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Five Myths About … New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie
Matt Katz
Special To The Washington Post
Everybody thinks they know Chris Christie. With his big mouth and bigger personality, the New Jersey governor has had no problem attracting national attention. But false narratives are already growing up around him — and are at risk of multiplying as we head toward the 2016 presidential race. So let's set the record straight on a few myths.
1. He's a RINO.
Yes, Christie has hung out with President Barack Obama — twice. The president's first visit, six days before the 2012 election, included the instantly famous bro-hug on the Atlantic City tarmac. During the second visit, in May, Christie high-fived Obama after a football-toss game and then joined him for a rally.
But Christie has governed New Jersey as a mostly by-the-book Republican. He refused to raise taxes on millionaires. He rejected a longtime allocation for Planned Parenthood clinics five times. And he provided $2.1 billion in subsidies and grants for corporations.
While the governor touts his bipartisan credentials, he doesn't agree with Democrats on their liberal causes: If it were up to him, there wouldn't be same-sex marriage (he vetoed a gay-marriage bill before dropping a futile court challenge), nor a higher minimum wage (he opposed a successful ballot measure raising it). Christie has also been vocal about the alleged scourge of public unions, and he bows to the education reform gods.
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The Willsboro Warriors pulled off the shocker of the early season, beating the Chazy Eagles 3-1 Sept. 20.
The game started off pretty neutral, until Clay Sherman followed the bouncing ball and dribbled past two defenders and Eagles goalie Austin Santor for a 1-0 Willsboro lead.
Clayton Cross then scored on a net scramble, and Nick Arnold scored off a Jeff Bigelow corner kick for a 3-0 lead in the first half.
Nathan Reynolds scored late in the game for Chazy, also off a corner.
I have two thoughts. The first is that I have never seen the Chazy boys team trailing by three goals, ever. Despite the loss, everyone still knows that this is the team to beat in Class D.
The second goes along with that; Willsboro better be ready for the entire package from Chazy the next time they face them. In the second half, the Warriors saw the real Chazy, and they won, 1-0.
I'm not saying that Willsboro can't beat them again. They have proven they are more than capable. but now, the shoe is on the other foot in terms of who has their next meeting circled on the calendar and will have the thought of a tough loss in the back of their minds for the next two-plus weeks.


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Ground balls: 4, vs. Georgetown (3/9/2013)
2013 (Freshman):
Caused four turnovers and picked up two ground balls against UMass (Feb. 23) ... Caused two turnovers and collected two ground balls versus Hofstra (March 2) ... Named to the Ivy League Honor Roll after picking up a career-high four ground balls and recording four caused turnovers in a victory over Georgetown (March 9) ... Credited with three ground balls in a matchup with Brown (March 16) ... Picked up three ground balls and had one caused turnover in a win against Bryant (March 20) … Recorded two ground balls in a victory over Dartmouth (March 23) ... Picked up one ground ball in a matchup with Albany (March 26) ... Picked up two ground balls in a contest against Duke (March 30) ... Credited with one ground ball and two caused turnovers against Cornell (April 6) ... Notched three ground balls in a win over Penn (April 13) ... Picked up two ground balls versus Yale (April 27).
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Ranked as the No. 2 recruit in the class of 2016 by Inside Lacrosse … Played varsity lacrosse all four years at Manhasset … Captain of the lacrosse team in 2012 … Led Manhasset to two New York State Championships … Helped the lacrosse team go undefeated in his sophomore season … Named All-American in lacrosse three times ... Picked to the NILCA All-America first team in 2012 … Also named All-Long Island and Academic All-County for three years … Two-time recipient of the Nassau County Defensive Player of the Year award … Also played four years of varsity football at Manhasset … Captain of the football team in 2012 … Selected for the MSG Varsity All-Metro Team … Named All-County and All-Conference once … Vice president of the 'Be Like Rachael' club … Four-year member of the St. Mary's youth group … Father, Karlo Duvnjak '80, and sister, Annie Duvnjak '09, are graduates from Harvard College.


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I know it's too soon to talk about this year's A-Kon since we're months away from it, but I just gotta post it. Last year's A-Kon has been one of the greatest moments of my life, it has been the first time I've been to an actual Anime convention. Gotten some great stuff and art, meet good friends I've known in the Internet, and joined in the fun activities.
Anyway, I like if anyone is goint to this year's A-Kon. Also, I remember that at Itzacon Yammy had his own panel (too bad I hadn't went there). I was hoping if he's getting his own panel at A-Kon as well. I really wanted to get some commission art from him. Comments and opinions are welcome.


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Manga Name:Akagami no Shirayukihime
Alternative: 紅髮的白雪公主; 红发的白雪公主; 赤髪の白雪姫; 赤髮白雪姬; Akagami no Shirayuki Hime; Akagami no Shirayuki-hime; Red-haired Princess Snow White; Red-haired Snow White; Red-haired Snow White Princess; Princesa Blanca Nieves Peli-roja (Spanish); الاميره بياض الثلج ذات الشعر الأحمر (Arabic); 白雪姬传说/秋月空太; Die rothaarige Schneeprinzessin (German); rødhåret prinsesse snehvide (danish); Punahiuksinen Lumikki Prinsessa(Finnish); Η Πριγκίπισσα Χιονάτη Με Τα Κόκκινα Μαλλιά (Greek); Vörös hajú Hófehérke (hungarian); สโนไวท์ผมแดง (Thai)
Categories: Adventure Romance Shoujo
Akagami no Shirayukihime Manga Summary:
Shirayuki was a young girl born with unique apple-red hair. She meets a famous but foolish Prince Raji, who falls in love with her at first sight and orders her to become his concubine. With nowhere else to go, Shirayuki cuts her hair and escapes to a neighboring country. While traversing through the forests, she meets a young boy, Zen, who helps her after she boldly cures his wounds but then gets poisoned by an apple given to Shirayuki. Meanwhile, Prince Raji sends out henchmen to search for her. What will happen to Shirayuki? What is Zen's true character? A refreshing fantasy story between an optimistic heroine and a prince who constantly stays on her watch.
