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Rome: Udinese inflicted yet another defeat on AC Milan in Serie A, winning 2-1 thanks to Antonio Di Natale`s winner after dramatic scenes in Udine saw Kevin Prince Boateng and Cristian Zapata sent off for the visitors.
Mathias Ranegie had given the hosts the lead before a stunning Stephan El Shaarawy strike levelled matters, but Zapata saw red and Di Natale converted the spot kick to leave Massimiliano Allegri facing increasing scrutiny.
Allegri made several changes to the side that drew with Anderlecht midweek, with Ignazio Abate, Cristian Zapata and Djamel Mesbah all being included in the starting lineup. Meanwhile, his opposite number, Francesco Guidolin, brought in Mathias Ranegie and kept Giovanni Pasquale in the team despite Roberto Pereya`s return.
It seemed Allegri got his changes right as the Rossoneri dominated the game from the first whistle and it took just minutes before they fashioned their first attempt on goal.
Riccardo Montolivo, back in the team following his injury lay-off, squandered the first half-chance of the match before Giampaolo Pazzini saw his second attempt in the space of three minutes saved by Zeljko Brkic.
Moments later it was 19-year-old Stephan El Shaarawy who tested Brkic as the starlet looked to continue his fine scoring record against the Udine outfit, but the keeper was equal to the effort.
Guidolin`s side did, however, eventually settle into proceedings and typically it was captain Di Natale who looked their biggest threat up front.
The first half looked like ending in a stalemate, until Ranegie rose highest in the Milan penalty area to nod home unchallenged and put the hosts a goal to the good.
Despite Milan needing to turn things around, it was Udinese who came closest to scoring as the second half got underway. Brazilian Allan`s quick turn and shot being kept out by Abbiati.
Di Natale then wasted another chance for the Fruili while El Shaarawy continued to pose the greatest danger for Allegri`s side and it was he, 10 minutes in, who leveled matters.
Following some good play by Kevin Prince Boateng, Pazzini laid the ball off to El Shaarawy who lashed the ball home from well outside the box. It was his his third goal in Serie A and, coincidentally, his third against the Zebrette.
Despite the goal, Milan were unable to gain control of the match as Udinese continued to look the more comfortable of the teams.
Just after the hour mark, drama ensued when Zapata, making a return to his former club, was sent off for a second bookable offence, conceding a penalty in the process. Di Natale made no mistake from the spot, sending Abbiati the wrong way.
The Rossoneri failed to respond with the introduction of Bojan Krkic having little effect on the game.
Matters soon worsened for Allegri and his under-performing side when Boateng, only on as a second half substitute, received his marching orders following a second yellow card.
Down to nine men, Milan were left with a mountain to club and despite their need to at least try and steal a point, it was the home side that looked like extending their lead as Allegri`s men struggled with the numerical disadvantage.
But Udinese were able to comfortably see out the match, and for Milan, their crisis continues and Allegri`s position at the club will now be seriously called into question.


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An undocumented immigrant was found dead Friday afternoon in a desert area east of Interstate 10 near Red Rock, the Pinal County Sheriff's Office said.
One of the members of the group he was with called 911 shortly after noon to report the man was unresponsive.
PCSO helped assist the U.S. Border Patrol's air unit in locating the group of five under a tree. A PCSO deputy found a Hispanic man, about 20 years old, dead.
The other men in the group said they had been walking from Mexico for about six days with little food and water, authorities said. They said the victim was complaining about the heat and being tired. Unable to walk anymore, the group took a break to rest, PCSO said.
The surviving undocumented immigrants said they had set out with a group of 19 other people from Mexico. The group had split-up in the desert, PCSO said. They stated the guide set off with the larger group and told the five men to wait by the tree until he returned, deputies said. He never came back.
PCSO said they found no signs of trauma or foul play. The body was turned over to a local funeral home.
Authorities said a search of the nearby desert area for additional immigrants was unsuccessful. The other four men were turned over to the U.S. Border Patrol for processing.
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Phillips Crab Deck is now open in Annapolis.
The 140-seat terrace restaurant, which opened very quietly on Aug. 16, marks Phillips Seafood's return to Annapolis -- in the same Dock Street location that it left in 2009. It was replaced there by Hell Point Seafood, which shut its doors in late February of this year.
Phillips Crab Deck, which is open daily for lunch and dinner beginning at 11:30 a.m., occupies only one of three buildings -- 14 Dock St. -- that housed the Phillips Annapolis Harbor Restaurant and then Hell Point Seafood. The neighboring buildings have been un-joined from the establishment and will soon house an English-style pub.
The new Phillips restaurant also marks a return to a more traditional Eastern Shore crab house menu and aesthetic for the Baltimore-based seafood company, whose restaurant origins date back to 1956, when Shirley and the late Brice Phillips opened their first "crab shack" in Ocean City.
As Phillips expanded to other cities, including Baltimore and Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Atlantic City, the restaurants evolved into full-fledged dining experiences. The primary offerings at the new Phillips are steamed blue crabs, crab cakes, raw bar and steamer pots.
The restaurant is located at 14 Dock St. in Annapolis. For information call 410-280-2722 or go to phillipsseafood.com.


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The Knicks and Portland Trail Blazers have completed a sign-and-trade deal that sends Raymond Felton back to New York as a potential replacement for Jeremy Lin.
Kurt Thomas, also a former Knick, also returns to New York in Monday's deal. The Knicks signed and traded forward Jared Jeffries, along with center Dan Gadzuric, the draft rights to Kostas Papanikolaou and Giorgos Printezis, and a protected future second-round pick to Portland.
Felton and the Knicks agreed to a multiyear deal Saturday, providing them another option if they decline to match the offer sheet Lin signed with Houston. Felton averaged 17.1 points in 54 games with the Knicks before they sent him to Denver as part of the package for Carmelo Anthony in February 2011.
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Thanks for the well-reasoned reply... That all makes sense. I think I'm going to pull the trigger.Just needed that nudge over the edge ;-)
Glad you ordered it. I was going to suggest that. I LOVE my 7D, and I couldn't care less about a replacement. It's absolutely wonderful for what it does.


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Death Notice 9-25-10: Marjorie R. Clarke
Marjorie R. Clarke
Sept. 23, 2010
KOONTZ LAKE — Marjorie Reamer Clarke, 95, died Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010 at Miller's Merry Manor, Plymouth.
She is survived by a daughter, Marilyn (David) Arndt of Koontz Lake; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; and a sister, Betty Hay of Galva, Ill.
A memorial mass will be held at a later date.
Cremation has taken place.
Rannells Funeral Home, Koontz Lake Chapel assisted the family with arrangements.
Condolences may be made to the family via the funeral home's website at rannellsfuneralhome.com.


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My Hope America with Billy Graham
October 24, 2013
On Billy Graham's 95th birthday , November 7, 2013, BGEA will begin the largest outreach we have ever attempted in North America. My Hope is a process of relationship evangelism that has been used internationally by BGEA over the past 10 years in 57 countries with over 10 million confirmed commitments to Christ. We are bringing the outreach to the USA and Canada in November with a fresh message from Mr. Graham, The Cross. Leading up to November 7, BGEA has partnered with over 25,000 churches and thousands have been trained as Matthews to open their homes to friends, relatives and neighbors. They will use this social setting to view the program, share their personal testimony and ask their guests if they wish to make a decision to follow Christ.
In addition to this effort BGEA has secured air time on TV and radio to present the program to those who may not have the opportunity to view the program in a Matthew home. The program will air on over 100 local TV stations nationwide, Christian Cable networks and Fox News will air the program at 10:00 PM Eastern time on November 7. BGEA will open call centers ,staffed with trained volunteers to handle the calls from these TV and Radio airings. This is where we could use your assistance. We will open our telephone call center here at the BGEA Headquarters November 7 - 10 to answer many of those calls.
Call Center Times
Thursday, November 7 6:30 PM – 11:00 PM
Friday, November 8 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Saturday, November 9 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Sunday, November 10 5:00 PM – 8:15 PM
Sunday November 10 7:00 AM to 9:00 PM
Of course volunteers may work a portion of any of these days or times depending upon their personal schedule.
Training for this program will be from 4:30 -5:45 on November 1st at BGEA Headquarters, 4350 Westmont Dr, Charlotte, NC.
Email Don Plemmons (firstname.lastname@example.com) to sign up.


