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It is the last day of summer lab work for the Archaeology in Annapolis project. Out of the sun of the field and into the air conditioning, volunteer undergraduate students Bill and Ryan wash the artifacts gathered from this season's efforts. Toothbrushes in hand, they dust off the delicate or brittle artifacts made of bone or iron and scrub the hardier finds with water. Free from dirt, the ceramics and glass pieces sometimes reveal maker's marks and unseen decorations. These features will be eventually cataloged and aid in the analysis of the site as they can provide relative dates for the levels in which they were found. Under the guidance of graduate student Kate Deeley, the volunteers learn the basics of laboratory methods, while she and the other graduate students work on their own research—independent but each related to the Archaeology in Annapolis collective.
This Summer's Work
Archaeology in Annapolis is a 30-year project, run out of the University of Maryland, College Park. Under the direction of Dr. Mark Leone, a staff of graduate students—Jocelyn Knauf, Amanda Tang, Kate Deeley, Benjamin Skolnik, and Beth Pruitt—manages annual field schools and lab work, which contribute to their individual dissertation research. In the summer, the field school spends three weeks in urban Annapolis, Maryland and three weeks at the Wye House plantation on the Eastern Shore. As Archaeology in Annapolis learns about the lives of past people, we strive to explore the stories of those whose names haven't always made it into the history books, including enslaved African Americans and working class individuals.
This year, the crew worked in the backyards of two households in Annapolis—the Pinkney House and the James Holliday House—both of which were owned by freed African Americans in the 19th century. In our excavations, we have been interested in the lives of James Holliday, who worked at the United States Naval Academy, and his decedents, who passed the house down the familial line until the current homeowner contacted Archaeology in Annapolis with a request that we conduct work there. The Pinkney House was rented to multiple different families throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, including those who worked as washerwomen, servants, laborers, and Naval Academy employees.
At the Wye House, where Frederick Douglass was enslaved as a child, the crew successfully searched for two slave living quarters that were represented on the reproduction of a historic map, but had previously remained undiscovered. Ben Skolnik combined this map with historic aerial photographs, modern aerial and satellite imagery, Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) data, and accounts written by Douglass to determine the locations of the quarters. He describes this process in detail at our blog in his post, Why are we digging where we are at Wye? Due to the success of his method at this site, Ben has been spending the last few weeks looking at other plantations, and the possibility that this same technique will work in locating the lost buildings on other similar properties.
Our Lab Becomes a Cityscape of Boxes
The field school is followed by three weeks in the Archaeology in Annapolis lab on campus, where students volunteer to gain additional experience. The lab environment, usually filled with music and chatting, is significantly calmer than the excavations, which generally looked like this:
Now, surrounded by towering boxes of artifacts, the students carefully clean and lay the pieces on screens to dry. Each screen is properly labeled with the context of the finds—the bag number, site, unit, and level. When this process is finished, the volunteers will catalog the artifacts, noting their material, type, use, and distinguishing features. Although we will close the lab today for the summer, the work will continue well into the school-year, when students have the opportunity to work in the lab for school credit. The collected data will culminate in site reports, which the graduate students will use for their research.
One box, set by a heater in the dry basement, contains around 30 soil samples, each in an individually labeled plastic bag. I took these samples at the Wye House from our excavation units and from an exposed wall in the property's 18th-century greenhouse. We cannot analyze the soil in our own lab, so we will send the samples to an expert, a palynologist, who will be able to isolate and identify fossilized pollen in the dirt. My work within Archaeology in Annapolis is focused on early scientific gardening—that is, the experimentation and study of local and exotic plants, like the plantation owners would have conducted in the greenhouse—and African-American gardening. With the location of the two slave quarters now identified, pollen samples from these units, combined with a pollen study of the greenhouse from last year, will help me look at how these two gardening traditions may have interacted within the landscape of the plantation. Since the field school has ended, my job has been to learn as much as I can about pollen analysis in historical archaeology and the legacy of African-American gardening that has been passed on to communities today.
On Your Radio Waves and Computer Screens
Today, Dr. Leone, Amanda, and Ben are absent from the lab so that they can meet with NPR Supervising Senior Editor Kitty Eisele at the Wye House to record a piece for Morning Edition about our work on the plantation. We are very excited to hear how the interview goes and listen to the broadcast, due to go out to ears around the world in early September.
In its long history, Archaeology in Annapolis has endeavored to maintain a public presence, opening excavations to the public and working with news media like NPR. The sites at which we work currently in Annapolis and the Eastern Shore are private properties and largely inaccessible to the general public, which presented us with the problem of how to allow entry to our research. This year, the project began a blog, which has provided a means for us to share our experiences and for readers to ask questions or comment on our work. We invite, encourage, and thrive on this dialogue with an interested audience. To learn more about the excavations this summer and the individual research that the Archaeology in Annapolis staff conduct, visit the AiA blog.


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Bo' Rai ChoThe new character featured in the game, Bo' Rai Cho, is notable for being drunk all the time and farting often. His name is a play on his character: the Spanish word "borracho" translates to "drunk".