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Gifted Limbo Skater, 6, Goes Under 39 Cars in 29 Seconds
This kid is skating by on his talent.
Meet Gagan Satish, 6, who roller skated underneath 39 cars in 29 seconds. It's part of a sport called limbo skating.
Gagan's love affair with limbo skating began after his parents bought him a pair of skates when he turned three. While most kids usually tire of toys after about a minute, Gagan stuck with the skates and showed an innate ability to wheel around.
He eventually hooked up with a skating coach and now practices for two hours a day.
In January, he showed everyone just how talented he is when he somehow skated under 39 cars -- that's about three-quarters of the length of a football field. Guinness is looking into it to see if it is a world record.
Gagan isn't one to rest on his skate-covered laurels, though. He says he wants to skate under 100 cars.


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text: Whether you're designing a new home or have decided to give your current nesting pad a mini facelift—adding pattern is a style-must! The right amount of pattern brings out solid colors and creates a visual texture in the room. Place a few gorgeous block-print pillows on your bed, throw some funky wallpaper on the dining room walls or go for broke and weave contrasting patterns throughout your entire house! But don't let plaids and polka dots take over, use our style guide to find that brilliant balance.


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In 2001, the John Hancock sign was installed above Fenway Park's scoreboard in center field and the Red Sox celebrated the 100th anniversary of the franchise. Though the season started with high expectations, Pedro Martinez and Nomar Garciaparra missed significant time with injuries and the clubhouse fell apart during the season's final several weeks. In December, the Yawkey Trust agreed to sell the Red Sox to a group led by John Henry, Tom Werner and Larry Lucchino, who announced their intentions to win a World Series for long-deserving Red Sox fans and to seek all possible options to keep the club at Fenway Park.
Record: 82-79, 2nd in American League East
Manager: James F. Williams (65-53), Joseph T. Kerrigan (17-26)
Attendance: 2,625,333
The 2001 Red Sox approached spring training with the two-time defending American League batting champion (Nomar Garciaparra), the two-time defending American League Cy Young Award winner (Pedro Martinez), a potent slugger added in free agency (Manny Ramirez) and a pair of veteran pitchers bolstering the staff (Hideo Nomo and David Cone).
However, Garciaparra learned of a split tendon in his right wrist at the start of spring training and missed all but 21 games in 2001. Martinez went 7-3 in just 18 starts during an injury-plagued season as well. Still, Ramirez and Nomo lived up to immediate expectations. In his Red Sox debut on April 4 in Baltimore, Nomo threw the first no-hitter by a Red Sox pitcher since Dave Morehead did in 1965. The Japanese pitcher went on to lead Boston's pitching staff with 13 wins and struck out a league-leading 220 batters. Two days after Nomo's feat, Ramirez hit the first pitch he saw at Fenway Park for a three-run home run, the first of 41 he slugged in 2001.
The Red Sox celebrated the 100th Anniversary of their membership in the American League throughout the season, displaying a special commemorative logo on the center of the Green Monster (the first time this had ever been done except for the 1999 All Star Game), as well as a commemorative patch on their uniform all season. The Red Sox also produced an Emmy Award winning DVD on the history of the team, gave away promotional items over the summer and staged events celebrating the anniversary. Pumpsie Green, the first African-American to play for the Red Sox, returned to Fenway Park for the first time since his playing career.
Though the Red Sox were in the race for most of the summer, Jimy Williams was fired and replaced by the team's pitching coach Joe Kerrigan in mid-August. Infighting engulfed the Red Sox soon thereafter and the team unraveled over the season's final few weeks.
This on-field disappointment was tragically overshadowed by the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. After baseball resumed following a hiatus of several days, the Red Sox rallied to win their final five games but the team still finished 13 games out of first place.
On December 20, the Red Sox were sold to a group led by John Henry, Tom Werner and Larry Lucchino. After 69 years under the stewardship of Tom and Jean Yawkey and their trustees, the club entered a new era. At their introductory press conference the next day, the new ownership group pledged to Red Sox fans to fulfill five commitments: to field a team worthy of the fans' support; to preserve all that's good about Fenway Park and take that experience to a higher level; to market aggressively to a new, broad region; to be active participants in the community; and to end the Curse of the Bambino and win world championships for Boston, New England and Red Sox Nation.
In 2001, the John Hancock sign was installed over the scoreboard in center field.
The Boston College Eagles baseball team flew high in 2001, winning the year's Baseball Beanpot. Another Massachusetts/Connecticut High School all-star game was also played at Fenway Park during the summer.
|2001 Non-Red Sox Baseball At Fenway Park
|May 2
|Boston College 10, University of Massachusetts 5 (Beanpot Championship)*
|May 2
|Northeastern 7, Harvard 2 (Beanpot Consolation)*
|June 19
|Massachusetts High School All-Stars 7, Connecticut High School All-Stars 2
*Starting in 1990, Fenway Park has hosted the annual Baseball Beanpot, baseball's version of the longstanding Boston hockey tradition. Originally, the competition featured the same schools that battle for Hockey Beanpot: Boston College, Boston University, Northeastern University and Harvard University. However, when BU dropped their baseball program after the 1995 season, the University of Massachusetts took their place. The Baseball Beanpot has been held at Fenway Park every year since its inception except for in 2004 and 2010, when the tournament was played at Campanelli Stadium in Brockton, MA.


