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GREENSBORO, N.C. – Six prep seniors have signed national letters-of-intent to play softball for UNCG next season, head coach Janelle Breneman announced Friday.
"Our 2014 recruiting class is outstanding," head coach Janelle Breneman said. "It is a group of very athletic, versatile athletes. I believe they have the talent to compete in the Southern Conference and help us win championships. This class will be expected to make an immediate impact in our program. These young ladies are not only talented student-athletes but they have a strong strength of character to add to our UNCG athletic department and to our softball program. I am happy to welcome each of them to our UNCG Softball Family."
Alicia Bazonski (Sheffield, Mass./Mount Everett) – 5-7 R/R Pitcher
Bazonski is a two-time All-Eagle MVP as a pitcher at Mount Everett high school in Sheffield, Mass. Bazonski is the first Mount Everett athlete to play at a Division I college in the last 20 years. She led Mount Everett to a school record 22-2 mark and the Western Mass. Division III championship. Bazonski threw a two-hit shutout in the championship during her junior season. Her junior campaign was stellar throwing three no-hitters, two one-hitters, six two-hitters and 19 games with 10 or more strikeouts. She finished with over 236 strikeouts and posted three-straight shutouts in the Western Mass. Tournament.
"As a pitching staff we will have some big shoes to fill with the graduation of Raeanne Hanks. Alicia's addition to our staff will go a long way in filling that void. Alicia possesses the mound presence and great command of her pitches. She has a very developed style and I like her ability to get ground balls and batters out. Alicia also possesses the work ethic necessary to excel at this level." – Coach Breneman
Gabrielle Cubbage (Felton, Del./Lake Forest) – 5-7 R/R Shortstop/Infield
Cubbage is a three-time Henlopen All-Conference performer as a shortstop at Lake Forest high school in Felton, Del. She played four seasons with the Delaware Diamonds winning four Delaware State championships. Cubbage has played one season with the NJ Intensity in Farmingdale, N.J. under club coach Kevin O'Donnell. Also she has received many academic accolades in the DIAA (Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association) Academic Honors and won the Delaware women's sports Alliance "Athlete of Promise" award in her sophomore year.
"A talented shortstop and third baseman that has been successfully competing at a high level of play. Gabi has great hands and gets good reads off the bat on defense. Her ability to drive the ball in the gaps and home run power will add additional pop to our line up. I welcome Gabi's athleticism and love for the game to the Spartan program." – Coach Breneman
Rachael McClaskey (Pine Hill, N.J.) – 5-5 L/R Shortstop
McClaskey is a two-time first team All-Conference selection as a shortstop at Overbrook high school in Pine Hill, N.J. She was awarded the 2012 outstanding offensive player and won the 2013 coaches award. McClaskey became the first junior in school history to reach 100 hits and will be the second female in school history to receive 12 varsity letters (Softball-4, Soccer-4, Basketball-4). McClaskey is looking to break the school record for most hits. Also played for the Newtown Rock club team under coach Joe Amendolara.
"Rachael is a speed threat from the left side of the plate that runs the bases extremely well. She is a skilled infielder with a strong arm and has a great feel for the game. Rachael's determination and aggressive style will allow her to play multiple positions and strengthen us on offense as well as defense." – Coach Breneman
Alexis Overdiep (Apex, N.C.) – 5-3 L/R middle infield/outfield
Overdiep is a 2013 first team All-Conference, All-District and All-state as an infielder/outfielder at Apex high school. She made second team All-Conference in 2012 and helped lead her team to a 2013 conference championship. Overdiep was an Academic All-Conference selection, scholar athlete and made the National Honor Society. She played for the Carolina Wildcats club team under coach Jeff McPhail winning the Dynamite Class tournament. Overdiep finished her junior season with a .458 batting average, 33 hits, 32 runs scored and a perfect 13-for-13 in stolen bases.
"Alexis is a left-handed slapper with speed. Her quickness and finesse allows her to be a triple threat and I like her "get on base mentality." Alexis is a well-rounded player with strong fundamentals, which makes her versatile on defense. I have seen her make some outstanding plays in both the infield and the outfield." – Coach Breneman
Winslow, a local player from Mooresville, N.C., is a 2013 All-State award winner as a pitcher/utility for Lake Norman high school. She helped her team finish with a 21-3 record, winning the I-Meck 4A conference championship for the third-straight year. Her individual honors include back-to-back I-Meck 4A All-Conference selections, All-County and All-District for two years in a row. Winslow won the 2013 and 2012 NCHSAA Individual Scholar Athlete award, while sporting a 3.90 GPA ranking 13th in her class of 464. Also she has been a stellar hitter with a high school career .387 batting average with 53 hits, 41 RBI, nine doubles, four triples and four home runs. She played for the Carolina Cardinals club team coached by Ben McKinney.
Marisa Sholtes (Albany, N.Y./South Colonie Central) – 6-0 L/R First base
Sholtes is a 2012 section 2 first team All-Star as first baseman at South Colonie Central high school in Albany, N.Y. She has won numerous awards leading her team to back-to-back Suburban Council South Division championship and two NYS Section II Class AA semifinalists. Sholtes made the 2012 Troy Record All-Area team. She was a second team All-Star in 2013 and was a high jumper in track & field for three years. Sholtes played for the Capital District Crossfire club team in Mechanicville, N.Y. under coach Gary Sears.
"Marisa is a natural first baseman with tremendous receiving skills around the bag. She is explosive at the plate and will add left-handed gap and home run power to our offensive arsenal. Her desire and excitement for the game with sound mechanics will help elevate us on defense and offense." – Coach Breneman
Mackenzie Winslow (Mooresville, N.C./Lake Norman) – 5-9 R/R Pitcher/First base/Outfield
"We are excited local product Mackenzie Winslow will be joining us next fall. We have really seen Mackenzie mature over the last few years and we are excited about her future as a Spartan. I feel she has the talent, mental toughness and is an inspiring player to her teammates. Mack will be a valuable member of our pitching staff and has the potential to add to the offensive line-up as well." – Coach Breneman
UNCG will open its 2014 season in Columbia, S.C. at the Carolina Classic Tournament from Feb. 7-9 playing four games against Iowa, Ohio, Presbyterian and South Carolina.


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Jean Ghast (76) of Newton
Published on March 16 2013 11:04 am
Jean Ghast, 76, of Newton died at 11:10pm Friday, March 15, 2013 at St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham.
Online condolences may be left by clicking here.
Visitation will be held 6:00-8:00 PM – Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at the Blake-Buchanan Funeral Home in Newton, IL. Private family services will be held with burial in the Plainfield Cemetery east of Rose Hill, IL. In loving memory of Jean, memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church in Newton, IL.
Jean was born in Rose Hill, IL on December 7, 1936 the daughter of Ralph and Helen (Dunn) Hall. She graduated from Newton Community High School in 1954 and later from Sparks Business College. Jean worked as a legal secretary for George Kasserman for many years. She then went to work for the State of Illinois as a Court Reporter and retired after 25 years of service. In 1993 Jean was elected as Clerk for the City of Newton and was still in that capacity at the time of her passing. She also prepared taxes for many years.
Jean was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Newton. She enjoyed working, dancing and was an avid sports fan who followed the Newton Eagles, St. Louis Cardinals, Indianapolis Colts and the fighting Illini.
Jean is survived by: 4 Children – Brad (Sharon) Ghast of Mt Vernon, IL, Scott (Laura) Ghast of Newton, IL, Stacy Ghast of Newton, IL, Craig Ghast of Newton, IL, 7 Grandchildren, 7 Great Grandchildren, sister – Betty Alembaugh of Oblong, IL and her brother – Don Hall of Newton, IL.
Jean was preceded in death by her parents and 2 brothers Robert and Curtis Hall.

