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LEXINGTON — During his 23 years at the University of Kentucky, Joker Phillips has always tried to do what was best for the program as a player, assistant coach and head coach. That’s why he says it was “hard” for him to decide to coach the final two games after he was fired Sunday with a 12-23 record in three years.
“I don’t want to be a distraction, I don’t. I’ve had my Senior Day. I don’t want an open casket. I don’t want to be somebody’s centerpiece. My grandmother-in-law, that’s one of the things she said and I get that now,” said Phillips.
Kentucky will host Samford Nov. 17 — the Cats have an open week — in the annual Senior Day game before closing the season at Tennessee Nov. 24.
“I want it to be about those seniors. Me and those guys, I’ve sat in their homes and told them — this was one of my selling points — I wanted to watch them grow up. I don’t know how many coaches say that, I want to watch you grow up. I heard that from them and that’s the reason I want to be back (for the final two games), ‘Coach, you said you wanted to watch us grow up.’ That’s the reason why I’m doing it and the only reason,” Phillips said.
When athletics director Mitch Barnhart let Phillips know he was being released with two years left on his contract after Saturday’s 40-0 loss to Vanderbilt in front of an estimated 20,000 fans in Commonwealth Stadium, the coach was not surprised.
“I promise you when I walked out there in that stadium Saturday, that was enough for me. When you saw (that) it was enough for me.,” Phillips said.
After Kentucky’s 2007 season, Phillips’ name was mentioned for the head coaching spot at several schools but he chose to stay at Kentucky as the offensive coordinator as was named the “coach in waiting” behind Rich Broks.
“Our offense was as good as any in the country, as good as any we’ve had here. I got the job because of that so the excitement in ’07 was going to go down a little bit. It’s hard to keep it at that level,” Phillips said. “It goes down a little bit and by the time I got it the excitement had work off a little bit, I understand that. There will be excitement when the next guy comes in and there should be, rightfully so. It might have been better to go away and come back but that’s not how we’ve done this thing. I accept that.”
Phillips won’t quit being a Kentucky supporter, either, because he was fired.
“The thing I’d tell Big Blue Nation is I’m part of you. I will continue to buy my season tickets. I won’t buy as many but I’ll continue to buy my season tickets,” he said. “We all have a hand if we want this thing to succeed,.”
“If you want to get the thing done, and from what I’ve seen the fans want to get it done, then stand behind this team. Show up in droves. You know how hard it is to recruit when there is nobody in (Commonwealth Stadium)? I’m talking about like 2006. There was nobody in there then. It was a hard sell to sell the 2007 class to come here. ‘Coach,.”
Phillips says he “has no clue” about what he’ll do next season.
“The thing I think is best is to step back, step away, let all the emotions die down and then figure things out,” he said.
He read comments by former Louisville and Miami coach Howard Schnellenberger in an interview with The Advocate-Messenger about what the UK¿football program needed to be successful. He took exception to those comments.
“This is different than any job you’ve ever worked at. It is. And I’m not just saying this one is. All of them, they’re all different. So what helped you have success at one school is not necessarily what’s going to help you have success at this school or that school,” Phillips said.
He said it’s impossible to predict how much success the team, which has had a bevvy of injuries this year, might have next year but that his goal was to make it to 2013 to reap the benefits of UK’s young talent.
“To be able to coach when Bud Dupree is a junior, when his class is juniors, we thought we’d have a chance to be good. And with (injured quarterback) Max Smith, we thought we’d have a chance to be good. But again, a lot of things, when new systems come in a lot of things change. These players might not fit the system of the next guy. They might have to get their own players in here. But again, give them time,” Phillips said.
Phillips thanked the media Tuesday for the way he had been treated and emphasized he was “grateful” for the opportunity he got to coach Kentucky.
“I came here as an 18-year-old kid. This place turned me into a man the first time. This time, all it did was strengthen me as a man. It gave me strength. It made me understand how important character is,” Phillips said. “My character got challenged a few times. It showed me how important integrity is, and my integrity got challenged a few times. It showed me how important loyalty is. With that, I’m very grateful and appreciative.
“Somebody told me one thing they wanted on their headstone is ‘Good person, good friend, OK ball coach.’ That’s fine with me. That’s what I want to be: good husband, good son, good friend and if it says OK ball coach, that’s fine with me. I get that.” | http://www.courant.com/topic/ws-phillips-choice-to-coach-hard-20121107,0,7965546.story | 2013-05-18T10:55:50 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Matthew Wade's century extra special on Jane McGrath Day
- From: News Limited Network
- January 05, 2013
JANE McGrath Day batting hero Matthew Wade revealed his century at the SCG yesterday was extra special given his own successful battle with cancer as a teenager.
Wade beat testicular cancer as a 16-year-old and provided great symmetry to one of the most popular events raising money to fight the disease - the "pink" third day of the Sydney Test - by posting his second Test ton to push Australia towards victory over Sri Lanka today.
"It was a great day to be a part of, as a young kid growing up watching cricket, the last few years watching this Test match, the whole pink day for McGrath Foundation, it was a special day for me to be a part of," Wade said.
"Not only for myself but my friends, family, my fiance (Julia Barry) was here, a very special day for me, one that I will never forget.
"An amazing feeling, driving to the ground today I didn't think that would probably happen, to do it on a day like today with the McGrath Foundation was something special, I'll never forget it."
Wade was diagnosed with the cancer when he decided to take a random test after being hit in the groin during a football game.
He underwent chemotherapy, lost his hair, recovered and eventually fought his way into Australian under-19s side.
Six years later, he has made an extraordinary contribution to the Test side making his debut in the No.6 position, posting 102 not out in trying conditions that thwarted all others from three figures, including Michael Clarke, Mike Hussey and Mahela Jayawardene.
"I was really keen to make a big score in this Test match, I feel like I've been building towards something like this throughout the last couple of series - ever since the WACA game," Wade said.
"I feel like I've been flirting with my form a little bit with the bat, so nice to get a score that I'm happy with."
Wade showed enormous composure to build an innings with the tail, but a century was looking highly unlikely when Australia lost their ninth wicket and he was still on 70 with only Jackson Bird to come.
Bird's previous batting foray had not ended well, clean bowled to deny Mitchell Johnson (93 not out) a century at the MCG last week.
But the paceman, who was a teammate of Wade's in Australia's under-19s side, was resolute in defending his wicket, allowing Wade to smash the 30 runs required for a superb ton.
Jane McGrath died of breast cancer and day three of the Sydney Test is an annual celebration of her life to raise money for the McGrath Foundation that provides breast care nurses.
Wade showed yesterday how important such a cause is, and what great things can be achieved by those who fight cancer and win.
Have your say | http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/cricket/matthew-wades-century-extra-special-on-jane-mcgrath-day/story-e6frepmo-1226548161587 | 2013-05-18T10:54:08 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Coach Anthony Griffin feels for Broncos after bruising loss to Cowboys
- From: The Courier-Mail
- March 12, 2011
ROOKIE Broncos coach Anthony Griffin felt for his players and not himself after last night's huge Queensland derby against the Cowboys at Suncorp Stadium failed to go to script.
North Queensland recorded a nail-biting 16-14 win in front of 45,119 fans.
Installed as coach following the controversial sacking of Ivan Henjak last month, Griffin was entitled to have the weight of the world on his shoulders late last night.
The season opener might have gone into golden-point extra-time but for a missed conversion shot by Bronco Corey Parker.
But Griffin admitted the Broncos just weren't good enough against a Cowboys side inspired by the "old firm" of Johnathan Thurston and Matt Bowen, with new boy Dallas Johnson excelling in a full 80-minute debut at lock.
"Obviously with what has happened (with Henjak), everyone wants to know how I'm feeling," Griffin said.
"But I feel for the players, the effort they put in.
"They tried their butts off and you'd love to see them get a reward for that. But we didn't deserve to as a group because of the way we played. The positive is they're things we can fix."
Griffin admitted the Broncos would not have been in the contest until the death but for two try-saving tackles by inspirational fullback Josh Hoffman.
Broncos skipper Darren Lockyer, who sported a nasty cut above the right eye from a first-half head knock with teammate Parker, said the turnover of so much ball by Brisbane before halftime had left them with little petrol in the tank.
"We were a bit flat with the footy because we were doing so much defence," Lockyer said.
"I'm not so much concerned. We can play a lot better. The Cowboys deserved their win."
Griffin said it was still unclear whether internationals Ben Hannant (calf) and Justin Hodges (hamstring) would be available for Friday's away match against Canberra.
Lockyer conceded the big match atmosphere might have got to his side, which included two rookies, Jack Reed and Dane Gagai.
"Maybe the crowd, the noise or whatever, just got us a little bit and I think the last 15 minutes that was the time to grind away rather than try to score every time with the footy," he said.
Lockyer said the playing surface was heavier than he was used to, following the floods which inundated the stadium in January.
"It's heavier than normal and they're keeping the grass a bit longer," he said. "I don't know if they're going to mow it for the A-League grand final."
NORTH QUEENSLAND 16 (M Bani J Tamou W Tupou tries J Thurston 2 goals) bt BRISBANE 14 (D Gagai J Reed J Yow Yeh tries C Parker goal) at Suncorp Stadium. Referee: Shayne Hayne, Gerard Sutton. Crowd: 45,119.
Have your say | http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/coach-anthony-griffin-feels-for-broncos-after-bruising-loss-to-cowboys/story-e6frep5x-1226020116949 | 2013-05-18T10:21:20 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Market 311 prides itself on being “the market where recipes are made with local, farm fresh ingredients.” It opened for business Friday and is already generating quite a buzz.
“I just created the Facebook page three days ago, and we already have over 100 likes,” co-owner Jill Duvall said.
Duvall and Michelle Irwin are co-owners and credit the talk to not another restaurant of its kind in the area.
“I think it’s a desire of everyone to have local food. People want to support local businesses,” Duvall said.
All of the ingredients they use are fresh, including fresh-made bread from The Cake Place. In addition, Duvall and Irwin intend to use vegetables from local farmers and the farmer’s market to keep all of the business local.
“We want to support Russellville first, then Pope County, and then Arkansas,” Irwin said. “I mean I got the vegetables out of my garden this morning.”
The venture came about because the women said they wanted something fun to do and were frustrated by a lack of healthy, drive-thru food in Russellville. Although they were orginally thinking of a sit-down restaurant, when they discovered the old Rally’s location was owned by Peggy Talkington, they were sold.
“We thought it was a cool place, that it had a lot of character. There really isn’t anything drive through down here,” Duvall said.
Market 311 is located at 311 S. Arkansas and is open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. seven days a week.
Linh Vietnamese Cuisine has been in business for five weeks and has stayed busy since its opening. It is also a different type of food for the area, and that is what owner Phuong Phan credited for its success.
“It is healthy food,” Phan said. “Everything is grilled. We don’t use oil. It is all rice and noodles.”
She said she also feels that propelled an interest in the restaurant. People are happy because it is something new. Phan has lived in Russellville for six years and saw the need for this type of establishment. She had worked at a similar restaurant in Fort Smith, saw the popularity and knew it could be successful here.
“I never thought I had the money to buy a building and own a restaurant,” she said. “But I saw that this space was open and I knew it would be a good location. So I bought it.”
Lunch time is definitely more busy, as Phan said as there are many doctors and office people who come to eat there. The night crowd has been more Arkansas Tech University students and younger people.
Linh Vietnamese Cuisine, located at 624 S. Knoxville Ave., is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday. | http://www.couriernews.com/pages/full_story/push?article-New+restaurants+bring+different+taste+to+Russellville+%20&id=18848842 | 2013-05-18T10:15:23 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Hysteroscopy uses a small camera through the cervical opening to visualize the uterine lining. This procedure is usually performed to evaluate abnormal bleeding. A D&C is usually performed at the same time. Fibroids and endometrial polyps that protrude into the uterine lining can be diagnosed and usually removed with a hysteroscope.
It is uncommon to experience significant pain afterward. You can return to your normal activities the next day. However, it is best to refrain from sexual intercourse for 2 weeks to prevent uterine infection.
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La Palma Estéreo
February 7, 2004, in San Alberto, Colombia
La Rotta, radio host and owner of local radio station La Palma Estéreo in the small town of San Alberto in northeastern Cesar province, was stabbed to death in his living room while watching television. According to CPJ research, friends rushed La Rotta to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
La Rotta, 51, founded La Palma Estéreo, a station that generally played popular music, in 1999. His family told CPJ that he also hosted the morning news program "El Amanecer del Campo" (The Awakening of the Countryside), on which he reported national news.
According to regional press reports, La Rotta constantly questioned paramilitary presence in San Alberto, and said citizens were being forced to pay illegal taxes. A family member who asked not to be identified told CPJ that armed men often intimidated the station's staff and demanded La Rotta stop his commentary.
La Rotta's family told CPJ that on the day of the murder, the radio host was planning to flee San Alberto fearing for his life.
On May 16, 2007, Juan Francisco Prada Márquez Prada, also known as Juancho Prada, a demobilized leader of the Héctor Julio Peinado Front, an arm of the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) in the Cesar province, confessed to La Rotta's killing during a private hearing with prosecutors in the port city of Barranquilla, according to Colombian press reports. Jaime Maldonado, a local lawyer assigned to the case, told CPJ that Prada said he ordered the murder because he was tired of La Rotta's comments on the radio.
Medium: Radio
Job: Columnist / Commentator, Publisher / Owner
Beats Covered: Politics
Gender: Male
Local or Foreign: Local
Freelance: No
Type of Death: Murder
Suspected Source of Fire: Local Residents
Impunity: Yes
Taken Captive: No
Tortured: No
Threatened: No | http://www.cpj.org/killed/2004/martin-la-rotta.php | 2013-05-18T10:21:15 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Friday! Medschool, dental, derm jokes x 24 pictures #medschool #humor #premed #ff #friday #Dermatology Emergency/Trauma, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Medical Education, Nursing, Pediatrics, Premed, Residency, Surgery/Operating Room, The Lobby Add comments Jul 202012 Related Posts: Medical memes, Funny memes, doctor memes and educa... Medical Memes: It's a Pre-Med Life : Getting in is... Special toothpaste? Extremely Large Post for Friday x 41 pictures of m... Medical education and humor + nursing stuff x 31. | http://www.crackhospital.com/2012/07/20/friday-medschool-dental-derm-jokes-x-24-pictures-medschool-humor-premed-ff-friday-dermatology/ | 2013-05-18T10:41:18 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Category: Jewelry
Type of item: Accessory
For: Women
Style: Mod, Casual, Hipster
Materials
Gunmetal Cuff, Hole Punch, 30-32 mm Jasper stone (or similar), 20 gauge copper wire
What was your inspiration?
My friend Melinda (OrrTec designs) makes components and showed a design similar to this. Hers were on links, my daughter suggested a cuff - this was my practice piece.
What are you most proud of?
I am proud of how secure the Jasper stone is.
What advice would you give someone starting this project?
Let the flow of wire be organic! Don't make it too uniform. Weave it in and out of itself to make it more secure and lay closer to the cuff. | http://www.craftsy.com/project/view/melindas-jasper-gunmetal-cuff-bracelet/18297 | 2013-05-18T10:53:33 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Now Django. With all of these there’s one simple and common way to install them. But first a little more on how it all works.
All major Python packages are hosted on PyPi (Pronounced Pi-P or Cheeseshop). When you use a common python installer it will:
- If you specify a version will use it, otherwise will use the latest
- Will download the source for that package
- Install it into your Python environment
Now for actually installing… Lets get started with installing the three packages below. At this point you should at least have a fresh Python environment, however you don’t have an immediate way to install packages. The defacto Python package installer is pip.
Earlier we setup virtualenv to help isolate our python packages we were working with. First lets go ahead and create a folder for our project then setup a new environment for the project we’ll work on:
If we list the contents of the directory you’ll now see a folder venv. Within this folder you’ll find all the parts of the environment that virtualenv just created:
Now you’ve got a sandboxed environment that exists but you haven’t loaded it. You can now activate and deactivate this any time you like. Once you do this it customizes your path to use the packages you’ve installed for this environment. To load your environment when in the myapp directory:
To deactivate this simple:
Now that we’ve got your environment loaded installing your packages should be pretty simple. Ensure that you have your virtualenv loaded and then run:
Now that you’ve installed your packages you want to be able to share this with others to make it easy to get setup. You could provide a list of everything your application needs to run manually, or because its Python you can expect it to make it easy for you. Pip has a wonderful command freeze that will show all of your packages and their versions that are installed. Simply run:
However, this only outputs the information. Along with this pip has a canonical form for listing requirements and installing them from a file. The filename is commonly a requirements.txt. To create this we simply pipe the results of pip freeze to this file.
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little johnny joke
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Teacher asks lil johnny what he had for breakfast. Johnny replies i had f*** all for breakfast!! Teacher scolds johnny for swearing.. later that day she asked lil johnny if he knows where the pakistani boarder is? lil johnny replies hes in bed with mommy .. thats why i got f*** all for breakfast!!! lololol | http://www.craziestjokes.com/little-johnny-joke.html | 2013-05-18T10:21:17 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Today's Blind Items
#1.
37 comments:
*looking around to make sure no cockroaches are going to magically appear*
Ga-ROSSSSSSSSS
#1 - I thought of Joaquin Phx.
He seems like he might be a little less than "clean"
(in more ways than one)
#2 - by "half regular" does that mean we don't know who one spouse is?
I have no clue for that one.
WTF......How expensive is it to "bomb" your place? Not to much. I don't have to worry about them, My Pussy Ophelia goes on nightly roach patrols and kills them for me. She is also sweet enough to leave them near the trash. What can I say.....I trained her well.
#1- Heath Ledger? ~screaming~ cockroaches & beetles are the making of nightmares in my world. I hate the sound of the "crunch". ~shiver~
#2- ? ...Hmmmm,(considering)are they good looking???
LOL
1. Wow. I'm just happy the mystery actress didn't take it to the bedroom and discover something worse...UGGGG!
2. I'm kind of stumped on this one.
The wording in 2 reminds me of Will and Jada. He's half A list and she's more regular.
1 was fun for Halloween!
as breakfast... said: night patrol.
those roaches just go out at night. and by any move they disappear. plus they are REALLY fast. you barely would see them disappear when you turn the lights on. the only expl. that comes into my mind is that they too fled the fires and search for new spaces. there will be more plagued house owners soon. :-(
you know the saying: the roaches and rats will survive the atomic blasts...
#1: Matthew McConaughey. It's been said that he's already a stinky Pete, so why not make the extra leap to buggy, too.
dschingis, I had the (cough) pleasure (cough) of being in someones home once that was infested with roaches. Oh geeze, I still get the creeps just thinking about it. The lights off in a bathroom or kitchen or any other room bring them all out. When .there are that many of them, they don't have time to disappear as soon as the light goes on, they just kind of freak out and run until they can find cover. (Breakfast at Tiffany's Ophelia would know about this) I can see one running up her leg.
I'm gonna have nightmares of roaches tonight, I can just feel it.
twisted sister, These are Texas roaches and they are not scared of lights. Ophelia hunts them in the dark. She freaked me out the first time she was stalking one. i thought my Pussy had lost her furry little mind. She was in my bathroom (which at the time was dark)looking at the ceiling. Then I picked up on HOW she was looking. Last night all of them were in there, in the dark...and keeping their eyes on one huge fat one. I expect him to be near the trashcan when I get home. She likes to play and torture them. LOl
Roaches in the bathroom indicates that our actor does not change his bed linens on a regular basis.
One friend told me she changes hers once a month, and I thought she was a clean freak! You just never know about people...
Breakfast at T's - damn, is everything in Texas bigger and / or tougher than the rest of the country? ;-)
You're lucky you have Ophelia to clean house and protect you.
That's amazing that they're not afraid of the lights. HEY! Maybe they were paparazzi in a previous life!
oh, man all the talk of roaches...everyone's comments are painting a worse picture than ENT's BI....
regarding #2...it states "half A list celebrity, half regular" - I'm wondering if one of the half celeb couple could be a producer, director or musician?
