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Good Samaritan talks suicidal man down on I-580
(04-27) 15:21 PDT OAKLAND -- Lonnie Monroe, 54, was headed home from a landscaping job on Thursday, pushing his shopping cart with a lawn mower and other equipment on an Interstate 580 overpass near Oakland's Glenview neighborhood.
When he encountered a man near the span on Ardley Avenue about 1:40 p.m., he instantly knew something was amiss.
"You could see the look on his face," Monroe said. "There was something seriously wrong with him. I just felt his energy was bad."
To his horror, the man with the purple striped shirt and purple sneakers began walking onto the overpass - except on the other side of the protective railing, exposing him to traffic.
The man told Monroe he wanted to die and began inching toward the middle of the overpass.
Without hesitation, Monroe began walking with him, from the safe side of the railing.
"It's just the right thing to do," Monroe said later. "This young man, I happened to see him on the wrong side of the bridge, and my spirit told me it wasn't worthy for him being out there."
The two men kept going until they were directly over westbound traffic on the freeway.
"I walked with him all the way across," Monroe said.
Held in a bear hug
Then he held onto the man in a bear hug. And he didn't let go.
Passersby realized what was happening, and one brought over a rope. The despondent man didn't want anybody else to touch him or talk to him, so Monroe gently wrapped the rope around the man's body.
He clung to him as other citizens, including Daniel Galvin and his friend Garrett Vaughan, kept a firm hold on the rope and tried to reassure him, saying they loved him and cared about him.
"It was really a communal effort," Galvin said. "I can't emphasize enough how instrumental the man with the cart was in all of this. He was talking to the person the whole time they were up there."
Monroe said, "He never said anything to anybody except me. He just told me he didn't want to be here anymore. He wasn't happy and he wanted to die. I asked him why, and he didn't answer me."
Monroe began talking about his family and asked the man about his. "F- my family," the man replied, according to Monroe.
Monroe decided to reveal details about his own family.
"I just shared with him what I went through in my life," Monroe said, including the death of his 24-year-old stepson, Joshua Brown, in November. A tree fell on him during a windstorm in Oakland.
Monroe also told him that his mother had passed away. "I told him when I lost my mom, I didn't know what to do," he said.
As the two men kept talking, Oakland police, firefighters and paramedics arrived. CHP officers blocked traffic below.
Oakland police Sgt. William Bardsley told officers to let Monroe stay right where he was.
Good rapport
"You had such a good grip on him and good rapport with him, I said, 'Let Lonnie keep talking to him,' " Bardsley told Monroe afterward.
Oakland firefighters maneuvered a ladder truck below the group. Oakland school district Sgt. Antonio Fregoso then climbed to the top, handcuffed the suicidal man to the ladder as a precaution and held onto him as the ladder was lowered to the center median at 2:15 p.m.
He was taken by ambulance to Highland Hospital in Oakland.
"I'm just glad everything ended well, and we got him the help he needed," Fregoso said.
Galvin said he had trouble describing how relieved he felt.
"It was just, like this crazy celebratory feeling," he said. "I don't know how to put it into words. I'm still in shock. When we first got there, this person definitely could have jumped. I came that close to seeing (the person) die right in front of me."
Monroe dismissed any suggestions that he was a hero.
He began tearing up as he said, "It's the right thing to do, you know?"
He added, "It's not actually the right thing, it's the honorable and worthy thing to do."
San Francisco Chronicle staff writer Kale Williams contributed to this story.
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W.H. Syria push has mixed messages
President Barack Obama, asked for a third time at Friday's press conference if he'd still use force against President Bashar Assad's regime even if Congress fails to back the move, finally told reporters they shouldn't hold their breath for an answer.
"You're not getting a direct response," Obama said.
It was a statement that summed up the messaging approach his administration has taken for nearly three weeks — ever since the Aug. 21 chemical weapons attack that prompted the president's push for a strike on Syria — as it's pushed a series of confusing, often contradictory lines of argument.
This past week alone, Obama found himself walking back a top aide's assertion that he'd be disinclined to order an attack on Syria without congressional authorization, even as Secretary of State John Kerry told the Huffington Post that Obama "reserves the right in the presidency to respond as appropriate to protect the security of our nation."
The president also distanced himself from his own 2012 statement that the use of chemical weapons represented "a red line" that would warrant American action — disclaiming ownership of a standard that he had originally described in starkly personal terms, saying the action "would change my calculus … would change my equation."
And he said Friday he didn't want to make a World War II analogy to argue for action in Syria — just before, in the very same sentence, comparing the current state of affairs in Syria to Nazi Germany's bombing of London in 1940.
Meanwhile, he and his advisers are consistently defining potential American involvement in the Syrian conflict by what it's not — Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya — even as they use rhetoric that often sounds airlifted from the run-up to those conflicts.
Even the president's political arm seems confused. Organizing for Action made no public comments about Obama's Syria push for five days after he announced he was asking Congress to weigh in, then declared its neutrality.
The next day, it directed its Twitter followers to watch U.N. Ambassador Samantha Power's full-throated defense of intervention at the Center for American Progress.
None of this has served to build any momentum, among the public or the Congress, for Obama's Syria plan. Even those who support action in Syria are blaming the White House for its failure to clearly articulate why Congress and the public should back the president's policy.
"You have to be convinced that this is a worthwhile endeavor," Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), one of Obama's chief allies on Syria, told constituents at a town hall meeting Friday.
House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), who also favors intervention, has tweaked Obama for his failure to galvanize congressional or public support. Boehner spokesman Brendan Buck played up the importance of Obama's decision to address the nation on Syria Tuesday — while playing down the possible impact.
"The speaker has consistently said the president has an obligation to make his case for intervention directly to the American people," Buck said Friday. "Members of Congress represent the views of their constituents, and only a president can convince the public that military action is required. We only hope this isn't coming too late to make the difference."
It isn't that the president has been silent on the issue — it's that the message from both Obama and his top advisers has been too fractured to be truly convincing. As the White House argument for action in Syria has evolved, aides and allies have offered competing explanations for it, and have yet to settle on a straightforward and compelling pitch for why an American strike in Syria is necessary.
Taken together, it all paints a picture of an administration at times as confused and conflicted as the Congress it aims to win over.
For instance, on the key question of whether Obama would act in Syria without congressional approval, Secretary of State John Kerry told the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday that he didn't know what would happen if Congress said no. "Well, I can't tell you what the president's going to do because he hasn't told me," Kerry said.
Then Friday morning, NPR broadcast an interview with Deputy National Security Adviser Tony Blinken in which he said Obama would be disinclined to order an attack without the blessing of Congress.
"The president of course has the authority to act, but it's neither his desire nor his intention to use that authority absent Congress backing him," Blinken said.
Four hours later, Obama was already walking that line back. Told exactly what Blinken had said, Obama characterized it as a misreading of his aide's words.
"I don't think that's exactly what he said," Obama said. "But I think I've answered the question."
He had not.
The administration is pitching slightly different messages to the public and to Congress. Congress hears specifics, with in-depth conversations about what inaction would mean for Iran and Hezbollah — a pitch that doesn't resonate as well with the public at large.
"Members understand that more than the broader public," said Tommy Vietor, a former Obama National Security Council spokesman.
It isn't just the hypotheticals that pose a headache for the administration — even the seemingly direct arguments Obama administration officials make have been a bit muddied.
For the past two weeks, Kerry has been comparing Assad to Saddam Hussein and Hitler, saying the trio are the only leaders to use chemical weapons on their own people in the last century. This week, he argued for aid to Syrians by pointing, during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing, to an incident shortly before U.S. involvement in World War II in which a boatload of Jewish refugees was turned away from the coast of Florida.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) upped the ante at the White House Tuesday, saying "never again" — a nod to the Holocaust — should the U.S. turn a blind eye to people being massacred. And Obama himself on Friday compared the situation in Syria to Nazi Germany's bombing of London in 1940.
But the administration has also argued that the past actually isn't a guide to why there's a need for action in Syria, or to the potential pitfalls that could await. Top officials from the president on down have stressed almost daily that Syria is not Iraq. And the president himself said Friday he was "not drawing a analogy to World War II" other than to highlight the similarity between the domestic unpopularity of U.S. intervention early in that conflict and the anemic support for Syria intervention in current polls.
