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Apple Premieres Movies on the iTunes Store in Japan
Starting today, there are over 1,000 movies to rent or buy in high definition and standard definition from major international film studios including 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures, The Walt Disney Studios, Warner Bros. Pictures, Universal Pictures and top Japanese studios including Asmik Ace Entertainment Inc., Fuji TV, Kadakowa Pictures, Nikkatsu, Shochiku Company Limited and Toei Company Limited.
With iTunes, movie fans can choose from many top-rated movies in Japan, including Hollywood blockbusters such as "Toy Story 3" and "Sex and the City 2," as well as Japanese favorites including "Ototo," "Gekijôban Kamen Raidâ Dikeido: Ôru Raidâtai Daishokkâ" and "Odoru Daisousasen THE MOVIE 2."
With iTunes Movie Rentals, once a movie is rented, it starts downloading from the iTunes Store directly to iTunes or Apple TV, and users with a fast Internet connection can start viewing the movie in seconds. Customers have up to 30 days to start
watching their movie, and once a movie has been started customers have 48 hours to finish it—or watch it multiple times. In addition to renting movies on the iTunes Store, many movies are available to purchase in HD and SD.
The new Apple TV started shipping in Japan this week and offers a simple way to watch HD movies on an HD TV and users can also enjoy YouTube videos, podcasts, Internet radio stations and personal photos from MobileMe and Flickr, while music, videos and photos can be streamed from Macs and PCs. Users can control Apple TV with their iPhone, iPad or iPod touch using the Remote app, available now as a free download on the App Store, or with the upcoming availability of AirPlay users will be able to stream music, photos and video from their iPhone, iPad and iPod touch directly to Apple TV.
iTunes 10 for Mac and Windows includes the iTunes Store and is available as a free download from www.apple.com/jp/itunes.
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for library title rentals and ¥500 for new releases, and SD versions start at ¥200 for library title rentals and ¥400 for
new releases. Apple TV, which comes standard with an aluminum Apple Remote, is available through the Apple Store
(www.apple.com), Apple's retail stores and Apple Authorized Resellers for a suggested retail price of ¥8,800. Apple TV requires an 802.11b/g/n wireless network or Ethernet network, a broadband Internet connection and a high definition TV capable of 720p.


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Aug. 28, 2005
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The University of Central Florida scored two goals in the first half, two more in the second, and the Golden Knights outshot UC Santa Barbara 16-5 and cruised to a 4-0 win on Sunday afternoon at Harder Stadium.
The match was scoreless until the 26:14 mark when UCSB goalkeeper Jamie Considine made a save on a UCF shot, but could not hold the ball. Michelle DeCespedes pounced on the rebound and drove it home for her first of two goals in the match, giving the Golden Knights a 1-0 edge. Just over 12 minutes later, at 38:34, UCF's Lydia Jones got behind the Gaucho defense and scored on a slide kick off of a perfect cross from Jessalyn Withers to make the score 2-0.
UCSB struggled to get anything going offensively in the first half, finishing with just one shot attempt. UCF had 11 shots at the break.
In the second half the Golden Knights 3-0 at 62:10 when Jessica Newport scored on a header off of a cross from Kristin Bilby. Just 10 minutes later, at 72:04, DeCespedes scored her second goal of the match when she hit a direct free kick from 25 yards out. The ball deflected off of the UCSB defensive wall and the misdirection was enough to get the ball past Considine and finalize the score at 4-0.
UCF completed the match with a 16-5 advantage in shots. Golden Knight goalkeeper Jennifer Manis needed just one save to post the shutout. Considine, who was relieved by freshman Kelly Soler immediately following the final goal, had five saves on the afternoon.
UCSB and UCF are each 1-1 on the season. The Gauchos return to action on Friday, September 2, when they travel to Berkeley, Calif., to take part in the Golden Bear Classic. Santa Barbara will take on St. Mary's on Friday evening and Cal on Sunday afternoon.

