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The Washington Nationals have once again released a coupon code "for Teddy's friends": Order online at Nationals.com using Coupon Code "TEDDY" and get half-price tickets in select seating sections for the series starting Tuesday night vs. the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The coupon code is valid only for online orders and may be used to get outfield box seats, outfield corner, or mezzanine seats for $15.00 to $18.00 each.
This homestand is your last chance to cheer on the Nationals — and Teddy — in 2009, while getting a glimpse of young September call-ups including hot infielder Ian Desmond.
Tuesday night kicks off "Screech Week" with T-Shirt Tuesday, and a free Screech t-shirt for the first 10,000 fans.
The Screech theme continues with a new promotion on Sunday, September 27. The first 5,000 kids age 12 and under entering Nationals Park will receive a Build-a-Bear Workshop Screech doll — possibly the highest-value promotional item we've seen given away at the ball park.
Note also that $5.00 walk-up grandstand tickets have been readily available before the game for the recent series' vs. the Marlins and Phillies. Grandstand tickets are available before the game at the Nationals ticket windows outside the Center Field Gate.


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I've recently been playing little Q & A games with a fellow blogger. They're fun and hilarious and enlightening. Sometimes they're silly. Sometimes they're serious. You should totally try it with a friend, relative or someone you're supertotally digging.
But sometimes seemingly innocuous questions accidentally invoke deeper responses. The following question posed to me had such an effect:
What is your least favorite song?
I didn't even have to think about it. I immediately replied,
"Push It" by Salt-N-Pepa.
He never asked why I chose that response. But someone else here knows the story and said I should share it sometime. I said "NOFUCKINGWAY AM I FUCKINGEVER DOING THAT. I'LL DIE A THOUSAND DEATHS BEFORE I'D EVEN CONSIDER IT."
So here I am sharing that little piece of my history. Are you ready? It's fucking nasty and terrible and traumatic and eyeburning misery. But apparently quite fucking hilarious from an outsider's perspective. (Thanks a lot for laughing. You know who you are!) Let's start with…
The Reason Why You Should Always Fucking Knock
So it's like, what? 1989? 1990? That sounds about right, because given where we were living at the time, I had to be around nine or ten years old. Which puts my older brother at fourteen or fifteen.
The point is that this was the year of my doom. My life was ruined for fuckingever. Or at least for the rest of the week. Same difference. It has been twenty-fucking-five years, and I still cannot forget it. All because of a careless door opening and all the tits in the world descending upon my heretofore innocent little eyeballs.
I have no idea what I wanted. I really don't. Hell, I may have even been being a nosy little sister. The music was blaring from my brother's room. I figured he's in there by himself, doing something he's not supposed to be doing. Like those things he used to roll on my elementary school D.A.R.E. pamphlets, then admonish me not to tell mom. Or just listening to all that naughty music with the curse words that mom hated. Words like motherfucker and dick and pussy. I didn't know what all that meant, except it was supposed to be bad bad bad and you're going straight to hell if you even hear those words. And I'd heard a lot from my brother, so I knew I was doomed to burn in the fiery abyss for all of eternity and beyond. Of course I don't hear, think or dare say words like that anymore. So maybe there's some motherfucking hope for me yet.
I walk down the little hallway.
I hesitate.
I turn the knob.
I open the door.
I died.
What had been seen would never been unseen. And I just knew I was going to frolic with Satan forever after this. No one could ever enter the pearly gates after witnessing…
The Tits That Sealed My Fate
My brother was in there, alright. But he wasn't alone. There were tits all over the room. Wall to wall tits. I was drowning in tits. All I could see were tits. They were big and heavy looking. Thousands of them. Taunting me and my ruination. And the music of choice?
"Push It" by Salt-N-Peppa. Burned into my brain. Foreverandeverandfuckingeveramen.
The girl was curvy. Long, straight blonde hair. And completely topless. Totally naked on top.
She immediately covered herself, and I ran away crying. Seriously. Crying. Straight to the couch I went, curling up into a ball and sobbing. I didn't really understand much at this point, but I knew it was bad bad bad. And it would definitely end in hell. My brother was going to hell. His friend was going to hell. And my eyeballs were most definitely going to hell.
But if I thought my torment was over, I was wrong. Woefully wrong. It had only just begun. What came next haunts me far more than the Bouncing Boobs of Babylon.
The Punishment to End All Punishments
My brother immediately followed me into the living room, followed shortly there after by Booby Betty. Thankfully she had put her top back on, at least one small act of mercy in my impending
waterboarding musical torture.
He'd brought his little silver boombox and two cassette tapes. He pulled up a chair from the dining table, and the girl sat next to him, on the coffee table. They sat so close to me that I could smell their sin oozing through their pores. Fucking bastards.
First, he speaks to me in a soothing tone. But I'm still sobbing and refuse to roll over and face him. I kept my hands over my eyes, covering my face and my shame.
Then he starts shaking me and gets loud.
Steph! Look at me!
I'm not fucking kidding!
Turn over damnit and look at me!
I finally reduced my sobs to shaking sniveling snotty sniffles. I rolled over, and first he tells me I'd better not tell mom. And then he tells me how bad I was for not knocking. That this is all my fault, because I should have knocked. She wouldn't even have been naked if I had knocked.
And then he tells me I need to be punished.
He smirks.
The girl looks uncomfortable, shifting on the table.
He pops the first cassette into the boom box.
And the lyrics of "Push It" blare out at full volume. Straight into my little skull. He played the song all the way through, singing along with it. Laughing. Yanking my hands away from my ears. Pushing me down when I tried to get up to leave.
When that was over, he wasn't finished. I thought it was done, but no. The next hour of my life was complete and abject misery.
Never Sit on Your Sister and Punish Her with Music
He needed to make sure I was good and punished. And would never ever ever again forget to knock on the door.
He popped the next cassette in. One of 2 Live Crew's.
He pushed play.
I tried to get up, to get away. I was sobbing my whole guts out.
Not so fast.
He got up and sat on the edge of the couch and held me down.
The girl started protesting on my behalf.
She was visibly uncomfortable and told him to stop.
He shut her up and told her I deserved it.
That fucker sat there and held me down through the entire album.
Then he finished it up by playing "Push It" once more.
By the end of it all, my ten-year-old little self was a devastated shambles. I felt guilt, shame, confusion, fear, sadness, all of it. I completely internalized the whole situation. I wish I could forget that day. It doesn't haunt me like other things do. But damnit, that was a bad fucking day!
But lessons were certainly learned, my dear Peopleaneous.