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- Johnny Cage in this game is an obvious tribute to the actor/martial artist Bruce Lee. Like Lee, Cage is also both film star and martial artist. Moreover, one of Cage's fighting styles in this game is Jeet Kune Do, and his weapon is the Nunchaku. These are respectively the martial art created by Bruce Lee and his signature weapon.
- The secret character Mokap is based on Carlos Pesina, who was the motion capture expert for the game.
- Although the character Blaze was basically introduced in this game, he actually appeared as a background character for the Pit II stage in Mortal Kombat II. Also, his original name was Torch.
- When browsing through some of the extras found in the game (biographies, videos, official comics), the player is able to have a view on the names of fictional films where the character Johnny Cage has starred in, several of which are references to real life movies. For instance, "Citizen Cage" is a spoof of Citizen Kane, "Tommy Scissorfists" is a reference to Edward Scissorhands, "World's Most Wanted" is a spoof of Wanted, and many more.
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I once hunted a place in Texas where they would "hot-bone" the deer, bringing them directly from the field to the skinning shed, then boning and freezing the meat within hours or less of the kill. It was tasty meat, but research and personal experience demonstrate that's not the best way.
Hanging deer to age the meat allows natural enzymes to tenderize it and enhance the flavor and texture. But you have to do it right. Hanging it outside in fluctuating temperatures will work but is less desirable. The meat won't age if it's frozen. Conversely, temperatures above 40 degrees F age meat faster but can lead to spoilage. The optimum temperature for aging is 32 to 38 degrees F. At this temperature range, it can hang for as long as 10 days.
There are alternatives to cold storage lockers. Several companies, like Koolabuck make collapsible walk-in coolers. Another option is to skin and quarter your deer, and then put the quarters in a Yeti or other high-performance cooler with a product like Arctic Ice, which will maintain a relatively constant temperature for nearly a week.
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It's official: the Herman Cain Train has been derailed on the heels of a 13-year-old love affair with a woman (which he continues to deny completely). This also is in part due to a number of his supporters and donors dropping him over that ruckus and the sexual harassment allegations leveled against him (which he also continues to deny). This political train wreck can't be salvaged. Once it went off the railroad tracks, it couldn't be put back together again.
It's over for him politically. However, I don't think he will be riding off into the sunset entirely. Now he's peddling his new online political organization, which he will most likely employ to shore up his leftover base and bring it over to his cause and serve as a financial and political platform to establish a steady stream of cash flow for him and his opportunistic disciples.
This however does create some good news and some bad news for us on the freedom side:
Good News: Ron Paul will gain more of the attention and spotlight with Cain out of the race. With Cain's supporters now looking at both Newt Gingrich (who will probably get the bulk of the Cain support vote) and Ron Paul, a Paul backing would be stronger, more consistent, and more energized than Gingrich, considering that Newt is an ideological and political elephant in the presidential room.
Bad News: Gingrich gets Cain's votes at the present moment, but that could and may well likely change in the weeks and months to come, perhaps prior to the Iowa caucus primaries. He may be the flavor of the month for now, but what about the long term? Chances are his campaign will fizzle out, and that will most likely happen, largely in part because of his past history of infidelity and peccadillos, and all that makes him gravely fair game. At least Ron Paul doesn't have such skeletons in his closet, but Gingrich certainly has them.
Whatever happens, this may well be Ron Paul's light to shine in the days and weeks to come. At least Ron is ideologically principled and consistent, whereas Gingrich isn't. In the short term, Gingrich may be the top contender, but that will only heighten his political downfall - that is, if and ONLY if Ron Paul capitalizes on Cain's loss, brings Cain's supporters into his fold, and heads into 2012 with a strong shot at nabbing the GOP nomination crown.
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The Derailment of the Herman Cain Train
It's official: the Herman Cain Train has been derailed on the heels of a 13-year-old love affair with a woman (which he continues to deny completely). This also is in part due to a number of his supporters and donors dropping him over that ruckus and the sexual harassment allegations leveled against him (which he also continues to deny). This political train wreck can't be salvaged. Once it went off the railroad tracks, it couldn't be put back together again.
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The Republican Presidential Sideshow Freaks and Government Security
Last week's nauseating, nonsensical, and pathetic GOP presidential debate hosted by CNN and the neoconservative think tank The Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. is both an epitome and a disturbing reminder of the lunacy of the Republican sideshow freaks (except for Ron Paul as usual) who have consistently demonstrated their naivete to the American public at large. These reprobates - from Mitt Romney to Herman Cain - will never learn and acknowledge that an offensive, aggressive, and warlike foreign policy will proceed to put American lives in jeopardy until they trace the history of this interventionism from Jefferson's attack on the Barbary Pirates (rather than to pay bribes to them) to the present day evils committed in the Middle East. (Take the United States government's present incursions here for instance.)