Ent always comments on whether or not he thinks Keanu Reeves bathed on any given day. Assuming Keanu slipped from A List.
#1...Heath Ledger...he seems dirty and I'd say he was on the edge of A list when he did Brokeback
#2...Shar Jackson...she's C list, was on Moesha and a reality show...it's gotta be her!
#2 Is the couple Matt Damon and his wife? They're half A list celebrity, half regular. Have they been hanging out with anyone?.
Oh my gosh! You're right. How could I have been so insensitive to the poor cockroaches of the world??? I apologize to them all. Profusely!!!
But can you think of a better thing for paps to return as? I can't.
twisted, You are funny!!! What about them returning as pus. Then they couldn't cause much trouble, no arms to hold cameras and no feet to chase after people. You can wipe them off and toss in the trash.
Quit talking about roaches. Please. *shudder*
I put on my Karnak turban and I saw Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld as the couple putting the moves on the C-lister/Real World-er Trishelle. It's nothing pervy, they just need a sitter while Jerry promotes the Bee movie and Jessica goes on a book tour. Trishelle should go for it; I'm sure she can find ways to sneak cough syrup into every meal to keep those tykes in line.
McConaughey is my pick for #1. He probably thought he was just living in harmony with nature. He recently started dating someone who actually got him to comb his hair and wear a suit, so he could be the guy.
Backup guess: Topher Grace
no don't let it be matt damon! jason bourne is my hero :(
Maybe Jared Leto for No. 1. He's odd, and he never quite achieved A list status despite doing "serious" movies like Prefontaine and Requiem for a Dream. I bet he wouldn't give a crap if he had cockroaches.
Hmmmm....
1. I think its Heath Ledger, isnt Matt "hooking up" with that model? Love Heath but the boy is a bit on the au naturel side and his career isn't taking off like it could be.
2. I think the actress is definitely on MTV. Shar Jackson DOES fit, but no pics of her with a high profile couple.
I think Parasite Hilton
I think the roaches were crawling out of Parasite Hilton's cunt.
I think that Tom Cruise takes it up the ass from hung rentboys.
I want to fuck Hez
i'm getting the vibe that said actor was not expecting this. it is not unusual to be in a new place and not be aware of the bugs, or to be in a co-op/ apt situation with crappy neighbors , or in NYC with renovations going on and not be immediately infested.(sometimes worse than roaches) that being said, three names come to mind: ed norton, mickey rourke, and ethan hawke. since the essence of the BI is uncleanliness i'll go with ethan(by reputation).
What about Jessica Alba and Cash Warren as the half A list couple of number 2?
There is a picture on TMZ of Lauren Conrad and Audrina of The Hills having lunch with Nicole Richie. Could that be the answer for #2? Nicole and Joel want Lauren or Audrina for a tryst? The clues fit!
Liz, I'm thinking Nicole Richie wouldn't be considered an A list celebrity.
maybe kathy and booke finally made up...kathy griffin/ brooke sheilds/ chris henchy...i'm sure steve isn't a factor....i'm kidding but they fit the BI
the couple in #2 is married, which eliminates jessica alba & cash and nicole & joel
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Tom & Katie Have Spent $3M On Clothes For Suri
Suri Cruise is allegedly three years old. According to Closer Magazine, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have spent over $3M on clothes for Suri since she was born. Well, to be honest it is not all clothes. There are the $300 shoes, and the custom made Louboutin shoes as well. Oh, and a child version of Katie's $4,000 Valextra handbag. Because, honestly what 3 year old could live without one.
Suri has been spotted in clothes by Giorgio Armani, Donatella Versace, Roberto Cavalli and Burberry. Even if the designers don't make a line for children, Tom & Katie special order items for Suri. The report sounds like crap, but you know what? I bet a lot of it is true and if they really bought her a $4,000 purse when she wouldn't have known the difference if you had bought her a $10 one, then I hate to see how spoiled she is going to be when she gets older.
What does the family do with all the designer shoes and clothes? Kids grow fast. Are they keeping them? Do they have to give them to Xenu as an offering? Are they selling them to try and raise money to keep MGM in business? I am also willing to wager that Isabella & Connor have not had $3M spent on them for clothes combined for their entire lives.
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All that $$ on clothes and they dress her like a granny. Put her in Mary Kate and Ashley from Walmart and she'll look cuter! Poor kid always looks like a ragamuffin, just like her mama.
That's an Hermes shopping bag if I'm not mistaken. *Jealous sigh*
I have so many things I want to say about this, but all I can think about is that the name of the desinger of the matchy, matchy purses sounds like Valtrex. Then I think of herpes and Paris Hilton.
lol, Sue Ellen, I first read it as $4,000 Valtrex...
A child this young (whether 3 or 4) doesn't have a clue about designers. I can't believe the Co$ would let them spend so much cash on baby clothes.
She is going to turn out badly. Is it wrong of me to get a little excited at the prospect of grown up Suri gossip and the eventual tell-all? Yes it is but I cannot help it...I have a black heart.
I wonder if Katie is spending all this money on Suri, not just because it's fun and it's something to do with her time but also because she can resell it after a wearing or two and squirrel away money for a later date... Why, all those expensive teeny tiny little outfits might just be part of her retirement fund.
lyz, you are so right! Gymboree for special events. She is a very old looking 3 year old - she gets that from her mother, who looks about 50 on a good day.
This article is so sad. Just think how many poor kids could be clothed or fed with that much money.
My children were clothed in name brands too...Target; Gap Kids, from the sale rack; Gymboree, from the sale rack; The Children's Store, sometimes from the sale rack; and my favorite brand of all, Hand-Me-Downs.
I like the way you think Miss Cupcake. I laughed when I imagined her squirreling away those outfits for a rainy day.
That being said, I am not anyone's mother, but it doesn't make sense to me to spend a lot of money on designer clothes for a small child. Don't those things grow like weeds? It would seem more logical to me that you would save the expensive clothes for when they are older and are able to get a couple years out of something, as well as being able to "fit in" with everyone else who are wearing expensive/fashionable clothes. I don't recall caring what I wore until high school, and that only lasted 3 years. This screams insanity to me.
MissCupcakeMagee, who would have the money to buy these clothes, other than another celebrity? If Suri is photographed in them, none of the other shallow celebrity moms would want their daughters to be seen in them.
Besides, the retirement fund is part of the contract.
Sue Ellen I don't think any of this is about logic...seems to be more about status.
Maybe that's the problem, I don't give a shit about status and that's all they care about. Probably why it doesn't compute to me.
CRAZY UNHAPPY PEOPLE, THIS IS NOTHING TO BE JEALOUS OF...IT'S SAD.
Sue Ellen I agree...it is pathetic that they have to make themselves feel important by having what no one else can have (even if they were insane enough to want to buy it)
Alicia, I think you are BAD - but I am totally with you! I would buy it too...
If they spent $3 mil, then they are not getting their money's worth. There are waaaay cuter clothes at Target.
That being said, she does look better dressed than Brange's kids. It looks like their clothes come from Goodwill. When was the last time you saw a picture of Zahara or Shiloh in a dress?
I don't see the point in spending that much money on a toddler's clothes. She's just gonna get dirt on it from playing in the mud with other kids. Oh wait ...
From what I've heard, she's already spoiled rotten. Throws fits with the staff.
"Are they keeping them? Do they have to give them to Xenu as an offering?" -- Consider yourself hugged, Enty!
And I second Alice D. Millionaire's first comment. My heart's as black as hers.
I think it's horrible, but I can tell you, that if my mother had had 3 million dollars to spend on label clothes for me when I was a kid, she would have. She was - still is - a complete and utter label whore. Yes. I just called my mother a whore *LOL*. I had a little Burberry coat. And I would have had a lot more of she had had more money. Nothing disappointed her more than me growing up to become a punk rocker in my teenage years, and it had nothing to do with the music, which she actually liked.
And then when grunge happened, and I wanted some damn flannel shirts, she wouldn't buy cheap ones for me that I found, but when she saw an identical one that was by Levis, she thought it was OK even though it cost 40 bucks more. Just saying. OK, so 40 bucks isn't 3 million dollars, but you get the point.
I just hope they donate the clothes when she outgrows them.
I like what Brange's kids wear. They look normal.
I'm sure she does throw fits. She is supposedly a small adult and does not need correction or training of any kind.
The clothing thing is almost sick. In this economy, with so many out of work and wondering how in hell to feed their families, and children going to bed hungry, they are spending this kind of money on clothes for a child? Kids are better off in comfortable clothes they can get dirty. Nothing wrong with Goodwill - buy them, wash them with a little bleach in the water, good as new.
I thought the heeled slippers they bought her were ridiculous - and the fact that she seems to always be wearing lipstick too. Let her be a kid!
Brad and Angelina's children look happy and normal, while Suri often looks scared, tired and out of sorts. Anyone seriously think she is allowed to play and be a child?
When Suri was in Australia with her mum, she was dressed like a normal kid, no designer clothes. She looked so happy and was allowed to play in the park - no heels etc. Sad they feel the need to keep up 'appearances' back home.
I have two babies, a girl 18 months-old, and boy 4 months-old, and I get a lot of great clothes from consignment shopping. I find great brands, really cute stuff, frequently with tags on them.
I live in the DC metro area, which is well-to-do, so people are label-conscious. I bought a pair of never-worn Levis for my daughter for $9. Most gently worn items are $3. Since the clothes are certainly never worn out before they are outgrown, I sell them back for store credit. As you can imagine, this is ideal for Halloween costumes.
I wonder is a consignment shop in Beverly Hills would work. Think of all the upper-middle class parents who could finally afford (used) Armani, Versace, and Cavalli for their kids!
To be fair, Closer magazine isn't a particuarly reliable source...its stories mostly consist of diet plans, skinny celebrities, celebrities with cellulite, Brangelina splitting up, Brad & Jennifer reuniting, and stories about reality stars. But as reliable as the magazine is, it is one of the more believable stories.
When I was a kid, I asked my mom, why do you shop for our clothes in Bradlees? We were very well off. Now I know why. Ah, the ignorance of youth.
I buy most everything in JCPenney, Children's Place, Target, and Wal-Mart. I even buy clothes that are a little too big, so the kids get at least two or three years out of them.
I love looking at the Crewcuts catalog (the kid version of J. Crew), but has anyone ever seen the prices?!? For stuff that the kids are going to outgrow in a year? Forget it!
I don't get the point of this article.....
This is Tom and Katie's money...meaning they could do what ever they want to do with it as long as it is legal.
If they want to spend 3 million ...so be it.
I wouldn't spend that much money but then I am not worth 200 million dollars and some change.
If I were to have that kind of money...I don't think I would be shopping at payless for my kids anymore.
I don't like how you are willing to wager that Tom hasn't spent that much money on the other kids....I am pretty sure he spent as much money on them as the other...its just the media doesn't pay attention to them b/c both are adopted and one is mixed-race.
Look at how much attenion Angie's adopted children get compared to her biological.....
Nature of the beast.
IA with Vanessa about Tom and Katie's spending on Suri. It may not be what any of us would do but we're not them. They can do what they want with their own money.
I don't have a problem with the Cruises spending $3M on Suri.
In my opinion, that's better than spending $3M on a Scientology playground, complete with child-sized saunas for the Purification Rundown. But they just might already have that.
I'm still hoping the rumors are true that Katie is divorcing Tom. If so, then I agree with the poster above who thinks that Katie is re-selling the clothes -- but I hope the proceeds go towards her and Suri's escape from Scientology.
The Crazy Coupon Lady in me LOVES the idea of Katie reselling. I get excited when the thrift store runs a 1/2 off sale....clearly I am mad.
I kind of doubt this is true. First of all, every designer of children's clothing probably sends them stuff for free. Second, to spend $1M a year, you'd have to spend $83K a month, that's like $2700 a day. EVERY DAY. That's not feasible.
Meh. It's gross, but it's their money, let em spend it as they wish. It's just a shame that if they're dropping that kinda dough on Suri's wardrobe, that she has to look so, well, dowdy, for a little kid.
I personally love to go "Goodwill hunting". My daughter is 8, and is very tall and big for her age (not FAT, but just proportionate for her height - 55" tall). I've found GAP, The Limited, Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein and others, for next to nothing. It takes patience, but it works, and she always looks super cute.
$3 million on clothes yet how many pics did we see of Katie and Suri in which Katie was wearing a coat or jacket and Suri was not? WTF was that all about? $4,000 purses but can't afford to buy your toddler a friggin' coat? "Hello? Katie??" *raps on her head* "It's Reality! You in there??"
Dreadful to spend that much on a child's clothing when there are so many starving and cold children in the world. Shame on you Cruises.
Right. I suppose if I made as much $$ as these two dimbulbs, I might be inclined to spend a little more on my kid's clothes. For one, I would certainly skip the second-hand store...
However, I don't have their money, therefore, I will continue to shop at Winners and Walmart and Zellers for cute little outfits for my little Princess (who doesn't 'do' dresses...) at a fraction of the cost of Suri's one purse...
Oh, and those little heeled shoes she had on? Those made me cringe. I can't believe the footwear parents put on their growing kids' feet! Yeah, they're cute, but the body isn't done growing and is full of growth plates. Do you know how many kids' feet my husband has to 'fix' every DAY from poor footwear choices on the parents' part? And don't get me started on those stupid 'heelies', damn things are SO dangerous...
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Blind Item #3.
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Haha oh, that Mariah. Diva to the core!
Love Mariah's response.
They should get their nails done together and have slumber parties.
Then they could braid each other's hair. I'm giddy just thinking about it.
Kristen Ritter from The B in blah blah?
The level of delusion is moving into Lohan territory. I was looking at the DM, but there are too many actresses who I have no idea what they do.
Lena Dunham
I was thinking Lea Michele up until the end, when the wannabe says "I used to be on ____". Pretty sure Glee is Lea's first show.
I'm just going to take a wild guess with no basis:
Casey Wilson from Happy Endings (I've been reading how the cast is in love with themselves)
Used to be on Saturday Night Live (which Mariah would obviously know but have no idea who she was)
it's obviously Darlene Cates. boom. done.
Katherine McPhee
I would love if it was Lena Dunham! She drives me maaaad.
Gahh I wanted to say Lea Michele but I can't make her fit!
Mariah and the diva 'tude just go hand in hand, LMAO. Whoever it is must've felt like an idiot.
oh didnt read the last line----
Lea Michele ?
@anon- Omg I love that guess since she's been on American Idol and obviously has heard of the show. Katherine Mcphee FTW!
I like the McPhee guess. I'm switching to that
Mariah Carey has zero shits to give. Love it.
Okay. I like the McPhee guess. Same industry = singers. MC is currently on Am Idol, so if McPhee told her she USED to be on Am Idol, MC's response of, "I have obviously heard of that..." would make sense since she's a current host. I also get the feeling from McPhee that she's convinced she's way more important than she is.
judge, not host.
I also say Kat McPhee. cuz mariah would obviously recognize AI, but not an individual contestant. Love that!
I love Mariah's response. That is some full-on shade-sending I can get behind.
Love Mimi...
Bahahahahahahahaha! Love it!
How can u not love to hate Mimi!!!
@noseygal- I prefer "hate to love" Mimi lol
I just love Mariah! No hate involved.
oh my. wonder if there is anyone that would get a "OMG, i LOVE YOU!" response from mariah?
late to the party, but until i saw her on idol this season, never believed she was a diva. everytime she uses her hand to toss her hair back its done in way thats like a "slap" in the face to the contestant.
I have to say I think given this person called her out of the blue that Mariah was pretty darn nice. Who the hell was she anyway? And seriously what's the point of your call honey? Oh man I so would have done that myself and I'm not even a diva. Just get to the goddamn point..Click
I never said I wasn't a bitch though.
If this is indeed Katherine McPhee, I really love this story!
Def Katherine McPhee I thought that two sentences in not many people have heard of Smash but everyones heard of American Idol.
Oooooooo, Mariah!
I like the McPhee guess, only because I hate Smash.
Chloe Morezits. er, Moretz. Yeah, she's a skank.
I love the mcPhee guess. It makes sense of Mariah's comment about clearly having heard of the show. McPhee didn't win, so there's no reason why Mariah would know her
Got to love Mariah! She's a diva, but she's got the talent.
Bazinga!
Every time I hear Smash, I think of the football player from Friday Night Lights. Loved him so much...
Lena Dunham is on cable.
I don't know why, but I thought of Michelle Trachtenberg. Used to be on Buffy, most recently on Criminal Minds.
it's Lindsay Lohan's last dream !!!
not Nicki minaj
Was this a phone call or did the person walk over and start chatting Mariah up? This seems confusing. Granted the other person was presumptuous, but it wouldn't have hurt Mariah to be gracious. She is darned lucky to have a foothold back into the entertainment industry thinking back on her cray cray days.
Ha! I hope it's McPhee. She's one that rubs me the wrong way. I just don't like her and there is no real good excuse for it!
Yes. I think it's McPhee. She is an actress wannabe, she's in the same industry as Mariah, and with Mariah saying "I have Obviously heard of that show (American Idol)"...which is completely obvious because Mariah is on it.
prolixe,
Haha Smash Williams. I LOVED Friday Night Lights. I was so sad when it was over. Very underrated show
@lotta lol that's what I meant!!! I do love Mimi!!!
The gossip I've heard about McPhee (from someone who knew her) is that she is a self-centered b**ch and bulimic (at least she was back then).
I know CW isn't a real network, but I could totes see this being Annalynne McCord. Because you know nobody is watching new 90210, and I can see Mimi watching her some Nip Tuck!
Katherine McPhee, but she did (or does) movies no? Wasn't she in a shark movie not that long ago?
Gotta love Mariah Carey! :-)
Prolixe and elisacg YES! Friday Night Lights is such a great show. For those of you that haven't watched it because you think it's all about football, it's NOT. Give it a chance.
Steps off FNL soap box, slinks away...
I have really enjoyed Mariah so far on the AI auditions--fights and all. She is who she is and seems very comfortable in herself.
I would love if it was McPhee--she seems like someone who will always be right on the edge of being famous but not quite.
Katherine McPhee.
I think it's McPhee too, fits perfectly.
Hayden P sprung to mind.
I'm on Nashville. I used to be on Heroes etc
Ohh it's like a madlib, I like this.
This is a stupid question, so bear with me. Cable refers to everything BUT the basic channels, correct? And Network is ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX? I have always been confused on these for some reason.
McPhee does fit perfectly. I do not like her either. She's smug.
I've got to go to a meeting but I thought I'd pass this gem along:. Every so often Lipstick Alley does a thing about her being the queen of throwing shade. Hilarious!!!
I think everyone is right that it is Katherine McPhee, Mariah is in New York right now where Smash is filmed.
What is with all the Lena Dunham hate?
She's the Pioneer Woman of actors.
@Flirty - the look on her face when she says, "I don't know her." Then she smiles.
Ouch!
If whoever it is had just stopped at "I'm a big fan of yours" she probably would have been all right....It was perhaps expecting instant intimacy since they are both in show business, that got on Mariah's nerves.
Naya Rivera?
So guys, I think I actually have a guess this time!
As a lot of you have said, this is most DEFINITELY Katherine McPhee! I took the trouble to fill in the gaps for you, listen to this: Katherine McPhee."
Mariah - "I don't know that name."
Wannabe - "I'm on Smash.
Mariah - "I've never seen it. Is it on cable?"
Wannabe - "No, it's on NBC. I used to be on American Idol"
Mariah - "I have obviously heard of that. Just not you. have a nice day."
So sure of this and also so excited to finally have a good guess haha. Yay!
This is totally my guess too.
I hate-watch Smash every week.
This is totally my guess too.
I hate-watch Smash every week.
Yup McPhee, tv actress wannabe
@J...
Network = ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX
Almost network = The CW
Cable = everything else
(I think, but would not swear, that enty has said "premium cable" or some such to refer to HBO, Cinemax, etc.)
Thanks Lola, idk why I have such an issue remembering that.