The Moral of the Story is:
Always Fucking Knock. Or Ye Shall be Tormented ForFuckingEver by the Ghosts of a Thousand Tits. ~Buddha
Never Punish Thy Young Sister with Pornographic Music. ~Ghandi
Never Ever Ever Use Words like Motherfucker and Dick and Pussy. Or Ye Shall Surely Perish. ~Confucius
And when Someone asks You to Please Please Stop that Song, because You Just Don't Understand, Please Entertain her Seemingly Silly Whim. For You will Only Truly Understand if You, too, have been
Waterboarded Musically Tortured. ~Churchill

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The law phases in the requirements on businesses, including "multi-family residential dwellings that consist of five or more units," over time based on the amount and type of waste the business produces on a weekly basis, with full implementation realized in 2019. Additionally, the law contains a 2020 trigger that will increase the scope of affected businesses if waste reduction targets are not met. The implementation schedule is as follows:
A jurisdiction's organic waste recycling program targeted to commercial organic waste generators may include, but is not limited to, one or more of the following key elements:
The law also requires that each jurisdiction's program contain certain common elements. These requirements are applicable whether or not the jurisdiction meets its 50 percent per capita disposal target:
Note: The authority of a local governmental agency to adopt, implement, or enforce a local organic waste recycling requirement, or impose a condition upon a self-hauler, that is more stringent or comprehensive than the requirements of this law is not limited.
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Eagles fire Andy Reid after 14 seasons
UPDATE: The Eagles officially parted with Andy Reid on Monday morning.
"Andy Reid won the most games of any head coach in Eagles' history and he is someone I respect greatly and will remain friends with for many years to come," owner Jeffrey Lurie said in a statement. "But, it is time for the Eagles to move in a new direction. Andy leaves us with a winning tradition that we can build upon. And we are very excited about the future."
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Andy Reid will be fired after 14 seasons as head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles, with the official announcement coming Monday, according to a person informed of the team's plans for releasing Reid.
The person, who spoke to USA TODAY Sports on condition of anonymity because the Eagles haven't made any announcement yet, was unsure if it will be spun as Reid resigning or if he'll be fired, but said it's clear he will not coach the Eagles after Sunday's 42-7 loss to the New York Giants.
The person said Reid will not resign.
"Either way, I understand," Reid said in his postgame press conference. "If I'm here again, I'll love every minute of it. If I'm not, I'll understand that, too."
The Eagles, whose 4-12 record was the worst since they went 3-13 in Ray Rhodes' final season in 1998, denied that Reid had been told that his stint with the team is over.
Reid and owner Jeffrey Lurie met on Friday, though there are conflicting reports as to whether Lurie told Reid in that meeting he's going to be fired Monday. CSNPhilly.com, citing two people, said Reid was told he will be fired.
The Eagles' radio broadcast stated Lurie did not tell Reid he's out.
Reid said Sunday he hasn't spoken to Lurie about his future.
"I've been doing this a long time. I have a lot of respect for Jeff Lurie, so I go in eyes wide open," Reid said. "This is the business that I've chosen. I've been very fortunate to have been here as long as I have."
Three of Reid's four children were at Sunday's game. Sons Britt and Spencer were on the sideline. His wife, Tammy, and his daughter, Crosby, sat on a folding table waiting for him after the locker room. They got into a golf cart with him as he drove off. Another daughter did not attend.
Reid's son, Garrett, died of a drug overdose while working with the team in the strength and conditioning program during the preseason.
"By record it's obviously the toughest. You know, we weren't very good," Reid said when asked if this was the toughest year of his life. "Coaching, that's my responsibility, and playing, which is my responsibility, so I take complete blame for the year. That's what I get paid to do and we weren't good enough."
Giants coach Tom Coughlin gave Reid a warm greeting before the game. Coughlin, who barely kept his job after the 2006 season, shook Reid's hand and put his arm on his shoulder. The two spoke for about 30 seconds.
"You know what I want to say, I have tremendous respect for Andy Reid for what he's accomplished over the years," Coughlin said. "Regardless of what happens there, he's been an exceptional football coach in this league and I'm sure if he wants to coach again, if that's what happens there, he'll be right back at it."
Reid, who has one year remaining on his contract, has said repeatedly he wants to coach next season and is expected to garner interest as jobs begin to open Monday. The San Diego Chargers and the Arizona Cardinals are at the top of his list of desired landing spots, though ESPN reported Sunday the Chargers plan to go elsewhere to replace Norv Turner and the Cardinals are likely to keep Ken Whisenhunt.
"This was the last game of the season; it's tough to send him out like this. I don't think like that," running back LeSean McCoy said. "Coach Reid is the coach right now. That's what I'm riding with. He's our guy. I can't really see him not there. I would hate to play against him."
In his tenure with the Eagles, Reid was 130-93-1 in the regular season, good for most wins in franchise history. But he was 10-9 in the postseason, with the 24-21 loss to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XXXIX obviously the most painful of the defeats. Reid's Eagles also dropped a pair of NFC Championship games at home (to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in January 2003 and the Carolina Panthers in 2004) as well as two on the road (to the St. Louis Rams in 2002 and the Arizona Cardinals in 2009).
But the clock was ticking on Reid when Lurie said last offseason the team's 8-8 mark in 2011 wasn't good enough.
"Our bar was higher than 8-8 for all of us, Jeffery included, so we didn't reach the goal we wanted to," Reid said. "When it drops down into the area that we're at, that's not good enough so we've got to be a better team than that."


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With Windows 8 and its radically redesigned Metro interface, Microsoft is offering software developers a new set of challenges and opportunities. Rather than reusing tactics from building for previous versions of desktop Windows, developers are creating applications in the style introduced on Windows Phone, and making them work across the larger screens of multitouch tablets and keyboard-and-mouse-driven PCs.
With the Windows 8 Consumer Preview out, many developers have already built preview versions of the apps they plan to offer Windows 8 tablet and PC users. We spoke with the creators of Photobucket's Windows 8 application to get their take on the Metro development process.
The beta-quality Photobucket app was built in Visual Studio 11 using C# and XAML, said Luke Swanson, VP of engineering at Photobucket, and Jerome Laban, a developer for Photobucket contractor nVentive. For the new Metro user interface, Photobucket was able to reuse some code originally made for Photobucket's Windows Phone application.
Code convergence
"We were able to use the C# library that we built for Windows Phone to interact with Photobucket APIs, and reuse that in the Windows 8 platform," Swanson said.
"We took an approach directed at developing on both platforms," Laban added. "That's why we were able to share a lot of code."
The Windows 8 application will work across both x86 and ARM systems. But Swanson is hoping that Microsoft provides more convergence across platforms after Windows 8 is finalized.
"One thing that would be nice is the convergence of Windows Phone, the Metro interface, and even down the line the Xbox and other platforms. Having the ability to have more code reuse, especially on the UI side, across those platforms is something that would be extremely powerful for Microsoft," Swanson said. Ideally, he said, "a developer could build a Windows Phone application and the majority of that code could be ported over to be used on the Windows 8 metro interface or even on the Xbox."