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Modified Mustangs & FordsFeatured Vehicles
1961 Ford Thunderbird - Saved From The Flock
It Took Four '61-'63 Thunderbirds To Bring This One Convertible Back From The Brink
Many people think the '61 Thunderbird "bullet" body style is one of the most beautiful ever built by Ford. Certainly the '61-'63 T-birds are among the best-looking Fords ever. After checking out the car of Steve Marks of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, with its subtle and tasteful modifications, it's easy to see why people feel this way.
From the distinctive grillework to the bullet-like profile and afterburner taillights, this 'Bird is a flamboyant design. Aero-streamlining and even Deco styling cues from the '30s and '40s combine with Jet Age influence from the '50s. The extraordinary result is a car that looks as good today as it did for its debut 46 years ago. When the example of this Thunderbird body style is a convertible, the top-down profile of the car is the ultimate in boulevard styling.
Everybody knows a Thunderbird is not a race car, particularly in its four-seat form. Rather, it was offered as a personal luxury sport coupe or convertible. Equipped with the famous 390 FE Thunderbird V-8 engine, the car is no slouch, and it was designed for high-speed turnpike cruising for hours on end. Stylish comfort for both driver and passenger were at the top of the design priority list. Just one look into the car's interior and this design philosophy is readily apparent. The sumptuous bucket seats impart a luxurious feel when combined with the wrap-around steel instrument panel and console. The striated steel trim continues the full length of the doors into the back seat. The overall effect is impressive. From the exterior and interior, the design excellence jumps out at you.
Steve performed a miracle transformation with this car using four other T-birds as donors-two convertibles and two hardtops, all from Brooklyn, New York. There were rusty floorpans, a cowling, and quarter-panels all needing replacement. Getting the convertible top working, as well as the many other complicated systems, was a Herculean effort made by Steve's shop of choice-Carlisle Customs and Classics' Vinny Scalavino. Steve tells us the car you see here is the result of two long years of nearly continuous effort. We congratulate him for saving 1 of just 10,516 Thunderbirds built in 1961 and say whole heartedly that his efforts have paid off handsomely.
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'61 Thunderbird convertible
Owner: Steve Marks, Carlisle, PA
390ci Thunderbird V-8
4.082 bore (0.030-over), 3.784 stroke
9.6:1 compression ratio
Rated 300 hp at 4,600
427 lb-ft torque at 2,800 rpm
Clevite bearings, pistons, and rings
Clevite stock replacement camshaft
Edelbrock aluminum intake and 600-cfm four-barrel carburetor
Mallory distributor
Built by Sheaffer Brothers Machine Shop, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Ford-o-Matic three-speed automatic
B&M shift-improvement kit
3.00 gears
Stock manifolds
Aluminized dual exhaust
Front: Stock, coil springs shortened 1 inch, gas shocks
Rear: Rearched leaf springs for 1-inch drop, gas shocks
Front: Stock drum
Rear: Stock drum
Front: Foose Design Nitrous Chrome, 17x8
Rear: Foose Design Nitrous Chrome, 18x8
Front: Nexen NS3000, P225/45ZR17
Rear: Nexen NS3000, P255/35ZR18
Refinished with black and silver vinyl and oxen-grain naugahyde by Fritz Upholstery in Carlisle, Pennsylvania; black cut-pile carpet; '62 T-bird bucket seats; Grant steering wheel; one-of-a-kind Dakota Digital instrumentation; Alpine CDA 9820 AM/FM/XM stereo; power windows; power seats; and Vintage Air heating/cooling system
House of Color silver and black basecoat/clearcoat, beltline smoothed and lower edges rolled, '62 hood, '63 grille, rear fender skirts eliminated and wheel openings rolled under, custom airbrushed Thunderbird emblems and script by JR Arts, Hartz cloth convertible top installed by Mike Haverstock Upholstery in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania
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Jeez, could we get a few more acronyms and buzzwords in this summary please?
PCMCIA! (People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms)
Well...maybe some of us can.
Oh yeah, TANSTAAFL!
Personal Computer Manufacturers Creating Indecipherable Acronyms
Jeez, could we get a few more acronyms and buzzwords in this summary please?
Sorry for yet another "acronym" but if they want to be running an HD media player, my guess it's not so much the SGX technology they want to use, but the vxd [wikipedia.org] (more info here [imgtec.com]) unit that is also in the chipset.
Sorry for yet another "acronym" but if they want to be running an HD media player, my guess it's not so much the SGX technology they want to use, but the vxd [wikipedia.org]
Really? I thought VxD [wikipedia.org] died with Windows 98.
I guess there are only 26^3 TLAs so the birthday paradox has got to pop up from time to time
My current laptop cant even do "HD"..
Considering that BluRay gunk stores 2048x1536 (?) sized videos, which my monitor is only 1280x800. Even if I could play it 100% no drops, it's still 4x my resolution in terms of area.
Now... Playing _the kitchen sink_ amounts of formats as seen on MPlayer and VLC could gain quite a bit of traction as then it wont matter if it's an Xvid avi, MP4, or OGM. That would kick ass.
really we are all waiting for is for a small, silent, UPGRADABLE media player that can do full hd video/audio at a reasonable cost. so far you are either locked out of codec upgrades by vendors, or it's a fully fledged pc which is both expensive and b
Rumor has it the new Mac mini will have the same Nvidia graphics as the new MacBooks so, apart from price (it's a Mac after all), a mini with a third-party BD drive would be a great HD box.
Just don't run XBMC on it.
Use Plex, a fork with an even nicer featureset, good support and a puppy for a mascot.
I'm running Plex on my old mini (1.66, 1GB), and it handles pretty much every 720p x264 I throw at it, and most 1080p ones.
Still want the January replacement or refresh though
Western Digital WDTV [wdc.com] is the closest thing to a perfect player for 100 bucks... and with the latest firmware update, is nearing perfection... if only had ethernet...
I agree. I've seen many standalone Media Players with huge hard drives that go straight to the tv and have just a remote control. They look cute and are cheap, but the main flaws is the lack of upgradeability (most are made by chinese one-product-per-brand-and-disappear companies) with no way of accepting new codecs such as FLAC, APE, Matroska, etc.
Also most of them can't accept discs.
The other strange flaw is that most have only a stereo output and digital sound. We can buy decent 5.1 speakers from logitec
Media Hard Drives? The only one's I've seen have been by relatively well-known companies. The lack of upgradability is a downside, but if you keep to one format you should be alright and is like any other media device other than a HTPC.
And a digital sound decoder isn't that expensive. And it will certainly give a much better result than mainboard sound or a cheap sound card. Interference from within the computer case is a nightmare.
My 2 year laptop can do HD. Anyway, that's irrelevant - in this day and age, a media center computer *has* to play HD, while many laptops are actually regressing to slower speeds for increased battery life and portability. Comparing a media center with a laptop is an apple/oranges comparison.
You have a 720p screen (a little more than that, actually), so being able to play HD video - even if not full HD - could be a legitimate concern of yours. I believe the limited selection of iTunes HD content is in 720p, as are a very good proportion of movies and TV shows that you can grab from the seedy parts of the internet.
I'm not so sure that the codecs will be that much of a problem - everything is moving towards h.264/x264, and most content that's not in that is either DivX/XviD or one of the MPEG fo
Thanks to the nature of apples subsidiaries
Or maybe just a Nano/Atom with a GeForce 9-series chipset, running linux with mythtv (or something based on ffmpeg). It seems with the lowliest of the new Semprons (2600+ Sparta?) and an 8400GS you can use VDPAU to play h.264 videos barely hitting the CPU. (just at start and end)
Tegra would be better, though, being ARM and all. Too bad nVidia is full of shit and won't help linux developpers on it.
Why would it not work on Atom?
Sadly Atom has no PCIE slots (unless you find a rarer DTX board) and the only 8400GS I found for PCI was really expensive (100$? yeah right). But it's x86 so it should support the nVidia drivers just fine... Was that what you meant? it's not ARM, just trying to push x86 into ARM's market (and not doing too well at it...)
Unless there's something else I'm not aware of?
Of course, Nano is my platform of choice, especially in a mythbox. That way I can actually play games and stuff.
http://focus.ti.com/docs/prod/folders/print/omap3530.html [ti.com]
The omap3530 can do HD, and it's not even an Intel processor, it's an ARM, so the power savings are enormous.
http://openpandora.org/ [openpandora.org]
This device will be able to play HD in about the size of a DS lite. It's not out yet however.
http://beagleboard.org/hardware [beagleboard.org] Right now, you can buy a beagle board which will do mostly the same thing, except not in a real handheld.
http://embedded-system.net/omap3503-omap3515-omap3525-omap3530-processors-omap35x-dvsdk.html [embedded-system.net]
If you try to search for 1080p hd omap3530 on google you will get that it can do 720p no problem, but 1080p is a stretch at best. This is probably only decoding and displaying together however.
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/28/0033204 [slashdot.org]
Also remember this? Can YOU tell the difference between even 720p and 1080p?
Actually, they can handle 720P H.264. I've seen 720P *H.264* video on OMAP3 from Ingenient. Here's a bit underwhelming video of it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRI0NUaWko8. You can take a look what Archos does with the devices in their "Internet media tablets". Not much time has been spent optimizing the open source code, yet, but the DSP specifications are public. Libraries are being created to support the additional accelerator hardware.
720P MPEG4 decode can be done without even using the DSP usin
while it's nice to see people promote the pandora (i'm in the first batch), lets not go overboard by making huge claims.
it'll probably do 720p, but not 1080, which is impressive indeed, maybe someone will one day port xbmc or so, dunno.
From what I've read elsewhere, the chipset involved does have video decode acceleration support. After googling, anandtech.com has an article that says that the chipset can support 1080i and 720p decode. A tomshardware.com article says that it can do hardware decode of H.264, MPEG2, MPEG4, VC1, and WMV9 formats.
The way I see it, it's great mostly thanks to low power usage.
But...Intel just had to showel old, craptastic, power-hungry chipset with Atoms used in netbooks...
But this ISN'T that old, craptastic, power-hungry chipset used by most Atom netbooks. It's a new chipset code-named Poulsbo designed specifically to go with Atom. Quoting a tomshardware.com article:
"The Atom Z500 has a TDP that varies between 0.85 W (for the 800 MHz version without HyperThreading) and 2.64 W (for the 1.86 GHz model with HyperThreading enabled). The SCH consumes approximately 2.3 W in its most evolved version, which brings the SCH + CPU together to under 5 W. By comparison with existing so
Uhm, that was my point. They DO have great chipset for the Atom - and it's great "mostly thanks to low power usage" (because surely it's capable enough, even with 1gb ram limit, imho)
However Intel keeps it for high-margin MIDs, leaving netbooks with the fate of "old, craptastic, power-hungry chipset"
Hmmm, third party chipset market reincanation, anyone?
The real problem is not lack of chips supporting hardware decode, it's the lack of a common API to use it.
The XBMC guys are going to have to develop hardware decoding routines for Windows, then again for Linux, and again for MacOS.
WHoa! You still run 9.x!? Hard-core! (Sorry, couldn't resist)
if it can't do proper HD then it's not interesting. there are plenty of tiny low res video players on the market now.
Even at it's native resolution heavily compressed h264 might be too much to decode in real time. Then again, it seems the chipset supports hardware acceleration according to another post. If that works it would work out.
But it's hard to tell if 720p or 1080i would work even so. Those resolutions can be hard to get working properly even with dedicated hardware decoders. (I work with IPTV technologies.)
http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/03/asus-eee-box-b204-b206-grows-an-hdmi-port-handles-high-def-ma/ [engadget.com]
Like that?
Considering that we're talking about a tiny little handheld device without a video-out port, it's a bit ridiculous to expect proper HDMI screen resolutions. It'll definitely be interesting, however, to see how well this works on the B204/B206 series of HDMI-enabled, Radeon-powered Eees.
It's also non news.
I had XBMC running under ubuntu on my Acer aspire one already.
it's just not impressive to see someone get a Intel based program port running on a intel processor.
I got a RJ-96 running on a x-Jmad without even putting a modded CRANK i the EIEIO.
An Xbox runs a modified Windows 2000.
XBMC uses mplayer
XBMC outside of an Xbox?? Isn't that kind of blasphemous
I suppose I had better get with the times though
Sure if you want HD content the 733mhz P3 in the XBOX ain't going to cut it.
$400 http://secure.newegg.com/WishList/PublicWishDetail.aspx?WishListNumber=9999386 [newegg.com] an MCE remote, and a little work with Ubuntu will have you with the times. HDMI audio\video capable of 1080 display. You'll want to overclock to about 3ghz though.
More here -> http://xbmc.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=33 [xbmc.org] Can you say MAC, Linux, AND Winders ports?!
Oh yes, I've known about existing ports, but never really thought them as finished as the Xbox one. With a bit of polish (Aeon skin) and an ignorant eye towards the bit of lag from running in 720p (or the skip and stutter during DVDs in 1080i), I've been happy with it.
Although now that I've seen that wishlist I've got it in my head to follow up on a project I've had to make a decent media center... now if only it would play Xbox games!
At least a few folks have managed to get MAME working anyway, sadly I am not one of them - yet!
"XBMC would make a great portable media player, given its ability to play media off the network"
If I'm in my car, on an airplane, or anywhere else I'd take a portable media player, there is no network from which to play media. This is why portable media players emphasize disk space. Unless you're looking for a portable player for trips to another room of your house, network playback is useless.
...but bWF5IEkgc3VnZ2VzdCBhbiBhcmd1YWJseSBiZXR0ZXIgbWV0aG9kIG9mIGFjaGlldmluZyB0aGF0?
Does it have a mini adapter to an external video output?
A tiny device like this would be great to use as an HD Media Player, and also be usable as a portable device if needed.
If it supported Intel's VAAPI, it could probably decode HD content.. certainly MPEG2 HD content. Other similar devices with NVidia GPUs could also be excellent options. Their new video decoding API seems great - MythTV has support for it in the dev builds.
"The number of Unix installations has grown to 10, with more expected." -- The Unix Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June, 1972