First time commenting, and I totally agree with the McPhee guess. Off-topic, but I don't know how many of you have seen this video. It's comedic gold & shows just how self-involved Mariah is during an AI judge "sound off" segment. She refuses to face Seacrest so the camera catches her "good side" at all times.
Why do I love Mimi so? I really like her on Idol, too. Wish they would get rid of Minaj. Ugh...can't STAND her. I actually like Kat and Smash but she does seem like the best guess.
I saw this hilarious clip yesterday. I thought someone posted it here but maybe not. In it, Mimi subtly disses Jlo.
Mariah disses JLo
The look on Mariah's face at the end is priceless and says it all!
I would guess Kat McPhee because don't they shoot Smash in Nyc so she could run into Mimi. Mimi must have known who she was because she really is sweet to her fans. She was taking her down a peg.
What a bitch.
Damn, I thought I finally got one and there's already a million guesses for her: Katherine McPhee
I don't see what the so called "wanna-be" did that was so wrong, and why people think Mariah is so cute for her response. You'd all hate to work with a b*tch like this, who thinks she's better than everyone just because she was blessed with a nice unique singing voice. She didn't have anything to do with that, she was simply born with it, and she worked to market it, like we all work to market ourselves. Doesn't give us the right to act fancy. I don't get all the Mariah love, I really don't. A sh*tty attitude is a sh*tty attitude, no matter how nice the voice is behind it.
Admittedly, if the "wanna be" is making it sound like they're buds, well, that is lame.
Prolly mariah talking to herself in mirrior, lol. She a mess. Big old sloppy body hanging out all over the place. *shudder*
the QUEEN of shade
Oooh. Katherine Mcfee
"obviously"
love it!
Nobody does this better than Mariah. Throwing shade til it's pitch black outside.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahaha
The wannabe is delusional and Mariah is rude. Team no one.
@mango, Im late on the thread but I freaking LOVE that clip. Mariah is so freaking awesome. Biggest diva ever and I love her.
What about Nene Leakes? She is on The New Normal (which Mariah could easily not have heard of), but could then have referenced Glee and/or The Real Housewives of Atlanta (both of which Mariah would definitely have heard of). I love Nene, but could easily see her running away with the idea of being friends with Mariah.
@prolixe: oh, I know. It's so high school but it still makes me laugh. That chick is the worst liar ever. Hahaha.
OT: I read that she actually did have a brief relationship with Em before she dated Nick. He wasn't being delusional. Childish, yes, but not wrong. I'm thinking she was embarrassed and kept denying it.
Here's the link: LSA Spin-Off Thread: Tea On Eminem
Look for all posts in that link by incogneato. Apparently this person used to work for Em.
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Blind Item #5.
93 comments:
Gwyneth Paltrow & Chris Martin
DAMN IT! Amber got here first. Co-sign completely!
Does Gwyneth have movies coming out?
@Lotta Iron Man
She's currently filming Iron Man 3, but I'd imagine that's gotta be wrapping up pretty quick.
Yup Iron Man and 33 dias are on her upcoming movies.
@Karen- lol don't give up!
What movies does Gwyneth have coming out. All I see her is party with Jay-z and Sasha fierce.
Dlisted posted a blind item and, long story short, guessed that the blind was about Gwyneth doing the nasty with Jay-Z. Anyone think there's any truth to that?
Sorry if the first sentence doesn't make sense. My grammar sucks balls lately.
mmm one would be Iron Man 3 with expected release May 2013.
I checked IMDB and she has something called 33 Dias coming out Seprember 2013... so i would say defo Gwyneth and Chris M.
Iron man for got that she's in that lol
@Lotta Colada = Jinx!!!
I second that. This blind item combined with the one on Dlister make sense. However I'm pretty sure he's screwed around on her as well so I figure they'd be even in the name calling.
I'll throw in Nicole Kidman/ Keith Urban.
OT but someone just shot up my brothers school. Lonestar Community College in Houston, they have three victims two in critical condition.
I don't see Chris Martin as a tell-all type, though. If the guy wants a divorce, why wouldn't he just go for it?
She's BFFs with Beyonce, I don't see Gwennie looking for a Sasha Fierce beat down.
Gwennie will never let go.......
Gwyneth and Chris have appeared to be happier than ever. He's taken to giving her sweet shout-outs onstage and being photographed with her, which he had never done.
I think this could be Kidman.
@JSierra - Oh no!! Is your brother safe??
well at least one of them has the time to totally screw the other. moving assets, etc. will be interesting!
@L- haha! I totally think it's Gwynny. A divorce messes upher whole brand of being the perfect human being.
Oh no JSierra. Keep us posted on your brother okay. Hugs honey, huge hugs.
btw, remember chris robinson during the initial stages of his disso? could see martin the same way.
I hope we get some dirt on goop. doubt it though
Gwyneth is A list ? former A list maybe but more B list with A list name!
nicole Kidman fits better :she's in promotion in Sundance for STOKER and has another movie THE RAILWAY MAN for later
@JSierra- OMG, have you spoken to him?
JSierra - It was at the North Harris campus. Only 3 injuries, no fatalities. One injury being the shooter.
Deffo think this IS Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban ! "it is going to be nasty despite how hard she will try to make it appear civilized." I dont know why but this just reminds me of her trying to act like her and tom and Connor and Isabella are fine when it is oblivous they very rarely talk to her if at all.
The only reason I didn't go w/Kidman is because it didn't say "foreign born A list actress". It's possible Enty purposely didn't use it because it'd be too obvious, but I try not to twist the clues too much.
Keep us updated JSierra!! Were here for you!
So sorry Jsierra. Praying yours and all others are safe. Nicole would have more dirt being an ex of Cruise one would think. I shudder at the thought of anyone wanting JayZ.
Thinking of you JS.
Hope your brother is okay, jsierra. Just heard this on the news. The shooter is in custody (according to CNN).
Is Gwynnie foreign born?
@Sherry no. Chris is.
Nicole was born June 20, 1967 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, so it might work.
Sorry JSierra, hope your brother is OK!
On topic, I think this is gwynnie. Chris may want to wreck her "Mrs Perfect" act.
@JSierra, hope he's ok, very scary stuff
Nuts, I'm too late. Maybe the nasty part is about Goopy and Jay-Z? And/or Chris and Rihanna? They sang awfully good together, hard to believe he didn't bang her.
Oh my god. I hope he is ok!
I think this is Gwenyth, her and Chris just never strike me as a loving couple but just barely hanging on.
Prayer Circle,JSierra. Hope your brother and everyone else is okay.
@J, hope your brother is OK! WTH with all the gun stuff - I was reading this AM about the kid who shot his dad (a pastor), mum and 2 & 5 year old sisters, then *went to church* and told his girlfriend his family had been killed in a car accident. I'm staying away from FB today, all the "if someone had a gun, they could've stopped it" nonsense will start all over again. :/
I read this as Nicole K (civilized being a big one, she's got control issues, that one), but Goop fits, too. She's got an image to maintain. I wonder if she'd start a Goopster section on divorce duds - you won't feel sad about your split if you wear these $900 separation socks!
Gosh! Is he okay? Whats with all the school shootings over there lately? Is beyond heartbreaking! :(
@JSIERRA - that is so scary - keeping you and yours in my prayers right now...Must go google.
@Amber:
it's the husband who is foreign born
FTN,i don't buy an affair between Paltrow and Jay Z
@JSierra:
OMG! i hope the best for your brother
I think Chris Martin is way, way too private, for the sake of his children if nothing else. Seriously. Crazy private.
Nicole fits better. Stories for years about her being extremely controlling. But Keith's recent big contract could have him thinking of freedom now.
@FrenchGirl - I know. My point was that I opted for Gwyn, because she was born here. I incorrectly assumed Kidman was born in Australia, because she's Australian. Had she been born in Australia, my point was that she would be called "foreign born".
This one reeks of Nicole Kidman, and I can only hope it is- Keith Urban is far too hot for Granny Freeze!
I believe Nicole Kidman was born in Hawaii, and then moved to Australia as a baby.
Duh on my part. Thanks Phoenix!
Got my fingers crossed that it's Keith Urban and Kidman. Maybe Keith decided he needs to be with a warm blooded woman,and not a 6 foot tall icicle.
Keep us posted JSierra - hoping your brother's safe and well.
I read this as Kidman. She was born in Hawaii, and learned how to spin/control her image from a master.
Thank you all for the kind words, thank god he just walked in the door from work. Although I almost shot him for not answering his phone. It is so surreal to watch this happening at a place where I was recently, to watch this happening to people that you may know or went to high school with.
Again, thanks for thoughts and prayers. It means a lot that people who have never even met and only communicate on a blog genuinely care.
Nicole Kidman + Keith Urban for sure.
Gwynnie and Chris Martin
Oh man....I know I'm a gossip whore when I'm hoping this to be Paltrow/Martin and I hope there's a TON of mudslinging.
I'll feel sorry for her kids, but if Paltrow could just be taken down ONE little peg....
@JSierra- So happy he is okay! I've been checking back to see if you updated what you knew about the situation. I take it he wasn't at the campus at all then?
That being said I change my guess to Kidman/Urban. Her movie is coming out in February which is way sooner than Iron Man in May. All the promoting starts soon if it's a month away and she has something else being released this year too.
JSierra, God bless.
Well...I'm guessing that it is Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban (forgot she was born in Hawaii).
Also...Nicole has Stoker coming out, which she is currently promoting and Railway man coming out at the end of the year.
What's weird is that appearances and what other people think mean the world to control freak Goop. She wouldn't pee on us regular folk if we were on fire, yet it's important to her that we think her marriage is thriving.
That said, WOW, I just can't imagine her with Jay-Z, but she's burned bridges with other besties before (Winona, Madonna) so why not Beyonce?
Note to Stella: Watch your back!!!
Glad everything is okay Jsierra
so we made up our mind Chris/Gwen or Urban/Nicole
Naomi Watts & Liev Schreiber ? The Princess Diana movie? No?
Nicole Kidman is not foreign born. She was born in Hawaii. I think its her she fits better than GOOPY
Jesus christ, when will it end??!!
My first thought was Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban. A divorce would be very inconvenient for her because she is trying to make a comeback as an actress, and she is promoting everything from Stoker to Grace Kelly.
Jsierra, what relief. ! Phew!!!!! So glad hes okay!
i think right now in time, the goopster is A+ actress/celebrity. so i dont think this is the paltrows.
I agree, I just can't see Goopy being so risqué as to have an affair with Jay Z who is her BFF's husband.
Good to hear your brother is okay! What a tragic thing to happen in your community :( my thoughts are with those affected by this horrible circumstance
It's Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban. She's got 2 movies coming out, plus working on the Grace Kelly movie. Urban is born in New Zealand and with being on American Idol is hitting that A List status.
@JSierra
Glad things turned out all right. What a scare...
JSierra, I just woke up and reading the end of the day posts: I'm so very happy your brother is okay!! Tight hugs to you!
I agree with Kidman and Urban. "Down the road" is also a clue - Urban's first hit album was "Golden Road."
What about the blind yesterday about the actress sleeping with her close friend's A list husband? I think Geyn and JZ were a popular guess
Gwyn
Thank God JSierrra. Glad to hear he's okay.
@JSierra, very relieved for your brother, you, and family, and ongoing prayers for the wounded that they pull through.
JSierra just want to join the others in the collective sigh of relief that your brother is ok.
@jsierra omg! my prayers are with your family. my lord, this has got to stop
Maybe the celebrity isn't a singer but a director.record producer or athlete with an actress wife?
Nicole Kidman is in the Daily Mail and they note upfront that she has several films to promote. She also looks like crap and you realize how much energy she puts into pulling together a look for press.
What! 33 Dia's? She better send me a check!!
Haha!!!
So glad he's ok! Lots of love to you and your family. Please keep us posted about what happened.
All these shootings break my heart.
I kept thinking Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas
This cannot be Gwen and Chris because he not almost A list. Everybody knows a Coldplay song and they are worldly. Used in advertising and huge sporting events. Keith Urban is more likely b/c his music is a specific genre (Country) but now the "almost" comes in because ppl are starting to know him from American Idol.
@JSierra, glad to hear your brother is OK!
@Don'trainonmyprada - there is no way that Melanie Griffith is A List....and Antonio Banderas is nowhere close to "almost A" list.
I'm ruling out Paltrow & Martin. Paltrow has upcoming movies, but she's not actually promoting anything at the moment. As for Martin, he isn't 'almost' A-list. He is A-list thanks to Coldplay and he can stand on his own as a celeb without Paltrow.
I'm going with Kidman & Urban. Kidman is currently promoting Stalker, and The Railway Man is coming out later this year. Urban is foreign born and can be classified as 'almost A-list'; if he weren't married to Kidman, he wouldn't be nearly as well known as he is. But he could almost reach A-list territory because he's an American Idol judge.
Right away thought of Kidman and Urban. It all fits. F.T.W.
I hate to say it, but I thought of NK and KU right off the bat. It's the first thought that came to mind.
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This review compared the effectiveness of esomeprazole with other standard-dose proton-pump inhibitors for the treatment of reflux oesophagitis, and found that 40 mg esomeprazole is the most effective treatment currently available. Overall, the findings of the review appear to be supported by the data, but caution is advised given the levels of unexplained statistical variation detected between the studies.
To compare the effectiveness of esomeprazole with other proton- pump inhibitors (PPIs) for the treatment of reflux oesophagitis.
The Cochrane CENTRAL Register, BIOSIS Previews, EMBASE and MEDLINE were searched up to February 2005; the search terms were reported. Unpublished and published trials were eligible for inclusion, but non-English language studies were excluded.
Only randomised controlled trials (RCTs) were eligible for inclusion in the review. The authors also stated that the studies had to meet their quality criteria.
Studies comparing 40 mg of esomeprazole with a licensed dose of any other European-approved PPI were eligible for inclusion. The included studies used the following comparators: 30 mg lansoprazole, 20 mg omeprazole and 40 mg pantoprazole.
Studies of individuals with oesophagitis were eligible for inclusion. Oesophagitis had to be defined using the Los Angeles classification A to D, or grades 2 to 4 in older classification systems such as the Savary-Miller classification. The authors excluded trials if they focused on a restricted range of oesophagitis, although such trials were included in a secondary analysis.
Eligible studies had to assess endoscopic healing at 4 and/or 8 weeks. A protocol change was made to extend this to include a secondary analysis of endoscopic healing rates according to the baseline grade of oesophagitis.
The authors did not state how the papers were selected for the review, or how many reviewers performed the selection.
The methods of randomisation and concealment of allocation were used to assess the quality of the studies. Two reviewers independently carried out assessments and a third party resolved any disagreements. The studies were scored as either 'clearly adequate' (A) or 'clearly inadequate' (B).
One reviewer extracted the data and two other reviewers independently checked the accuracy of the data extraction.
Relative risks (RRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were extracted or calculated for endoscopic healing at 4 and 8 weeks using intention-to-treat (ITT) data. ITT was defined as 'patients being analysed in the treatment arm that they entered at randomisation regardless of whether they drop-out, receive the incorrect treatment or withdraw before completion of the trial'; the data were recalculated if the study authors used any alternative definitions.
The studies were combined and a pooled RR with 95% CIs calculated using a fixed-effect analysis. Publication bias was assessed using funnel plots and the Egger method (regression of normalised effect versus precision).
Heterogeneity was assessed using the chi-squared and I-squared tests. Analyses were also planned to investigate the effects of study quality and the use of a random-effects pooling method. Where significant heterogeneity was detected, subgroup analyses were carried out based on drug comparator and dose.
Six RCTs (n=13,572) were included. Data from 2 excluded RCTs (n=1,228) were also included in some analyses.
Esomeprazole (40 mg) showed a significant improvement in the healing rates of reflux oesophagitis at both 4 weeks (RR 0.92, 95% CI: 0.90, 0.94, p<0.00001) and 8 weeks (RR 0.95, 95% CI: 0.94, 0.97, p<0.00001) in comparison with combined standard-dose PPIs. However, significant heterogeneity was detected at both 4 and 8 weeks; further analysis suggested that the majority of this heterogeneity was due to the inclusion of the third largest trial (n=2,425). Subgroup analyses showed that 40 mg esomeprazole was associated with a significant improvement in healing rates in comparison with 30 mg lansoprazole at 4 weeks (RR 0.95, 95% CI: 0.95, 0.98, p<0.001) and 8 weeks (RR 0.96, 95% CI: 0.94, 0.99, p<0.0009), with 20 mg omeprazole at 4 weeks (RR 0.88, 95% CI: 0.85, 0.91, p<0.00001) and 8 weeks (RR 0.93, 95% CI: 0.91, 0.95, p<0.00001), and with 40 mg pantoprazole at 4 weeks (RR 0.93, 95% CI: 0.89, 0.96, p=0.0002) and 8 weeks (RR 0.97, 95% CI: 0.95, 1.00, p=0.03). No trials compared 20 mg rabeprazole with 40 mg esomeprazole.
Sensitivity analyses.
The results remained similar when 2 excluded RCTs with limited grades of oesophagitis were included, and when a random-effects model was used.
Baseline grade of oesophagitis.
At both 4 and 8 weeks, esomeprazole showed a significant additional benefit over standard-dose PPIs for the more severe grades of oesophagitis. This effect increased in size with increasing severity of the disease.
No significant publication bias was detected at either 4 or 8 weeks.
Evidence suggests that 40 mg esomeprazole is the most effective treatment currently available when compared with other standard PPI treatments.
This review answered a clearly defined question. A number of databases were searched and steps were taken to assess the possibility of publication bias. Although no evidence of publication bias was detected, the reliability of these tests is unclear given the small number of included studies, and no specific attempts to locate unpublished material were made. The exclusion of non-English language publications also suggests that the findings might be subject to language bias. Some attempts were made to reduce the risk of bias and error when extracting the study data and assessing the quality of the studies. However, it is unclear whether similar precautions were taken when assessing the eligibility of the studies.
The studies were all grouped together for the primary analyses and, as such, a significant level of statistical heterogeneity was reported. Some attempts were made to investigate the cause of this heterogeneity but no definitive cause was identified, although one large trial appeared to be responsible for the majority of the heterogeneity. The authors also included two excluded studies in secondary analyses. Overall, the findings of the review appear to be supported by the data, but caution is advised given the levels of unexplained statistical heterogeneity detected.
Practice: The authors stated that where the choice of PPI is restricted by formulary listings, esomeprazole and the least expensive alternative PPI appear to be the best supported treatments.
Research: The authors did not state any implications for research.
AstraZeneca (the manufacturers of esomeprazole).
Edwards SJ, Lind T, Lundell L. Systematic review of proton pump inhibitors for the acute treatment of reflux oesophagitis. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2001;15:1729-36.
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cre8iowa calendar is finalized / Challenge E & Clarification information
1. The cre8iowa Calendar has been finalized, so any dates marked tentative on our Web site have now been confirmed. The only date that has changed, since we are always subject to the logistics of our host site, is the Sub-state tournament, which will be held on March 9th, 2013, NOT March 2nd. Visit for the season calendar.
We recognize that no matter what date(s) we set, there will always be students who have a conflict. We encourage you, when you complete your cre8iowa Membership Registration, to let us know at that time about any special scheduling requests. The deadline for making special schedule requests is 3 weeks before any tournament; send an email to cre8iowa@gmail.com.
Often things can be worked out by scheduling your team very early or very late. We do our best to accommodate special scheduling requests. You should also know that not having a full team present at Sub-state has no impact on its advancement to the State tournament. Absentee Sub-state members can still perform at the State tournament. The minimum number of team members required, in order to perform at any tournament, is two. What is more important is that the team have a viable solution that reflects real effort, even if the solution is not complete. All of our teams do advance to the State tournament, since we consider the Sub-state tournament to be a dry run. It is an opportunity to work out kinks and get some scoring feedback. It is also a requirement for a team to perform at the Sub-state tournament in order to advance to the next level. In any event, it is always a good idea for a team to plan its performance with the thought in the back of their minds that some team members may be absent due to a conflict or illness. It’s all part of the creative problem-solving process!