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I'm coming out of hiding and admitting that I have been watching the show "Srugim". While I'm not necessarily comfortable with everything shown on that show, I do believe it brings up a number of powerful serious issues in the religious community in Israel.
Shvut runs off that night, and Hodaya worries incessantly about her. When Shvut returns and Hodaya screams at her for going off to party, and Shvut locks herself in the bathroom, Shvut quiety reveals that she was at the Kotel...praying.
Hodaya's "no is also an answer" lecture comes from cynicism as she no longer cares enough -- or believes enough -- to be angry at G-d.
But I'm not done.
More and more Israeli Chareidim are watching the show. Despite all the criticism of the show, including this rather scathing review in Maariv, Chareidim are watching the show (not on TV, G-d forbid, but by downloading the episodes from the web)
Popular sites are chock full of discussions about the show, despite it being the about "srugim". (Note: Srugim is definitely IMHO, referring to the crocheted kippot of the national religious crowd, not being interwoven into society or anything to do with bars on Jerusalem windows).
While we continue to discuss srugim, be aware that many eyes are lurking as well...
Lastly, I absolutely despise the Nitzan character. Here she is, playing the scared female to enable Nati to show his masculine bravado and kill a roach (jook). Personally, I would have stomped on it...even barefoot.
Wherever I am, my blog turns towards Eretz Yisrael טובה הארץ מאד מאד


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Committed to being America's most trusted natural products company, Watkins adheres strictly to the same quality standards set forth by its founder J.R. Watkins. J.R. Watkins Natural Apothecary line of personal care contains only natural, environmentally friendly ingredients from renewable resources, avoiding chemicals like parabens, sulfates, phthalates and more and, is one of very few lines to be certified by the Natural Products Association.
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Put Horse Meat in US Diet, Slaughter Groups Say
LAS VEGAS - Ranchers and horse owners in the United States should be allowed to slaughter their animals and sell the meat as food, said dozens of breeders, trainers and lawmakers gathered in Las Vegas this week to revive the nation's shuttered horse processing industry.
The first Summit of the Horse on Tuesday drew advocates from across the West who slammed animal rights groups and implored the federal government to once again embrace horse meat as a legal source of nutrition, saying horse meat is already safely consumed in dozens of countries.
Sue Wallis, a Wyoming legislator and vice president of United Horsemen, said horse processing is the humane and ethical solution to controlling horse populations.
"What's happening is we've taken a valuable asset and turned it into a very expensive liability," she said. "The United States will become like Europe, where only the very wealthy will be able to afford horses."
Congress ended the killing of horses for human consumption in 2007 after animal-rights activists objected to the way the animals were treated.
Bureau of Land Management chief Robert Abbey is scheduled to address the conference late Tuesday to discuss problems created by growing populations of feral horses.
Abbey has expressed opposition to horse euthanasia but still faces criticism from animal rights groups for agreeing to face the pro-slaughter advocates in Nevada - a state that is home to nearly half of the nation's wild horses and burros.
Animal rights activists planned to host a protest against the horse summit Tuesday.
Horse processing proponents said the federal government's policy of rounding up excess horses and storing them amounts to public welfare for horses. The Bureau of Land Management spent $36.9 million in 2010 to feed and care for horses rounded up and confined in corrals.
Critics also portray the federal program as a job killing solution that undercuts the West's tradition of ranching and meat processing.
"The Chinese are chomping at the bit to buy our horses," said former U.S. Rep Charlie Stenholm, D-Texas. "The Russians are chomping at the bit to buy our horses. Why can't we sell it to them?"
Feral horses compete with other wildlife for forage. They can quickly overwhelm an area because they have long life spans and are unlikely to be threatened by predators or disease. The Bureau of Land Management estimates wild horses could double their population in four years if left unchecked.
Wallis of United Horsemen said extreme environmentalists have pushed policy that has allowed wild horses to overrun the West and U.S. markets to devalue privately owned horses.
Since 2007, some horses have been trucked to Canada and Mexico for slaughter, an expensive business cost that has rendered the horse industry unprofitable, slaughter advocates argue.
Some say over-breeding, not the slaughter ban, has caused the overpopulation problem.
"Just like the housing industry over saturated itself and collapsed, the horse breeding industry is self-destructing and bringing down horse values, and horse slaughter is their bail out," Simone Netherlands, a natural horsemanship trainer from Arizona and founder of Respect4Horses.
Netherlands said federal horse policy threaten horses and could eventually lead to their extinction.


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For all those who are reading this, how do you make relationships work and stay happy? We all begin with understanding the meaning of what pure love is, and then redefine and update the romantic fairy-tale into a healthier type of love.
Here are 4 realistic ways to build a loving relationship:
Connect with the Different Parts of Yourself
Each of us is not a solo instrument. We are more like a total music team with different instruments. Some part of us says different things all together about one thing. Like our mind may say she/he is not worth for me anymore and I should leave her/him, but heart says no, he or she is the person whom i loved more than anything, how can I leave? This way, there are so many voices within us. The suggestion here is to combine all these thoughts, and let the mind and soul to speak the same thing to come to the right conclusion rather than being confused every time.
Less of Expectations
Time will not be the same, and even you cannot stop the time so that you can think that this is the only part, which will remain forever. More expectations will lead to arguments and create misunderstanding. By the time you realize it's because of expectations, the relationship would have taken some other shape by then. Togetherness and romance will not be constant.