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BRETT FINCH didn't mind bringing up the rear at his first training session back with Melbourne because it gave him a chance to learn some of his NRL teammates' names written on their backs.
The popular 31-year-old looked in good shape in his return to the Storm after a two-year absence, which he spent playing for Wigan in the British Super League.
Finch was forced out of the Storm in the wake of the salary cap cheating scandal, and there have been more than a dozen players turned over since then.
Recently other players have switched codes or taken up boxing for the big bucks, but Finch has turned his back on around $400,000 to play with Melbourne again. And he is not even guaranteed a start.
Coach Craig Bellamy has signed him on a one-year deal as a back-up to Cooper Cronk and Gareth Widdop.
''I'm just happy to be a part of the squad and back in the club,'' Finch said, who was previously at the club for the 2009 and 2010 seasons.
''Hopefully I can contribute through the season; we'll just see how it all pans out.''
During his two-year stint in England, Finch won a Challenge Cup final and finished one game shy of this year's grand final after being minor premiers.
With quality halves in demand, Finch could have played at another NRL club but said he would have remained in England if he didn't re-sign with Melbourne.
''Career-wise there was better opportunities in terms of the financial situation but I just wanted to be back and part of the club,'' he said.
Finch said it was atmosphere and culture that drew him back to the NRL champions. ''You hear the word culture bandied around a lot … it's just a great club to be involved in and I really enjoy living here,'' he said.
''The success the club has had for so many years explains why players love playing with the club.''
Finch said he would consider playing the 2014 season if still wanted by the Storm, or even take on another role with the club such as coaching.
''I would like to be involved with the Melbourne Storm for as long as possible, whether that's as a player or working with the club,'' he said.
While Cameron Smith, Billy Slater and Cronk won't return until the new year, Ryan Hoffman and Jason Ryles were back on the paddock on Monday. Ryles trained as he attempts to come back from his latest hamstring injury.
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It was a dark and dreary night…. But the meatballs were cooked to perfection. So began Friday evening's Check Please! Food Truck Fest at WTTW Studios on Chicago's Northwest Side. This event, which featured thirteen different food truck vendors, plus three beer, wine and water suppliers was the opening salvo for what is expected to be a new and tasty addition to the Chicagoland culinary scene. Gourmet trucks plying the streets of major cities such as: Los Angeles, Miami and Washington D.C. have been a fixture on the urban landscape for some time. Chicago has just recently joined the ranks of mobile food vendors ladling out everything from chicken soup to sushi to an enthusiastic response from consumers. These food trucks must adhere to the same exacting health code standards as all other free standing eating establishments.
The beauty of the food trucks, which was on display Friday evening is that one can enjoy truly good food, on the run. Somehow, I managed to sample everything being offered from all thirteen trucks. These were the real deal. Everything I tasted from the savory pies offered by Pleasant House to the cupcakes from Cupcakes For Courage was fresh and delicious.
The weather gods, who apparently were neither hungry nor interested in Friday night revelry, harassed the crowds for the duration of the event with a light but steady drizzle. The weather may have been soggy, but, people's spirits could not be dampened. The hungry and the wet queued up patiently to the food trucks anticipating the next tasty treat. The average wait time in line was approximately fifteen minutes.
Check Please! did a commendable job of pulling together a good and varied assortment of menu offerings. There was something available for all tastes ranging from the familiar but generously portioned meatball sandwich from Gotta Polpetta! and tomato and lentil soups from Soups In The Loop, to the slightly spicy beef gumbo from Duck N Roll as well as aged beef sliders from Wagu Wagon. Other purveyors included: Bergstein's NY Delicatessen, Caponie's Express, Curried, E.leaven Food Company, Don Rafa Restaurant, Falafel Brothers and Ice3 for frozen confections. Lagunitas Brewing Company, Terlato Family Vineyards, and Glaceau Vitamin Water rounded out the evenings beverage offerings.
With the exception of the ugly weather, the Check Please! Food Truck Fest was a wonderful event with a nice mix of food categories and styles. My one complaint, and this is more of a logistics issue was the lack of signage directing attendees to the correct parking lot as well as the venue itself- minor point but something to keep in mind for the future.
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger accepts England manager Roy Hodgson can only take players who are '100 per cent fit' to the World Cup - but is confident midfielder Jack Wilshere can recover from his broken foot in time to have a 'great' tournament.
The 22-year-old faces at least six weeks on the sidelines - with another two before he will be fully match fit - after scans revealed he had sustained a hairline fracture following a hefty tackle from Liverpool defender Daniel Agger early in Wednesday night's friendly against Denmark at Wembley.
If all goes to plan with the combative midfielder's rehabilitation, Wilshere could feature for the final couple of matches of the domestic season, and also be available for England's friendly against Peru at Wembley on May 30.
Hodgson will then cut a provisional 30-man group down to 23 before heading off to warm-weather camp in Miami, which will see games against Ecuador and Honduras, with the first World Cup Group D match against Italy in Manaus on June 14.
Wenger sees no reason why Wilshere - who missed out on the chance to play at the 2012 European Championship because of an ankle injury - should not be on the plane to Brazil.
"When you go to a tournament like that, you have to be 100 per cent fit. I am confident Jack will be because the timescale is all right," said Wenger.
"He can have a great World Cup if all works well.
"If you look at the number of weeks until the end of the season, then you have still six weeks before the start of the World Cup.
"He will be fully fit to play (for Arsenal) and then you have still preparation games (with England)."
Wenger added: "At the World Cup you will be happy that you have a player who is as committed as that, who can have the technical ability to go forward.
"What is important now for him is of course that he goes there in full fitness, and we have to make sure that after the six weeks he has no setbacks."
Wilshere played on following treatment until he was replaced on the hour, and when speaking to reporters afterwards maintained it was "just a bruise" having been initially assessed by the Football Association medical staff at Wembley.
Wenger, who was told of the incident after watching France beat Holland 2-0 in Paris, admits it is sometimes difficult with Wilshere to assess just how bad an injury may be.
"The problem of Jack is he has a high pain threshold, and that is why he is in danger sometimes, because he just goes on, and after you see a disaster has happened," Wenger said.
"So many times I sit there (on the bench) and say to the physio 'come on, how bad is it?' and am told 'he wants two or three minutes', and after that Jack continues to play.
"You think you have to take him off straight away with a stretcher, and after, suddenly, he can go on. He is very, very, very resistant to pain."
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ashleigh_renee wrote:Oh wow, honestly i wish i had the time & creativity to sit down and make a playlist for the books, this is amazing! Copied the playlist site and will listen when i get home (i'm at work). Thanks for all your hard work, i'll definitly have to try reading the book with it..
BiTwiCre wrote:Again another song but this one is all for Edward, I won't explain this one because it is just how he thinks of Bella.
Your Guardian Angel by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus:
I keep wanting to find a place for this song, but it keeps getting passed over for some reason. It's funny that you say it's supposed to be from Edward's POV. I've seen others say it's supposed to be Jacob's in NM. I will admit that it probably helps that the lead singer in the music video looks exactly how I pictured Jacob at the beginning of New Moon (with the long hair). Did you have anywhere in particular you see the song going? I keep almost finding the right spot for it, but it evades me.
Also, on "Think Twice" by Eve 6, the place where I have it in Eclipse kind of makes it Edward's POV rather than Jacob. Again, another switch I find greatly interesting.
Your thoughts?
RoseSpecialist wrote:There's a song in "Aspects of Love" (a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber) called "She'd Be Far Better Off With You" where the characters are singing the exact same lyrics to each other while extolling the other guy's virtues and why the lady in question would be better off with the other guy. This is the same idea here as far as how the lyrics fit for both, only in this song, they're both telling the other guy to get lost. Make sense?
If you want, I can take the lyrics and break them down as far as how that specific line would fit from Edward's POV (to match what you've done). Would that help?
Tia wrote:RoseSpecialist thank you for the playlist! For most of the book my reading rate averages about 1 page per minute. However there are several times I experienced a slowdown during reading. That ranges from a mild decrease during cute emotional situations or expressions, to acute slowdowns e.g. Edward expressing his fears and love to Bella while at the meadow.
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Dallas, Texas - The UC Santa Barbara men's tennis team was defeated by SMU 4-3, Sunday, at the Turpin Tennis Center. The Gauchos have now dropped five consecutive matches.
UCSB has been competitive throughout the rough strech, losing four of the five matches by a 4-3 margin.
Doubles play has haunted the Gauchos in close matches this season and the trend continued Sunday, as SMU took the point with wins at courts No. 2 and No. 3. Alex Konigsfeldt and Taylor Chavez-Goggin won their match at court No. 1 defeating Joe Hattrup and Tobias Flood 8-6.
In singles, Benjamin Recknagel defeated David Costa 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 at court No. 1 and Alex Konigsfeldt defeated Gaston Cuadranti 3-6, 7-5 (10-1) at court No.2.
The Gauchos' next match is Saturday, April 16 against Cal Poly beginning at 1 p.m. at the Recreation Center Courts on campus.
Complete results listed below:
1. Alex Konigsfeldt/Taylor Chavez-Goggin (UCSB) def. Joe Hattrup/Tobias Flood (SMU) 8-6
2. Robert Sajovitch/Adham el-Effendi (SMU) def. Mathieu Forget/Philip Therp (UCSB) 8-4
3. Darren Walsh/Gaston Cuadranti (SMU) def. Benjamin Recknagel/Evan Jurgenson (UCSB) 8-6
1. Benjamin Recknagel (UCSB) def. David Costa (SMU) 3-6, 6-2, 7-6
2. Alex Konigsfeldt (UCSB) def. Gaston Cuadranti (SMU) 3-6, 7-5, (10-1)
3. Adham el-Effendi (SMU) def. Mathieu Forget (UCSB) 6-3, 6-4
4. Mischa Nowicki (SMU) def. Taylor Chavez-Goggin (UCSB) 6-4, 6-3
5. Tobias Flood (SMU) def. Philip Therp (UCSB) 6-2, 6-1
6. Max Glenn (UCSB) def. Robert Sajovitch (SMU) 6-4, 2-0 (Retired)


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Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry are no strangers to large crowds looking for a good time.
The vocalists of the famed country music duo Montgomery Gentry have been shaking up the country music scene for more than 15 years with their southern rock style and rowdy anthems.
Several of their hit singles including "If You Ever Stop Loving Me," "Something to Be Proud Of" and "Back When I Knew It All," have reached No. 1 on Billboard's country radio charts throughout their reign as one of the industry's top duos.
The pair will perform at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Northern Illinois University Convocation Center as part of their most recent road tour. The Daily Chronicle chatted with Troy Gentry about the message behind their music and what drives their success.
Daily Chronicle: How's life on the road treating you?
Troy Gentry: Pretty good. We got started a little bit earlier this year than normal. But we're out here working, which is a good thing.
You guys are veteran performers, but are there any rituals or traditions you have before you go on stage?
Not as much anymore, we used to get together before we started to go on stage, listen to music and have a drink ... But not so much anymore.
Who have been some of your greatest musical influences over the years?
I guess the biggest ones growing up as a kid, learning the trade, [were] Charlie Daniels, Lynard Skynard, Hank Williams Jr. We grew up listening to a lot of southern rock.
So do you try to emulate them with your music?
We did in the early days. In our music today ... I think you can definitely hear influences if that makes any sense ... You can tell they have influenced us in our music.
What about personal influences?
When we're song searching for new albums and songs, we look for songs that are family oriented ... For me, if it's something I feel like involves my family or can kind of touch on certain issues of a family ... they inspire those type of songs when we record.
Our earlier albums were more rambunctious with party anthem type of songs. We've kind of toned down over the years.
Our music has always been that way. The guys we grew up listening to, we try to pattern ourselves and the every day life we try to identify with. That's what we try to stay true to.
Your latest single, "I'll Keep the Kids," kind of tackles a tough issue with lots of emotion. Where did the inspiration for that song come from?
Eddie has been going through a pretty tough divorce. There's no good divorces, I guess. So there have been bad times and hard times with that ... There have been some things that came out of that whole mess that kind of inspired that song. That's kind of the everyday life kind of stuff we try to incorporate [in our music]. That song kind of reached out to a bunch a people even though the subject matter is a little tough ... [People tell us], 'It's good to know other people understand what I've gone through.'
What kind of overall message do you try to send to those who listen to your music?
We like to have a good time. Like in the lyrics in one of our songs, we pick our parties. There's a time and a place for everything. I'd like to think we've matured not only as artists but as people and we would like to show that in our music as we go into the studio and perform.
You and Eddie have been a country music powerhouse for awhile now and you're still going strong. How do you do it?
I think it's putting out music that everybody wants to hear. We've been fortunate enough to have people enjoy what we want to record. And country radio has been really good to us.
I think it's putting out music that matters and music people can identify with.
And our shows are entertaining. They're high energy. I hope when people leave our shows they are just as tired and worn out as we are.
What are your plans for the future as a duo?
We're staying pretty busy this summer but we are looking to get back to the studio sometime this fall.
[But] we're road warriors, we love being out on the road. We could do this all year long.
If you go
What: Montgomery Gentry with Chuck Wicks
Where: NIU Convocation Center, 1525 Lincoln Highway, DeKalb
When: 7 p.m. Sunday; doors open at 6 p.m.
Tickets: $36 and $26 (NIU students get $5 discount with OneCard), available at NIU Convo box office, 800-745-3000 or Ticketmaster.com.