2. Challenge E, Twist-O-Rama: A 58-page booklet about building a “ram” is now available at this link:
3. Published Clarifications are rules that supersede all other Challenge instructions. Make sure you are having a team member check the Clarifications page prior to every team meeting:
4. You can “follow” Destination Imagination on Facebook or on Twitter. When new Clarifications are released, they will be announced in these locations.
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My dearest blog reading friends,
Today is a day of inspiration. Nope, no recipes here. No DIYs. No fitness advice. Just food for your soul. So, feast up!
Be happy. Drink tea. Read poetry. Praise God! And be cheerful. It's good for you!
Currently loving: "Clipper" Organic Peppermint Tea from none other than T.J. Maxx.
Currently listening to: Possibility by Lykke Li and Higher by Gungor
Following is a poem by Derek Walcott. It will make you smile..
Who's feasting on life today? :)
Honestly it makes me smile… It is truly inspiring… Thanks for sharing!
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Hi Carly, I really enjoyed your blog post and it was so special that I had to re-blog! Thanks so much for sharing with us! Continue to be blessed!
Amazingly fruitful on my part. Thanks for this one. Can I ask you if you already have a review on this tulsi tea I found from Mercola's? I want to try their product but I am not sure if it is effective or even safe at all. Can you shoot me an email if you have any idea on this one? | http://www.createliveblog.com/2012/09/tea-and-poetry.html | 2013-05-18T10:41:00 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Are there people out there like me? When I walk down the street, I take things apart in my head and put them back together. I try to understand how everything works, and how I could make it work better. I come up with 3 or 4 ideas a day. I only write the ones down that have market potential though. I have a folder full of ideas that could all be profitable products or services. I often see an idea I had a year or two ago, make it to the market. Are there others like me? Where are you? What are you doing for a living? How can I learn to really get some of these to market? Are there jobs where I can just be an ideas person?
A hand rises here. I'm like you, recognition of myself from your post was almost one-to-one, although I don't get quite so many ideas, and I don't usually focus on mechanical things like bottle caps, car doors and such, more like software ideas, concepts and so on - more higher level, sort of.
I write the ideas down to my computer or some note paper, then later I get back to them - good ideas often have the most material written down. I often try to follow some ideas through, to make a sort of "feasibility study".
Me, I live in Northern Europe, work in the software industry and pursue my Ph.D. which doesn't really progress because I don't work in an academic institute.
If there's jobs where one could be an ideas person... I don't know of any, but that would be truly awesome :)
Just catching up.
Q.: Are there people out there like me?
A.: You bet! Been there myself many times. Remember one night crying out, "I don't want any more ideas!"
Since then I have been more and more willing to give ideas away. Especially if they might benefit (note I did not say PROFIT) someone. I'm learning to live with the thought that just having the idea is gift enough.
Q.: Are there jobs for idea persons?
A.: Yes, BUT they are few and far between. Sadly, most organizations don't know how to honor and/or compensate them. We worked on the outside and sold into an industry (toys and games)that had its doors open to professional inventors.
Love that photo! What a great reminder that even greats start somewhere, and sometimes with bad hair. I take inspiration from this, knowing that we all have seeds of potential greatness in us. We just have to let it out.
Thanks!
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Welcome to the 21st century. In this day and age, you can't write a check, use a credit card, set up a bank account, get on an airplane, rent a hotel room or a car, or even get a library card without first showing your photo identification — usually a driver's license.
It is a pain, but we dig into our wallets and pull out the old ID card (with the photo we wish we could change) because, well ... because that's the way it is. Today, we have to prove who we are to get what we want.
So, why are some people so aghast at the idea that when we vote we should have to show a photo ID?
The merchant who asks a shopper to show a picture ID before accepting their credit card just wants to match up the name on the card with the face on your license. The airline wants to make sure they know who's getting on what flight. And the librarian needs to verify your correct address in case you decide not to return a stack of books. Asking for identification isn't done to violate your privacy, it's requested by others as protection from fraud, theft and terrorism.
So why don't we do a better job protecting our polling places? We've all heard the legendary (and proven) stories about dead people voting. In fact, voter fraud has likely taken place in most states, nationwide, at one time or another. But it is hard to prove because states have not been requiring voters to show a picture ID before casting a ballot. How can you prove someone is committing voter fraud if you don't know the person's true identity?
Things are changing now. In the last year, 34 states introduced voter ID legislation. Nine states passed variations of such a law: Alabama, Kansas, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin, Mississippi, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania. Virginia is expected to do the same soon.
But, Attorney General Eric Holder's Justice Department is fighting tooth and nail so that these new voter fraud laws don't go into effect. He says they are discriminatory against the indigent, minorities, students, the elderly and others who may not have a driver's license. Liberal groups, like the ACLU, cry that states should be making it easier for citizens to vote, not harder. They maintain that since Republicans are in charge in most of the states passing the photo ID requirement, it is all a ploy to disenfranchise those groups that usually vote Democratic.
Under the 1965 Voting Rights Act the attorney general has the right of approval for any proposed voting change in a state with a history of voter discrimination — mostly Southern states.
More recently,.
The Justice Department has now lumped in the Texas case with the South Carolina suit, and the whole thing promises to be tied up in the courts for months if not years. The end result — these new photo ID laws cannot be enforced.
In the meantime, the November presidential race is looming, and Holder's boss, President Barack Obama, certainly wouldn't want to lose any potential Democratic voters.
Look, we have lots of rights here in America, but they come with responsibilities. You have the right to own and drive a car IF you get the proper license and insurance. You can send your child to a public school IF you can prove you live in the neighborhood and that little Billy or Susie has had their vaccinations. You can own a gun IF you get the proper registration and license. These are just some of the checks and balances we have in our society.
As I said in the beginning,.
And, sorry — I don't buy that this is some sinister Republican trick to purge Democratic voters. The idea of requiring a picture ID at the polls was recommended way back in 2005 by a commission on federal election reform co-chaired by none other than former President Jimmy Carter — not a man known to be hostile to minorities or the poor.
It's way past time to revamp our voting system to ensure that only eligible voters actually vote.
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In Defense of the US Military | http://www.creators.com/opinion/diane-dimond/show-it-to-vote-what-s-wrong-with-that.html | 2013-05-18T11:03:38 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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A good portion of the right-wing punditocracy, Beltway sorts especially, appears to harbor a deep dislike of Newt Gingrich. They can't believe he is currently the frontrunner for the Republican nomination and are doing everything in their power to enlighten the great unwashed about the multiple inadequacies of this man and knock some sense into them (us) before it is too late.
Now, I am not a Beltway person. I am something even worse — a Hollywood and Vine person — so everything I say is suspect and should be. But allow me to chime in on why Newt is attractive to some of us at this juncture.
Let's begin here: America is in a slough of despond. In fact, it's in close to the worst shape it's been since the Great Depression. Negativity rules the land. Few people are happy or optimistic. Basically, this once great nation is asleep.
And we have a president who wants us to stay there, —who is banal, irritating, humorless, reactionary, self-righteous and narcissistic all at once. He hasn't said one interesting thing or proposed one creative idea since being in office.
Unfortunately, the Republican candidates aren't much better. Mitt Romney, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann, Jo Huntsman, even Ron Paul, are no more than critics of a system gone moribund. They do not inspire us. Their ideas, even when worth investigating (flat tax, etc.), are no more than rehashes of proposals we have heard for decades.
Only Newt dances. Only Newt, on occasion, is original. Only Newt — and here is the important part — has the capacity to wake us up.
What attracts me about the man is the very thing that Romney criticized, the part that wants to explore the moon and stars, maybe even mine them.
Sure, Gingrich has an idea a minute, many of which are bad, but at least he has ideas. At least he is thinking. And — guess what — he says what he thinks.
But Gingrich reminds me more of a Steve Jobs or a Richard Branson than he does of a politician, and that is a good thing because politicians these days are the kind of people that make me want to bang my forehead against the desk.
And I would like to add — and perhaps this disqualifies me — that I don't care who is more or less conservative, who is a RINO and who is not, or what kind of libertarian someone may or may not be. I think when your ideology has become rigid, you have checked your brains at the door. If you want proof of that, just look at today's liberals. Their ideology has been extinct for years, and they are walking around like the living dead, trying to preserve the welfare state and the vision of Lord Keynes while the whole world crumbles around them.
But, you're saying, Gingrich has all these faults.. He's erratic, arrogant, impatient, smart-alecky, thin-skinned, selfish, with a nasty grin like a roadshow Satan, etc., etc.
Well, yeah. Next.
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Ryder will play in his regular opening slot and his replacement in the last match, Martin Guptill, will bat at first drop here Tuesday in the final game of the series which is locked at one-all.
Once known as the "wild child" of New Zealand cricket, Ryder has a well publicised battle with alcohol.
Although it had been kept under control for the past year, an unauthorised night out before Saturday's fourth one-dayer saw Ryder immediately dropped and fined an unspecified amount.
It also opened the door for Guptill to make his New Zealand debut in which he scored an unbeaten 122, the second highest debut score in one day international cricket behind Desmond Haynes' 148 against Australia 30 years ago.
But despite Guptill's dazzling display, New Zealand coach Andy Moles said Sunday there was no hesitation in reinstating Ryder.
"Not at all. Jesse is a match-winner opening the batting. He and Brendon (McCullum) are a formidable pair," he said.
Ryder's latest indiscretion followed his infamous night out in Christchurch last February that ended with a severed tendon when he smashed a bar window with his fist. "Jesse assures us it's a thing of the past and we have to move on with that in mind," Moles said.
New Zealand Cricket took steps after his Christchurch meltdown to assist Ryder while in the team environment.
Although it proved effective on tours to Bangladesh and Australia last year his latest lapse means the approach will be reappraised.
"We've got a plan in place to help Jesse with his problem," Moles said, without elaborating.
New Zealand Cricket Players Association chief executive Heath Mills said his organisation would also continue to support Ryder, although it was ultimately the player's responsibility to recognise the severity of actions.
"I'm not quite sure he understands the extent of his problem, in terms of his issue with alcohol, Mills."
Ryder's latest drunken episode will not affect his contractual status with New Zealand Cricket and is unlikely to harm his chances of securing a lucrative T20 Cricket League (T20-League) Twenty20 contract.
The next T20-League auction is on February 6 and Ryder is expected to attract a six-figure deal.
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To be honest, I wouldn't be too bothered if you had made a second account Saad, so long as you don't use it to do anything stupid/annoying/silly.
And as for you ruling this place, dream on sunshine(s).
I know it was just a joke Saad - 'dream on sunshine' means 'that isn't going to happen, my friend.'
Stay away from initiation ceremonies, mate!
Sup every one ... My name is well... isn't it obvious ?
My name is Zeeshan im 20 years old i live in New York. I was born in Pakistan ... came to the states when i was say about 6 ;played alota cricket as a kid .. ( u must be thinkin how much could he have played if he was 6 !!! ) but when i came to the states didn't realy play much till i got a lil' bit older.. i play every now and then mostly during the summer or in the basement of my boys house now a days (since the pak eng test series has got me hyped !!!) But yeah i love cricket it's somewhat in my blood.. My father was a great cricketer he was once supposed to play for the national team as a spin bowler till he broke his finger...
other then that i work at a hospital in the Pharmacy as a pharmacist Technician and i am in the process of doing my masters/doctrate in Pharmacy.
I play more baseball basketball Football (american ) then cricket .. but i love evey sport out there... Im a big ol jock !
later guyZ. by the way.. JP... next time u do a sim ... dude can i have dibz on Pakistan in advance ... :-D .. shh jus between me n you .. don't tell no one !
Hey guys, this is Safran, residing in Toronto, Canada. I am 23 years old. Born in Sri Lanka, been in canada since 1994. I represent Division 2 and am an opener.
I am a serious cricket. hehe.
peace all.
Hi all ,
Kridsy here ,,, My name is Vijay [anyway it is abbreviated so thet it is easy for u ppl to spell it out] , suppose I should not tell ,I am an Engineer ,,, a software engineer . I work for a nice company . My schedule is 9 to 9 . luckily these days I am bit free with the work, so u guys see me on the forum.
I live in bangalore , Karnataka [well chinnaswamy stadium ...].I am a cricket fan ,, I love lot of other sports like Rugby , soccor , Golf and F1. I am catching up with the A1 also.
I do lot of other things like , Painting , sketching , play guitar etc etc . Music is my Hobby ,, no specific , I listen to any music that I feel is good.
fine then
Bye
Vijay
Hi Dudes
This is Ayaskant.....got my name Naa hhh I dont think so. Rather u call me Yas/Ayas what ever is easier for u ....
I am from India and a great fan of Indian Cricket (Not the world Cricket to be specific ). Like Vijay I will not tell that I am a Software Engineer and working in so and so company got it i suppose......yeah obviously.......
So currenty I was surfing through the net and accidentally i found this site and when i went in to the forum topics it really doubled my intrest in this site and specifically to this forum posts....
So any way I like Playing cricket and Tennis..... and i used to play for my college as an allrounder....Besides that i like Painting and Photography.....
so thats it for now ........
Ayas/Yas
Hi....I absolutely love cricket! I live in the West Indies so I support West Indies cricket......lots of confusion recently with WICB and WIPA which really was terrible.....on the both parties... Hopefully something like that will never happen again. My favourite player is Brian Lara!!!!!!!
TANZ from england my best team has got to be pakistan but i know a lot about others | http://www.cricketworld.com/FORUM/introduce-yourself_topic310_post6898.html | 2013-05-18T10:32:30 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Does he? I suppose does because of his longevity as captain but obviously his head to head record with Vaughan isn't going to be great (although he probably just about has the edge in ODIs. Not that I believe that counts as Vaughan doesn't deserve his place in ODIs.)
It's not really "new found", is it? He's had the job for two years.
He's not even leading them in the one dayers, he's gone home to get his knee sorted out; which was hampering him in the Test series. He's far from useless (at least in the Test side, anyway)
along with most of the middle-order, and Andrew Strauss. You can't blame Vaughan for the whole series loss. He didn't play well, but he wasn't 100% fit. Perhaps he shouldn't have played when he was injured, but no-one would have complained had we won.
wrongly in both cases.
Because it's a team game, you can't blame or praise one person for what the team does in a series of 5 games. Apart from his captaincy, Vaughan did very little of note, apart from his 166 at Old Trafford. | http://www.cricketworld.com/FORUM/michael-vaughan-a-captain_topic384_post7025.html | 2013-05-18T10:22:10 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
I hope you are all having a great week! Can you believe it is September? I just love the fall and cannot wait to start getting some of that cooler fall weather! We do not get all of the colors that fall has to offer here in the Dallas area, but it is still my favorite time of the year!
Today I have a home decor item that I made using the Sophie cartridge. I bought this at Hobby Lobby and modged podged it. Next, I added some cricut cuts to it. Then, I added some ribbon. You know I just cannot help myself when it comes to ribbon!
Thank so much for stopping by today! I have another project posted on my personal blog today. Come on over and check it out!
PEACE, LOVE, AND CRAFTS!
Be sure and check out Joy's and Melanie's personal blogs for more creative goodness at Obsessed with Scrapbooking and Courtney Lane Designs! Have a great day!
148 comments:
sooooo cute xxx i love it xx
That is so sweet. Love the bird on top of the cage.
Love the birdcage!
Carol
WOW, this is so elegant!!! Love the colours!
brigitteetleschats at hotmail dot com
wow...This is really cute!!! I love the birdcage....and the birdie!!
That is VERY cute! I like seeing scrapbook skills used on different things--like this wall hanging! Thanks for sharing! :D
super cute, love the paper color
This is a great gift idea!
What a cute project thanks for sharing.
later tater,
laney
I just want your brain long enough to decorate my home! I literally don't have a single thing (really) on my walls! Cute cute!
Very cute! Love it.
Always love seeing new ways to use our cartridges. Thanks for sharing.--Ryansmaama
gkburrow@cmaaccess.com
Cute birdcage! Thanks for sharing your ideas and talents with us.
scrapbooknut67114 at gmail dot com
OMG that is soo cute. Yes, I too think the bird cage is adorable.
Very cute! Need to open mine up and see what it has to offer.
Not familiar with this cart, but now I want to go have a look at it! Thanks for giving inspiration!
Love the birdcage! Great idea..will check out my local Hobby Lobby.
Dawn M.
Really cute!!
So cute!
Very cute!
What a great item I love the birdcage.
This is so beautiful! I love the colors; it's so elegant!
So very cute and looks like simple to do. Thanks
love the card and color choices. tfs
This is really nice. It you be great in my new baby girls room.
I love this! How cute!
Cute.
Very cute! I love projects that show other uses for the Cricut cartridges.
How cute, this would look perfect in my craft room.
lovely wall decoration. I also love the rosette you made on your blog.
This is very cute another awesome way to personalize home de or, TFS Have a great day!
Very nice card! There's something about birdcages that is just so simple and elegant.
Thanks for sharing this hanging. Very nice.
Megan H.
mhcards at embarqmail dot com
This is really cute TFS.
Luria
Very elegant project! Love the birdcage - I must check out this cartridge.
I love this. So elegant looking. I joined the circle about 3 weeks ago and am still waiting for my cartridge. I hope it gets here soon.
What an awesome idea!!!
Love the wall hanging. The birdcage is sweet.
I love the colors - elegant and beautiful!
Simply adorable! Just got Sophie and can't wait to play! Thanks for the inspiration.
Darling project, Melanie!
Very nice tfs
super cute!
Rebecca
I love this - and it could be customized so easily using different background papers! You could even do a different paper on each side & flip it over. Oh. . . I can't wait to try this!
Love it !! Bird cages seem to be really popular right now!!
Great job! Cute Birdcage.
Very, very cute!
great project. tfs.
Cute! I am looking forward to cooler weather, too!
thanks for sharing
Susan
This is so pretty!!! I love it...
Oh, I love the project you made!
I can't wait for the cooler weather to hit Georgia too! It will
be a few months before we really feel a cool breeze here. :D
Elegant and gorgeous. And the ribbon bow -- you know how I love your bows!!!
What a cute wall hanging! Think I will try a bathroom wall thingy with vinyl!
Lovely
Lori
That is soooo pretty. The birdcage cut matches the frame perfectly!
Wow, love this project. Thanks for sharing.
papermemories4u@ yahoo.com
I love to see home decor projects and this one is fantastic!
This is so cute. What's not to like a bird and its cage.
this is darling! a great gift for any occasion. thank you for sharing. would love to win this week have never won and tomorrow is my birthday
Very Very cute great job :)
Adorable! I too love seeing paper crafting used in other areas.
So pretty!
ra6352 (at) gmail (Dot) com
Beautiful! TFS
How cute! This would be so cute as a wedding present if their theme is love birds!
A cute project and love the birdhouse!
joyfulcardmaker@frontiernet.net
Love this project. Fall is my favorite time of year too!!! Love it the first night I can leave my window open a bit and have that cool air. I'm in Dallas as well and can hardly remember our deep freeze we had during Super Bowl!!!!
I love the home decor project. The Sophie cartridge looks interesting. I agree with you about the ribbon. Just can't help it!
very pretty
cute home decor
marilyn2222 @ hotmail.com
follower
Very cute!
HOW PRETTY - WOULD LOOK GREAT IN MY OFFICE!! THANKS FOR SHARING THE GREAT IDEA!! HAPPY THURSDAY!!!
I love the paper and the bird cage is adorable.
Dana
Cute and simple - those are the things I need to make for Christmas and here it is Sept. already - won't be long.
Very nice. Thanks for sharing.
SO" phie cute!
That's really pretty! TFS!
I am head-over-heels for birds and bird cages!
Beautiful!
wow i think i need to win the Lottery to buy all these way to cute cartridges. lol thanks for all you do. 1205love@gmail com
what a great idea!! love it!!
Cute wall hanging. This cart just doesn't seem to end with all its designs. Thank you for showing us all the things you can do with this new cart.
Linda in Stanwood
This is adorable! I love it!