Build Understanding
Understanding is a big thing in a relationship, which can either destroy everything or make a peaceful environment in your relationship. To build a healthy loving relationship, understanding is must for both partners with equal contribution. When you are separate and connected together, each individual "I" contributes to make "we". This makes a very strong commitment towards your partner.
Speak Out Everything That Is Hard
No matter how sweet and lenient you are and how constructive you are in a relationship, there may be things you don't like about your partner and things that make you feel angry about him/her. However, it is you who should speak out about everything very frankly by moulding the words that one can understand without hurting them. Carrying along emotions, which hurts you, will make you feel unwanted and ignored.
Hope the above points will help you out with building the perfect loving relationship.


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27 Ways to Boost Your Energy
Get up and go with these fatigue-fighting strategies. Try a tip a day and in no time you'll be full speed ahead.
See the light: Crack the curtains before bedtime to let the sun shine in when it rises, and open the blinds as soon as your alarm goes off. Daylight signals your biological clock to stop producing melatonin, the hormone that makes you sleepy, says Judith Wurtman, Ph.D., co-author of The Serotonin Solution (Ballantine). If your family's schedule requires you to get up when it's still dark, consider buying an alarm clock like Philips Wake-Up Light, which simulates dawn by gradually lightening the room.
Look at something bright: Warm tones like red, orange and yellow remind you of the sun, evoking feelings of alertness, says Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute. Choose a vibrantly colored alarm clock or slip on a pair of yellow socks—even drinking a glass of orange juice will give you a lift.
Chill out: End your shower with a blast of cold water. According to celebrity trainer Jim Karas, co-author of The 7-Day Energy Surge (Rodale), skin is much more receptive to cold than heat. "I call it my personal electric shock," says Karas.
Use a body lotion with jasmine: The floral scent increases your beta brain waves and makes you feel awake, says Alan Hirsch, M.D., founder and neurological director of the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago.
Rise and shine: Try to get outside within 15 minutes of waking for a 20-minute walk. Face east for the strongest sunlight, suggests Wurtman. If possible, arrange your kitchen so the table is near a window to shed some light on your daily breakfast routine. On weekends read on your porch.
Become a cereal monogamist: People who ate a high-fiber cereal in the morning showed a 10% reduction in fatigue, as well as lower rates of depression and better cognitive skills, according to a study in the International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. Soluble fiber is a prebiotic that feeds friendly bacteria in your gut, expelling toxins from your body and helping you absorb more nutrients. Look for a cereal with at least 10g of fiber per serving, like Kashi GoLean.
Caffeinate right: Pounding too much java in the early hours can give you a temporary lift followed by the feeling that you need a nap. For staying power, sip your coffee throughout the morning. The U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine found that mini servings of caffeine (8 ounces of coffee or less over the span of a few hours) keep you awake longer than one jumbo serving.
Know thyself: In general, energy is low after waking, peaks around 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., drops from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., and lifts again from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Its lowest point is before bed (around 11 p.m.), says Jacob Teitelbaum, M.D., author of From Fatigued to Fantastic (Avery). Plan your most difficult tasks when you have energy to burn, then switch to easier projects as your concentration wanes.
Stroll with it: A brisk, 10-minute walk gives you oomph and reduces anxiety, say researchers from California State University in Long Beach. Walking boosts not only your brain but also your metabolism and cardiovascular system. In contrast, volunteers who ate a candy bar were tense and exhausted an hour later. To log more steps, loop around the block on your lunch break or park your car farther away from store entrances.
Straighten up: Poor posture puts uneven pressure on your spine and makes muscles work extra hard, draining energy. Sit tall to open the chest and increase oxygen intake by as much as 30%, says Dr. Teitelbaum. To improve posture, imagine someone pulling up on an invisible string tied to your head. Or swap your desk chair for an exercise ball.
Groove to it: Volunteers completed cognitive tests 10% faster while listening to up-tempo music (no lyrics) compared with silence, finds a study from the University of Dayton in Ohio. Research suggests music also reduces anxiety, lowers blood pressure and decreases stress hormones.
Get fit quick: Karas tells clients to squeeze in fitness moments to counter the enervating effects of sitting all day. "When we're seated, the body shuts down, increasing risk of disease," he says. Stand while on the phone, or try his slow squat to tone the lower body: Rise from chair, shift your weight to your heels, engage your abs and, with your arms in front of you, sink slowly until your butt taps the chair. Repeat 10 times.
Pop a peppermint: Sniffing mint or chewing mint gum stimulates the trigeminal nerve, which increases activity in the area of the brain that controls alertness, say researchers at the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation.
Nix multitasking: Are you IM-ing and chatting on the phone while reading this? Tackling one thing at a time is more efficient, says Noelle Chesley, an assistant sociology professor at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. The human brain isn't designed to multitask, and while you may think you're successfully juggling projects, you're actually switching from one to the next. The back-and-forth forces you to reorient yourself to a "new" task over and over.
Tame technology: Incoming phone calls and e-mails keep us in fight-or-flight mode. Constant adrenaline hits with each ring or e-mail wear us down over time, says Chesley. Her research reveals that mobile phones are particularly stressful for women, especially when family-related calls interrupt work. For non-emergencies, request a text. Or try trading days off with your spouse; that way only one of you is on call for the small stuff.
Go green: Workers brainstormed more creative ideas when they had flowers or plants on their desks, say researchers at Texas A&M. A nature-inspired photo or screensaver can also inspire you.
Take mini breaks: Set an alarm on your computer to remind you to get up every hour and move around, suggests Dr. Teitelbaum. Deliver messages to co-workers in person rather than via e-mail or phone.