Do users want Metro, "regular" Windows, or both?
The biggest challenge for Microsoft—and application developers—in Windows 8 may be the task of building applications and user interfaces that work well across both desktop and tablets. Photobucket, which already has mobile apps for iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows Phone, and BlackBerry, is building new applications both for Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Photobucket will eventually decide whether to merge the "traditional" Windows desktop application with the Metro-styled one.
"We're looking at the pros and cons of that," Swanson said. "The Windows 7 application we're working on right now sort of monitors the file system and uploads photos to the Photobucket cloud asynchronously in the background, and the Windows 8 application we've built has a much richer user interface and is more about the consumption, viewing, browsing and sharing experience. We're looking at whether we can combine those two into one application or if we can keep the background uploading and syncing application as a separate program."
The adoption rate of Windows 8 and the Metro interface compared to Windows 7 will play a big role in Photobucket's planning, Swanson said.
Windows 8 apps are not silos
Windows 8 does offer some advantages over existing versions of Windows, Swanson and Laban said. The various "contracts" Windows 8 offers developers are plug-ins aimed at letting applications work seamlessly together instead of acting as isolated silos of data. The file picker contract "allows our application to work with other applications in the Windows 8 environment without having to know anything about them," Swanson said.
This, for example, would let Photobucket share photos to a Facebook application. Alternatively, PowerPoint could more easily grab a file from Photobucket.
In previous versions of Windows, "there's no way to share content from one application to another without knowing exactly what you have to exchange between the two," Laban said. "This is very powerful for us. Previously, it was pretty difficult to do that kind of stuff across a wide range of applications."
Live tiles, which show updated application information on the start screen, are another new development that offers something unique. They let Photobucket show users notifications and photos other users have uploaded, or other types of updates, before they even click on the application icon. "That provides a richer experience even when you're not using the application," Swanson said. "You can get a quick snapshot. It's completely different from anything iOS or Android supports right now."
Background processing—but not too much
The ability to share data across applications with contracts is more similar to Android than Apple's iOS, he said. Like Android, Windows 8 also allows more background processing than iOS, but it doesn't get too crazy because of battery life concerns.
"The background processing is specifically designed for scenarios like real-time communication, audio streaming, updating the user tile," Laban said. "It's not a free-for-all. It's understandable, it's important to have the longest battery life possible. You don't want applications running in the background all the time and doing whatever they want."
Although Photobucket aimed to make the application "touch-first," it also made sure not to neglect keyboard-and-mouse users. "We used a lot of Microsoft's recommendations with regard to how to build a good Metro application," Swanson said. "It's sort of making sure that it's touch-first, thinking about how big hit targets are and not doing things like a hover that don't work on a touch interface, and really taking advantage of the contracts, and the horizontal scrolling."
While Windows 8 applications are designed to be full-screen, developers also have to support a "snap view," a miniature version of the application for when users have multiple windows open at once. By the time Windows 8 is released as a final product, the Photobucket application will expose many more Metro capabilities.
"I would consider it a phase one beta," Swanson said. "For phase two, we want to implement video uploading and playback into the experience. We want to take advantage of Windows 8 metro features like semantic zoom, which lets you zoom out and present the content differently at different levels based on how zoomed out you are. We think there's some interesting things you could do there, and some better integration with the share contract. We feel like the application we have out there is a great starting point and a great beta to get feedback from users."


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This is a book that will never die – one of the great English classics. Interesting as fiction, because it is written with both passion and tenderness, it tells the dramatic story of some of the most thrilling periods in Christian history.
Reprinted here in its most complete form, it brings to life the days when "a noble army, men and boys, the matron and the maid," "climbed the steep ascent of heaven, 'mid peril, toil, and pain."
"After the Bible itself, no book so profoundly influenced early Protestant sentiment as the Book of Martyrs. Even in our time it is still a living force. It is more than a record of persecution. It is an arsenal of controversy, a storehouse of romance, as well as a source of edification."
James Miller Dodds,
English Prose.
"When one recollects that until the appearance of the Pilgrim's Progress the common people had almost no other reading matter except the Bible and Fox's Book of Martyrs, we can understand the deep impression that this book produced; and how it served to mold the national character. Those who could read for themselves learned the full details of all the atrocities performed on the Protestant reformers; the illiterate could see the rude illustrations of the various instruments of torture, the rack, the gridiron, the boiling oil, and then the holy ones breathing out their souls amid the flames. Take a people just awakening to a new intellectual and religious life; let several generations of them, from childhood to old age, pore over such a book, and its stories become traditions as individual and almost as potent as songs and customs on a nation's life."
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The Nationals' own racing presidents are making their furthest trip north this weekend, as they pay a visit to the team's Short Season Single-A Affiliate, the Vermont Lake Monsters.
The presidents will be racing during games held tonight through Saturday.
This marks the first time the Racing Presidents have performed at Burlington's Centennial Park.
The Nationals have also confirmed that George, Tom, Abe, and Teddy will be accompanying the team to Pittsburgh on Labor Day weekend.
This marks the presidents' first return to the scene of the crime — PNC Park — where one year ago Pittsburgh's racing pierogie Potato Pete flattened Teddy Roosevelt like a pancake in what ESPN's Scott Van Pelt called "The Greatest Highlight I've Ever Seen."
The Presidents v. Pierogies Race-Off will take place at PNC Park on September 3rd, 4th, and 5th. Expect a good contingent of Nationals fans to make the 4-hour drive for the holiday weekend series. Good tickets are available.
Photos courtesy of the Washington Nationals and Flickr member afagen


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Fashion Week, Day 1: A spectrum of spring looks
NEW YORK – The annual eight-day whirl of fashion began Thursday in New York with a mix of soft pastels and riotous color.
With more than 100 shows set to take place at Lincoln Center and many other Manhattan locations during New York Fashion Week, designers spotlighted their Spring-Summer 2015 looks. There were biker jackets and trench coats, slip dresses and patchwork pleats. Some went for filmy and ethereal, others for bold and gritty. And one designer introduced a tech-savvy way to shop: via Instagram.
Among the highlights:
The feeling on Thursday at BCBGMaxAzria's Fashion Week runway show was flowing and bohemian, and the look was pastel: Pale, ethereal colors like bare pink, light blush, ecru, light aqua, gray violet and lavender.
And if you liked what you saw, you didn't even have to leave your seat to go shopping. In a new Fashion Week twist, BCBG included instructions on how to buy various looks by "liking" an Instagram photo from the collection, after which the user would receive an emailed link to shop.