However, it goes without saying that the stentorian choruses of defending, protecting, worshiping, idolizing, and insulating the status quo are certainly over-the-top but not surprising. Ranging from preserving American foreign aid to Israel to "American exceptionalism" and "America leading the free world," they are nothing but contrivances to prop up pseudo images of the State's "benevolence," the self-deceit and vanities of the governmental players involved, and the State's self-appeasing, self-serving, and self-aggrandizing way of fashioning its own hubris under the guise of self-reassurance.
All of these things are said to shroud "national security" (which is government security) from the American people. The Democrats are just as horrendous on this issue, because they see it as a part of the government's need to engage in humanitarianism abroad with the backing of the U.N., unlike the GOP that prefers to have Americans and the Pentagon declaring war against a foreign regime for "defending national security first" and then "humanitarianism second." (Even Rick Santorum shares the Democratic trait on that thinking alone, despite his tough talk on terrorists and terrorism.)
Despite their minute differences on those issues, both major parties favor barbarism and welfare-warfare equality. With Republicans and Democrats like these (who are the heart of the tyrannical two-party system that expands, operates, and fuels the federal government), who needs enemies at all?
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At the last election National stood by its 2010 tax reform that raised the rate of GST but refused to give exemptions for fresh fruit and vegetables, or indeed anything else. If you supported exemptions for fresh fruit and vegetables, you needed to vote Labour.
Now, even the Labour party has ditched the policy and proposes to keep GST pretty much as it is. So, does anyone in Parliament now represent poorer consumers who spend proportionately more on fruit, veg and other foods than richer voters? And if it is such a bad idea to exempt foodstuffs from GST, why do so many other countries do it?
At first sight, GST exemptions might seem like a good idea. After all, eating more fruit and vegetables is alleged to have all sorts of health benefits - everything from improved sperm count to fighting cancers, if you believe the latest research. Poorer people also tend to spend proportionately more of their income on food, but generally have worse health outcomes.
So, engineering a shift in their diets towards more fruit and veg by making them cheaper could have a double bonus - those on lower incomes are better off and healthier.
Now, I don't know whether eating more fruit and veg would improve most people's health. But, as far as helping to raise the real purchasing power of lower income consumers is concerned, exempting fruit and veg from GST is a bad idea.
In short, if you want to help the poor, there are better, more targeted, ways of doing it that don't have the unintended side-effects that GST exemptions have.
I don't know of any countries that specifically exempt fruit and vegetables from their GST regimes (usually called VAT - value added tax - in other countries). Denmark recently experimented with something similar - a higher tax rate on some fatty food. It has just abandoned it.
But many countries exempt foodstuffs more generally, motivated mainly by the fact that the exemptions help bring some progressivity to the GST, making it more like income tax. Effectively the government takes a bigger tax slice from a high income person's weekly shopping basket than from a low income person's basket.
The trouble is, if you earn ten times as much as me, you will spend a lot more money on food - including fruit and veg - than me, even if this represents a smaller share of your income than mine. So exempting food from GST means big spenders get a big tax break.
And it's not just that richer consumers buy more food. They also tend to spend on higher quality, more expensive, food items. But it's not really possible to tax "high quality" foods and exempt "low quality" foods. Start by trying to define the "quality" of a chicken breast, say, and then think of the message that "making low quality food cheaper" gives.
Richer consumers also tend to live in wealthier suburbs where prices in their food stores are probably higher than those in poor neighbourhoods. So, all in all, rich people pay a lot of GST on their food.
But there is a more important reason not to exempt food - or any sub-group like fruit and veg - from GST. The lost revenue from exempting food from GST has to be raised from somewhere else. If the objective of the exemption is to help those on lower incomes then the obvious choice is to raise the lost revenue by raising the higher rates of income tax.
Then high income, not low income, earners would pay all of the extra tax (because they'd face a higher tax rate on all their income above a tax threshold). This is why income tax is sometimes called "direct" tax - it targets income directly, whereas GST targets it indirectly, depending on how you spend it.
But there's the rub! If we can use income tax to target tax more efficiently towards high income earners why would we want to use a GST exemption when it clearly doesn't target high earners as well?
Generally, rather than lose revenue from a GST food exemption which doesn't target the poor, it would be better to raise the same revenue from an income tax (even if it was levied on everyone) and channel the extra income tax revenue to the poor. We have plenty of mechanisms to do that - such as family income tax credits.
So next time a political party proposes GST exemptions, think of "horses for courses". GST is an efficient revenue-raiser but not very good at redistribution. Income tax and credits are less good at revenue-raising but much better at redistribution. So we shouldn't try to do everything with each tax. They can be tailored to fit.
And by the way - the reason that the Danish "fat tax" surcharge didn't work was that for many Danes, getting their daily intake of burgers cheaper across the border in Germany proved too tempting!
Professor Norman Gemmell holds the chair in public finance at Victoria University's School of Accounting and Commercial Law, and was named NZIER Economist of the Year for 2012.
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NEW YORK, N.Y. – A federal appeals court warned Tuesday that authorities may have gone too far in their search of an ex-convict's computer, saying the Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures is irrelevant if every hard drive search is a green light to look at millions of files unrelated to a suspected crime.