Eat Carbs: Dips in serotonin between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. can lower energy and mood, says Wurtman. A snack with 25g to 30g of carbs can boost levels of the feel-good hormone. Nosh on low-fat foods, like popcorn, pretzels, graham crackers, vanilla wafers or a low-fat granola bar, for the quickest serotonin hit.
Indulge in dark chocolate: The sweet stuff has phenylethylamine in it, which improves mood and attention span, says celeb nutritionist Ashley Koff, R.D. Serve a dark chocolate fondue or a dark hot chocolate for dessert—but not too much—since you'll also get stimulants theobromine and caffeine.
Retreat to a calm space: Decorate your bedroom with blues and greens found in nature (like sky blue or pine green); your mind links these colors with relaxation. Steer clear of over-stimulating hues like reds, oranges and yellow-greens on bedroom walls or linens, says Eiseman. These colors can make it difficult to fall asleep, zapping the next day's energy.
Turn off the computer: And your smartphone. And your e-reader. Bright light (like the kind emitted from electronic gizmos) increases brain activity and makes it harder to snooze, says Karas. Shut down about an hour before bedtime and turn the face of your alarm clock away from you. (Winding down to TV is okay because you're usually sitting a few feet away.)
Strategize your sleep: No excuses: Aim for seven to eight hours nightly, says Karas. To stay on schedule, go to bed (and get up) around the same time every day—give or take 30 minutes—even on weekends.
Lather in lavender: The scent increases alpha waves that induce relaxation, says the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation. Vanilla and baby powder might also have a similar calming effect. Try a combo of these aromas in lotion or bubble bath to help you fall asleep faster.
Take a drink: Dehydration causes the cells in your body to shrink and function less efficiently, says Koff. Combat fatigue by sipping water with a squeeze of citrus—the fragrance of orange, lemon and grapefruit are energizing. Or jazz up H20 with ice cubes made with coconut water, frozen fruit or herbs.
Meditate for 3 minutes: No ohm-ing required. Sit in a quiet place (the bathroom works in a pinch) and focus on your breathing to get endorphins flowing, suggests Dr. Teitelbaum. If your mind wanders, think of a single word (like "one"). Inhale deeply and slowly, forcing oxygen into your cells.
Move it: In one Austrian study of 40,000 women, the more physical activity they did, the more energized they reportedly felt. Researchers suggest that exercise stimulates neurotransmitters such as dopamine, which may enhance liveliness. Aim for 20 to 40 minutes of cardio four or five times a week.
Strike a pose: People who followed an eight-week yoga and meditation program experienced a significant increase in daily energy. Yoga can also increase momentary clarity. Doing simple stretches—you don't even have to get out of your chair—can have a similar Zen effect, say researchers.
Stealth Energy Zappers
These sneaky saboteurs might be dragging you down.
Low thyroid: About 13 million American women suffer from low levels of thyroid hormones. If you've gained weight, feel tired and achy, and can't tolerate cold (seriously), ask your doctor to test your levels.
Food allergies: Common allergies to gluten, sugar, milk, soy and eggs can overwhelm your immune system and drag you down; your body needs to work harder to digest the forbidden food. If you suspect a food allergy, eliminate the above-mentioned allergens for 7 to 10 days and slowly reintroduce them one by one to monitor how your body responds.
Medications: Prescription drugs like antidepressants can contribute to fatigue. Ask your doctor if you can forgo your regular dose for 3 to 4 days to see if energy increases.
Menstrual cycle: Levels of progesterone drop a few days or up to a week before your period, which can lead to sluggishness.
Depression: Flagging energy is a classic sign. Discuss with a doctor if it's accompanied by a loss of interest in normal activities or hobbies, sleeping problems, feelings of sadness, changes in appetite or slow thinking.
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Originally published in the September 2011 issue of Family Circle magazine.
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Celebrity makeup artist Maria Maio showcases her favorite 2012 holiday skincare and beauty deals and for men and women. With Wall Street Journal "Off Duty" Host Wendy Bounds.
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Shenil needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 168 designs submitted by 46 freelance designers.
We are a full service jewelry / ring consultation company that looks to educate and assist both men and women in designing and purchasing diamond rings, bands and loose certified diamonds.
Our main target audience is young professionals in love and looking to take that first major step in life together. We believe in a 4 step process:
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3. Selection of Diamond
4. Selection of complementary Setting
We are looking to create a new website to represent our thriving company.
This will involve a home page design, and a second page that will be the internal page. The design needs to be consistent with my business card. See attached....
- simple, elegant design
- personal feeling
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- Please have a "lace" design in upper right hand corner and lower left hand corner - this is consistent with my business card - can be creative if needed....
Overall Color Scheme:
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Hex color: A8B1B8
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We will require a layered .psd file as the final product (RGB). Do not mind if you use stock images, but please make sure you declare it.
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Contact Us
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3. Eternity Bands
4. Diamonds
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Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is a prototypical organ-specific autoimmune disease. Autoantibodies unfold their blister-inducing potential by triggering an Fcγ-dependent inflammatory reaction. The study by Iwata et al. in this issue provides the first direct evidence that IgG autoantibodies from BP patients may also weaken cell–matrix adhesion by depleting BP180/type XVII collagen from cultured keratinocytes. These novel findings shed new light on additional mechanisms of blister formation in pemphigoid diseases and open the way for further informative studies.
Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is a subepidermal blistering disease that typically affects the elderly and is associated with an autoimmune response against hemidesmosomal proteins (Liu and Diaz, 2001; Mihai and Sitaru, 2007; Olasz and Yancey, 2008). Extensive clinical and experimental evidence strongly suggests that autoantibodies cause the pathology in this disease (Sitaru and Zillikens, 2005; Leighty et al., 2007). Circulating autoantibodies in BP patients exhibit a heterogeneous specificity to several hemidesmosomal components, including BP230, an intracellular constituent of the hemidesmosomal plaque, and the transmembrane protein BP180/type XVII collagen (Sitaru and Zillikens, 2005; Leighty et al, 2007). Mutations in COL17A1 in patients with generalized atrophic benign epidermolysis bullosa and in knockout mice result in low or absent expression of BP180/type XVII collagen and subepidermal blistering (McGrath et al., 1995; Nishie et al., 2007). These findings suggest that a decrease in the expression of this hemidesmosomal antigen may weaken cell–matrix adhesion in the skin and eventually result in dermal–epidermal separation.
Autoantibodies to the transmembrane antigen BP180, but not to the intracellularly located BP230, were hypothesized to be pathogenically relevant (Liu and Diaz, 2001; Sitaru and Zillikens, 2005). Indeed, experimental evidence generally supports the pathogenic role of autoantibodies to BP180 for blister formation. IgG autoantibodies, affinity purified against recombinant BP180 from patients with BP and pemphigoid gestationis, induce dermal–epidermal separation in cryosections of human skin when co-incubated with leukocytes from healthy donors (Sitaru and Zillikens, 2005). In 1993, Liu et al. first provided evidence for a pathogenic role of autoantibodies to type XVII collagen/BP180 in vivo (Liu et al., 1993). The authors demonstrated that rabbit antibodies generated against murine BP180 induce subepidermal blisters when passively transferred into neonatal mice. More recently, further animal models reproducing blister formation in BP have been developed using mice that express the human form of the BP180 antigen injected with BP patient autoantibodies. Studies performed mainly with the experimental model developed by Liu et al. (1993) revealed that subepidermal blistering triggered by rabbit IgG specific to murine BP180 depends on complement activation, mast cell degranulation, macrophage activation, and neutrophilic infiltration. Reactive oxygen species and proteases, such as gelatinase B/MMP-9 and elastase, are critically involved in blister formation
IgG autoantibodies deplete BP180 from keratinocytes.
in vivo and in vitro (Liu and Diaz, 2001; Liu, 2004; Sitaru and Zillikens, 2005; Leighty et al., 2007). These findings partially match the pathology observed in BP patients and support the prevailing view that triggering an Fcγ-dependent inflammatory reaction is necessary for blister induction by autoantibodies in BP (Figure 1).
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Mechanisms of blister formation in bullous pemphigoid (BP). The left lower panel illustrates several structural proteins of the epidermal basement membrane that function as major autoantigens in autoimmune subepidermal bullous skin diseases. The main autoantigens in BP patients include the BP antigen 230 (BP230) and the BP antigen 180 (BP180)/type XVII collagen. BP autoantibodies accumulate in tissue and bind to antigens at the epithelial basement membrane. Binding of pathogenic autoantibodies triggers an inflammatory reaction, including fixation of complement and Fc-dependent activation of leukocytes. In addition to granulocytes, mast cells likely contribute to the antibody-induced inflammation at the dermal–epidermal junction. Activated granulocytes release reactive oxygen intermediates and proteases, leading to epithelial damage and blister formation. Alternatively, as shown by Iwata et al. (2009), IgG autoantibodies may deplete BP180 from basal keratinocytes and thus contribute to blister formation. LN 332, laminin 332; ROS, reactive oxygen species.
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Although the description of the relatively uncommon variant of BP with a paucicellular dermal infiltrate suggested the existence of alternative noninflammatory mechanisms of blister formation, until now experimental data did not support this hypothesis. A further hint that a full inflammatory response may not be required for subepidermal blistering by autoantibodies against BP180/type XVII collagen was provided by Yamamoto et al. (2002). They demonstrated that rabbit antibodies generated against hamster BP180 induced subepidermal blisters when passively transferred into neonatal hamsters. The blister formation in this model necessitates complement activation, but not the recruitment and activation of leukocytes (Yamamoto et al., 2002).
In this issue, Iwata et al. show that IgG autoantibodies from patients with BP deplete keratinocytes of BP180/type XVII collagen. When IgG from BP patients was added to cultured keratinocytes, the authors found that this treatment depleted BP180, but not α6β4 integrin, from cells as assessed by densitometric analysis of immunoblots. In addition, keratinocytes treated with IgG from BP patients showed a reduction in their adhesive strength as revealed by a standardized detachment assay (Iwata et al., 2009).
These findings describe new and potentially relevant mechanisms of blistering in BP and may have important consequences for the development of new treatment modalities. The fact that autoantibodies from patients with BP deplete BP180 from keratinocytes strongly suggests that alternative noninflammatory mechanisms contribute to blister formation in the pemphigoid diseases. Animal models of BP allow the in vivo relevance of these findings to be addressed and the relative contributions of the noninflammatory and inflammatory mechanisms of blister formation by autoantibodies to be dissected.
Autoantibodies in BP are thought to be heterogeneous with respect to their blister-inducing potential. Major intrinsic determinants of autoantibody pathogenicity include their specificity and their ability to activate complement and leukocytes (Sitaru and Zillikens, 2005). Future research should answer the question of whether the specificity of antigen-depleting autoantibodies differs when compared with that of autoantibodies that activate putative inflammatory mechanisms. BP autoantibodies belong to different isotypes, which may be associated with distinct effector functions. On the basis of previous experimental evidence, it has been proposed that blistering is induced primarily by IgG1, whereas IgG4 autoantibodies are less pathogenic or even protective (Liu, 2002; Sitaru et al., 2007). In light of the novel noninflammatory mechanisms of blister formation by autoantibodies as suggested by the study by Iwata et al. (2009), the role of different isotypes of autoantibodies in the pathogenesis of BP requires reappraisal.
