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Division I Women?s Basketball Player of the Week ? No. 2
KANSAS CITY, Mo - Kourtney Tyra of Georgetown (Ky.) has been named the NAIA National Division I Women's Basketball Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Tyra was selected based on her performances from Jan. 7 - Jan. 13 and was chosen out of a pool of conference/unaffiliated group winners.
Tyra, a native of McKee, Ky., averaged 18.0 points, 6.5 rebounds and 12.0 assists in Georgetown's two Mid-South Conference victories last week. The 5-foot-5 guard recorded the NAIA's fourth triple-double on the season with 14 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists against Rio Grande (Ohio) on Jan. 10. Tyra recorded her 12th six-plus assist performance with 13 dimes in the Tigers 85-75 victory over then-No. 13 Shawnee State (Ohio) on Jan. 12, while also registering 22 points, three rebounds and five steals. She ended the week shooting 50 percent (11-for-22) from the field, 40 percent (4-for-10) from 3-point range and 90.9 percent (10-of-11) from the free throw line.
Tyra's 36 points this week gives her 1,008 for her career, which rests just two points behind 20th on Georgetown's all-time scoring list. She also ranks fifth all-time in assists (360) and ninth in made 3-pointers (104) for the Tigers.
On the season, Tyra leads the NAIA in assists per game (6.824) and is second in total assists (116). Her 13.9 points per game is tied for second on the squad.
For a complete list of all the national statistical leaders, click here.
The next Player of the Week announcement will be on Jan. 22. For the complete Player of the Week calendar, click here.
Nominees: Amber Arceneaux-Francis, St. Thomas (Texas); Megan Iloff, Talladega (Ala.); Lorna Hudson, Bethel (Tenn.); Ashley Engeln, Concordia (Calif.); Courtney Ward, Peru State (Neb.); Hollie German, Lee (Tenn.); Phagen Altom, Lyon (Ark.); Desiree Jeffries, Oklahoma City; Sammi Bignell, Montana Western.
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Mexican plan for Gulf deepwater wells sparks new worries
MEXICO CITY — Two years after the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history, Mexico's state oil company is about to test its hand at drilling at extraordinary depths in the Gulf of Mexico.
If all goes as planned, Petroleos de Mexico, known as Pemex, will deploy two state-of-the-art drilling platforms in May to an area just south of the maritime boundary with the United States. One rig will sink a well in 9,514 feet of water, while another will drill in 8,316 feet of water, then deeper into the substrata.
Pemex has no experience drilling at such depths. Mexico's oil regulator is sounding alarm bells, saying the huge state oil concern is unprepared for a serious deepwater accident or spill. Critics say the company has sharply cut corners on insurance, remiss over potential sky-high liability.
Mexico's plans come two years after the Deepwater Horizon catastrophe, the worst oil spill in U.S. history. On April 20, 2010, a semi-submersible rig that the British oil firm BP had contracted to drill a well known as Macondo exploded off the Louisiana coast, killing 11 workers and spewing 4.9 million barrels of oil in the nearly three months it took engineers to stop the spill.
BP has said the tab for the spill — including government fines, cleanup costs and compensation — could climb to $42 billion for the company and its contractors.
Pemex's plans to sink even deeper offshore wells underscore Mexico's pressing need to maintain sagging oil production — exports pay for one-third of government operating expenses — along with oil companies' desire to leverage technology and drill at ever more challenging depths.
Carlos A. Morales, the chief of the Pemex exploration and production arm, which employs 50,000 people, voiced confidence that his company has to the ability to sink wells in ultra-deep water.
"Pemex is ready to undertake the challenge and to do it safely," Morales said in an interview in his 41st-floor office at Pemex headquarters in this capital city.
"You have to bear one thing in mind," he said. "Pemex is the biggest operator in the Gulf — including everyone — both in production and in the number of rigs we operate. We are operating more than 80 rigs offshore."
Sometime in May, Morales said, Pemex will move the Singapore-built West Pegasus semi-submersible oil platform, owned by the Norwegian company Seadrill, over a seabed formation known as the Perdido Fold Belt and drill a well named Supremus. At nearly the same time, a South Korea-built platform known as Bicentenario, owned by the Mexican company Grupo R, will drill the slightly shallower Trion well, a little to the west of Supremus.
The area where the two wells are to be sunk is some 30 miles south of the maritime boundary in the Gulf between Mexico and the United States.
Morales said the rigs are both "sixth generation, which means they are the most modern. They have all the safety devices that rigs should have."
Still, the technological challenges of ultra-deepwater drilling — anything more than 5,000 feet of water — are significant because of the high pressures and complex seabed extraction systems, akin even to launching spaceships into orbit, experts said. The Deepwater Horizon was drilling in about 5,100 feet of water when it exploded.
Since Pemex decided in 2004 to expand from shallow offshore wells into deep water, it's drilled 16 wells at increasing depths, with two in ultra-deep waters, Caxa and Kunah, the latter at 6,500 feet.
Mexico's nationalist constitution bars Pemex from operating joint ventures with oil companies that already are experienced at very deep water. It can contract only with global oil service companies, ordering them to perform functions.
"This requires managerial expertise that Pemex lacks," said Miriam Grunstein Dickter, an oil expert at the Center for Research and Teaching of Economics, a Mexico City institute in the social sciences. "When you contract a service company, they perform the work that you command them to perform. Here, Pemex does not know how to command the service company."
"Like rocket science, you can find the people. They are out there to be hired," added Kirk Sherr, the head of North American operations for Regester Larkin Energy, a global consulting company. "But who's going to coordinate?"
It's when disaster strikes that the resources — or lack of them — come into stark relief for an oil company or even a nation.
After the Deepwater Horizon disaster, BP, the U.S. Coast Guard, and state and federal officials mustered some 3,000 vessels to help set booms, clean marshes and gather spilled crude.
Mexico has nowhere near that fleet of vessels at its disposal. Its navy has 189 ships. Pemex itself contracts around 180 boats.
That's one of the concerns of Juan Carlos Zepeda, the head of Mexico's National Hydrocarbons Commission, a regulatory body created in 2009 that's wrestled with Pemex over its practices, demanding that it adopt global standards on safety and preparation for worst-case scenarios.
The two sides have been in a power struggle. The 74-year-old state company is used to setting its own rules, not following the impositions of regulators.
"Pemex is just not accustomed to being bossed around," Grunstein said.
A point of contention has been insurance. Zepeda wants Pemex to have insurance to pay for even catastrophic spills, like BP's Macondo well. But Pemex balks.
"They are probably thinking, why are we going to give all this money to the insurance company?" said David Shields, an energy consultant in Mexico City.
Morales of Pemex said the company was insured for coverage of $2.5 billion.