Past aside, the present environment has posed its own set of messaging challenges. The White House just can't seem to consistently answer the question: How much of a threat, if any, does the situation in Syria pose to the United States?
The president and his top aides have certainly left the impression that lack of action in Syria could harm U.S. national security, arguing that if Assad's chemical weapons use goes unpunished, it could lead to the further development and proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
"Failing to respond to this breach of this international norm would send a signal to rogue nations, authoritarian regimes, and terrorist organizations that they can develop and use weapons of mass destruction and not pay a consequence," Obama said Friday. "And that's not the world that we want to live in."
But Obama said Friday that he had the luxury of seeking congressional authorization precisely because there was no immediate threat to the United States or its allies.
"I could not honestly claim that the threat posed by Assad's use of chemical weapons on innocent civilians and women and children posed a imminent, direct threat to the United States," Obama said.
If the danger were truly immediate, he said, he would have acted first and allowed lawmakers to ask questions later.
"In that situation, obviously, I don't worry about Congress. We do what we have to do to keep the American people safe," Obama said. "I could not say that it was immediately, directly going to have an impact on our allies. Again, in those situations I would act right away."
Then, a day after saying the threat posed by the chemical weapons attack was neither "imminent" nor "direct," Obama used his Saturday radio address to call it "a serious threat to our national security."
None of this has rallied the public to the cause of attacking Syria. Nor are the administration's efforts Monday and Tuesday, with Obama to appear on network television and to address the nation, likely to move people in his favor, said Clinton White House speechwriter Michael Waldman.
"The president's speech will be one element of a public campaign here, but its important to remember presidents almost never can rally the public toward military action in advance, especially with a big speech," Waldman said. "The public is almost always skittish about military action. Once it begins, then people rally around the military and rally around the flag."
If the present landscape is murky, the future seems completely uncharted territory for the administration, which has been far from clear about how the action being discussed would help it attain concrete goals in Syria, about its vision for a likely endgame — or about its views of the forces who stand to gain ground if the United States takes aim at Assad.
For instance, when Obama met with congressional leaders at the White House Tuesday, he emphasized that a bombing campaign is part of "a broader strategy that will allow us to upgrade the capabilities of the opposition" fighting the Assad regime, something McCain had pressed him on the day before.
By Friday, the only mention Obama made to an opposition was the opposition he faces in Congress. There was little framing of his goals in intervening in Syria beyond punishing Assad. A White House website focused on the Syria conflict — which went live late in the week — didn't do much to clarify, offering just one sentence on mission objectives, but no detail on any opposition forces or preferred political outcomes.
In the face of a messaging flop on this scale, even the Obamaland political snark hasn't held up.
Minutes after Obama announced he'd seek congressional authorization on Syria, former adviser David Axelrod took to Twitter to dub Congress "the dog that caught the car."
But by Friday he was all in earnest. Sure, the president has been pitching Syria action for weeks now. But he hasn't made the sale. And so the priority for Obama, Axelrod told "Morning Joe," had to be generating a message that resonates on the Hill.
"[Obama] needs to make the case and give them the arguments and the cover, frankly, for a yes vote," he said.
Obama's upcoming address to the nation is intended to help Congress relay a more unified administration narrative back in their districts. "When you go on TV and do a speech, that's an address to the nation, it's because Congress thinks they need help explaining it to their constituents," Vietor said.
It may be the administration's last, best hope to budge the needle — but it only works if the story the president relays Tuesday doesn't require any more explanations of its own.

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Obama has been quoted as saying that the new puppy promised to his young girls will be a "mutt like me." Now I realize that there's probably a team of experts now combing every humane society, pound, and rescue group in the country in search of the perfect 'mutt like me', but as a seasoned dog owner, I thought I'd weigh in with some insight that may prove valuable in their search.
Unfortunately, right out of gate we hit a serious roadblock. It seems 10-year-old Malia has allergies, so they'll probably be looking to one of the 'low dander' or hairless breeds. That immediately rules out the Alaskan Malamute. If you enjoy eating, breathing, and pooping dog hair and removing it from your clothes every 2.2 seconds, then a Mal is your breed! Otherwise? Not so much.
Anyway, with respect to this allergy issue, what fits the bill is pretty damn exotic – American Hairless Terrier, Chinese Crested, Peruvian Inca Orchid (yes, that's a dog), and the Xoloitzcuintli (Mexican Hairless). Moreover, seeing as they want it to come from a pound, the odds that they're going to end up with a 'world's ugliest dog' contestant have just shot through the roof.
So at this point, I'd like to pause and make a suggestion that may be a little controversial: I think we need to get some top notch scientists on the case. Generally speaking, I am not one for gene splicing, but the man is about to be President of the United States. We can't have an animal like this running around the White House. Imagine a whole generation of children growing up with this ugly mug staring at them from the front page and splashed across CNN!? We don't have enough child psychologists to go around!
That's why I think some top notch scientific minds need to get their @sses into a lab pronto. We've got enough heartburn medications already. Put down the beaker, and let's get some smart folks focused on developing a hypoallergenic Golden Retriever.
Better yet, in keeping with the spirit of our President-elect, let's mix up a diverse cultural brew. Maybe a little something from Asia? Chows can be snippy, and Akitas are a little scary sometimes too. Maybe part Shih Tzu or Japanese Spitz? They're cute and cuddly.
Then maybe a little something out of Africa? An Afghan was good enough for Barbie, and I think that's an argument that would work with Michelle. Again, the Basenjis and Rhodesian Ridgebacks wouldn't be my first choice for young kids, but the lab can probably whip up a personality fix or partial lobotomy for that?
Europe? Don't mind if I do! I'm kind of digging the idea of a Bernese Mountain Dog or a Saint Bernard. Set him up with a little wooden barrel and maybe fill it with Tang for the kids?
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This would be a dog America could get behind. The Satyr or Centaur for the 21st century. In fact, that gives me an even better idea: Why not throw a little cat in there just to keep it interesting? No one needs to know.
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The monastery, one of the oldest in Peloponnese, was built in 961 AD, and it is situated on Mt. Helmós in Achaia, at an altitude of 961m. Its history is quite turbulent. It was built in the 10th century, but it was burnt down three times: in 1585 by the Turks, in 1826 by the armies of Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt, and by the German troops in 1943.
The monastery's museum is devoted to historical treasures of the revolution, like the diamond-decorated Gospel, a gift from Catherine the Great of Russia, the Banner of the Greek Revolution, the sacerdotal vestments of Bishop Germanos, and the Bishop's crook. The collection also includes a considerable number of crosses decorated with precious stones, documents, books, icons, pieces of gold and silver silk embroidery. On display there is also a significant collection of paintings, as well as the holy shrine of St. Alexios, a gift from the Byzantine emperor Manuel Palaeologos in 1398.
A perfect occasion to visit the monastery would be on 25th March, when commemorative celebrations are held. The re-enactment of the gathering of the War of Independence captains and the raising of the Revolution's Banner will certainly fascinate you!
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The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)/SCC announces the beginning of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract with Instant Access Networks, LLC (IAN) and its subcontractors as of March 28, 2016 entitled, "Accelerating Society-wide EMP Protection of Critical Infrastructure and Micro-grids". DTRA's request for proposals (RFP) was an invitation to small businesses to participate in a commercial R&D program to create EMP protected micro grids for critical infrastructure needed both on and off military bases and other defense critical infrastructure. The need was explained by DTRA as follows: "An electromagnetic (EM) attack (nuclear electromagnetic pulse [EMP] or non-nuclear EMP [e.g., high-power microwave, HPM]) has the potential to degrade or shut down portions of the electric power grid important to the DoD…. Restoring the commercial grid from the still functioning regions may not be possible or could take weeks or months."
A key task on this contract is to demonstrate how to accelerate the adoption of EMP-protected critical infrastructure and microgrids among civilian institutions that need to operate in island mode during a prolonged power outage. These critical suppliers to military bases include water utilities, hospitals, and emergency communications. The final report would include proposals for additional research in the improvement of component technologies that comprise an EMP-protected microgrid such as EMP shielding, energy generation, energy storage and energy savings technology. Those improvements can lead to performance and cost advantages that could make these microgrids competitive with grid provided power in some areas of the country and more easily funded in every location.