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High blood pressure, also known as hypertension, is a very prevalent disease with potentially serious complications. According to the American Heart Association (AHA), almost 50,000 Americans died as a result of hypertension in 2002 and high blood pressure was listed as either a primary or contributing cause of death in over 260,000 deaths in the United States in the same year. The AHA further estimates that close to 65 million Americans have hypertension and one in three adults in America has the disease. Unfortunately, close to a third of individuals with this disease do not even know they have the disease. Currently, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends that clinicians screen all adults over the age of 18 for high blood pressure.
Your blood pressure reading is made up of two numbers, the systolic blood pressure and the diastolic blood pressure. The systolic blood pressure reflects the pressure within your blood vessels when your heart is actively beating, whereas the diastolic blood pressure reflects the pressure when your heart is relaxing and filling up with blood to get ready for its next beat.
In the vast majority of cases (over 90%) the exact cause is not known. These cases are called essential hypertension, also known as primary hypertension. There are a few specific conditions that cause secondary hypertension, but they are uncommon and will not be addressed in this article.
What are the symptoms of high blood pressure?
Many people have no symptoms when their blood pressure is high. That is why hypertension is called the silent killer. However, even in those who have no symptoms, the elevated pressure within their blood vessels can cause catastrophic damage to the heart and kidneys long before they are even diagnosed with the condition. On the other hand, some people with high blood pressure do experience symptoms such as dizziness, headaches, chest pain, or palpitations.
What is my goal blood pressure?
Blood pressure levels recommended by the American Heart Association
Blood pressure category Systolic (mm Hg) Diastolic (mm Hg)
Normal less than 120 and less than 80
Pre-hypertension 120-139 or 80-89
Stage 1 140-159 or 90-99
Stage 2 160+ or 100+
Who gets high blood pressure?
High blood pressure can occur in anyone. Most people who have hypertension are at least 35 years old, however. Its incidence is particularly high in African Americans, obese individuals, middle-aged and elderly individuals, those who drink heavily, and in women who take oral contraceptives.
What is the significance of high blood pressure?
High blood pressure increases your risk of the following conditions:
1. heart attack
2. heart failure
3. stroke
4. kidney failure
Does lowering my blood pressure really matter?
The AHA reports that clinical trials have revealed the following benefits of lowering high blood pressure:
-The incidence of stroke can be reduced by 35-40 percent.
-The risk of heart attack can be lowered by approximately 20-25%.
-The risk of heart failure can be reduced by over 50%.
How can I lower by blood pressure?
-Eat a diet low in salt, cholesterol, and saturated fat.
-If you are overweight, lose weight.
-Live an active lifestyle. Even regular walking can help lower your blood pressure.
-Limit your alcohol consumption. Women should drink no more than one drink daily and men should limit their intake to no more than two drinks daily.
-Manage the stress in your life


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THE new $21 million Ballarat saleyards site has been announced.
It will be located on the north west corner of the Western Highway and Sunraysia Highway intersection, near Miners Rest.
A contract on the parcel of land has been signed by Palisade Investment Partners, whose saleyard arm is current Gillies Street saleyard operators Regional Infrastructure.
Palisade's managing director Ian Mitchell said consideration had been given to a range of factor when choosing the site, including road and transport infrastructure, noise and odour management and the ability to have a sustainable onsite water capture and effluent management system.
"After nearly three years of searching, assessing and validating up to 20 different land options within the Ballarat City Council region, the preferred location has finally been confirmed," Mr Mitchell said.
Ballarat mayor John Burt said the council was eager to deliver a saleyard for the community. A series of community and stakeholder engagement sessions will begin early next year.
Regional Infrastructure has operated the current Gillies Street saleyards since May 2010 and will run the new state-of-the-art Central Victorian Livestock Exchange when it opens, which is predicted to be March 2015.
A revised contract between Regional Infrastructure and Ballarat City Council was announced in late August after a lengthy delay in naming the proposed site.
In May, Mr Edwards said legal issues with the land owners was holding up the announcement. The company has looked at several sites around Ballarat, including Miners Rest, Windermere and Lake Burrumbeet.


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Friday, July 02, 2010
Special Agent Pat S. stood before the pre-deployment training class and spoke in great detail about our counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan. He wasn't using notes because the material was fresh in his mind—it had been only 10 days since he returned from Kabul.
"Less than two weeks after a four-and-a-half-month deployment, I was able to give our people almost real-time information about the counterterrorism mission in Afghanistan," he said. "The environment there changes very rapidly, so to be able to provide that kind of current information is very valuable."
One of the strengths of the pre-deployment training course is that most of the instructors—and everyone who manages the program—have had firsthand experience in the war zone and can offer "ground truth" to those who are about to deploy.
Agent S., who served as an assistant legal attaché in Kabul during his most recent deployment, reiterated what many had said before him about conditions in Afghanistan—the air quality is poor, the food can be dicey, and Bureau personnel there regularly work long hours seven days a week. "But there's no question," he added, "that this assignment has been the best in my career and given me the highest sense of accomplishment. Many of my peers feel the same way."
When the 9/11 attacks occurred, Agent S. was working narcotics cases on a task force in New York City. The task force office, located near the World Trade Center, was destroyed during the attacks. "From that point forward," he said, "I felt a very strong sense of purpose about our counterterrorism mission and have been working Afghanistan and Pakistan matters ever since."
Many in the pre-deployment training class volunteered for war-theater assignments for similar reasons. "If you work counterterrorism," one agent said, "that's where you can make a major contribution."
Some younger analysts and agents who joined the Bureau after 9/11 said they felt it was their patriotic duty to volunteer for assignments in Iraq and Afghanistan. Others in the class have children currently serving overseas in the armed forces and want to support the military's efforts. One agent said he volunteered in the hopes that his work might help hasten the day when all our troops could come home.
"In a variety of ways," Agent S. said, "there is a significant opportunity for our people to contribute in theater to help protect the lives of soldiers and other Americans, Western interests, as well as Afghans or Iraqis."
Special Agent Rick M., one of the pre-deployment training program's managers and a veteran of multiple deployments to Afghanistan, put it another way: "All of us become FBI agents because we want to make an impact and serve our country. This is a great opportunity for our people to get experience on the front lines of the counterterrorism mission."
Agent S. found the pre-deployment training very helpful in that regard. "When you have already mentally rehearsed all these scenarios, heard the military terminology, and have an idea of what the daily tempo will be like, it's a lot less you have to learn when you get there."
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Glendon M. Goodwin
Goodwin–– Glendon M., 89, of Newport, VT, passed away suddenly on December 12, 2011 in Newport. A graveside service will be held at a later date in the spring at the Albany Cemetery. Should friends desire, contributions in his memory may be made to the Newport Health Care Center, 148 Prouty Drive, Newport, VT 05855. On-line condolences may be sent to the family through the funeral home website at www.curtis-britch-converse-rushford.com. Arrangements are entrusted to the care of Curtis-Britch-Converse-Rushford Funeral Home, locally family owned and operated.
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On the day after her sire joins her dam in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Wine Princess will try to enhance her family's reputation by notching her first stakes race as well as her first graded event.
The chestnut 3-year-old filly is a daughter of Azeri, who was enshrined in 2010, and is by Ghostzapper, a member of the 2012 class installed on Friday morning in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Azeri was arguably the most brilliant female runner of her generation, winning the Eclipse Award as Older Female in 2002, 2003 and 2004 along with Horse of the Year honors in 2004. That same year, Ghostzapper beat her in the Breeders' Cup Classic during an undefeated campaign that saw him also take the Grade 3 Iselin Handicap at Monmouth on the way to Horse of the Year honors.
Wine Princess, a $475,000 purchase by Becky Winemiller at the 2010 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, could become the first stakes winner produced by Azeri.
"I've had her from the beginning and we've taken our time with her. This filly has been gradually improving with each race," said Margolis, who won the 2003 Breeders' Cup Sprint with Cajun Beat.
Wine Princess, unraced as a 2-year-old, has two wins and a second from four starts and comes into the Monmouth Oaks after scoring in a non-winners of one other than at Churchill last time out on June 29. In her last work in Kentucky, she fired a bullet of 1:00 flat for five furlongs and the breeze was the fastest of 30 horses at the same distance.
"She won on Oaks day (in a maiden special weight) and then I ran her back on the turf," said Margolis. "She prefers the dirt. This will be her first time going two turns, but we're looking forward to this race."
Wine Princess, who is certainly bred to handle the distance, drew the rail and Proud Pearl, a full sister to 2008 3-year-old Filly Champion Proud Spell, will break just to her outside. Defy Gravity, Final Escrow, Serena's Song Stakes winner Morrow Cove, and the graded stakes placed Jemima's Pearl complete the field.
Her name is Trish's Wish, but the 2-year-old daughter of Naught Naught by Smoke Glacken could just as easily be called Family Affair.
"I named her after my wife, Patricia," said trainer Henry Carroll, who also bred the filly in Virginia and owns her. "I trained the mom and the dad and bred two stakes winners, Rockin or Ready and Smokey Fellow, by him."
Carroll is a longtime New Jersey-based horseman who caught lightening in a bottle with the blazingly fast Smoke Glacken. The multiple graded stakes winner won 10 of 14 starts, including the Tyro Stakes and Grade 2 Sapling Stakes in 1996, on the way to winning the 1997 Eclipse Award as champion Sprinter.
Smoke Glacken's daughter will attempt to win her first stakes race when she goes postward in Sunday's Colleen Stakes for juvenile fillies at 5 furlongs on the grass.
"When I bought the mare, I thought she had some turf pedigree," Carroll said of Naught Naught, who ran four times at Monmouth. "I ran her on the dirt and she could not stand up on it. I put her on the turf in her fourth start and she fractured her sesamoid (bone) so I had to retire her. She is a half-sister to Celtic Melody, who was a grade one winner and a multiple graded stakes winner in New York."
The Colleen will be Trish's Wish second start, following her maiden win by five lengths on the main track here on June 16. Some of the others in the field of 11 have both stakes and turf experience.
"This is a pretty competitive race, but you never know with two-year-olds. Strange things have happened," said Carroll, the son of noted New England horseman Bill Carroll. "I don't like to ship them when they're that young. I'd rather just put the bridle on and lead them over (to the paddock). Staying at home is an advantage. It's been a long time between races and she needs to run. This filly has a really good mind and we're going to give it our best shot."
There is no question that Smoke Glacken is close to Carroll's heart and Trish's Wish is as well.
"I don't have a barn full of them. I've just got this one," he said. "I plan to take really good care of her."
The annual Shore Chef Crab Cook-Off returns to Monmouth on August 18-19. The must-attend event features fare from the Shore's finest seafood restaurants and is one of the track's most popular promotions. Check monmouthpark.com for details.


