as cultural interpreters between East and West. In doing so, however, they complicated and challenged American beliefs and attitudes about race relations, gender roles, and empire building.
Shelley Sang-Hee Lee
Although the 1992 Los Angeles riots have been described as a "race riot" sparked by the acquittals of a group of mostly white police officers charged with excessively beating black motorist Rodney King, the widespread targeting and destruction of Asian-owned (mainly Korean) property in and around South Central Los Angeles stands out as one of the most striking aspects of the uprising. For all the commentary generated about the state of black-white relations, African American youths, and the decline of America's inner cities, the riots also gave many Americans their first awareness of the presence of a Korean immigrant population in Southern California, a large number of Korean shop owners, and the existence of what was commonly framed as the "black-Korean conflict." For Korean Americans, and Asian Americans more generally, the Los Angeles riots represented a shattered "American dream" and brought focus to their tenuous hold on economic mobility and social inclusion in a society fraught by racial and ethnic tension. The riots furthermore marked a turning point that placed Asian immigrants and Asian Americans at the center of new conversations about social relations in a multiracial America, the place of new immigrants, and the responsibilities of relatively privileged minorities toward the less privileged.
Allison Varzally
Although Americans have adopted and continue to adopt children from all over the world, Asian minors have immigrated and joined American families in the greatest numbers and most shaped our collective understanding of the process and experiences of adoption. The movement and integration of infants and youths from Japan, the Philippines, India, Vietnam, Korea, and China (the most common sending nations in the region) since the 1940s have not only altered the composition and conception of the American family but also reflected and reinforced the complexities of U.S. relations with and actions in Asia. In tracing the history of Asian international adoption, we can undercover shifting ideas of race and national belonging. The subject enriches the fields of Asian American and immigration history.
Jeff Wilson
Buddhist history in the United States traces to the mid-19th century, when early scholars and spiritual pioneers first introduced the subject to Americans, followed soon by the arrival of Chinese immigrants to the West Coast. Interest in Buddhism was significant during the late Victorian era, but practice was almost completely confined to Asian immigrants, who faced severe white prejudice and legal discrimination. The Japanese were the first to establish robust, long-lasting temple networks, though they, too, faced persecution, culminating in the 1942 incarceration of 120,000 Japanese Americans, a severe blow to American Buddhism. Outside the Japanese American community, Buddhism grew slowly in the earlier decades of the 20th century, but it began to take off in the 1960s, aided soon by the lifting of onerous immigration laws and the return of large-scale Asian immigration. By the end of the 20th century American Buddhism had become extremely diverse and complex, with clear evidence of permanence in Asian American and other communities.
Phuong Nguyen
Little Saigon is the preferred name of Vietnamese refugee communities throughout the world. This article focuses primarily on the largest such community, in Orange County, California. This suburban ethnic enclave is home to the largest concentration of overseas Vietnamese, nearly 200,000, or 10 percent of the Vietnamese American population. Because of its size, location, and demographics, Little Saigon is also home to some of the most influential intellectuals, entertainers, businesspeople, and politicians in the Vietnamese diaspora, many of whom are invested in constructing Little Saigon as a transnational oppositional party to the government of Vietnam. Unlike traditional immigrant ethnic enclaves, Little Saigon is a refugee community whose formation and development emerged in large part from America's efforts to atone for its epic defeat in Vietnam by at least sparing some of its wartime allies a life under communism. Much of Little Saigon's cultural politics revolve around this narrative of rescue, although the number guilt-ridden Americans grows smaller and more conservative, while the loyalists of the pre-1975 Saigon regime struggle to instill in the younger generation of Vietnamese an appreciation of their refugee roots.


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Billion-Dollar YouTube Suit Ends With a Whimper
Mar 18, 2014 3:49 PM PT
Google and Viacom have settled a long-running copyright suit, after a federal judge twice threw out the case.