IAN set its own goal to gather collaborators who will fund EMP protected microgrids for water utilities, hospitals and emergency operations centers so that they don't have to find funds out of their capital budgets. Fairfax Water, a subcontractor to IAN in this contract, is a great example because of its critical role to many defense critical infrastructure applications in the national capital region and because of the attractive electricity rates it enjoys. Fairfax Water supplies Fort Belvoir and the surrounding areas with 163 million gallons of water per day. Though Fairfax Water lies outside the base, it is essential for base operations but likely to be vulnerable to EMP because of its dependence on civilian power grids that are not protected from EMP even though the local utility in this instance is otherwise extremely reliable. Protecting civilian infrastructure such as Fairfax Water is just as important as protecting the critical applications on the base.
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UK weather forecast: Heavy rain, gales and flooding to cause transport disruption and risk of power cutsThe UK is set to be lashed by "heavy and persistent" rain, gale-force winds and potential flooding.The Met Office has forecast increasingly rainy weather for the next few days, with a downpour moving eastwards over England, Scotland and Wales on Thursday.While Friday will see a bright morning, heavy rain and gale-force winds are forecast to reach parts of England and Scotland by the evening.The weekend is likely to remain unsettled, with showers or longer spells of rain particularly in the west and south. The Met Office has issued yellow warnings for rain and wind over the next few days, cautioning that homes and businesses could be flooded, transport delays are expected, and power cuts could occur.
UK weather: Snow forecast as eastern chill sees temperatures plummet across countryDusting likely to be limited to higher ground in northern regions, Met Office saysIf snow does fall it will be limited to higher areas of northern England.Yet snow did fall last month in parts of the country. County Durham and other areas of northeast England saw a dusting of the white stuff during what meteorologists described as some of the coldest October days for a decade.
UK weather forecast: Britain to bask in sunshine before plummeting temperatures bring snowMuch of Britain will enjoy sunshine and warmer than average conditions this weekend, before a dramatic drop in temperatures brings snow next week.The Met Office is forecasting some "exceptionally mild" weather in the days ahead, but the warm southerly winds will suddenly give way to a bitterly cold wind from eastern Europe on Monday – leading to overnight frosts and snow on hilly areas.
UK weather forecast: Snow and sleet to sweep country as Met Office warns of early winter blastForecasters monitoring situation as icy conditions and freezing fog expected in coming daysBritain is braced for a barrage of wintry weather, with snowfall predicted in several regions and the potential for more icy conditions as the week wears on.Snow fell in Cumbria, Derbyshire and East Sussex on Tuesday and overnight, with easterly winds causing particularly chilly conditions for many.More unpleasant, late-autumn conditions are expected over the next few days. Showers will be seen across all regions on Wednesday, with the heaviest downpours in eastern Scotland.Snow could fall on the highest areas of England, Scotland and Wales, while those living closer to sea level are more likely to see sleet – rain and snow mixed.
Snow and freezing temperatures expected as cold air from Scandinavia sweeps countrySnow, freezing fog and gale-force winds are expected to hit the UK this week as cold air sweeps in from Iceland and Scandinavia.The Met Office said night-time temperatures could plunge to as low as -5C in some areas although most of the country will hover around freezing point."Many of us will be having to scrape the frost off our cars but it is not going to be bitterly cold," said meteorologist Craig Snell.
Amber weather warning issued as snow and freezing rain forecast in UKA rash of weather warnings have been issued across the UK for the start of the weekend as a collection of rain-bearing frontal systems sweep in from the Atlantic and meet the very cold air that has sat across us for the end of the working week.This meeting of air masses will create some hazardous winter conditions over the next 48 hours - giving, most notably, a period of snow, mainly over higher ground, with the greatest accumulations and impacts in Northern Scotland.Perhaps more significantly, however, there is also the likelihood of a period of widespread freezing rain, particularly for upland areas between Central Scotland and the north Midlands with the main risks being from Saturday afternoon. Amber warnings have been issued.These warnings sit within a broader Yellow warning for snow and ice which covers most of Scotland and Northern England, extending into East Wales, the South Midlands and East Anglia and lasting into Sunday morning.Freezing rain is rare in the UK, and this event being so widespread is more unusual still. Those on the roads can be particularly badly affected with black ice, falling branches (through sheer weight of accumulated ice) and damage to power lines.
World will approach record-breaking temperatures in 2019, says Met Office'The forecast for 2019 would place next year amongst the five warmest years on record, which would all have occurred since 2015'The rise will be the result of human-driven climate change combined with modest warming from the El Nino weather phenomenon in the Pacific, which pushes up temperatures further, the scientists said.
UK weather: Britain could see first snow of 2019 as temperatures plummetBritain could see its first snowfall of the year this week as temperatures plunge as low as -7C, forecasters have said.
UK weather forecast: Beast from the East could return with heavy snow and freezing temperaturesMost of UK enjoyed sunshine on Tuesday – but forecasters warn of another Siberian cold snap
Met Office spokesperson Grahame Madge said there was nothing forecast in the next week or so that could indicate any change like the Beast from the East.Colder weather is expected to arrive in the last week of January, with an increased chance of frost, fog and snow.
Snow set to blanket UK as Arctic blast brings 'dramatically colder' temperaturesSnow could fall "almost anywhere" in the UK this month as temperatures plunge "dramatically," according to forecasters. The Met Office said a blast of Arctic air would end the recent spell of unseasonably warm weather this week, beginning a colder period that is set to last into February.Temperatures will plummet to below freezing across the country at the weekend, with -5C expected even in warmer southeast areas.Forecasters said it was too early to tell if there would be a repeat of the Beast from the East.
Bitterly cold night ahead with a sharp frost and icy stretchesThis Evening and Tonight: Wintry showers along the east coast will die away, bringing clear spells across many areas and a widespread sharp frost. Cloud will thicken in the west; becoming windy here with rain turning to sleet and snow over hills and moors.Friday: Frosty at first. Central and eastern areas will remain dry and bright. Rain spreading from the west, turning to snow mainly over hills and possibly to lower levels further north.Outlook for Saturday to Monday: Showery outbreaks of rain, sleet and snow will move eastwards through the period. Cloudy on Saturday, turning a little brighter by Sunday. A frosty start with sunshine on Monday.
Cold weather 'is here to stay for now' with disruptive snow possibility for UK, say forecastersSnow and plunging temperatures may hit the UK next week and a prolonged cold snap could last several weeks, forecasters have said.
Met Office issues ice warning as snow hits UKA weather warning of icy conditions has been issued for most of the UK following snowfalls across parts of the country on Tuesday.The Met Office issued a yellow warning for likely low level disruption, valid until 11:00 GMT on Wednesday.Motorists are being warned to be extra careful of hazardous driving conditions.
UK weather forecast: Arctic blast set to batter Britain with snow, sleet and 50mph windsPower and travel could be disrupted in some regions, Met Office warnsArctic blizzards will blast Britain this weekend with snow, sleet and 50mph winds all forecast.Temperatures could plummet to lows of -3C during the deep freeze which will arrive late Saturday night, the Met Office says.The cold front – sweeping south east from Scotland and Ireland – could result in up to 15cm of snow in hilly regions.And a yellow warning for wind has been put in place for Northern Ireland, Wales and parts of western England.The cold will spread across the country throughout Sunday and into Monday, he added, with temperatures falling below zero in parts of northern Scotland and to around 4C in central and southern areas of England.Even lower lying regions could see up to 5cm of snow.
UK weather: Heavy snowfall could cut off villages in south east of England this week, Met Office warns Heavy snowfall could cut off villages in the south east of England this week, the Met Office has warned.A band of rain pushing eastwards across the country is likely to turn to snow on Tuesday evening, with up to 3cm likely going into Wednesday. The south east is set to bear the brunt of the Arctic blast and the Met Office has issued a Yellow weather warning for snow on Tuesday and Wednesday.
UK weather forecast: Britain facing 'significant snowfall' as temperatures plummet to at least -10CSnow closes schools and causes travel disruption but worse weather expected to hit country, forecasters warnBitterly cold temperatures hit Britain as a blanket of snow and ice swept across the country, causing schools to close and travel disruption. Commuters have been warned to expect further disruption this week after the Met Office extended four weather warnings of snow and ice across most of the UK. Many parts of the country, including northern England, Scotland and the southwest, woke to thick snow and icy conditions on Tuesday morning.Forecasters have warned that Britain is facing "very significant snowfall" this week, as temperatures plummet to at least -10C across the country overnight, while a "bitingly cold" Wednesday will only see highs of 2C or 3C in some places.Public Health England has also warned at-risk people, including the elderly, to take precautions.