Very pretty! I love the blue background paper you used. :)
Lori
Love this. Might have to try using Serenade to do something like this.
Very elegant birdcage with the blue and black color scheme!
I love your wall hanging! The birdcage is adorable. TFS!!
sueot33@yahoo.com
Just got my Sophie cart two days ago and am so excited about it. It's a great cart with many fabulous images on it.
I love your wall hanging.
Marcie
Very pretty, I love the background paper!
What is it about bird cages that are so stinkin' cute? Love it! :)
LOVE LOVE LOVE the birdcage!!
Love your color choice
That is so cute! That birdcage wall hanging is so pretty and stylish. I love the turquoise, white, and black color scheme - it's actually what I'm doing in my living room right now! I am so excited about all the ways you can use Cricut, especially since I'm redecorating my home!
Soooo pretty!! Love the colors!!
Soooo cute! Love the birdcage!
This is sooo Adorable!!!!! I Love it :)
Very cute! Love the background paper.
I love the birdcage. I have to have this cart!
This is super cute! Would make a great Christmas gift! TYFS
*fingers crossed*
candkmason@gmail.com
That is a great project! So cute! Where do you plan to hang it in your home?
This is such a pretty piece, love the colours.
Kim xXx
Love the wall hanging!
Pretty project! Birdcages are still hot, and it looks great here!
The birdcage is awesome!! Never heard about the Sophie cartridge though!!
cute idea! Thanks for sharing
This is beautiful. You never cease to amaze me with your crafting talent.
Perfect background paper for the cutout. Thanks.
titus46 at msn.com
This cartridge is so adorable. Your project is adorable as well! Your creativity is just astounding.
I never think of making wall hangings etc. Great idea!
Kathleen (jbaugh1481@aol.com)
Love the bird cage. Nice job
How sweet!
Do not have this cartridge, love it:)
mexicopetshop at hotmail dot com
cathyplus5.blogspot.com
Love It!!!! This would make a great gift. TFS
cindymarshall63 at hotmail dot com
This is really cute! Im really liking that cartridge! TFS!
Adorable! I love the colors!
Beautiful project!
Carol B
ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com
I love this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beautiful and simple just perfect.
I can see it using any color that
goes with your own decore. You are
such an inspiration to us. Thank you!!!!
What a cute idea. I have a wedding next month three of these woud be cute as a gift.
Such cute ideas love the imagination...
This is really pretty and I love the birdcage cut! I love almost all of the cartridges that have fancy, intricate designs on them as I'm not much for cutesy and so many of the carts are just that.
So cute.
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Great decor piece. I really must do some of this sort of projects. My house need a decor redo.
Very nice birdhouse wall decor. Thanks for the chance to win.
Tina
Sophie is such a pretty cartridge. Wish I was a member of the Circle :(
I absolutely LOVE this creation.
LOVE it...so pretty...
TFS!!!!!
That is so cute. I don't have that cart, but there is something very similar on straight from the nest, so I could use that.
The cage is perfect for the frame. Love that the bird is outside of the cage instead of inside the cage.
I love your home decor projects!
Kris in Alaska
funamom at yahoo dot com
that is so cute! would not have thought to do that
Super cute!! Love the birdcage!
Christy
triathletecece@yahoo.com
This is so cute!!
This is so beautiful and elegant! Great idea!!
So sweet.
Oh my goodness, what a sweet project! Thanks.
this is so sweet! :)
very cute!
Very cute. You have such great ideas. Thanks for sharing.
Already have it bookmarked!
Home decor is such a great fit for the vinyl products crafted!
OMGooodness,
Now I'm going to have to do some home decor. Must find more time to craft!!!!!!!!!
Very cute, now i can't wait to get me cart :)
So very beautiful!
I forget about using my Cricut for home decor!
How pretty! Love it.
This is a gorgeous project!
Very pretty. What a soft blue!
how pretty!
sweetlilscrapper.blogspot.com
sweetlilscrapper at hotmail dot ca
Very Nice!!
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Crime Magazine is about true crime: organized crime, celebrity crime, serial killers, corruption, sex crimes, capital punishment, prisons, assassinations, justice issues, crime books, crime films and crime studies.
Reno Bros. Gang
On December 6, 1868, a had a short reign of criminal terror, they are credited with pulling off the first train robbery in American history and are believed to be the inspiration for criminal copycats like Jesse James and others.
On October 6, 1866, the Reno brothers committed their first heist. After stopping a train outside of Seymour, Indiana, they stole $10,000 in cash and gold. Though fast on their feet, the Reno brothers didn't have much luck evading law enforcement, 25 years in prison. In his absence, the other Reno brothers continued to rob banks and trains in the area. On May 22, 1868, they stopped a train near Marshfield and beat a guard with pistols and crowbars. In an attempt to lure the predictable criminals in, Pinkerton detectives had floated the rumor about a big gold shipment and then nabbed the Reno’s when they stopped the train. Although Frank and William went rather quietly when the vigilantes hanged them on December 11th, their brother Simon put up a bitter fight. He even managed to survive the hanging itself for more than 30 minutes before finally succumbing to the rope. - | http://www.crimemagazine.com/victim-reno-bros-gang-succumbs-injuries-1868?page=11 | 2013-05-18T11:06:29 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Techplus Distribution has been named as a new Australian distribution partner for telecommunications giant Allied Telesis.
Techplus joins Allied Telesis’ three other local distribution partners Anixter, Pacific Communications and WhiteGold Solutions.
Allied Telesis currently also holds a distribution partnership with Techplus parent Connector Systems in New Zealand.
Techplus Australian general manager Chris Barton said the Allied Telesis partnership complemented the brands Techplus currently represents, which includes the likes of ExaGrid Systems, Bradford Networks, Ruckus Wireless, Iomega, Kaspersky and Veeam Software.
Techplus will distribute Allied Telesis' complete product range, which includes routers, switches, network management software and wireless products, among others.
Allied Telesis' current customers include the Bethsalem Care aged care facility, St Frances Xavier, Mackillop College and St Pauls College.
"In each of these cases we worked with the end user and their preferred integrator to develop a solution and ultimately deploy it," a spokesperson told CRN.
"In the resources sector, we have recently deployed entertainment services to over 500 rooms in a mining camp with a partner of ours that we have a close working relationship. | http://www.crn.com.au/(S(twz0zpeqqeqq0mjozwlwvaex))/News/307593,techplus-picks-up-telco-partner.aspx | 2013-05-18T10:53:31 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
HP Appoints New Head Of ProCurve Networking7:18 PM EST Tue. Jun. 17, 2008
Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday said it has appointed Marius Haas as senior vice president and general manager of its ProCurve Networking business.
The appointment follows the departure earlier this month of John McHugh, vice president and worldwide general manager of the organization.
McHugh is credited with leading ProCurve's rise from a virtual start-up to a $1 billion plus contender in the networking marketplace, competing in the crowded field to be a strong second to market leader Cisco Systems, of San Jose, Calif.
McHugh also built ProCurve's channel organization from the ground up as a separate independent unit within a dedicated specialized network infrastructure force of 4,500 registered solution providers.
Haas previously served as senior vice president of strategy and corporate development at HP, Palo Alto, Calif. HP, in a statement, said that Hass has led initiatives that focused on improving efficiency and driving growth at HP. He came to HP with its acquisition of Compaq, and previously worked at Intel, of Santa Clara, Calif.
Hass will report to Shane Robison, HP's executive vice president and chief strategy and technology officer. "Marius has a tremendous track record of executing against HP's key strategic initiatives," said Robison, in the statement. "He is the right leader to continue driving ProCurve's aggressive market share gains."
HP also appointed Brian Humphries to take over for Haas as senior vice president of strategy and corporate development.
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What's The Target?
Mid-range servers and virtualized infrastructure in manufacturing? Or is it VoIP and unified communications in legal, health care and state-level public sector accounts? Take a look as we examine some of the major market sweet spots -- vertical markets, market sizes and technologies -- of this year's VAR500 solution providers.
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You’ve seen Betty, the cockapoo I watch sometimes, wearing this crochet dog sweater (that I made) as well as the hæklet hat (that my mom made for her). You haven’t seen it all put together in a professional picture before now, selv. I just got this photo of her as a belated Christmas present. Isn’t it adorable?
[...] is one of the dogs I petsit sometimes (and also a pet I crochet for!) She’s a cockapoo. Every time I walk her people want to stop and touch her because [...] | http://www.crochetconcupiscence.com/da/2013/02/betty-in-blue-crochet-for-dogs/ | 2013-05-18T10:13:12 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Filatura Di Crosa Tiffany
Filatura Di Crosa Tiffany
Filatura Di Crosa Tiffany: glamour and sparkle with a soft touch Color shown: #05 Pink Diamond Tiffany is a fancy glam yarn that will inspire you to make something special for a night on the town. It consists of several twisted plies that combine color variations with sparkle, punctuated by small slubs for textured interest. The yarn is soft so it drapes naturally. Because of the fancy look of Tiffany, simple stitches will capture its essence the best. The occasional nub/slub can cause a momentary pause in your work, so don’t expect to crochet with it at high-speed. Upon first glance at the ball band, it appears to have been intended for knitted projects, as there is no crochet hook symbol or gauge given (however, a crochet hook size recommendation is included in the yarn company’s website). I first attempted working with it on a size G/6 (4.25 mm) hook but because of the slubs in the yarn I moved up to a size H/8 US (5 mm) hook to allow more room to maneuver. This worked well, and helped avoid some instances of the plies separating a tad as they were hooked. The yarn itself does all the work, so an eye-catching fabric can be produced with the simplest of stitches. I found that it crocheted best with openwork chain stitches -- think fancy sleeve cuffs, lightweight scarves, or see-through chain link shawlettes. A basic single crochet fabric could lend itself to an attractive tank top, and with a bit of lining fabric Tiffany would be just the thing for evening bags or pouches to hold small essentials when heading out for dinner or dancing. If you like a touch of glitz in your accessories, this luxe novelty yarn will make them seem as precious as jewelry – in fact, the strands themselves could serve as a necklace! Rating: The word “Fancy†appears on the yarn ball band, thus recommended for special evening wear or dressy occasion pieces. Content/Care: 44% cotton, 39% viscose, 13% polyamide, 1% polyester. 104 yds/95 m per 50 g ball. Suggested gauge: 5 sts and 8 rows = 1†on size 6 (4 mm) needles, size G/6 (4 mm) hook. Hand wash.
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Workout)
Dan & Amber: Part A – 9:24; Rest 2 min; Part B – 14: 32
Man-Maker Thursday and Thruster Friday…bad combo!
I LOVE all the partner workouts this week! Thanks for the fun programming
Subbed swimming with sea lions and snorkeling with a massive school of skipjacks. Not for time–focused on technique and breathing.
Rxd with partner.
9.15 and 17.30
Great WOD yesterday. Thank you for letting me drop in. Great coaching and great people. Just what I expected. Hope to get there again before I leave Tuesday.
Thanks!
Scott Assencoa- Crossfit New England | http://www.crossfitinvictus.com/wod/may-18-2012-fitness-and-performance/ | 2013-05-18T10:40:35 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
The free event, sponsored by Dawn Breakers Toastmasters, takes place from noon to 2 p.m. in the Family Life Building. It will cover how to prepare for the job interview, answer tough questions, and what employers are looking for.
Cindy Cannon, a Distinguished Toastmaster and executive recruiter, interviewer and speaking coach, will discuss the one thing you should never do on an interview, how to dress, the top 10 questions an employer will ask, and other topics.
The first 10 people to arrive at the seminar will receive a review/critique of their resume. Seating is limited. Light refreshments will be served.
Dawn Breakers meets Saturday at 9:30 a.m. at Beulah Baptist at 2340 Clifton Springs Road. Visit or call 770-255-9596. | http://www.crossroadsnews.com/view/full_story/20064657/article-Interview-help-for-job-seekers?instance=home_more_headlines_finance | 2013-05-18T10:21:05 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
A Daily Word - September 6, 2012
September 6
… you shall not worship any other god, for the LORD, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God …
Exodus 34:14
Covetousness and envy are wrong, but appropriate jealousy is a dimension of passionate love. To be jealous of a business rival or of someone considered more attractive is actually to covet, and therefore a violation of God’s commandment. But if a third party intervenes in a marriage, the offended individual will be jealous, if love is present. Jealousy allows for no rivals in intimate relationships. This is why God is jealous when His people embrace idolatry. Be grateful He is jealous for you because it’s a sign of the intensity of His love for | http://www.crosswalk.com/devotionals/a-daily-word/a-daily-word-september-6-2012.html | 2013-05-18T10:55:26 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Devotionals Daily: A Year with Jesus - October 14
From A Leader’s Heart by John C. Maxwell: Maxwell Leadership Bible
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Love Worth Finding - Jan. 19, 2011
January 19
Flourishing in Body, Soul and Spirit "…dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves…." 2 Corinthians 7:1
You were created to know three worlds - the spiritual, psychological, and material worlds. These can be considered a snapshot inventory of your life. Where do you need to start making changes to live a healthier lifestyle? What is your emotional barometer telling you about how you see others and yourself? Do you know of any area in your life where you are not living in obedience to the call of holy | http://www.crosswalk.com/devotionals/loveworthfinding/love-worth-finding-jan-19-2011-11644336.html | 2013-05-18T10:24:40 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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. ;-) > ... But it's neat to see that we sent 21mb to Saudi Arabia, > 29mb to Lithuania, 2mb to Nepal, and even 200k to the Pope apparently. :) > Neat stuff. :-) Regards, Trevor British Sign Language is not inarticulate handwaving; it's a living language. Support the campaign for formal recognition by the British government now! Details at -- <>< Re: deemed! | http://www.crosswire.org/pipermail/sword-devel/2003-February/017842.html | 2013-05-18T10:12:04 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Jonathan Morgan wrote: > Possibly it is worth putting it somewhere, but I don't think it > deserves a front page mention, and it certainly makes it more text to > read (which is what I am trying to avoid). It's worth noting that if > you search for that Crosswire comes up first, but what is highlighted > is the purpose statement "The SWORD Project is the CrossWire Bible > Society's free Bible software project. Its purpose is to create > cross-platform open-source tools, covered by the ...", though that is > no longer there. That is part of the Sword website, always was and still is. > I personally think the best course might be to make each application > description show which platforms it supports (probably by icons), > which would also be handy if you were to have a list of all software > (maybe add a link to "All" as part of the list of icons there, I don't > know). Ok, I think I can summarise the consensus - that the software section requires more work. I will do this now. I was given enough to work on I think.? Peter | http://www.crosswire.org/pipermail/sword-devel/2008-December/030157.html | 2013-05-18T10:41:56 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:] Aerial navigation, the act or art of sailing or floating in the air, as by means of airplanes or ballons; aviation; aeronautic. Inland navigation, Internal navigation, navigation on rivers, inland lakes, etc. [1913 Webster] | http://www.crosswordpuzzlehelp.net/old/definition/navigation | 2013-05-18T10:41:27 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Exquisite \Ex"qui*site\, a. [L. exquisitus, p. p. of exquirere to search out; ex out + quarere to seek, search. See Quest.] 1. Carefully selected or sought out; hence, of distinguishing and surpassing quality; exceedingly nice; delightfully excellent; giving rare satisfaction; as, exquisite workmanship. [1913 Webster] Plate of rare device, and jewels Of reach and exquisite form. --Shak. [1913 Webster] I have no exquisite reason for 't, but I have reason good enough. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Exceeding; extreme; keen; -- used in a bad or a good sense; as, exquisite pain or pleasure. [1913 Webster] 3. Of delicate perception or close and accurate discrimination; not easy to satisfy; exact; nice; fastidious; as, exquisite judgment, taste, or discernment. [1913 Webster] His books of Oriental languages, wherein he was exquisite. --Fuller. Syn: Nice; delicate; exact; refined; choice; rare; matchless; consummate; perfect. [1913 Webster] .
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Exquisite \Ex"qui*site\, n. One who manifests an exquisite attention to external appearance; one who is overnice in dress or ornament; a fop; a dandy. [1913 Webster] | http://www.crosswordpuzzlehelp.net/old/dictionary.php?q=Exquisite | 2013-05-18T11:02:32 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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This publication is a reflection of the author’s experience in Canada as a Black Canadian and landed immigrant. It reveals how Canada which was intended to be a white man’s country instead became a land of multiculturalism. It identifies Canada’s struggles to become a multicultural country and also praises their accomplishments and their multicultural Prime Minister, Pierre Trudeau. It talks about the country’s hopes in terms of multiculturalism, their methods and systems that have racist flaws and need to be perfected. The book concludes with an opportunity Canada can take, in order to become a country where race is not longer an issue. | http://www.crr.ca/en/library-a-clearinghouse/bibliographic-search/item/22292-where-race-does-not-matter-the-new-spirit-of-modernity | 2013-05-18T10:12:26 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
This was my first cruise on the Carnival Cruise Line, and I found the last minute purchase experience a bit of a leap of faith, because there was little I could specify (waitlisted on early dining, we ended up late dining, and shore excursions would be considered once on board), but given the deal we received, we rolled with it. We made it down to Miami on time, and had no issues checking in. We dropped our carry-on bags in the spacious ocean-view cabin, and proceeded to explore the ship. Weather was beautiful, crowds were managed very well, it wasn't the "sea of humanity" I expected. Liberty was recently refurbished in 2011, and everything was super clean, super friendly, and the amenities of the ship were numerous.
From the time we boarded to the time we got home, it was the most restful, fun, enjoyable trip we have had in at least five years. The staff was incredible, but the absolute All-Star of the cruise had to be the Cruise Director, Jaime Dee, who pretty much "owned" the cruise for all 7 days. I've been on a few cruises before, and the Cruise Director was always a bit distant, there if you needed them for a specific event or concern. You'd have to go find them if you needed something. In this case, it was the exact opposite: Jamie found everybody, welcomed them, communicated with them, made them feel special, all +/- 3400 of us. A fair amount of people wake up with a cup of coffee and the Today show or Good Morning America, and for the next 7 days this captive audience woke up with a funny, crazy, upbeat, dedicated Cruise Director on the in-cabin TV, or the announcement system, or the poolside jumbotron big screen, providing a constant feed of news, information, comedy, events, special opportunities and more. I thought I had long hours, until I saw the effort she put into a day, from early morning announcements, to their version of the "Morning Show", to all the daily activities and events she and the entertainment staff administered to, poolside limbo parties at 10:30PM, to announcing the comic performing at the 11:45PM show. There has to be a huge I.V. of 5 hour energy drink somewhere on board, because there's no way in hell I could cheerfully and happily deal with the responsibilities and that many guests and keep that pace like they did for 7 days without something like it. I made the statement she "owned" the cruise. She had tremendous support of her entertainment staff/team, and Assistant Cruise Director Christian. Without them, it wouldn't have been the same. But she put her own personality and "stamp" on the "Carnival experience" that far exceeded any other cruise experience we've ever had. It's startling how one person can truly impact a vacation week in such a positive way.
Things I'd share with others considering this ship and the itinerary (St. Thomas, San Juan, Grand Turk):
Cabin: Spacious room, picture window (not porthole), hot water and good water pressure that can scald you (be careful) made showers as good as home. Staff cleaned/tidied up the room at least 4 times a day, ice bucket was always full. Ask to have the mini bar opened for you, there's room in the fridge to keep your beverages or snacks cold. Plenty of towels, storage areas for clothes, robes are in the closets, shampoo and shower gel provided (good quality!). 22"? LCD TV's with news, satellite broadcast (FOX, NBC, etc.) programming, movies, etc. The only downside I can think of in the cabin is that other lines have speakers and volume control in the cabin for announcements. We did not, so every time an announcement was made in the hallways over the speaker system, we muted the TV and opened the cabin door to hear the announcement.