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Former Wisconsin All-American Sherisa Livingston joins the Huskers as a volunteer coach for the 2013 season.
Before Nebraska
Livingston played for Coach John Cook at the University of Wisconsin from 1998 to 2001. In her first year with the Badgers, she led the team in hitting with a .361 percentage and finished the year second on the team with 3.23 kills and 1.19 blocks per set. She earned honorable-mention All-Big Ten accolades as a freshman. Livingston played at the 1999 World Junior Championships as a member of the U.S. Junior National Team. As a junior she was named a first-team All-American and Big Ten Co-Player of the Year, as she helped the Badgers to a 28-3 record and a Big Ten team title. In her senior season she was once again honored as first-team All-American, becoming the first two-time first-team volleyball All-American at UW.
After her time at Wisconsin, Livingston played volleyball professionally in Turkey, Italy, Greece, Puerto Rico, the Netherlands, Indonesia and Spain. In September of 2007, she was inducted into the Wisconsin Athletic Hall of Fame.
A native of Simi Valley, Calif., she was selected as one of the country's Fab 50 volleyball players, was named to the Los Angeles Times All-Area team in 1997 and helped lead her team to a second-place finish in the 1998 Junior Olympics.


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Australian X Factor winner Reece Mastin is touring New Zealand in February.
Off the back of his second album, Beautiful Nightmare, the 17-year-old singer will play seven concerts in the main centres as well as Palmerston North and New Plymouth.
The tour kicks off at Hamilton's Founders Theatre on Valentine's Day, February 14.
Tickets for the shows, which include one at the Auckland Town Hall on Friday, February 15, go on sale on Monday.


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Mall name:
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Phone number to Fashion Outlets Niagara Falls mall
716 297 2022
Hours (mall)
Monday - Saturday 10:00 am - 9:00 pm, Sunday 11:00 am - 6:00 pm.
Driving directions
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A kickoff breakfast will be held Friday, March 22, at South Central Human Resource Agency for individuals interested in volunteering at the Welcome Center and Museum during the months of April through November.
The Chamber of Commerce, Museum Board and the Retired Senior Volunteer Program have partnered for the last several years recruiting volunteers so there can be someone at a designated time on site at the Welcome Center and Museum during the spring, summer and fall months. While organizers would like to have someone available eight hours a day, seven days a week, there are simply not enough volunteers to accomplish that goal.
If anyone is interested in volunteering approximately four hours a week at either the Museum or Welcome Center, you are invited to attend the breakfast. For more information, please call 433-7182, ext. 130. Please RSVP for the breakfast at 433-1234.


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An Arizona appellate ruled the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 covers the delivery of unsolicited text message advertisements to cell phones. The court's decision was unanimous.
The Court of Appeals' ruling was in line with a lower court's previous ruling against Acacia Mortgage Corporation. Wireless customer Rodney Joffe first filed the case in 2001.
The mortgage company's argument that the 1991 law only specifies placing an actual call did not hold up with the panel of judges.
Acacia Mortgage is no stranger to legal tussles with the wireless sector. A few years ago, Verizon Wireless sued the company for allegedly sending by the thousands of unsolicited text messages to its customers in Arizona and Colorado in 2001. Acacia eventually settled, agreeing to stop the messages.