"I feel comfortable with what Pemex is capable of doing. You can always argue that $2.5 billion is not enough. We can always argue that $10 billion is not enough," he said.
But he said that Pemex had uniquely deep pockets.
"The owner of this company is the government of Mexico," he said.
In the event of a deepwater disaster, whether claimants could ever get Pemex, or the Mexican treasury, to pay is an open question. Major damage claims haven't been tried against a state oil company. Given that Pemex turns over most revenues to the treasury, Mexican taxpayers would have to pay much of the cleanup costs and legal claims.
"It's going to be a really big hit on the Mexican economy if there is a catastrophic disaster, and it will be catastrophic for the relationship with the United States," said Shields, the consultant.
Some industry experts said Pemex wasn't taking greater risks than private oil companies sometimes took.
"It's not inherently reckless," said John Rogers Smith, an offshore drilling expert at Louisiana State University. "They can hire competent contractors. They can buy equipment from reputable vendors. The big question is . . . who have they hired to help them?"
Pemex signed a contract last week with Wild Well Control, a Houston company with blowout expertise. Morales said Pemex was negotiating a contract with a second Houston firm, Cameron International, that had sophisticated tools — such as huge underwater capping stacks — that helped BP control its Macondo well below the Deepwater Horizon.
In mid-February, the United States and Mexico signed a framework accord on developing trans-border oil fields in the Gulf. The accord includes terms for safety cooperation, including allowing joint inspection teams to ensure rigs' compliance with safety and environmental regulations, key to preventing worst-case spills.
"I don't think we should be any more concerned about what they are doing than some of the things we are doing on our side of the Gulf," said Jeremy Martin, the energy program director at the Institute of the Americas, a La Jolla, Calif., nonprofit organization that promotes cooperation and economic development.
Still, the Deepwater Horizon disaster haunts like a lingering nightmare.
"Macondo was a watershed in deepwater drilling. There is before Macondo and there is after Macondo," said Fabio Barbosa, an economist at the National Autonomous University of Mexico who specializes in the oil industry.
Barbosa said Pemex was deeply concerned about sustaining oil production and stemming a decline of proven oil reserves, 50 percent of which were in deep water. Pemex's production has fallen from 3.4 million barrels per day in 2004 to about 2.55 million barrels a day now.
"They consider it their duty to elevate crude production. They are moving about, driving production in every way they can," Barbosa said.
Shields, who edits a Spanish-language industry magazine, Energia a Debate, said it was one factor impelling Pemex but that Mexican leaders had observed rapid development of U.S. offshore wells in the Gulf and wanted to lay claim to nearby undersea areas of their own, even if it stretched their capabilities.
"They want to put the flag there," said Shields, who's a nationalized Mexican. "The oil industry is a lot like that. They want to go after bigger and bigger challenges. Once you go up a small mountain, you want to go up a bigger mountain."
Shields added: "The risks are massive and the potential benefits are comparatively small."
Morales, the Pemex executive, disagreed that his company can't handle the risk: "We are going there because there are resources that belong to the nation. We have the mandate to explore and produce for the nation."
He added: "We are capable of fulfilling all our obligations."
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Yourheart-pounding adventure kicks off today. Meet up with your Contiki posse & share notes on London town before hitting the road to Amsterdam.Shortly before we find our ferry for Europe, we'll be taking in the English coastline beauty of the White Cliffs of Dover. They owe their gorgeousness to their composition of chalk - you're learning and we haven't even left the UK!Off the ferry we arrive in the port town of Calais - French soil! We travel north via Belgium before reaching ... Amsterdam!Cross off another country off your list as you cruise through Belgium on your way to Amsterdam.Tonight, the famed for fun Amsterdam is ours to explore. An undisguised Red Light District & plenty of bars are there for the curious.
Amsterdam is cute as a button & sure to win your heart with its canals, obscure museums & a café culture like no other. Today use your time to get local, bar hop, museum crawl, and see what other tastes take your fancy, this place is famous for pancakes, frites and so much more, and that's all before we enjoy a delicious included dinner with the rest of our Contiki fam.
Out of Amsterdam, onto the autobahn and on the fast-track to uber-cool Berlin. That's on today's agenda.On the world map of cool party vibes, Berlin has a gold star. We've got two nights to explore every inch of this amazing city, and we'll kick it off with a bit of history into the city and its troubled and interesting past. Once we arrive your Trip Manager can point you in the right direction to go and see the sights.
Get into the mood of exploration. Berlin has so much to offer the hungry traveller, from the obvious icons like Checkpoint Charlie to all the obscurities tucked away in the side streets.
"More city hangs" you'll all scream in unison as we motor out of Berlin, high on life & still wanting more. Since you asked so nicely, let us present you with Prague, the darling of Europe.A drive from Berlin to Prague would not be complete without stopping in Dresden. Destroyed by World War II, the rebuilt town is now a symbol of resilience, soaked in the rebirthed beauty of an Opera house, the domed Frauenkirche, & the Royal Residence.On arrival in the compact & lovable city of Prague, we'll get out and go exploring, seeing castles and cathedrals and learning of Bohemia Kings and gothic history. The night is yours to amble around the Old Town Square and find a few haunts to let the hours slip away in.
With a full day to explore, expect an entire photo album of Gothic architecture, market antics & you cheers-ing Czech beer; not to mention life!
We warned you about falling head over heels for Prague! Sorry team, you cannot live here forever. Unless....?After departing Prague and journeying out of the Czech Republic, we traipse into Germany and have a change of mood with a sobering visit to the Dachau concentration camp memorial. Vibes will be lifted a little later when we arrive in the city of Munich.It would seem we were born in need of some delightful Bavarian culture, we just didn't know it until now. Munich may be famed for its Oktoberfest festivities, but the spirit of things kicks on year round. A trip to a traditional beer hall will get you very well acquainted with things, just after you've swooned at a Gothic clock complete with 32 dancing figures and 43 chiming bells.
Today is the day to dive deep into Munich's cute culture and urban life. Take an optional guided bike ride to really get off the beaten track, or just roam the old town and the buzzing streets and cafes of the university district.
Goodbye Munich, hello mountains. We're hitting the road in search of lands so sweet they made The Sound of Music.This part of the world is famous for adventure sports, so best put your name next to the optional White Water Rafting and get in the spirit of thingsPassionate lands abounding in fresh pasta, smooth locals & romantic architecture - we've arrived in Italy! Relax in Venice tonight knowing we have all day tomorrow to cruise canals & explore pretty streets.