"Google and Viacom today jointly announced the resolution of the Viacom vs. YouTube copyright litigation," the companies said Tuesday in a brief joint statement. "This settlement reflects the growing collaborative dialogue between our two companies on important opportunities, and we look forward to working more closely together."
Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. No money changed hands in the settlement, according to Re/code.
Google did not respond to our request for further details.
'South Park' Clips
Viacom had claimed in the US$1 billion suit that Google-owned YouTube was violating its copyrights by allowing users to post clips from Viacom's TV shows.
Viacom -- which owns networks including Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon -- said in its original 2007 suit that users were uploading thousands of videos from TV shows including The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and South Park, as well as films by its Paramount Pictures movie studio.
U.S. District Judge Louis Stanton ruled in Google's favor in 2010. However, the U.S. Court of Appeals in New York overturned his ruling and sent the case back to district court. Stanton again threw out the suit last April.
Safe Harbor Provision
Google and YouTube were protected from copyright liability due to the safe harbor provision of the Copyright Act, said Stanton. YouTube removes infringing videos from its network when it is alerted to them -- for instance, when a user reports the copyright infringement manually or when YouTube's automated Content ID system recognizes copyrighted content provided to the company by copyright holders.
Viacom planned to appeal Stanton's decision following his second ruling.
YouTube pulled in visitors to its website and made itself more intriguing to potential viewers by using copyrighted material without consent, Viacom claimed. It also generated revenue from ads placed alongside such content.
Google maintained that it removes infringing videos when alerted.
Viacom itself had added videos to YouTube to promote its TV shows, and YouTube was unable to determine which videos were authorized and which were not, the company also claimed.
Google purchased YouTube in 2006. Viacom also had been interested in acquiring the video-sharing site, Google noted.
Future Partnerships?
The settlement could pave the way for Google and Viacom to work more closely together. In 2011, YouTube struck a deal with Paramount Pictures to offer movie rentals.
"This suit was settled. These companies can now do business together," telecom analyst Jeff Kagan told the E-Commerce Times, "but that doesn't mean there won't be another suit in the future. This is just the way business operates. In fact, often companies sue each other and do business together at the same time."
The settlement brings the legal proceedings to a formal end, according to David Sohn, general counsel and director of the project on copyright and technology at the Center for Democracy and Technology, but the implications of the case will have a profound effect on the Internet's future.
'Full-Frontal Attack'
"It was important litigation when it was filed because it launched a full-frontal attack on the safe harbor provision," Sohn told the E-Commerce Times.
"Viacom really tried to narrow down the scope of that provision in ways that would open up YouYube and others to copyright liability," he added.
"From the CDT's perspective, the decisions and precedents set in this case are important for the Internet," Sohn continued.
"The outcome of the suit is crucial for continuing experimentation on forms for users' free expression. The reason Internet platforms can experiment with new communications tools that let users provide content is that the DMCA provides a safe harbor for platforms like YouTube," he explained. "All new platforms that are starting small and are hoping to grow rely on that legal provision too."


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Abortion ship Mexico, April 2017
Women on Waves arrived in Ixtapa on April 19 th on the invitation of more than 40 Mexican women's organisations. Abortion is only legal in Mexico DF since 10 years but abortion is still illegal in the rest of Mexico.
On April 20 th, before announcing the campaign publicly, the ship sailed out to international waters with two women. In international waters, outside the jurisdiction of Mexico and Guerrero, the women received safe medical abortions. The goal of the campaign is to call attention to the violation of women's rights caused by the restrictive abortion law in Guerrero. Here you can read more about the campaign
Abortion ship sailed out with women
Before publicly announcing the campaign, the abortion ship sailed out with 2 women to international waters.
It was difficult to leave the harbour of Ixtapa because of the waves at the entrance so we decided to return with the ship to the bay of Zihuatanejo. On the way the ship was saluted… Read more »
Open ship's day
Saturday April 22 morning: As the red flag was still up in the harbour, no ships were allowed to leave to the sea. As the ship would not be able to sail out with women today, the press and participants from the conference
visited the abortion ship moored near the peer.