The most striking items included a silk wrap dress in a pretty gray violet, with a powder pink quilted belt; a sleeveless silk dress in a color called lavender mist; and, to end the show, a silk V-neck dress in a gorgeous shade of antique rose.
Most looks were light, making the occasional heavy look, such as a white oversized jacket paired with a white silk dress, look even heavier in comparison.
A white embroidered motorcycle jacket, though, was a nice companion piece to a cotton skirt and cotton mesh embroidered top — all in white.
With a delicious clackety clack on the runway, Creatures of the Wind designers Christopher Peters and Shane Gabier on Thursday debuted their first in-house collection of shoes: comfy platform sandals, slides, low loafers and chunky heels.
Shoes, they said, intended to be friend, not foe.
"We only want to make shoes for regular people," Peters said after they presented their collage of a spring collection in a Chelsea gallery space. "A lot of our outfits are based around shoes."
Paired with sunny yellows, china blues, beachy wide stripes and optimistic florals, the shoes stood out on the winding, white runway.
Some were huarache inspired while others were sportier. They came in bright yellows, rich metallic reds and a touch of blue detailing.
"It's easy to forget about the fact that a shoe has to go on a foot and not destroy a person. You can make difficult clothing but it's not going to physically hurt you. Shoes, they will hurt you, so we really kept in mind that they had to be easy," Peters explained.
Richard Chai likely envisions a lot of rainy, windy days for Spring 2015 — so he's sending bright colors, metallics and lots of bold, shiny trench coats into those wet and blustery streets.
A highlight of Chai's Love collection for women, presented Thursday at New York Fashion Week along with his men's collection, was a shiny trench in a brilliant kelly green color, accompanied by a lavender slip dress with a ruffled "scarf hem."
It was Chai's brightest piece, but there were other strong colors: electric blue in a patchwork pleated dress, and acid yellow, in a short flared coat paired with a white dress and black biker shorts underneath.
For men, Chai favored sleeveless garments, often boldly striped, that showed off muscled, tattooed arms. But there were big trenches for men, too, sometimes paired with shorts, and chunky sneaker boots (those boots were produced with Timberland, and women's footwear with Dr. Martens).
For both men and women, lots of outfits had extra garments tied around the waist, for a casual, on-the-fly look — but maybe also in case of a sudden spring shower or gust of nasty wind.
Tadashi Shoji paid homage to 15th-century Venice and the Grand Canal at sunset as it reflects the famous Ca' d'Oro palace, in a collection of spring skirts, cocktail dresses and caped gowns that mixed lace with chain-mesh insets.
"It's the juxtaposition of power and the feminine," Shoji said backstage after his show.
Shoji is a history buff who has read a lot about old Venice. His royal golds, stately ivory and blush roses were nods to the gilt of the palace also known as the "golden house," and to the soft light of sunset, he said.
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"Any dress or clothes, most important is comfort," he said. "You pay $10,000, $20,000 for clothes and you can't move, you can't dance, you can't breathe. That doesn't make any sense. I want to make a very comfortable cocktail evening dress. That's my motto."


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Today's Pipes sea temperature is 27.4 °C.
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Sunny with warm air temperatures at Pipes today (feels like 24 °C once we account for wind), and warmer sea temperatures (27 °C). Wear boardshorts or a shorty, or perhaps a thin summer wetsuit to keep the UV off.
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WASHINGTON — The first family headed out to Monday's inaugural festivities with Michelle Obama leading a very coordinated fashion parade in a navy-silk, checkered-patterned coat and dress by Thom Browne that were inspired by a menswear necktie.
The outfit was specifically designed for Mrs. Obama, but Browne said he wasn't 100 percent sure she was going to wear it until she came out with it on at Inauguration. "I am proud and humbled," he said.
The rest of Mrs. Obama's Inauguration Day outfit included a belt from J. Crew, necklace by Cathy Waterman and a cardigan by Reed Krakoff, whose ensemble she also wore to yesterday's intimate, indoor swearing-in ceremony.
President Barack Obama wore a blue tie with his white shirt, dark suit and overcoat. Malia Obama had on a plum-colored J. Crew coat with the hemline of an electric-blue dress peeking out and a burgundy-colored scarf, and her younger sister Sasha had on a Kate Spade coat and dress in a similar purple shade.
"It is an honor that Sasha Obama chose to wear Kate Spade New York," said the company's creative director, Deborah Lloyd, in an email to the Associated Press. "She epitomizes the youthful optimism and colorful spirit of the brand. We are so proud to have been a part of this historic moment."
Jenna Lyons, creative director of J. Crew, said it was "a huge point of pride for all of us" to be a part of the day — as the brand was back in 2009 when the girls wore outfits by CrewCuts, its children's label.
"It's amazing to see the evolution of the family. I love the way Michelle looks. She looks beautiful in something so clean and tailored. It's such an elegant choice," Lyons said, "and they all look so sophisticated! You can see how the girls have grown up in the four years, and they're still so alive and vibrant, but more sophisticated."
The vice president's wife, Jill Biden, wore a gray coat and dress by American designer Lela Rose.
Mrs. Obama has worn Browne's designs for other occasions, including a gray dress with black lace overlay to one of the presidential debates last fall, and she honored him last summer at the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards for his contribution to fashion.
Browne made his name in modern — very modern — menswear, but he launched womenswear in 2011. He was in Paris on Monday, just finishing previews for his next menswear collection. The idea to use the tie fabric came to him because he was indeed designing these men's clothes at the same time, he explained.
"I wanted 'tailored' for her. For me, she stands for strength and confidence, and that's what I wanted to design for her," he said.
Simon Collins, dean of the school of fashion at Parsons The New School for Design in New York, said the Obamas dressed in their typical fashion: one that shows pride in their appearance.
"They are a stylish couple and their children look fabulous. Too many people get dressed in the dark," he said. "They show it's good to dress up, take pride in how you look. ... It's a wonderful example for America and the rest of the world."
He also noted that the Obamas seem to understand that the fashion industry is a driving force in the U.S. economy and that its lobby is a powerful one. They don't treat fashion frivolously, he observed.
The first lady "is so supportive of so many American designers," Browne noted.
But Collins said he was a bit surprised the public doesn't pay much attention to the president's wardrobe. He joked that Obama should perhaps try one of Browne's signature shrunken suits — the ones that show a man's ankles.
At the end of the Inaugural festivities, Mrs. Obama's outfit and accompanying accessories will go to the National Archives.


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When it comes to entertaining, I often find that the casual gatherings and impromptu parties outshine more elaborate affairs. I think it's the combination of a relaxed atmosphere and last minute inspiration.
This summer, for example, I was visiting friends when one of the hosts spontaneously began making homemade crackers from corn and flour tortillas. It wasn't planned, but it was delicious. They were positively addictive and I've since started making them myself.
