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Washington, DC, July 4, 2012 –
Marking the 46th anniversary of President Johnson's signing the Freedom of Information Act, the National Security Archive today posted a
compilation of 46 news headlines from the past year made possible by active and creative use of the FOIA. This representative sample, drawn from hundreds
of FOIA stories reported by newspapers, blogs, broadcasters, and researchers, describe FOIA requests that revealed the theft of Jack Daniels whiskey by
airport security screeners, the keywords used by homeland security officials to monitor social networking sites, the soil contamination endangering Marines
and their families at Camp Lejeune, pre-9/11 attempts to whack Osama bin Laden, and $1.2 trillion of secret Federal Reserve loans to banks, among dozens of
other topics that the public has a right and a need to know.
"These freedom of information stories show the paradox of FOIA," remarked Tom Blanton, director of the Archive, which has made tens of thousands of
successful FOIA requests since its founding in 1985. "We requesters always complain about the constant delays, the bureaucratic obstacles, the processing
fee harassment, and the excessive government secrecy; yet the FOIA actually produces front-page results every year that make a real difference to citizens
and to better government."
"Agencies are still dragging their heels on fulfilling President Obama's transparency promises," said Nate Jones, the Archive's Freedom of Information
Coordinator, citing the Archive's government-wide audits of FOIA performance. "But persistence and focus and pressure pay off, as these headlines show; and
the core principle of FOIA - that government information belongs to the people - is worth fighting for."
The Archive's detailed 122-page guide, "Effective FOIA Requesting for Everyone," is available online at the Archive's FOIA page, here.
The Archive's previous postings of documentation from the Johnson, Nixon and Ford presidential libraries show that President Johnson grudgingly signed the
FOIA into law 46 years ago today, at the last possible minute, only after pressure from newspaper editors and his own press secretary Bill Moyers, who
later said LBJ was "dragged kicking and screaming" into signing the bill. Moyers credited the persistence of longtime California congressman John Moss,
lead author of the FOIA bill, for making the law happen.
46 FOIA News Stories for FOIA's 46th Birthday
"FBI admits noted Memphis civil rights photographer Ernest Withers was informant," The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee, July 3, 2012, By Marc
Documents released under FOIA to the Commercial Appeal confirm that Ernest Withers, who photographed the Civil Rights Movement and Martin Luther King, Jr.,
worked as an FBI informant for 14 years. U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that the FBI must release portions of its file on Withers; the US
government rarely releases the files of its informants.
"Army 'investigating' Bradley Manning Support Network; Admits to 'Active Investigation,'" Antiwar.com, July 2, 2012, by Jason Ditz.
A U.S. Army response to a FOIA request confirms that The Bradley Manning Support Network is part of "an active investigation." The group maintains the
website of Bradley Manning, who is being charged under the Espionage Act for "aiding the enemy" by improperly disseminating classified information.
"Probe into soil contamination closes scrap metal lot at Camp Lejeune," The Daily News, Jacksonville, North Carolina, June 29, 2012, By Lindell Kay.
A scrap metal yard at Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base may be exposing workers to potentially carcinogenic chemicals. A Freedom of Information Act request
shows that the Environmental Protection Agency and state regulators have been attempting to move the scrap yard for years, without avail.
"Group: Gas industry got inside information in N.Y.," Associated Press, June 29, 2012, By Mary Esch.
Email exchanges obtained through New York's Freedom of Information Law show that a natural gas industry lawyers repeatedly requested New York environmental
regulators to weaken drilling and fracking regulations in their state.
"Declassified documents shed light on scramble to 'hit' bin Laden before 9/11," CNN, June 21, 2012, By Tim Lister.
Documents released to the National Security Archive in response to a FOIA request show that the US government considered attacks on bin Laden several times
before September 11, 2001. The documents also show that CIA and US Air Force drones "observed an individual most likely to be bin Laden" twice in the fall
of 2000, but "had no way at the time to react to this information."
"US Reveals Years of Accusations against Secret Service: Claims Include Involvement with Prostitutes, Leaks of Sensitive Information, Illegal
Wiretaps," MSNBC, June 15, 2012, By Alicia A. Caldwell.
Documents released by a Freedom of Information Act request reveal an extensive list of allegations filed against Secret Service agents and officers since
2004. The complaints include allegations of publishing pornography, illegal wiretaps, drunken behavior, and sexual assault.
"Steve Jobs's Pentagon File: Blackmail Fears, Youthful Arrest and LSD Cubes," Wired, June 11, 2012, By Kim Zetter.
Documents obtained through FOIA by Wired Magazine provide insight into Steve Jobs's personal life after he founded Apple. In a 1988 security clearance
interview with the Department of Defense, Jobs revealed that he was concerned about his daughter's safety, disclosed his past altercations with the law,
and chronicled his drug use.
"NOAA Cuts May Weaken Tsunami Mitigation Programs," Oregon Public Broadcasting News, June 11, 2012, By Kristian Foden-Vencil.
Documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act show that proposed federal cuts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Tsunami
Hazard Mitigation Program in 2013 would leave hundreds of coastal communities vulnerable to tsunamis.
"The Department of Energy is Under Attack. Cyber Attack," CNBC, June 8, 2012, By Eamon Javers.
Documents obtained by CNBC through FOIA show that the DOE is frequently under what it believes to be an aggressive attack by private sector firms to access
its website at times when it releases "market-moving" economic data to the public.
"DHS social media monitoring practices revealed under FOIA," Government Security News, May 29, 2012, By Mark Rockwell.
Documents attained through FOIA reveal a long, sometimes bizarre, list of trigger words that the Department of Homeland Security monitors social networking
sites for, including: "Amtrak," "swine," "BART," and "cops." The document also advises analysts which news organizations it deems the most credible,
including Fox News.
"Secret Service Releases Identity of 'Spy' Printer Manufacturers," The FOIA blog, May 24, 2012, By Scott Hodes.
Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request reveal the names of 10 printer manufacturers that released their machine identification
codes to the Secret Service, thereby allowing the Secret Service to trace printed materials back to their origin.
"ACLU raises issue with single-sex education programs," Augusta Free Press, May 21, 2012.
Documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act by the ACLU show an alarming trend of unlawful sex-segregation through single-sex programs in
Virginia's public schools.
"DHS Considers Collecting DNA From Kids; DEA and US Marshals Already Do," The Electronic Freedom Foundation, May 14, 2012, By Jennifer Lynch.
Documents obtained through FOIA by the EFF show that the Department of Homeland Security is contemplating collecting DNA from children over the age of 14,
and is exploring how to collect DNA from children even younger than that. ICE is the first component of DHS to collect DNA in such cases; the DEA and U.S.
Marshals already do.
"National Security Letter Gag Order FOIA," ACLU, May 9, 2012.
A FOIA lawsuit by the ACLU has led to the release of the National Security Letter template used by the FBI. National Security Letters force internet
service providers, credit card companies, cell phone providers, and others, to hand over information about their customers. It is illegal to inform
customers that their information has been turned over to the government.
"TSA Reveals Passenger Complaints … Four Years Later," ProPublica, May 4, 2012, Friday, by Michael Grabell.
Documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act reveal - albeit after a four year wait - the litany of complaints travelers filed with the
Transportation Security Administration in 2008. Grievances ranged from a complaint of wheelchair-bound passenger being forced to walk through security, to
an allegation that a passenger's bottle of Jack Daniels was surreptitiously emptied by TSA screeners.
"Govt Appeals Court-Ordered Release of Classified Document," Secrecy News, April 27, 2012, By Steven Aftergood.
A U.S. District Court ruled that the U.S. Trade Representative must release documents concerning the U.S. negotiating position in free trade negotiations
that were the subject of a Freedom of Information Act Request. Judge Roberts concluded that the continued classification of the document was not "logical;"
the U.S. Department of Justice has decided to appeal the decision.
"Stonington attorney a no-show at Freedom of Information training," The Day, New London, Conn, April 25, 2012, by Joe Wojtas.
After the Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission ruled that the town of New London had violated state FOIA law in 2011, it ordered town officials to
undergo FOI training. A dozen town officials took the two hour training. However, attorney Michael Satti -who mishandled the FOIA cases- did not attend
despite the Commission encouraging him, "in the strongest possible terms" to do so.
"City admits to violating Freedom of Information Act," The Stamford Advocate, Conn, April 22, 2012, By Kate King.
The Stamford Office of Legal Affairs was forced to pay a $300 fine because it improperly withheld public documents requested under the act. The city
wrongly denied a request by state Rep. Sal Gabriele, for documents about theft of scrap metal by city workers and a credit account opened by public workers
to fund an annual golf tournament. "Substantially all" of the documents were eventually released to Rep. Gabriele.
"ICE confirms inquiry into freedom of information denial in Dallas case," The Dallas Morning News, April 17, 2012, By Dianne Solis.
According to a reply to a FOIA request, the Dallas branch of Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed that it was investigating its office's improper
"pawning of personal property of immigration detainees." Several individuals within the senor leadership of the office have been reassigned and an
investigation is ongoing.
"Memo shows US official disagreed with Bush administration's view on torture; Previously-unreleased document shows state department official thought
techniques were 'cruel' and 'degrading' punishment," Associated Press, April 2, 2012, By Pete Yost.
In response to a FOIA request by the National Security Archive, the Department of State released a 2006 internal memo written by the State Department's
legal counselor Philip Zelikow that warned that he believed the Bush administration's "enhanced interrogation" practices were in fact illegal. Zelikow
recounted that the White House "attempted to collect and destroy all copies of my memo."
"US feared Falklands war would be 'close-run thing,' documents reveal; Declassified cables show US felt Thatcher had not considered diplomatic options,
and feared Soviet Union could be drawn in," The Guardian, April 1, 2012, By Julian Borger.
U.S. diplomatic cables, released to the National Security Archive under FOIA, show that during the Falklands War, the United States provided the United
Kingdom with substantial covert support. As U.S. Secretary of State Alexander Haig explained to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, "We are not impartial."
"Documents show NYPD infiltrated liberal groups," The Associated Press, March 23, 2012, By Matt Apuzzo and Adam Goldman.
Documents attained by a FOIA request show that from at least 2004-2008, undercover NYPD officers infiltrated liberal political organizations' meetings and
kept files on activists planning protests around the country. The use of these counterterrorism tactics likely violated the First Amendment.
"The State Department Tells Us How They Really Felt," Huffington Post, February 17, 2012, By David Isenberg.
Documents obtained through a FOIA request shed light on how the Department of State rates, grades, and oversees the work assigned to its contractors. One
assessment reported that Blackwater's poor performance in Iraq caused the Department of State, "to lose confidence in their credibility and management
"Justices: Release Little Rock police officer's use-of-force reports," Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, February 17, 2012, By Alison Sider.
The Arkansas State Supreme Court ruled that a police officer's "use of force reports" were not exempt under the state FOI law's protection of employee
privacy. The" use of force report" at issue recounts an incident where an officer struck a man "several times in the facial area" for refusing to leave a
"Pentagon Discloses Military Intelligence Budget Request," Secrecy News, February 14, 2012, By Steven Aftergood.
After refusing to disclose its Military Intelligence Program budget proposal request in response to a 2011 Freedom of Information Act request, the
Department of Defense disclosed the amount of its FY2013 budget proposal request for its Military Intelligence Program in 2012. It requested 19.2 billion
"Congress Left in Dark on DOJ Wiretaps," Wired Magazine, February 13, 2012, By David Kravetz.
Documents obtained via the Freedom of Information Act prove that the Department of Justice was illegally withholding material from Congress between 2004
and 2008. Specifically, the DOJ was refusing to turn over documentation on the number of times they used surveillance tools called "pen register" and
"trap-and-trace capturing," which are covert mobile telephone surveillance methods.
"No Conviction, No Freedom: Immigration Authorities Locked 13,000 In Limbo," Huffington Post, January 27, 2012, By Elise Foley.
Documents obtained through the FOIA by the Huffington Post reveal that an alarming 40% of people in immigration detentions are held without being convicted
of a crime.
"Federal Immigration Enforcement is Mandatory, Memo Says," Los Angeles Times, January 8, 2012, By Paloma Esquivel.
Documents released through a FOIA request reveals that Secure Communities, the DHS' controversial immigration enforcement program, will become mandatory by
2012, though states and some counties had initially been told they could opt out.
"FOIA Documents Show FBI Illegally Collecting Intelligence Under Guise of 'Community Outreach,'" ACLU, December 1, 2011.
Documents obtained through FOIA reveal that the FBI has been using community outreach programs to spy on religious and community organizations. These
actions have raised concerns that the Bureau may be violating various constitutional protections.
"Secret Fed Loans Gave Banks $13 Billion Undisclosed to Congress," Bloomberg, November 27, 2011, By Bob Ivry, Bradley Keoun and Phil Kuntz.
29,000 pages of documents acquired by Bloomberg News FOIA requests reveal that the Federal Reserve loaned major banking institutions more than 1.2 trillion
dollars on December 5, 2008, at the crux of the financial crisis. By taking advantage of the Fed's below market rates, banks were able to make an estimated
combined $13 billion in profits, according to Bloomberg's calculation of data released to it under FOIA.
"Obama Intelligence Panel Identified after Suit," Security Law Brief, November 12, 2011.
Documents obtained through a FOIA request provide the names of the members of the panel that oversees reports of illegal and improper spying by the
intelligence community, the Intelligence Oversight Board.
"An FBI director with a grudge," Los Angeles Times, November 6, 2011, By Richard A. Serrano.
Documents obtained by a FOIA request to the FBI reveal that long-time Bureau director J. Edgar Hoover had L.A. Times journalist Jack Nelson kept under
close surveillance, as Hoover was concerned that Nelson could out Hoover as a homosexual.
"FBI releases Russian spy trove," CNN, October 31, 2011, By Suzanne Kelly.
Documents attained by a FOIA request shed light on "Operation Ghost Stories," an investigation into the "Anna Chapman" Russian spy ring. The documents
reveal information about Russian Foreign Intelligence operatives in the U.S. who were thought to be attempting to access classified documents from
undercover FBI agents; they include videos of Russian operatives conducting "brush passes" and other operational espionage.
"What If We Paid Off The Debt? The Secret Government Report," NPR, October 20, 2011, By David Kestenbaum.
A document obtained through a FOIA request by NPR provides insight on how the government viewed a potential crisis in the year 2000. What was the crisis?
How the global financial would suffer if the U.S. government entirely paid off its debt.
"FOIA request elicits declassification processing for NGA budget documents," Progressive Technology Federal Systems, October 19, 2011.
Documents acquired by a Freedom of Information Act request by the Federation of American Scientists expose the budget considerations of the National
Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA). The documents reveal the NGA's concern about an upcoming wave of retirements, and the possible loss of valuable
institutional knowledge and critical skills that could follow.
"Enviros: TransCanada, State emails 'cozy,'" PoliticoPro, October 3, 2011, By Bob King.
Documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act illuminate a startling familiarity between State Department employees and lobbyists for the
Canadian oil giant TransCanada, regarding approval for a North American oil pipeline.
"Don't call us, we'll call you: Tales of a DHS FOIA," Federal Times, September 30, 2011, by Andy Medici.
Documents attained through FOIA a reporter for Federal Times show that the Department of Homeland Security redacts the contact information of their public
relations employees - in order to prevent "an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy."
"Even Those Cleared of Crimes Can Stay on F.B.I.'s Watch List," The New York Times, September 27, 2011, By Charlie Savage.
Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request reveal that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is allowed to keep people on the
government's terrorist watch list - even if they have been acquitted of terrorism-related offenses, or if the charges have been dropped. This revelation
brings the FBI's practices under greater scrutiny.
"Declassified US spy satellites reveal rare look at Cold War space program," MSNBC, September 18, 2011, by Roger Guillemette.
For its 50th anniversary, the National Reconnaissance Office declassified and released thousands of pages of documents about its GAMBIT and
HEXAGON satellite programs which were active from 1963 until 1986.
"FOIA Victory Will Shed More Light on Warrantless Tracking of Cell Phones," The Electronic Frontier Foundation, September 10, 2011.
A U.S. District Court ruled in favor of FOIA requesters seeking information on the warrantless tracking of cell phones. The Court case forces the
government to turn over information about the cases that federal law enforcement agencies obtained information by tracking cell phones without a warrant.
"Details released on probe of Manchin administration; Subpoena included request for records relating to private airplane, campaign finance, email
accounts," Daily Mail Capitol Reporter, August 25, 2011, By Ry Rivard.
Subpoenas released in response to a Freedom of Information request show that federal investigators sought flight records, emails, and bids for roads
contracts from the administration of former West Virginia governor Joe Manchin, now a U.S. senator. No one was charged as a result of the probe.
"History Held Hostage; A group's legal effort to dislodge the CIA's official history of the Bay of Pigs fiasco shows that prying secrets from the spy
agency remains far too difficult," The Daily Beast, August 13, 2011, By Peter Kornbluh.
In response to a FOIA lawsuit by the National Security Archive, the Central Intelligence Agency released over 1200 pages of its internal history of the Bay
of Pigs invasion. The history includes accounts of CIA personnel shooting at their own aircraft, and new revelations about assassination plots and the use
of Americans in combat.
"Energy Friendships Spur Conflicts of Interest," Associated Press, July 27, 2011, By Dina Cappiello.
Documents acquired through the Freedom of Information Act reveal that relations between offshore oil and gas companies and the federal agency in charge of
regulating them - the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and Regulation - were so intertwined that, a year after new ethics rules were enforced, nearly a
third of inspectors located in the Gulf of Mexico region have been disqualified.
"Defense Contractors Block Auditor Access to Records, Insiders Say," TIME Magazine, July 22, 2011, By Nick Schwellenbach.
Documents obtained through the FOIA reveal that the Pentagon frequently disregards requests for access to contractor records. Specifically, documents
acquired by the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) show that the Pentagon ignored proposals from the Defense Contracting Audit Agency for greater
access to contractor information.
"Court Rules TSA Adopted Body Scanners Improperly: Agency did not Solicit Public Comment before Installing Whole-Body Scanners," Consumer Affairs, July
16, 2011, By James R. Hood.
Documents obtained via a FOIA request prove that DHS required body scanners used by TSA to be capable of recording and storing "images of unclothed
"Final Space Shuttle Launch Threatened by Bad Weather," Techland, July 6, 2011, By Matt Peckham.
Documents obtained via the Freedom of Information Act show that NASA's space shuttle launches are "100 times more dangerous" to launch-site spectators than
other types of U.S. rockets, though odds of a spectator actually being killed are "extremely remote."