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Meanwhile a women's rights conference took place in a nearby hotel
As part of the ships visit a conference about abortion rights was organised in a hotel near the harbour. Women's rights organisations from all over Mexico participated. Read more »
What regulations really apply?
Saturday April 22 nd in the afternoon: Meanwhile the lawyers were in conversation with the harbour authorities who claimed we would need to hire a ships agent and be cleared out of the harbour by migration and customs to be able to sail to international waters. We started this process however after… Read more »
Abortion ship sailed outside Mexican territorial waters for second time.
For immediate release April 22, 2017: Women on Waves sailed out again with several women to international waters today from Zihuatanejo, Mexico. There was no interference from the authorities. The ship did not need any special permission for coastal sailing.
The last 2 days, more than 70 women… Read more »
Media Coverage Mexico 2017
VIDEO FOOTAGE AJ+ - Al Jazeera Democracy Now El financiero Bloomsberg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx_MPoOjxm8 MSN https://www.msn.com/es-co/video/viral/el-%E2%80%9Cbarco-del-aborto%E2%80%9D-ofrece-servicios-en-m%C3%A9xico/vp-BBA8QiV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gw77DQL5AHE… Read more »
Mexico: background information
Basic information As of 2009, more than one million abortions took place in Mexico. Among unintended pregnancies, which are 55% of all pregnancies, more than half (55%) end up in induced abortions. More than one-third of all women having a clandestine abortion (36%) are expected to have… Read more »
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Abortion ship in Mexico
In collaboration with national and local Mexican organisations, the Women on Waves ship arrived in Mexico. Women with unwanted pregnancies in need of help can call 7559800548
On Friday April 24th at 10am there will be a press conference at the hotel Sunscape Dorado Pacifico Ixtapa Read more »
Safe abortion hotline received overwhelming number of calls
After the press conference on friday April 21 th, women with unwanted pregnancies started calling to hotline. At around 9 o'clock in the evening in the evening more that 35 women who needed help already called. Read more »
We depend on your contributions to continue our activities. Donations to Women on Waves are considered charitable contributions in the Netherlands. As a result, donations are tax deductible. For more information about how to support our work, please feel free to contact us. If you would like to… Read more »
While the ship was sailing to international waters with women, Mexican women's rights organisations participated in a conference about abortion rights in a nearby hotel Read more »


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Ha! I eat a lot of sandwiches with negative space myself! I'm finding your plate bentos inspiring. We need to do a bit more of that around here. Also your Ikea cutters? Aaaah! Too cute. I *need* that squirrel.ReplyDelete
SO so cute!! Can you come pack my lunch for work everyday? I would love a hedgehog-shaped PB sandwich. :)ReplyDelete
Aww, so cute and fun! Can I drop by for lunch?ReplyDelete
omigod. a hedgehog sandwich? awesome.ReplyDelete
So cool...I need those cookie cutters!ReplyDelete
Those lunches are just awesome. Plainly and simply awesome. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
super cute, looks so fun and i need to see if my ikea still has these cutters!ReplyDelete
Fun, thanks for the Wendolina link, looks like lots of inspiration. I have those IKEA cutter, too. I've only used them for cookies, though!ReplyDelete
GENIAL!! SUPER!!! THANKS A LOT!!ReplyDelete


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How does one save the Saxons in fall, 1756?
If you stand and fight, the Saxons just die and give the Prussians a nice chunk of NM in the process.
If you hole up in the camp, the Prussians bag the lot for little or no cost.
Currently, I'm trying a "Great Escape" where the Saxon attempted a field battle on run away orders, blue-green. On the second turn, after being unlocked, they fled to the mountains to the west. I than split the force into individual units and ran like a rabbit; it seems to have worked.