Met Office issues risk to life weather warning after temperatures plummet to low as -13.6CThe Met Office has issued an amber weather warning for snow between 2pm and 9pm on Thursday.A warning of this level means there is a risk to life and property, as well as the potential for travel delays and interruption to power supplies.Parts of Devon, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Dorset and south Wales will be among the most affected.The warning come after temperatures dropped to their lowest in the UK so far this winter as people across the country experienced a freezing night.
Extreme cold weather and heavy snow forecast over weekendThe big freeze is set to continue over the weekend, with the Met Office warning Saturday evening could be the coldest night of the winter - as snow caused further transport disruption overnight.It is set to be less chilly on Saturday morning – with temperatures around minus 7C (19.4F) or minus 8C (17.6F) – but likely to dip right back down again by Saturday evening.
UK weather forecast: Warmer temperatures on the way after snow-inspired chaos and England's coldest night of winterEngland experienced the coldest night of the winter so far on Saturday as temperatures plummeted across the UK ahead of milder conditions next week.Chillingham Barns in Northumberland recorded a low of -11.7C at around 5am on Sunday, according to the Met Office.However forecasters are expecting a return to average temperatures in the week ahead, with milder weather in the south from Tuesday onwards.The long-range forecast suggests unsettled weather with a mixture of sunshine, showers and wet and windy conditions, and possibly snow in the northern hills.
Liverpool to be hotter than GREECE as temperatures soar to double figuresLiverpool will be hotter than GREECE this week as temperatures soar to double figures.
UK weather: Winds up to 70mph to batter Britain for four daysBritain is braced for four solid days of gales as winds of up to 70mph will batter the country, bringing with it rain and snow. Yellow weather warnings for wind have been issued to the entire south of England and Wales from Wednesday afternoon through to Saturday evening. The Met Office has warned residents to prepare for power cuts, travel disruption and an impact to services as two separate weather fronts cross Britain.
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Like something assembled from a bunch of Legos, or jumping out of the Minecraft videogame, the Mercedes G-Wagon's box profile has remained virtually unchanged for the past 30 years. Although coveted in North America, it's a workhorse in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, loved by law enforcement, forestry service and emergency crews. Hell, even the Pope rides in a G-Wagon! In short, it's functional, utilitarian transportation that's defied evolution.
Its stoic nature has made it so popular because the Mercedes-Benz G-Class is both capable and dependable and, as I would soon learn, able to transform itself into a supercar.
A long-time favorite of AMG, the first tuned G-Wagons included high-performance V8s, while later models were fitted with superchargers and eventually twin-turbochargers. A few lucky folks even experienced the G65 AMG with its hand-built V12 biturbo motor that made a 604hp and a planet-spinning 738 lb-ft of twist.
Launched last year to celebrate AMG's 45th anniversary, the G65 was mind-numbingly expensive (about $350,000) and won't be coming to North America because they know we'll just fit 30" rims and gold-plate them. But don't fret: Bodo and the wild bunch at Brabus devised a solution.
Like most Brabus vehicles, they started with high-grade stock, in this case the G63 AMG, and gently massaged it until things got interesting. Not that the G63 needed much help; its 5.5-liter V8 biturbo makes a healthy 544hp and 560 lb-ft. In fact, Mercedes claims its 5622 lb beast hits 60mph in 5.3sec, but that simply wasn't good enough for Brabus.
In its R&D workshop in Bottrop, Germany, the Brabus technicians developed what they call the PowerXtra module. The black box is integrated into the engine electronics, altering boost, fuel and timing curves. Unlike typical software programming, the G63's ECU is untouched so that factory ECU upgrades won't futz the code.
Along with intercooler mods, the B63-620 conversion produces an advertised 620hp at 5750rpm and 604 lb-ft at 2000rpm. Once installed, the Flying Brick manages to breach 60mph in a scant 5.1sec - something I learned firsthand while seated behind the wheel.
The cabin feels like my grandpa's study but with none of the cigar smoke. I romped on the gas and it felt like the entire room has been rear-ended by a TGV train.
The Brabus B63-620 is cartoonishly fast: the kind of fast that tears toupees from old men. We squirt up and down a canyon a few times, leaving small wormholes in our wake.
Peter Moeller from Brabus USA presses a button and the B63 belts out its full roar as a by-pass valve is opened on its stainless steel exhaust. To me, it sounded like a cross between an offshore powerboat and a Titan heavy-lift rocket. Brabus needs to bottle this noise; it's very good.
"The B63 has either a sport or coming home exhaust note," Peter explained. "The sport sound is good for blasting around with your friends, while the other is when you creep back into the driveway after a night out." He gives me a sly wink and a nudge. I'm 50 years-old with like 17 children. I don't know what he means...
Brabus also outfitted the car with its Widestar conversion. It consists of front and rear aprons plus gigantic fender flares that extend 5" beyond the factory location. There are also door panels and this car had additional running boards and roof spoiler. The flares were fitted with LED lighting that wink on when the car is remotely unlocked or a door handle pulled.
Unlike many aftermarket kits, the Widestar package has a fit and finish on par with factory offerings. In truth, only a trained eye could tell there was something different with this machine because it looks as if the G-Wagon was born this way.
The wider fenders mean the big Merc can handle bigger wheels. Much bigger wheels. In this instance, it had whopping 23x11" Platinum Edition Brabus Monobloc F wheels. These forged beauties wore 305/35 R23 Yokohama Advan tires but, unlike regular car tires, the Yokos have a strengthened carcass to handle the B63's substantial weight. Standard tires don't live long under a B63.
Inevitably, the suspension was also revamped to deal with the extra load. Brabus calls it Ride Control and it uses uprated springs and electronically controlled Bilstein dampers. The control module has two settings: Comfort or Sport. The system actively monitors load parameters and will modify the dampers settings on the fly.
Despite carrying almost three tons, the Brabus Ride Control does a fantastic job, providing an incredibly smooth ride while keeping the chassis balanced under hard cornering.
While the B63-620 has more than enough muscle to tackle off-road challenges, its massive running gear and low-profile tires makes it better suited to the street. Personally, I'd like to see this rig on a set of 17s with all-terrain tires. Then it would be unstoppable.
Over the last 25 years I've been fortunate to park an array of cars in my driveway but the family rarely took note. However, I couldn't pry them out of the G-Wagon. The damn thing was equipped with every convenience know to man: COMAND cockpit management and data system with 40GB hard-drive navigation, six-disc CD/DVD changer, iPod/MP3 interface, SiriusXM with traffic, HD Radio, Harman/Kardon Logic 7 surround-sound system, enhanced voice control, Bluetooth, 7" color display, Zagat restaurant guide, and auxiliary audio input. All wrapped in leather, wood and brushed aluminum from Brabus' own shop, I wasn't surprised at their infatuation.
The Brabus G-Class B63-620 is a larger-than-life vehicle, with performance and style that's so over-the-top it seems like it's invented in a 13 year-old's imagination. And that's not a bad thing!
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After National Signing Day, the Alabama Crimson Tide once again boasted the nation's top recruiting class. One of that class's anchors was Reuben Foster, the five-star linebacker who notably got the Auburn logo tattooed on his leg before he de-committed.
Foster received lots of attention from the press after he announced on Wednesday that he was Bama-bound—he had apologized to Auburn, Alabama, and Georgia fanbases on Twitter. It was a good deal of focus to put on the thought process of any teenager, even by college sports standards. But the latest news mentioning Foster blows all of that out of the water:
Danny Foster, father of University of Alabama football signee Reuben Foster and a longtime fugitive out of Randolph (Ala.) County, was captured in Miami this morning, authorities said.
The U.S. Marshals, the Roanoke Police Department and the Randolph County Sheriff's Office announced the 11 a.m. arrest of Foster, who has been on the run since 1996. Foster was wanted for assault, shooting into an occupied dwelling and escape, according to a press release issued today by the U.S. Marshals.
Foster had escaped from the Randolph County jail in December 1996. The people he shot that year, according to police? His estranged wife, Inita Paige, and their 18-month-old son, whom she held in her arms—Reuben Foster.