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You can Download Chapter 2 Stone Age And Metal Age Questions and Answers, Notes, 2nd PUC History Question Bank with Answers Karnataka State Board Solutions help you to revise complete Syllabus and score more marks in your examinations.
Karnataka 2nd PUC History Question Bank Chapter 2 Stone Age And Metal Age
2nd PUC History Stone Age And Metal Age One Mark Questions and Answers
I. Answer the following Questions in one word or a sentence each.
Name the stone used by the paleolithic people.
Paleolithic (old stone age) people used rough and undressed stones fitted to a stick. These hard stones were called quartzite, and so they were also known as quartzite men.
Which is the earliest paleolithic site found in India?
The Paleolithic sites found in the Deccan region, Cuddapah and Tanjavur districts in the south were the earliest known centres of this age in India. ‘Cuddapah’ considered to be ‘The home of Paleolithic culture’, for its quartzite rocks.
Which was the first metal used by humans in North India?
Copper was the first metal used by humans in North India.
Which was the first metal used by humans in South India?
In South India, the new stone age was replaced by iron age, as iron was the first metal used by humans in South India.
2nd PUC History Stone Age And Metal Age Two marks Questions and Answers
II. Answer the following Questions in two words or two sentences each.
What is the meaning of the term ‘Paleolithic’
The word paleolithic is derived from the Greek words ‘Paleo’ (old) and lithic (stone), which means old stone age (40,000 to 10,000 BCE).
Mention some sites in India of the paleolithic age.
Narmada and Tungabhadra valleys, Bhopal and Chota Nagpur area of MP, Madurai, Tanjavur, Trichinopoly and Arcot of Tamil Nadu, Nellore, Kumooi, Guntur, Chittoor, Cuddapah and Krishna of A.P., Raichur, Ghataprabha river basin in Belgaum, Bengal, Bihar, Orissa vie., arc some of the sites.
Mention some sites in India of the mesolithic age (middle stone age)
Important mesolithic age sites in India are found at Ajmer in Rajasthan, Sabarmati basin in Gujarat, Ahmadnagar in Maharashtra. Sangankallu in Bellary district and Brahmagiri in Chitradurga district of Karnataka.
What is the meaning of the word ‘Neolithic’?
The word Neolithic is derived from the Greek words, ‘Neo’ (new) and ‘Lithic’ (stone). Neolithic means new stone age (8000 to 4000 BCE).
Name some sites in India of the neolithic age.
The neolithic sites are Maski in Raichur, Cauvery basin, Bellary and Mysore in Karnataka, Salem and Tirunelveli in Tamilnadu, Hyderabad and Kurnool in A.P., Kathewar in Gujarat, Sindh, Bundelkhand, Kashmir, West Bengal, Orissa etc.,
2nd PUC History Stone Age And Metal Age Ten marks Questions and Answers
III. Answer the following Questions in 30 to 40 sentences each.
Write short notes on Paleolithic, Mesolithic, Neolithic and Metal ages.
Introduction : In the evolution of mankind, paleolithic (old stone) age played a very great role. Here, humans began to make some sort of rough and primitive tools which helped them to some extent to defend themselves from the wild animals and started establishing their supremacy. We can study the history on the basis of the crude implements they used. This is also known as pre-historic era. India was one of the earliest homes of humans. Scholars are of the opinion that the Indian people belonged to an admixtured race of Negroes, Mongoloids, Alpines, Dravidians etc. The pre-historic period is classified into 4 main stages, based on the stone implements and metals used by them. They are (i) Paleolithic age, (ii) Mesolithic age, (iii) Neolithic age, (iv)Age of metals (Copper, Bronze andiron).
1) Paleolithic period (age) 40,000 to 10,000 BCE : The word paleolithic is derived from the ‘Greek’ words ‘Paleo’ (old) and ‘lithic’ (stone), which means old stone age. People used rough and undressed stones fitted to a stick. As they used a very hard stone called ‘quartzite’, they were also known as ‘quartzite men’. They had no idea of the use of lire, pottery and agriculture. Hence, the earlist period of civilization came to be known as the paleolithic age. They were mostly hunters and not cultivators. The important sites of the paleolithie period in India are the Narmada and Tiingabhadra valleys, Ghataprabha river basin, Bhopal and Chota Nagpur area of M.P., Tanjavur, Tirunelveli and Arcot in T.N., Kurnool, Nellore, Guntur and Krishna in A.P. and the Belan caves of Uttar Pradesh.
2) Mesolithic age (Middle stone age -10,000 to &000 BCE): The word ‘mesolithic’ is derived from the greek words ‘meso’ (middle) and ‘lithic’ (stone), which means middle stone age. This was the intervening period between paleolithic and neolithic ages. Humans used implements made of stone, though bone was also used. They were still hunting only for food and had no knowledge of agriculture. They must have also consumed forest produce and also knew the use of fire and buried their dead. The important mesolithic sites in India are found at Ajmer in Rajasthan, Sabarmati basin in Gujarat, Ahmadnagar in Maharashtra, Sanganakallu and Brahmagiri in Karnataka.
3) Neolithic age (New stone age – 8000 to 4000 BCE): The word neolithic is derived from the greek words ‘neo’ (New) and lithic (stone), which means new stone age. During this period, humans used stones along with quartzite, learnt cultivation and domesticated a variety of animals like cow, sheep, goat etc. They lived in caves and weaving was also known to them. They used wool and cotton to manufacture cloth. The most important invention of this period was the wheel. They subsisted on vegetables, roots, fruits, nuts, wild pulses, cereals, flesh of animals, fish and milk products including curd, butter and ghee. They also used ornaments like beads, rings, bangles and armlets. The neolithic people arc believed to have worshipped their ancestors and spirits and performed a large number of rites and rituals on the occasions of death. They cremated their dead and preserved the ashes. They performed human and animal sacrifices. Many human skulls have been found during excavations. The important neolithic sites in India are foundin the Cauvery basin at Bellary and Raichur in Karnataka, Salem and Tirunelveli in T.N., Kurnool and Hyderabad in A.R, Kathewar in Gujarat, West Bengal, Orissa etc.
4) Metal age (Copper, Bronze and Iron): The process of transition from stone age to metal age was a very slow process. Metallic and stone implements were both used, but there was no uniformity regarding the use of metals in the different parts of India. Copper replaced stone in northen India, whereas in south India, new stone age was succeeded by the Iron Age.
Gold was the earliest metal to be used for only ornaments. Copper was used to prepare implements like swords, axes, spear, daggers, spearheads etc. The implements were used for agriculture, fighting, fishing and hunting. Iron was extensively used in South India for the same purpose.
Conclusion: We can find that the people of this age took a leap forward in the direction of spread of human culture and civilization. Discovery of fire by the people of the later stone age, that of agriculture by the new stone age and the art of writing by the metal age people took a real step forward in the advancement of the human race.