In conclusion, this study strongly suggests the existence of noninflammatory mechanisms of blister formation by autoantibodies in BP. Further exploration of this line of research should provide relevant mechanistic insights into BP pathogenesis and greatly facilitate the development of more effective therapeutic approaches.
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Strategery, Macworld's 2009 App Gems Award winner for Best Strategy Game, has been completely overhauled for version 3.1! "There is no game I play on my iPhone more than Strategery," writes Lex Friedman.
Strategery is a fast-paced game of world domination, designed and built from top to bottom for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. Play against the computer or your friends in an epic battle of strategy and risk.
"Strategery offers depth that can—and will—claim hours of your time"
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"My latest iPhone gaming habit is Strategery"
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"Lots of fun and the gameplay has a great feel."
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Strategery is based on classic turn-based strategy board games without all the boring parts. You can quickly knock out a couple moves while waiting in line or settle in at home (or at work) for hours of fun. The consensus is in: the game is addictive and doesn't get old.
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Compete with up to 5 players sharing a device ("pass and play") or play online with individual friends—or foes. Push notifications allow you to keep as many online battles going as you can handle, and you'll never run out of challengers with random matchmaking.
Staying Power
Every map is randomly generated, so no two games are alike. There are tons of options to keep things interesting, such as difficulty levels from "Easy" to "Brutal," map sizes from "Small" to "Epic," and a variety of game modes that can completely change your strategy.
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Although it was originally designed for the iPhone and iPod Touch, Strategery really shines on the iPad—play a game on an "Epic" sized map without any scrolling or zooming! And with Retina graphics, colored dots never looked so good.


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Dear Neighbor,
As we approach the first anniversary of our West Pavilion Patient Tower Grand Opening, we wanted to reach out to you to provide a progress update on Little Company of Mary's Campus Transformation Project. While the West Pavilion and Women's Center for Life and Health are the cornerstone of the Project, we have made significant improvements throughout our entire campus, including renovations in our existing North and South Pavilions. These enhancements include the construction of a new Inpatient Dialysis Unit, Respiratory Care area, Sleep Disorders Center, Pediatric Unit and a new Behavioral Health Services Outpatient area.
We want to thank you for the warm welcome we received by our neighbors last October when we welcomed guests through our back / west entrance into the West Pavilion Patient Tower. If you recently had the chance to view Little Company of Mary Hospital from the east, you can see that we have begun making way for a new east entry drive by dismantling our 1929 Tower building. Before this phase began, our internal Artifacts Committee worked diligently to repurpose many of the religious and historical artifacts from our original facility into our West, North and South Pavilions.
While this committee was aware of the many treasures within the Tower building, the Little Company of Mary Sisters and our Hospital family, were pleasantly surprised at the additional treasures uncovered on the outside of the building. Just before Labor Day weekend, the demolition team discovered a cherished piece of Little Company of Mary history. As they began dismantling our beloved Tower building brick by brick, a metal box was uncovered- a time capsule from 1929 left by the Founding Sisters - buried for us to find 85 years later! The metal box was about the size of two bricks. Sr. Kathleen McIntyre, L.C.M., had the honor of opening the box to uncover the special pieces inside. While we are still unclear of all the time capsule holds, we could identify a rosary and a variety of religious medals and relics. Unfortunately, many of the paper keepsakes had disintegrated over the years. The LCM Sisters will work with experts to attempt to preserve these treasures for many years to come. Once the items are restored to their best possible condition a decision will be made as to where they will be preserved. In the meantime, please take a moment to view the wonderful pictures of the LCM Sisters examining the contents of this treasure for the first time – at www.LCMH.org/timecapsule.
Most recently, the top of the Tower building was dismantled, which included the spire, cross and Our Lady the Blessed Virgin Mary statue that has watched over us since she was installed in 1951. We were unsure of the condition of these artifacts. It's always difficult to know how items will fare while facing half of a century of Chicago's inclement winters. Everyone was ecstatic to learn that both the cross and the Blessed Virgin statue came down in pristine condition. The cross will be donated to the Village of Evergreen Park, which plans to repurpose these cross just across the street from the Hospital in the new park being constructed on the old grounds of the Evergreen Park Golf Course. The Artifacts committee is still determining the new home on campus for Our Lady the Blessed Virgin Mary statue. We do know that she is 2700 lbs. of all marble and stands more than 8 feet tall.
We believe both our architect, VOA, and our Artifacts Committee has excelled at blending the past and present together to bridge our rich history and mission with the new, state-of the-art facilities. For a suggested, nominal donation you can reserve a keepsake brick of our beloved Tower Building. Proceeds will benefit the Mary Potter Crisis Fund, which provides financial assistance to hospital employees facing hardship. To reserve your special piece of history from the Tower Building, call the Little Company of Mary Hospital Foundation at 708.229.5022.
We anticipate that this dismantling phase will be complete by 2014. We will begin the construction and landscaping of the new east entry in spring 2014. We look forward to completing our Campus Transformation Project by late summer 2014. We thank you for your flexibility and support as neighbors during this process. If you have any additional questions or concerns, please feel free to contact our Marketing Director, Kelly Cusack, at 708.229.5049 or email@example.com.
We look forward to all that lies ahead for Little Company of Mary Hospital as we continue to serve our community.
Kevin Rehder
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"I think it would be a huge loss."
San Jose Repertory Managing Director Nick Nichols says that's how it would feel if the 33-year old San Jose Repertory Theatre were to shut down.
"It's important for a world class city like San Jose to have a nationally renowned world class theater like San Jose Rep and to lose that would be a shame," Nichols said.