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One will be in retail center on north end, the other will be on South Broadway downtown.
It appears that Crookston will soon go from having no frozen yogurt businesses to being home to two. Rossalyn Nephew continues to prepare to open her Berry Burst Frozen Yogurt shop on South Broadway, next to the Times, and CHEDA earlier this year gave her a $30,000 loan to help make her vision a reality.
Before Nephew officially launched her venture, there was talk that national frozen yogurt franchise CherryBerry might be coming to town, but that talk fizzled when a franchise holder apparently backed away from any plans here. Then, recently, CHEDA Executive Director Craig Hoiseth said that it appeared another CherryBerry franchise owner was eyeing Crookston again. CherryBerry is coming soon to the retail center anchored by Rejuv Salon & Spa on Crookston's north end.


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"We are pleased to finally get this project funded and off the shelf," said MTA President Carmen Bianco. "This new station will replace two outmoded facilities, finally offering our Staten Island Railway customers the kind of station and amenities that they deserve."
The Arthur Kill Station will feature ramps, two concrete side platforms with canopies, windscreens and benches and surveillance cameras and customer assistance intercoms at platform off-hour waiting areas. The station will be able to accommodate a four-car train and a 150-car parking lot will be built across the street. The Arthur Kill Station is slated to open in late 2015 and at that time, the old Nassau and Atlantic Stations will be demolished.
The original Nassau Station was only an 80-foot platform that was extended to 300 feet about 40 years. That extension was closed in 2010 due to its deteriorated condition, allowing for a single-door only operation at the station. The Atlantic Station was also built with an 80-foot platform that can only accommodate boarding through one door.
Neither of these stations had been included in previous station modernization projects because the plan, first proposed in the early 1990s, was to build the new Arthur Kill Station between the two. After suffering deferment over the past 20 years due to budget constraints, the project is now fully funded in the amended 2010-2014 Capital Program.
The $15.3-million construction contract of was awarded to John P. Picone Inc. on July 31, 2013.


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Bone Machine
The full advertisement does show female nudity, so click and view at your own risk: NSFW.
Found in "The Extremities" by Daniel P. Quiring, Ph. D. Published by Lea and Febiger, 1946.
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- MrCachet said...
Learn how to care for your own body machine!
- January 21, 2011 at 11:41 AM
- Moonshadow said...
So female nudity was OK but not male? I assume the towel is on the actual product. Who's eyes were they protecting do you suppose?
- January 21, 2011 at 2:52 PM
- Betsy said...
Yikes--I'm hoping someone who's already a doctor doesn't need a manikin to study!
On another note, I absolutely adore your blog. It gives me such joy! So, if you're interested, I gave you a Stylish Blogger Award. You can pick it up on my blog (or just ignore it--either way!).
- January 21, 2011 at 3:02 PM
- WistfulSparrow said...
'The Extremities'? This is way too good!
- January 22, 2011 at 12:35 AM
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2002 Women's Soccer
BC Drops Opener
Bluffton College women's soccer drops season opener
By Allan King, Jr., SID intern
September 2, 2002
Sophomore Rochelle Saccomen led the Beaver defense with 21 saves, but Bluffton College fell to Huntington 8-0 Saturday afternoon in the Beavers' 2002 season opener at the Emery Sears Athletic Complex.
Huntington's victory gave first-year head coach Tom Datema his first win and spoiled the debut of Bluffton's first-year coach Ben Simcox.
Bluffton will be back on the field Tuesday afternoon at 4 p.m. at Defiance College looking for their first win.


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No. 28 ODU Hosts Delaware In CAA Opener
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Sept. 24, 2009
NORFOLK, VA-- The ODU Soccer Monarchs (5-1) host the Fightin' Blue Hens of Delaware (2-5) in the CAA opener for both teams Friday night at 7 p.m. in the ODU Soccer Complex.
The Monarchs rank 28 in the latest College Soccer News Top 30 poll and third in the NSCAA Regional Rankings behind Maryland and Virginia.
Delaware's two wins were, 2-0 victories over Navy and St. Joseph's. Junior forward Courtney Hewitt leds UD in scoring with three goals, while senior forward Darren Christie has two goals. Jon Scher leads the team with two assists. Christie leads the CAA with a 4.0 shots per match average.
In the series, ODU leads, 10-2. The Monarchs won last year, 4-0 while the Fightin' Blue Hens last win over ODU was in 2007, 2-0.
ODU is led by senior Nane Joseph with three goals, one assist for seven points. Bobby Foglesong, Ambane Emmanuel and stefen Rabben each have two goals, while freshman Shane Howard has four assists. Evan Newton has a 0.67 goals against average with three shutouts.
Nane ranks seventh in the CAA in total points and points per game. He is tied for fourth in the league in total goals made. Shane Howard is tied with CJ Sapong of JMU with four assists, while Evan Newton ranks third in the league in goals against average and save percentage (.840). He is second in shutouts.
NSCAA Regional Rankings South Atlantic 1. Maryland 2. Virginia 3. ODU 4. UNC Wilmington 5. JMU 6. VCU 7. W&M 8. George Mason 9. Boston College 10. Liberty.
COLLEGE SOCCER NEWS TOP 30 1. Akron 2. North Carolina 3. Wake Forest 4. Maryland 5. California 6. South Florida 7. UCLA 8. Virginia 9. Harvard 10. Indiana 11. St. John's 12. Duke 13. UC Santa Barbara 14. Dartmouth 15. Monmouth 16. Louisville 17. Northwestern 18. Michigan State 19. Michigan 20. Crieghton 21. NC State 22. BU 23. UC Irvine 24. Cal State northdridge 25. Notre Dame 26. College of Charleston 27. UMBC 28. ODU 29. UW Green Bay 30. Loyola Marymount