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It seems there is no shortage of financial scandals to write about these days. By now you have no doubt heard about the latest financial scandal involving LIBOR, the London InterBank Offering Rate.
From a writer’s standpoint, this is like the gift that keeps on giving. You can’t make this stuff up.
Barclays Bank admitted to manipulating LIBOR in 2008, at the height of the financial crisis. Their excuse? Not only did they get the hint from the Bank of England that they should hold LIBOR lower than it would otherwise be, but they said almost everyone else was in on the game too. Well, maybe not everyone.
For those not familiar with it, many bank loans around the world use LIBOR as a benchmark for the interest rate charged on a given loan. It will usually be expressed as LIBOR plus a certain percent. Trillions of dollars in loans are tied to LIBOR in some way.
So why is this scandal such a big deal? Borrowers who have loans outstanding at LIBOR or LIBOR-plus got a good deal. This includes many Americans who financed their homes on an adjustable rate, which was usually the prevailing LIBOR plus some number, like 2.25 percent.
With LIBOR held lower, borrowers paid less interest. For a borrower, this is a good thing. However, if you were the lender, it was not so good.
Many of these types of loans are included in securitized baskets of mortgages that were bought up by pension funds, insurance companies, and others. These institutions became the lenders to many of the borrowers - the homeowners.
So as homeowners got the gift of paying a lower interest rate than they should have, the lenders – the pension funds and insurance companies – got less than they should have received. So we have pensioners, insurance contract holders, and other fixed income investors that basically had their interest stolen from them.
The magazine “The Economist” recently wrote that Bob Diamond (Barclays CEO)...retorted in a memo to staff that “on the majority of days, no requests were made at all” to manipulate the rate. This was rather like an adulterer saying that he was faithful on most days.”
Attempts to manipulate free markets invariably end badly.
Let’s take a look at how LIBOR works. LIBOR is actually not just one interest rate. It is the name for rates calculated in 15 currencies for loans of 10 different maturities, ranging from overnight to 12-months.
The setting of LIBOR begins each morning in London when someone in one of the designated LIBOR panel banks enters a number into a piece of Thomson Reuters software that asks the question: “At what rate could you borrow funds, were you to do so by asking for and then accepting interbank offers in a reasonable market size just prior to 11am?”
Without going into extreme boring detail, suffice it to say that numbers are submitted by many banks and the highest and lowest 25 percent are thrown out. The middle 50 percent are then averaged, producing a figure that is published as that day’s LIBOR.
Think about this for a moment and notice the obvious. Given that almost half the reported inputs that help establish the LIBOR rate are discarded immediately, Barclays simply could not have manipulated the LIBOR rate alone. Plenty of people were in on the scam.
If you were trying to manipulate LIBOR alone, to effectively insure the rate is set at the price required, you’d need to not only establish the highest and lowest 25 percent of prices, but then insure the remaining 50 percent average out to the required rate. Based on the fact that there are 16 banks that submit rates, about 13 of the 16 involved would need to be complicit.
At best this is a cartel, at worst it is outright fraud on a scale that is completely unprecedented. Which is it? OK... I guess that answers that question.
Forget “too big to fail.” Was this “too deep to prove?” Let’s all shout the Latin phrase “Fiat Lux” – Let There Be Light!
You can expect lots of fireworks from this situation in the weeks and months ahead, and expect it to “jump the pond” to the US as we see our American banks pulled into the fray. Stay tuned.
What does it mean to you? Most likely a financial sector under more pressure and one more reason to cast a wary eye towards the equity markets.
Nick Massey is a financial columnist for The Edmond (Okla.) Sun. Contact him at www.nickmassey.com.