Wake-up sleeping beauties! Venice is yours for the entirety of this glorious Italian day. We'll be jumping aboard our own private boat and hitting the canals en route to the historical heart of the city. A guided walking tour and a gondola ride are up for grabs, or you can always choose to get lost on your own and see where the maze takes you. Or why not choose to take a guided cruise out to the UNESCO heritage site of Burano? At this picture-perfect fisherman's island decorated with gorgeous technicolour houses, you'll visit a local family restaurant and indulge in the best seafood feast you've ever experienced. A guided walking tour and a gondola ride are up for grabs, or you can always choose to get lost on your own and see where the maze takes you.
Farewell floating city, but Italy, we're not done with you yet, our next destination the Eternal City of Rome is just around the corner.The evening will really take it up a notch as we uncover Italian icons in the country's capital of Rome as you get a glimpse of its glory by night. Gelato, pizza and ancient monuments - perfecto!
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Cast your eyes on Rome one last time before we hit the road on the hunt for Tuscany. Which, if we're completely honest, means going on hunt for antipasto and unimaginably good vino. Saying goodbye to Rome doesn't feel to bad now, does it?A working winery in a 16th Century villa - ladies and gentlemen we presume we have your attention! Here in our ever so elegant stop off we will learn about the region's wines and check out the old cellar and vats of the winery. And we guess you should try a bit of Chianti & eat some antipasti...since we're in the neighbourhood.Florence, the capital of Tuscany, is more proof that Italy has so many great places packed into one small region. Potter along the River Arno, be totally Tuscan with another drop of Chianti wine, and take in the beauty of the city and its protruding Duomo Cathedral. We have all day tomorrow to let the explorations continue.
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Say a fond farewell to Italy, and hello to the land of creamy chocolate, cheese and not to mention watches. Hello Switzerland!As if we were going to leg it from Florence to Switzerland without a sneaky side trip to the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Depriving you of the chance to perfect the holding-up-the-tower shot would be down right criminal.Swans float under wooden bridges, snowcapped mountains stand regally behind us & chocolate tastes like heaven on earth. You're in the Swiss Alps & you cannot wipe the smile off your face. Eeek!!!
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|January 14th, 2017, 03:58 PM
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Thanks. I'll try to get it working next time I'm at the rink.
But I'm a former sailor. I look at skating like ships....they take a long time to stop, and don't have brakes like a car.
|January 14th, 2017, 10:55 PM
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When I skate around town I always try to have at least 2 ways out of every situation but I know from years of bikes that things can change quick so I need to arm myself with every advantage. Luckily only one real close call so far since I started in August.
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Thought I would chime in here. While I am not very experienced in all things inline, especially powerslides etc. I think it may be easier to learn to spin stop before tackling the more abrupt stopping methods.
I don't know if this would work well at high speed / downhill but at a moderate speed I believe it would. By forcing your body into a spin you can take your momentum and slow it down before coming to a complete halt.
As you start to turn your body around you can spread your stance wide for balance and control.
This should be similar to a spin stop on quads, though quads are probably easier with the shorter wheelbase.
Just my thoughts
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When I skate I just tend to focus more on controlling my speed and as you mentioned, paying attention to any possible escape routes if needed.
I would prefer to simply avoid a collision etc. from swerving out of harms way as that would be my natural first reaction. I just don't see many cases where I would need to come to a full stop in a matter of seconds - it would take about the same time to just change direction in avoidance.
So, I'm thinking that I would personally only use any full stopping techniques as a last resort but obviously it is always best to know them and have practiced them.
That said, yourself being 6ft (or taller for instance), it seems to me that there should be a focus on lowering your body or stance as low as possible as part of your stopping technique.
I have most recently been using some '99 coyote rollerblades with powerslide roadrunner 150mm wheels conversion for my "go anywhere" street skates.
These have one of the longest wheelbases of any skate except maybe for some 5 and 6 wheel downhill types.
I like them because they feel very stable going downhill and the big wheels handle almost anything. They do of course have trade offs as they are not as light and agile and put you up way high.
-I was going to tie this into stopping technique but my reply is already getting too long I feel so I will cut myself off for now...
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Being able to stop proficiently allows you to skate much faster in crowded situations. And the faster you skate, the better you can maneuver without doing a hockey stop. But when you need it, you REALLY need it.
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Julio Velasco steps down as Iran men's national team coach
Tehran, Iran, February 10, 2014 - Julio Velasco will step down as coach of the Iran national volleyball team to lead the men's team in his home country Argentina, as announced by the Iranian Volleyball Federation.
Velasco, who was appointed head coach of the Iran
men's national team in 2011, will take up the top job in Argentina following a
request from the country's President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner.
"Velasco has improved Iranian volleyball over the past few years. We agreed with his request to keep our relationship good," said the President of the Iran Volleyball Federation, Mohammad-Reza Davarzani. "He will continue his cooperation with us as our consultant and advisor."
Under Velasco's leadership the Iran team impressed in their World League debut last year. "We have shown we belong among the world's best," said Velasco referring to his team's impressive record of five wins from 10 matches. Iran was one of the surprise packages of the 2013 World League defeating giants Italy, Cuba, Serbia, and Germany in the tournament and are currently No. 12 in the FIVB World Ranking.
The Argentine also took the Iran team to victory in 2011 when they won the Asian Volleyball Championship title on home soil and helped them secured World Championship qualification. Iran won Pool B of the Asian Men's Final Qualification Tournament in September last year for their ticket to the FIVB Men's World Championship Poland 2014.
Velasco, whose coaching career spans more three decades, has also coached Italy's men's and women's national volleyball teams as well as the men's national teams of Spain and the Czech Republic.
Under his leadership, Italy's men's national team won the FIVB World Championship (1990,1994), FIVB World League (1990-1992, 1994, 1995), World Cup (1995), European Championship (1989, 1993, 1995), FIVB World Grand Champions Cup (1993) and a silver medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
The Iran Volleyball Federation confirmed that Lorenzo Bernardi, who has trained with Velasco, is one of the candidates to take over as coach of the Iran national team till the end of the current Olympic cycle in 2016.


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Chimamanda Adichie on Why Stories Matter
Novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie grew up in Nigeria reading British and American children's books. So when she began to write at the age of 7, she wrote exactly the kinds of stories she read. Despite never having traveled outside of Nigeria, Adichie wrote about white, blue-eyed characters who played in the snow, ate apples, and talked a lot about the weather.
"Because all I had read were books in which characters were foreign, I had become convinced that books by their very nature had to have foreigners in them and had to have things with which I could not personally identify," she says.
Things changed when she found African books. Although there weren't very many, and they weren't as easy to find, Adichie says African literature saved her from having a single story about what books are.
When Adichie moved to the U.S. to attend college, her roommate and classmates tried to hold to the single story of the entire continent of Africa that is presented to Americans. And when Adichie traveled to Mexico, she found herself fall victim to the single story of Mexico presented in America media coverage of immigration.