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Skip to 0 minutes and 1 secondEarlier this week, we asked you how you feel about writing in English. It's a question that often gets very strong reactions. On the one hand, a lot of people prefer writing to speaking because you have more time to plan what you want to say and to edit and change what you've written to make it better. On the other hand, speaking is about communication, and even if you make some mistakes you can still get your message across. When you're writing, though, you can feel under pressure to get everything absolutely correct. So what can you do to improve your writing in English?
Skip to 0 minutes and 39 secondsWell, just as I said that listening a lot is a great way to help your speaking skills, reading a lot will definitely help you with writing. What kind of writing do you need or want to do? If you need to write emails for work, look at other people's emails. What features do they have in common? It's easy to find examples of every kind of writing. We've mentioned the importance of planning. It's the key to any successful writing. Time spent thinking about what you want to say and how you want to organise it is always time well spent. There's also a huge range of materials to help you practise and develop your writing skills.
Skip to 1 minute and 24 secondsWe've posted some of them on this step for you. Like everything with English, practise is the key.
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As Rob mentioned, there are many excellent online resources you can use to develop your general writing skills. Here are some to help you practise and develop your skills in writing emails, letters and essays.
- An informal email - a look at the conventions and language in informal correspondence.
- A more formal email - a look at the structure and language of more formal correspondence.
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Here's an update on the progress of my beaded Peterbilt semi- truck. After beading the American flag grill, headlights, and cab, I created two beaded lights using 12-gauge precious metal wire. I stitched a ball of felt to the ends of them, and bead embroidered orange Delicas around the felt. I wasn't sure this would work at first, but it turned out kinda cool!
And, even though working with wire is not my forté, somehow I managed to create 2 side view mirrors by stitching liquid silver bugle beads to precious metal wire.
Currently, the truck consists of 4 pieces of beadwork + 2 wire lights. Nothing will be stitched together until all of the pieces have been created.
I still need to add some lights on top of the cab, as well as a beaded doggie passenger:) How does it look so far?
Over the next couple of weeks, I will be working on holiday orders for my Etsy shop. Please note: ALL CHRISTMAS ORDERS for custom beaded dog pins or made-to-order items MUST BE RECEIVED BY DECEMBER 14 to guarantee delivery, though I will make every attempt to ship orders placed after this date in a timely fashion.
To kick off the holiday shopping season, I will be running a special sale on Thanksgiving Day & Black Friday. All items in the Clearance Section of my shop will be an additional 25% off the marked price for 2 days only beginning on Thursday, November 22, 2012 beginning at 12am EST. Please watch my Facebook page for an additional coupon code to receive Free Shipping all weekend long! Remember, November 24 is Small Business Saturday – a day to celebrate and support small & local businesses! Thank you for your support. Have a Happy Thanksgiving! 😀


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Two postdoctoral positions will be available after April 1, 1996. 1) Pollen-pistil interactions are crucially involved in the ultimate success or failure of intraspecific and interspecific crosses; protein kinases have been implicated in both compatible and incompatible crosses. We have isolated and are characterizing two pollen-specific receptor-like kinases from tomato, and we have recently isolated a probable homolog from maize. The postdoctoral fellow would molecularly and biochemically characterize the maize pollen-specific receptor-like kinase, including analysis of Mu-transposon-induced mutations. A Ph.D. and experience in molecular and/or biochemical techniques are required, experience in maize genetics and microscopy are preferable. 2) Microsporogenesis is an excellent system with which to study developmental processes such as cell fate and cellular differentiation. We are studying several Arabidopsis mutations that affect the sterotypical cell division patterns that occur during pollen development. These mutations are from a variety of mutatgenized populations, including fast neutron, EMS and T-DNA insertion lines. The postdoctoral fellow would work towards gene isolation, and have the opportunity to screen for additional pollen developmental mutations and to characterize them at the genetic and cell biological levels. A Ph.D. and experience in molecular biology is required, experience in Arabidopsis genetics and positional cloning are desirable Send CV, brief statement of research experience and goals and names and phone numbers or e-mail addresses of 3 references to: Dr. Sheila McCormick, Plant Gene Expression Center, 800 Buchanan St., Albany, CA 94710, USA


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Is a 12-hour day your idea of taking it easy? Have you forgotten what your family looks like? Is it dark when you come to the club in the morning and when you go home at night?
If your answered "yes" to any of these questions, you probably need to rework your schedule — before you burn out.
Mikki Williams — who coaches business and life management through her company Mikki Williams Unltd. — believes that a club operator/owner should spend six to eight hours a day in the club. Often, however, they spend 10 to 12.
If work overwhelms your life and you'd like to take control of your schedule, then get ready to learn some lessons about time management.
Look at the big picture and know what you want. "When you don't have a clear mission and strategy defined, it's real easy to spend your time on things that are superfluous," says Karen Woodard, president of Premium Performance Training, a consulting company that offers a 30-day plan designed to teach time mastery.
In order to clear up your mission and define your strategy, you must take a look at the big picture. According to Woodard, the big picture consists of relationships, spiritual, physical, financial and professional. "If you can define what you want in those areas, it's so much easier to plan your time…," she says. "But most [operators] don't know what they want."
Therefore, decide what you really want and plan accordingly. For example, say you want to improve service within your club. Not only should you foster a culture in which employees are expected to interact with members, you should schedule MBWA (manage by wandering around) time, Woodard explains. Give yourself 15 minutes every day to cruise the club and give face time to members.
"If I know what's important to me and what the priority is, then I know how to spend my time," Woodard says.
And speaking of priorities…
Plan and prioritise. Clients who come to Williams to learn time management often tell her that they want to spend more time with their families, less time in work. In other words, they want more balance in their life.
Sound like you? If so, then you need to schedule time for yourself, according to Williams.
Once you schedule something, hold yourself accountable. List the things you want to do and follow your schedule. So caught up in your job that you can't squeeze in your own workout? Then schedule it. Write down that you will exercise as soon as you arrive in the club. And stick to that schedule.
You'll have a better chance of sticking with the program if you keep your schedule close by. A day planner or PDA is a must for club operators serious about time management.
"It has to be with them all the time," Williams says. "So when they are blocking out their week or days — probably both — they need to block out the time" for themselves. Operators also need to block out and prioritize club duties: administrative tasks, meetings, and so on.
Change your habits. Often, managing your time better is a matter of developing new habits and changing bad ones.
When you decide which behavior you want to change, establish goals and stick to them. Hang up signs in your office as reminders. Tell people about your new schedules. Ask them to help you remain committed. And don't give up.
"Never deviate from the behavior until the habit is established," Williams says.
Cut back on meetings. Club operators participate in too many meetings, Williams maintains. She believes meetings can be replaced with interoffice memos, email or conference calls.
If a meeting is unavoidable, consider delegating someone else to run it (more on the "d" word later). Or if your presentence is necessary, make sure the meeting has a purpose. Tell participants in advance how long it will last and outline all the points that will be covered.
"I can't tell you how many meetings that I go to that don't have an agenda," Williams says. "Drives me nuts."
Stand up for yourself. So you sit down in your office, start to sort through the mountain of work at your desk and — bam! — an employee or member comes barging in, anxious to talk. This probably happens to you several times a day, adding up to a colossal waste of time.
You can cut back on these interruptions by shutting your door (if your office has one) or rearranging the office so you don't face out. You can also give an employee the role of "gatekeeper" — as in keeping people out of your office so you can get some work accomplished.
If people still wander into your office, try standing up. It works.
"If you're seated, they're going to come in and sit down," Williams says. "That's a long interruption."
Standing up, on the other hand, sends a clear message: I'm busy. Tell me what you need and get out.
If standing up doesn't do the trick, then politely ask the interuppting person if you can talk later. "It's OK to say 'no' in the following way," Woodard says. "'Is this something that needs to be taken care of immediately? If it is, I'll be happy to meet with you. If not, then I'm going to come and find you in 15 minutes or so.'"
Delegate! Does the very sight of this word make your heart race a little faster? You're not alone. As Williams points out, club executives are take-charge individuals who believe if you want something right, do it yourself. They're not the types to dish out responsibilities.
That's too bad because the concept of delegation has evolved, and it can really save club operators time.
"Historically, delegation was a vertical process flowing downward through a chain of command from a superior to a subordinate," according to Williams.