Food: Lido deck buffet was standard on most meals, exemplary on others. One night a special dessert line was set up that could have put Miami in a diabetic coma. The wife is on a special diet and still had MANY choices for all the meals during the day. Dining Room was available for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Breakfast and Lunch menus never changed, so we mixed things up a little between the buffet and dining room. Dinner at the dining room was special every night, the waiter(s) catered to your desires/needs, and service was that of a 4 star restaurant. The lobster dinner was a little disappointing, but everything else was superb. Guy Alfieri's Burger Joint poolside gave temptation a challenge for a great home-made burger with the works, but not the most health conscious choice. We enjoyed the Blue Iguana Cantina's (poolside) breakfast burritos with the amazing topping/hot sauce bar. Ice cold fresh watermelon slices were the best! And helped kill the burn of a hot sauce too liberally used. Two coffee bars (Lido deck and Promenade) kept the skim milk lattes flowing when we needed them, and also offered DECADENT/deadly temptings of cakes, pastries, and more. Sushi bar (Promenade) was open 5 -- 9, and offered great choices with all the fixings. Never made it to Diamond's (steak restaurant), can't comment on it. Room service was TERRIBLE! Offerings were limited, delivery was on time, the order was not taken correctly and the food was similar to a school vending machine-type sandwich on old bread. I was truly shocked.
Beverages: You are allowed to bring 20? Bottles of water per person on board when you check in. Do it. At $5 a pop in the cabin, you can save enough money to hit the casino or bingo easily. You are also allowed to bring 12 packs of soda too. $3 a pop onboard, it adds up if you are a soda drinker. Also (didn't know this) you can bring one bottle of wine per person onboard ONLY when you check in. No liquor bottles, only wine. Any liquor or wine bought in the duty free store or in any port is held until the night before disembarkment, and delivered to your room. Count on cocktails running $10 a piece, beers $7. ATTENTION GAMBLERS: You'll find a classic cocktail menu at any bar on the ship. Buy any classic cocktail (like a Classic Margarita) for $10, take your receipt to the Casino Cash Desk, and they'll give you $5 match play for each one. $5 top shelf margaritas or mojitos are worth it.
Casino: Those who partake of gaming, go to the casino first and get the flyers on the events of the trip. You'll find valuable coupons there on the first day that saved me about $40. We played in the slots tournaments, came in third on one (First prize was $500, t-shirts for the 7 runner ups). Blackjack tables use mechanized/automated card distribution systems, no 4 deck shoe or shuffle anywhere. $6 low limit. Blackjack and Poker tournaments available. Crap table was busy. You can use your cruise card to buy into the tournaments. We left our donation, but had a lot of fun.
Activities: There's a lot going on all the time, we did all the Bingo games (one number short on three different occasions) and found them to be expensive, because they often only play one game, and at $20 for a 3 box card, for one game, it was a bit much. Spa and Gym events were great, we hit the gym early in the morning to get a treadmill or elliptical as they fill up by 9. They have LifeCycle equipment, so you can bring your ipod to listen to your music or just headphones and watch TV while you workout. Entertainment on the ship was of great quality, comics, magicians, production shows, something for everyone, and scheduled to allow you to not rush through dinner. Men's Hairy Chest contest, poolside limbo, Mardi Gras Party, Miss Carnival Liberty contest, a sports bar, Piano sing-a-long bar, dance bar, latin salsa bar, a lot of stuff geared for the kids, trivia games and more hell there's too much to mention, but it's all fun and entertaining thanks to the Entertainment Staff and Jaime. We had a blast.
Ports: St. Thomas -- we took a non-ship excursion off the pier, joined six others from our ship for a tour of St. Thomas by truck/cab/open air vehicle. Almost like a parking tram you'd find at Disney, only mounted on a Ford F-350. $25 a head for a four hour tour, covering Mountaintop (Banana Daiquiris the best), Megan's Beach, Blackbeard's Castle, another beach and eventually downtown with plenty of time for shopping and walking back to the ship. Never been there before, want to go back, great value that covered the places we wanted to go. San Juan -- Didn't do any shore excursions, we took off on our own, did the San Cristobal fort tour, awesome pictures and views of the island. Found our way into Old San Juan, great prices and good shopping (there's a Marshall's there!) and had lunch at Manolin Cafe (local diner with local specialties, highly recommended by the locals, very affordable, crazy busy at noon). Grand Turk -- Handful of shops on the island, very small island pretty much dedicated to water sports. Swimming, snorkeling, diving, hanging on the beach are about the best anywhere in the world. Water is gorgeous, sorry we didn't do a water excursion, we will come back. Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Resort was awesome, you can belly up to the bar while in the free form pool, enjoying music, margaritas, great food too.
Shopping -- Duty-free liquor in port and on ship was similarly priced to wholesale/membership clubs in US. Jewelry and souvenir pricing varies by port and vendor, if you're looking for jewelry, check with the onboard shopping specialist. Last day of cruise, look for specials in the Fun Shops onboard (2/$20 t-shirts, 40% off some watches, costume jewelry)
Tipping -- The crew really works hard for their guests. Some people have issues with tipping, thinking the service is included with the ticket purchase. When someone goes over and above the normal expected level of service, I believe they earned a gratuity. From the cabin staff to the wait staff, these guys took the extra step every single instance to make sure our experience was the best. I was a little apprehensive of Carnival automatically whacking the cruise bill with the entire estimated gratuities for the trip on the second or third day. This being my first cruise with Carnival, and always tipping on prior cruises in cash on the last night, I went down to the Guest Services Desk, and had them remove the estimated gratuities. They gave me envelopes to use for tipping, and on the last night, I gave each of the respective departments their gratuity in cash, and exceeded the recommended/estimated amounts because they earned every nickel of it.
Highly recommend the cruise, hope everyone has the incredible time we had! | http://www.cruisecritic.com/memberreviews/memberreview.cfm?EntryID=101418 | 2013-05-18T10:42:11 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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In his so-called "Weekend Market Report," Councilman Tim Leigh rants and raves against city-owned Memorial Health System. It's almost like Leigh welcomes some kind of scandal to further complicate the city's negotiation process with University of Colorado Health System for a lease of Memorial.
Leigh, whose wife is a nurse at Memorial, issued a list of things he's "been told." As you read, keep in mind that even if these things are accurate (or largely accurate), some of them would have happened before the current executive team's arrival.
Here's his diatribe:
Over the past 12 months, I have been approached by dozens of physicians who didn’t buy-into MHS Leader’s plan to employ all physicians and thereby grow the hospital. These physicians represent the broad spectrum of health care - general practitioners; cardiologist, radiologist, pulmonologists, anesthesiologists, oncologists, orthopedic surgeons, gastroenterologists. They all recount the same basic story — they can’t negotiate with the administration because they will not “get with the program” and they don’t dare “go public” for fear of reprisal.
· I’ve been told in 2007/2008, MHS invested $3,000,000 to finish 30,000 square feet at 4110 Briargate Parkway (a Medical Office Building owned HCP Briargate MOB, LLC., a private, for-profit interest) in a deal to operate a surgery center. The deal fell apart and MHS has been paying $750,000 per year in rent since - for space that’s still empty!
o At 10%, the capitalized value of a $750,000 lease payment equals $7,500,000 of debt
§ Does that debt impact the negotiation with any Lessee?
§ Are there other of these obligations we don’t know about?
o I’ve been told there have been at least 2 attempts by private practitioners to sub-lease the vacant Briargate space (alleviating the $750,000 cost) that have failed
· I’ve been told that there was a similar situation at the Printer’s Park Medical Plaza which failed and ultimately forced MHS to sell to NV Printers Park MOB, LLC (another 3rd party, for-profit entity) because of deteriorating financial metrics, and in that process MHS had to sign a very (Landlord favored), long-term lease to guaranty the transaction.
· I’ve been told there’s a program at MHS designed to restrict “First Assist” positions. First Assist’s are typically highly trained Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants who are the surgeon’s immediate assistant. I’ve been told MHS’s program is not part of a nationally recognized protocol. I’ve been told the program was emplaced because MHS’s operational process is to employ “their” First Assist folks so MHS (not the surgeon) could collect the billing for them and to create a barrier for physicians to bring their own First Assist to surgery.
· Last fall at Council, the CEO told us the financial situation at MHS was so dire that it would be subject to bond default and 3rd party management by December. Then, after the City Council decided to look at competitive Lessee bids, we were told MHS Leadership “had a plan” and the system was so healthy “no 3rd party proposal was necessary”.
· At Council, we’ve been told we have 189 days cash-on-hand. While that sounds good; without context, it has no bearing. A good question might be, “What would our day’s cash-on-hand be if we’d taken advantage of missed business and operational opportunities?” Would we be negotiating as a take-over, merging as superior or growing our system organically?
· At Council, we’ve been told by the current leadership that our emergency department earns about 4% profit from operations and that any new Lessee would likely reduce the size and scope of services because it is an “underperformer”. But, I’ve also been told the typical emergency department should earn around 19% and that likely, instead of reduction, we should expect expansion in services and size. Which is it?
· At Council, we’ve been told we need to consider an exit-payment plan for the current leadership and if we don’t some may quit “leaving-us hanging”. I don’t do well with threats. I say adios and good riddance - don’t let the door hit you on the way out! Look - you can’t buy loyalty, and employees are either inside the tent or not. Given the circumstances presented, why would we support golden parachutes?
MHS is a very desirable take-over prospect because experts see what we (Councilors) don’t, because we’re not experts. We can merely ask questions and hope for answers. Since answers are not typically forthcoming, and realizing there are many sides to every story, and realizing we have no process inside the current system to investigate stories for validity or invalidity, my 3-legged call is for 1) an immediate, arms-length investigation initiated by the Mayor’s office; 2) the immediate coincidental administrative leave of the CEO and his Chief Strategy officer; and 3) the promotion of the CFO to Interim CEO.
Since MHS is currently negotiating with UCH in good faith, we would be remiss if we didn’t share this information so as to ensure no derailment of the current process.
James P. Moore, chairman of Memorial's board of trustees, responded on Memorial's blog thefutureofhealthcare.com:
The Board of Trustees is disappointed that Mr. Leigh has chosen to air anonymous rumors and innuendo in such a public way, without any attempt to substantiate the claims or understand the matters in context.
The facts tell a different story, and we will be addressing Mr. Leigh’s email with City Council directly, and in the honest manner to which we have always committed.
In his email, Mr. Leigh suggests that Memorial has not been honest with Council, questions our decision-making, and calls for ousting our CEO Larry McEvoy and CSO Carm Moceri. He has not discussed these matters with us.
The Board of Trustees fully supports McEvoy, Moceri and the rest of Memorial’s senior leadership team. Further, we stand beside the staff and physicians at Memorial, who remain focused on patient care. We are as committed as ever to keeping our organization as healthy as possible during this time of transition. | http://www.csindy.com/IndyBlog/archives/2012/02/20/leigh-rants-memorial-responds | 2013-05-18T10:15:17 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Healthcare reform: Obama nudges Congress toward reconciliation
Obama wants Congress to pass healthcare reform by the end of the month – by blocking a GOP filibuster with an up-or-down 'reconciliation' vote if necessary.
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President Obama called on Congress Wednesday to finish healthcare reform with an “up-or-down vote” in the next few weeks.Skip to next paragraph
In a statement delivered to an audience including doctors and nurses in the East Room of the White House, the president made what seemed like a closing argument in a courtroom: The nation has spent the last year debating how to fix a broken healthcare system, and it’s time to move. Throughout the speech, the insurance industry came in for particular scorn.
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Hitting the road to lobby for healthcare
Obama will hit the road next week to push the case for reform. On Monday, he heads to the Philadelphia area and on Wednesday, the St. Louis area. The goal is to finish the legislation by March 29, when Congress begins Easter recess.
In his speech, the president did not use the R-word – “reconciliation” – in describing how Congress should proceed. But he used the code phrase for reconciliation – “up-or-down vote” – in pushing for final action..
In this case, the House would pass the version of reform already approved by the Senate on Dec. 24, then both houses would pass follow-up legislation aimed at fixing the bill to reflect changes Democrats have agreed upon. (Monitor congressional correspondent Gail Russell Chaddock reports that reconciliation is "pure procedural warfare." Click here.)
Tough fight in an election year
As Democrats head into a tough election season, passage is by no means guaranteed in either house. No Republicans are expected to vote yes in either house.
In his remarks, Obama did not go into specifics on the content of his plan, though he did mention supporting Republican-backed elements – perhaps more to reassure wavering Democrats than to win over any Republicans. Instead, he recapped the last year of debate and in effect, exhorted Democrats in Congress to put potential political consequences aside and finish the legislation.
“We can’t just give up because the politics are hard,” Obama said. “I know there’s a fascination, bordering on obsession, in this media town about what passing health insurance reform would mean for the next election and the one after that.”
He would leave it to others “to sift through the politics, because that’s not what this is about,” he said. “That’s not why we’re here.”
'Take one for the team'
Obama is, in effect, asking endangered moderate and conservative Democrats in both houses to fall on their swords and take one for the team in voting for a reform that polls show to be unpopular. ("Democrats seem ready to trade House seats for healthcare reform" Monitor report here.)
But the reality is, whether or not health reform passes, the Democrats face very tough prospects this November – potentially even losing their majority, at least in the House. So, the Democratic thinking goes, members might as well go along and pass reform. The party leadership will allow as many of its caucus as it can to vote no and still gain passage.
Failing to pass anything may be marginally worse than passing an unpopular bill, analysts say. This is particularly true for Obama. Healthcare reform has been the top domestic priority of his first year in office, and if he winds up empty-handed, he faces diminished prestige, perhaps for the rest of his presidency. | http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2010/0303/Healthcare-reform-Obama-nudges-Congress-toward-reconciliation | 2013-05-18T10:54:41 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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But i have question about HTML. This is test html page (like main page)
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Thanks
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In this case, the OP isn't trying to create some application where an iframe would (naughtily) be required. Using a PHP include would make it be a 'single page', not two pages that the browser has to render independently. | http://www.css-tricks.com/forums/discussion/comment/58297 | 2013-05-18T10:52:48 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Major step forward in detecting
nuclear explosions
PI/2008/10
CTBTO-WMO COOPERATION ENHANCES NUCLEAR TEST-BAN VERIFICATION
Geneva/Vienna 1 September 2008 - The ability to detect the location of possible nuclear explosions will be significantly enhanced following the provisional entry into operation today (September 1st, 2008) of a joint response system of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
By applying a technique called Atmospheric Transport Modelling (ATM), – even before it became public.
Through the input of WMO’s high-quality global meteorological data, the CTBTO will be able to considerably improve its ATM calculations for radioactive particles detected by any of the 80 radionuclide stations of the CTBTO International Monitoring System (IMS), which is currently being built.
In the next step, referred to as data fusion, the results of ATM are compared to the data harvested through the other verification technologies (the so-called waveform technologies: seismic, hydroacoustic and infrasound). The synergy of both allows for a much more accurate location of a potential nuclear explosion. The more precisely the verification system can determine the location of a possible nuclear explosion at this point, the greater the chances of a subsequent on-site inspection finding concrete evidence of a recent nuclear test.
As the CTBTO-WMO response system becomes operational, the CTBTO will be able to send requests for assistance in the case of suspicious radionuclide detections directly to nine WMO Regional Specialized Meteorological Centres/National Meteorological Centres around the world. These centres will then submit their computations to the CTBTO as fast as is technically feasible but within 24 hours at the latest.
Cooperation between the CTBTO and the WMO dates back to 2000 and was enshrined in an Agreement in 2003. Annual atmospheric backtracking exercises between the CTBTO and WMO Centres have been taking place since 2003, with the next one scheduled to be held within the next few months. In addition, unannounced system tests will be carried out every quarter.
WMO has been involved in international efforts to monitor of nuclear tests since the 1990s, when negotiations on the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) within the UN Conference on Disarmament were still ongoing. By offering the use of its Global Telecommunications System for data exchange, WMO enabled the experts taking part in the negotiations to make great advances toward designing what later became the model for the current IMS.. | http://www.ctbto.org/press-centre/press-releases/2008/major-step-forward-in-detectingnuclear-explosions/?textonly=1 | 2013-05-18T10:53:38 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Ahmed Tewfik, Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Correct interpretation of the results of load response tests requires precise measurement of the relative position between sensors embedded into the pavement and the path followed by a test vehicle. The goal of this project is to replace the current laborious and error prone vehicle localization process by a reliable automated system that determines the vehicle position relative to the pavement sensors with an accuracy of 2 cm or better using primarily real-time RTK-GPS data. Using this information, the system will determine whether to accept or reject sensor data. An optional project component is to reconstruct the actual load test data that would have been recorded by a sensor positioned along the path actually followed by the test vehicle. The project consists of two connected sub-projects: vehicle position tracking and automated faultmeter control software. The vehicle position tracking subproject develops a reliable method for collecting accurate load response test data regardless of the actual path followed by the test vehicle. The automated faultmeter control software subproject develops LabView compatible software to control data collection and automate the transfer of the data to the MnROAD database.
Center for Transportation Studies
University of Minnesota
200 Transportation & Safety Building
511 Washington Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Phone: 612-626-1077
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NBC Interviews Dr. Sam Gandy, CAF Research Consortium Member
Dr. Sam Gandy's article, entitled "Prevention is Better than Cure," was featured last week in the journal Nature. NBC highlighted Dr. Gandy's perspective and research in an interview on the nightly news and on their website. Gandy, who is a CAF Research Consortium member, will be sending members of his lab to Paris this week to attend the Alzheimer's Association's Annual International Conference.
View the NBC video (coming soon).
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Pulsing Sound Ear – What You Can Do to Cure Tinnitus
Has the T left you feeling helpless? Are you stuck in your residential structure when just about any noise will trigger that maddening ringing in the ear? At this height you experience more questions as opposed to answers. The good shock is there is a breakthrough care that cures tinnitus at it is root cause. Pulsing Sound Ear
Let me explain how you can find this root cause. Tinnitus is not a disease itself but a symptom of something going wrong in the body. The cause can be as simple as heavy wax buildup in the ear. Usually the symptom of tinnitus is brought on by multiple triggers.
The first thing to do is see an ENT specialist. There might be an infection of the ear or sinus cavity that can be treated with antibiotics. In rare cases there might be a tumor on the auditory nerve or elsewhere in the head and neck. The chances are the doctor will find no obvious cause of the Tinnitus. Is it a wonder that many doctors view tinnitus as incurable? Pulsing Sound Ear
Finding the cure involve widening the search for the root cause. The noise is a signal from some organ or body system that is having problems. So we must listen to what the body is telling us and work with it. A pulsing sound can be an indication of circulatory problems in the head, a constricting of blood vessels.
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Volunteers Rally for the Roar
The first rally for the 2013 Tim Hortons Roar of the Rings attracted a crowd of 760 excited volunteers to the MTS Centre.
Draw Schedule Set
The release of the official schedule means curling fans can now reserve seats for the draws that feature their favourite match-ups.
12 Teams Confirmed
Twelve teams — six of each gender — have now qualified for the Roar of the Rings, which will decide Canada’s men’s and women’s teams for the 2014 Winter...
All kinds of talent
John Helston, a veteran of the Manitoba curling scene, is one of the key shooters on a volunteer force that has its sights set on ensuring the crowds will...
Volunteers Spring into Action
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No place like home
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Originally published in Current, Oct. 3, 1994
By Karen Everhart Bedford
In a controversial election procedure, with an absent board member apparently casting the decisive vote, the CPB Board last week elected its new chairman, South Carolina ETV President Henry Cauthen.
A standing-room-only audience for the board's Aug. 27 annual meeting watched member Victor Gold pound the table and furiously accuse Chairman Sheila Tate of engineering an illegal election of her successor. Tate shouted back at Gold and pushed ahead.
Board member Diane Blair said the election procedure had "a taint about it'' and suggested in vain that the vote be postponed.
Martha Buchanan, who lost the chairmanship to Cauthen, observed, "I have only one regret and it's not that I was not elected chairman. My regret is that the atmosphere surrounding this election was not what Henry deserved.''
Cauthen, recently confirmed by the Senate for his second term on the CPB Board, has been president of South Carolina ETV since 1965, and is credited for building the network into one of the leading educational telecommunications systems in the country. A senior leader in public broadcasting, he has strong ties to such influential policymakers as Sen. Ernest Hollings (D-S.C.), chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, and Secretary of Education Richard W. Riley, former governor of South Carolina.