"The single story creates stereotypes and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story the only story," Adichie says. "The consequence of the single story is this: it robs people of dignity. It makes our recognition of our equal humanity difficult. It emphasizes how we are different rather than how we are similar."
"Stories matter. Many stories matter. Stories have been used to dispossess and to malign, but stories can also be used to empower and to humanize. Stories can break the dignity of a people, but stories can also repair that broken dignity," Adichie says.
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It's a familiar story: you return to training after injury aiming to be faster and stronger than before.
Then reality kicks in as your decreased fitness becomes apparent. You begin to wonder if you'll ever be able to repeat your pre-injury performances and the fear that the injury will return begins to gnaw at you. It doesn't have to be that way. Many athletes come back stronger than ever after an enforced layoff - and if you follow this advice, you could be one of them.
Plan to keep it real
Write down your goals. For example, you may aim to train for six half-hour sessions a week in your first month back after injury. Your plan should depend on your existing fitness level and the workload you think you can maintain. It should go without saying that the longer your time off, the more gradual your comeback should be. Build your confidence by achieving success with small steps.
Be patient
It may take several months to rebuild your aerobic base. Take care as you gradually increase the distance and intensity of your training sessions. It's tempting to test yourself at club or group sessions, or on routes that you've breezed through in the past, so control your effort by using a heart-rate monitor. This is not the time to be pushing the big gears or running hills - stay in the small chain ring and ride at a cadence of at least 90 revolutions per minute, and run on relatively even ground.
Think positive
There will be moments of doubt as you start to test the upper limits of your threshold, but you have to believe that you will achieve your goals, despite any reservations or setbacks you may suffer.
Give yourself a hand
Celebrate short- and long-term milestones. Document your distances and times, and you'll see how far you've come.


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Umani Ronchi, Wine Producers in Marche and Abruzzo. The Umani Ronchi story is one of ancient vines, land and people. Seasons waxing and waning. Harvests changing. Wines coming into being. The story began more than half a century ago at Cupramontana, in the heart of Verdicchio Classico country.
Umani Ronchi red wines usually come from the Montepulciano grape. An elegant and rich variety typical of Marche and Abruzzo.
Umani Ronchi whites, Verdicchio and other, are the result of a really professional and passionate work from the vineyards to the cellar.
After many years of experimentation with the Verdicchio and Chardonnay grapes, today our sparkling wines have a clear, deep and elegant character.
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They are found in the center of town, and spawn every few minutes. They are powerful for pet battle when used correctly. It takes a good while to tame a rare version with competiton especially w/ cross realms. I suggest getting on early in the morning or late at night pref during the week if u want a rare w/o spending mad time.
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Physical Structure: Sathar are long, worm-like creatures. Their bodies are divided into segments, like an earthworm's. They do not have a skeleton. Instead, they support their bodies hydrostatically, by pumping liquid into the segments so they become hard. A shiny, clear slime coats their skin. Scientists believe they are warm-blooded, but no live specimen has ever been studied.
A Sathar's head tapers toward its mouth, which is circular and ringed with teeth. Each of their two eyes has two pupils. Four tentacles, two on each side of the body, are arranged about 1 meter below the head. The first pair is slender and weak-looking, and about 1 meter long. These end in four smaller finger-like tentacles. The second pair of tentacles is stronger and about 1.2 meters long. Both of these tentacles end in a paddle-like pad. This second pair is used for heavy lifting, while the smaller tentacles are used for fine work and for holding small weapons.
A Sathar moves by slithering across the ground with the first meter of its body raised. They also can coil like a snake, raising 1.5 meters of their bodies from the ground.
The color of Sathar skin varies from yellow to brown. The tentacles are the same as the body, but with a slight greenish tint. The underbelly is pale pink. A pattern of dots, speckles and stripes decorates the back of the head. These patterns are natural on some Sathar, but are tattoos on others. Some survivors of Sathar attacks have reported that Sathars are not affected by electrical shocks or doze grenades, but these reports have never been confirmed.
Senses: The Sathar's double pupils give it very wide angle vision. They can see objects in front of them and to both sides at the same time. They smell through two pits in front of their eyes. The sharpness of their senses is not known, but UPF biologists assume their hearing, smell and taste is about the same as a Human's.
Speech: Captured recordings show that Sathar can speak Yazirian and Human languages as well as Pan-Galactic. They hiss and lisp when they speak. Their native language has never been translated.
Society and Customs: Almost nothing is known about Sathar society. They have tried to kill every alien creature they have met in the Frontier, usually with alarming success. No one knows why the Sathar attack so viciously or what they hope to gain. All attempts to contact the Sathar peacefully have failed. No Sathar has ever been captured alive, because they kill themselves before they can be taken. In one case, an entire Sathar ship self-destructed to avoid being captured. Freeze fields have been applied to several dead Sathar in an attempt to have them revived, but biologists have not been able to find a revival technique that works on them.
Scientists have proposed several theories, based on reports from observers. The most widely accepted was written by Gdtlask Gltak, a Vrusk sociologist. Gltak's theory states that all Sathar belong to military units called cadres. The markings on the back of the Sathar's head identify its cadre. Each cadre trains its members as soldiers from the time they are born. Gltak theorizes that Sathar attack alien worlds because their military society would fall apart if there was no enemy to fight.
Readers are warned that this is only a theory. Until a Sathar is captured alive, their true motivation will not be known.
Attitudes: All Sathar should be considered hostile and dangerous. Citizens of the Frontier who encounter Sathar are required by law to report the incident immediately. If escaping is impossible, citizens are advised to attack on sight, as friendly approaches have always failed in the past.
Sathar also are known to use Dralasite, Human, Vrusk and Yazirian agents to overthrow Frontier governments, terrorize citizens and disrupt trade. Like the Sathar themselves, these agents are extremely dangerous. Suspicious beings should be reported immediately. Citizens are discouraged from attacking Sathar agents, as most are trained and experienced killers.
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- Presence 2(5)
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- Psi 2(5)
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New downtown firm already has almost 400 cases open for year.
While it's not uncommon for criminal defense attorneys to practice alone or as part of a two-attorney partnership, the founders of West Michigan Defense Team decided to go a step further and hatched the idea of building a small criminal defense firm.
Jeffrey Kortes, Gerald Lykins, Mark Hunting and Jason Jansma — all seasoned area attorneys — joined together in January in an equal partnership to launch a four-person firm: West Michigan Defense Team.
They have since moved into a newly renovated 4,500-square-foot office space at 77 Monroe Center and work is steadily increasing.
"We are just shy of 400 cases open for the year," Kortes said.
WMDT represents criminal cases ranging from serious felony offenses such as murder, criminal sexual conduct, home invasion, and embezzlement, to misdemeanors such as operating while intoxicated and domestic assault.