The best thing about these crackers is that they require almost zero prep, and can be seasoned however you like — a simple sprinkle of coarse sea salt, or a more complex blend of seeds and spices. My favorite is pink Himalayan sea salt and dehydrated minced garlic. It's like the best part of an everything bagel.
These crackers also cook so quickly, you even could make them fresh just before — or even during — the party.
And if you really want to put people over the edge, consider pairing the crackers with homemade ricotta cheese dip. I recently took a cheese making class in California and fell in love with the process. It was an artisanal cheese class and we used "just milked" raw cow's milk and various starters.
You'll need no special ingredients or equipment to make this treat, which relies on slightly acidic buttermilk to form cheese out of a blend of heavy cream and whole milk. Add a touch of salt and that's all you need.
Once the cheese is strained and cooled, I put it in a pretty bowl, add a sprinkle of good salt, best quality extra-virgin olive oil, fresh herbs and citrus zest. You can customize it and add your favorite herbs, or take a sweet approach and add a little jam and country ham or prosciutto. Delicious.
Once you make these crackers and the cheese a few times, you won't even need the recipes. They really are that easy. And they may well become your go-to entertaining recipes for 2013.
Buttermilk Ricotta Cheese Dip
3 cups whole milk
1 1/2 cups buttermilk
1 cup heavy cream
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
To serve
Fleur de sel or pink sea salt, about 1/8 teaspoon
1 to 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Fresh herbs, such as thyme, oregano or basil
Zest of 1/2 lemon or orange
In a large, stainless steel saucepan over medium heat, combine the milk, buttermilk, cream and salt. Slowly bring the mixture to a gentle simmer. As the milk solids begin to separate from the whey, give it a stir, then return it to a gentle simmer. When you see steam rising and solid chunks (curds) forming, turn off the heat and let the mixture cool for about 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, line a mesh strainer with several layers of cheesecloth. Using a ladle, spoon the cooled curds and whey into the strainer. Place one layer of the cloth over the cheese. It will strain quickly at first. The longer you let it sit, the drier and more concentrated the cheese will become. Strain the cheese at room temperature for 1 to 2 hours.
Once strained, discard the liquid. The cheese can be used immediately, or covered and refrigerated for up to 2 days.
When ready to serve, place the ricotta in a decorative bowl. Use a spoon to form a well in the center. Sprinkle the cheese with the fleur de sel, then fill the well with olive oil. Sprinkle with fresh herbs and citrus zest. Serves 12.
Homemade Crackers
12 round fresh flour or corn tortillas, at room temperature
2 tablespoons olive oil
Seasonings (such as fleur de sel, truffle salt, dehydrated minced garlic, minced dried onion, sesame seeds, etc.)
Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
Brush the tortillas on both sides with a thin layer of olive oil. Sprinkle with salt or the seasonings of your choice. Arrange the tortillas on 2 baking sheets (or bake them in batches). The tortillas can be close together, but not touching. Bake on the oven's center rack for 20 to 25 minutes, rotating the pans after 12 minutes, until slightly puffy and golden brown.
Let cool and break into irregular shapes. Serves 12.


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How do human CO2 emissions compare to natural CO2 emissions?
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The natural cycle adds and removes CO2 to keep a balance; humans add extra CO2 without removing any.
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Human CO2 is a tiny % of CO2 emissions
"The oceans contain 37,400 billion tons (GT) of suspended carbon, land biomass has 2000-3000 GT. The atpmosphere contains 720 billion tons of CO2 and humans contribute only 6 GT additional load on this balance. The oceans, land and atpmosphere exchange CO2 continuously so the additional load by humans is incredibly small. A small shift in the balance between oceans and air would cause a CO2 much more severe rise than anything we could produce." (Jeff Id)
Before the industrial revolution, the CO2 content in the air remained quite steady for thousands of years. Natural CO2 is not static, however. It is generated by natural processes, and absorbed by others.
As you can see in Figure 1, natural land and ocean carbon remains roughly in balance and have done so for a long time – and we know this because we can measure historic levels of CO2 in the atmosphere both directly (in ice cores) and indirectly (through proxies).
Figure 1: Global carbon cycle. Numbers represent flux of carbon dioxide in gigatons (Source: Figure 7.3, IPCC AR4).
But consider what happens when more CO2 is released from outside of the natural carbon cycle – by burning fossil fuels. Although our output of 29 gigatons of CO2 is tiny compared to the 750 gigatons moving through the carbon cycle each year, it adds up because the land and ocean cannot absorb all of the extra CO2. About 60% of this additional CO2 is absorbed. The rest remains in the atmosphere, and as a consequence, atmospheric CO2 is at its highest level in 15 to 20 million years (Tripati et al. 2009). (A natural change of 100ppm normally takes 5,000 to 20,000 years. The recent increase of 100ppm has taken just 120 years). [Paragraph updated July 2022, to correct information on % of additional CO2 that is absorbed.]
Human CO2 emissions upset the natural balance of the carbon cycle. Man-made CO2 in the atmosphere has increased by a third since the pre-industrial era, creating an artificial forcing of global temperatures which is warming the planet. While fossil-fuel derived CO2 is a very small component of the global carbon cycle, the extra CO2 is cumulative because the natural carbon exchange cannot absorb all the additional CO2.
The level of atmospheric CO2 is building up, the additional CO2 is being produced by burning fossil fuels, and that build up is accelerating.
Basic rebuttal written by GPWayne
Update July 2015:
Here is the relevant lecture-video from Denial101x - Making Sense of Climate Science Denial
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TRAC-9 honors for Kewanee's Ensley, Jordan
Hannah Nimrick of Riverdale was named the Three Rivers Conference girls basketball player of the year, and Mick Kopriva of Riverdale and Don Robinson of Prophetstown shared TRAC-9 coach of the year honors.
Nimrick was a unanimous selection to the TRAC-9 first team, along with Elle May of Riverdale and Cassie Reiley and Riley Walters of Prophetstown.
Rounding out the first team were Rachel Hagerman of Sterling Newman and Courtney Cobert of Erie.
Kewanee senior Jenifer Ensley was named to the second team, along with Morgan Wierema of Fulton, Corrie Reiley of Prophetstown, Mary Alice Oswalt of Sterling Newman, Autumn Smith of Amboy, Chelsea Eads of Morrison, Sydney Mericle and Lauren Claus of Riverdale.
Receiving honorable mention were Amber Jordan of Kewanee; Kaitlyn Liebing and Brooke Lovgren of Amboy; Heaven Bennett of Bureau Valley; Paige Rus, Rachel Cobert and Laykin Miner of Erie; Morgan Sanquist of Fulton; Jamie Hurd and Auburee Schmidt of Sterling Newman; Clare Kramer of Prophetstown; and Jess Corson of Riverdale.