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First of all, are there any food restrictions? Vegetarian, kosher, allergies, etc.
Sorry to be a pain, but how formal is the dinner? Are appies going to be served individually or on trays?It does make a difference for what I suggest, it's not just to be a nosey ned.
POD'ing the pork tenderloin. So simple, yet looks elegant. For starters I love the mushroom idea! Your second could be this fab little app that I found on pinterest but it doesn't have a name. Spread herbed goat cheese on small slices of crusty bread. Then put a fresh basil leaf on top of that. Finally add a small piece of soppresseta or prosciutto. SO yum & they look pretty!
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Provoke achieves "5 offices on 3 continents" goal
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Today Provoke Limited announced the opening of Provoke Solutions Asia with the establishment of their new office in Singapore and the appointment of Paul Harris to the role of General Manager South East Asia.Provoke achieves "5 offices on 3 continents" goal with the opening of South East Asia subsidiary
Today Provoke Limited announced the opening of Provoke Solutions Asia with the establishment of their new office in Singapore and the appointment of Paul Harris to the role of General Manager South East Asia.
Mason Pratt, Provoke's CEO is justifiably pleased with the achievement. "A major part of our 5 year vision has been what we called "5 on 3", the establishment of 5 offices on 3 continents. Opening our Seattle office last year was a huge step towards this and 12 months later it is extremely satisfying to have now achieved this objective."
Provoke's focus now shifts to consolidating these positions through the same unique blend of design and technology that has seen them become one of New Zealand's leading solutions providers.
As for the solutions that they will be offering in the region, Provoke are taking a "softly, softly" approach. "One of the principles that has been central to our success to date is knowing where our expertise lies" says Pratt. "We are well aware that we have a lot to learn about the cultures of the countries that we are now serving and as such we will be focusing our services on the key areas of business process automation, workflow, and enterprise document management that are common across business, no matter where you operate. The experience we have to offer in this area is second to none, and I have no doubt that our expertise, coupled with our design and user experience background, will bring something new to Singapore and the South East Asia region. As we gain a better understanding of the business environment, and the needs of our customers, we will bring our full kit bag of solutions to bear."
Paul joins Provoke from Microsoft, where he held a number of senior roles, most recently that of Global Architect. He brings a wealth of strategic and technical knowledge and is a specialist in business optimisation. Paul has worked with some of the world's largest organisations, with deep expertise in the telecommunications and financial services sectors.
"I'm really excited to be at the spearhead of Provoke's expansion into South East Asia", says Harris. "I've long seen a need for the expertise and skills that Provoke has to offer and I have no doubt that businesses in the region will be quick to recognize that Provoke can help them achieve their financial and operational goals."
The expansion into South East Asia has been a considered one, and the establishment of Provoke Solutions Asia Pte. Ltd. in Singapore, a 100% owned subsidiary of Provoke Limited, has provided a business hub for expansion. Provoke Solutions Makati Inc., has also been opened, and the office will be operated and staffed in the Philippines. "We completed a number of projects in Manila last year, and we found the talent and work ethos of the local teams to have great resonance with our business culture. When we were planning our expansion into Asia, we didn't think twice about opening in Manila, knowing that we would be able to find and attract some very talented people to join our business" said Provoke's CFO, John "JR" Robson.
Paul Harris commenced his role with Provoke on the 26th of November.
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Founded in 2001 with the mission to create compelling and valuable web experiences, Provoke Solutions has become a world leader in online development, mobile solutions, unified communications and experience design consultancy.
Provoke has a rich pedigree in design-led software development and have core competencies in; portals and collaboration, content management, search, mobile, cloud, unified communications and business intelligence. They offer the full suite of services, from strategic consulting, through to design, development and integration.
A long-term Microsoft Gold partner, in 2011 Provoke's industry-leading work and commitment to innovation were rewarded with being named as Microsoft Country Partner of the Year for New Zealand.
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New York CIty (April 30) — SAG Award-winning actor Sandra Bullock and her baby are not the only ones inside the pages of the new People magazine.
The annual SAGindie Tribeca Film Festival Bowling Party was also featured in this week's edition (estimated circulation: 3,615,858). A photo of SAG member Tristan Wilds (90210, The Secret Life of Bees) wearing a SAG bowling shirt is featured among other Tribeca festival coverage.