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The race to become Daniel Bryan’s first opponent, now that he is cleared by WWE medical personnel, is on.
This week on SmackDown, Bryan opened the show with one of the best promos of his career. After the first commercial break, the SmackDown General Manager was shown walking backstage. Bryan mostly received hugs and high-fives form everyone he saw, until he ran into Dolph Ziggler.
“The Showoff” didn’t hide his feelings for Bryan as he stared down the returning competitor.
"Let me by the first to say, I can't wait to beat you." - @HEELZiggler— WWE (@WWE) March 21, 2018
"Well, you can certainly try." - @WWEDanielBryan#SDLive #DanielBryanReturns pic.twitter.com/tLvkTEr1Ds
Perfect shot by Ziggler. Perfect reply by Bryan.
Could Dolph Ziggler be in the running to try to shake the ring rust off Daniel Bryan?

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PILl, Camarines Sur — Some 40 hectares of land have been allocated by the provincial government to the Army unit posted here which will serve as the base camp once the local Army brigade has been increased into full division in size.
A memorandum of agreement has been entered into by Camarines Sur Gov. Luis R. Villafuerte and Lt. Gen. Gregono Camiling, commanding general of the Army, on January 17.
The 40 hectares of land that will serve as the base camp for the 9th Infantry Brigade (Separate) in this town once the Army brigade is expanded to an Army division this year.
"This allocation of land to the (Army) is still subject to review and approval by President Arroyo since the provincial government’s authority
is only recommendatory," Villafuerte said.
"The President is the one who authorized the creation of this separate
Army brigade for Bicol anti-insurgency operations."
Witnessing the signing were Brig. Gen. Santiago Prejido, commanding general of the 9th IB, Maj. Serafin Raymundo, Pili Mayor Tomas Bongalonta and other military officials.
Activated on October last year, the 9th B, separated from the Tanay-based Army 2nd Infantry Division, has in its mission to destroy the communist insurgency in the Bicol region.
However, the planned conversion from brigade into division size early this year was temporarily delayed after the Army’s higher command has failed to lobby hard in Congress for adequate funding.
"We will do the conversion into division size very slowly, since we have
to source out costs for infrastructure and additional manpower," Camiling
According to Camiling, infrastructure for the base camp and site would amount to P85 million, but with the assistance coming from the provincial government regarding the base site, the expenses would lower down. "It’s good Governor Villafuerte has initiated the provision of land that will serve as site for the base camp," Camiling said.
Villafuerte said the future Army camp must be a sustainable community that must have its food production and housing areas.
"On the economic side, the camp will serve as ready market for agricultural products and goods sold by local farmers and retailers," Villafuerte said. "The camp will be a start of the consumer base in the local town’s economy."

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Andrew Sullivan endorsed Paul Ryan as a "Republican who gives [him] hope." He goes on to write that Ryan is "intellectually honest" and Sully hopes that the president and Paul Ryan can "form an alliance against the reactionary wings in both parties..."
Sorry, Sully. Ryan has already aligned himself with the Glenn Beck crowd. Here he is kissing up to Glenn Beck and agreeing that progressivism is a cancer.
Trusting any Republican to turn his or her back on the Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh alliance is a huge mistake. Every member of this party, save for a few rare exceptions, has sold whatever is left of their souls to the wingnut right.


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Spotlight: Actor Eka Darville
Eka Darville became famous playing the Red Ranger on the superhero action show Power Rangers. From there, he has made appearances on several television shows.
Darville was born the son of reggae artist in Australia. He currently resides in Byron Bay, New South Wales.
After Power Rangers, he went on to play Pietros, the younger gay lover of gladiator Barca, on Spartacus: Blood and Sand. He got noticed for playing another gay role in Fox’s Empire as a Ryan Morgan, one of the romantic partners of Jamal Lyons. He also has had acting roles in The Originals and Jessica Jones.
Although, he has gotten notoriety for playing gay men, Eka has a girlfriend and is a father as well. (Of course, that does not necessarily means anything.)
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Bruce Cakebread and Cakebread Cellars are championing water conservation with their new green parking lot – native trees, drought tolerant grasses and flowers, permeable pavement and bio-swales that capture and filter water and recharge groundwater.
Commented Bruce, “We wanted to do something besides black paving and white stripes. We asked ourselves, ‘where is all of the water going that hits the pavement?’ We decided to go with the model of a green parking lot.”
The expanded parking area, built around existing oak, redwood, pecan, palm and other trees, is safer and more streamlined. The “pavement” consists of light-colored, permeable pavers to reflect heat, atop a foot of gravel, and a drainage system that carries water to three bio-swales. During the two large rain storms in December and February, there were no puddles in the parking lot and the swales filled and drained quickly. “We proved it works,” Cakebread concluded.
Cakebread worked with Landscape Architect Jack Chandler to design the landscaping. The goal is to create the feel of a small forest. They planted 50 new Oak trees of eight different species. They preserved two “squirrel oaks” – trees originally seeded by the squirrels. They also planted almond and olive trees. “My father and grandfather raised almonds outside Brentwood in the 1940s, 50s, and 60s so this pays homage to that history,” Cakebread said. They currently make and sell about 50 gallons of olive oil from olive trees around the winery. All of the landscaping is irrigated with recycled water from their reclamation pond and lit by efficient LED lights.
“Employees and guests used to make a beeline to the facility. We built a path from the back parking area through the swales and trees to encourage guests and employees to enjoy the walk. If we’re going to take care of our winery footprint we also want to help our employees educate themselves about being healthy.”
The parking spaces are filled with shallow gravel supported by honeycomb – a web of circular piping that supports vehicle weight and directs water down to the drainage system. Along the sides is grass pave , water efficient, low-maintenance hardy grass also supported by the honeycomb, so limos and buses can park there as needed. Cakebread Cellars started the project in the spring of 2014 and it was largely complete by late-fall. There are 89 guest and 32 employee parking spaces. They’re currently working on signage for each parking bay that will tell the history of Cakebread Cellars, the Napa Valley and what you see in the parking and landscaping.
“We’ve been here 43 years and we want to be here another 43 years,” said Cakebread. “Projects like this not only allow for reduced runoff, purified storm water and flood prevention, but they also allow us to plant new crops and expand biodiversity on the property. This project wasn’t driven by Napa County or permits, just our own desire to be good stewards.”
Trinchero Family Estates has made waste reduction part of their company-wide DNA.
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Are you fond of reworking ugly issues into beautiful ones? Do you want to make money while performing the activity you adore the most? If you answer yes to each questions, then you should fix and flip homes for a residing.
Entertainment – everyone needs to unwind at some stage. Appear at your current life style or the lifestyle fashion you would like to have at retirement and add those costs. Things like movies, performs, amusement parks, museums, and so on – all go on the list.
Before heading to discuss on this subject right here is a brief dialogue on London city. London city is famous for rich tradition and heritage. It is an thrilling, vibrant and noisy city. Metropolis of London is well-known for its diversity. It is situated on the financial institution of river Thames. People of London appreciate the temperate marine climate which is prevailing more than here. London is the 2nd largest monetary hub and it is next to New York. It is the home of five hundred world renowned corporate homes. Therefore, individuals get huge profession opportunity more than here in this metropolis. People also come right here for greater training.
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The fewest Americans in 20 years favor making it illegal to manufacture, sell or possess semi-automatic guns known as "assault rifles". Thirty-six percent now want an "assault weapons" ban, down from 44% in 2012 and 57% when Gallup first asked the question in 1996.6.
About the Second Amendment, Thomas said that some "want to pretend it doesn't exist."The comment referenced his frustration that the court hasn't stepped in to further clarify Justice Antonin Scalia's landmark opinion, District of Columbia v. Heller. Many gun rights supporters believe the lower courts are thumbing their nose at the Supreme Court's opinion and […]
When it comes to big choices facing voters on Election Day, it’s not all about Hillary Clinton versus Donald J. Trump. Down the ballot are a variety of initiatives, from the raising of the minimum wage to the restriction of gun purchases to the reinstatement of the death penalty. Here’s a look at some of […]
Nevadans will be asked to weigh in on Question 1, a gun control proposition that will appear on the ballot in November.Question 1’s advocates present it as an innocent measure meant to close a “loophole.” Nothing could be further from the truth — this is unnecessary gun control that will cost Nevadans time, money and […]
On Nov. 8, Maine people will be asked to vote on several important ballot questions. As the former chairmen of the Legislature’s Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Committee, we would like to share some important facts about the negative effects that Question 3 would have on sportsmen and women.