He was elected on a 5-4 secret ballot, but members' statements suggest how they voted. Cauthen most likely received the votes of Tate (who had earlier backed him), Ritajean Butterworth (who nominated him), Honey Alexander (who seconded his nomination), Cauthen himself, and new board member Frank H. Cruz, who was detained in Los Angeles and sent in his ballot by Federal Express.
And Buchanan almost certainly received the votes of Gold (who publicly endorsed her), Blair (who nominated her), Carolyn Bacon (who seconded the nomination) and Buchanan herself.
Though a number of the board members are active Republicans or Democrats, the vote for chairman did not follow party lines. After the election, Buchanan said the "biggest difference'' between herself and Cauthen was that she favors a stronger, more participatory role for the board.
But that inclination did not decide the day's second election--for vice chairman. Carolyn Bacon, whom Buchanan called her "running mate,'' was elected vice chairman to serve along with Cauthen. Bacon, executive director of the O'Donnell Foundation in Dallas, defeated Ritajean Butterworth.Cruz voted by FedEx
That the election would become contentious was clear from the moment Tate convened the board's annual meeting. She informed CPB directors that their recently confirmed colleague, Cruz, would participate in the election via telephone and that, by showing up, the other board members had waived their right to notice of the "special telephonic portion of this meeting.''
Gold, the board's most outspoken Republican member, immediately objected, challenging the identity of the man on the other end of the phone line, a person he and most other board members had never met. "This could be Michael Eisner affecting Mickey Mouse. This is not legal.''
After CPB President Richard Carlson verified that it was Cruz's voice on the speakerphone, Gold began shouting: "What you are doing is improper. We know what the purpose of this is--it's to steamroll the nomination.''
Responding to questions from Gold and other board members, Tate and CPB General Counsel Sylvia Winik explained that CPB bylaws provisions for special "telephonic'' meetings allowed absent directors to vote on issues before the board. The most important objective of the bylaws is that all board members be permitted to vote, Winick said.
Tate had arranged for the election to proceed despite Cruz's inability to attend, but Gold and others noted that supporters of Buchanan had not been informed before the meeting about the special arrangements and that Cruz had completed his secret ballot before the formal nomination process and sent it by FedEx. Gold called for a vote on the propriety of the election process, but Tate refused to consider it, and she later ignored Blair's request to postpone the election until all board members could be present.
Gold also proposed that the board cast public votes for officers, but the board voted 5-4 to use a secret ballot, as it has done since 1980. Those casting voice votes for the open ballot were the same members who apparently supported Buchanan.
After the defeat of Gold's resolution, and the formal nominations of both Cauthen and Buchanan, Blair expressed concerns about how the election process would reflect on the winning candidate. "I am very uncomfortable with either of these fine candidates being elected through a process which has a taint about it,'' said Blair. She was uncomfortable that "some, but not others'' were aware of the plans for a telephonic meeting, and that the vote would be taken by secret ballot.
"I wonder whether it would be better for both candidates ... to postpone this election until we have a full complement of members present,'' she added. Without responding, Tate asked for a motion to close the nominations.Gold undercut by chairman
Before the election, Tate had adeptly undercut Gold's credibility in public session. During an early portion of the meeting reserved for directors' remarks, Gold objected to the delay in the Senate's confirmation of CPB Board nominee Alan Sagner, which has been blocked for months by Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). Gold questioned McCain's objections to Sagner and noted that the senator had been "singularly silent'' two years ago when Gold accused Pacifica of anti-Semitic programming.
"Are you suggesting anti-Semitism on the part of Sen. McCain?,'' asked Tate. She told Gold not to "play cute'' with such a charge. "Say it, don't insinuate.''
"I am asking Sen. McCain, 'Is he anti-Semitic?' '' Gold responded.
Tate, who had done research beforehand, then read a list of McCain's ties to the Jewish community. "I want to publicly disassociate myself from the remarks and insinuation of Mr. Gold,'' said Tate. Gold's "ugly'' remark "offends me and I believe offends every fair-minded person, including Alan Sagner.'' Gold, clearly abashed, made conciliatory remarks about the senator.
In the otherwise subdued audience, a vocal critic of public broadcasting, Laurence Jarvik, laughed boisterously as the board's usual decorum dissolved. The candidates for the chairmanship, Buchanan and Cauthen, by contrast, were silent during much of the ruckus.
"I was sickened by the atmosphere and environment surrounding the election,'' said Buchanan in an interview the next day. "I determined before ... [the] meeting that I was not going to descend into the abyss.''
Cauthen compared the tenor of the annual meeting to what goes on in Congress, where members fight on one bill and come back and work together on the next. "It was just a moment of trying to work toward who would provide leadership in the next year,'' he told Current.
He doesn't expect the divisiveness of the election to prevent board members from working together. "The board is committed to making public broadcasting the best it can be,'' he said, and it is not divided in its aspirations for the field.
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>Brookings Oregon News, Sports, & Weather | The Curry Coastal Pilot
A golf grip marketed by Patrick Drury of Brookings is now being manufactured and marketed world wide.
Following successful negotiations, the grip which was marketed by Drurys Down Pat Golf Co. of Brookings, owner of the patent will be marketed and manufactured by Royal Grip Corp., a world-wide company, Drury said.
The equipment to be marketed by the international firm is the Green Fix Putter Grip, a grip that has a pop-up device that repairs the ball divot on golf course greens.
His venture in marketing the Green Fix grip began in 1997 when he was offered the sole rights to manage and market three patented golf products in the U.S. by designer and Canadian golf professional Terry Wiens.
Drury, being fairly well connected in the golf industry and Professional Golfers Association tours, set out to launch the new Green Fix Putter Grips.
Down Pat Golf Co. was formed to set up a business plan, logo and anything connected to marketing the grips, Drury said. It also involved a team of representatives to market test the product.
The putter grip was debuted and demonstrated with high reviews for about eight months, Drury said.
He then took the product to the golf industry and the PGA tours. With support from Ray Carrasco, a tour player from Southern California, Drury and Wiens gained U.S. Golf Association, Greenkeepers and industry market experts approval.
The product was later debuted by Lee Trevino, Larry Nelson, Gary McCord and Bobby Grace, Drury said.
Upon gathering interest from Danny Edwards and the Royal Grip Co., negotiations began and have now been finalized, to market and manufacture the grip, Drury said.
Although Drury can sit back and collect the royalties on his product, he is not going to be idle, he said.
He is now focusing on another golf related venture, which at this point in time would not be disclosed, Drury said. He would say that he will employ local people once the venture goes public.
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As his career there comes to an end, the Credit Union Executives Society building in Madison, Wis., has been named The Fred Johnson Center for Leadership Development.
Johnson is retiring on Dec. 31 and will be succeeded by PSCU executive Chuck Fagan.
At a recent ceremony for the longtime CUES leader, its board chair, Teresa Freeborn, president/CEO of Xceed Financial Credit Union in El Segundo, Calif., said, “His contributions to CUES will leave a lasting legacy, so naming the building in his honor is truly a fitting tribute.”
Freeborn noted that since Johnson joined CUES in 1989, the membership has grown from 3,000 to more than 10,000 and its revenue had tripled as well.
“I am humbled and flattered beyond words to be honored in this way,” Johnson said. “CUES has been an important part of my life for 23 years, and I’ll never forget our incredible and dedicated staff who supported me and our members over this period. My name may be on the building, but it is they who built it.” | http://www.cutimes.com/2012/12/11/cues-names-hq-in-honor-of-fred-johnson?t=credit-union-managementtcredit-union-management | 2013-05-18T10:35:44 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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“The stereotype of these consumers is that they are lower income, not good credit risks and not economically promising,” Rable said. “But the reality that we are finding in our data is that these consumers have significant income, often have jobs and could be very good credit risks.”
Sometimes these people are just young and starting out on their careers, and they haven’t been inclined to start a relationship with bank, Rable added. Sometimes they have been away from the workforce for a while and are coming back. There are a lot of reasons not to write them off, but that’s what too many banks and credit unions have been doing, and they need to stop if they want to grow rapidly in the future, he said.
In addition to aggregating data on the financially underserved, FactorTrust also services an alternative credit risk scoring service for many firms that work with financially underserved consumers, such as payday advance firms.
“Sometimes, you just don’t know how big something is until you look at it from all sides,” Rable wrote in a Feb. 5 blog post. “This is especially true with a certain consumer population we refer to as the underbanked. These consumers have financial needs that aren’t or can’t be met by traditional financial institutions. They often have subprime credit scores with thin or nonexistent credit files. In the eyes of traditional credit reporting agencies, they basically all look the same and represent a perceived credit risk, so they are denied access to mainstream financial products.”
“But what if you had a better view of the situation? An opportunity to look at valuable alternative data that might show a healthy portion of this population is not only getting overlooked, they actually deserve a chance to access mainstream financial products and would be great long-term customers if given the chance.”
Rable maintained that part of the problem is that too many credit union executives rely on what they think they know about financially underserved people instead of seeking out facts.
Here, then, are five things that he said every credit union executive needs to know about financially underserved U.S. consumers who could become credit union members.
Over $1 Trillion
Consumers without standard banking relationships represent over $1 trillion in annual income.
FactorTrust pointed to the Center for Financial Services Innovation as good source for information about the income of financially underserved consumers. A November 2012 study from the center included consumers who have subprime credit scores, thin or no credit files or find their access to mainstream financial products challenged by low to moderate household incomes.
Rable said this would also include consumers who are precluded from obtaining more financial services from credit unions or banks because they have a bad mark on a record with one of the check reporting services. The fact that a consumer might have once left a bank owing $50 in checking fees over a decade ago does not necessarily say anything about their current income or their ability to repay a loan, he noted. Rather, it might indicate that they are discouraged from opening checking accounts and prefer to use other financial tools that banks and credit unions do not offer.
Monthly Income
The average monthly income for financially underserved borrowers is $3,061.
FactorTrust turns to its own database for this fact, noting that users of nontraditional banking services reports where they are employed just as those who have banking relationships do and that these data also include income. Rable observed that the data behind this figure had also been filtered to address consumers who sometimes misunderstood a question about income and would give a yearly income instead of a monthly one or make some other typo.
Branded Credit Card
More than half, 54%, of consumers who take out payday advance loans or similar products have at least one major branded credit card.
This fact comes from a 2001 report generated by the Credit Research Center at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. Rable said FactorTrust still considered this data valid despite the length of time since the report because none of the data FactorTrust had collected so far conflicted with it.
The CRC conducted extensive surveys of consumers who use payday advance loans and reported that 61% of bank card holders responded that they had refrained from using their cards at least once in the past year because they feared going over their credit limits.
The survey also found that these consumers tended to revolve their credit balances more than did consumers who did not use payday advance loans, making them profitable card consumers from the point of view of card issuers.
Home Ownership
About a third, 32%, of consumers who take out payday advance loans or similar products own their own homes and have mortgages. Contrary to broadly held perceptions, nearly a third of consumers who use payday advance or similar loan products own their own homes and carry mortgage loans, according to the CRC study.
Phone Connected
Most financially underserved Americans have mobile phones and more than half have smartphones. Apps and other products aimed at the underserved are growing quickly.
The CFSI reported that financially underserved consumers use of mobile phone services significantly outpaces that of the overall population. At the start of 2012 , the center reported that 91% have a mobile phone and 57% of these consumers have a smartphone, compared to only 87% and 44%, respectively, among all consumers. | http://www.cutimes.com/2013/02/19/5-essential-facts-about-the-financially-underserve?t=corporatestlending&page=2 | 2013-05-18T10:55:14 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Payday Lending Vilified Again
Consumer, Urban Coalitions Pushing Regulators Again on Payday Loans
FDIC Examines Mobile Payment Risks
FDIC Trims 2013 Budget by 18.2%, Cuts 687 Positions
Senate Confirms Gruenberg as FDIC Chairman
Self-Help FCU Purchases $141 Million in Mortgages
FDIC to Probe Bank Payday Loans; Fiserv Software Criticized by Consumer Groups
SBA, FDIC Team Up to Aid Aspiring Businesses
Obama Names Former Treasury Official, Hill Aide to FDIC Board
Overdraft Revenue Declines, Study Finds
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The safety and efficacy of tacrolimus ointment 0.1% (Protopic®) in the treatment of atopic dermatitis of the eyelids were assessed in an open-label clinical trial of 21 patients with moderate to severe eyelid dermatitis. Of those 21 patients, 20 received study drug and were followed. Patients applied tacrolimus ointment 0.1% twice daily for 8 weeks and were followed for 2 additional weeks after the last day of treatment. Complete eye examinations were conducted throughout the study. Efficacy was assessed through the investigator’s evaluation of the patients’ individual signs and symptoms of eyelid dermatitis and the physician global assessment (PGA) of eyelid clinical response. Improvement in the investigator’s evaluation of the signs and symptoms of eyelid dermatitis was observed during the study. A total of 80% of patients (16/20) experienced marked improvement or better in PGA at 8 weeks. Adverse events were limited to local burning and itching after the first few applications of study medication. Of the 20 patients, 12 reported burning (60%), and 5 reported itching (25%). There was no statistically significant increase in intraocular pressure (IOP) during the study compared with baseline. In addition, none of the patients developed cataracts or glaucoma during the study. In summary, tacrolimus ointment 0.1% may be a safe and effective treatment option for patients with moderate to severe eyelid dermatitis.
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Today?s Date
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Maryvale, AZ (Sports Network) - Josh Prince and Khristopher Davis each belted a two-run blast to help Milwaukee clip the White Sox, 4-3, in Cactus League action.
Wily Peralta tossed two innings of two-hit, scoreless ball for the Brewers.
Scott Snodgress worked three innings in defeat for Chicago, allowing two hits and as many runs. Josh Bell homered and Gordon Beckham drove in a run in the setback. | http://www.cw30.com/sports/mlb/l.mlb.com-2013-e.38971/game.aspx | 2013-05-18T10:21:58 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
WebMD Medical News
By
Bill Hendrick
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Katrina Parker parts of the body.
Neuroendocrine tumors found in the pancreas are slow-growing and rare. The FDA says fewer than 1,000 new cases are reported in the U.S. each year.
“Patients with this cancer have few effective treatment options,” says Richard Pazdur, MD, of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, in a news release. “Afinitor has demonstrated the ability to slow the growth and spread of neuroendocrine tumors of the pancreas.”
The safety and effectiveness of the drug was established in a clinical trial in 410 patients with metastatic, late-stage cancer or cancer that couldn’t be removed with surgery, the FDA says.
Patients in the study were selected to receive either Afinitor or a placebo.
The median length of time patients lived who were taking Afinitor without the cancer spreading or worsening was 11 months, compared with 4.6 months for those on placebo. Patients on placebo were allowed to take Afinitor if their disease worsened.
The FDA says patients treated with Afinitor for neuroendocrine pancreatic tumors might have side effects including inflammation of the mouth, rash, diarrhea, fatigue, swelling, stomach pain, nausea, fever, and headache.
Afinitor also is approved to treat patients with kidney cancer after they fail with the drugs Sutent or Nexavar. It also is approved for use with patients with a type of brain cancer associated with tuberous sclerosis, a disease that causes tumors in various parts of the body that cannot be treated surgically.
Afinitor has another trade name, Zortress, and is approved to treat certain adult patients to prevent organ rejection after a kidney transplant. It is marketed by Novartis, a major pharmaceutical company based in East Hanover, N.J.
The cancer for which Afinitor was approved is the same type of pancreatic cancer that Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, was diagnosed with in 2004.
SOURCE:News release, FDA.
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The Fujifilm FinePix JX280 compact digital camera offers consumers latest features, and provides them with the perfect fit for their pockets as well as their wallets.
Weighing 113 gms, the Fujifilm FinePix JX280 compact digital camera features a 14-Megapixel CCD, a 2.7-inches High-Resolution LCD and a Fujinon 5x wide angle (28mm-140mm) optical zoom lens.
The new Fujifilm FinePix JX280 compact digital camera clad a high-grade metal body and is not only well protected from bumps and scrapes, but gives a simple, yet elegant design appearance. The FinePix JX280 digital camera comes in black and is a slim 18.5mm, easily fitting into any pocket or small purse.
Fujifilm FinePix JX280 has 24-MB internal memory and includes SD memory card slot supporting 8GB and SDHC memory card support of upto 2-TB memory capacity. It also includes USB 2.0 port and comes with NP-45A Li-ION battery.
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The new Fujifilm FinePix JX280X280 compact digital camera features Smile Detection that works with Fujifilm’s highly-acclaimed Face Detection technology to detect smiles subjects’ faces and will ensure that it will not take a picture until it detects a smile, giving users guaranteed perfect shots, all the time.
Another new feature supported by FinePix JX280 digital camera is Blink Detection which warns you if you have captured an image with people blinking, so you can re-shoot if necessary.
The Fujifilm FinePix JX280X280X280 digital camera lets users select and organize images in their compact digital camera to create a digital photobook. Users can download the photobooks to their computer using MyFinePix Studio software that is included with the model.
The 14-Megapixel Fujifilm FinePix JX280 compact digital camera will be available end of August 2010 at a retail price of $149.95 or about Rs.7,200 with warranty.
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Links of the day – February 13, 2013
- How to Build a Better Bike Lane (and Get More People Out on Bikes) – Commute – The Atlantic CitiesMartha Roskowski has been a bicycle advocate in the United States for some 20 years. It hasn’t always been easy. These days, though, things are starting to feel different.
- Why doesn't Gen Y care about cars? – Chicago TribuneThe great American romance is headed for some rough road
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VIDEO: Iowa State Staffers in the Olympics, Kristen Maloney
AMES, Iowa - The opening ceremonies for the 2012 Olympics in London are just around the corner, taking place on Friday, July 27.
This week, Cyclones.tv reporter John Walters gathers the Olympic memories of three current Iowa State athletics department staff members. Today we feature Assistant Gymnastics Coach Kristen Maloney, who represented the United States at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Click the "play" link in the photo above or visit the embedded media player below to see the feature. In case you missed it, yesterday's feature with gold medalist and current Assistant Director of Compliance, Ed Banach is also available below.
This is a preview of video content to come with the new Cyclones.tv, launching in early August. For more information about how to sign up for Cyclones.tv, click here.
VIDEO: Kristen Maloney Olympic Feature
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Archive for January, 2012
Diabetes – What to avoid eating
Diabetes – Avoid Fatty Food
The disproportionate use of fat in meals has been related to the development of diabetes. Recent studies at a reputed Health Science Center, established that consumption of an extra forty grams of fat per day amplifies the chances of developing diabetes by three times. A diet that is rich in fat, particularly one saturated with animal fat, seems to damage the effect of insulin. Researchers calculated the saturated fatty acids in the muscles cells of older non-diabetic men and the women that were about to have surgery and found that higher the occurrence of saturated fatty acids in the cells, the higher the insulin resistance.
In contrast, higher tissue levels of polyunsaturated fats, predominantly fish oil, indicated better insulin activity and lower resistance. Fish oil differs from animal fats in that fish oil contains polyunsaturated fatty acids. One of the fatty acids called omega-3 is especially good for the heart—it lowers cholesterol and protects from atherosclerosis. As a matter of fact, the folks conducting the research also noted that the consumption of omega-3 fish oil successfully overcame their insulin resistance.
In another study, researchers considered and the eating habits and insulin activity among forty five non-diabetic women and men. One half of them were obese and the other half of normal weight. Higher fat consumption increased insulin resistance in both groups. This indicates, said the researchers that even normal individuals who lower their insulin efficiency tend to become vulnerable to diabetes.
Diabetes – Avoid Meat and Meat Products
“Eat Less Saturated Fat” happens to be one of the most vital nutrition guidelines to follow. A fast and easy way to do that is to refrain from eating meat and meat products. Meat is high both in saturated fat and cholesterol. Folks with diabetes have a bigger risk of heart disease in the early stages of life. The practically useless calories combined with saturated fats lead to lots of extra body weight and obesity, This puts a person with diabetes at a greater risk of heart disease.