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You guys make the world go round. Seriously.
So before we head out to spend the day with our Mothers I wanted to share a quick little OOTD from today!
Neon and lace/eyelet. One of my fav combos!
I love that skirt! I'm obsessed with neons!
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Great outfit Tiffany !! :)
You're style is so classy but still trendy!! I love it :)
I'm also really liking the fact that you're incorporating more fashion and home related videos to your blog !
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love the earrings.
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love the skirt :)
Your skirt is absolutely fabulous!
Such a cute skirt!
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I really love that skirt! It's so bright and fun and the belt matches it perfectly! I'm going to have to look for something like that!
you look so pretty!
i love how you mixed your fabrics.
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lovely top and skirt :)
I want that skirt desperately! I love the classic feel of the lace and the shape with the bright, fun color!
That skirt is so cute! Wasn't expecting it to be forever21 (in a good way!) ;)ReplyDelete
Tiffany, I have been following you on YT almost since the beginning. I adore your style and am so glad you have started getting more into OOTD!
I love this look! I'm loving a chambray top paired with lace mini-skirt right now, it's one of my go-to summer looks.
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The San Francisco 49ers announced they have signed fullback Jason Schepler to a three-year deal.
Schepler, a 2008 graduate of Sycamore High School, played in 49 games (26 starts) for Northern Illinois, catching 14 passes for 177 yards and two touchdowns in his career. A second-team Academic All-American as a senior, the team captain caught three passes for 65 yards and one touchdown, helping the Huskies earn a berth in the Orange Bowl.
He served as a key blocker for Northern Illinois, which ranked 12th in the NCAA in rushing in 2012 (238.2 yards per game). Prior to taking a medical redshirt year in 2011, Schepler caught a career-high eight passes for 93 yards in 2010.
Schepler earned first-team all-conference honors, as a junior at Sycamore and was the 2008 Daily Chronicle Male Athlete of the Year.


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Longview – Representative David Simpson (R-Longview) issued the following statement about the House budget passed last night and his "nay" vote:
"Today the Texas House passed a budget with a $10 billion or 5.3% increase in spending over the current biennium continuing the growth of government.
"It also continues the longstanding practice of taxation with misrepresentation — collecting fees, surcharges, and taxes for one purpose and then using these dedicated funds to authorize other spending.
"I sought to amend the budget to reduce this egregious practice, but was unsuccessful. Much has been said about reforming this practice, but this budget continues its use without any substantial reform. We are counting on future legislatures to do what we should have done ourselves.
"Moreover, we again gave preference to corporate welfare and subsidies to industries such as Hollywood movie production over our schools, emergency services, and other core or constitutionally-mandated functions of government.
"Because of this unnecessary and substantial increase in government spending with wrong priorities I voted against the budget."
Representative Simpson serves House District 7, which is comprised of Gregg and Upshur Counties.


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Tigers, pigs and now bears. Oh my.
It's a dangerous world for large animals outside retail establishments in Boulder.
The unofficial mascot of the Montbell store at 15th and Pearl streets in downtown Boulder went missing sometime late Tuesday afternoon, and store employees are hoping that whoever took it will bring it back.
The large stuffed bear stands outside the outdoor gear retailer during business hours. Passersby frequently stop to have their pictures taken with it.
But some time between 5 and 6 p.m. Tuesday, it disappeared.
Montbell sales associate Grace Vogelsang said the bear costs roughly $4,000.
It's very heavy, she said, and a struggle to move inside and outside when the store opens and closes. She thinks whoever took it must have pulled up in a car or truck because it would be very difficult to lug it down the street.
"It seems silly, but it's kind of a big deal," she said. "It's just something that a lot of people connect with us. It's always outside except when we were closed."
Vogelsang said store employees hope a video camera somewhere in the area captured the theft. The store's own cameras did not.
Anyone who knows anything about the bear or who might have video of the area during the time in question is asked to call the store at 303-449-5331.
"We're hoping we'll hear back form someone," Vogelsang said.
The bear is not the first animal to disappear from outside a Boulder store in recent years.
In 2003, the fiberglass pig outside the Paper Doll on the Pearl Street Mall went missing. It was later found in a nearby trash bin.
And in 2007, life-size tigers were taken from outside the Wok & Roll Teriyaki restaurant near Baseline Road and Foothills Parkway and from DecorAsian on Valmont Road.


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Visually Impaired Apps (ViA)
Description: If you've ever visited the iTunes App Store, the first thing you'll notice is the staggering amount of choices. There are more than 500,000 apps available for everything from navigating your local neighborhood to organizing your calendar. If you've been thinking about jumping into the world of mobile phone apps, but aren't sure where to start, Braille Institute's newest app, ViA (Visually Impaired Apps), is the tool for you. Designed to take full advantage of the industry leading accessible features available on the iPhone and iPad, our FREE ViA app is a resource for beginning technology users who want to explore the wonderful world of mobile apps.
BigBrowser: iPad App
Description: BigBrowser is an Internet browsing application designed to help Low Vision users more easily navigate the web on their iPads. It's extra large keyboard and controls, expanded pinch zooming, and multiple color themes make content easy to read.
Description: Verbally is an amazing, comprehensive assisted speech solution for the iPad. Verbally is a top-selling Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) iPad app and it's totally free. Unlike all other AAC solutions available, Verbally's unique, simple design allows users to communicate quickly and effectively in any setting.
Verbally enables creative communication, self-expression, and, most importantly, conversation.
• Core Words Grid - contains 50 essential words to save you over 50% of the taps required to input your sentences.
• Core Phrases Grid - offers common phrases to enable faster & easier conversation.
• Text Prediction - learns the words you use and makes self-expression easier. Even import your contacts, to better predict names you use the most.
• Choice of 3 keyboard layouts or use a Bluetooth keyboard -just press Enter to Speak!
• Choice of male or female voice.
• Choice of settings for speaking method. Turn on "Speak Each Word" to have the app speak as soon as each word is completed or when you tap a phrase. Turn it off to speak after you've completed your sentence and tap "Speak". You can also tap "Repeat" to say the last sentence again.
• A handy chime to get someone's attention.
• Steady Hands feature – if you have limited fine motor abilities this feature makes it easier to type. With this set to "on", the app will only register when you lift your finger off of the intended letter on the keyboard.
• No Wi-Fi or 3G connection required.
Dragon Dictation
Description: Dragon Dictation is an easy-to-use voice recognition application powered by Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages. In fact, it's up to five (5) times faster than typing on the keyboard.
With Dragon Dictation you can also dictate status updates directly to your Social Networking applications (Facebook and Twitter) or send notes and reminders to yourself….all using your voice. So when you're on-the-go, stop typing and start speaking – from short text messages to longer email messages, and anything in between.
Description: The original and most popular handwriting app for iPad. Penultimate gives you the natural experience of writing on paper, with the added power and availability of Evernote. Take notes, keep sketches, or share your next breakthrough idea -- in the office, on the go, or at home on the sofa.
Your handwriting and drawings look spectacular in black or color gel ink on your choice of three different photorealistic paper styles, or import any image to create your own personalized paper. Our inking technology produces pen strokes that look better than real ones, and the automatic Wrist Protection mode prevents stray marks from appearing on a page for writers of all grips.
As part of the Evernote family of products, Penultimate will quickly become one of the core productivity apps on your iPad. Every Penultimate note is synced to your Evernote account automatically, and every detail of the user interface has been designed and refined to be simple and intuitive with no complicated or cluttered settings.
Store your Penultimate notes in notebooks, separated by topic, project, or category. Penultimate can manage as many notebooks as you can create, then sync them directly with your Evernote account, where you can view, search and share them across all of your devices.
You can search through your handwritten text within the app, or browse quickly through all pages. View your list of notebooks as a carousel or sort and scroll in a fast grid view. Penultimate also allows you to insert, delete, duplicate, and reorganize pages within and between notebooks.
Send single page images or full notebooks in PDF format to friends and colleagues for easy feedback and collaboration.
Talking Scientific Calculator
Description: A comprehensively featured calculator that has become a favorite among adults and high school students around the world. Designed for a wide range of users, this calculator has large colorful buttons, optional high contrast, full VoiceOver support, and unique to this calculator; the option to use speech for answers, buttons names and formulas!
There is a charge associated with this APP.
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Waynesboro's Nick Franki made it clear that he has no intentions of allowing his break-out, freshman golf campaign come to an end just yet.
YORK — Waynesboro's Nick Franki made it clear that he has no intentions of allowing his break-out, freshman golf campaign come to an end just yet.
One of four local players in action at Briarwood Golf Club on Friday for the District 3 Golf Championships, Franki shot a sensational 76 to make the cut for Day 2, entering today's final round in a tie for 13th.
At the conclusion of play this afternoon, the top 16 scores in the Boys AAA tournament advance to the Regional Championship, with Franki currently in position to prolong his memorable season.
"If Nick can play as well in his second round as he did in his first, we will be going to regionals," Waynesboro coach Ryan Henderson said. "We had a little putting adjustment during warm-ups and it seemed to pay off. He made crucial par putts on his final three holes that preserved his round.
For a freshman to play as well as he has all season says a lot for his talent and potential. It should be an exciting run for the next several years."
Franki's tee time was set for 10:40 a.m. back at Briarwood East this morning.
As for the other three local qualifiers in action Friday, Greencastle-Antrim's Ellie Kotrady missed the cut for Day 2 of the Girls AAA Championship by one stroke, shooting a round of 91 with the cut falling at 90.
Overall, the G-A junior finished in a tie for 17th, barely missing out for a spot in the final round for the third straight year.
"It wasn't her best day, but she hung in there and gave herself a chance," G-A coach Jeremy Eby said of Kotrady. "Unfortunately, it just wasn't meant to be. She still had a great year and I'm very proud of her. She has another year left, so we'll get after it again next year."
Waynesboro's Tyler Bricker also had his promising junior season come to an end on Friday, carding 83 to miss the cut despite being in the hunt through his first nine holes.
"Tyler was right in it through nine holes and then some bad breaks led to a few double bogeys," Henderson said. "It is difficult to shoot the score necessary to advance to the next round when no birdies fell and the doubles piled up. Thankfully, Tyler is only a junior and we will get another chance next year."
Erika Cauffman was Waynesboro's remaining participant on Friday, with the freshman posting 101 in the Girls AAA competition, bringing her first varsity campaign to a close.
"Erika gained some valuable experience and we have come a long way since August," Henderson said. "It was great that she made it this far as a freshman."
Of note, Chambersburg's Max Bell enters today's final round of the Boys AAA Championship in a tie for third after shooting even-par, 72 Friday. James Buchanan's Grant Strawoet also missed the cut, matching Bricker's score of 83.