The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan made the statement as it cast doubt on the legality of the investigation carried out against James R. Galpin Jr., a man serving nearly 48 years in prison in a child pornography case.
Galpin, 52, of Owego, N.Y., was sentenced Nov. 1, 2011 after he pleaded guilty to several counts of production of child pornography, committing a felony offence involving a minor while being required to register as a sex offender and possession of child pornography. Prior to his guilty plea, he moved to suppress all of the evidence, including images of child pornography found on his computer, digital cameras and digital storage devices.
A federal judge in Albany, N.Y., had agreed that the warrant used to gather evidence was overbroad and lacked probable cause to conduct a search for child pornography but ruled that the gathered evidence, which include child pornography, could be used against Galpin anyway because it was in "plain view" for investigators to find.
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Western Easters are the basis of public holidays, and are the dates celebrated by Western religions. The Orthodox dates below are based on the original calculation using the Julian calendar, converted to the equivalent date in the Gregorian calendar now in use.
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Biophilia: Designing with Nature
by Lisa Bonanate Have you ever wondered why the sound of waves, a walk in the woods or a secluded refuge are universally appealing? One school of thought says that man has an innate need to connect with the natural world. Biophilia – meaning "love of life" – is the term used to describe this instinctive response. Read more…


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Axford talks differences of pitching for St. Louis
ST. LOUIS -- Former Brewers reliever John Axford spoke with fondness Tuesday about his tenure in Milwaukee and said he was adjusting to the differences of playing for the Cardinals, even if he couldn't -- or wouldn't -- explain exactly what those differences are.
"It has been different, but it's definitely good," Axford said before his old team met his new one at Busch Stadium. "I think I like that, also, that you get a different change of scenery and get to experience things a little differently, when things are done a little bit differently. That's all part of the experience, I guess."
Asked to expound on how the Cardinals do things differently, Axford said, "I don't know. There are some things you can just feel, and some things you can just tell. The way things are in the clubhouse, I guess it's just an all-encompassing thing of sorts. You can just tell the way things are and the way things are different here compared to the Brewers."
The Brewers traded Axford to the Cardinals on Aug. 30, deciding that getting another strong-armed reliever in return -- right-hander Michael Blazek -- was better than letting Axford go after the season for nothing. He is earning $5 million this season and has three years of arbitration eligibility remaining, so the Brewers would have non-tendered Axford in December, making him a free agent.
The Cardinals may opt for the same course of action, but Axford nonetheless has embraced his change of scenery. He surrendered two earned runs in his first five appearances with St. Louis.
"It seemed like Milwaukee was coming to an end for me, and it was time to carry on and go somewhere else and start new once again," Axford said. "Milwaukee gave me a huge opportunity, the Brewers gave me a huge opportunity, and I took advantage of it the best I could and did a great job the best I could for as long as I could. I guess, over the last couple of seasons, things haven't worked out quite as well, and maybe what's needed was another change."
Axford set a Brewers record with 46 saves in 2011 and played a significant role in the club's National League Central crown and its deep run in the postseason. But he struggled through the middle section of '12, then faltered again earlier this season and was replaced in the closer's role by Jim Henderson.
His first two weeks with the Cardinals have been interesting. Axford missed his first game because of travel issues at Chicago's O'Hare Airport, including weather and a fire on the runway, and was ejected in his fourth outing after hitting the Pirates' Tony Sanchez with a high-and-tight fastball. Both teams had been warned by home-plate umpire Tony Randazzo earlier in the game.
Axford, who said he'd never been ejected at any level, is still awaiting word from Major League Baseball about whether he will be fined.
"I'm sure if I just brushed a jersey or got someone on the thigh, it would have been no big deal," Axford said. "But because it was 96 [mph] and the shoulder, it's a little different story."
His new team enters its series against the Brewers on a hot streak. The Cardinals swept the second-place Pirates over the weekend and entered play Tuesday with a one-game lead in the NL Central.
"It was huge," Axford said. "A lot of fun, a lot of energy here. The team is excited. You can get a sense of that just being in the clubhouse. You don't even have to talk a lot or discuss it, you can just feel it. That's a great thing to have around you right now. It's fantastic."
He was eager to pitch against his old teammates.
"I am definitely looking forward to getting in there." Axford said. "It will be fun. I'm sure it will be odd from both sides, so we'll see how it goes."


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I spent my day today at Ferry Farm, the boyhood home of George Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia. George lived in this home for most of his childhood, and it remained in his family for quite some time after he moved out. Archaeology at Ferry Farm has been taking place for many years in an attempt to create a better understanding of the land and the life of the Washington's during their occupation of it. This year's excavation is taking place behind the Washington home site (excavated in 2008), and our goal is to uncover the location of the outbuildings that supposedly stood there. I just completed a five week field school at this site and had such an incredible experience that I elected to return as a volunteer for the rest of the summer. Today was my first day back, and I was eager to start digging!