Riverdale and Prophetstown shared varsity conference titles with records of 13-1, followed by Sterling Newman 9-5, Erie 8-6, Kewanee 7-7, Amboy 6-8, Fulton 5-9, Morrison 2-12 and Bureau Valley 0-14.
Prophetstown won the sophomore title with a perfect 14-0 record, followed by Kewanee 11-3, Fulton 10-4, Erie 9-5, Sterling Newman 7-7, Bureau Valley 5-9, Amboy 4-10, Riverdale 2-12 and Morrison 0-14.


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Local church leaders praise Pope's decision to retire
By MIKE FORNES
CHEBOYGAN — Shock, sadness and declarations of faith met Pope Benedict XVI's announcement Monday that he would retire Feb. 28. It also sparked reflection about what kind of pontiff should replace him.
The 85-year-old pope announced his decision in Latin during a meeting of Vatican cardinals on Monday morning.
He emphasized that carrying out the duties of being pope — the leader of more than a billion Roman Catholics worldwide — requires "both strength of mind and body."
"After having repeatedly examined my conscience before God, I have come to the certainty that my strengths due to an advanced age are no longer suited to an adequate exercise of the Petrine ministry," he told the cardinals. "I am well aware that this ministry, due to its essential spiritual nature, must be carried out not only by words and deeds but no less with prayer and suffering.
"However, in today's world, subject to so many rapid changes and shaken by questions of deep relevance for the life of faith, in order to govern the barque of St. Peter and proclaim the Gospel, both strength of mind and body are necessary — strengths which in the last few months, has deteriorated in me to the extent that I have had to recognize my incapacity to adequately fulfill the ministry entrusted to me."
The last pope to resign was Pope Gregory XII, who stepped down in 1415 in a deal to end the Great Western Schism among competing papal claimants.
Bishop Bernard A. Hebda of the Diocese of Gaylord is traveling in Nicaragua and was unable to be reached for comment. The Vicar General of the diocese, the Rev. Monsignor Francis J, Murphy, said in a statement that Pope Benedict XVI is to be admired for his decision.
"As the initial shock wears off and I have continued to reflect, I find myself admiring the Holy Father even more for making what surely was a very difficult decision," Murphy said. "His statement clearly illustrates that he has prayerfully wrestled with what would be best for the Church and her people. It seems he feels that he is no longer capable of fulfilling his ministry to the best of his ability and that
is what led him to this moment. I believe his decision reflects Pope Benedict's great love
for the Church, his deep faith and immense courage."
Locally, the leader of the Cheboygan Catholic Community expressed surprise but a sense of excitement about the events to come in electing a new pope.
"I was very surprised," said the Rev. Paul Megge, pastor of the Cheboygan Catholic Community. "I don't know if it's his age or not. This was the last thing I would have expected to hear about the pope, nobody could have predicted this."
The move sets the stage for the Vatican to hold a conclave to elect a new pope by mid-March, since the traditional mourning time that would follow the death of a pope doesn't have to be observed.
There are several papal contenders in the wings, but no obvious front-runner — the same situation when Benedict was elected pontiff in 2005 after the death of Pope John Paul II.
Contenders to be his successor include Cardinal Angelo Scola, archbishop of Milan, Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn, the archbishop of Vienna, and Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the Canadian head of the Vatican's office for bishops.
Longshots include Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York. Although Dolan is popular and backs the pope's conservative line, the general thinking is that the Catholic Church doesn't need a pope from a "superpower."
"We have had two non-Italians back to back, but I can't even think of anybody who has the inside track," Megge said of the likelihood of an Italian being elected, or of the next pope being from Africa or South America. "There is talk; it wouldn't surprise me. The front-runners usually don't get elected anyway."
All cardinals under age 80 are allowed to vote in the conclave, the secret meeting held in the Sistine Chapel where cardinals cast ballots to elect a new pope. As per tradition, the ballots are burned after each voting round; black smoke that snakes out of the chimney means no pope has been chosen, while white smoke means a pope has been elected.
Popes are allowed to resign; church law specifies only that the resignation be "freely made and properly manifested."
"It could be a very exciting time; something very new," Megge said. "I'm very interested in it. We could be in for a pleasant surprise. I think it will go very well and it will go very smoothly."
Benedict was elected pope at age 78 — already the oldest pope elected in nearly 300 years.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


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MINNEAPOLIS – Seattle's Felix Hernandez will start Tuesday night's All-Star game for the American League and Adam Wainwright of the St. Louis Cardinals will open for the National League.
Hernandez, the first Venezuela pitcher to start for the All-Stars, is 11-2 with a 2.12 ERA. He is the second Seattle pitcher to start an All-Star game following Randy Johnson in 1995 and 1997.
'Just throw zeros out there and get my team to win, that's all I got to do,' Hernandez said.
NL manager Mike Matheny of the Cardinals chose the ace of his own staff. Wainwright is 12-4 with a 1.83 ERA and three complete games in 19 starts. It will be the 11th All-Star start by a Cardinals pitcher.
'Aside from having the ability to win two World Series with the St. Louis Cardinals, I think this has to be one of the highlights of my baseball career to this point,' Wainwright said. 'One of the coolest things I can say I did is to start a big league All-Star game.'
Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, a 14-time All-Star who is playing his final season, will lead off for the AL.
'It's a rare and unique opportunity,' AL manager John Farrell of the Boston Red Sox said. 'At the same time we are able to celebrate a player who is not only a champion, but a guy that sets the bar that I think all players should aspire to. The way he has handled himself with class, with performance – no doubt a Hall of Famer.'
Wainwright is enticed by pitching to Jeter.
'I have been in the big leagues for nine years. I've never faced him,' Wainwright said. 'I'm very excited about it, just to say I faced the best. And he is undoubtedly one of the best to ever play his position, one of the greatest Yankees of all time.'
The Los Angeles Angels' Mike Trout bats second and plays left, followed by Seattle second baseman Robinson Cano, Detroit first baseman Miguel Cabrera, Toronto right fielder Jose Bautista, Baltimore designated hitter Nelson Cruz, Orioles center fielder Adam Jones, Oakland third baseman Josh Donaldson and Kansas City catcher Salvador Perez.
Pittsburgh center fielder Andrew McCutchen leads off for the NL, followed by Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Yasiel Puig, Colorado shortstop Troy Tulowitzki and Arizona first baseman Paul Goldschmidt. Miami's Giancarlo Stanton will be the DH and bat fifth. He will be followed by Milwaukee third baseman Aramis Ramirez, Philadelphia second baseman Chase Utley, Milwaukee catcher Jonathan Lucroy and Brewers left fielder Carlos Gomez.