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It could have been due to the recent legalization of online poker in Nevada, or simply the lure of winning a seven-figure first prize for a minimal investment.
Maybe they just came to see the Frisbee-catching dogs.
Whatever the reason, a record number of players entered the "Millionaire Maker" tournament Saturday during the World Series of Poker at the Rio Convention Center.
The $1,500 buy-in Single Re-Entry No-Limit Hold 'em tournament, featuring a guaranteed $1 million to the winner, officially had 7,977 entrants when registration closed late Saturday.
The prize pool is in excess of $10.7 million.
"Poker has long had its championship in the Main Event, but now the WSOP has a bona fide kickoff spectacular," WSOP executive director Ty Stewart said.
The 2014 "Millionaire Maker" is the second-largest tournament in WSOP history behind only the 2006 Main Event, which had 8,773 players at the Rio.
Seth Palansky, vice president of corporate communications for Caesars Interactive Entertainment, wrote in an email that Saturday "will go down as the biggest one-day starting event in the history of the game of live poker."
Last year's inaugural "Millionaire Maker" tournament set a record for a non-Main Event field with 6,343 participants, and winner Benny Chen took home nearly $1.2 million. This year's champion will get more than $1.3 million thanks to the massive field.
"Our customers really like money. So, a seven-figure payday for a relatively modest wager is tough to ignore," Stewart said. "The eight-figure guarantee for the Main Event has people buzzing. It's going to be a great summer, and I think we have created two strong bookends that drive a lot of interest in the city and the game."
The final table for the "Millionaire Maker" was originally scheduled to start at 1 p.m. Monday, but Palansky confirmed it now will take at least four days to complete the tournament.
A minimum of 12 players will earn a six-figure payout in the "Millionaire Maker" and the winner cashes more than 860 times their $1,500 investment.
"Buzz is high again," Stewart said. "Vegas has rebounded, and there's plenty of optimism that the 2014 WSOP is shaping up to enrich poker players like never before."
Here are the payouts for the 2014 "Millionaire Maker":
1st: $1.3 million+ (will end up in the Top 20 all time in terms of payouts in a WSOP event)
2nd: $800k+
3rd: $600k+
4th: $450k+
5th: $350k+
The five largest WSOP live-tournament fields:
8,773 - 37th Annual $10,000 WSOP Main Event 7/28/2006
7,977 - WSOP Event No. 6 - $1,500 Millionaire Maker 5/31/2014
7,319 - 41st Annual $10,000 WSOP Main Event 7/5/2010
6,865 - 42nd Annual $10,000 WSOP Main Event 7/7/2011
6,844 - 39th Annual $10,000 WSOP Main Event 7/3/2008
Saturday's bracelet winners:
Kyle Cartwright ($360,435) - $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em Event No. 4
Tuan Le ($355,324) - $10,000 Limit 2-7 Triple Draw Lowball Event No. 5
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Michael Huff didn't have much time to digest the switch from free safety to cornerback two games into the season. Yet, it hasn't taken him long to make himself right at home.
In the past two games, Huff has been on the field in pass coverage for 84 plays. He had seven balls thrown his way during those plays, with one completion for 2 yards.
It's enough to make coach Dennis Allen and defensive coordinator Jason Tarver think twice before moving Huff back to safety if Ron Bartell makes a successful return from a shoulder injury.
"Listen, I'm not ready to put him in the Hall of Fame yet, alright?" Allen said Wednesday. "I don't think Willie Brown has anything to worry about yet. But he has improved. That's what we expect and that's what we will continue to expect that every day he has an opportunity to go out and work he'll get a little bit better every week."
Huff's first three games at cornerback, he faced Ben Roethlisberger, Peyton Manning and Matt Ryan. Huff had his struggles during those games, to be sure. However, it also enabled him to learn trial by fire.
"I had those couple of rough games early," Huff said. "I knew I would go through some growing pains. I had never really played outside for a whole stretch. I knew I'd go through some growing pains and I'm starting to learn from them."
Indeed. Quarterbacks no longer are targeting Huff as often as Roethlisberger, Manning and Ryan did his first three games.
Yet, Huff said he still feels as if he is a target every game because he spent his first six NFL seasons playing mostly safety.
"They're still looking at me," Huff said. "Every time I'm out there, I think the ball is coming my way. (They look at me) like I'm a safety playing corner, especially anytime I'm out there against a big-time receiver, like this week against Vincent Jackson. Every time I'm out there lined up out there on him, I have to assume the ball is coming my way because I'm a safety out there at corner against their best receiver."
Bartell takes great delight in chiding Huff for his seamless transition.
"I kid him all the time (that) he's a hell of a lot better corner than he is safety," Bartell said. "I've been impressed with Huff. That's tough to ask a guy to do. He hasn't played a lick of corner all camp and all OTAs and then guys go down and he's able to go in in a pinch. He's gotten better every game, and he takes pride in it. I'm really impressed with him. He's a pretty good corner. He'a s great football player."
Coincidentally, the Raiders are playing against a Tampa Bay Buccaneers team that is led by Ronde Barber, a career cornerback who switched to safety this season.
It's widely considered more difficult for a player to go from safety to cornerback, rather than the other way around.
"It's probably harder going from safety down to corner," Barber said. "That's not a transition you see very often. Actually, I can't think of any that have actually done it off the top of my head."
— Allen said he isn't in any hurry to decide what to do with Bartell just yet.
Bartell practiced today for the first time since he suffered a shoulder injury in the regular-season opener Sept. 10. He isn't eligible to play in a game until Nov. 11.
Allen said he will evaluate Bartell in the coming days before deciding how to proceed. The Raiders have 21 days to decide whether to activate Bartell to the 53-man roster, waive him or place him on season-ending injured reserve.
— Curious what the Raiders offensive game plan is going to be against the Buccaneers? Check out the stats, and you should get a pretty firm idea on what they're going to do before the game starts.
The Buccaneers are tied for first in the league against the run, holding opposing ballcarriers to an average of 3.5 yards rushing through seven games. The Raiders are tied for 26th in yards per carry on offense at 3.5.
On the flip side, the Buccaneers are 31st against the pass, with an average of 309.6 yards per game so far. The Raiders are 10th in passing offense at an average of 264 yards through seven games.
That doesn't mean that the Raiders won't at least try to establish the run game, Palmer said.
"We're never going to abandon the run. They are very good against the run, and they've struggled some against the pass and they've had some big plays happen to him over and over again. But it's a good football team."
Palmer said Allen pointed out to the players that the Buccaneers are a lot like the Raiders in that they started off slow, overcame adversity and now they are riding some momentum after stirring upset of the Minnesota Vikings on the road.
"If you've got four guys that can rush the passer like they do, you can't just go out and throw the ball on every play, because those guys are going to get to you, they're too good up front," Palmer said. "But we're never going to just go into a game and completely abandon the run game. We're going to pick our spots and definitely go in and be physical and run the ball, but when we have our shots downfield we need to hit 'em this week."
— Buccaneers quarterback Josh Freeman is having a bounce-back season after a disastrous season last year.
He is the league's eighth-highest-rated passer at 93.3, with 14 touchdowns and only five interceptions. This, from a player that was intercepted 22 times last season versus only 16 touchdown passes and finished with a pedestrian 74.6 passer rating.
In 2010, Freeman burst onto the scene as the unquestioned starter with 25 touchdowns and only six interceptions, as well as a 95.9 passer rating. He has nine touchdowns and one interception the past three games, with three touchdown passes in each game.
First-year head coach Greg Schiano said he and his offensive coaches broke down the video of Freeman's past games and devised a strategy that centered on having him doing what he does best.
"We all spent time with him early on in the process, reviewing just so we knew where his basis was, and then Ron (Turner) and Mike (Sullivan) did an awesome job of teaching the system and continue to teach the system," Schiano said. "We're a long ways off from being all-in as far as implementation. What we've given him he has done a nice job with.
"The one thing about Josh is, he is just an incredibly hard worker and is committed to the whole process, the meeting room, walkthrough, classroom and practice. He loves every part of the preparation as well as at the game."
— Here's what Schiano thinks of Palmer after watching video of his play the first seven games.
"He's a guy that there's no uncertainty with what he wants to do," Schiano said. "You can see he's well coached, he's been well coached. You can see the reads. He reads things very quickly. Just the entire Raider football team is a fast, fast football team. His receivers are fast, his running back is fast — running backs are fast. So you cannot make a mistake. If you do it gets exposed."
Safe to say, Schiano is not in the camp that thinks Palmer isn't the long-term answer for the Raiders at quarterback.
— Running back Mike Goodson said the turf-toe injury he suffered against the Chiefs isn't about to keep him from playing in a game. Sure enough, he was at practice today acting as if nothing happened.
He said he got hurt at the end or a run when he jammed his toe as he was going to the ground.
Goodson and Darren McFadden credited the zone-blocking scheme for the Raiders late success against the Chiefs running the ball.
McFadden rushed for 73 yards on 12 carries in the fourth quarter after amassing only 41 yards to that point.
"Wear 'em down, wear 'em down," Goodson said, "and it'll start kicking in the third or fourth quarter."
McFadden had runs of 19 and 28 yards in the fourth quarter en route to a 114-yard effort. He had only 17 yards on 12 carries at halftime.
"It's one of those things, the zone scheme is designed to get 1 or 2 yards here and there, then eventually they're going to start popping," McFadden said. "That's what happened last week."
— Allen remains non-commital on whether he intends to activate linebacker Aaron Curry before the 21-day evaluation period expires next Wednesday.
"That's a crystal ball you have to look in to say if there's any chance that he wouldn't (be activated)," Allen said. "Our anticipation is we will activate him. But again I don't have that crystal ball."
If the Raiders don't activate Curry, their two others options are to waive him or place him on season-ending injured reserve. Curry missed all of training camp and the first seven regular-season games while recovering from sore knees.