While this process certainly still exists, it's not ideal. Delegation based solely on authority creates compliance, but not necessarily performance. In other words, subordinates will do the job because they have to, but they won't feel empowered from the experience.
Instead of vertical delegation, Williams favors horizontal delegation. The horizontal process shares work and authority. It's not about dictating assignments.
"It combines both a formal position of authority and acceptance authority," Williams explains. "It means everybody is sharing responsibility and authority with others, and holding themselves accountable. It doesn't look like delegation in the old model where 'I'm the boss, therefore you do it.' It's more like, 'We're part of a team, and you're here to participate….'"
This type of delegation motivates employees. So why doesn't it happen more often? Fear and impatience. As Woodard points out, the average club operator feels it's quicker to do something himself because it takes longer to explain the job to an employee.
Doing something yourself may save time in the short term, but you'll save more time in the long term by giving the responsibility to someone else. You won't have to do it again! Just make sure you delegate by explaining the job thoroughly. Give directions and detail, and voice your expectations. Don't turn the responsibility over to someone else with a pat, "Do this."
It's up to you. When Williams gives club operators advice about time management, they often tell her she doesn't understand the pressure of club management. They're wrong. A former club owner, she knows exactly what operators face. She also knows that time management is a matter of choice — either you choose to manage your time or you don't.
In fact, time management really isn't about management at all; it's about taking control of your life. "Time management is really a cliché," Williams says. "It's more about time mastery."


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Hamamatsu, Japan, October 31, 2010 – The Czech Republic defeated Puerto Rico in straight sets (25-14, 25-14, 25-17) on the third day of Pool B action at the 2010 FIVB Women's World Championship at Hamamatsu Arena in Japan on Sunday.The stronger, heavier Czech side simply out-powered their opponents around the net with some blistering spikes and an impenetrable defensive wall that Puerto Rico could find no way around. It was the first victory of the competition for the Czechs, who led comfortably in each set of a match that failed to match the excitement of some of Saturday's thrillers. FIVB Women's World Championship Japan 2010 official page
In the first set, Jiri Siller's Czech Republic stormed into an 8-1 lead. Puerto Rico tried to hustle their way back into the set and had the crowd on their feet in one rally that featured Aureau Cruz and company splayed over the court diving for balls. But some miscommunication and unforced errors kept them behind by ten points at 17-7 and it was only a matter of time before Czech captain Ivana Plchotova led a strong attack to win the set at 25-15. The Europeans stayed on top with their powerful attacking in the second set, led by Aneta Havlickova, and Kristyna Pastulova. They led comfortably throughout out the set, at 9-5, 15-10 and 21-13 , and eventually doubled their lead at 25-15. In the third set, the Czech defensive wall of Pastulova and others repeatedly repelled Puerto Rican attempts to spike through it rather than around it. Carlos Cardona's team gained a glimmer of hope by pulling within three points at 17-14 but the hill was too high to climb, and the Czechs eventually cruised to a 25-17 win.After a day's break on Monday, Puerto Rico will play Brazil on Tuesday, and the Czech Republic will face Italy.


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Chicagoland: Tongue-Singeing Thai at Thai O'Cha in Darien, IL
I could have easily overlooked Thai O'Cha. Then, when I walked in, I easily could have turned around and walked right out. It's... kind of dingy.
See past the surface, though, and there's a great meal in store, especially when you like yours with a bit of fire.
The menu holds all the mainstays. In my experience, nothing has been a letdown. What I keep going back for, though, is the som tom (papaya salad), ($8.95). Crisp, bright and studded with peanuts, crunchy cabbage, string beans, and shards of carrots, it's topped with two wholly unnecessary, crisp-fried shrimp and swathed in slightly funky lime vinaigrette.
Nearly as pleasing is the yum nuea (beef salad), ($8.95), a simple stunner of grilled beef, cucumber, onion, and cilantro in bracing lime dressing. I order them both extra-spicy, and they're diving.
If you want to keep things light, there's nothing wrong with one of the above, coupled with a small or large order of straw mushroom-bolstered chicken tom yum soup, ($4.95 or $8.95). Get it spicy, and contend with slices of Thai chile floating within.
As for entrees, Thai O'Cha serves one of the best renditions of beef basil, ($8.95) I have ever had. It's smoky and garlicky with near-ground meat and a tangle of onions and peppers to seal the deal. The sauce, well, it's addictive.
The one downside is there isn't a lunch menu, so prices can hover higher than you'd expect, depending on your notion of family-style dining. Still, what you get is ultimately a reward.
Thai O'Cha
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SOUTHBOROUGH - As they learned about the devastation in Texas in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, Tricia and Eric Monheim knew they wanted to lend a hand.
They got their chance Saturday as they sorted clothes outside the Southborough Senior Center that will be donated to victims of the storm. The Monheims, who live in Southborough, also donated water, diapers and pet food.
What people who were in the storm's path faced must be horrifying, said Tricia Monheim.
"You can imagine it happening to you," she said.
The Monheims were among throngs of people who dropped off clothes, toys, food, towels and other supplies and helped sort and pack the donations. A steady stream of cars pulled into the center as traffic backed up onto Rte. 85. Volunteers unloaded cars, loaded donations into boxes and eventually onto a 53-foot trailer. Organizers of the collection drive called for a second trailer as donations grew.
"It's just amazing seeing car after car," said Gwen Forrester, a Southborough resident who donated cereal and helped prepare donations for the journey to Texas. "It's unbelievable."
The drive, which benefited from the generosity of businesses and individuals, comes as the city of Houston began taking steps toward recovery. The storm caused widespread flooding and is blamed for at least 43 deaths. It is believed to have damaged at least 156,000 dwellings in Harris County, which includes Houston.
The supplies donated in Southborough are expected to be given to a Houston area shelter, said Stefanie Cappello, an organizer of the drive.
Cappello estimated that about 1,000 people had dropped off donations or helped with sorting and packing as of about halfway through the drive. Kids made cards for children affected by the storm and some donations came from out of state, she said.
"Together as people we're doing something good to help others that really, really need it," she said.
Cappello said she cannot imagine being flooded out of her home. The outpouring of support Saturday is overwhelming, she said.
Southborough teenager Olivia Almy was touched by images of devastation coming out of the Houston area.
"It felt like the right thing to do," Almy said of helping sort and pack donations.
Material from the Associated Press was used in this report. Brian Benson can be reached at 508-626-3964 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @bbensonmwdn.


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Tom Mason is interested in Nevada football job
For the Nevada Appeal
Tom Mason wants to return to the Nevada Wolf Pack.
The former Nevada linebacker and defensive coordinator believes he should be the next head coach of Wolf Pack.
"I really feel that I would be a great fit," said Mason, who is now the defensive coordinator for the SMU Mustangs under head coach June Jones. "I always loved the Reno area. I loved living there and I love the people who live there. And I really believe that is one of the best jobs in the country."
The 56-year-old Mason was a member of former Pack coach Chris Ault's first Nevada teams in 1976 and 1977. He also was the Nevada defensive coordinator under head coach Jeff Tisdel — his former teammate with the Pack — in 1999.
"I would have loved to stay at Nevada but when Chris Tormey came on (in 2000) he wanted his own guys in there," Mason said. "But I didn't want to leave."
Since leaving the Pack after the 1999 season, Mason coached for a year with the British Columbia Lions of the Canadian Football League, the Scottish Claymores of NFL Europe and the Las Vegas Outlaws of the XFL. He then spent seven very productive years as Fresno State's linebackers coach (2001-07) and the past five years he has been at SMU as defensive coordinator and Associate Head coach.
A year ago he was among the finalists for the Fresno State head coaching position that eventually went to former Wolf Pack defensive coordinator Tim DeRuyter.
"I just love cities like Reno and Fresno," Mason said. "I'm in Dallas now and Dallas is kind of overwhelming. Reno is my kind of city."
Mason was the SMU defensive coordinator in 2009 when the Mustangs beat the Wolf Pack 45-10 in the Dec. 24, 2009 Hawaii Bowl. The Mustangs defense held quarterback Colin Kaepernick and the Pack offense to just 314 total yards. That Pack team averaged 38 points and 506 total yards a game.