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Hi all,
Recently I bought a Logitech G15 keyboard and would use it under by Debian 2.6.15 and Xorg 6.9, but many keys are dead. I don't mean G or multimedias one, they work. But my '< >' key. Here's my xorg.conf extract :
Section "InputDevice"
Identifier "Generic Keyboard"
Driver "keyboard"
Option "CoreKeyboard"
Option "XkbRules" "xorg"
Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
Option "XkbLayout" "fr"
I know there is a 'g15lcd' modules but it needs a kernel compiled with uinput support. I didn't succeed compiling a 2.6.16 and I would know if there's a way making this key to work without this module ?


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The U.S. Trustee's office in Minneapolis has appointed a three-person committee to represent the long line of unsecured creditors claiming Minnesota businessman Tom Petters owes them money.
Petters waits in jail on criminal charges of running what is possibly the largest Ponzi scheme in U.S. history while 10 of his myriad companies wend through bankruptcy court in a consolidated action. Court documents filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Minnesota on Friday show that the official committee of unsecured creditors in the bankruptcies includes James N. Fry, head of a Minnetonka hedge fund listing claims of $76 million, and businessman Paul Taunton, head of Taunton Ventures in Chanhassen, which lists claims of $6.5 million. Acting chairman of the committee is Ronald Peterson, the Chicago-based trustee for five investment funds run by Lancelot Investment Fund of Northbrook, Ill. The Lancelot funds sank $1.5 billion into Petters and have themselves filed for Chapter 7 insolvency.
Such committees are typically appointed quickly in bankruptcies but the Petters case is so complicated it took longer, said James Lodoen, Petters' bankruptcy attorney in Minneapolis. Lodoen estimated there are about 100 unsecured creditors in the combined bankruptcies.
Creditors committees are supposed to investigate the financial affairs of the debtor, safeguard the interests of the group, keep the creditors informed, and in the end, try to divvy up the leftovers. The group will hold its first phone conference today or Sunday, Peterson said. He said it's far too early to tell how much might be left of the money various parties poured into Petters' operations over the years. People running Ponzi schemes often pay off early investors with money from later ones, but some investors let their money ride.
"In a Ponzi scheme you don't find money in a mattress," Peterson said. The unsecured creditors "could be blessed," he said, if the equity Petters bought in Fingerhut Companies, the catalog firm, and Polaroid Corp. remain valuable. Neither of those Petters companies are in bankruptcy.
Fry could not be reached for comment. Taunton said he's not sure what there is for creditors to recover. "That's the unknown here. Nobody knows how deep the hole is," Taunton said. "Nobody even knows where all the assets are even located."
Taunton, known locally for selling his chain of athletic wear stores to Footlocker in the late 1990s, said he first met Petters about 10 years ago at a Bible study. Petters always made his interest payments on time, Taunton said, and there were no problems until he learned about federal agents raiding Petters' Wayzata home and his company headquarters in Minnetonka in late September.
Petters was arrested Oct. 3 but has maintained his innocence. Four of his cohorts, including a Petters executive who blew the whistle, have pleaded guilty in the alleged scheme.
"If it is as it was alleged, that's shocking and incomprehensible," Taunton said. "It just doesn't compute. We're all on the edge of our seats to find where the truth lies."
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Ok so over the last few weeks ive been kind of interested in this guy. It all started while i was christmas shoppind and he ended up being my cashier..well while i was standing in line i was hoping that he would be because he looked kind of cute but i couldnt see him very well and he looked kind of familiar so whn i got up to him he was cute and i did know him...we went to the same school and graduated together. But i never knew him im school. Well i ended up going back to the store a few times and saw him again. Im pretty sure...like almost 100% sure that he is gay and i have never really been interested in a gay guy before. Only straight guys. So ive been thinking about adding him on facebook but im not sure about it yet because i think he is out and im not. I was looking thru his likes and stuff an it seems like we may not be into a lot of the same things. And i think he might find it kind of weird that i want to be his friend since i never knew him, and im also scared that he may not find me attractive because he is skinny and im over weight. And im also afraid that if i do start talking to him and nothing comes of it, what if he outs me to someone? So what do you guys think i should do? Try to send him a friend request and talk to him or just let it go?
And then if i do request him and he accepts what do i do after that? Try talking to him? What do i say? Ive never done anything like this...ever! please help.