Upon my arrival I was immediately assigned a new unit to begin excavating with my good friend and digging partner, Victoria Garcia. This unit is located in a particularly fascinating section of the site, as several odd soil anomalies and a myriad of strange artifacts have been discovered there. Artifacts have included plastic toys, Civil War-era bullets, various historic ceramics and most of a porcelain teacup. I have been very interested in all of the excitement that this particular area has stirred up over the past couple of weeks, so getting the opportunity to dig here was a real treat for me! We began by chopping up the topsoil with our shovels and removing it in small squares, which took significantly less time than I thought it would! Upon removing the layer of matted down grass and dirt, we came across a metal pipe that was sticking directly out of the ground. No one was quite sure what it was, but I am eager to find out as we excavate further! After removing the top layer, it was time to screen the matted down chunks of grass and dirt for artifacts. We found a piece of a terracotta pot and some nicely decorated ceramics, but nothing more than that in this layer.
While we were screening a group of children from a summer camp program came to visit the site and helped us go through our topsoil. Ferry Farm is a public archaeology site where guests are encouraged to get their hands dirty at the screens as they learn about our work there, and I always enjoy being able to entertain and educate them. The kids who joined us were very helpful and I appreciated their enthusiasm, despite the fact that our dirt was terribly difficult to pick through and had close to no artifacts in it!
By the time we were done screening it was time for lunch, and instead of returning to our unit after eating, Victoria and I headed to the lab with our classmates, Ian and Allison. There, we joined our professor, Dr. Bernard Means, who was scanning Ferry Farm artifacts with his 3D scanner. The four of us will be getting involved in his scanning project as interns this fall, so today was somewhat of a tutorial and demonstration for us. The scanner makes 3-dimensional digital copies of artifacts, which can be studied and saved on the computer, and even replicated with a 3D printer!
He first scanned a pewter spoon that is inscribed with the initials "BW", which belonged to George's sister, Betty Washington. It was amazing to be able to see this piece in person, as I had only ever read about it or seen it in pictures prior to today. Dr. Means also scanned a lead alloy cloth seal, a small metal hatchet toy, and finally, a Civil War Minie ball bullet that Ian found during our field school.
In all, it was a great day in the field and in the lab! I love every minute of what I do here, and I feel so lucky to be a part of such a wonderful profession. I'm glad I could share my experiences at Ferry Farm with everyone here today, and I can't wait to read what others are up to on this Day of Archaeology!


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KYIV, November 20 (UKRINFORM). The National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) of Ukraine will consider in a closed regime the possibility of sending peacekeepers to Afghanistan, President Viktor Yushchenko said while opening a council meeting on Friday. The participation of Ukrainian peacekeepers in the work of the Lithuanian-led Provincial Reconstruction Team in the Afghan province of Ghor started on May 11, 2005 when a medical officer was sent to serve in a Lithuanian hospital. The current overall number of Ukrainian peacekeepers is ten servicemen.
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IRVING, Texas (AP) The Dallas Cowboys should know this drill by now.
The only thing left is figuring out how to win a playoffs-or-bust game at an NFC East rival in the final game of the season.
The Cowboys flopped badly in Philadelphia in 2008, and were better but still not very good last season at the New York Giants.
Dallas gets another chance Sunday night at Washington against Robert Griffin III and the Redskins (9-6), who could still make the postseason even if they lose.
``You live for games like this,'' Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said at a quiet and mostly shuttered team headquarters on Christmas Eve.
The Cowboys (8-7) began the second-to-last Sunday of the regular season with control of their playoff fate, and ended it the same way despite losing to New Orleans 34-31 in overtime. That's because the Giants lost at Baltimore, essentially rendering the Dallas loss meaningless.
During a stretch of five wins in six games that revived Dallas' postseason hopes, the only loss was to the Redskins on Thanksgiving. Griffin engineered the first 28-point quarter for Washington in 13 years, going 8 of 8 for 178 yards and three touchdowns in the second quarter. The first big NFL play in Texas for the Heisman Trophy winner from Baylor was a perfect deep throw to Aldrick Robinson for a 68-yard score.
``I'll say it again: I was awed with what he did to us in the second quarter out here in Cowboys Stadium,'' Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said. ``I certainly think that's the type of player we're playing against and team we're playing against.''
If the loss to the Saints is any indicator, the Cowboys are in trouble. They couldn't stop Drew Brees and the Saints until New Orleans mostly quit throwing with a 31-17 lead in the fourth quarter. Brees threw for 446 yards and three touchdowns, and the Cowboys gave up 562 total yards - a season high by more than 100. New Orleans converted 11 third downs and kept the ball for nearly 42 minutes.
When the Dallas offense stalled on the first possession of overtime, the Cowboys immediately gave up a 26-yard completion to Jimmy Graham before a fluky catch-and-fumble play ended with New Orleans on the Dallas 2. Garrett Hartley's 20-yard field goal made it three straight Cowboys games ending on the final play.
The Cowboys won't say it, but injuries could be wearing on a beleaguered defense. Five starters and nickel cornerback Orlando Scandrick are out. Replacement free agents have been filling holes days after signing. DeMarcus Ware is trying to play through groin, elbow and shoulder problems, and he was mostly watching late while the Saints finished a sack-free game for Brees despite 53 attempts.