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The N.C. Highway Patrol has ruled the cause of Tuesday's fatal accident on Interstate 85 Business Loop North near Old Greensboro Road as texting while driving.
The N.C. Highway Patrol has ruled the cause of Tuesday's fatal accident on Interstate 85 Business Loop North near Old Greensboro Road as texting while driving.
Lance Jermaine Safford, 33, of 2509 Fontaine Road, Greensboro, was texting while driving when his 2002 Lincoln passenger car rear-ended a 2003 Pontiac Vibe being driven by 57-year-old Richard Michael Carter of Greensboro, said Trooper Nathan Varney. Carter was pronounced dead at Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center.
The accident was reported about 1:25 p.m. Tuesday.
Varney said the Highway Patrol's Reconstruction Team determined through evidence that Safford was texting while driving. Evidence, the trooper continued, also shows that Safford never hit the brakes and was traveling 60 to 65 mph when he slammed into the Pontiac Vibe. Carter was not wearing a seat belt and his air bags did not deploy, Varney said.
Troopers charged Safford Tuesday with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle and Varney said Wednesday that the charge of texting while driving is pending against Safford.
Reggie Lookabill, chief of the Davidson County Rescue Squad, was about a half-mile away at a convenience store when he heard the accident. He rushed to the scene and along with two bystanders pulled Carter out of the Vibe and began administering CPR.
Paramedics with Davidson County EMS arrived and transported Carter to Thomasville Medical Center as they continued CPR. Safford declined an interview Tuesday with the newspaper at the scene and stated he would not be commenting at a later time. He suffered cuts to his face. He was issued a $10,000 unsecured bond for the misdemeanor death by motor vehicle charge and a court date of July 24.
Lookabill said the Davidson County Sheriff's Office was conducting a rolling roadblock in conjunction with the N.C. Department of Transportation for construction of a bridge over Abbotts Creek. There were two lanes of northbound travel in the rolling roadblock, and traffic was going about 5 mph, he said.
SHP First Sgt. B.D. Stalvey said the Pontiac Vibe had come to a stop due to other traffic halting prior to being rear-ended by the Lincoln. Safford's cell phone had been confiscated by troopers.
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Seriously. Name your child FORTRAN. Absolutly *no one* will screw with a kid named FORTRAN. Most bad ass name in history. Peroid.
"FORTRAN? Wasn't he the one that turned into a dump truck?"
For somehow managing to escape that damned rubber.....
It looks like while some people learn to be leet, others are just born that way.
Back in college my housing director's name was, no lie, "Sus3an". I figured at first that the "3" was just her trying to make a German "s" on a US keyboard but, no, it was in fact a 3.
Don't do it, dude. Your kids will have enough reasons to hate you without giving them stupid names.
coming dad! (@) *shudder*
Translation: I hate my child, and wish to see them get beaten regularly in school.
You don't have another child named Squee, do you?
She uses the number "8" in her byline, a clever device she came up with to differentiate herself from the hordes of other Asian girls named "Jennifer Lee". In fact, I believe there was actually another Jennifer Lee at her high school (Stuyvesant, in NYC, if I remember correctly) that wrote for the paper and she wanted to differentiate herself.
Lots of people have made up stories about the origins of "that wacky NY Times writer's middle initial", that her parents gave her the middle intial "8" because it's a lucky number in China or some such thing. These stories were either made up by silly people or things she once told at a party after a few beers just to see if people would actually believe them, and they have propagated over the Internet (because when you are a Circuits writer, you get geek-fans). The 8 is a creation of her own. Why 8 rather than 9 or 10? I believe because she thought it sounded cool, though the number may have some other personal significance.
So these days she may actually tell people her name is Jennifer 8. Lee because that's her byline and it's become associated with her. But it certainly wasn't her given name by her parents, and to the best of my knowledge she has never gone and changed her legal name or anything of that sort.
Oh, and it doesn't matter because the US doesn't allow numbers in names [soyouwanna.com]
Apple's own Bo3b Johnson [google.com]. He's been a member of Apple Developer Support since time immemorial, and has managed to get Bo3b on credit cards and (it's rumored) drivers licences since way before many slashdotters were born.
The 3 is silent by the way. And apparently Bo3b is short for Ro3bert.
(It's a GREAT book, by the way.
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(Redirected from Hadiths)
A hadith (الحديث) is a narration of a statement, action or affirmation of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Inasmuch as it is a collection recorded by different scribes, there is no one book of hadith for all Muslims; there are several hadith books. Hadith is second in authority only to the Quran.
- The Prophet said, "On the night of my Ascent to the Heaven, I saw Moses who was a tall brown curly-haired man as if he was one of the men of Shan'awa tribe, and I saw Jesus, a man of medium height and moderate complexion inclined to the red and white colors and of lank hair. I also saw Malik, the gate-keeper of the (Hell) Fire and Ad-Dajjal [the Antichrist] amongst the signs which Allah showed me."
- Hadith, translation of Sahih Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 54, Number 462
- Allah's Apostle said "How will you be when the son of Mary (Jesus) descends amongst you and he will judge people by the Law of the Qur'an and not by the law of Gospel?"
- Hadith, translation of Sahih Bukhari, Volume 4, Book 55, Number 65
- The Prophet said, "On the Day of Resurrection the Believers will assemble and say, 'Let us ask somebody to intercede for us with our Lord.' … 'Go to Jesus, Allah's Slave, His Apostle and Allah's Word and a Spirit coming from Him.' Jesus will say, 'I am not fit for this undertaking, go to Muhammad the Slave of Allah whose past and future sins were forgiven by Allah.' So they will come to me and I will proceed till I will ask my Lord's Permission and I will be given permission.
- Hadith, translation of Sahih Bukhari, Volume 6, Book 50, Number 3
- According to a hadith by the Prophet, a people or a nation that forsakes the Jihad will be humiliated.
External links[edit]
- Hadith, Searchable Hadith Library
- Hadith App, All 13 ahadith books


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KEARNS, Utah - Shani Davis has all these youngsters nipping at his clapskates.
It just makes him want to go faster.
Davis, who attended Lake Placid Middle/High School while participating in a youth development program as a 16-year-old, will have a shot to make history at the Sochi Olympics after capturing another title in one of his signature events. He edged Brian Hansen by a hundredth of a second in the 1,000 meters at the U.S. speedskating trials on Dec. 29.
Davis won gold in that race at the last two Olympics.
Trevor Marsicano, a Schenectady native who has trained in Lake Placid over the years, finished sixth in the 1,000 and the 5.000. The top three finishers in both races earned a bid to the Sochi Games.
On the women's side, Krissa Miller of Lake Placid finished 28th and 21st in 500-meter races at the trials to fall short of securing a spot in the Olympics. Miller, who was a figure skater and Lake Placid resident three years ago, switched to speedskating and moved to Utah.
Other New Yorkers competing in Olympic Trials were Petra Acker of Clifton Park who finished fourth in the 3,000 and Matthew Rittenhouse of Saratoga Springs who finished ninth in the 500.
No male skater has ever won the same event at three straight Winter Games.
"Any time I step out on the ice and I put my hood on, I have something to prove," said Davis, who at 31 is preparing for what will likely be his final Olympics. "I've been doing it for 25 years. I just love being the position I'm in now. Years ago, I never would've thought I would be as good as I am now. I'm just so thankful that I'm here."
Davis has locked up at least two events in Sochi, also claiming a spot in the 500, and is favored in the still-to-come 1,500, in which he won silver medals at the last two Olympics. In addition, there's a chance he'll take part in the team pursuit, a race he passed on at previous Olympics because he didn't want to affect preparations for his individual events.
Today is an off day at the trials. The competition resumes the following day at the Utah Olympic Oval with the 1,500s, before wrapping up Wednesday with the women's 5,000 and men's 10,000.
After gliding around patiently on the backstretch, hands clasped behind his back during a two-minute television commercial break that delayed the start of the next-to-last pairing, Davis powered around the final turn for a time of 1 minute, 7.52 seconds.
The 23-year-old Hansen came up just short in the final group, crossing the line in 1:07.53.
"I'm the older brother to all these young guys," Davis said. "I'm just trying to keep them at bay."
Hansen respects what Davis means to the sport, but he's eager to make his mark in Sochi.
"It's exciting for me," Hansen said. "I'm happy for Shani that he's going for such a great achievement. At the same time, I'm hoping I can put down my best race come Sochi. That's the nature of sport."
Davis relishes the competition from a teammate.
"It's only going to make us stronger," he said. "They're pushing me. I'm pushing them. We're all striving to be the best we can be."
On the women's side, Heather Richardson beat Brittany Bowe in the 1,000 - a repeat of their 1-2 finish in the 500 on Saturday. The other two projected spots on the Olympic team went to Sugar Todd and Kelly Gunther, the latter completing her comeback from a gruesome ankle injury shortly after she just missed making the Vancouver Olympics.
"I can't believe it," Gunther said, "with everything I've been through and fighting back."
Bowe is the world-record holder in the 1,000, setting the mark of 1:12.58 at the oval in suburban Salt Lake City just last month. She didn't come close to that time at the trials, settling for the second spot in 1:13.93 and conceding she was worn down a bit after the grueling World Cup schedule.
Richardson's winning time was 1:13.23. She and Bowe will go to Sochi as the favorites in the 1,000 - a role that Richardson relishes.
"Just remember to take deep breaths and relax and have fun," she said. "That's when I skate my best."
Davis knows what it's like to be an Olympic favorite.
In Sochi, he will attempt to join Bonnie Blair of the U.S. and Germany's Claudia Pechstein as the only skaters to pull off a three-peat. Blair won the 500 in 1988, 1992 and 1994, while Pechstein took the 5,000 title in 1994, 1998 and 2002.
Further back in the standings, everyone cheered the gutsy performance turned in by Jonathan Garcia, who was disqualified the previous day in the 500 for not wearing his timing transponders, after skating fast enough to make the Olympic team. The Texan came back to finish fourth in the 1,000 at 1:07.96, good enough again to claim the first Olympic berth of his career.
This time it counted.
Joey Mantia also is going to the Olympics for the first time after taking third in 1:07.88.
Garcia smiled and held up a transponder in each hand for the cheering crowd. No way he was forgetting the devices this time.
"I didn't let it get to me," Garcia said. "In my mind, I truly believed that I already made the team."