Approximately half of the office's current cases are misdemeanors and the other half felonies. Cases have come from as far away as Detroit, Charlevoix and St. Joseph. WMDT said it will go anywhere in the state it is needed.
The partners count drunk driving defense as a particular strong suit and have already handled nearly 100 of those cases.
"In the criminal defense world, we would take on any case," said Hunting. "I think there has been a focus at this firm, particularly among the four of us — a lot of drunk-driving work: first, second, third offenses and more … A lot of times you will end up with accompanying drug charges and things like that, too."
WMDT is doing a lot of circuit-court-appointed work, as well. "We all feel that it is a social responsibility to provide quality, competent representation to people who might not ordinarily be able to afford an attorney," Lykins said. "I think our reputation with the circuit court judges for how we handle our court-appointed cases is really high."
WMDT's structure provides several benefits to clients. While each case is assigned a primary attorney, any of the partners is available to pitch in as needed.
"That offers a lot more coverage and it works out good for us. … We know each of our different styles and we are able to use those to benefit each of our clients to the utmost," Kortes said.
Hunting added, "It also allows the client to choose a little bit, too. If they sit down with one or two or three of us and we get the sense that they feel more comfortable with Jerry rather than me, then he will probably be the one that handles the file. It just gives everybody more flexibility."
Clients are also saving on big-firm costs.
"We can handle the same cases in a firm setting with multiple heads and multiple eyes looking at a file, but we can do it cost effectively for the client because we don't have the overhead and the expenses that would come with a 30-, 60- or 90-attorney law firm, which makes us competitive, rates wise, with all the other practicing criminal defense attorneys out there, but gives the client the benefit of having a firm-type atmosphere," Hunting said.
The four partners have a variety of experience, including working as solo practitioners, being part of larger area firms and working in the Kent County Prosecutor's office.
Clients aren't the only ones to benefit. The firm's structure allows the partners more opportunity for vacation time and to fulfill personal obligations.
"If Mark wanted to take a week's worth of vacation as a solo, that meant he had a week's worth of business that might go somewhere else," Lykins explained. "This way, a client that I have, Jeff can call and say, 'I work with Jerry, I am his partner.' … It does provide for us to have individual flexibility."
WMDT has signed a long-term lease for its new space, which also has 2,000 additional square feet available should a future build-out become necessary.
"Ideally, as the years go on, we'd like to add, probably, associates to start, and then maybe place them on some sort of partnership track," Hunting said.
"I think we all went in this with the goal that, looking back … we would like to say that we were part of creating one of the pre-eminent firms in Grand Rapids, let alone just a criminal defense firm. We'd like people to recognize us as being skilled attorneys and quality people and those that can fight for clients' rights."
So far, WMDT's concept is gaining support from other criminal defense attorneys around town. "We got an almost universally positive reaction about 'Hey, that's a good idea. Grand Rapids could use something like this,'" Hunting said.


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Robert Pattinson Still 'Gets So Nervous' About Screaming Fans, Talks His 'Extraordinarily Heavy Saliva' + More [VIDEOS]by Michelle McGahan | PopCrush
When Robert Pattinson stopped by 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' last night, practically every word that came out of his mouth was a gem.
The second he stepped on stage, the audience immediately began shrieking and the former 'Twilight' hunk immediately began blushing and fidgeting.
"God, I still get so nervous, it's crazy," he revealed to the host.
"I don't blame you for getting nervous — there's people screaming at you!" Kimmel replied. "Like, if that happened when you walked into a mall, you'd probably call the police."
And speaking of calling the police, Pattinson also revealed that he's still kind of homeless. Say what?
The last time he appeared on 'Jimmy Kimmel,' the British actor explained that he was "living under an archway next to some garbage cans," Kimmmel recalled. "Is that still the case?"
"I wish," Pattinson replied, laughing. "It's gone way downhill." More downhill than sleeping next to garbage cans?
"My parents borrowed my house, which I was borrowing off someone else and [they] kicked me out of it when I got home from Toronto," he explained. "So I'm now homeless again." Yikes!
Another wacky topic they touched on during Pattinson's visit was his self-proclaimed "extraordinarily heavy saliva" — which had him collapsing in a fit of giggles, wondering why he brought it up. But fortunately for those screaming fans (and the screaming audience at home!) he continued:
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Giving Back to Collegiate Cycling
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You were a college kid once, right? And since you're here, you were probably even a college kid and a bike racer at the same time, too. Needless to say, the life of the collegiate bike racer is not easy. Whether it's getting to races, paying entry fees, or booking a place to stay, a lot goes into making collegiate cycling possible. And there is a lot that you can do to help.
Find Your Alma Mater
If you're looking for your alma mater's cycling club, we've made it easy for you. Just click here and search for your school. You'll find the team's current contact info and a link to their website so you can speak with the right people to help out.
Teams are always searching for new sponsors. Both big and small, corporate and private, every donation goes a long way. Maybe you have a company whose name you would like to see on the team's jersey. Maybe you can help them out with a connection to a great deal on cycling products. No matter what it is, it's a guarantee that the team will love to hear from you, and that any help you have to offer will be hugely appreciated.
If you are already donating money to your alma mater, you can also specify that you would like that money to be directed to the cycling team.
Buy a Jersey
Another way to help out is by buying a team jersey. Clubs usually put in two orders every year, one during the summer and one in the winter. If you're on the team mailing list, you'll probably get an email about it every time they do. You can also check out the team's website for information about how to place an order or who to talk to get your kit. Not only will every purchase help out the team, but now you can show off your awesome new lycra to everyone you ride with.
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For Hosts: One of the biggest expenses that collegiate cycling teams incur is hotels. Traveling to a different school every weekend, clubs are often forced to book hotel rooms, which either depletes the team budget or taps into racers' wallets. Whether you are a fellow racer, a student, an alum, or just a fan of cycling, you can make a huge difference by offering host housing for visiting racers. It doesn't take much, just some couch or floor space. To help out, just click here to find a race in your area and get in touch with the promoter to let him or her know that you have some space available for visiting racers. The promoter will do the rest, matching up racers and hosts and putting the ones you'll be hosting in touch with you.
For Promoters: And in exchange for the housing, racers can be asked to help marshal that weekend's races, which makes running the event much easier for you, since we know you are often short of marshals. Sound like a fair trade to you? It's not a bad idea to advertise this option to teams leading up to your event.
For Racers: And racers, if you're looking for a place to stay but your team budget is tight, don't forget about this option. Just contact the race promoter for that weekend and let him or her know that you are looking for a place to stay. Trust us, marshalling is not all that bad, and the promoter will be sure to schedule your assignments around your racing times. Look at it as a chance to heckle your teammates from a prime on-course location.