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The German artist, writer and publisher Rolf Kauka was the creator of the popular Fix und Foxi animal universe, which was published in the eponymous magazine, in a fashion similar to that of Walt Disney. Kauka, whose family was originally from Scandinavia, published his first illustrations at age seventeen in publications like the Leipziger Neueste Nachrichten and Weissenfelser Tageblatt. In 1937, after his economics studies, Kauka was drafted into the German army. Demobilized in 1945, he settled in Munich and starting editing juridical papers. He founded his own publishing house in 1950, which published some books by Hedwig Courths-Mahler.
He teamed up with the publisher Heinz Ullstein, and pursued a venture in animated cartoons for the American market. But when this didn't work out, Kauka focused on comics. He adapted 'Eulenspiegel' by Charles De Coster to comics, and published it in the magazine of the same name in 1952. The artwork was done by Dorul van der Heide, who also illustrated the backing stories 'Dagobert' and 'Münchhausen'. In the sixth issue, Kauka and Van der Heide first introduced the foxes 'Fix und Foxi', who soon became the leading characters of the magazine. (Therefore, Eulenspiegel changed its name to 'Fix und Foxi' in 1955).
Fix und Foxi, initially based on German fairy tales and fables, soon became Germany's biggest comics property, competing only with Walt Disney's Micky Maus magazine. A large merchandise line was set up, and the Fix und Foxi world was expanded with characters like the wolf Lupo, Oma Eusebia, Onkel Fax and Professor Knox. The magazine also had several back-up comics, such as 'Hops und Stops', 'Pauli', 'Tom und Klein-Biberhart' and 'Mischa'. In addition, it featured reprints of comics from the Belgian magazines Spirou and Pilote.
Although the comic appeared under his name, Kauka never drew the series himself. He assembled a large team of artists around him, consisting of among others Werner Hierl, Ludwig Fischer, Helmut Murek, Franz Roscher, and Kurt Italiaander, as well as the Eastern-European artists Walter Neugebauer, Branco Karabajic, Vlado Magdic and Vjekoslav Kostanjsek, the Greek Charilaos Theodorou and the Turks Öktemer Köksal and Mehmet Gülergün. In addition, Italian, Spanish and Belgian artists were assigned to illustrate stories with Kauka's characters.
Kauka also took on animating again, which resulted in the feature-length animation cartoon 'Maria d'Oro'. In the 1970s, several of his artists broke with Kauka over copyright disagreements, including art director Walter Neugebauer. In 1975, Kauka founded the Kauka Comic Akadamie, an institute to educate young illustrators. Kauka eventually sold his company, but kept the copyrights to his characters. He emigrated and settled in the USA in the early 1980s.
The sales of the Fix und Foxi magazine stagnated in the early 1990s. When the editors decided to include editorials aimed at teenagers (Madonna was even featured on the cover once), Kauka was not amused and used his copyright ownership to forbid further publication.
After Rolf Kauka passed away on 13 September 2000, his wife, Alexandra Kauka, became his successor at Kauka Promedia (Kauka Verlag). Fix & Foxi has been broadcast as a TV series since then, and the Fix & Foxi magazine and comics are now also being published again in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.


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Codemasters recently gave up on making action games to focus on race 'em ups, and what strange and wonderful fruit will this bring us? Well, er, today the publisher announced it's using its Formula 1 license to make kart racer F1 Race Stars.
Yes, in dinky little Formula 1 karts you'll race around and wacky recreations of classic Formula 1 tracks complete with jumps and loop-the-loops, collect power-ups, and do other kart things. It'll offer single-player, online multiplayer, and four-player split-screen modes.
"It's the game we've wanted to create for a long time and, building on our strong relationship with Formula One Management Limited, we're now able to bring Codemasters' long-standing expertise in track design and AI to create a Formula One racing experience quite unlike any other," senior producer Chris Gray said in the announcement.
Developed by Codemasters Racing Studios in Birmingham, F1 Race Stars is coming to PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this November. Here's the announcement teaser trailer doodad:
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Joseph J. Carroll, 88, of South Fair Street, Warwick, died December 17, 2011 at the Philip Hulitar Hospice Inpatient Center in Providence. He was the husband of Dorothy J. (Read) Carroll.
Born in Providence, a son of the late Joseph J. and Rose A. (Carr) Carroll, he lived in Warwick since 1952. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. Mr. Carroll was employed by Narragansett Electric Co. for 38 years, retiring 25 years ago.
Beside his wife he is survived by a son, Joseph F. Carroll and his wife, Kate, of Cranston; five daughters, Susan J. Caspoli and her husband, Tom, of Jamestown, Jean M. Tart and her husband, Vernon, of Warwick, Cynthia A. Peterson of Los Angeles, Calif., Maggie A. King of Warwick and Christine M. Jutras and her husband, Rick, of Foster; 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. He was the brother of the late William Carroll and Rose Fiedler.
His funeral will be held Dec. 21 at 9 a.m. from Barrett & Cotter Funeral Home, 1328 Warwick Ave., Warwick, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Peter Church, 350 Fair St., Warwick. Visiting hours are Dec. 20 from 4-7 p.m. Burial with military honors will be in Rhode Island Veterans Cemetery, Exeter.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in his memory may be made to the charity of your choice.


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By Shuli Ren
Japan is building up economic ties with ASEAN, for trade and for national defense against China. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has already visited southeast Asia three times since he took office in December. He is heading back to Indonesia next week for the trade summit that President Obama is no longer attending.
Emerging ASEAN countries saw some of the biggest sell-offs this summer.
Don't fret over Fed tapering, because Japan will provide the new sugar high, says HSBC.
The broker thinks we should play down the 17 consecutive weeks of fund outflow from ASEAN, because they are mostly retail money and not representative of overall investor sentiments.
Rather, we should look at bank lending, foreign direct investments, and M&A activities.
Here are analysts Frederic Neumann and Dinkar Pawan:
With the Bank of Japan turning on the spigot, more and more capital is pouring into the region. True, it's not quite visible in portfolio flows, but bank lending and M&A activity has picked up noticeably. Corporate Japan is also taking the plunge, setting up more and more factories across Southeast Asia. In part, this is because of greater caution about putting investment into China. But it also reflects the growing pull of markets like Thailand, Indonesia, and Vietnam as promising consumer markets in their own right and increasingly competitive export platforms.
Even on the portfolio front, Japanese appetite is coming back. Japanese investors bought $6.8 billion of international bonds during the week ending 27 September. This is a sizable inflow. To put this number into perspective, year-to-date, Japanese investors pulled out $56 billion from bond funds.
The iShares MSCI Indonesia ETF (EIDO) gained 6.3% this month. The iShares MSCI Thailand Capped ETF (THD) gained 5%.


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Long ignored by most American auto buyers, and slighted by others due to quality problems, Hyundai is now tops when it comes to corporate loyalty, according to a new study.
But Ford Motor Co. is also making gains in the marketplace, according to the report by Experian Automotive, a data service that tracks vehicle registration data as well as consumer attitudes. The Detroit maker captured the lead in six of the spots in the top 10 product segments.
Hyundai had a loyalty rate of 49.6%, according to the Experian study, edging out General Motors and Ford – as well as major Japanese makers like Toyota. It was the first time the Korean carmaker led the list, marking a significant turnaround for a brand that was once the butt of jokes, not a marque that won repeat business.
Hyundai's loyalty – translated as the repurchase rate of its owners – has also helped drive the brand's market share to record levels, 9.2% during the second quarter of this year, up from 7.9% a year earlier. The maker's performance in the study also reflected well on its sibling brand, Kia actually outscoring the Hyundai brand with a 47.9% loyalty rate.