When it comes to diabetes, meat is quite harmful. Meat increases the toxemic condition underlying the diabetic state and reduces glucose tolerance. The meat from animals increases the burden on the | http://www.cyndrome.com/2012/01/ | 2013-05-18T10:12:14 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Cross Country is one of many sports that new technology hasn’t helped much so running on the new course at Pendleton County Saturday didn’t mean that the runners were on an artificial surface.
The new course, while nice, was still slick and muddy from the rainfall of the two previous days which made for a difficult running surface for all competitors.
The Fillies’ top runner, Erin Bradford, came back from a fall to run mud-covered to a 10th place finish to lead. | http://www.cynthianademocrat.com/content/cross-country-breds-finish-fourth-pendleton-county-fillies-sixth?mini=calendar-date%2F2013-03 | 2013-05-18T10:15:32 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Don’t put off comparing your Medicare Part D Drug Plan for 2012. Starting this year the Medicare Part D Open Enrollment Period has been moved. It is now Oct. 15 to Dec. 7. It is vital that you compare your 2011 drug plans with new 2012 plans to make sure that you don’t wind up paying higher monthly premiums, higher deductibles and possibly paying for medications that were covered on your 2011 plan that are no longer covered. | http://www.cynthianademocrat.com/content/medicare-part-d-drug-plan-open-enrollment-ends-dec-7?mini=calendar-date%2F2012-11 | 2013-05-18T10:12:59 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
2012 (8-2, 4-2 NWC)
2011
(4-6, 3-3 NWC)
2010
(7-3, 4-2 NWC)
2009
(8-2, 5-1 NWC)
2008
(11-1, 6-0 NWC)
2007
(4-6, 3-3 NWC)
2006
(2-7, 2-4 NWC)
2005
(5-4, 3-1 NWC)
2004
(7-4, 4-1 NWC)
2003
(7-3, 4-1 NWC)
2002
(6-4, 3-2 NWC)
2001
(4-5, 2-3 NWC)
2000
(3-7, 0-5 NWC)
1999
(7-4, 5-0 NWC)
2000 season All times Eastern (* Conference; • In-region)
Coach: Mark Speckman (Azusa Pacific '77)
Conference: NWC
Enrollment: 1746
Location: Salem, OR
Colors: Cardinal, Gold
Stadium: McCulloch Field (2400)
Surface: Turf
Link to official site
Conference: NWC
Enrollment: 1746
Location: Salem, OR
Colors: Cardinal, Gold
Stadium: McCulloch Field (2400)
Surface: Turf
Link to official site
November 10, 2012 Bearcats Shut Out Loggers, 55-0, as Offense Gains 572 Yards November 3, 2012 Jones Scores on 1-yard Run with 27 Seconds Left, as Bearcats Edge Boxers, 35-31 October 13, 2012 Willamette Pulls Away from Lewis & Clark, 56-20 October 9, 2012 Change does Willamette good October 6, 2012 Willamette Downs Whitworth, 38-24, as Knecht Scores on Three TD Passes September 29, 2012 Bearcats Rally from 10-Point Deficit to Edge Past Sewanee, 28-24 September 22, 2012 Willamette Offense Gains 559 Yards as Bearcats Pull Away from Pacific, 51-17 September 14, 2012 Willamette Builds 25-Point Halftime Lead, Defeats East Texas Baptist, 38-24 September 1, 2012 Dean Ties Record with Six TD Passes for Willamette in 58-34 Victory over Hardin-Simmons January 19, 2012 Willamette hire stays close to home January 11, 2012 Willamette's coach steps down November 5, 2011 Willamette Offense Rolls in 57-28 Victory over Lewis & Clark October 15, 2011 Bearcats Intercept Five Passes in 49-31 Win over Puget Sound October 8, 2011 Seven Bearcats Score Touchdowns as Willamette Rolls Past Pacific, 49-7 September 17, 2011 Knecht Scores on 67-yard Catch and 80-yard Run, as Willamette Wins 31-9 April 14, 2011 Willamette to face D-I Portland State November 13, 2010 Pacific Lutheran, Ranked #19, Nips Bearcats, 24-21 November 6, 2010 Schoettgen's Four TDs Lead Willamette Past Lewis & Clark, 65-24 October 30, 2010 Bearcats Run Past Whitworth, 28-12, to Improve to 6-2 on Season October 23, 2010 Schoettgen Scores Three TDs as Willamette Downs Menlo, 32-15 October 16, 2010 Bearcats Pull Away from Loggers in Second Half, 52-21 October 2, 2010 Tommies end rivalry losing streak October 2, 2010 Linfield Defeats Willamette, 35-7, in Battle of Ranked Teams September 30, 2010 A weekend that defies naming September 18, 2010 Big Plays Start Bearcats on Way to 42-24 Win over Southern Oregon September 6, 2010 Breaking it all down September 4, 2010 In for a pounding September 4, 2010 Willamette 33, UW-Stevens Point 14 August 3, 2010 Linfield picked to repeat in NWC March 16, 2010 Football is coming to George Fox December 7, 2003 When Willamette went to war
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Choices People Supporting People unveiled a new and uniform logo for its care divisions Friday afternoon.
Employees and members of the group’s board of directors were on hand as company officials announced the change, which impacts both Alleghenies United Cerebral Palsy and Alleghenies Unlimited Care Providers.
“We are going from having two separate entities with two separate looks and feels, and making it into one,” director of marketing, communications and business development Meghan Stahl-Skinner said prior to the presentation.
Alleghenies United Cerebral Palsy began operating in Johnstown 55 years ago. Alleghenies United Care Providers was created nearly five years ago to comply with state mandates that required the division of services under two names.
According to Stahl-Skinner, both organizations are referred to as AUCP. She said a uniform logo for the two will make things easier for both current and prospective clients.
CEO Marie Polinsky echoed this notion in her presentation.
"I think you'll all agree this is a change for the better," she told the audience.
Polinsky said that re-branding will only strengthen an already growing organization. Choices People Supporting People already offers in-home personal care and support to seniors and those with disabilities in 22 counties across west-central Pennsylvania.
"Others are laying off, but we're not," she said.
Dozens of employees attended Friday's event, which was also highlighted by the announcement of several company-wide fundraisers and other activities.
"We want to remain as positive as possible in moving forward as we can," Julie Bratton said during her speech.
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“Newberry has always been a dominant team,” he said, “With me being the first one, I knew the kid was going to be pretty good.”
After his match, team members Dave Cawley and Travis McKillop followed suit, Fogel said.
Link, a former student of Penn Cambria High School, has been wrestling since he was a freshman and wanted to continue to compete in college.
“I’d say my brother is my motivation,” he said, adding he wanted to follow in the footsteps of his family. As he advanced, he said, he began to enjoy the sport more and more.
Link said he was very excited to see the team push out Newberry for the top spot.
“It’s awesome,” he said. “I think it is a big stepping stone for this team.”
Fogel — a junior and returning All-American weighing 133 pounds — said the victory was a testament to all of the hard work and dedication displayed by the team, and also coach Pecora’s expert game plan.
“It was nice to go out and get this win,” he said. “You could just see the drive and determination in the team.”
The Mountain Cat wrestlers have won their last ten competitions. Fogel said he believes that if they continue to work hard and follow the coach’s strategy, the entire team has what it takes to rank in nationals.
“It really is just a complete team effort,” he said.
Fogel has also been wrestling since he was a child as a student of Forest Hills School District.
“When I was little, I had no idea what wrestling was until I showed up at the first practice,” he said, adding as he continued to compete he was always driven by the desire to improve and do well.
“It feels good (to rank first),” Fogel said. “It goes to show how hard we all work.”
The victory would not have been secured if it was not for freshman Josh Duplin winning his overtime match against Matt Wade, Newberry, in a 3-2 decision.
“He sealed the deal,” Pecora said.
Duplin, weighing 250 pounds, said he was nervous about the competition even before it was incumbent on him to win his final match. The former student of Westmont Hilltop School District has been wrestling for four years, but just started out his first season with Pitt-Johnstown.
“It was pretty nerve-wracking going in,” he said.
He said wrestling is the hardest sport he has ever competed in. Duplin also played football and ran cross-country while in high school.
“I just love the challenge,” he said.
After securing the win, Duplin said he was relieved and excited.
“I felt great afterwards,” he said, adding he hopes to advance while at Pitt-Johnstown and place within the top eight in the region to be considered All-American. | http://www.dailyamerican.com/ourtown/news/johnstown/da-ot-area-natives-help-upj-secure-big-wrestling-win-20130204,0,2715516,print.story | 2013-05-18T10:41:47 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
A man struck down when a suspected robber made his getaway from a carjacking in Lomita died Thursday, sheriff's deputies said.
The 41-year-old victim was hospitalized at County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center since the Oct. 17 crime, deputies said. His name was not immediately released.
The suspect, Ignacio Perez, 34, will now face a murder charge, authorities said.
The carjacking occurred about 9:15 p.m. in the 25800 block of Appian Way when Perez pulled a woman from her Toyota Sienna and drove away in it. Perez allegedly purposely drove over the sidewalk in the 1800 block of Pacific Coast Highway in Harbor City, struck the doors and walls of two businesses, and the victim, who was standing near the door of McGeady's Pub.
Perez drove away, abandoning the Sienna near Western and 256th Street in Harbor City, police said. He then ran into the neighborhood.
Sheriff's deputies and Los Angeles police officers surrounded the area and searched for him, eventually finding him hiding beneath a trailer. He refused to come out, but surrendered after he was doused with pepper spray and shot with a Taser gun,
- Larry Altman
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Facebook Twitter Tweet Follow @twitter Google+ ... E-mail Print Bookmark Reddit StumbleUpon By Ryan Teague Beckwith Posted on October 29, 2012 | Updated: October 29, 2012 12:35 pm MDT 0 comments Recommend0 Tweet0 Comments0 Email Print [View the story "Hurricane Sandy and six other 'October surprises'" on Storify] Hurricane Sandy and six other ‘October surprises’ As Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, many commentators have called it an "October surprise" from Mother Nature. The term refers to a last-minute announcement that could affect a presidential campaign. Here are six other October surprises. Storified by Digital First Media · Mon, Oct 29 2012 11:25:55 As Hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast, many commentators have called it an “October surprise” from Mother Nature. The term refers to a last-minute announcement that could affect a presidential campaign. Here are six other October surprises which did — and didn’t — happen. 1972: Peace in Vietnam Denverpost Henry A. Kissinger shown in 1973 file photo. (AP Photo) On Oct. 26, 1972, 12 days before the Nov. 7 election, President Nixon’s national security adviser, Henry Kissinger, announced at a White House press conference that negotiations with the Vietnamese were going well. “We believe that peace is at hand,” he said. Fighting ended in Vietnam the following year, but troops remained until 1975. 1980: Iranian hostages Denverpost Freed hostage Bruce Laingen makes V signs as he steps from the first of four planes carrying the freed hostages to their official welcome in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 1981. (AP Photo) After Islamic militants stormed the American Embassy in Iran, a group of 52 Americans were held hostage for more than a year. Republican nominee Ronald Reagan worried that the Iranians would release the hostages before the election, buoying President Carter, but in the end they were released just minutes after Reagan’s inauguration on Jan. 20. Some have theorized that Reagan negotiated with the Iranians, but a 1992 Senate report found no evidence. New York Times: “Meanwhile, Mr. Reagan’s running mate, George Bush, was already discounting the political effect in the event that hostages are released before Nov. 4. ”Frankly, we’ve been concerned about it,” Mr. Bush told several hundred students Monday in Bridgeport, Conn. Later, after an address before the Chamber of Commerce in Waterbury, Conn., he said that if Mr. Carter managed such an ‘October surprise’ most voters would probably wonder why he had not been able to do it sooner.” 1992: Iran-Contra evidence Denverpost Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger in Washington, D.C. in February 1981. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty) On Oct. 30, 1992, four days before the Nov. 3 election, Independent Counsel Lawrence Walsh released an old note from former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger saying that George H.W. Bush supported at a key meeting the arms-for-hostages trade with Iran, undercutting Bush’s argument that he was “out of the loop” on the Iran-Contra affair. Boston Globe: “The precedent for an “October surprise” was set by Iran-contra special counsel Lawrence E. Walsh in 1992 when, four days before the presidential election, he filed an indictment of former Defense Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger that challenged President Bush’s longstanding version of the scandal.” 2000: Drunk-driving charges Denverpost (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) On Nov. 3, 2000, just days before the Nov. 7 election, a prominent Maine defense attorney told a reporter that Republican nominee George W. Bush had been arrested in that state in 1976 for drunk driving. Bush confirmed the arrest in a press conference, saying he had “made some mistakes” as a young man. CBS Evening News: “Call it the October surprise a few days late. George W. Bush, riding a slim lead in most polls, was forced to admit something he hoped would never come out.” 2004: Bin Laden video Denverpost (AP Photo/Al Jazeera via APTN) On Oct. 29, 2004, four days before the Nov. 2 election, Arabic news channel Al Jazeera aired an undated video of Osama bin Laden. In the video, bin Laden told Americans that their security was “not in the hands of Kerry, nor Bush, nor al-Qaida.” The video boosted the already highly visible issue of terrorism in the election. Washington Post: “The spectral image that has haunted this presidential campaign finally surfaced last weekend on television with an attack ad of his own. All that was missing was the tag line: ‘I am Osama bin Laden, and I approved this message.’ Bin Laden’s campaign video was quickly dubbed the ‘October Surprise,’ but the real surprise is something different: It is that, despite warnings by U.S. intelligence that al Qaeda was planning a pre-election attack, it hasn’t happened.” 2008: Obama’s half-aunt Denverpost In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009 photo, President Obama’s aunt, Zeituni Onyango, speaks to The Associated Press during an interview in her home in Boston. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds) On Oct. 31, 2008, four days before the Nov. 4 election, it was reported that Zeituni Onyango, half-sister of Democratic nominee Barack Obama’s father, was living illegally in Boston. A native of Kenya, Onyango sought political asylum in 2002 but was denied by an immigration judge in 2004. In 2010, Onyango was granted a waiver and allowed to remain in the U.S..” Recommend0 Tweet0 Comments0 Email Print | http://www.dailybulletin.com/politics-national/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-and-six-other-october-surprises/ | 2013-05-18T10:41:50 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
An inspector general's report faulted Simpson Thacher & Bartlett for nearly $100,000 in overbilling on work for the Treasury Department's Troubled Asset Relief Program.
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The University of Colorado pulled the plug on football coach Jon Embree's rebuilding project Sunday afternoon when athletic director Mike Bohn fired Embree in his office at the Dal Ward Center.
The. Firing a football coach after just two seasons doesn't happen often, but CU is not alone in doing so. Kansas fired Turner Gill last year after just two seasons.."
A slew of current and former players took to Twitter expressing disappointment and outrage with the decision later in the evening. Several current players hinted that they might leave the program.
"I don't think that two years was a fair test," Mills said. "I think a minimum of three years was necessary with the state of the program when he came in. I mean, this is not Rick Neuheisel taking over for (Bill) McCartney. This was a program that was pretty far down."
When Embree was hired two years ago, he took over a team that hadn't produced a winning record since 2005 and had been to just one bowl game under Hawkins. The roster was depleted at a variety of positions, most notably quarterback, defensive line and the secondary.
Embree said Bohn told him he had made the decision to fire him because he was concerned about the trajectory of the program.
"I said, 'Well, what was the trajectory of the program when you hired me?'" Embree said. "'How many games had we won on the road when you hired me?"
Bohn did not take questions from reporters when he left the Dal Ward Center Sunday evening.
School officials confirmed last week that Embree's contract calls for a $500,000 buyout for each of the three remaining years on his five-year deal for a total of $1.5 million. Offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy is the only other member of the coaching staff with a multi-year deal. CU officials said Bieniemy is owed $250,000 for each of the three remaining years on his deal for a total of $750,000. In previous coaching changes, CU has offered assistant coaches severance packages, including several months salary.
Colorado is expected to have to pay significantly more than the $750,000 it pays Embree annually in order to hire a new coach with name recognition and still more to be able to compete for quality assistant coaches. For instance, some Pac-12 programs are paying offensive and defensive coordinators more than Embree was making as the head coach at CU.
"I think it's going to be a hard sell for an experienced, name coach," Mills said. "There is plenty of guys that would take it that are on the upswing, but I don't see an experienced guy being real anxious to come here."Embree, a former CU tight end who played under McCartney in the 1980s and then coached under McCartney, Neuheisel and Barnett at CU, went 4-21 in his two seasons after inheriting a lackluster roster from his predecessor Dan Hawkins. The Buffs went 3-10 in Embree's first season in 2011. The highlight of that season was a road win in the final game of the year at Utah, ending a 24-game road losing streak most of which came under Hawkins.
The Buffs entered this season as the least experienced team in the nation with only eight seniors on the roster. They struggled from the outset suffering embarrassing losses in September against Sacramento State at home and Fresno State on the road. Other than an inspired fourth-quarter comeback on the road at Washington State and hard-fought season finale at home against Utah, they were uncompetitive in Pac-12 play.
"I know I've walked the walk," Embree said. "I know what I've put out there on the field as a player and a coach. I know what it was like to walk up that hill, God knows how many times, helping kids. I know I've made a lot of people's lives better, players that I've coached, players that I've recruited. This moment is not going to define me."
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Democracy by itself does not guarantee political freedom. "Political freedom is the absence of interference with the sovereignty of an individual by the use of coercion or aggression" ().
Individuals have limited sovereignty as first described by philosopher Thomas Hobbes in a so-called "social contract," and then later by Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
So far the Libertarian Party seems to be the only political party that understands this.
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A MAN shot his former girlfriend with a flare gun before savagely attacking her with a meat cleaver and drugging their toddler child, a court heard.
Gillian Blackmore, 27, ran for her life, naked and covered in blood, leaving her 20-month-old daughter inside her home with her ex-partner Roger Weir, who then fed the girl heroin from a syringe into her mouth.
Winchester Crown Court heard how Weir, 45, then held the youngster hostage barricaded inside her bedroom where he told police he had a gun and a meat cleaver.
The court was told how Miss Blackmore was found outside the block of flats in Alexander Square, Eastleigh, by her new boyfriend Barry Towler, an off-duty police community support officer.
She was screaming that Weir was going to kill their little girl.
Mr Towler attempted to get into the flat to rescue the child but was stopped by police who had gone inside and found the hallway full of smoke.
They could hear a man shouting: “Don't come in here or I'll shoot the baby.”
The smoke had come from Weir shooting a flare which had set fire to the carpet.
The court heard how the terrifying ordeal unfolded in the early hours of Monday May 7 when Weir had contacted Miss Blackmore to say he was bringing their daughter home early because she wouldn't settle at his home in Poole, Dorset.
He turned up just after midnight but then refused to leave the flat after the girl was put to bed.
Weir walked over to Miss Blackmore, who was only wearing a dressing gown, and handed her a bullet asking her if she knew what it was. He then pulled a small flare gun out of his pocket and told her that if he removed a certain part it could be used to fire a bullet. He also produced a metal police baton and hit her on the legs after telling her he wanted her dead.
He warned that if Mr Towler came into the flat “his kids were going to be orphans too”.
The court was told of a “chilling” 999 call which Miss Blackmore made to police while she was being attacked from behind with a meat cleaver across the back of her neck.
She later told police that she recalled Weir firing the gun at her and she felt something in her side. She was fully expecting to die, she said.
She escaped after a struggle, in which Weir ripped off her dressing gown, and ran outside naked.
Eventually a police officer calmed down Weir and he agreed to hand over the child at the flat's front door. Weir was later found inside having taken drugs and attempted to slash his own wrist.
Inside the flat police found a number of bullets on the child's bed, a blood stained meat cleaver and syringes.
Today Weir pleaded guilty to the attempted murder of Miss Blackmore and administering a noxious substance to the child.
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