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In a family situation it isn't "just because" kids have no say pver their lives, it's because the whole family, including the kids benefit. Maybe it means the parents can afford to live in an area with better schools or a.more reliable car.In the case you.desctibe the babysitter was grandpa and "free labor" was an established pattern of behavior. It shouldn't have been a huge surprise.
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Galapagos gives R&D Update
2013-03-27 02:58 ET - News Release
-- (Marketwire)
-- 03/27/13
* Strong progress throughout clinical and preclinical portfolio
* RA: JAK1-inhibitor GLPG0634 advances to worldwide Phase 2b study
* IBD: novel FFA2-inhibitor GLPG0974 to start Phase 2a PoC study
* Oncology: good safety and early signals of efficacy with GLPG0187
* Cystic Fibrosis: discovery of superior potentiator
* GSK advances licensed JAK1-inhibitor to Phase 2 in SLE and psoriasis
Live webcast presentation today at 8:00 am ET/1:00 pm CET on www.glpg.com,
call number 2290-1608
Galapagos NV (EURONEXT BRUSSELS: GLPG) will give an
R&D Update today in New York City, highlighting the progress and plans
for its
portfolio of more than 40 research and development programs.
Starting Phase 2b program with selective JAK1 inhibitor GLPG0634
GLPG0634, an orally-available, selective inhibitor of JAK1 for the
treatment of
rheumatoid arthritis and potentially other inflammatory diseases, is
about to
enter Phase 2b studies. The program consists of 2 dose finding studies
and an
open label follow-up study and will be conducted in multiple study
worldwide. Multiple dose levels will be tested, as well as once daily and
daily regimens, during a period of 24 weeks. Details of this program
will be
discussed at the R&D Update.
Moving GLPG0974 to Phase 2a Proof of Concept
In a separate release today, Galapagos announced achievement of excellent
1 results with GLPG0974, the first inhibitor of FFA2 (formerly known as
to be evaluated clinically. Galapagos will initiate a Phase 2
Proof-of-Concept study with GLPG0974 in ulcerative colitis patients next
month. The study will
be completed by the end of this year.
Progress with GLPG0187
In March 2011, Galapagos initiated a Phase 1b study with its integrin
antagonist in solid tumor patients to explore a maximum tolerated dose
and a
biomarker response. Galapagos will announce today that the
enrollment was
completed. The study confirmed the safety of GLPG0187 (no treatment
SAEs) and revealed early signs of clinical response in glioblastoma
Based on these results and following requests of the investigators,
has included additional patients in this study.
Moving cystic fibrosis program to preclinical candidate
In 2010 Galapagos announced that it will pursue cystic fibrosis (CF)
as the
first orphan disease in which the company will discover, develop and
launch its
own medicines. This decision was based on the successful collaboration
with the
US CF Foundation. Galapagos is developing small molecule therapies to
the major CF mutation (delF508). Four separate programs are in drug
aimed at superior correctors and potentiators. Galapagos plans to
nominate a
first pre-clinical candidate potentiator later this year.
Alliance with Lilly terminated
In 2007, Galapagos entered into a global collaboration with Lilly to
novel mode of action therapies in osteoporosis. This alliance did not
yield the
expected results within an acceptable timeframe, and therefore Galapagos
to end the alliance. The rights to the bone-building program have
returned to
Galapagos. During the collaboration with Lilly, Galapagos received a
total of
EUR11 M in payments.
GSK moves selective JAK1 inhibitor GSK2586184 into Phase 2
In 2006 Galapagos and GSK initiated a drug discovery and development
alliance to
deliver disease modifying drugs for GSK's global R&D organization.
GSK in-licensed GSK2586184 (formerly GLPG0778) and its corresponding
back-up compound
GLPG0555 in February 2012, gaining worldwide rights to further
development and
commercialization. GSK2586184 is a selective JAK1 inhibitor which
discovered and developed within Galapagos' alliance with GSK. GSK
initiated a
Phase 2 study with GSK2586184 in chronic plaque psoriasis and will
initiate a
Phase 2 study in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). GSK2586184 is the
selective JAK1 molecule discovered by Galapagos to enter Phase 2
Galapagos is eligible, without further financial investment, to receive
GSK EUR34 M in additional milestones plus up to double-digit royalties on
commercial sales of all therapeutic indications of GSK2586184.
Webcast presentation
Galapagos will hold an audio webcast presentation for journalists,
analysts, and
investors today at 8:00 am ET/1:00 pm CET, and will be archived on
website for one year. To access the live webcast, go to www.glpg.com or
here, call number 2290-1608.
About Galapagos
Galapagos (EURONEXT BRUSSELS: GLPG) (PINKSHEETS: GLPYY) is specialized in
novel modes-of-action,
with a large pipeline of four clinical, six pre-clinical, and 30
small-molecule and antibody programs in cystic fibrosis,
antibiotics, metabolic disease, and other indications.
GLPG0634 is an orally-available, selective inhibitor of JAK1 for the
of rheumatoid arthritis and potentially other inflammatory diseases,
about to
enter Phase 2b studies. AbbVie and Galapagos signed a worldwide
agreement whereby AbbVie will be responsible for further
development and
commercialization after Phase 2b. Galapagos has another selective
inhibitor in Phase 2 in lupus and psoriasis, GSK2586184 (formerly
in-licensed by GlaxoSmithKline in 2012). GLPG0187 is a novel integrin
antagonist currently in a Phase 1b patient study in metastasis. GLPG0974
is the
first inhibitor of GPR43 to be evaluated clinically for the treatment of
this program will start a Proof of Concept Phase 2 study in Q2 2013.
The Galapagos Group, including fee-for-service companies BioFocus,
Argenta and
Fidelta, has over 800 employees and operates facilities in five countries,
global headquarters in Mechelen, Belgium. Further information at:
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"stands to," and "continues," as well as similar expressions. Such
forward-looking statements may involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other
factors which might cause the actual results, financial condition,
or achievements of Galapagos, or industry results, to be materially
from any historic or future results, financial conditions, performance or
achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
these uncertainties, the reader is advised not to place any undue reliance
such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements speak
only as
of the date of publication of this document. Galapagos expressly disclaims
obligation to update any such forward-looking statements in this document
reflect any change in its expectations with regard thereto or any change in
events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based,
required by law or regulation
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We charge hourly review fees for your street improvement exception request. You pay a $500 deposit on the review fee when you submit your request. We may charge you additional hours depending on how long the review takes.
The review of your exception request can take from a few weeks to several months. The amount of time depends on the materials you provide in your application and the complexity of the request. Make sure your initial application for the exception is as complete as possible to avoid delays.
Drop off your application materials and fees in person or mail them to us at the Applicant Services Center. Apply as early as possible to decrease chances of the request delaying your permitting process. You can apply for a street or alley improvement exception:
We will review your application materials to determine if you meet the Land Use Code exceptions. We will also consult with an analyst from the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) to make our decision. We will send you a correction letter if we need changes or additional documentation. Once we make a decision, we will notify you and document the decision in our records so it is available to everybody associated with your project.
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(CNN) — Colorado shooting suspect James Holmes has offered to plead guilty and spend the rest of his life behind bars in exchange for avoiding the death penalty, according to court documents filed Wednesday.
Prosecutors have not accepted the offer. Previously, they had said they would make a decision on whether to seek the death penalty against the 25-year-old Holmes at a hearing April 1.
"Prior to arraignment, Mr. Holmes made an offer to the prosecution to resolve this case by pleading guilty and spending the rest of his life in prison, without any opportunity for parole," the documents read.
"If the prosecution elects not to pursue the death penalty, then it is Mr. Holmes' position that this case could be resolved on April 1."
This month, a judge entered a standard plea of not guilty for Holmes, who is accused of opening fire at a Colorado movie theater that left 12 people dead and 58 injured on July 20, 2012.
In the documents filed Wednesday, his attorneys said they are still exploring a mental health defense, "and counsel will vigorously present and argue any and all appropriate defenses at a trial or sentencing proceeding, as necessary."