``A lot of different combinations of players playing for us against a really, really good offensive football team,'' Garrett said. ``I just thought that they fought, fought, fought.''
The Cowboys could always just try to outscore the Redskins. Tony Romo threw for 416 yards and four touchdowns against the Saints, including a pair of 58-yarders to Dez Bryant, who had a career-high 224 yards.
Miles Austin caught a 19-yard tying score with 15 seconds left in regulation - the second of two TDs in the final 3:35 - and Jason Witten broke Tony Gonzalez's NFL season record of 102 catches by a tight end, grabbing six for 60 yards to put him at 103.
Dallas ran just 11 times for 40 yards, all by DeMarco Murray, but part of that was because the Saints kept the ball so long.
``When you get in, anything can happen,'' said Romo, who has 17 touchdowns and just three interceptions the past eight weeks. ``I know that. We've seen that far too many times. We just need to do the right things to get in.''
Jones acknowledges the injuries on defense, but still thinks the Cowboys are better than they were when they fell behind New York 21-0 in a 31-14 loss last New Year's night that propelled the Giants to a Super Bowl win.
``I think that we are with a healthier Miles, and Dez with where he is with his maturation,'' Jones said. ``I think we've got a better offensive line than what we had this time last year. I think we're better at corner as we go up there.''
Once again, the Cowboys get a chance to prove it.
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The RCMP has released a major report on its role in the Canadian Residential School System. The RCMP website posts the executive summary of the report, but you must request the full pdf version of the report from the RCMP via email.
The introduction indicates that the document is a public document and that it is a part of aboriginal history:
The RCMP hopes this public document will become part of Aboriginal history and will contribute to creating public awareness for individual and group stories about life in Indian Residential Schools (page 8).
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Cooking with Chia For Dummies
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Power up your day with a daily dose of chia! Omega-3 fatty acids and fiber are the superstars of cardiovascular health, and chia seeds contain them both in spades. They're also great sources of iron, calcium, magnesium, and zinc, and have been linked to better cholesterol, triglycerides, and blood pressure levels. It's no wonder they've been a staple in Central American diets since the Aztecs, and are once again growing in popularity. Chia is truly a superfood, both nutritious and versatile. Both the seeds and sprouts are edible, but there's so much more to chia than that! Cooking With Chia For Dummies explores the benefits and many uses of the chia seed, and guides you through a multitude of ways to add chia to your diet. Featuring over 125 recipes, you'll learn how to choose among the different types of chia options, how to use and how to use it, and exactly how much you need to reap the health benefits. Camouflage your chia or make it the star of the dish Incorporate chia into your favorite meal Adapt the recipes to be vegan, vegetarian, or gluten-free Discover chia recipes that even kids will eat Learn why you shouldn't harvest the sprouts from your Chia pet, and where to buy high-quality seeds to eat. Chia is already fueling endurance athletes and is beloved by dietitians. You deserve to feel great, and there's no reason your taste buds should suffer for it. Chia is a delicious addition to any meal, and there's no reason for you to miss out. Cooking With Chia For Dummies is your comprehensive guide to adding chia to your diet, and your companion on the journey to ultimate health.
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Update..Posted on May 16th, 2011 by Caitlin Collom
Hello Everyone!
I have not forgotten about this blog, I promise! I was waiting until I had some actual news to tell you all, but I figure I should at least say a quick word.
As of right now I am waiting on the official word from Aberdeen if they will approve my loans. I have a very good feeling that I will recieve Federal Aid, but I don't want to get my hopes up if it does not work out. I had hoped that I would have heard by now. I'm trying not to drive myself crazy from being too anxious. After I recieve my loan information and a Joining Pack from Aberdeen then I can begin looking into acquiring a Visa.
I'll keep you posted on that process once I begin it!
As for the last month I have just been enjoying my time. The weather has only now started to get nice. Yesterday was close to 80 degrees, and then you get to today and the weather turns on you so fast! It was pouring rain outside. Perks of North Idaho you go from hot to cold just like that. It could be sunny outside and the next thing you know it's snowing. I just hope the weather begins to stay nice. I am ready to hit the beach, go out on a boat, ride with the top down on my friend's car. ( : Summer needs to begin!
I've also been working hard. I've been trying to find a second job and a cheaper place to live, but all my options have fallen through so far. It has been extremely hard to save money and I'm starting to get a little worried. I hope something works out soon!
Alot of events have happened the past couple months with the earthquake in Japan, the flooding and storms in the US, fighting in Libya, the death of Osama Bin Laden, and more. I hope everyone has been staying safe!
On a lighter note one of my friends' bands was signed to Hydrus Media. They are called VanMarter Project and will debuting their album in June!! If you have facebook please check them out and "like" them. They are a great bunch of guys and I wish them the best. http://www.facebook.com/#!/VanMarterProject
I hope to be writting some good news soon!!!!!