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REACHING OUT TO HAITI: From left, Winkfield, Jackson, May and Osbourne
When he saw the tragic events unfold in Haiti, MGH Urology resident Audley Osbourne, MD, could not simply witness the devastation without doing something to help. As the community outreach officer for the MGH Organization of Minority Residents and Fellows (OMRF), a subcommittee of the hospital's Multicultural Affairs Office (MAO), Osbourne approached his colleagues on the OMRF executive board -- Karen Winkfield, MD, PhD, of Radiation-Oncology; Fola May, MD, MPhil, of Internal Medicine; and Andrea Jackson, MD, of Obstetrics and Gynecology -- and proposed that the group rally together to assist relief efforts in Haiti. "I saw many people both inside and outside the MGH scrambling to figure out where they could direct their efforts to help the people of Haiti," Osbourne says. "A lot of people wanted to donate their time and money and learn about what was happening there. So I had an idea to create an event to galvanize the OMRF's collective resources and efforts." Within three weeks, the OMRF -- under the guidance of the MGH Development Office and MAO -- coordinated what normally would require months to arrange: the Haitian Relief Gala. The event will take place at the Liberty Hotel Boston on Feb. 19 from 7 pm to 1 am, and all proceeds will benefit the MGH Haitian Relief Fund and Partners in Health, which is operating some of the few working health care facilities in the earthquake-devastated area. Guests at the event will have the opportunity to enjoy not only the unique ambiance of the Liberty Hotel ballroom, which the hotel generously donated along with hors d'oeuvres, but also music by the Michelle Lewis Band and DJ Garfield of Hot 97.7 FM. A silent auction will be held throughout the evening and will feature a number of coveted items, such as a New England Patriots jersey signed by Tom Brady; a Bruins jersey and hockey stick signed by team members; several signed Celtics items; and a private airplane ride for two to Nantucket, including lunch on the island. "We are really looking forward to this event, and we are especially grateful to the Liberty Hotel for donating the space and food," says Winkfield. "We thank in advance our guest speakers MGH President Peter L. Slavin, MD, and Malcolm Smith, MD, chief of the MGH Orthopedic Trauma Service, who recently returned from serving in Haiti. We also thank our colleagues at BWH, Boston Medical Center and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center for joining our efforts to help those in Haiti." Adds May, "While we understand that direct participation in relief efforts is not possible for everyone, we hope that raising donations through the gala will help provide a way for people -- clinical and nonclinical -- to come together to channel their deep desire to provide aid to those in need." Tickets should be purchased by Feb. 16 athttp://haitigala.eventbrite.com
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The first ALS trial to block abnormal SOD1 protein using 'antisense' is set to open by the end of 2009
A phase 1 clinical trial of the experimental drug ISIS-SOD1-Rx in patients with the SOD1-related type of familial (inherited) amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is expected to begin before the end of 2009 at Washington University in St. Louis, Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and four additional U.S. sites.
MDA supported Timothy Miller at Washington University in St. Louis to work with Isis Pharmaceuticals of Carlsbad, Calif., to develop ISIS-SOD1-Rx (formerly ISIS-333611).
The trial will test the safety and tolerability of this "antisense" compound, which is designed to block production of the SOD1 protein in people who have developed ALS because of mutations in the SOD1 gene. Such mutations cause approximately 1 percent to 3 percent of all ALS cases.
The investigators will infuse ISIS-SOD1-Rx into the fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord, a delivery method that targets the cells that produce the toxic SOD1 protein.
Details of genetic testing will be discussed with potential study participants.
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Aaron Carter wants to get the party started again.
Eleven years since his last album and 13 since his last big hit � �Aaron�s Party (Come Get It)� � the former teen star, actor and reality-TV personality has re-embraced music with this year�s After Party Tour. Some new releases are planned, starting with a single in (he hopes) the near future, and the now 25-year-old Carter hopes to reclaim some semblance of the promising career he had during the late �90s and early �00s.
�I embrace what I�ve done in my past, what made me who I am,� Carter says. �That�s what made me who I am. I�m not gonna deny it. People love it.
�Y�know, I went from being the lowest of low to having all this crazy (stuff) going on around me, wondering if I was ever going to be me again � and then actually realizing I never will be me again. I�m gonna be an improved version of what I was growing up and have a lot more experience to use.�
The good news is that, on a small scale, it appears to be working. Carter says he�s been stoked by the strong turnouts for the After Party shows, as well as the ebullient response for singles such as �Crush On You,� �Crazy Little Party Girl,� �Oh Aaron,� his version of the Strangeloves� �I Want Candy� and �Not Too Young, Not Too Old,� a 2001 duet with his older brother Nick Carter of the Backstreet Boys.
�It�s so intense to be able to do these songs and have people lose their minds again, just like they did back in the day,� Carter notes � with the exception that he�s getting more lingerie thrown at him than he did during his adolescence. �All of a sudden I went from being Aaron Carter to being Tom Jones!� he says with a laugh.
�It�s almost like (the fans) are seeing a ghost or something,� he adds. �For a lot of them, I was their first album that they ever got, the first (music) they really knew, and when they see me their reaction is ... just so crazy, so intense.
�I�m honored by that, and I want to do my best for them. I know it�s going to be hard to get people to believe in me again. They think I�m not dependable or I�m gonna fall off the wagon. But I�ve really got my life figured out. I know who I�m gonna be for the rest of my life. Now I have to show that to everybody.�
The Florida-raised Carter�s star turn included four studio albums � including the triple-platinum �Aaron�s Party (Come Get It)� in 2000 � three DVDs and acting in both TV shows (�Lizzie McGuire,� �Sabrina, the Teenage Witch,� �7th Heaven�) and movies (�Fat Albert,� �Ella Enchanted,� �Supercross�) as well as highly publicized (and overlapping) relationships with actresses Lindsay Lohan and Hilary Duff. Dueling lawsuits with former manager Lou Pearlman and his Trans Continental label weighed down Carter�s momentum during the mid-�00s, while the unsuccessful �House of Carters� reality show with his five siblings and a 2008 arrest for possession of marijuana also contributed to his declining fortunes.
Carter did rally with a fifth-place showing on the ninth season of �Dancing With the Stars,� which led to a less successful spot on the Food Network�s �Rachael vs. Guy: Celebrity Cook-Off.� Ultimately, however, Carter says that �reality TV did absolutely (nothing) for me,� adding that a number of promises were made about involvement and control over the shows, particularly �House of Carters,� that didn�t come true. �It was just a big mess,� he says.
So was Carter�s own life, and in January 2011 he went to the Betty Ford Center �to heal some emotional and spiritual issues he was dealing with,� according to then-manager Johnny Wright. Carter emerged after a month to start playing concerts again, and then in November 2011 take a role in an Off-Broadway production of �The Fantastiks.�
�My story has yet to be told,� notes Carter, who�s not yet ready to tell it. �There are a lot of things people don�t know that happened to me that I had to deal with behind the scenes. I kept a good composure, knowing the fans were watching me, but one day I�ll (reveal) everything, and people will understand a little more about what went on.�
Since �The Fantasticks,� meanwhile, Carter has rededicated himself to music. He�s recorded and filmed a video for the new single, �City Lights,� which he describes as �pop/R&B.�
�It�s me. I�m a pop star, not a rock star, not a rap star � actually, I�m a rap star too, rap and pop music.� He also has an album in mind and has been �in the studio experimenting with some stuff,� hoping for a new label deal and a release later this year or in early 2014.
He knows it might be a long � and hard � road back, but Carter says he intends to see it through, no matter what obstacles he faces.
�I�m not going to be fake,� he proclaims. �I�m going to be real with everybody, and if they don�t like it they don�t have to buy into my product and my brand. It�s their choice. I�m not forcing anybody.
�I�m not gonna be a puppy on somebody�s string anymore. I�m a 25-year-old man now. I want to continue learning and embrace my mistakes, find the things I�m not always perfect at so I can be a better man and then be better at what I do.�
FYI: Aaron Carter, Nikki Flores and Petrel perform on March 21, at the Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward Ave., Ferndale. Tickets are $25. Call 248-544-3030 or visit www.themagicbag.com.


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Is eliminating communion in the hand the next change to the Mass?
If you haven't had enough change with adapting to the new translation of the Roman Missal, two Australian priests are hoping to make another amendment to our current worship practices: mandatory reception of communion on the tongue.
Fathers Andrew Wise and John Speekman of the Diocese of Sale have started an online petition calling for Pope Benedict to change current communion practices to eliminate receiving the Eucharist in the hand. The petition is accompanied by a blog that details their case and some of the support they've received.
The petition cites "great spiritual harm inflicted on the Christian faithful" by the current practice and claims that receiving communion in the hand causes "the profanation of the Blessed Sacrament." That sounds pretty serious. But is it actually true?
Granted, I've seen some problems with people receiving communion in the hand, which is most often that the person walks away with the host and doesn't consume it right away (this seems to be a problem particularly with kids, but adults do it too). While on vacation last summer, I attended a parish where the extraordinary minister literally had to follow someone back to their seat to admonish them about not consuming the Eucharist.
But at the same time, communion on the tongue has its own share of problems. In this case, it is usually an awkwardness on the part of the person distributing communion, particularly when they are a lay extraordinary minister and haven't had the proper training. This can create an uncomfortable situation for everyone involved, which is just as likely to detract from the sacredness of receiving the Eucharist as receiving in the hand.
In both situations, the problems seem to lie more with our understanding of the Eucharist (and the training of our extraordinary ministers) than in the procedure itself.
Having had the experience of teaching second graders about receiving the Eucharist for the first time, I know how tricky it can be to make sure they understand not just how to go through the motions, but the importance of showing reverence for Christ's presence. And I've also seen how easily they can forget by the next year without those lessons being reenforced. Perhaps what we need then isn't a change in how we receive communion, but more refresher courses to remind us of the reasons why we receive it in the first place.