"We just blitzed the heck out of them," Mason said. "We got a big lead (31-0 at halftime) and the dynamics of the game had a lot to do with it. We knew they wouldn't be as good in their run game that day because their best back (Vai Taua) was out (academic problems). And we also thought our defensive line had better athletes and players than their offensive line and we took advantage of that."
Mason also played a big part in SMU's impressive 43-10 Hawaii Bowl victory over Fresno State this past Christmas Eve. The Mustangs defense returned two interceptions for touchdowns, tackled Fresno quarterback Derek Carr in the end zone for a safety and held the Bulldogs, which had running back Robbie Rouse (13 carries, 22 yards), to minus 16 yards rushing in the game.
"Coach Mason knows how to put players in the right position to make plays according to their best attributes," SMU senior linebacker Ja'Gared Davis said before the victory over Fresno State. "He definitely knows how to scheme the defense against an offense so that a player can have his best game against a certain look."
In 2007, the year before Mason arrived at SMU, the Mustangs had one of the worst defenses in the nation. They were 116th in total defense (499 yards allowed each game), 117th in scoring defense (40 points allowed per game). This season they are 62nd in total defense (396 yards) and 54th in scoring defense (26 points allowed). In 2011, the Mustangs were 37th in total defense (351 yards) and 52nd in scoring defense (24.5).
"I had the opportunity to spend some time with Dick LeBeau (the Pittsburgh Steelers defensive coordinator) and he taught me a lot about zone blitzes and multiple fronts and in 2009 we switched to a 3-4 defense. I just felt we needed the speed to match up against all the spread offenses out there."
The results were immediate. In 2008, the Mustangs allowed 480 yards a game and 38 points. In 2009, they allowed 397 yards and 28 points.
Mason has also coached at Portland State (1986-92), Boise State (1993-96), Northern Iowa (1997-98). His teams have gone 7-6 against the Wolf Pack through the years with the bulk of those meetings coming when he was at Fresno State (the Bulldogs were 5-2 against Nevada with Mason on the defensive staff).
"I am very familiar with what Nevada has done through the years, both offensively and defensively," Mason said. "I was there the day Colin Kaepernick had his breakout game."
Kaepernick saw his first extended playing time as Pack quarterback in relief of injured starter Nick Graziano at Mackay Stadium on Oct. 6, 2007. The freshman quarterback passed for 384 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for 60 yards and another score in a 49-41 loss to the Bulldogs.
'I remember walking off the field that day and talking with (former Wolf Pack offensive coordinator and offensive line coach) Chris Klenakis and telling him, "I think I just found you a starting quarterback.'
"We knew about Kaepernick at Fresno State. We saw him play in high school and we knew he could run. So we just tried to keep him in the pocket and make him throw and he darn near beat us."
Mason has spent the bulk of his coaching career as a linebackers coach and defensive coordinator. His only head coaching experience came under very difficult circumstances at Boise State in 1996. Boise head coach Pokey Allen, who coached with Mason at Portland State from 1986-92, was diagnosed with cancer before the season and Mason was named the interim head coach while Allen was receiving treatment.
"It was a very bad situation for everyone," Mason said. "Nobody knew what was going on. We had a team that was filled with freshmen and red-shirt freshmen. When we came there (in 1993) we built that thing with junior college kids and we got to the championship game (the I-AA national title game in 1994). But that season (1996) all those players were all gone and we were now in our first season in Division I-A football. We were just trying to keep the program together that year."
Mason went 1-9 as head coach but four of the losses were by a touchdown or less. Mason returned for the final two games and went 1-01 but he died a month after his final game.
"That year was a tremendous learning experience for me," Mason said. "That year, going through all of those things, made me a much better coach. It was the hardest four months of my life. We had no stability. Nobody knew what was going to happen to Pokey. It was very difficult."
Mason gives a lot of the credit for his coaching career to Allen.
"I probably learned the most from Pokey Allen," he said. "He was kind of a go-between between June Jones and Chris Ault or Pat Hill, guys I also have a tremendous amount of respect for. But Pokey taught me a lot."
Ault's influence, Mason said, will always have an everlasting affect on him.
"I remember his very first year as head coach," Mason said. "He was very hard on us as players but that's the way he had to do it. He was trying to set the tempo for the entire program. He had to get the foundation for his program in place. I had a lot of respect for him. A lot of guys didn't like him because he was so hard but he never bothered me. I loved him as a coach because he never asked us to do anything totally crazy. Everything he asked us to do had a purpose.
"I guess I always saw that purpose so I never had a problem with it. Some of the other guys couldn't see it so they left or were phased out. But I could see that there was always a method to his madness. I just think he had to weed out some guys and that was his way of doing it. And it certainly worked because look at what he did with that program."
Mason said he loved coaching with the Pack in 1999 when Ault was the athletic director.
"I loved talking football with him or watching film with him," Mason said.
Mason said he would definitely retain Ault's pistol offense if he was to take over the program.
"No question," He said. "I love that offense. Last year when I was interviewing with Fresno State for that job, I talked to Tim DeRuyter, who is a great friend of mine. He's a defensive guy, too, and we talked about what offenses we would run. I told him straight out, 'I'm going with the pistol,' and he just said, "So am I..' As defensive coordinators, we study offenses as much as anyone and that offense is the best offense in the nation."
SMU is famous for it's run-and-shoot offense under Jones, who learned the wide-open passing attack as a quarterback at Portland state under coach Mouse Davis.
"I much prefer the pistol to the run and shoot," Mason said. "You have so many more options with the pistol, with the downhill running game. There's been some talk that when June leaves SMU, I'd be the guy to take over and I've told everyone that I would run the pistol.
"The pistol gives you the dive option, the speed option, everything. You can also run some of the same passing concepts in the pistol that you have in the run and shoot. But you have so many more things you can go to in the pistol as compared to the run and shoot."
A switch to a defensive-minded head coach, Mason said, wouldn't mean that the Wolf Pack's offense would suffer.
"I study offenses all the time," Mason said. "I probably know more about how each of those offenses work than most of the offensive guys. I have to know because I have to stop them all."
Mason is confident he could build upon the winning tradition at Nevada that Ault built.
"I know the area," he said. "I know so much about the program, about the budget restraints, how to recruit kids to come to Reno. I did it. I recruited for the Wolf Pack and I used to recruit northern Nevada heavily when I was at Fresno State. I know what it takes to recruit there.
"I really believe I'm a great fit for that job. I love Wolf Pack football. I truly believe you can build something special there."
Mason said his experience at Boise in the 1990s, before that program emerged as a national power, also serves him well.
"Reno and Boise are similar type cities," he said. "The key to their success, I believe is due to that community getting behind that football program. Those fans came out to all our games, whether we were winning or losing. They might leave early if we were losing but they'd always show up again the next game. Getting the community behind your football program is a huge key to building a successful program. And I know it can happen in Reno."


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Last night in between a pizza dinner with Susie and her children we watched DiG! It was that documentary on The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre.
What was amazing was how much a crazy asswipe that singer, Anton Newcombe, was. Perhaps the point? I really couldn't tell if the Dandy Warhols were full of shit talking about Anton's band being the best band in the world. I found one of their records online a year or so ago and I think I got past track two before turning it off. I remember them coming through Nashville in college and hearing of the stories of them destroying the venue. At the time, that really turned me on. It still kinda does.
Needless to say, if you like watching band train wrecks, this movie is for you. The Dandy Warhol's ain't a bad band either.
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EXCLUSIVE! S-Factor Creator Sheila Kelley Tells Us Why Pole Dancing Makes Miss USA A Role Model To Young Girls!
Most people are shocked and offended by the photos of Miss USA working a stripper pole — but Sheila says Rima Fakih is setting a good example by 'owning her body!'
When photos surfaced of newly crowned Miss USA Rima Fakih pole-dancing May 17, most Americans were outraged that she should be considered a role model. But Sheila Kelley, the creator of female-empowering strip workout S-Factor disagrees, and says that young women should actually look up to Miss USA because she is confident enough to own her body!
"Oh my god, I find the public's fascination [with this issue] so infantile, I can't even tell you," the 45-year-old S-Factor guru tells HollywoodLife.com exclusively, explaining, "I think that the people who are criticizing her are fighting a losing battle. Women are not going to go back into the closet — it's fun to express your sexuality."