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WASHINGTON — Failings last spring by nuclear missile operators at an Air Force base in North Dakota were worse than first reported, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
Airmen responsible for missile operations at Minot Air Force Base would have failed their portion of a major inspection in March 2013 but managed a "marginal" rating because their poor marks were blended with the better performance of support staff — like cooks and facilities managers — and they got a boost from the base's highly rated training program. The "marginal" rating, the equivalent of a "D" in school, was reported previously. Now, details of the low performance by the launch officers, or missileers, entrusted with the keys to missiles have been revealed.
"Missileer technical proficiency substandard," one Air Force briefing slide says. "Remainder (of missile operations team) raised grade to marginal."
The documents also hint at an exam-cheating problem in the making among launch crews at Minot, almost a full year before allegations of widespread cheating erupted this January at a companion nuclear base in Montana.
An official inquiry into the troubled inspection of the 91st Missile Wing at Minot in March 2013 concluded that one root cause was poor use of routine testing and other means of measuring the proficiency of launch crews in their assigned tasks. For example, commanders at Minot did not ensure that monthly written tests were supervised. The analysis also said Minot senior leaders failed to foster a "culture of accountability" and that mid-level leadership posts were left unfilled.
In a more direct hint at fudging on exams, one document said, "'Group testing' was viewed as âtaking care of each other,'" while adding that the missileers felt pressure to score 100 percent on every test. Those are echoes of explanations Air Force leaders have recounted from launch officers in the aftermath of the cheating scandal that surfaced in early January at the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. At least 92 officers at Malmstrom have been removed from launch duty for allegedly cheating or tolerating cheating by others, pending an investigation whose results may be released by the end of this month.
The allegation at Malmstrom is that information on "emergency war orders" exams, which test how a launch crew would handle classified messages related to missile targeting and launch, was shared in advance among launch officers. It's not clear whether this or other forms of cheating have taken place at the Air Force's two other ICBM bases, but numerous former missileers have said in recent weeks that cheating does occur.
The Air Force operates a total of 450 Minuteman 3 nuclear missiles, divided evenly among the three bases.
An ICBM base has many interconnected pieces, including security forces that provide protection for the missiles and for the underground launch control centers, as well as commanders and others who work from a headquarters base. But at the mission's core are the missileers and their mastery of "emergency war orders," the secret messages that would authorize a launch. They are supported in the missile field by personnel known as facility managers, who run above-ground support buildings where security forces and others sleep and where cooks prepare meals for the full team.
The Air Force initially called the overall March inspection outcome at Minot a "success," reflecting the fact that the 91st Missile Wing as a whole was rated "satisfactory." But after The Associated Press learned in May about the "marginal" performance in the missile operations sector of the inspection, the service disclosed that 19 officers had been forced to surrender their launch authority in April because of performance and attitude problems. That was an unprecedented mass sidelining of launch control officers, reflecting what the 91st's deputy operations commander at the time, Lt. Col. Jay Folds, called "rot" in the force.
Until now, however, it was not publicly known that of 11 crews tested on a launch simulator for the inspection, three were rated Q3, or "unqualified," which the Air Force defines as demonstrating "an unacceptable level of safety, performance or knowledge." Five of the 11 earned a top rating and three got a second-tier rating.
The Minot crews performed much better in a September reassessment. Eleven of 12 launch crews received top qualification ratings, although one was rated unqualified with "one critical and one major error." In back-to-back inspections this January, the 91st as a whole was given outstanding marks.
The newly available Air Force documents were released to a private group in Philadelphia called Speaking Truth to Power after the group filed a lawsuit asserting that U.S. Strategic Command, which oversees all U.S. nuclear forces, had not provided documents requested under the Freedom of Information Act. That private group, headed by lawyer Jules Zacher, advocates for the elimination of nuclear weapons. He shared the documents with the AP.
Problems inside the ICBM force — many of them first reported by the AP — prompted Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel in January to order two reviews. A Pentagon team is seeking to define and fix the trouble, and an outside group is undertaking a broader assessment of nuclear weapons operations. Hagel has said failures in this most sensitive of military missions threaten to erode public trust.
Madelyn Creedon, co-leader of the internal review, was at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., on Thursday to review how the Air Force's ICBM launch crew training program is operated. All launch crews are required to train at Vandenberg before being certified and assigned to one of the three operational ICBM bases.
One newly released document said the Minot wing in North Dakota had shown signs of weakness much earlier. In an April-May 2010 "combat capability evaluation," two of 13 launch crews tested on the use of a launch simulator were deemed "unqualified." Eight rated "highly qualified" and three "qualified." By comparison, of 32 crews who underwent the same evaluation at the two other ICBM bases in 2011, 31 were rated either highly qualified or qualified and only one unqualified.
On routine written tests, the Minot group did exceptionally well until the spring of 2013. In assessing the problems at Minot, the Air Force produced an analysis of test data that showed that in the two years prior to the March 2013 inspection, 87 percent of all tests resulted in perfect scores. In the three months following the weak inspection, 46 percent of test scores were perfect, including just 20 percent in May.
It also found that errors on monthly written tests and errors on launch control simulators soared after the March inspection. In the 10 months of written tests prior to its inspection, the Minot missileers had a total of 162 "job performance requirement" errors, which are mistakes on what the Air Force considers essential tasks. In the three months following the inspection the total doubled, to 321 errors, according to the data analysis.
Air Force officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
After visiting all three ICBM bases days after the Malmstrom cheating scandal was disclosed, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said she was troubled to hear that missileers "felt driven to score 100 percent all the time" because commanders use scores as the main, or only, factor in promotions. James called this "unhealthy." She is weighing recommendations on ways to reform testing and training.
But the newly released Air Force documents show the focus on perfection should not be a surprise. One document that examined emergency war order test scores said, "Given the nature of the ICBM crew mission, a perfect score is the expectation."
The pressure to be perfect apparently has driven some to cheat and others, possibly including commanders, to look the other way. There is no evidence that this has translated to unsafe handling of nuclear weapons duties, but an Air Force review found "a culture of toleration" at Minot that "allowed unprofessional and non-compliant behaviors." It said launch crews had an "artificial sense of preparedness" for tests and inspections.