Are there any other ways of extracting the Saxons from certain doom?


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Each day, we here at "Piers Morgan Tonight" put together the news you need to know – from what happened last night to what will happen today.
For September 16, 2011 – Texas death-row inmate gets last-minute reprieve, police question $2B UBS alleged rogue trader, Christina Hendricks reveals Emmys date...
• Battle for Libya rages in Gadhafi strongholds: "A large column of Libyan revolutionaries battled their way into Moammar Gadhafi's hometown of Sirte Friday as a delegation headed to neighboring Niger to demand it turn over one of the ousted leader's sons."
• Texas death-row inmate gets last-minute reprieve: "The U.S. Supreme Court has delayed the scheduled execution on an inmate on death row in Texas amid questions about a psychologist who testified that blacks and Hispanics were more likely to commit future crimes."
• Police question $2B UBS alleged rogue trader: "Police in London were on Friday questioning a suspected rogue trader arrested after Swiss banking giant UBS discovered an estimated $2 billion worth of unauthorized deals. The man - named by British media as UBS trader Kweku Adoboli - was held on suspicion of fraud in an early-morning operation in London's banking district hours before the loss was announced on Thursday, officers said."
• 663,000 names on petition protesting Troy Davis' execution: "Supporters of convicted cop killer Troy Davis say time is running out. Unless something dramatic happens, Davis will die by lethal injection next week for the 1989 murder of Savannah, Georgia, police officer Mark MacPhail. Davis, 42, is set to be executed at 7 p.m. Wednesday, and since his 1991 conviction, seven of the nine witnesses against him have recanted or contradicted their testimony. No physical evidence was presented linking Davis to the killing of the policeman."
• Christina Hendricks reveals Emmys date: "The Primetime Emmys are on Sunday, and "Mad Men" star Christina Hendricks knows exactly what lucky fellow she'll walk the red carpet with. The 36-year-old actress, who's nominated for a best supporting actress in a drama series Emmy, told NYMag's Vulture that she'll be attending the ceremony with a 19-year-old Make-A-Wish participant." Tune in to "Piers Morgan Tonight" at 9pm ET to learn more about her Emmys date and much more.
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The State of Georgia is about to kill an innocent man. That man is Troy Anthony Davis. My prayers extend to Troy and his family. My prayer extend to the Mc Phail family as well.
You should present your evidence that Troy Davis is innocent. Immediately.
He's innocent, they have no evidence on him.
All witnesses recanted their statement.


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Welcome to Ms. Donna's PreK Class
Welcome to Pre-K!!
Hello, my name is Donna Buttram. I am looking forward to the school year with all of my new
students! I am so thankful to be teaching PreK again this year! I would like to tell you a little bit
about myself. I have been teaching for 23 years, and this will be my 13th year teaching PreK.
I received my Bachelors Degree from Tennessee Tech and a MastersDegree at Lincoln Memorial
University. I believe that parents are one of the biggest advocates for
their child and I would like to thank you for supporting your child throughout this school year.
Mrs. Amanda Sexton is the Teaching Assistant in our PreK classroom. We are so fortunate to have her with us!
Class Schedule
8:00-8:15 Arrival
8:15-8:45 Letter of the Day/ Daily Message
8:45-9:15 Specials
9:20-9:40 Circle Time/Story Time 1
9:40-10:15 Small Group/Learning Centers/Reading
10:15-11:00 Lunch
11:00-11:15 Center Time/Reading **
11:15-11:30 Read Aloud 2
11:30-11:40 Songs and Fingerplay
11:45-12:15 Recess/ Outside Time/Snack
12:15-12:35 Circle Time/ Story Time 3
12:35-1:25 Learning Centers/Intervention
1:30-12:00 Recess
12:00-2:30 Rest
2:30-2:45 Closing
2:45-3:00 Home
** On bad weather days when we are unable to go outside to recess, we will have 11:00-11:30 in the playroom and switch our time with center time.**
Helpful Information:
scottcounty.net is the school website and will give you information on upcoming events, early dismissal, lunch menus for the month and other good information.