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While some of us are content just eating a soft serve vanilla cone, others want … more. There’s lots of ice cream choices in the greater Seattle area, but if you are willing to go to the dark side, we know of a few places where the makers go overboard in creating unique styles and flavors of ice cream and it’s not for the faint of heart.
Beware of ice cream shops that don’t even have a full time residence as is the case for Susu Ice Cream. They can be found during farmer’s market season in Fremont, Kirkland, Juanita and South Lake Union. These guys combine traditional French custard ice cream recipes with Thai-style street ice cream where they pour a fresh custard base onto what is known as “anti-griddle” that is extremely cold and freezes the mix instantly. Then they literally scrape it up into fine curls of ice creamy goodness and then topped with incredible flavors. And just when you find your favorite flavor, they change the menu. Every two to three weeks in fact. They’re mean that way. To give you a “taste” of flavor choices, here are a few of Susu’s recent offerings: Teh Halia (made with black tea, condensed milk and ginger), Gardens by the Bay (with Jasmine and Hibiscus), S’mores Fun (chocolate, graham cracker, marshmallow and shaved chocolate) and All Hail the King (vanilla, Durian Serawa, Mozzarella and Tempoyak).
Salt and Straw 714 E Pike Street Suite A, Seattle WA 98122 (206) 258-4574 5420 Ballard Ave. NW, Seattle WA 98107 (206) 294-5581
This is a story about two cousins that went bad. “Our story is part luck, part strategy and part love (for ice cream, family, local foods, and other stuff we can’t mention here),” says Kim who started this monstrosity with her cousin Tyler in Portland. Today, they have a handful of locations including two in Seattle and together they create ice out of flavors that should not work together – but they do. Open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day, here you’ll find scoops of unique combos including Rhubarb Crumble with Toasted Anise, Wildflower Honey with Ricotta and Walnut Lace Cookies, Chocolate Rose Petal, Orange Blossom Sorbet with Edible Flowers and Steven Smith’s White Petal & Osmanthus. Crazy good.
Sugar Factory 11111 NE 8th Street Suite #120, Bellevue, WA 98004 - (425) 454-0313
Sugar Factory American Brasserie is a fairly small chain of high-end candy, food and beverage makings found in some of the most posh places on earth like Dubai and now Bellevue! They are known for making over-the-top creations with similar prices to match. While you order everything from pancakes to steaks to 36-ounce alcohol-infused smoking candy goblets, it’s the ice cream that really gets them in trouble. For instance, look what they do with the simple milkshake.
The Campfire S’mores Spiked Milkshake sounds simple enough but it’s not for kids. It contains chocolate and coffee ice cream with espresso, toasted marshmallow syrup, Virginia Black Whiskey, topped with a 7-layer s’mores cookie served inside a dark chocolate covered mug with gold graham cracker cookie pieces. It sells for $29. More bizarre (but surprisingly cheaper) is the Bacon Cheeseburger Milkshake (Strawberry ice cream drizzled with strawberry sauce and topped with shipped cream, a mini cheeseburger (for real!), a candy bacon strip, pretzels and M&Ms in a chocolate covered mug with pretzel pieces and more M&Ms candy) which sells for $19. Or the Caramel Sugar Daddy Cheesecake Shake (vanilla ice cream with cheesecake pieces and caramel sauce, whipped cream and a slice of New York style cheesecake, a piece of Sugar Daddy candy and a rainbow lollipop in a chocolate covered mug with crushed graham crackers) which also sells for $19. More “normal” shakes are available as well for $11 and gourmet ice cream sandwiches are available for $12. Sugar Factory is open from 3-11 p.m. during the week, 10 a.m.-12 a.m. on Saturdays, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. on Sundays and closed on Tuesdays altogether.
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Goya painted the atrocities of the Peninsular War, Picasso’s production from 1937 to 1945 is known as “the war years” and Banksy is often criticizing the current system of Western governments. During the last month, protests took over the streets of many cities in Brazil. As artists are always reacting to social and political issues, I visited the studio of the Brazilian artist Alex Flemming (who kindly asked me to spell his last name correctly – not Flamingo and with a double 'm') to exchange some reflections about the current events, his artistic production and the combination of art and politics.
It’s been now twenty-two years since Flemming began living and working in Berlin. “The longest period I have ever spent in the same city” he recalls. Before finally settling, he lived in several places under very specific political conditions – such as East Berlin in the 80s and Sao Paulo during the Brazilian military government (also known as the right-wing military dictatorship, lasting from 1964 to 1985).
Acrylic On Protest
The frequent use of bright acrylic paint on vast canvases and unusual supports – such as furniture, clothes and even dead stuffed animals – can sometimes be distracting to the ideas behind the artwork, but he replies "I believe that the work of art has to have three things: color, form and concept.”
In the period of censorship in Brazil, he dared to create an exhibition of engravings about torture, one of his most obscure series. "I made a point of exhibiting it in 1978, the same year I produced it. I am very proud of that,” he recalls, “the same way I insisted on going to Tunisia and visiting the whole country to make the series about the revolution. I don’t want to do a series on the Arab revolution after ten years it happened. Never. I am a witness of my time.”
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As a Brazilian born in Sao Paulo, I got to know Flemming’s work pretty much like everyone else in the city. Built in the 90s, his most famous piece “Sumaré” is a public art installation on a subway station, seen by millions of people everyday.
Twenty Cents Too Much
These are the same millions of public transport users who did not abide by the government’s decision to raise the fares. In Sao Paulo, the biggest and most populated city in the country (almost twice the size of Berlin), the prices went from R$3,00 to R$3,20 (around 1,10 Euro). The protests started as a response to these high prices, since the transportation system is already in poor conditions – the buses and subways are constantly crowded and the current lines do not reach most of the areas (as you can see here).
The demonstrations have reached an unexpected proportion in social media where opinions, images and videos quickly spread in real time. "No doubt I was surprised, but I was pleasantly surprised because I think it's great for the people to finally try to grab the reins of their own country and to not be overwhelmed and guided by both the parties and corrupt politicians – be them from the right or left wing.”
The biggest target on the Internet was the police’s violent reaction against the protesters – attacking them with tear gas bombs, rubber bullets, pepper spray and arresting those who were caught carrying vinegar (yes, the salad topping is used to ease the effects from the teargas). At first, the protesters were generalized as medium-class rioters and the few acts of vandalism were emphasized. Curiously, after some journalists got injured while covering the facts, the press’ focus changed.
The manifestations became stronger as the population started to go to the streets under the “no violence” and “the giant woke up” mottos. Suddenly, it wasn’t about twenty cents anymore – it was the last drop for a nation who is almost 10% illiterate, suffering with the lack of a decent health system, occupying the 85th position in the Human Development Index and, outrageously, spending around 10 billion Euros for FIFA’s 2014 World Cup.
Censorship, media manipulation and years of unsolved issues by a government – what relation needs to be held between arts and politics? What part should an artist take in the middle of this chaos? “I think there are many types of art that are not political and are completely valid,” says Flemming. The artwork’s potential on contextualizing our contemporaneity has to be taken into account as "the artist has a public role: to see the reality, try to decipher it and return it as a discussion to the public. An artist has to reflect his own time.” And the time to reflect, according to Flemming, is always now.
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Hey, Linux gamers! There’s a new Humble Indie Bundle available for purchase right now, offering five astonishing games for all supported platforms: Linux, Mac and Windows.
Humble Indie Bundle 5 comes with the following games: Sword & Sworcery EP, Limbo, Bastion, Psychonauts, and Amnesia: The Dark Descent.
Canonical took a big step forward by partnering with Humble Indie Bundle, in order to offer an easy installation of the aforementioned games in Ubuntu, via Ubuntu Software Center.
“Good news for Ubuntu gamers! We’re excited to be partnering with the Humble Indie Bundle for their newest collection of incredible games, which is available now.”
“This means that following the purchase of the games from Humble Bundle, Ubuntu users will be able to install their games on Ubuntu more easily than ever, using the Ubuntu Software Centre,” the blog announcement read.
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People older than 18 will be able to get a coronavirus vaccine from Friday.
Vaccination of this age group was only supposed to start on the 1st of September but the Deputy Director-General in the Health Department, Dr Nicholas Crisp said on Wednesday that there were enough vaccines in the country to move the date forward.
Vaccines are the best way to ensure that one does not get severely ill and or even die from COVID-19.
The vaccines being administered in South Africa are considered safe and effective.
Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Research and Innovation at the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Professor Mosa Moshabela says there are still concerns about taking the vaccine.
However, Professor Moshabela says the youth are very enthusiastic and he hopes that they can help break the chain of infections.