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Bending the Iron
- Narrated by: Robert Black
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Categories: LGBT, LGBT Studies
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Publisher's Summary
Michael feels trapped. In his conservative, poor hometown where he has to keep his sexuality hidden. In his dead-end job. In caring for his alcoholic grandfather. Everything changes when he meets Eric, the new curator for the railroad museum. His curiosity about the passionate man quickly gives way to an intense attraction - one that Eric happily returns.
Carefree and refreshingly confident, Eric guides Michael to places he's forgotten, reminding him that it may not be too late to follow his dreams for something more in life. But the truth is, Eric knows exactly how it feels to be stuck in a bad situation. A failed relationship has left him with personal demons that may hurt his connection with Michael.
To give their future a chance, they both must fight being trapped in the past.
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- Donald
- 03-10-2013
A Solid 3 1/2 Stars...
This is a good tale of overcoming self-inflicted obstacles to journey into becoming the one you are suppose to be. The 3 1/2 stars does not imply that this is not a well worth story, but that it was an alright story about two men who are trapped by their own design based on experience and how each help the other to realize the possible potential. I am not sure that I liked the character Michael (perhaps a bit to brooding for me) but I sure could relate to him on many levels. Eric's character was written in such a way that he almost came off as condescending, which would explain a certain part of the story, but I will admit that as I listened, I wondered about the possibility of my own Eric. Pap and Maggie were great extras and though the story was about Michael and Eric overcoming their past, I wanted to know if Pap's and Maggie hooked up. All-n-all, not a great book but not a bad one either. I would recommend this book!
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Just OK
Just an OK story. Characters are not sympathetic. Narrator needs to learn when to pause while reading.
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Good.. but
This seemed like it was going to be a great m/m romance...but I got bored halfway thru and skipped to the end... Overall it's more like a 2.5 but... since you have to give it full stars... I will settle for a 3 based on other m/m romance on Audible... This is decent...but not great... Good but not wonderful...
This is a pass the time away waiting on another book to come out story...
Narration was good. Actually, this is best Robert Black narration I have listen too..
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Two phenomena will drive the May sweeps, which start today. The American Idol finale unfolds May 26, the last night of sweeps. The final hour last season attracted 38.1 million viewers. That made it the season's second most-watched entertainment show, after the Joe Millionaire selection show seen by 40 million.
This season's edition of American Idol has displayed remarkable drawing power. The Tuesday performance show ranks No. 1 among total viewers, and the Wednesday results show places at No. 3. (CBS' CSI comes in at No. 2.) Unless viewers grow furious with the voting results, American Idol could well surpass its fade-out last year.
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The audience should be huge, although the march to the finale hasn't become the national event that the Seinfeld goodbye was six years ago. Perhaps that's because many viewers believe Ross, Rachel and the gang have lingered too long.
Other trends to watch for during this ratings period:
More farewells: NBC's Frasier ends its 11-year run May 13, with an hourlong retrospective followed by the hour finale. One of the great sitcoms, Frasier has won more Emmys than any other entertainment series.
Dylan McDermott, dropped after last season in cost-cutting at The Practice, returns for the final two episodes of the ABC drama Sunday and May 16.
UPN says goodbye to The Parkers May 10. Despite fans' urgent objections, the WB brings down the curtain on Angel May 19.
CBS hasn't confirmed that Everybody Loves Raymond will be back next season. Could the May 24 episode be the end?
Ho-hum ratings might put Star Trek: Enterprise in mothballs. UPN bills the May 26 episode as the season finale, but it could be the series finale too.
Reality season finales: CBS' Survivor: All-Stars concludes May 9 with a two-hour episode. Then the players reunite in Madison Square Garden.
ABC's The Bachelor on May 19 reveals quarterback Jesse Palmer's selection of his romantic favorite. On the May 26 show, he appears publicly with her for the first time.
Nostalgia: CBS reunites Dick Van Dyke, Mary Tyler Moore and Rose Marie for The Dick Van Dyke Show Revisited. Carl Reiner wrote the May 11 special, which is part new episode, part retrospective.
Carol Burnett replays clips from her beloved variety series in Let's Bump Up the Lights. The CBS special, on May 12, will feature Harvey Korman, Tim Conway, Vicki Lawrence and Lyle Waggoner.
ABC brings back Regis Philbin for five nights of Super Millionaire specials, starting May 16. CBS pays tribute to Don Hewitt, creator of 60 Minutes, with a May 18 retrospective.
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The networks will present just two miniseries this time. NBC's 10.5 imagines disaster for the country's West Coast. Seismic expert Kim Delaney contends with catastrophe Sunday and Monday.
CBS' Reversible Errors brings a Scott Turow thriller to life May 23 and 25. William H. Macy and Tom Selleck star.
The Book of Ruth, based on the Jane Hamilton novel, will premiere Sunday on CBS. Christine Lahti plays a difficult mother in the family drama.
ABC shares its long-promised version of A Wrinkle in Time, based on Madeleine L'Engle's book, on May 10. The three-hour film features Gregory Smith of Everwood.
Guest stars: The networks love to spotlight movie stars and bring back TV favorites. Jennifer Lopez headlines tonight's Will & Grace on NBC.