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Just in time for the holiday season! I'm about to roll-out a little secret from yours truly. There are a few websites out there that specialize in custom BlackBerry phone cases, but I know of one that decks BlackBerry cases out in an extravagent way, and get this, they're hand made and 100% customizable. Think "Pimp My Ride," except instead of a car it could be your phone or the phone of someone you know! If you're a girl that likes to accessorize or a flamboyant kind of guy, just check these out.
Yes they're gaudy and that's why they're for the bold, wild, adventerous, and maybe even a little bit crazy! For those of you who fit the latter or know a BlackBerry addict that does, they might just be perfect!
The website (LuxAddiction.com) hosts over 100 hundred different styles so if these don't tickle your fancy, there's sure to be something that will.
You've got the idea by now. I've owned 2 cases, and I was quite satisfied overall, but:
- The cases are expensive. However, compared to other swarovski cases that are sometimes $200 or more, these are a great price.
- It takes about 1 month to receieve your hand-designed phone case (Think about it, they're hand made with tons of one of a kind, unique details.)
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March 20, 2010 - By Steve Weisman - Outdoor Editor
You knew I'd have to try it, didn't you? I mean, what's a winter warm weather vacation without a day of fishing! So, as my wife and I and our two friends Bill and Diane Elling enjoyed our 10 days a......
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I almost darkened the pic, like this...but thought that would be going too far. (You know..I just realized what fun I could have with this pic+photoshop...)
^ You're an extremely handsome guy!
I remember your first pic great to see you back.
^ WHOA!!!!!!!!!!!! LOVE your NIPPLES!....... .......
lol thanks guys
^^ You're a hottie!! Welcome to J U B
^ Looking sexy!
^^ Sexy he is!
Very handsome
crazy pic from work......
Facepics I can do. Anything lower than that will have to wait until I get off my ass and go on a diet.....
can all of you just crawl into bed with me? can't believe the amount of hotness this thread has!
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some of mine from this year
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ok, ill start. it just snowed here and my motor is still burned out and my parents will replace it only if they feel like it.
All I need now is to set a new lap record.
Snow means shoveling to do.....
Some neighbours may want to pay a
Healthy young fella to do something like that.You could use some $$$ for a motor.i see a solution to this problem.
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Mountains cant stop me
they have tried
Yep, bust out that shovel.
Not going to learn anything if you sit back and wait for mom and dad to replace it for you.
Put some effort out there for it at least.
all my neighbors have those snow removing machines, another bad moment
All I need now is to set a new lap record.
You could start doing things around the house? Perhaps dishes, clean up different rooms, vacuum, etc. Maybe it'll push them into getting it for you. Just a thought.
I'm a builder, been 15+ years for me. I also work as a snowboard coach (instructor) in the winter for about 18 years now off and on. I first instructed for fun and so I can ride for free by being an employee of the mountain. This also has bigger benefits, my family and or even a friend or 2 can come anytime, the lift passes and rentals for them are FREE! sometimes I meet a client in the parking lot to give them a break on price and more cash to my pocket. Maybe you have friends that want to learn something you can do well.... be reasonable and you can make some $. Also, after a # of storms, I get the ladders out and offer snow removal on roofs. In Maine, (lived there for 21 years) I could get $500-1500 a roof, no bull! I've gotten years of return calls after from satisfied customers. Just some examples of getting some legit $. In the city where I live, (im not that kind of guy but they are all around) folks get stuck with lots of people behind them or just plain desperate. I watch people get 20 bucks a pop for getting them out of the snow...... and they stand on the corner waiting for this to happen lol. Fellas are pulling in killer money simply pushing and clearing snow for a few minutes each time. This example is more taking advantage than anything, but, the guy in the car is happy to pay rather than get his suit dirty or wet.
Forgot about the topic lol... worst moment, an suv ran over my very rally on thanksgiving! Just to understand the situation a bit more, its a fully customized rally. I built it from a TeamRCE chassis, CC motor/esc and run 3s. Turned out to be about $30 to get it back to mint lol, lucky!
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I'm not a hatchet man! I'm a maggot!
Anyways, my worst rc moment was when I ran outta screws on my rally to slash conversion 3 weeks ago and still have to wait another two weeks to recieve them.
Slash 4x4 LCG+(rolling)HCG, Slash 2wd(raptor)
Probably when I nailed my bro and broke my whole front end, wheels went flying down the road.. Lol
God is good.
another bad moment occurred when I crash my truck into a thin pole, and I held onto full throttle and the motor threw smoke and burned out
All I need now is to set a new lap record.
my vxl 3s came loose on my sl2sh and the receiver wire is cut where it connects to the esc. it happened
yesterday and i don't know how to get it fixed. i have no money right now as i owe my parents like thirty bucks. it'll be a while
til i send in to Traxxas
"That don't make NO sense!"
I think my worst moment was. I had a nitro 4-tec that I was trying to sell. I met with a guy who was interested in it, he ask if he could drive it, and crashed into a wall at about 65mph. And then says I don't think I want it. So 100$ later it was ready to sell again. Since that wonderful day, my rc's are strictly owner operated, I don't even let my kids drive my cars.
Rusty 2.5R,T-max 2.5 & 3.3,Summit VXL Nitro 4-tec
watched my E-maxx brushless cartwheel out of control and snap the chassis, bulkheads and skidplates.....on 2 different occasions!
when a whole crowed of people are watching your truck it breaks.
now another thing happened today. i went and bought really good tires and mounted them on my slash wheels. the tires were directional and i mounted them backwards
All I need now is to set a new lap record.
The first week I ever owned my Rally Monster EP, I accidentally went full speed into the side of the garage door, busting the front a-arm. I was in R/C for about 1 1/2 weeks...
Slash VXL
Rustler Hobbywing
Summit 1/16 VXL
I'll provide for my kids but I won't bend over backwards and buy them everything they need. They will learn the value of a dollar and work for their money; they want to buy something that is a "really, really want" over "need" more than likely they'll open their wallet or piggy bank.
Sounds like you need to don your hat, gloves and jacket and push a shovel.
Back on topic: twisted the HSN the wrong way thinking I was richening it up when I was indeed leaning the engine out. Busted a piston skirt but boy did that thing scream!
The Super Derecho
My Worst RC Moment... Ran myself over in January with my new Traxxas Slash VXL and broke it within 5 minutes on its first run.
My Worst RC Moment...My T~maxx WOT into a bit of re-bar sticking up just enough to catch the arms, ripped both left side lower arms off & destroyed the front left bulkhead & front diff.
Had no idea it was there till I hit!
Look out for the tree/crunch!
LiPo? Naw NITRO!!
That even though my Rustler is waterproof my dad won't let me go outside. We have an inch of snow and gaining but no. I cannot go outside.
And there he goes with the carbon...
One of my trucks was stolen out of the back of my car almost exactly 3 years ago, I lost pretty much all of my RC motivation and have been trying to get back into the hobby since.
I had just put the finishing touches on my 4tec build. 3S, Castle system, and a brand new Mustang body that I painted to match my wife's car. Really had it screaming up the road. My wife comes out to see how fast my car is and I do a high speed pass. When the car gets about fifteen feet from us at full speed, it hit a pebble on the road and went airborne. Took off like a plane, veered towards us and slammed square into my own mailbox right in the numbers. I dropped my head down and my wife laughed and went back inside. Many broken parts and the body looked like a windshield hit with a rock. All the paint just shattered. Hours of work down the drain......
Slash BL-Pede-E 4Tec-FLM EMAXX-Wraith-AX-10-SCX-10
Was at my grandparents driving my slash 4x4. My grandma came outside to watch, and I accidentally slammed my truck into her shin going 35-40 mph. My parents grounded my from my slash for months. She still walks with a limp.
You break you buy
Your Rc life stinks wow Sorry about the bad luck tho but my worst crash was well i never had one when i think about it i never snap a: a arm or anything hmmmmmm well when i put my 4600kv 1406 in my mini Grave digger i will sure be giving this forum a visit and yes i was bragging alttle
I had a pinion come off the Nitro 4TEC clutch bell at high rpms. Ricocheted between the chassis and body. Hardly any damage overall but it sounded like it was going to destroy it.
Pay It Forward.
Was out driving my e-revo the other night with my brother and we collided and my e-revo tumbled a few times.
Car wouldn't move, picked it up and removed the shell, and saw that my castle motor was missing.
It was sitting at the back of the car, end bell threads stripped. It was a used mamba setup and I knew the threads were iffy and Loctite wasn't enough.
I'm going to use the stripped castle in my zd truggy using a vorza flux motor mount (its a clamp around the body style) and just buy another castle motor.
ERBE, ERBE, Summit, Slash 4X4, Bandit,
When I took out my mamba monster slash for its maiden run, I spun out and smacked a $170 motor into the curb, it was completely ruined.
Cost me $85 to get it fixed from castle..
MM|2200kv 2WD LCG Slash - MM2|2650kv LCG Slash 4x4
right now im selling my old legos and nerfs locally so that i can buy another traxxas rc soon, gl to me and another bad moment was when i ran my truck to my living room and my motor lost its give
All I need now is to set a new lap record.
was driving my brand new kawasaki e revo at night (the second battery had finished charging at arround 8:30 pm; keep in mind by brand new i mean the day it came in the mail) i was eager to give it a quick drive, went out side drive arround for 5 minutes, i start trugging arround then the e revo came to a complete stop. at this point im thinking the motor plate was loose and the pinion and spur wasn't making contact, so i go over to investigate; five feet away i hear a splash under my foot and the bottom of my foot was wet, at this point im thinking great... fried batterries, right as im reaching down to take the body off and unplug the batteries, TONS of smoke starts rolling out of the body... after everything was said and done, i had fried two brand new batteries and a brand new mamba esc. I did not go crying to "mommy and daddy" begging for money to pay for my stupidity- instead i put on the boots and got a job at my aunt and uncle's electrical department cleaning sheds full of machinery and two semi trailers full of parts. Along with pulling weeds and so on and so forth; so many of the workers told me they had not seen the place look so good in 15 years (as nearly all the people working there started working for them when they first opened up) P.S. sorry for the very long comment
kawasaki summit, revo& slash; regular rusty, pede


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A man has been charged with murdering a woman who was found unconscious in the bedroom of her home in Sydney's west.
The 66-year-old woman died in Westmead Hospital several hours after police were called to the woman's home in Emu Plains on Thursday.
Detectives arrested a 26-year-old man, who was known to the woman, at the hospital a short time after her death.
He was taken to Parramatta Police Station where he was charged with one count of murder.
Police said they were called to the Lucas Street home about 10am to reports that a woman had fallen unconscious.
Paramedics treated the woman in her bedroom for head injuries and she was taken to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition. She died about 3pm.
The woman's home was examined by forensic officers on Thursday.
The 26-year-old man was refused bail and is due to appear at Parramatta Local Court on Friday.