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text: In the spirit of Thanksgiving, I thought I’d share with you some festive fall decor ideas before you pack it all away for next year. At Thanksgiving you finally have the opportunity to dress up your table and make it the centerpiece of your home. I have four keys to decorating for turkey day and they are: comfort (for when you’re done eating your weight in turkey and pie), foliage, lighting and table settings to really dress up the joint. All of these things together will set a very relaxing and cozy mood. I hope you all take the time to make your homes festive for Thanksgiving and that you spend the holiday with great food and people you love. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

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COVID-19 ANNOUNCEMENTThe Chiropractic Health Centres have worked exceptionally hard over the last few weeks to keep the clinics a safe place for our patients.
The health and well-being of our patients continues to be our utmost priority, and we have until now maintained regular clinic to continue providing chiropractic care.
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Hussy Hicks and Eric Erdman
A band of accomplished and powerful women, Hussy Hicks have made a name for themselves locally and on the international stage the old fashioned way by playing their music and connecting with audiences one passionate performance at a time. Julz Parker is widely recognised amongst her peers as one of Australia's finest guitar players, with a tone and approach that sits stylistically between Jimmy Page, Peter Green, Django Reinhardt and Tom Morello. Leesa Gentz's powerhouse stage presence, soaring vocals and massive smile will steal your heart, have you hanging on every note and leave a tingle dancing down your spine. It is now 10 years since they released their debut album, Life Plays Out, and Hussy Hicks are currently on the road introducing fans old and new to their fifth full length offering, 'On the Boundaries'. This album experiments with their sound and production to create something familiar yet fresh and the results are nothing short of stunning. They run the gamut of musical genres incorporating blues, folk and riffy rock with gypsy, surf, alt country and soul, all cheekily woven together with beautiful vocal harmonies. Hussy Hicks Rock! Michael Franti "A not to be missed act that are ready for the world" - Peter Noble, Bluesfest Director These girls epitomise everything I admire about great music - instinct, passion, courage, creativity and a distinct refusal to compromise their vision" - Kim Cheshire, Country Update Magazine "Watching Julz Parker play her custom-made acoustic dreadnought is nothing short of breath-taking; a stark reminder of the huge gap between simply playing guitar and the ability to make an instrument the extension of your musical imagination. - Sabian Wilde, X Press Magazine Probably the best band youve never heard of - Planet London
If its true that an artists job is to captivate us for however long they have asked for our attention
no one has looked away from Eric Erdman since he first took the stage to front a band. Maybe
that is because there is nothing between Eric and his audience, between Eric and the world. He
lets it all in and what comes back is a poets soul in a troubadours voice.
Face to face with the crowds, singing of the challenges facing the youth, the country, and the
heartbroken have fueled four albums, constant gigging that included three international USO
tours, and only seared in Erics need to write about what he sees, what he feels. Hes penned a
theme song for a nationally televised show, produced every genre from big band to country
because you cant pigeonhole a true artist. You cant slow them down. He hears what a song
should sound like before its really a song. Actor Bruce Greenwood speaks of Erics inspiration
that makes the musicians on his projects as emotionally involved as he is, his guitar work,
stunning and specific pulling the listener inside the song.
His new record gives us something to think about and something to feel. While thats not
unusual from an Eric Erdman project it does seem to have brought together everything he does
and knows well, offering us even deeper insight into ourselves and others and Eric.
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Lobster Avocado Sandwich with Garlic
Say lobster and most people respond with an appreciative mmm. Too bad lobster can be so expensive! It doesnt have to be an out-of-reach extravagance Ive found a way to indulge a lobster craving without breaking the weekly grocery budget.
- This sour cream and herb dip is delicious and easy — plus it goes with almost anything!
- These chocolate pecan turtles are fun for kids and adults alike.
Allow me to introduce you to the delightful lobster avocado sandwich with fresh garlic! This is a favorite at our house. The recipe is enough as a meal for two and Ive also served it as an appetizer for six. Are you getting hungry yet? This is what youll need:
- 1/4 baguette
- 1 ripe avocado
- juice from ½ lime
- ½ – 1 clove of minced garlic (adjust according to your personal preference)
- 2 frozen lobster tails (thawed)
- Put about 1 inch of water in a pot
- Bring to a boil
- Drop in the lobster tails
- Reduce heat, cover the pot and steam for 8 minutes
- Scoop out the avocado
- Mash in a bowl with the lime and garlic
- Slice the baguette length ways through the middle
- Broil until golden
- Slather the slightly cooled bread with the avocado mix
- Chop lobster tails while humming Under the Sea and arrange on top of the avocado
I prefer to eat this plain. It is absolutely delicious. You can still taste each ingredient, but the garlic and lime combo really meld the flavors into some kind of wonderful! My husband Mike, and some of our guests, prefer theirs dipped in a lemon oil dressing and Ive got to say it is also good that way.
Heres the simple dressing if you want to go for that extra pop of flavor that the olive oil and lemon call out:
- 2 tablespoons of olive or grapeseed oil
- 2 teaspoons of fresh lemon juice
- ½ tablespoon of freshly zested lemon rind
Plus, check out more tasty recipe ideas using garlic:
Get inspired for your next round of party food creations in the kitchen with these recipes:
- Glazed Honey Garlic Ribs
- Easy Gourmet Grilled Cheese Sandwich
- Pepper & Sausage Pasta
- Easy Tomato & Puff Pastry Appetizer
- Bacon & Rosemary Wrapped Chicken
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We use Fleischsaftgarung to prepare our dry food Adult Beef + Potato. Fleischsaftgarung is a method of preparing fresh meat. It was developed in the kitchen and not in the feed industry. The method is based on techniques often used by culinary chefs to make meat tastier and healthier by using meat juices. Fleischsaftgarung is a carefully selected combination of these cooking techniques, adapted to the physical needs and interests of dogs.
Fleischsaftgarung is a process in which fresh meat is cooked in its own nutrient-rich meat juice, just like in the kitchen. Our dry food Adult Beef + Potato is produced when the fresh meat is cooked at a low temperature over a long period of time and the meat juice is constantly concentrated using a cooking technique known as reduction.
Due to Fleischsaftgarung, our dry food is:
- particularly nutritious
- a treat for your dog
- soft but chewy because of the meat juices
- highly digestible
- does not swell in dog's stomach (no bloating)
- contain less carbohydrates
Fleischsaftgarung makes dog food equivalent to high-quality human food. We therefore do not call food cooked with Fleischsaftgarung ‘dog food’. After all, a best friend does not receive feed.
We have our dog food tested regularly and independently by one of the most renowned test centres in Germany, the ELAB Analytik GmbH (formerly TÜV SÜD ELAB).
Fresh beef meat (70 %), dried potatoes (12 %), dried peas, dried lentils, dried apple pulp, dried fish, dried brewers’ yeast, salmon oil, cold-pressed olive oil, yucca extract, green-lipped mussel extract, dried carrots, dried tomatoes, dried african marigold, dried dandelion, dried broccoli, dried green tea, dried chamomile, dried oregano, dried milk thistle seed, dried cranberry seed, dried seaweed, potassium chloride.
|Crude protein 24.0 %||Crude fibre 3.5 %|
|Crude oils and fats 16.0 %||Calcium 1.5 %|
|Crude ash 7.0 %||Phosphorus 0.8 %|
|Moisture (natural content) 19.0 %|
Vitamins: 3a672a/vitamin A 10,000 IU, 3a671/vitamin D3 1,600 IU, 3a700/vitamin E 150 mg. Trace elements: 3b104/iron 75 mg, 3b201/iodine 3 mg, 3b405/copper 19 mg, 3b503/manganese 40 mg, 3b603/zinc 50 mg, 3b607/zinc 100 mg, 3b801/selenium 0.4 mg.
We recommend an immediate change of dog food without a transitional phase. Due to the differences in digestibility, mixing PLATINUM Dry Food with another dry food is not advisable.
Daily feeding amounts
|Dog's weight in kg||Feeding amount in g|
|3,0 - 5,0||55 - 85|
|5,0 - 7,5||85 - 115|
|7,5 - 10,0||115 - 150|
|10,0 - 12,5||150 - 165|
|12,5 - 15,0||165 - 190|
|15,0 - 20,0||190 - 250|
|20,0 - 25,0||250 - 300|
|25,0 - 30,0||300 - 325|
|30,0 - 40,0||325 - 425|
|40,0 - 60,0||425 - 600|
|60,0 - 80,0||600 - 750|
- Serve dry or slightly moistened with water.
- Do not let the food soak for a long time, serve immediately.
- Always provide your dog with fresh water.
- Initially please feed using the lower recommended amount, only serve more if required.
Our experience reports
My 1.5-year-old French Bulldog Cuba has been fed PLATINUM Iberico+Greens dry dog food for about four months. We had previously tried dry foods from other manufacturers, but we always had problems with tolerance or taste. Someone recommended PLATINUM to us and now we are loyal customers! The food smells pleasant, doesn’t swell and is easily digestible for Cuba. The fact that he runs like crazy to his food bowl every morning shows how tasty he thinks his food is.
We have also been using PLATINUM's Click-Bits and Fit-Sticks as motivation for dog sports for a while now. We have only had good experiences with these products too!
We highly recommend PLATINUM!
Kim H. with her dog Cuba
Since 2016, we are the first-time dog owners of an Elo female dog from the Spreewald. We started with barf feeding, which was recommended by the breeder, but after a few months Ella's eating behaviour became very bad and we were quite concerned. Our vet recommended PLATINUM as he gave it to his own dogs. We tried it and with PLATINUM wet and dry dog food, Ella has become a beautiful adult lady dog who brings us a lot of joy. We can take her with us anywhere and she has become a real member of the family.
Many thanks to Platinum for making our dog feel good!
Gabriele E. with his dog Ella
Fiona is a very active dog, but she’s also a bit of a princess. Not every food is good enough for her. With PLATINUM, we’ve finally found a food that she really likes to eat. She likes both the wet and dry variety.
Michelle H. with her dog Fiona
We have been using PLATINUM wet and dry dog food since we got our dog in 2015. No matter what flavour, she enjoys eating it and tolerates it very well.
Many people notice that Sally has a beautiful shiny coat
and I think this is mainly due to her diet.
We usually add a little “sauce” from the wet food to the dry food, which she really loves :)
Yvonne S. with her dog Sally
When we got Lexi from the breeder, we used to feed her a different brand. After a while, we noticed that she wasn’t digesting the food well. Our vet recommended PLATINUM and we immediately switched.
You could see the difference after just a couple of weeks: her coat shone (we were often asked about it),
her digestion had improved, and the consistency of the food is really good.
We have been feeding Lexi Iberico+Greens for a couple of years now, because she was found to be intolerant to animal food.
Kristin B. with her dog Lexi
If you want to offer your dog a little variety, you can easily switch
between all types of PLATINUM food. It does not matter whether you give
wet food in the morning and dry food in the evening or vice versa. A
combination of wet and dry food in one meal is also possible, as both
forms of feeding have the same digestibility with PLATINUM.
Every dog is originally descended from wolves, the digestive tract is designed for meat. Our kibbles are designed in such a way that they can be absorbed easily by any breed from the Chihuahua to the Great Dane and they satisfy the needs of all breeds equally.
Compared to conventional dry food, which is mainly made from meat meal, the slow-cook meat juice method requires at least 70% fresh meat in order to prepare PLATINUM dry food. The difference between meat meal and fresh meat is very huge. In order to obtain meat meal from fresh meat, the fresh meat has to be heated strongly and exposed to high heat for a long time, often also to high pressure. This removes the nutrient-rich meat juice from the fresh meat in addition to the flavor carrier fat. Meat meal therefore is significantly lower in nutrients than fresh meat. We know from cooking that meat juice and fat make the roast a pleasure in the first place, which is why we do not prepare the Sunday roast with meat meal. Thanks to the slow-cook meat juice method, the PLATINUM dry food does not contain any locks or flavors, no coloring or odorous substances and no flavor enhancers.
A healthy senior dog can still be fed with PLATINUM as our food is very easy to digest and the ingredients it contains are of high quality. Please note, however, that the energy expenditure decreases with the age and the amount of food should be reduced if necessary. If an illness is discovered in your older dog, we recommend individual advice from our veterinary department.
We recommend an immediate change in dog food without a transition phase. Due to the different digestibility, it is not recomendable to mix PLATINUM dry food with any other dry food.
No, you can rely on the fact that no animal experiments are done for the product development and production of our food and care products - neither by us, nor by any other third party.
Whether you give your dog Adult Chicken, Adult Beef + Potato, Adult Lamb
+ Rice or rather Adult Iberico + Greens, you can - as long as your
four-legged friend is not aware of any intolerances - chose after your
dog's preferences. Of course, you can also switch between the four
varieties as you wish. Each of our dry foods varaities suppy a healthy
dog with a it needs.
In principle, a change is possible at any time. Different varieties can also be fed on the same day. However, we recommend feeding the opened bag first. In addition a selection in the bowl should be avoided, especially during the change phase to Platinum or if there are known intolerances.
The dry dog food is durable for 18 month after production, the wet dog food MENU is durable for 36 month and MENU Mini for 24 months after production.
Has your question not been answered yet? Then write to us!
Our team will be happy to help you.To contact form