Kate Jackson and Henry Winkler play problem parents in Friday's Third Watch on NBC. Gene Simmons of Kiss plays a vengeful dad on the same show a week later.
Isabella Rossellini and Vivica A. Fox help the heroine in Sunday's Alias on ABC.
CBS brings on guest stars in this Monday's comedies. Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Gordie Howe drop in on Yes, Dear. Heather Locklear plays a divorce lawyer on Two and a Half Men.
Tori Spelling visits ABC's Less Than Perfect Tuesday. A night later, Betty White plays a maid on ABC's My Wife and Kids. Attention, fans of The Mary Tyler Moore Show: White will appear opposite Cloris Leachman in the May 9 Malcolm in the Middle on Fox.
Sandra Bullock returns to ABC's George Lopez May 7. Johnny Depp supplies the voice of Hank's yoga instructor on the May 9 King of the Hill on Fox. Billy Dee Williams visits the May 10 Half & Half on UPN, and Lou Gossett Jr. pops up a week later.
Marlo Thomas, Tom Skerritt and Barry Bostwick converge on the May 11 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit on NBC.
Susan Lucci and other soap stars poke fun at their melodramatic field in the May 14 episode of ABC's Hope & Faith.
Specials: NBC offers the Daytime Emmy Awards on May 21. Lionel Richie and Cedric the Entertainer host Motown 45, a two-hour special May 17 on ABC.
Cliffhangers and turning points: Matt (Barry Watson) tries to salvage his marriage May 10 on the WB's 7th Heaven. The WB hints that Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Luke (Scott Patterson) are finally headed toward romance in the May 11 Gilmore Girls.
Danny (Josh Duhamel) is called to military service in the May 17 season finale of NBC's Las Vegas.
CBS suggests that Jack Malone (Anthony LaPaglia) might move from New York to Chicago in the May 20 Without a Trace. Fox's 24 wraps up its latest daylong thriller May 25.
The future: You can get an early look at CBS' new drama CSI: New York. The characters played by Gary Sinise and Melina Kanakaredes will be introduced May 17 on CSI: Miami.
The May 17 debut of The WB's Superstar USA will test America's appetite for reality. The show sends up American Idol by featuring untalented singers who mistakenly believe they can gain stardom. They should fit in during sweeps.


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Cuban-American politicians decry Beyonce Cuba trip
MIAMI (AP) -- Beyonce and Jay-Z's trip to Cuba has angered two Cuban-American politicians who are demanding information on whether the couple's visit to the communist island was licensed.
U.S. Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart of Florida have written to the U.S. Department of Treasury expressing concern about the trip. In the letter, both said they represent a community that has been "deeply and personally harmed by the Castro regime's atrocities."
"The restrictions on tourism travel are commonsense measures meant to prevent U.S. dollars from supporting a murderous regime that opposes U.S. security interests at every turn and which ruthlessly suppresses the most basic liberties of speech, assembly and belief," the GOP lawmakers wrote.
John Sullivan, a Treasury spokesman in Washington, said he could not comment on specific licenses. He said the agency was working on a response to the letter from Ros-Lehtinen and Diaz-Balart.
Beyonce and Jay-Z marked their fifth wedding anniversary in Havana last week. The state-run website CubaSi called it a tourist trip. The artists declined to speak with reporters.
U.S. citizens are not allowed to travel to Cuba for mere tourism, though they can obtain licenses for academic, religious, journalistic or cultural exchange trips. The so-called people-to-people licenses were reinstated under the Obama administration and are designed to help promote civil society and independence from Cuban authorities.
The U.S. government tightened requirements to obtain the licenses last year after Cuban-American Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., criticized the programs as cover-ups for tourism. Rubio derided groups that were granted licenses for activities such as salsa dancing and a trip to the Cuban Ministry of Culture.
The U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control issued new requirements last May that required travel operators to provide detailed information on every aspect of their trip.
On Monday, Rubio tweeted that if Jay-Z really wanted to know what Cuban life is like, he should have visited dissident rapper Angel Yunier Remon. Rubio closed his tweet with the hashtag "99problems&dictatorsareone," a reference to Jay-Z's song "99 Problems."
During the R&B power couple's trip to Cuba, they ate at the renowned, privately run La Guarida restaurant and toured colonial Old Havana. They were followed by bodyguards and fans. Beyonce posed for photos with schoolchildren while Jay-Z puffed on a Cuban cigar.
Not all of the Cuban-American community lambasted their trip. Arturo Lopez-Levy, a Cuban economist and analyst who lectures at the University of Denver, said the trip and subsequent fallout were "a call to take a fresh look at the U.S. policy toward Cuba with the candidness of an adolescent."
"It is difficult to defend a policy that stomps on the same rights it preaches," he wrote in a column published in The Huffington Post. "Since the migratory reforms made by Cuba in January, that eliminated most of the restrictions on travel from the totalitarian period, Cubans, under a communist regime have fewer legal impediments to visiting the U.S. than U.S. citizens have to visiting Cuba."
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