Upcoming Events:
Parent/Teacher Conference: October 16th-4-7 PM
Field trip to the Pumpkin Patch October 18th.
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Thanks to the savage guy, I have another cinema oddity to savor and comment on – Shack Out on 101 from 1955. Everyone who comments on this film, including me, agrees that it is bizarre. And strangely entertaining, despite the incredible stuff it contains. Most call it a red-scare noir, but I don't quite see the noir aspects of it, except in a very watered-down state. I can say, however, I know of nothing else like it!
Nearly the entire action takes place in a run down diner on Highway 101 – once again I find myself thinking of the classical dramatic unities! Anything on the beach of southern California gives me a nostalgic tug, but there are precious few outside shots in this film: just a few scenes on the beach, including the opening which is much talked about.
We see a woman in a bathing suit lying in the sun at the surf's edge; then we see Slob (Lee Marvin), talking into a cellphone…oops, that's a shell-phone! No, he's just listening to the sea in a shell, with the coastal bluffs as a backdrop.
Then he swoops onto the woman and kisses her as she violently resists him. It's all in "fun," they know each other, and he's just giving her a major hard time and tease. He runs off laughing as she fumes. When he reaches the porch of the shack where they live and work slinging hash, he takes her underwear off the clothes line and grinds it into the dirt. This will occasion much talk indoors about how he is now obligated to buy her, Kotty, a new petticoat, the meanie!
Slob's faux assault on Kotty prefigures some brutally real violence between them later on, but for now, the movie moves on between comedy, farce, and absurd Cold War espionage. Slob is part of a spy network, passing on secrets gleaned from fellow travelers at the nuclear research lab up the road. His boss, George (Keenan Wynn) is not part of the ring. Nor is George's friend Eddie, a traumatized WWII vet who can't get over his experience on D-Day. The two of them actually have some pretty affecting straight talk about what that's all about. Through it all, some mighty strange stuff plays out on stage at the beanery.
George and Slob get into comparing their physiques during a work-out.
Marvin is all over the place in this film, really hamming it up at times. Here he reveals to George that what he really desires is a "nice, big neck."
They go on to comparing their legs, and ask an impartial judgment. Didn't that sort of thing start a long war in the old days?
Kotty knows better than to pick a winner, and besides, nobody has better legs than she does. That's that!
George is determined to get Eddie to beat his fears of blood, violence, adventure, and even killing of fish (!) that the war left him with. He's planning a snorkeling adventure in Mexico which they act out in front of everyone present. Yes, they do look like aliens…
Meanwhile, Kotty has a romance going on with the professor from the nuke lab. At first, it seems that he is in with the spies, but of course, that's a cover. He tenderly supports Kotty's ambitions to take a civil service exam so that she can get a desk job in the government doing something important. Boy, have ideas changed!
Being sort of noir, there's a mirror, a double-identity. And that hand! All the passion of Venus is there!
Cut from the love scene to Slob and his courier in the kitchen. Right after the kiss, the guy shoves a fish at Slob's mouth.
Here's where it get's pretty weird. We are definitely into homo-erotic territory here – look at the grins on their faces as they agree to start up their favorite game…
Nothing these guys enjoy more than a little dance with a rag while they take turns pummeling each other.
About this time, Kotty realizes that something is going on around here. These "truck drivers," always teasing and coming on to her, have awfully soft hand for working slobs.
Eventually, she has a confrontation with Slob when he realizes his cover is blown. Now the violence is for real. First he threatens her repeatedly with a nasty knife, but she's tough – she doesn't blink. Then – incredible! – he throttles her and smashes her head out of the window. Then he starts garroting her with some underwear! After all the kooky stuff in this film, this scene is genuinely shocking.
Of course, the good guys win in the end. You knew that already, right?