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text: SAN JOSE, California (AP) – Readers who tried to click on the New York Times' website got nothing but error messages for several hours during the site's second major disruption this month, and people also had trouble accessing Twitter. A hacker group calling itself the 'Syrian Electronic Army' claimed responsibility. Within minutes of Tuesday's attack, the New York Times quickly set up alternative websites, posting stories about chemical attacks in Syria. 'Not Easy to Hide a Chemical Attack, Experts Say,' was the headline of one. The service was restored early Wednesday. 'Our Web site was unavailable to users in the United States for a time on Tuesday,' the newspaper said in a post on its website. 'The disruption was the result of an external attack on our domain name registrar, and we are at work on fully restoring service. We regret if this has caused you any inconvenience.' The cyberattacks come at a time when the Obama administration is trying to bolster its case for possible military action against Syria, where the administration says President Bashar Assad's government is responsible for a deadly chemical attack on civilians. Assad denies the claim. 'Media is going down …' warned the Syrian Electronic Army in a Twitter message before the websites stopped working, adding that it also had taken over Twitter and the Huffington Post U.K. Times spokeswoman Eileen Murphy said the disruption was caused by a 'malicious external attack' that affected its website and email, while Twitter spokesman Jim Prosser said the viewing of images and photos was sporadically affected. Huffington Post U.K. did not respond to requests for comment. Both Twitter and the Times said they were resolving the attack, which actually hit an Australian company that registered their domain names, Melbourne IT. Theo Hnarakis, chief executive of Melbourne IT, the world's sixth largest registrar of Internet domain names, said the security breach occurred at a major-U.S.-based global reseller, or domain agent, where the hackers launched a 'spear phishing attack' within the past week to steal the log-in details of the New York Times and Twitter domains. Hnaraski declined to name the reseller, which is a major Melbourne IT client. 'This activist group used a very, very sophisticated spear phishing attack,' Hnarakis told AP. ' They sent very dubious emails to staff of one of our resellers whose area of expertise is looking after the domain names for major corporates including the New York Times.' 'Unfortunately, a couple of the staff members of the reseller responded by giving their email log-in details; the group were able to search their emails for sensitive information that included the user name and password for the New York Times, and from there it all cascades,' Hnarakis said. 'We don't put this down to a technical failure. We put it down to human error where someone has inadvertently provided their information and from there, a major a site like the New York Times was down for several hours,' he added. The hackers had also tried to hack into Twitter.com, but failed because that domain was protected by an optional secondary security feature offered by MelbourneIT for the past two years. Times had opted not to have the same level of security. 'If they had had the security option turned on, they wouldn't have been affected,' MelbourneIT chief technology officer Bruce Tonkin said. 'We do have a security mechanism that would protect the names from this sort of attack,' he added. 'Naturally, we are reviewing security and doing an incident review and will probably add some additional security.' Tonkin said the hacker seemed to have also accessed the credentials of the Huffington Post domain, which is held by a UK registry. 'The hackers have just posted a screen shot to say they've logged into the (Huffington Post) account, but I'm not aware that they actually changed anything,' Tonkin said. Tracking the hack even further, computer forensics from security firm Renesys Corp. traced the Internet protocol addresses back to the same ones as the Syrian Electronic Army's website sea.sy, which the firm said has been hosted out of Russia since June. A Syrian Electronic Army activist confirmed to The Associated Press that the group hijacked the Times' and Twitter's domains by targeting Melbourne IT. 'I can't say how, but yes we did hit Melbourne IT,' the hacker said in an email. No further details were disclosed. The hacker's true identity isn't publicly known, but he has long used an email address linked to the group, and a second group member has vouched for his credentials. The Syrian Electronic Army has, in recent months, taken credit for Web attacks on media targets that it sees as sympathetic to Syria's rebels, including prior attacks at the New York Times, along with the Washington Post, Agence France-Press, 60 Minutes, CBS News, National Public Radio, The Associated Press, Al-Jazeera English and the BBC. FBI spokeswoman Jenny Shearer in Washington said the agency has no comment on Tuesday's attack. Tuesday's victims were hit by a technique known as 'DNS hijacking,' according to Robert Masse, president of Montreal, Canada-based security startup Swift Identity. The technique works by tampering with domain name servers that translate easy-to-remember names like 'nytimes.com' into the numerical Internet Protocol addresses (such as '18.104.22.168') that computers use to route data across the Internet. Domain name servers work as the Web's phone books, and if attackers gains access to one, they can funnel users trying to access sites like The New York Times or Twitter to whichever rogue server they please. Masse said DNS attacks are popular because they bypass a website's security to attack the very architecture of the Internet itself. 'Companies spend a lot of time, money, resources and defending their servers, but they forget about auxiliary infrastructure that is integrally connected to their networks, like DNS.' Cybersecurity experts said hijacking attacks are preventable if website administrators are meticulous about what code they bring into their sites. 'As this incident illustrates, any time you integrate third-party code into your site, it presents a new attack vector for hackers. You must not only ensure your own code is secure, but you must also rely upon third parties' security practices,' said Aaron Titus, a privacy officer and attorney at New York-based privacy software firm Identity Finder. Michael Fey, a chief technology officer at Santa Clara, California-based cybersecurity firm McAfee, said that as long as media organizations play a critical role as influencers and critics, they will continue to be targets of cyberattacks. He said the battle tactics are broad, from denial of service attacks, to targeted attacks using social engineering and to deploying information-gathering Trojans. 'Regardless of technology or tactics deployed, we should expect to see more of these attacks,' he said. — Associated Press writers Raphael Satter in London, Nick Jesdanun in New York and Rod McGuirk in Canberra, Australia, contributed to this story.


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The Ionia girls basketball team held the Redskins of Belding to one field goal in the first quarter and eight points the entire first half en route to a 61-23 win over its county rival.
Bulldog coach Andy Barr said ball movement and solid defense were what allowed his team to jump out to a 30-point lead at the half.
"We moved the ball well and that's what happens when you do," he said. "We got some open shots, were able to knock them down and got off to a great start.
"We also played very well defensively and played very good position defense. We got into a little foul trouble because we were reaching, so we have to correct that, but a really good effort by the girls to hold a 9-4 team to 23 points."
Taylor Bovee got the Lady Dawgs offense going in the first quarter, sinking her first two 3-point shot attempts and scoring 13 of her game-high 18 points in the opening half. Meagan Ciganick hit her first 3 of the season with three seconds left in the first quarter to give Ionia a 19-3 lead.
Ionia held Belding to five points in the second half to build a 38-8 advantage at the break.
The Redskins opened the third by finding some range from behind the arch, hitting a trio of 3-pointers early, but Ionia still kept control of the game, taking a 50-21 lead into the final stanza.
In the fourth, Ionia again clamped down defensively, holding Belding to two points over the final eight minutes.
Anna Riccius finished with 14 points and six rebounds for Ionia, while teammate Sarah Swartz scored nine points and dished out six assists.
Bulldog senior Erika Ketchum scored nine points as well.
Peyton Mount led Belding with seven points while Katie Wood finished with six.
Additional stats for Belding were not made available at press time.
Ionia (8-5) will travel to Fowlerville on Friday.
Belding (9-5) will return to action on Thursday to take on Fowlerville.