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So what if Stephen Strasburg is 1-4 in five starts.
Who cares that he's mired in the first four-game slide of his career?
Not to sound too reserved, but there's plenty of America's pastime left for the Washington Nationals ace to come around.
And by coming around I mean cashing in on some victories even with a lack of run support. It's still April for crying out loud and Strasburg has been through a winless drought before when he dropped three appearances in a row last June 25-July 6. During this current funk, he is actually pitching well.
His ERA is hovering around the customary at 3.16 and he's only given up more than five hits in a start just once (nine on April 7 at Cincinnati). His walks are down at eight and the 28 strikeouts are in the middle of the pack in the National League.
So why isn't Strasburg near the top in wins?
There's no run production when he takes the mound. If you want to call scoring three runs, which is the most the Nats have accumulated in a game with No. 37 on the hill this season, a productive day, so be it.
Jayson Werth said it best after Wednesday's loss, "We pitch, we don't hit; we hit, we don't pitch."
Some teams tighten up when an ace is on the hill, leaving the responsibility of winning solely on the shoulders of the pitcher. It isn't fair, but that's how this game goes sometimes. Strasburg is easily a victim of no run support as the ballclub is averaging 1.8 runs per game when he's under the spotlight.
How many runs did Washington score in Strasburg's lone triumph? A measly two. But then again, he fired seven shutout innings and turned it over to one of the top bullpens in the majors. It's understandable why the Nationals should be frustrated in wasting opportunities to catch Atlanta in the NL East standings, and manager Davey Johnson said it's time for the Nationals to "get a little mad."
In Strasburg's last start on Wednesday in a 4-2 setback to St. Louis, he was behind the eight ball early after giving up a 3-0 lead in the first inning. He has struggled to throw a first-pitch strike and didn't do his teammates any favors by putting the pressure on them. He fell behind in the count against four of his first five batters, then regrouped with first-pitch strikes to 13 of the next 15.
"I was trying to throw the perfect pitch," Strasburg said. "I tell myself going into the game, 'Don't do that,' and I go out there and I do it. I was really happy that I was able to make the adjustment, get the feeling back."
The Mets got to Strasburg for two runs in the first inning on April 19 and Cincinnati grabbed a 3-0 lead in the first inning on April 7.
Before dismantling Cincinnati, 8-1, on Thursday in the opener of a four-game series, the NL East favorites hadn't scored in 34 of the previous 37 innings. The win over the Reds, which occurred after losing nine of 12 games, evened Washington's record at 11-11. Surprisingly, the rotation has allowed three earned runs or less in nine of the last 10 games. Gio Gonzalez helped that cause with eight innings of one-run ball versus Cincy.
Hope is not lost for the offense and, more importantly, the fortunes of Strasburg. He will start winning again, so just wait and see. The kid's too good to get caught up in a funk and has a load of weapons in his holster: a smoking fastball, deadly curve/slider and a misleading changeup. And to think the velocity on his fastball would alter after Tommy John surgery in 2010.
Cardinals manager Mike Matheny isn't fooled by Washington's inconsistent ways over the past few weeks.
"I don't even look at them as scuffling," Matheny said. "They're a team to worry about. They're a good club, and they're going to score their share of runs. It's just a matter of when."
That's correct, skipper.
And the Nationals already got the scoring back on track after Johnson tweaked the lineup, putting Steve Lombardozzi second and Werth fourth in the order.
If the recent surge continues in Strasburg's next scheduled start on Monday at Atlanta, then the glass will be half-full as it should be.


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In previous years, the Hondurans have had some very specific trouble with their visitors to the north, falling at home in important Hexagonal matches in 2001 and 2009.
But defender Chavez, who plays his club soccer for Polish outfit Wisla Krakow, says this time around the home team will have worlds more experience to fall back on when Jurgen Klinsmann's team pays a visit to San Pedro Sula.
"I think that with respect to the previous times we've gone up against the U.S., this is a different Osman, a different group of players, a different coach," the defender said.
"We have grown as players. It's not the same, for example, as the first time we played Mexico at El Azteca. We've played more, there's more experience, more maturity and more international experience. There's no longer any fear and there's a lot more confidence. We have to take the field and show them who's who."
Honduras opened the semifinal round at home last year with a surprise loss to Panama, but still qualified top of its group to the Hexagonal, placing the Catrachos among the favorites to clinch one of CONCACAF's three direct bids to the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
"I think we feel fine, that we're well positioned. We know who we're up against and we're hoping to play a good game here at home," said defender Juan Pablo Montes.
"The mission is to get three points, at home. That's our work and we want to take advantage of being at home."
The match in San Pedro Sula kicks off CONCACAF qualifying on Wednesday at 3:00 p.m. local time, to be followed in the evening by matchups between Panama and Costa Rica, as well as Mexico and Jamaica.


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You love moving and shaking. After all, playing with a normal controller just sounds boring. Come on in and meet up with other gamers who like throwing remotes around.
mario kart is my favortive wii game because it all about raceing i allway beat my mom and dad in that game they get better some time because the play more but they cant beat me if you think this is true in you house post
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The latest edition of the annual High Fliers survey of the intentions of a select group of popular graduate employers gave rise to a flurry of gloomy headlines this week. Setting aside the rather encouraging finding that the 100 most popular graduate recruiters actually expect to offer more jobs this year, or the equally optimistic news that, between them, they expect to offer more than 11,000 paid work placements or internships to students and graduates in 2012, we hear that "More than half of recruiters warn that graduates who have had no previous work experience at all are unlikely to be successful during the selection process". Is this a harbinger of graduate job doom?
Firstly, if you check the text, 48% of the Times Top 100 employers say it is 'quite' or 'very' likely that a graduate with no work experience would get a job offer at interview. Yes, you read that right. 48 of the employers in the Times Top 100 think that graduates with absolutely no work experience at all stand a decent chance of getting a job with them - better than I thought as well.
Secondly, they don't say what that work experience needs to be. Work experience is almost always valuable. Obviously, there's a difference between a year's work placement at a busy business, and a holiday job pulling pints. Because in the latter, you're dealing with customers directly, often having to use good negotiation and interpersonal skills, and direct experience of managing company cash. And that's just off the top of my head. I'm sure the year's work placement will also be useful. In short, working gives you useful skills and it's a question of learning to translate those skills into the language spoken by business HR departments.
Thirdly, this is not new, and it is quite a long way from being new. If you are about to leave university and are unaware that work experience is not the single most useful thing you can have on your CV, then the best I can say is that I am rather surprised and that you ought to get down to your local university careers service. Run!
Work experience is immensely valuable to job seekers. Without it, your CV looks rather thin and you'll need something impressive to replace it. Great voluntary experience, for example, or a real track record of organising activities and events at university.
And don't let's forget that although this research is interesting and relevant to the large number of graduates chasing these very sought after positions, most graduates don't work for these companies. Small and medium businesses make up 40% of graduate recruitment, and the proportion is rising. It's always worth considering them as an option.
But the real message to take from this new research is that, whilst work experience is vitally important, and the jobs market is tight, no matter what other news you might be reading, the outlook for new and upcoming graduates is far from hopeless. Things may even be improving. Most graduates this year will get jobs. Most who do will get graduate level jobs. And, there's no avoiding it, work experience will help.


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Therapeutic recreation services are based on each individual patient's interests and lifestyles as they relate to their physical, cognitive, emotional, and social functional abilities.
The Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist (CTRS) uses each patient's recreation and leisure interests as part of an individually designed plan to improve their overall function or well-being. By using the patient's recreation and leisure interests, we are able to make each treatment meaningful and fun for the individual while meeting a therapeutic goal.
Some of the positive outcomes from therapeutic recreation services include but are not limited to:
Therapeutic recreation also may help to improve a patient's ability to cope with hospitalization and the stress of medical procedures. Therapeutic recreation can also help families to be more involved with their loved ones when they come in to visit by allowing them to interact with their loved one in a fun and non-threatening activity.
In therapeutic recreation we also provide community re-entry for patients who will be discharged directly back to their homes and communities. The community outing allows the patient and care giver the opportunity to practice the skills they have learned in their therapy sessions out in the community in hopes to help create a seamless transition from the hospital setting back into the patient's own community.