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Thursday, June 14, 2007
Doctors' Scarlet Letter: The Big Blue Dot
While the information is interesting and serves as a reasonable overview, it has no "drill down feature" to look a specifics of the data collected. Instead a complicated, obfuscating, and proprietary weighting scheme (see the last page of these technical notes) was used to determine measures such as expected mortality rates. Cardinal Health claims the trademarked Atlas Outcomes™ methodology has been verified, but then they stand to profit from the data, don't they?
But what was not discussed in the Times report was that physican mortality data was also presented in the Pennylvania report. Simply. Graphically. You see, rather than reporting an actual number or percentage mortality with details to view, various graphics analogous to Consumer Reports methodology were printed representing mortality data: an open circle (better than expected), dotted circle (expected), or Big Blue Dot (higher than expected).
For Pennylvania physicians that performed with in-hospital mortalities higher than their colleagues in 2005, they are branded with this scarlet letter of health care on the report: the Big Blue Dot. It becomes clear that even one of these Blue Dots might spell disaster for future referrals for a physician. But administrators, insurers, and likely patients will praise the simple graphic.
But health care is anything but simple. Just look at the letter one surgeon in Pennsylvania sent in to the Health Care Cost Containment Council in an attempt to explain his higher mortality rate (looks like three of 43 patients put him at the Blue Dot level). These folks were sick! But his explanation, while posted on Pennylvania's website, did nothing to change his label.
His Big Blue Dot still stands for eternity for the world to view.
So what will happen with this doctor next year? Surely he will hope to avoid the Big Blue Dot again.
And so, this surgeon might hesitate just a bit before offering surgery to complicated patients with multiple medical problems. It's not because he wants to be mean-spirited. No, it's just that now he has to manage the risk to his reputation in concert with the risks of the procedure to the patient. Hopefully, by caring for patients who are less sick, his Blue Dot will be revoked next year and his name cleared. And the sick patients? They'll either be left to fend for themselves medically, or referred to higher volume centers where, perhaps, the risk will be better absorbed.
And if every surgeon does this, there will be no more Blue Dots. Health care will be better, right?
Well, at least the report will look better.
But for the sickest of patients, they may stand to lose.
3 comments:
- TBTAM said...
This is SO upsetting. And we have no control over it....
We are currently fighting with an insurer who shall go nameless except to say that their CEO makes QUITE A BIT, becuase they have branded a number of our docs as below par for performance. When we got the report to see the measures, every single one of them was erroneous! They were claiming we had not done things such as Hgb A1 C's in diabetics (there they wer, in the chart), or echoes on the ardiac patients (Again, in the chart) and HIV testing in our pregnant patients (Again, clearly there for all to see, and paid for by said insurer, buy the way). We had to hire a consultant just to clear up the mess...
These insures are working with erroneous data and using it to smear physician's reputations.
Since when did we make insurer's keepers of the quality measures? If we are to publicize quality, it needs to done by an impartial thrid party with no financial interest in the results.
- Fri Jun 15, 07:22:00 AM CDT
- TBTAM said...
Wow - that was a lot of typos up there! Sorry - the number of typos is directly proportional to my anger as I type...
- Fri Jun 15, 07:23:00 AM CDT
- DrWes said...
Your points are exactly the problem. All too often the "chart abstractors" have little or no medical background, have no incentive to find data that might exist regarding a specific test, and silently work alone creating "data" for a database that has no regulation. And yet each of us can be branded as non-compliant to standards of care without recourse.
I have an idea - want to set up a database for the insurers? We could add fields to our database that examine executive compensation vs. quality of data collected and let the consumers decide! Think employers might ante up to support this initiative?
- Fri Jun 15, 09:03:00 AM CDT


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About The City
Fresno, flourishing in the heart of California, blends an urban sophistication with a small town flair. About 500,000 people, from more than 80 different nationalities, live in this city that is one of the fastest growing areas in the state.
The city of Fresno's roots date back to the early 1870s. An expanse of wide open space was transformed by the arrival of railroads and immigrants as well as the emergence of farms and ranches that to this day are a mainstay of the area's economy. Fresno has blossomed into an industrious center of business, government and distinctive neighborhoods that range from the historic allure of Huntington Boulevard to the funky vibe of the Tower District. Attractive retail centers also are part of the picture: You can shop for trendy clothes, shoes, MP3s and
other items at spots that include Fashion Fair mall and the River Park complex.
Life in Fresno has a city flavor, but you can set your own pace. And you'll need to do that because there's much to see. The most popular bands and productions regularly perform at venues such as the Save Mart Center, the William Saroyan Theatre and Selland Arena. Local talent can be discovered and savored at clubs, cafes and restaurants as well as Fresno State's own stages and concert halls.
Those who enjoy the outdoors will want to hike or bike trails found at places like Woodward Park and along the San Joaquin River Parkway. You're also just an hour or two away from lakes, rivers, and majestic national parks that include Yosemite and Kings Canyon. Or drive west to
seek the relaxing beaches along California's central coast.
Sports, of course, are a prime attraction in Fresno. Teams in the city include not only the Fresno State Bulldog squads but the Fresno Grizzlies, the San Francisco Giants' Triple-A affiliate that plays at picturesque Chukchansi Park in downtown Fresno.
Throughout the year, special events fill the schedule. Here's just a few examples: The Rogue Festival, the largest fringe festival in the west, runs early in the year. The 62-mile Blossom Trail also springs to life early each year in Fresno County. Monthly ArtHops — which welcome people to socialize and view the work of local artists -- are hosted in museums, galleries and other spots. The Big Fresno Fair, featuring concerts, rides and a mountain of food, takes the spotlight in October. And don't forget that Fresno State's own annual Vintage Days happens every April.