"Nevertheless, Mr. Holmes is currently willing to resolve the case to bring the proceedings to a speedy and definite conclusion for all involved," they said.
Holmes is charged with a total of 166 counts of murder, attempted murder and other charges.
Federal agents have said the former University of Colorado doctoral student planned the attack for months.
He began buying guns in May 2012, allegedly building an arsenal of two Glock handguns, an AR-15 rifle, a shotgun and 6,295 rounds of ammunition.
Authorities say Holmes booby-trapped his apartment with explosives, then traveled to the movie theater armed with the weapons, tear gas and body armor planning to kill audience members during a screening of "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises."
Witnesses who spoke to CNN said the gunman roamed the theater, shooting randomly as people tried to scramble away or cowered between seats.
"This is not a 'whodunit.' Everybody knows that James Holmes committed these horrible murders. The question is what punishment he will get," said CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin.
"If they (defense attorneys) can get life in prison, they will consider this a victory."
Holmes' trial date has been set for August 5.
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Advertising Indie: Earbits Helps Bands Find Fans
It's easy for bands to distribute their music, but hard to market it. They can pay to get their songs in the right places—iTunes, Amazon, and Spotify—but it's unclear how to get them heard by the right people. Earbits, a Los Angeles-based startup, aspires to turn their radio service into an ad platform where bands can buy airtime and gain exposure for their songs and upcoming live performances.
While the web-music sector is crowded with established services like Pandora and Spotify, Earbits stands out because it focuses solely on emerging artists and provides fans with a compelling way to discover them. The service offers genre stations, which are common, but it has many features which aren't.
For instance, if you log into Earbits using Facebook, the service pulls your friends into a toolbar and sorts them by who'd most enjoy hearing the song currently being played. If you click on one of your friends, a window opens up, which allows you to post the song to their Facebook wall.
Most interesting, though, are the ways in which Earbits nudges their users to engage more deeply with bands. While you listen to song, you can scroll beneath the fold on the website and find information about the artist, including a bio, discography and tour dates. If you give a song a "thumbs ups"—the way you tailor a station to your likes and dislikes—the service prompts you to tweet the track or post it on your wall. If you're listening to music on the mobile app and the band is playing a show nearby, it will alert you—and with a one click, you can share the info with a friend.
"We think of Earbits as an artist-centric radio platform," says CEO Joey Flores. "We're always looking for ways to connect a band with fans instead of just playing music for someone in the background." He continues, "People are doing more on our website than just turning it on and tuning out."
And there's a good reason for this. On Earbits the songs themselves are commercials, which makes bands the customers, and of course, you—the listener—the product. Rather than encouraging users to click on ads and interact with brands, Flores hopes they'll discover bands, become fans and buy their albums and concert tickets.
He desires this outcome for two reasons: For Earbits to make money (and keep doing so), it must create enough value for a cash-strapped band to justify the expense—and provide a return large enough that it demands reinvestment. If a band buys airtime to promote a show and converts a handful of listeners into concertgoers, they'll likely recoup their costs and use Earbits again. Flores also wants this to happen because he—a lifetime music fanatic—believes that a world with more active fans (i.e. music buyers and concertgoers) could only be a better one.
"Don't just turn on the music and not wonder who it is," Flores laments.
But wanting something to happen doesn't mean you can make it happen. The truth is that a majority of consumers aren't music fanatics and have no interest in doing a majority of these things.
And, as Earbits has learned, even fanatics have limits. Flores and his team have this problem where when they sit around and brainstorm on ideas, the ones that they find interesting oftentimes "don't get any traction" and ones that they "think are totally stupid" end up becoming really popular.
Earbits has some of the most interesting sharing tools of any music service on their site. They spent lots of time building them only to find out that "like only 3% of people" will ever use the tools.
"Most people scroll right past [the Facebook toolbar]," Flores says, "they don't even see it."
This is illustrative. The very innovative feature that music and technology publications will praise Earbits for developing and having on their site ended up being the one fans didn't care to use.
Many music startups develop features in their products that they "think" fans want without actually testing them or embracing the hard truth that most fans may not want any of these things.
"We used to add a feature [to Earbits] and assume that it created more value [for users]," says Flores, referring the time period before his team read the influential book The Lean Startup by Eric Ries. Rather than making assumptions about the features users want and the value they create, they now utilize the "real metrics" that Ries advocates for—such as active users and user engagement—to determine if a feature is creating more value for their users and whether they should keep it.
Weeks ago, Earbits added a search bar so that users could start a station by typing in an artist that they like—akin to what Pandora and rival services offer—and Flores says user engagement "went down with this feature."
Before reading The Lean Startup and implementing its teachings, his company wouldn't have even been tracking that metric. "We would've just assumed that adding a search bar would've been a good thing," he says. "Actually, for some reason, it has a negative impact."
Describing what operating a startup for over a year without any real, important metrics and then embracing them wholeheartedly is like, Flores says the process has "been really eye-opening."
This sort of awakening is necessary for startups. Music elicits passion in people and some of them grow inspired to create products. These people are often fanatics who see problems to solve in their own lives and feel compelled to create solutions for everyone else. But fanatics aren't everyone else; their wants and needs are different. A chasm exists between them and casual fans, and they don't see it.
Fanatics make assumptions about what users want and develop a product, only to learn that most people don't have these problems and see no value in adopting their solution. As Ries argues in his book, a startup like this achieves failure by "successfully executing a plan that leads to nowhere."
This is the startup dilemma: A fanatic founder will often perceive a problem as being more universal than it actually is and mistakes his own experience as evidence that a solution should exist. But most people have never had such experiences and can't relate to the products they create.
A quick survey of the sector reveals that no one is doing quite what Earbits does. Services like Jango and Grooveshark let bands buy airtime and gain exposure, but they don't nudge fans to attend their shows or share their songs. Pandora debuted a free concert series last year wherein they invited fans to attend a live performance by the rock band Dawes, based on where they live and the likelihood that they'd enjoy listening to their music. But they don't promote shows within their platform—let alone, allow artists to buy airtime.
Deli Radio, a newly launched music startup, enables fans to create radio stations that play music by bands that'll be playing shows nearby—the downside being that, since the service is free, bands can't geo-target fans.
Generally speaking, music services take a hands-off approach to promoting bands. "They're not making an effort to turn people into real consumers of those band's products," says Flores. "You're always trying to send them to McDonald's." Like broadcast radio before it, Pandora's customers are brands and it sells them a product—exposure to their audience. The music is the bait, and there's nothing wrong with this. Many business models work like this.
Could Pandora make a better effort to help bands find fans? Of course. But here's the thing: It's not clear that casual listeners have a desire for this to happen. For them, a radio service that plays unfamiliar music and regularly alerts them about shows may be bad experience. That's the reality. Flores is fighting a noble cause—and it's one worth fighting for. But he's targeting fanatics with Earbits and even they're pushing back against his efforts.
"At the end of the day, if you want to build a company that's good at promoting artists, you build a company that makes money from promoting artists," says Flores, which is a fair assessment.
But first Earbits must find fans that want bands promoted to them and it's a tough crowd.