Unlike most other sports, which require a full-time coach, collegiate cycling is largely run by the athletes themselves. While teammates often ride and train together, "team practice" is not as formal as say a football practice. But that does not mean that coaches can't help out quite a bit. And it doesn't take much to do so. Many of the athletes involved in collegiate cycling are new to the sport, and just a general overview of training principles will give them a huge leg up. As a coach, you can contribute by offering a simple, standardized training plan that riders can follow and adapt to their own needs and schedules. Riders who want a personalized training plan will go out and get one (possibly from you), but for most, a general formula will be a major improvement in their training and will yield great results with little to no personal attention. Your advice will mean the difference between just riding and hoping for the best and training with focus and a plan. Look at this as an opportunity to give back to the sport in a huge way with very little effort, as well as an opportunity to gain new clients and grow your business.
If you're not convinced already, here is a testimony from one collegiate coach, who clearly loves his role and the adventure that comes with it:
The Audacity of the Coach - Rob Rowan, Columbua University Cycling Coach
"My wife and I have been the unpaid coaches for Columbia University cycling over the last five seasons. This means we spend literally hundreds of hours each year doing a range of tasks from running skills rides to raising money to cleaning out water bottles. Over the average race weekend, we drive a few hundred miles, sleep too little in crappy hotels, eat too much in crappy restaurants, shout until we're hoarse and occasionally see people we care about crash, emotionally topple and/or damage the most expensive thing they own. Then we do it again the following weekend. For the 8 weeks that the season spans, we rarely see our friends or family, go to work every Monday morning dog tired, and can barely stay on top of the laundry.
It's also one of the most fun and rewarding things we've ever done.
When we started our mission was to simply give something back to a sport we have gotten so much from. In the first year we realized that the relationships we built are priceless. In the second we realized that we're helping people to achieve, under incredibly difficult conditions, something that they didn't think they could. In the third and fourth we became consumed by attracting more women to the sport because we believe that it is vital to the sport's survival. This year we brought our baby to nearly all the races and reflected on the value that he gets from having 20 aunts and uncles. Over the years we also thoroughly enjoyed getting to know adults well outside of our age group and remembered that you're never too old to make fart jokes.
If you are thinking about donating your time to a collegiate team (and you're still reading) you're ready. Jump in. Don't look for a job description, just do what they need. But go into this with your eyes wide open:
- Many of the things a team needs are menial, dirty, physical jobs.They are also thankless.
- University bureaucracy is the edge of madness. Dealing with it is also thankless.
- Managing students is nothing like your work experience. It's much, much worse."
To find a club in your area and offer your coaching services, click here.
If you have any other questions about collegiate cycling, contact Emily Palmer, Interscholastic Cycling and Club Development Coordinator.
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Holden moving to Los Angeles from Portland
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Holden Outerwear Relocates to Los Angeles
Portland, Oregon May 2, 2012 – Holden Outerwear announces the company's relocation to Los Angeles, CA –Scheduled to open in early July 2012, the move represents a significant commitment to the brand's long-term strategy of extending Holden from Summit to Sea with a four-season offering.
Known in the industry as a market leader for apparel with progressive aesthetics, timeless quality and eco-friendlier options, Holden's four-season offerings will debut in Spring 2014.
Holden was conceived with a singular goal: To make the most functional and fashionable apparel possible, allowing consumers to be healthy and happy in their pursuit of a life well led. CEO Ben Pruess said, "Holden represents a set of products, values and ideas not fixed by a location. We are a reflection of the global community that inspires us. This move is part of our quest to extend our product offering, allowing more people to enjoy what we make."
Rooted in mountain culture, Holden's commitment to snow sports and its Northwest heritage will remain intact and continue to be an intrinsic part of the Holden ethos. Winter products will still be conceived, tested, and designed in the conditions they are built for by Holden's talented group of team riders, including Scotty Wittlake and Darrell Mathes, and its passionate employees, including co-founders Scott Zergebel (creative director) and Mikey LeBlanc (marketing director). "Having spent the past ten years in Portland making the best snow products, this move is an exciting way to extend the Holden experience outside of our focus on the winter lifestyle and into year-round goods. LA is going to be about new energy, new products and new friendships." says Holden co-founder Mikey LeBlanc.
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Scott Zergebel, Holden grew out of a desire to bring street fashion to the mountain. Holden fills the void in the market for progressive aesthetics and companies with a conscience. 2012 marks the 10-year anniversary of Holden as a widely recognized leader in style trends, fabric and technical innovations, and environmentally committed outerwear. From inception, Holden has sought a singular goal: creating products that make people happier and healthier in the pursuit of a life well led. More information on Holden can be found at holdenouterwear.com.


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Homeschooling: Getting Started
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An interview with Vicki Bentley
As long as there have been parents and children, "homeschooling" has been happening. It was only with the emergence of widespread compulsory public education that this age-old method of instruction was virtually forgotten, but not eradicated.1
Foreign service workers or missionaries who by choice or necessity did not send their children to boarding schools continued the tradition of home education. Children who had illnesses that kept them from attending school were frequently taught at home. And families who lived in the remote areas of Alaska or other isolated regions answered their children's educational needs with homeschooling.
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Today an estimated 1.6–2.0 million children are being taught at home by their parents.
— Brian Ray,
Worldwide Guide to Homeschooling,
Broadman & Holman, 2002, p.7.
On average, homeschool students in grades 1–4 perform one grade level higher than their public and private school counterparts.
—Lawrence Rudner,
Scholastic Achievement and Demographic Characteristics of Home School Students in 1998,
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By grade 8, the average homeschool student performs four grade levels above the national average.
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The number of families choosing to homeschool grows at an estimated annual rate of 7–15 percent.
—Ray, p. 8.
In a web poll taken by 989 respondents, 49% said religious conviction is the main reason they continue homeschooling; 15% positive social environment; 14% academic excellence; 12% specific needs of child; 5% curriculum choice; and 5% flexibility. 79% of respondents were HSLDA members; 21% were not.
—HSLDA web poll, 5/22–5/29/02.
In the 1970s and '80s, homeschooling experienced a renaissance as a few parents began to question whether the public education system or existing private schools were right for their individual child. They wondered if they might be able to do a better job.
And what do you know? Parents discovered they could do a great job. They told two friends who told two friends and so on. The modern homeschooling movement was born.
It wasn't entirely that simple, of course. The early days were rocky.
There were few curriculum suppliers who would sell to homeschoolers.
Teachers considered themselves experts. What made these parents think they could teach their own children?
While few states specifically prohibited homeschooling, legislators and school officials acted as if they had. Homeschooling parents faced threats of jail time and having their children removed from their home. Some were arrested. Many were taken to court.
Parents were confronted by concerned neighbors, worried friends, and aghast relatives—all of whom were sure that the homeschooling mom and dad were ruining their children's lives and dooming them to an unproductive future of illiteracy and isolation.