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Back In Town
All of the Cullens are back in Forks after eighty years. Some things have stayed the same, but most has changed. When someone from their past shows up, questions are thrown right and left - will the future be jeopardized?
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"There – the Cullens never existed in Forks. Just in case we ever come back." Alice grinned up at me as we sped away from city hall in her Porsche and I smiled back wryly. Rose loved it here – she hated leaving and reestablishing in a new city, and she felt most human here, in this tiny, dreary little logging town. I had to say I liked it too, since I did meet Bella here. If we ever did come back, Bella would have to take on a different surname, and perhaps Renesmee too… and of course, Jacob, since he was now part of the family.
I took the files and records we'd stolen and burned them all in the cabin's fire, ridding the town of the knowledge that the Cullens were ever here…
Eighty years later:
Well this was bizarre. Normally a father and mother wished their child good luck on their first day of high school. This was not so for our family.
We kept up the adopted pretense as usual, but this time Renesmee – the child I'd mentioned earlier – was charading as my real sister. The similarities there could not be ignored, and humans would notice.
We'd come back to Forks at a good time, some eighty years later. The only people still alive from the past were Seth Clearwater, Quil Ateara and his Claire, and that worked out well. Jacob was staying with his "Great-Uncle Quil and Great-Aunt Claire" because he "hadn't liked Canada," where his "father had dragged him off to."
He refused to attend the Quileute school though, since he abhorred having to be apart from my daughter for any amount of time.
After eighty or so years, seeing them together still got me somewhere, knowing that if I'd stayed away from Bella this is how she would have been, all those years ago.
But the past was past, and today was my first day of high school – for the second time in this tiny little town.
"Eeeee!" Alice squealed, "How many classes are we in together Edward? Nessie? Bella? Jake? Jazzy? …"
No one was responding to her with much enthusiasm, except for Renesmee. We'd all done this before; this was entirely new to her.
As Alice compared schedules with her, I wondered about her choice. Surely, in a normal human family it made sense, right?
As we'd moved over the years Bella and I had wanted her to attend high school, college, university, anything wherever we were. But Jake and her were smitten – the reason she didn't give us willingly, but a reason nonetheless – and rarely parted. As for her given reason, well, I remembered that conversation she'd had with me and "Grandpa" in Alaska two decades ago all too well.
"Daddy," – she still called me Daddy, though I had no idea why – "I want to go to school where I was born, in my hometown." She'd touched my hand and emphasized it with a "childhood" memory of the forests and mountains of Forks. "I can wait a bit longer, right Grandpa?" She'd turned to Carlisle, her eyes pleading. "After that you can take me wherever you want me to go to college."
I suppose that's fair, Carlisle had pondered. We just have to wait until… Until everyone we knew was dead, yes that inevitable mortal ending of all humans. "Is that reasonable Edward?"
"Yes, that would be alright," I had caved, unable to resist when Ness looked at me like that. So Bella and I did not attend school at all either, Bella being so stubborn as to want to go when Nessie did.
Ah, but there was nothing like nostalgia to bring out memories in a person, even one with perfect mental recall already. Perhaps Forks would remind Bella of her human years as well. Would she look upon them with happiness? Or sadness? Would they be too fuzzy, too human for her to remember?
She looked happy enough now, sitting beside me on the piano bench and facing the doorway, where Alice was still running around giggling and comparing schedules, along with Renesmee.
"Alright guys, time to head off to school," Esme walked down the stairs with deliberate slowness and stopped on the last step, smiling down at her children. She even considered Jake a son now… Just as I did. A son and a brother; who would have guessed it would all fit together so well? Certainly not I.
"Who's driving with whom?" Esme asked as she danced into the arms of her family. They all gave her a parting hug and a kiss on the cheek, and Emmett's booming laugh resounded through the air. Bella and I stood to join the group, and were there within a second.
"See you in six hours and twelve minutes," I whispered as she thought, I'm so proud Edward. Now you can truly enjoy high school. You have all your family with you now.
I smiled warmly at her as I pulled out of the hug, my eyes shining, but no tears came.
"Daddy?" Renesmee tugged on my sweater's sleeve and asked (she was getting used to speaking rather than showing, now that she was to be interacting with humans so much more), "Can Jake and I come with you and Mamma?"
"Of course," I laughed because I still saw her images. Right now she was imagining Jake trying to fit in the back seat of my new Volvo – you know what they say: for life! It was as small a space as the old ones. "And Nessie dear, please call me Edward at school, and Mamma Bella. The humans would get scared if they knew, or guessed. And you're my "sister," so annoy me as much as Rose and Alice do."
Very funny, Edward. Rose rolled her eyes as she passed me on the way to the garage.
I foresee public humiliation in your future, brother. Alice pictured me wearing a dress to school tomorrow as she stuck her tongue out at me on her way into the kitchen and out the back door.
"At least it's Chanel!" I called after her, waiting for Emmett's confused WTF. All I got from him was laughter as Alice explained, followed by Jasper's chuckle and Rosalie's mental images.
So we annoy you, do we? The blonde was tenacious, but she was happy today, so her jokes were all in good fun – for once.
"Come on Bella, let's go!" Renesmee called from the kitchen, and Bella looked shocked at hearing her name come out of her daughter's mouth. I gave her a meaningful look as we stood there in the living room and she sighed.
"Oh yes, that's right," she rolled her eyes and snaked her arm around my waist. "Let's go see if Mike Newton had any spawn, shall we?"
"Oh how I would simply love that," I replied, laughing as I pulled Bella along behind Ness and Jake.
"Here we are," I announced a short time later, "Forks High School."
"Finally, I can actually graduate!" Jake laughed, and was soon joined by Renesmee. Everyone knew he had dropped out when she was born and refused to go back until she did.
I parked in my old spot by the forest and sighed. It was all so… the same. Sure, the buildings had gotten new siding and the inside had most likely been revamped as well, but the atmosphere and the thoughts remained incredibly similar. Teenagers were all so… flat.
Nessie and Jacob were out of the car and into the school before I could reinforce some rules. No doubt Alice had warned them I was planning on it… No matter, I'd let them know at lunch.
"Shall we?" I asked the beautiful vampire by my side and she nodded, smiling down at her schedule. I hadn't even looked at mine… "We have Biology first, dear."
I had to laugh at the irony, and hastened to quit the car. There was still a good ten minutes until the bell.
She was out her door and onto her feet before I could offer her my hand and shook my head when I saw her laughing.
"Eighty years later and you still won't accept acts of chivalry," I muttered as we walked in to the main building.
"That's because it is eighty years later Edward," Bella shook her head at me in obvious amusement, her mahogany hair swaying in the process. "People just don't do things like that anymore."
"They should."
"Yo brotha, wassup?" Emmett boomed over the teenage chatter, and everyone stopped to stare at him. So much for not attracting attention to ourselves… At least three of them were wondering if he was mentally sane.
"I think," I spoke louder than necessary as I towed Bella over to Em and Rose, "someone watches too much retro television, Emmett."
Oh Eddy, you're just jealous cuz I'm so gangsta!
I raised an eyebrow, which caused Emmett to laugh. "C'mon Bella, let's go to class. I don't want to antagonize the gangster much longer." She chuckled and let herself be led along the hallways, while I pretended as if I didn't have the school's layout tattooed into my brain.
As I hesitated at one of the forks in the science building, Bella ran down the correct hallway and I watched as a blonde haired boy casually introduced himself to her.
"Hey, you're new to town, aren't you? I'm Nixon Newton, but everyone around here calls me Nix. What's your name?" Bella hesitated and I knew for a fact she had been about to say "Bella Cullen – my husband Edward is over there" but she refrained and said instead, "Nice to meet you, Nix. I'm Bella…Swanson, and that's my…boyfriend, Edward Cullen." I, of course, caught her hesitations, but the boy could never have picked them up. I strode over to where they stood and shook Nixon's hand to stop myself from rolling around on the floor and laughing.
He stepped back involuntarily as I approached him; good, he had more sense than that idiot Mike ever did.
"W-what class do you guys have? Do you need help finding your way, Bella?" Oops, scratch that – he was just as annoying as his ancestor.
"We have Biology, with Mr. Ba-," Bella began, and I shot her a warning look.
"With Mr. Bond," I finished, then smiled when Nix practically began hopping towards the lab.
"I have Modern Technology – Be seeing you! Bye Bella…" He left us outside the door, his head filled with thoughts of my wife. We'd found the Newton spawn, that was for sure.
Maybe they'll break up – my Great-Great-Great-Grandpa Mike always prattled on about a dark haired beauty with a tall, overprotective boyfriend… Wasn't her name Bella too? And his… Cullen? I should've listened more to the crazy old man…
I did laugh now as I led Bella by the elbow to a table at the back of the room and she looked up at me questioningly as we took our seats, but not before stealing a glance at where our old spots were situated.
"His Great-Grandpa three times over told stories about you and me," I whispered as students filled the room with chatter and general noise.
"You can't be serious," she whispered back, so fast that her mouth would appear not to have moved at all to the humans now staring at us and then quickly averting their eyes.
Who are they?
He is damn fine!
She looks stunning! What I'd like to do to her…
They're so pale!
The Cullens are back?
"Edward, what's wrong?" I barely registered Bella's question as I sat rigid in my seat, my mind very far away from the classroom.
To get my attention back where it was supposed to be, Bella allowed me access to her thoughts and mentally screamed, Edward, look human, relax!
I couldn't. This was pivotal; how had it come about? I had to alert Carlisle. Just then, the bell announced the start of a new school year and a balding man who appeared to like anything neither shaken nor stirred materialized at the front of the class.
"Mr. Bond, may I go to the washroom?" I raised my hand and forced myself to speak politely as I used the human excuse, even adding a smile.
Class just started… Must have a problem. He waved me off without speaking and turned his attention back to the class as I tried to casually walk out the door. My steps got quicker and quicker, however, as I strode out into the rainy Forks morning.
Once in my car I didn't look back; I sped right on down Bogachiel Way to the hospital.
I quickly scanned their new doctor directory, a tracking device that marked where every doctor and nurse was in the hospital, and located the dot labeled "Dr. Cullen" in Surgery. I burst into the OR a moment later, abruptly stopping the work of my lungs.
"Excuse me, you can't be in here," a nurse reprimanded me, but I ignored her.
"Father," I crossed my arms over my ivory turtleneck and put on a look of dead seriousness, "I need to speak to you." Hopefully he wouldn't require more of an explanation; I'd used all my air.
"Edward?" Carlisle looked up from his work on a coronary bypass to give me a confused look. Understanding soon replaced it, however, once he registered the look on my face. It was a vampire matter. "Give me a second to wash up; Dr. Stone, you can take over here."
"B-but Dr. Cullen…" the older man began, but Carlisle clapped him on the back reassuringly and strode over to a large metal sink. I followed.
"Something's happened already?" He raised an eyebrow as he dried his hands, and I nodded. "Follow me, son." He said this out loud and I was glad he did. The nurse was thinking we were brothers…
I tagged along beside him through the bustling hallways until we reached his office, a cushy, high windowed mahogany corner room, very much like the one at home. They'd given him a good position here; he'd impressed them with his credentials. I thanked God we abolished his previous records from this hospital, all those years ago. People that told stories would always have their suspicions, though.
"Okay," he sighed as he stared out the window into the parking lot, "lay it on me."
I took the liberty to sit in one of the guest chairs and sighed as well.
I had to tell him; I would recognize that kind mental voice anywhere, even after all these years… I should have taken a look; her thoughts had been relatively close, but not in the same room. What if I was wrong? But I couldn't be. "Angela Weber is alive, and she knows we're here."
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