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Forum:GTA ideas Part 3
These ideas just popped out of the sky.
1. Ken Rosenberg from GTA San Andreas had a falling out with Madd Dogg sometime in the mid 90s over production related issues on one of his LPs (it maybe one of the reasons Madd Dogg's Vinewood mansion is deserted). Rosenberg decided to leave the music industry and return to his old career as a lawyer. He is also now a born again christian. Perhaps this could be the return of an old character?
2. OG Loc finally admitted sometime after the events of GTA San Andreas that he has no talent as a rapper and never will. But has discovered a new talent for writing lyrics. He's found some success in doing so.
3. The introduction of this game should be similiar in layout to GTA San Andreas. It shows some events in Liberty City and some events in San Andreas.
4. This game also has a star line up doing the voiceovers again like in GTA San Andreas.
HarveyH92 17:06, February 4, 2010 (UTC)


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UNDATED (AP) - A person familiar with the situation tells the Associated Press that the FBI is investigating whether a former employee of the Rutgers basketball program tried to extort the university.
The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation has not been officially announced. Investigators are interested in Eric Murdock, a central figure in the scandal that has led to the firing of basketball coach Mike Rice and resignation of athletic director Tim Pernetti.
The investigation was first reported by The New York Times.
Murdock made public a video that showed Rice kicking and shoving players and spewing anti-gay slurs at them during practice. His lawyer had sent a letter to university officials in December asking for a $950,000 settlement.
Last week, Murdock filed a lawsuit against the school, contending he was fired in July 2012 for being a whistleblower against Rice.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — Roger Clemens was acquitted Monday on all charges that he obstructed and lied to Congress in denying he used performance-enhancing drugs to extend his long career as one of the greatest and most-decorated pitchers in baseball history.
Fierce on the pitching mound in his playing days, Clemens was quietly emotional after the verdict was announced. ''I'm very thankful,'' he said, choking up as he spoke. ''It's been a hard five years,'' said the pitcher, who was retried after an earlier prosecution ended in a mistrial.
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Mount Union Choir Releases New CD Destiny in Black & Gray
November 19, 2008Destiny in Black & Gray is the fourteenth commercial recording to be released by the Mount Union Choir. The first recording by the Choir was released in 1955 under the direction of long-time director Cecil Stewart. This CD is the fifth to be released under current director Dr. Scott Dorsey, professor of music.
The 15 tracks on this CD include Exsultate Justi (Plainchant, c.1167); Exsultate Justi (Jeanie Fuller); Shepherd's Song (Thomas Cole); Alleluia! Dic nobis Maria (Francisco López Capillas); O Magnum Mysterium (Morten Lauridsen); Swing Low Sweet Chariot (arr. Larry Farrow); i thank you God (Eric Whitacre); O Christ Our Light (Charles Galetar); Ezekiel Saw de Wheel (William Dawson); Amor de mi Alma (Z. Randall Stroop); Witness (Jack Halloran); Wondrous Love (arr. Paul Christiansen); Soldier's Song (arr. Jonathan Willis, director of bands at Mount Union); Water Night (Eric Whitacre); and Prší, Prší (Miroslav Hronek).
Produced by Class of 1977 graduate Bruce Gigax, head of recording services for the Cleveland Orchestra and owner of Audio Recording Studios, Inc., this CD includes recordings made in Dewald Chapel as well as live performances in concert in Presser Recital Hall from 2005-2008. Previous Mount Union Choir CD's still available for purchase include Purple, Lineage, Sold Out! and Live From the Road. CDs are available for $10 in the Mount Union Bookstore.


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BrazilianHead coach Luizomar de Moura"It's a good match. Dominican Republic had a strong attack, but we just produced good blockings. I think our match against Dominican Republic and the previous match against Slovakia is totally different. Against Slovakia, we played nervously because it was our first match in the championship, but we came back much stronger against the Dominicans. We next take on Italy. I think the Italians are very strong in the world volleyball, but here it's the school volleyball. It's different. We have to go back and plan for the match against them.
Captain Rosane Maggioni"I have the similar comment as my head coach. However, I think we should play better in some critical moments. We just made too many mistakes. We try to get better and better from the matches we play."
Dominican RepublicHead coach Enrique Larrazafeta"I think it's an easy match today because Brazil is too strong. We prove no match against them. Before coming here, I had initially targeted that my girls would finish top eight in the championship. Due to the successive two losses, we now have to compete in the 9th-16th classification round instead. We will try our best in our last match in the first round against Slovakia."
Captain Yeniffer Cristina Ramirez Espinal"Brazil played much better than us. We could not match them tactically and technically. We have to do our best in the next match against Slovakia."


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Teri Curington, MSN, RN at the East Texas Medical Center Gilmer Emergency Room, told the Gilmer Rotary Club Tuesday about ETMC Gilmer's goals, achievements and objectives.
She told them that the facility is one of only five in Texas to have a Level III Stroke Designation. It received this designation March 1.
"Our Mission Statement is 'Decrease the occurrence of strokes in our community and aid in the efforts to trend and monitor to improve patient outcomes,'" she said.
Goals she listed include:
• Commitment to Excellence
• 100 percent Chart Audits
• Performance Improvement process
• Monthly Staff Education
In the are of stroke prevention, their efforts include:
• Education—Health Risks Specific to Upshur County
Stroke affects approximately one person every 45 seconds.
Someone in the U.S. dies every 3.3 minutes from stroke.
Stroke is the leading cause of disability among adults in the U.S.
Four out of five families will be somehow affected by stroke over the course of a lifetime.
Obesity, diabetes and heart disease are precursor's which can increase one's risk to having a stroke.
Upshur County's numbers about percentages of the population affected by various condition, compared to the State of Texas, are revealing:
• Diabetes—Upshur, 9.8%; Texas, 8.9%.
• Obesity—Upshur, 28.3%; Texas, 26.6%.
• Heart Disease—Upshur, 12.9%; Texas, 6.7%.
• Hypertension—Upshur, 33.2%; Texas, 27.8%.
• Cardiovascular Disease—Upshur, 18.9%; Texas, 8.3%.
•High Cholesterol—pshur, 42.7%; Texas, 38.5%.
Intervention In The ER
"When a patient presents with STROKE-like symptoms, CODE STROKE is immediately paged overhead," Nurse Curington said. "Since time is of the essence when brain tissue is at risk, all necessary personnel report to the stroke patient's bedside immediately."
She presented the following Code Stroke Timeline, with the goal first and ETMC Gilmer's actual performance second:
• Doctor at bedside, <10 min.; 9 min.
• Patient to CT, < 25 min.; 23 min.
• CT brain read by Radiologist, < 45 min.; 44 min.
"The diagnosis will determine if the patient can be admitted, or if they need to be transferred to a level of higher care where in-house neurologists are present," Mrs. Curington said.
Vertical Beds —On May 6, the ER transformed Room 3 in the ER to accommodate 10 "vertical beds," which are actually chairs (VBRs).
"By creating 10 more spaces in the ER to treat those patients who do not require being in a reclining position, we are able to decrease the time it takes to initiate treatment, thus providing faster service to the patients," Mrs. Curington said.
The first week of utilizing this new form of service yielded the following results:
• Total of 197 patients seen in the ER.
• 25 of patients utilized the VBR (50 patients).
• Average Length of Stay (LOS) for ER patients was 2 hrs. 27 min.
• Average LOS for VBR patients was 1 hr. 24 min.
"Since implementing vertical beds, our customer satisfaction has increased and those patients who would usually leave without being seen by a physician are less than one-half of one percent of our ER patient population," she said.
A new service soon to become available at ETMC Gilmer is the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program.
"Upshur County has one of the highest sexual assault occurrence rates among counties in the East Texas region," Mrs. Curington said.
"Beginning in the fall of 2013, we will be offering SANE at ETMC Gilmer ER," she said. "Four of our dedicated RNs have been receiving specialized training for pediatric, adolescent and adult sexual assault examination techniques, evidence collection, and documentation that will stand up in court."
She said the Texas Attorney General's office credentials SANE RNs. To become credentialed, an RN must attend 80 hours of didactic training for pediatric, adolescent and adult sexual assault examinations at state-sponsored educational events, as well as complete 78 hours of practicum experience.
"We endeavor to provide this valuable service to victims within our community and surrounding area to decrease the distance victims and their families currently have to travel in order to obtain SANE exams," Mrs. Curington said.
"By decreasing the amount of time from the actual assault to when the SANE exam is performed, we are also able to preserve more evidence so that the perpetrator can be prosecuted to the fullest extent in which the law provides."
"ETMC Gilmer is here to serve the healthcare needs of Gilmer and Upshur County citizens," said ET Gilmer Administrator Gorge Leal, who introduced Mrs. Curington.


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Mickey Edwards is a visiting lecturer in public and international affairs at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School. Before coming to Princeton he taught for 11 years at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, where he was the John Quincy Adams Lecturer in Legislative Practice. Edwards has also been a visiting lecturer at the Harvard Law School and a visiting professor at Georgetown University's Public Policy Institute. Before beginning a teaching career, Edwards was a member of Congress for 16 years and was a member of the House Republican Leadership, a member of the Appropriations and Budget Committees, and the ranking member of the House subcommittee on foreign operations.
Edwards' primary interest is in the field of constitutional studies. He is a director of The Constitution Project, has co-chaired task forces on the war power, on judicial independence, and on the constitutional amendment process, and was a member of the American Bar Association Task Force on Presidential Signing Statements. He has written, appeared on radio and television, and testified before Congress repeatedly on these and other subjects related to the Constitution.
Edwards has been a weekly political commentator on NPR's "All Things Considered" and a weekly opinion columnist for the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and other major newspapers. He is author or co-author of three books, has written chapters in others, and is currently writing a book on American conservatism and the Constitution to be published next Spring by Oxford University Press.