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**UPDATE: The Mayor of Cape Town did not accept our demands for an inclusive pride.
This year, Cape Town Pride has returned with insensitive and insulting slogans for the 2016 festival “Gay/Proud/Colourblind”. This theme entrenches separation along race, gender, class and sexual orientation; something which the Cape Town Pride should not stand for. This follows many demands from Alternative Inclusive Pride Network members that the Cape Town Pride be an inclusive and representative 10-day event for all members of lgbtipaq+ communities. These demands have been met with numerous delays, members being misled, and further marginalised.
As people concerned with justice for all citizens we have written to The City of Cape Town requesting the City to intervene accordingly in a festival that attracts many tourists in the name of gay and queer people. The Pride is an important festival to many. It represents moments in which we celebrate, mourn, interrogate, learn and unlearn ways to collectively advance LGBTIPAQ+ rights and causes.
Dear Mayor of Cape Town,
In 1993 Cape Town activists including Theresa Raizenberg, Midi Achmat, Zackie Achmat, Jack Lewis, Bassie Nelson, under Abigale (Association of Bisexuals, Gays and Lesbians) led the first Pride march in this city, raising awareness about people’s intersecting struggles along race, class, gender identity, disability, nationality, sexual orientation and HIV status.
Among the LGBTIPAQ+ community are faith communities, communities of refugees, asylum seekers, Black people, Coloured people, Indian people, sex workers, persons living in rural areas, township residents, people with disabilities, poor people, to name a few. The current events under the Cape Town Pride theme “Gay/Proud/Colourblind” unjustly excludes many of these people from participating in an event endorsed by the City of Cape Town. ‘Colourblind’ goes without saying as a slap-in-the face for a Pride event that is known to be racist.
The Executive Mayor of the City of Cape Town, we are appealing to you to intervene and support this Network in ensuring that Cape Town Pride is an inclusive, accountable and transparent festival for all community members in this City by:
• Holding Cape Town Pride accountable, in particular for its lack of transparency in its sponsorship from the City of Cape Town and other related financial support.
• Ensuring that Cape Town Pride is inclusive of all mentioned communities. As a Network we request that the City of Cape Town provide freely accessible and safe bus services (MyCiti) to all communities taking part in the Pride Festival.
• Being critical of non-inclusivity, exclusionary and elitist Cape Town Pride events that do not represent all groups and openly marginalise people on the basis of class, race, location, gender, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, gender identity, expression, and body diversity.
Until Cape Town Pride is inclusive and representative of all those marginalised in this City, we will continue to raise our voices and march under the slogan: “Kwanele – Nothing About Us Without Us”

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Kathy Beth Terry fans, rejoice! After much coy teaser-ing, the full-length video for Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" has arrived (early, too!), and it's every bit as epic as the previews indicated it would be. Katy performs over-the-top physical comedy as her alter ego Kathy Beth Terry, and she's helped out by several Internets' worth of famous faces, including "Friday" queen Rebecca Black (Katy Perry's covered Rebecca Black before, so it's nice to see them finally team up) HANSON (!!!), "Glee"'s Kevin McHale as her geeky love interest, Darren Criss as "that totally '80s party guy," and Kenny frickin' G. Phew! And in the eight-minute mini movie version of "Last Friday Night," we see cameos Corey Feldman and Debbie Gibson (as her cool parents).
The video sees Kathy Beth Terry frantically trying to remember what she did last Friday night, followed by a classic '80s teen movie flashback sequence that includes her getting made over (montage time!!!), doing the robot, puking into a roller skate, and generally seeing what life is like on the other side of the Sudoku challenge book. Does Katy Perry have a career in comedy ahead of her? Watch the whole wacky thing below and decide for yourself.
+ Watch Katy Perry's "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)" video and meet Katy Perry's parents in the video below!


text: A photonic in-phase/quadrature (I-Q) rf phase shifter utilizing the signals from two integrated optic Mach-Zehnder modulators has been tested. This system demonstrates the capability of 360-deg phase control, less than 1-deg rf errors at constant amplitude, and less than 0.5-deg errors over a 30-dB rf amplitude taper. Using this technique, a four-channel beam-forming network was also developed and integrated with a printed patch, lightweight phased array antenna. High-accuracy linear beam control was achieved. Null patterns of more than 30 dB were produced on boresight. The null was steered to greater than 30 deg from boresight with a linear accuracy of approximately 1 deg.