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RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, returned triumphantly to the West Bank on Sunday, receiving a boisterous welcome from thousands of cheering supporters at a rally celebrating his people's new recognition by the United Nations.
An Israeli decision to cut off a cash transfer to the financially troubled Palestinian Authority, which followed an earlier decision to build thousands of new homes in Jewish settlements, failed to put a damper on the celebrations.
But Palestinian officials acknowledged they were undecided on what to do with their newfound status and were waiting for upcoming Israeli elections and new ideas from President Obama before deciding how to proceed.
Outside the headquarters of Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah, some 5,000 people thronged a square, hoisted Palestinian flags and cheered their leader's return from New York. Large posters of the Palestinian leader, whose popularity had plummeted in recent months, adorned nearby buildings.
''We now have a state,'' Abbas said to wild applause. ''The world has said loudly, 'Yes to the state of Palestine.' "
The United Nations General Assembly last week overwhelmingly endorsed an independent Palestinian state in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip, territories Israel captured in the 1967 war.
The move to upgrade the Palestinians to a nonmember observer state does not change much on the ground, but it carries deep potential significance. The vote amounted to an international endorsement of the Palestinian position on future border arrangements with Israel and an overwhelming condemnation of Israeli settlements in the areas claimed by the Palestinians.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejects a return to Israel's 1967 lines. Israel remains in control in parts of the West Bank and considers East Jerusalem, the Palestinians' hoped-for capital, an integral part of its capital.
Israel also continues to restrict access to Gaza. Israel withdrew seven years ago from the coastal strip, and it is now ruled by Hamas militants who regularly fire rockets at Israel.
Israel, backed by the United States, campaigned strongly against the statehood measure, accusing the Palestinians of trying to bypass direct peace negotiations, which it said were the only viable path to a Palestinian state. The Israeli lobbying efforts failed miserably. Just eight other countries voted with Israel, and even its closest allies in Europe, including Germany, Italy, France, and Britain, either abstained or voted with the Palestinians.
Israel responded strongly and swiftly. The following day, it said it would start drawing up plans to build thousands of settlement homes, including the first-ever development on a crucial corridor east of Jerusalem.
Building in the area would sever the link between the West Bank and East Jerusalem, the sector of the holy city the Palestinians claim for a future capital, and cut off the northern part of the West Bank form its southern flank.


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COLLEGE STATION, Texas - Adrienne Pratcher scored 18 points and No. 16 Texas A&M never trailed in defeating Missouri 77-58 on Sunday.
All of Pratcher's points came on her six 3-pointers. Peyton Little scored 17 points, making five 3-pointers, and Kelsey Bone had 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Aggies (16-5, 6-1 Southeastern Conference), winners of four in a row and eight of their last nine. Kristi Bellock added 10 points as 10 Aggies scored in the game.
Texas A&M scored the first eight points and shot 58 percent in the first half on the way to a 48-20 lead at the break.
Bri Kulas led Missouri (13-8, 2-5) with 12 points.
Missouri is back in action Thursday at home against Florida. Game time is scheduled for 7 p.m.