But those early homeschoolers hung tough. They fought the court battles. They went to the library and crafted their own curricula. And they quietly continued teaching, letting their children's achievement answer the charges of their fiercest critics.
1. Massachusetts passed the first compulsory school attendance law in 1852; by 1918 all states had enacted similar legislation.


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DII Women?s Basketball Player of the Week ? No. 2
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Morgan Stuut of Saint Xavier (Ill.) has been named the NAIA National Division II Women's Basketball Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Stuut was selected based on her performances from Jan. 6 – 12 and was chosen out of a pool of conference and independent award winners.
Stuut, a native of Marcellus, Mich., averaged a double-double with 22.5 points and 17.0 rebounds per game last week to lead Saint Xavier to a pair of Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference victories. In the week's opener against Trinity Christian (Ill.) on Jan. 8, the junior forward fell one assist short of her second triple-double of the season with 12 points, 17 rebounds and nine assists. Stuut also added four steals and three blocks in the eighth-ranked Cougars' 60-49 win. Three days later against IU South Bend (Ind.), Stuut recorded her fourth 30-point effort of the season with a game-high 33 points on 10-of-22 shooting (45.5 percent). In addition to scoring, she grabbed 17 rebounds for the second-straight game en route to her fifth-straight double-double.
On the year, Stuut, who paces Saint Xavier in points, rebounds, assists, steals and blocks, leads the NAIA in total rebounds with 230, while also ranking among the top 10 nationally in defensive rebounds per game (9.1), rebounds per game (12.8), total scoring (367), 3-point field goal percentage (.443) and points per game (20.4).
For a complete list of all the national statistical leaders, click here.
The next NAIA National Division II Women's Basketball Player of the Week will be announced on Jan. 21. For the complete Player of the Week calendar, click here.
Nominees: Rachel Melcher, Madonna (Mich.); Alecia Smith, Kansas Wesleyan; Katie Jensen, St. Ambrose (Iowa); Brooke Ridley, Saint Francis (Ind.); Allison Gida, Southern Oregon; Marcisa McMillan, Mayville State (N.D.); Quamisha Spence, Central Christian (Kan.); Sharnele Brown, Northwood (Fla.); Alli Engebretson, Northwestern (Iowa); Rainey Story, Virginia Intermont; Ariel Nickell, Alice Lloyd (Ky.); Vanessa D'amico, Menlo (Calif.).
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Week 1 (Jan. 7): Laurel Zwiener, Hastings (Neb.)
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Saturday afternoon the Lady Bisons dropped their first Atlantic Sun match of the season, losing 3-2 to Florida Gulf Coast at Allen Arena. It was the Atlantic Sun match of the week in volleyball.
The loss stopped the Lady Bisons A-Sun win streak at seven-straight matches, a school record and ends their overall winning streak at eight matches, which tied the school record. The Lady Bisons are back in a tie with Florida Gulf Coast for first place in the conference.
"This is what you would expect out of the top two teams in the conference," said Lady Bisons coach Brandon Rosenthal. "Florida Gulf Coast did a great job. They were bouncing off of a loss to Belmont so you have to give them credit.
"We don't like to lose by any stretch, but at the same time it is a good lesson for us. We will become better for it."
The Lady Bisons lost the first set 25-23, won the second set 25-14, lost set three 25-22 and won set four 25-22. In the fifth set a number of hitting and service errors contributed to the Lady Bisons 15-13 loss and the loss of the match.
"Obviously , it came down to the fifth set and we made way too many unforced hitting errors, service errors and ball handling errors," said Rosenthal. "I can't say enough how proud I am of our players. But when we needed it we didn't execute.
"We had our chances. We did a nice job of coming back in the fifth set. The last rally of the set was great."
Once again the Lady Bisons had a balanced attack. Sophomore middle blocker Alex Kelly recorded her fourth straight double-double with 17 kills, a match high, and 15 digs
Freshman outside hitter Katie Rose and junior opposite Erin Pierce each made 10 kills.
"Gulf Coast did a nice job early of putting up a good block on us," Rosenthal said. "We had to make some adjustments and we got some things we were looking for.
"There is not particularly one set that I thought we should have won this or that. When we deserve to win we will. It came down to the fifth set and we didn't deserve to win the way we played it. We win and lose as a team."
Senior libero Jessica Turner kept her streak alive with 23 digs, a team high. It marked the ninth straight match she has posted double figures in digs.
Ana Kokanovic, the Player of the Year in the A-Sun last year, had a double-double with 11 kills and 14 digs for Florida Gulf Coast. Ashley Yance had 11 kills. Also in double figures in kills were Audrey Campbell and Roberta Santos with 10 each.
Holly Youngquist led Florida Gulf Coast in digs with 24. Catilin Shawver added 14.
"We are able to step back and kind of re-focus," Rosenthal said. "I don't want to lose anything. But as long as we are able to learn and move forward we are in a good spot.
"Obviously, our players are down. But I think that come Monday we are going to have a great practice."
The Lady Bisons are 9-7, 7-1 in the conference. Florida Gulf Coast is 8-6, 7-1 in the A-Sun.
Tuesday night at 7 the Lady Bisons are back on the court against Tennessee-Martin at Allen Arena.


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Will China Save Apple?
As Apple tries to sustain its growth, its success in China, the world's largest smartphone market, is becoming even more crucial.
Apple's shares tumbled more than 10% in after-hours trade in the U.S., as the company's earnings for the holiday quarter through December disappointed investors.
The sales of the iPhone, which include both the iPhone 5 and older models, came in at the low end of analysts' expectations, while the company's revenue guidance for the second quarter was below analysts' forecasts, though Apple is known to give conservative forecasts.
Some analysts have said that for Apple to regain its growth momentum, the company needs a more aggressive strategy for emerging markets, or more specifically for China, where the market for smartphones has been expanding more rapidly than anywhere else. In China, demand is particularly robust for inexpensive phones that run on Google's Android operating system, sold by many Chinese handset makers as well as South Korea's Samsung Electronics
But Apple says it's already enjoying strong growth in China. During the earnings conference call with analysts, Chief Executive Tim Cook said that Apple's revenue in Greater China rose 60% from a year earlier to $7.3 billion in the quarter.
"We saw exceptional growth in iPhones, into the triple digits," Mr. Cook said. He said that the company has been quickly expanding its sales channels in China, including the number of Apple retail stores. "This isn't nearly what we need, we're not even close to that, but we're making great progress," he said.
In China, a big missing piece for Apple is China Mobile, the biggest local telecom carrier that doesn't yet sell the iPhone. Earlier this month, Mr. Cook met China Mobile Chairman Xi Guohua in Beijing and discussed cooperation, stirring hopes that the world's largest mobile carrier may soon start offering the iPhone.
Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported that Apple is working on a lower-end iPhone that could launch as early as this year.
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Many readers of this blog have read my rants about badly designed coursebook or digital activities and heard me moan about preoccupation with single words in ELT. This has probably left you wondering what kind of approach to teaching I actually believe in. This post describes the main principles of lexical teaching.
Leo Selivan's blog for EFL/ESL teachers. Activities, ideas and useful tips with a lexical touch
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Researchers have found several factors that increase a person's risk of mesothelioma, but it's not yet clear exactly how all of these factors might cause this cancer.
Cancers, including mesotheliomas, occur when cells in the body suffer damage to their DNA. DNA is the chemical in each of our cells that makes up our genes – the instructions for how our cells function. We usually look like our parents because they are the source of our DNA. But DNA affects more than how we look. Some genes control when cells in the body grow, divide into new cells, and die at the right time. Changes in these genes may cause cells to grow out of control, which can lead to cancer.
Asbestos exposure is the main cause of pleural mesothelioma. When asbestos fibers are breathed in, they travel to the ends of small air passages and reach the pleura, where they can cause inflammation and scarring. This may damage cells' DNA and cause changes that result in uncontrolled cell growth. If swallowed, these fibers can reach the abdominal lining, where they can have a role in causing peritoneal mesothelioma.
But most people exposed to asbestos, even in large amounts, do not get mesothelioma. Other factors, such as a person's genes, may make them more likely to develop mesothelioma when exposed to asbestos. For example, researchers have found that some people who seem to be at high risk have changes in BAP1, a gene that normally helps keep cell growth under control. Other genes are probably important as well.
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|Feb 18, 2013
47 years of air samples examined in climate change study
|(Nanowerk News) Air samples collected in Finland beginning during the Cold War may help unlock answers to climate change, according to researchers at Clarkson University.
|The Soviet Union conducted weapons tests in the Arctic during the Cold Wars nuclear arms race. The Finnish Meteorological Institute began collecting weekly air samples in Kevo, 40 kilometers south of the Norwegian border, to determine the amounts of radioactivity that landed there from the Soviet Unions nuclear test facilities. The Finns continued sampling long after a 1963 treaty banned such tests.
|A team of Clarkson researchers is analyzing more than 2,300 weekly air samples from 1964, the first year the Finns archived the filters, through 2010; it is the largest such study ever conducted.
|The analysis will allow climate researchers to better determine what particles were in the air as temperatures near the Arctic Circle warmed over the last five decades, according to Professor Philip K. Hopke, director of the Center for Air Resources Engineering and Science at Clarkson.
|James Laing, a Clarkson University Ph.D. student, is analyzing thousands of air filters collected in Finland that date back to the 1960s.
|Hopke obtained the air samples through his collaboration with the Finnish Meteorological Institute.
|The more data you have, the more chance you have to discover something you didnt know, Hopke said. Models only have in them what you know about. These kinds of archives are our only lead into the past.
|These analyses have exposed differences from before and after the Soviet Unions demise, Hopke said. Concentrations of black carbon and heavy metals dropped, once the Soviet Union collapsed and its metal processing facilities shut down.
|Lead levels substantially dropped during the same time period, according to graduate student James Laing, who is studying for his Ph.D. in environmental science from Clarkson and researching the project alongside Hopke. The drop in lead correlates with the gradual phase-out of leaded gasoline in Europe.
|Watch a video of the research.
|When the project is finished, global climate change modelers will have a more complete picture of the air near the Arctic Circle over the last 50 years, Laing said.
|The Arctic is warming a lot faster than anywhere else on Earth. We were having trouble modeling and explaining why, said Laing. Well be able to see if there are changes in specific types of pollution.
|Source: Clarkson University
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I know both of them mean "want to" but have usage in differente contexts. When should I use each one?
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Also, I've seen these two characters together in some sentences. When they're together, is there a third context?


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The 12 page article features Aaron's photography and thoughts on the artistic and cultural underbelly of Los Angeles. "A lot of all kinds of weird, scary, hysterical things happen in LA at every instant," Aaron says in the interview, "As a result there's all kinds of different work happening."
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Nation's Billboards Helped Ashton Kutcher Win Twitter Race
I wish I could promise that this would be AppScout's last celebrity Twitter post of the day, but let's face it--that's just not realistic. In the race to one million followers, it turns out that Ashton Kutcher had a last minute "hail Mary" in his playbook--1,133 digital billboards spread out across the country.
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How NFL.com analysts are projecting the first-round picks for the Buffalo Bills in the 2013 NFL Draft:
Matt "Money" Smith
No. 8: Geno Smith, QB, West VirginiaSmith and Johnson are going to the Cardinals and Bills -- it's just a question of who goes where. While I pointed out that the Cards couldn't justify selecting Johnson ahead of Smith, he's still worthy of being a top-10 pick. The Bills must solidify that offensive line and get their QB project in the second or third round. (At least then the latter will be protected when he's taking snaps.)
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Charles Davis
No. 8: Geno Smith, QB, West VirginiaJust can't believe a QB will not be selected in the top 10. The recent acquisition of Kevin Kolb is a stopgap move in Buffalo.
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Daniel Jeremiah
No. 8: Tavon Austin, WR, West VirginiaWith the addition of Kevin Kolb, the Bills are free to take the best available player on their draft board. Austin is electric on tape, and his workouts have generated an extraordinary amount of buzz in NFL circles. This offense needs more playmakers, and Austin would be a great fit.
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Bucky Brooks
No. 8: Chance Warmack, G, AlabamaThe loss of Andy Levitre via free agency could force GM Buddy Nix to solidify the offensive line with Warmack. Not only would the Alabama standout fortify the Bills' ground attack, he could help keep Kevin Kolb upright in the pocket.
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Akbar Gbajabiamila
No. 8: Geno Smith, QB, West VirginiaThe Bills need a spark in the offense. Smith is accustomed to playing in cold weather and has the physical tools to resurrect a franchise.
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Gil Brandt
No. 8: Geno Smith, QB, West VirginiaMore time will be spent on Smith, who attracted attention from the Jaguars and Eagles at his pro day, than on any other player in this draft. This is an interesting case in that I don't think anybody has a handle on who will pick him or how high he'll be drafted. I like him going to Buffalo, where I think he'll be pretty good. Matt Barkley could be another option for the Bills.
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Charley Casserly
No. 8: Geno Smith, QB, West VirginiaWill the Bills take a quarterback in the opening round or wait until Round 2?
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Josh Norris
No. 8: Geno Smith, QB, West VirginiaDoug Marrone faced Smith at the college level, and although he has an obvious Syracuse connection with Ryan Nassib, I think he can recognize the West Virginia product's superior talent.
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