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: Within Temptation What Have You Done Music Videos
Artists, Albums, Songs and Music Videos
Within Temptation - What Have You Done (Video)
Official Video for What Have You Done by Within Temptation.
Within Temptation - What Have You Done (Live)
Dutch symphonic metallers EPICA- Australian Tour April 2013: Wednesday 17th, Hi-Fi- Brisbane Friday
Within Temptation - What Have You Done - Live @ Paaspop Schijndel 2012
What have you done - Within Temptation (feat. Keith Caputo)
Lindissima musica :)
Within Temptationn - What Have You Done Video
What have you done now I know I'd better stop trying You know that there's no denying I won't show m
Within Temptation - What have you done Lyrics
What have you done nao?? D: lol X) Just a Nice song :3 With Lyrics! :D.
【MAD】 --CODE GEASS-- Lulu. what have you done now 【英文＋和訳】
Found and uploaded, once again, from Nico video. NOT MADE BY ME. Song is "What Have You Done" by Wit
Within Temptation - What Have You Done (acoustic)
What Have You Done (acoustic)
Within Temptation What have you done lyrics Feat Keith Caputo
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Editor: Michelle Covi.
Contributions should be sent to mcovi at odu.edu. Preferred format is plain text or word document files with figure provided as separate files in a standard graphical format (jpg, gif, tiff, png, ...). Newsletter contributions should be concise reports on events, publications, developments, or recent findings of relevance to the CCSLR. Submissions will be published online after review by the editor. A printed version of the newsletter will be produced twice a year. The next printed version is planned to be produced in June 2014 (Spring 2014).
CURRENT OPEN ISSUE — SOMMER 2014
See/print the complete issue ...
- Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change
Climate change and sea-level rise pose unprecedented threats to communities across the world, especially the heavily-populated urban coasts. The changes experienced during the last century are unprecedented during the Holocene, the last geological epoch that started 11,700 years ago. Read more ...
- Ezer and Atkinson publish latest study on coastal flooding in journal “Earth’s Future”
Tal Ezer and Larry Atkinson, professors in the Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences Department and faculty of the Mitigation and Adaptation Research Institute, reported a new association between sea level rise and increasing flooding events on the Atlantic coast. Read more ...
- Rising to the Challenge: Conference on Sea Level Rise
On June 30, 2014, Old Dominion University hosted a meeting organized by U. S. Senator Tim Kaine along with U. S. Representatives Scott Rigell, Robert C. “Bobby” Scott, and Rob Whitman along with Norfolk Mayor Paul Fraim and Virginia Beach Mayor Will Sessoms.
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This relatively large piece was one of three drafted on commmission for cover art for a gaming book entitled "Worlds Beyond," authored by Mr. Frank Shewmake. Although not selected for the book, it was executed as a painting. Eventually, the image was also released as an offset lithograph printed on glossy, high quality, 100 lb. Italian paper.
Original: Acrylic on acrylic sheet
Original 40" x 27"
Poster 34" x 24"
Original Available for Purchase
Poster Available for Purchase
Poster $18.00, plus shipping


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At least a third of the BTEC qualifications set to be axed in 2024 have been saved.
But a decision has been delayed on another 33 courses that overlap with health and science T Levels.
The content of these T Levels is being reviewed by the government after Ofqual found last year’s exams were not fit for purpose and led to results for over 1,000 students being regraded. The final outcome for these courses will be published later this calendar year.
It means the remaining 21 courses have been saved from the chop. They had been deemed to overlap with digital, construction and education and childcare T Levels.
Of these, 12 are BTECs offered by Pearson. A total of 38 BTECs were in line to be axed in the provision list.
Pearson’s popular BTEC national foundation diploma in engineering and BTEC national extended diploma in engineering, which both attract over 3,000 annual enrolments each, are among those to be saved.
A Pearson spokesperson said the company appealed to save 16 of its qualifications on the defunding list and was “pleased” that 12 were successful, adding that the DfE has “recognised that they are valued by learners, schools, colleges, universities and employers and are not replaced by T Levels”.
“Schools and colleges should be reassured that they can continue to teach the vast majority of our BTEC qualifications into the future.”
OCR managed to make successful appeals for five of their seven qualifications facing the axe, while NOCN saved one of its seven, Excellence, Achievement & Learning Limited held on to two of their eight, and Engineering Construction Industry Training Board protected its only qualification in line to be defunded.
The DfE previously said there are around 2,000 existing courses in the vocational and technical qualifications space and in scope for the level 3 funding review, meaning just 5 per cent are so far certain to be cut.
The Sixth Form Colleges Association has been leading the #ProtectStudentChoice campaign to oppose the defunding process. Its deputy chief executive James Kewin said the list of level 3 qualifications published today suggests that the government is fulfilling its pledge to only remove funding for a “small proportion” of applied general qualifications.
He added that the decision not to defund any engineering BTECs “is particularly welcome”.
However, Kewin took issue with the DfE’s decision to continue reviewing courses that overlap with health and science T Levels.
He called on the government to “abandon its plans to defund these courses”.
“Their importance to the healthcare workforce, and the well-documented problems with the qualifications that are supposed to replace them, have greatly increased the risks associated with removing them,” Kewin said. “More broadly, requiring applied general qualifications that have been through this overlap process to now go through a further reapproval process is both bureaucratic and unnecessary.”
The DfE said its analysis of the final defunding list, excluding health and science, shows that students from special education needs and disabilities backgrounds, disadvantaged backgrounds, and those from white ethnic groups are “more likely to be disproportionately affected”.
More qualifications will be reviewed in future years as more T Levels roll out. A provisional list of qualifications that overlap with wave three and four T Levels in spring 2023 and awarding organisations will also be given the opportunity to appeal.
A DfE spokesperson said: “We are removing funding from a small number of qualifications that overlap with the first 10 T Levels so that young people have access to clearer, high-quality options, and employers can continue to access to the skilled workforce they need to thrive.
“This move, in combination with our wider review of qualifications, will make sure only qualifications that are necessary and lead to good outcomes are approved for public funding, delivering greater value for money for the taxpayer.”
David Hughes, chief executive of the Association of Colleges, said: “It’s good to see that the appeals were properly considered in a number of cases, and that the numbers being defunded is modest.
“But that should not distract from the fundamental issue here, that no qualifications which overlap with T Levels should be defunded until T Levels are fully tried and tested and we understand more about who can truly access and achieve in them.”


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Without a doubt, Lupe' is one of my top ten favorite Sonic characters, and I dare say one of the best in the franchise. There's just something about her that makes her so awesome. I could name several off the top of my head. By the way, is this picture leaning more towards her classic design?
She was always a fav of mine from the comics, it's only in the last month I've actually seen the SatAM (?) cartoon. How can I call myself a fan??
Thank you very much, I'm glad you like her =} I wasn't sure about the gold bands in her hair, sometimes they are drawn blue but I worked out how to shade gold suddenly and wanted to use it as much as possible XD
Yes, the bands I believe were blue, but hey, who ever said she didn't have some gold ones to get the attention focused on her on meetings? XD Yeah it was SatAM... My brother had gotten the DVD box set a couple of years ago. >.< Ooh, I loved watching them all.
This is the best picture of Lupe I saw EVA!!!!ITīS CURRENT,MAGNIFIC,BRILLIANT,GREAT,AWSOME,ORIGINAL, OUTSTANDING,PHENOMENAL,FABOLOUS,EXCELENT,SENSACIONAL,IMPRESIONANT AND BEAUTIFULL!HOW-DID-YOU-MAKE-IT??CONTINUE WORKING!!YOUīRE A BIG GENIUS!!
wow amazing job sweet. she drew her very well. she's really pretty and sexy. hehe her body is great. nice job on her hips and boings. her face and hair are pretty well done too. you did them very well. her clothes are very cool and sexy. and the coloring job is great. awesome job sweet!
Yeah. The Sonic-style is an interesting style for fan characters. And you are among the artists with the most intriguing and original fan characters. Anime characters are good and all. But the Sonic-style never gets old, huh?
Anyway, I hope you will never quit completely. Since I like your Sonic chars so much.


Time to give you your links for today. I’m sure there will be plenty of stuff on the NFL contracting Saturday’s Patriots-Giants game to CBS and NBC. Let’s get to them now.
Darren Rovell of CNBC wonders who will win the ratings battle between CBS and NBC.
Gary Mihoces of USA Today writes about the move by the NFL to bring the game to the masses.
John Dempsey of Variety also has an overview of the simulcast.
John Consoli of Adweek reports on the preparations of CBS, NBC and the NFL Network for airing the Pats-Giants game.
Newsday’s Neil Best has an article about the simulcast including reaction from WWOR in New York which until yesterday, had the exclusive New York rights to air the game and now will have to share the ratings with the CBS and NBC affiliates. Neil also blogs about the story. From the New York Post, Justin Terranova and Rich Calder write that the decision had a trickle-down effect on several issues.
Mike Reiss of the Boston Globe talks about the simulcast from the Boston perspective as well as getting reaction from WCVB which has lost its exclusive rights in the market. Also from the Globe, Shira Springer writes that pressure from fans and legislators got the NFL to make this move. The Boston Herald’s Jay Fitzgerald and Jessica Heslam also discuss the simulcast.
Aaron Sanborn of the Laconia (NH) Citizen says upstate New Hampshire will now not be excluded from seeing the game. Eric Conrad of the Kennebec (ME) Journal is glad the NFL made this move. Andrew Neff of the Bangor (ME) Daily News says Maine residents went from not having the game to having plenty of outlets to watch.
Mark Maske of the Washington Post says the NFL avoided a potential backlash by bringing the game to a wider audience.
Randy Covitz writes in the Kansas City Star about the unprecedented simulcast.
Tom Jicha in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel says the NFL blinked.
Texas State Senator Kyle Janek writes in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that legislators should not get involved in the NFL Network vs. cable dispute.
Tim Cain of the Herald & Review (IL) compares the Big Ten Network dispute to the Hollywood Writers Strike.
William Houston of the Toronto Globe and Mail says college bowls will take away TV ratings from the NHL Winter Classic on New Year’s Day.
Mel Bracht of the Daily Oklahoman talks with college football analyst Pat Haden who liked the sport before the BCS. In his notebook, Bracht has stuff on Fox Sports using former Oklahoma coach Barry Switzer during the Fiesta Bowl which pits the Sooners taking on West Virginia. And Bracht has his weekend viewing picks.
Jeff D’Alessio of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has the five items ESPN’s Erin Andrews can’t do without on the road.
Brent Hunsberger of the Oregonian writes that the Portland Trail Blazers drew decent ratings locally on Christmas Day.
There you have it for now. Back with more later.