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LAS VEGAS — The question of performance standards, capabilities and remuneration for credit union directors worldwide dominated discussion among regulators and economists who served as panelists during twin general session discussions Tuesday at The 1 Credit Union Conference, the joint meeting cosponsored by Credit Union National Association (CUNA) and World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU). Situations differ for directors in Australia, Canada, Europe and the U.S., but performance requirements are the same, meaning higher levels of both responsibility and risk for volunteer and paid directors at credit unions worldwide.
Participants in a panel focused on recent regulatory development agreed that clearer definitions of board terms and responsibilities would make governance easier to regulate. Gigi Hyland, a director for the National Credit Union Administration in the U.S.; Brandon Khoo, executive general manager for the Australian Prudential Regulatory Authority; and Andy Poprawa, president and CEO of the Deposit Insurance Corporation of Ontario, Canada, offered insights into conditions in each of their own countries.
"Currently, there are no board term limits in the U.S.," said Hyland. "That means some directors can serve 30, 40, 50 and even 60 years. While that's not necessarily a bad thing, it may mean that directors don't always have the fresh set of eyes needed to see changes in their credit union and the market."
A larger issue in many countries is the absence of board performance standards, which has the potential to pose significant risk for some credit unions, according to Andy Poprawa, who also chairs the International Regulators' Roundtable, an annual meeting that will take place Thursday after the close of the conference.
"Governance is an area of interest and also one of primary risk for global credit unions," said Poprawa. "The Regulators' Roundtable sees this and will be addressing the possible creation of global governance standards at its meeting."
Other regulatory panel discussion topics included the future of corporate credit unions and access to supplemental capital.
The second panel looked at what lies ahead for credit unions in different parts of the world. Panelists Louise Petschler, CEO of Abacus-Australian Mutuals and a WOCCU director; Bill Hampel, CUNA's SVP of research and senior economist; and Hervé Guider, general manager of the European Association of Cooperative Banks, also tackled the topic of board performance at the prompting of moderator and WOCCU director Daniel Burns, chair of Central 1 Credit Union in Canada.
"Australian credit unions are regulated to the same degree as banks and all financial institutions," said Petschler. "Directors must pass a skills test to serve. If there aren't sufficiently qualified directors on a board, the board may appoint other directors rather than wait for them to be elected by the members."
Guider agreed that directors must be able demonstrate both independence and qualifications before accepting a board position. While Australian directors are paid, European cooperative bank directors and U.S. credit union directors are unpaid. The U.S. also has no regulated standards for directors, said CUNA's Hampel, who upheld the importance of qualified candidates, but also offered a caution to the audience. "Having expertise on the board does not necessarily guarantee success," he said.
The panel also touched on the impact that new interchange fees will have on credit unions. Australia passed similar legislation several years ago, and the net result has been less flexibility and higher fees for consumers, Petschler said. Lack of member growth also became a topic of debate. Ironically, field-of-membership qualifications that once helped U.S. credit unions grow have proven to be an impediment, according to Hampel.
Among Tuesday's breakout sessions, ramifications of the National Credit Union Administration's (NCUA) Corporate Credit Union Proposal and what a new business model for corporate credit unions would look like were the topics of a panel moderated by Mary Dunn, CUNA's senior vice president and deputy general counsel. Toxic assets will need to be resolved before credit unions will contribute more capital to corporates, and a smaller balance sheet model would require more efficiency and higher fees, said CUNA's Hampel, who also participated in this session. The challenge for all corporates will be to do the right thing and add value in a more collaborative model, said panelist Brad Miller, CEO of Southeast Corporate Federal Credit Union and former president of the Association for Corporate Credit Unions. Panelist Mike Mercer, president of Georgia Credit Union Affiliates, described the events leading up to the corporate structure problems. Frank Mitchell, president of Allied Credit Union in California, said ramifications include expectations of increased investment expertise at the credit union level and concentration of risks among fewer corporates that will flow to credit unions.
Additionally, credit unions will need to treat their corporate credit union as a third party, requiring vendor due diligence.
The social networking phenomenon was explored by breakout speaker Tara Hunt, who noted that the future of financial services is taking a decidedly more personal, albeit electronic format.
"Many of your future members have never known a world without social networks," Hunt said. "Members of Gen Y don't resonate with brands that seek them out or try to sell something to them. They resonate with brands that align with their core values. Credit unions are a natural fit. As not-for-profit cooperatives, you present a wonderful alternative to banks."
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I have never written a letter to a newspaper and not always because I had nothing to say but more of "What's the point?"
Well, now I feel I must speak up for a forgotten hero, at a time when we are renaming buildings, parks and streets in memory of the present-day heroes.
Does anyone in Leominster remember David Hill, besides his mother and myself? I graduated with David, Leominster's Class of 1966. Vietnam was unpopular, but what war is popular? There was a draft for young men to enlist unless you had a really good reason. There was nothing voluntary about it. And you went where they sent you, no questions asked, and you did what they told you, again no questions asked. It was a different time back then. These scared but brave souls did not come home to a hero's welcome. Those that didn't make it home were soon forgotten by all but family. Well, I remember David as a wonderful, kind, quiet young man who never got to be married or have children.
Last of all, to those narrow-minded people who objected to renaming their street to honor this fallen hero, I say, "Get over it!" I have lived on the same street, in the same house, for the last 26 years, and they have changed my address five times. Inconvenient, yes, but I repeat, "Get over it!" I only wish my address had been changed to honor some brave young hero who gave up his life for my freedom. Thank you, David.
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Ed "Ted" Buchanan was born in Belville, Ontario, Canada on Jan. 10, 1922, and died in Ellensburg on July 16, 2013. He was 91.
Ted Buchanan, a WWII Army veteran, was known by all as a strong and quiet man who had a great sense of humor and loved practical jokes. He never lost his temper and his handshake was stronger than any written contract. He grew up in the Depression and as a teenager helped his dad support his brothers and sisters.
For years, he and a partner provided rodeo stock for amateur rodeos where he performed duties as a pickup man and chute boss. Whenever possible, Ted actively participated in the chuck wagon races. He was the owner/operator of a cattle-hauling business for over 30 years.
He moved his family from Spokane to a small spread up Wilson Creek in Ellensburg in 1960. His daughters became involved in the Wranglerettes, and he was always available to haul the team's horses to the various destinations. After selling his trucking business, he worked for Ellensburg Cement for over 10 years. During retirement, he and his wife, Loretta, enjoyed fishing, traveling, watching the grandchildren, and great-grandchildren as they grew up participating in sports activities.
He is survived by his wife, Loretta of Ellensburg; three children, Alyce Buchanan Rankin (Gary) of Camas, Edra Buchanan Roberts (Doss), and Dan Buchanan (Kris), all of Ellensburg; five grandchildren, Jesse Rankin, Brian and Justin Roberts, Haley Buchanan Naboychik and Kyle Buchanan; five great-grandchildren, Carson and Abbey Roberts, Cooper and Reaghan Naboychik and Grady Buchanan; a sister, Juanita Davis of Omak; and numerous nieces and nephews.
At his request, there will be no funeral service. Family and friends are invited to a Celebration of Life at 1 p.m. at the Moose Lodge in Ellensburg on Saturday, Aug. 3. The family requests friends come with stories and anecdotes to share.
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Have you given much thought to where your food comes from? From farm to market to fork can be a long road. For the purpose of this post and because I have some personal knowledge I will focus on produce.
Have you considered how far your favorite apple or avocado, carrot or cantaloupe, romaine or rutabaga travel before making it into your grocery cart? Produce travels an average of 1500 miles from farm to market. This distance is mainly attributed to the fact that 90% of all fresh fruits and veggies are grown in California.
If you are purchasing your fruits and vegetables at the local grocery store you are the mercy of the food handlers along the way. You the end-user are dependent upon the distributor, shipper, processor, picker and grower to handle your food with the greatest of care.
From the farm to the plate could be as short a span as 1 week or as much as a month or longer. The more delicate the produce such as berries, lettuce and mushrooms, the quicker it shows up in the grocery store. On the other hand the more hardy the produce such as potatoes and onions can be held in storage for months.
With this in mind you have to realize that there are lots of people who handle your fruits and veggies before you do. This also means that things can and will happen along the way. Issues with produce are showing up more often in the news. In the past 2 months there have been recalls on the following items; bagged chopped romaine, cantaloupe, organic grape tomatoes, strawberries and baby spinach. If you would like to be notified of recalls on everything from food to medical devices check out US Department of Health and Human Services.
You should also realize that when good produce goes bad (so to speak) the problem doesn't always originate with the grower. Once when I was working in the produce industry there was a food born illness attributed to strawberries. Dozens of hotel guests became ill after eating at an event.
It was the week before Mothers Day and our weekend shipments had arrived. Our coolers were loaded up for the biggest restaurant day of the year…Mothers Day!
When something like this happens the CDC, FDA and the local health department jump into action to try to identify the source of the outbreak. This particular illness was linked to strawberries. It was all over the news… the phones were ringing off the hook. Restaurant chefs and managers were looking for answers and reassurance that the strawberries that they were going to receive for the weekend were safe.
There had been no official recall issued. There was only a recommendation from the health department to avoid eating strawberries. So thousands of dollars worth of strawberries sat in the cooler and eventually ended up in the dumpster. Guess what? Months later the illness was officially linked to contaminated raspberries. NOT strawberries. It was determined that the 18 wheeler truck transporting the raspberries had a leak in its cooling system and contaminated water had dripped onto the raspberries.
It just goes to show that you never know what might happen on the road from the farm to market to fork.
Your best recourse and for the safety of you and your family it is best to try and buy local or grow your own. And even then…things can and will happen on the road from the farm to the fork. There are just fewer stops along the way.
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Regarding ecumenical dialogue under way, the Vatican official noted that there is still a lot of "resistance" with the Greek Orthodox.
Long road indeed. I don't think our paths will converge this side of heaven.
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If we are both as intractable as we claim we are, then I fear you are right. But that comes from my perspective, where the Orthodox should be intractable, and the Roman Catholics negotiable.
Here are my mother and my brothers. For whoever does the will of my heavenly Father is my brother, and sister, and mother. ~ Matthew 13:49bIf we spent half the time "doing" God's Will instead of engaging in these dogmatic pursuits there would be unity among the People of God already.Jesus, Mary and Joseph have mercy on us.
VATICAN CITY, FEB. 26, 2009 (Zenit.org).- The cardinal in charge of Vatican efforts to seek Christian unity expressed satisfaction at a meeting with a Greek Orthodox leader, even though he recognized that the path to full unity with that Church is still long.
"The Church of Greece has a long and rich tradition, but they still have bad memories of the past, in particular in that which pertains to the Crusades," he explained.
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I was just reviewing some of my "faves" on flickr and came across this fabulous image that Java188 posted. It's an old Formica ad from a 1960 issue of Better Homes and Gardens:
The thing I wonder is, if you took away the striped flooring, the curtains, and that wallcovering (is it grasscloth? I cannot quite tell), would this be a charming and modern kitchen worthy of a spread in Dwell? I kind of think so! I'd definitely hang on to those crazy Swingtown bar stools and that Gehry-for-Tiffany-esque vase on the right side of the photo. Looking even more closely, the blue open shelves hold some tchotchkes that would probably inspire Jonathan Adler today, as would that pear shaped light fixture. I think livin' could still be easy in this kitchen. Am I onto something or am I nuts? What do you think?


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Swansea have confirmed they have received international clearance from FIFA over the transfer deadline day signing of Federico Bessone from Leeds, but are still awaiting similar news on fellow new arrivals Darnel Situ and Rafik Halliche.
The trio of signings were made late last Wednesday night, and a delay in processing the transfers means the Swans have had to wait for clearance. But Bessone, who returned to the club as defensive cover after Alan Tate, is now free to be part of the squad for Saturday's Barclays Premier League trip to Arsenal.
But they continue to wait over the deals for Situ, signed from Lens for an initial £250,000, and Halliche, who arrived on loan from Fulham. A statement on the official Swansea website, www.swanseacity.net, read: "Swansea City can confirm the club has received international clearance from FIFA regarding the signing of Federico Bessone."
It added: "The Swans are, however, still waiting to receive international clearance for French defender Darnel Situ following his move from RC Lens along with Algerian defender Rafik Halliche, who is due to arrive on loan from Fulham."
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text: Hello to everyone! I am new to the forum and this is my first post. I am from Texas and have only hunted out west four times, but I hunt every chance I get. This Sept. a friend and I are driving to Idaho for a DIY backpacking elk hunt. We both have a rifle B-tag for the selway and were planning on hunting unit 19. We have studied and trained for this hunt. However there is still a lot things that we do not know. One thing we were wondering is if access was possible or practical if we came from Riggins toward the south side of the unit across the salmon river? If so, is there a lot of people parked, camping, or hunting here? Do they hike in from here a couple of miles? My friend and I have never been to Idaho and will not have a chance to do any scouting. So we were also wondering if this area had good hunting. We were also thinking of getting a deer tag for this unit. I am not looking for someones spot just wondering if this area is a good plan. any information would be greatly appreciated. thank you in advance.