Rima, 23, competed in a radio station's pole dancing contest in 2007 that was supposed to "teach girls how to dance and to feel sexy." After the photos were leaked onto the Internet, women have been in an uproar, claiming Rima is setting a bad example for those that look up to her. Sheila disagrees, and says she's proud to use the newly crowned pageant queen as an example for her nine-year-old daughter.
"Because of the pole dancing, she exemplifies a wholesome young woman of today," Sheila says. "This is a message young women should get: it's YOUR body. It goes against nature to not let it move and play. God, I love seeing a beautiful young woman that confident."
In fact, Sheila wants HollywoodLife.com to extend a special offer to Rima. "I'm so excited for her I can't stand it. Please tell Rima I want to offer her a free intro to come take a class with me!"
Judging from Rima's pictures — we bet she'd be a natural!
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U.S.-backed fighters have liberated the Syrian town of Manbij from ISIS, observers and Syrian-Kurdish officials said Saturday.
Specifics of the operation and the status of thousands of residents in the town were not immediately clear, NBC News reported.
The northern town "is under full control" of rebels, Nasser Haj Mansour of the predominantly Kurdish Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) told the Associated Press.
He said search operations are still underway to find extremists who might be hiding in the town.
"Thank God. We are happy. Thank God we got rid of [ISIS]. May God hold them to account!" an unidentified woman in the town shouted, according to video footage obtained by Reuters.
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Assessing the Performance of Business Incubators: Recent France Evidence
Based on original data collected from a recently implemented national program on incubators, this paper provides a first attempt to assess the performance of business incubators in France following their launch in 1999 and covering the period 2000-2009. The paper runs with the general believe that the jury is still out in terms of the overall effectiveness of these venture investments (Mian, 2011). The findings indicate that ten years after their creation, business incubators in France generally evolve without much difficulty and are well embedded in the regional innovation system. The findings also reveal that business incubators continue to create innovative entrepreneurial firms, however, they may need to further increase the professionalism of their activities that exhibit some limits regarding selection, business support, networking and graduation.
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I see the review is up.I had to comment, though, that the review refers to the game as being based on the anime a few times, but that really isn't true from what I understand. Other than featuring a character named Black Rock Shooter I don't think they have anything to do with each other. Rather, BRS started as a simple character illustration on pixiv, which inspired a popular Vocaloid song, which then led to figures and merchandising of the characer, and finally the anime and game. But story-wise...well, BRS never had a story in the first place. The details had to be made up. And it's not as if everyone made up the same thing...Yeah, it's weird I know.
sorry if I sounded like a prick...
The motorcycle segments are a blast, brief as they are.
I love that his character just STARTS to become really interesting, and he has really interesting things to say about the resilient spirit of humanity, and then BAM cut down. That was an insane choice to follow through with and I think there need to be more stories that are willing to take that risk.


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Google's ask-and-answer voice search is migrating to iOS, according to The Verge, and it's just as robust as it is on Android devices.
Users will be able to simply speak to their iPad or iPhone and wait for the result to be spoken back. Not necessarily replacing Apple's underperforming Siri function, but ... .
The spoken results are contextual, too. Google will take into consideration the speaker's location and, like Google Now, it'll be aware of who the speaker is, interpreting pronouns to the vocal antecedent.
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"When is my flight?" will get your own flight results.
The app should be available in the App Store in the "next couple of days," according to Google's Amit Singhai.
Another interesting use case would be hard-wiring a house to receive spoken requests, kind of like The Jetsons or Star Trek, recognizing individual family members, their Google Calendar, Google+ and Gmail graphs, etc.
We wouldn't even have to preface our seaches by saying "Computer..." like Picard does.


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Ai Weiwei's citywide exhibition uses existing elements of urban infrastructure as platforms for public art. Lamppost banners display a series of 200 portraits of immigrants and refugees. Unlike typical printed advertisements, the artist created unique double-sided banner portraits by cutting black vinyl to make images appear in the portions that remain. Their play of positive and negative space is analogous to the often-ambiguous status of refugees and migrants. The series encompasses many groups by spanning several periods and locales. It includes historic images from Ellis Island, photographs of notable refugees, formal portraits by Ai Weiwei's studio from the Shariya camp in Iraq, and the artist's cell phone photographs taken at refugee camps and national borders around the world. The banners portray people from varied backgrounds, yet each is presented in a consistent format, emphasizing their shared humanity.
This portrait depicts a refugee from the Idomeni makeshift camp on the Greek-Macedonian border, which was Greece's largest unofficial camp. It sprung up in 2014 at an informal pedestrian border crossing for refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, and other nations heading north to Europe on the so-called "Balkan route." While the resident population of this village was originally only 140 people, after Macedonia closed its border to immigrants in March 2016, the camp was populated by more than 14,000 refugees at its peak. In late May 2016, the camp was evacuated and the refugees were relocated to other camps.
Ai and his team's extensive research and visits to refugee camps and national borders around the world have yielded an enormous trove of compelling documentation. Much of this is produced by the artist's nearly constant use of his cell phone to spontaneously photograph the people and scenes around him.
Location: Idomeni Makeshift Camp, Idomeni, Greece.
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The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomised by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional town of Springfield and parodies American culture, society, television and many aspects of the human condition.
Episodes parodying Harry Potter
"Treehouse of Horror XII"
In the third act "Wiz Kids", Lisa and Bart attend Springwart's School of Magickry. Harry Potter is in their class and they must fight against the evil Lord Montymort (Montgomery Burns). Harry has only one line: "No, ma'am, it's brimstone", spoken after being accused of chewing gum.
"The Haw-Hawed Couple"
Lisa asks Homer to read her Angelica Button book to her for bedtime. Homer, learning that the character Headmaster Greystash will die (à la Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), hides the fact from Lisa by inventing a happier ending, though Lisa does read the real ending and decides that Homer's was better.
"Smoke on the Daughter"
The Simpsons go to the midnight release of the final Angelica Button book. On the ride home from the store, Lisa skims through the book, revealing all of the best parts. Once Lisa reveals that the book ends well the Simpsons exclaim "Yay!" and all except Lisa throw their copies of the book out the car windows.
"The Regina Monologues"
J. K. Rowling made a guest appearance as herself in the special British-themed episode. The dialogue consisted of a short conversation between Rowling and Lisa Simpson, who mispronounces Rowling's name. She acknowledges Lisa with "Thank you, young Muggle". When Lisa asks her about the ending of Harry Potter, Rowling sighs and says: "He grows up, and marries you. Is that what you want to hear?" to which Lisa swoons and dreamily replies, "Yes!" before Rowling rolls her eyes and walks away.
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Harry Potter is mentioned briefly as 'Harry Plopper' in the form of a pig that Homer had rescued from Krusty Burger who was previously named Spider-Pig.
"Love is a Many-Splintered Thing"In a parody of Love Actually, the British Prime Minister (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch) declares his love for his secretary. As they embrace Severus Snape appears and declares: "Love is more powerful than all my magic". Snape is also voiced by Cumberbatch, who is known for his Alan Rickman impression.
- The Angelica Button series parodies Harry Potter. The books were written by T. R. Francis, a parody of Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling.
- Daniel Radcliffe, who plays Harry Potter in the films, guest starred as Edmund in the Season 22 episode "Treehouse of Horror XXI", and later as Diggs in the Season 25 episode "Diggs".
- Norbert Gastell, a German voice actor who has continuously dubbed Homer Simpson in German since 1991, also dubbed Cornelius Fudge in the Harry Potter films.


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Search suspended for missing person off Fla. coast
- Boat flipped Thursday about 75 miles northeast of West Palm Beach
- Boat appeared to be part of human smuggling operation%2C official said
- Seven survivors and four bodies have been recovered
MIAMI (AP) — The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a final missing person after a 24-foot motorboat believed to be carrying 12 migrants capsized off the southeastern coast of Florida, killing at least four people.
The U.S. Coast Guard reports that the search ended Friday evening after crews searched 806 square miles of ocean.
The boat flipped Thursday about 75 miles northeast of West Palm Beach. The Royal Netherlands Navy first came upon the boat around noon. Sailors rescued seven survivors from atop the upside-down hull and recovered three bodies from under the boat. Naval officials contacted the Coast Guard, which later found a fourth body during its search.
Capt. Brendan McPherson said in a news release that the boat appeared to be part of a human smuggling operation. Officials weren't immediately naming suspects or saying where the passengers were from.