The Rep's recent audit by San Francisco firm Burr Pilger Mayer credits the Theatre for taking "substantial measure to reduce its operating costs, defer or eliminate certain programs, and continue to streamline production costs."
Auditors are concerned the special fundraising by the board members may not be sufficient saying it "cannot be relied on for future years."
"In the eyes of an auditor, because that fundraising is not a certainty, there is doubt," Nichols said.
The audit says things must change stating "Based on these uncertainties, there exists substantial doubt about the Theatre's ability to continue as a going concern [beyond August]."
If the San Jose Rep were to shut own, the Theatre says that would take out $9 million out of the downtown economy and leave a big hole in the arts community.
"The arts are very often the reflection of the soul of a city and I think that it's important to have groups like San Jose Rep," Nichols said.
The Rep's year to year fight has been going on for a while. In 2006, the Theatre almost shut down before the city stepped in and bailed out the Rep at the tune of $2 million.
An amount the Rep will have to pay back over the next 25 years. Danreb Victorio has performed on the San Jose Rep stage for a Filipino American production.
He's also watched numerous shows from the seats. He says losing the Rep would be a big blow.
"You take that away and it's just like another big building," Victorio said.
The San Jose Rep says it has an action plan to get the auditors off their back. Namely by building up a cash reserve of $200,000 every year.
Nichols says the Rep will have $50,000 in the reserve by the end of tyhe year, thanks to foundations, corporations and individuals.
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Over a third of court cases finalised during 2012-13 were for traffic offences, according to figures released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
"Despite a fall of six per cent, traffic offences were still the most common principal offence in Australia with 209,859 defendants," said William Milne from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, "which was over one-third of all finalised defendants."
"The majority of traffic offences were either alcohol or driver's licence related, with speeding making up about nine per cent of the total.
"The largest increase in the number of defendants was for illicit drug offences which were up by nine per cent, from 40,593 to 44,415 defendants.
In total, 561,554 defendants had their cases finalised by the courts in 2012-13, which was down two per cent from the previous year.
"This is the fourth consecutive year that defendant numbers have fallen," said Mr Milne.
Of those defendants who were proven guilty, 89 per cent were given a non-custodial order such as a fine, 7 per cent were sentenced to jail, and a further 4 per cent were given a fully suspended sentence. The proportion given a non-custodial order has remained stable at 89 per cent since 2008-09.
Further information can be found in Criminal Courts, Australia, 2012-13 (cat. no. 4513.0) available for free download from the ABS website (www.abs.gov.au)
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Hey Bob, put down the donut. My kid needs new soccer shoes.
Thousands of Kaiser Permanente employees in Colorado could benefit from cash bonuses up to $500 each by getting fit. The twist in the new health challenge is that it's a group exercise: The top cash bonus gets handed out only when enough individual workers in a Kaiser region achieve the new fitness goals.
Kaiser's unions across the nation pushed for the plan, arguing to the nonprofit health company's managers that a group exercise was the best way to lower health care costs with massive improvements. On top of 5,000 eligible Kaiser employees in Colorado, the new bonus plan covers another 120,000 Kaiser workers from strongholds like California, Hawaii and elsewhere.
The bonuses come in three stages. Workers can get a $150 payout if 75 percent of them take a "total health assessment" by the end of 2014. The second bonus of $150 comes if 85 percent of the employees in that Kaiser region are up to date on their "biometric screenings," which are measurements of important health factors like body mass index, cholesterol, blood pressure and smoking/nonsmoking status.
If that group of employees gets through those two "gates," they have a shot at another $200 each for the toughest task: They must see improvements averaging 1.7 percent in the riskiest population by the end of 2014, and they must not get worse in any one category of measurement.
Translated through examples: The pact with company managers assumes that about 8,667 Kaiser employees nationally are smokers. A 1.7 percent reduction would require about 147 employees to quit. About a third of Kaiser employees, or 37,000, have high cholesterol, above 200. The pact would require about 631 employees nationwide to get below that 200 number. And so on, in the blood pressure and body mass categories.
Health insurance rewards and penalties have become more common as insurance companies and employers see value in improving the health of their employees and cutting sickness claims. Often, though, the rewards come in the form of a reduction in premium, or money put into a restricted health savings account. And they are usually aimed at individual effort. The Kaiser plan raises eyebrows for paying straight up cash directly to workers, and for putting the onus on the group to look out for each other and make change.
A spokesman for one of the unions key in negotiating the health pact said it's not about yelling at Bob about his donut intake.
"We think the program creates positive change. We all want to get healthy together. My example can influence you, which can influence the person down the hall. It's a positive reinforcement, not a negative one," said Sean Wherley of SEIU-UnitedHealthcare Workers West. "We're in this together, we're not going to call out an individual on what they had for lunch."
As for privacy concerns that often come up with health reward and bonus programs, Wherley said the great majority of Kaiser employees get their health care through Kaiser offices — logically. Their health information is already with doctors and nurses, in-house, and all the protections they have on medical records will remain. The measurements of group success will not single out results from any employees, but take an aggregate approach, he said.
"It's not necessary for the employer to know that Bob Jones smokes or has high cholesterol; Bob Jones' information is thrown into the aggregate, and from that they can see how did the overall workers of Colorado perform, not just Bob. So it removes the need for an individual supervisor making an individual decision about a bonus at the end of the year," he said.
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Belt: from a Lulu's dress
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Install wget in Mac OS X Without Homebrew or MacPorts
The command line tool wget lets you retrieve a group of files from FTP and HTTP protocols, it's a very useful utility for web developers and powerusers to have around because it lets you do things like perform quick and dirty site backups and even mirror websites locally.
This approach is going to build and install wget in OS X from source, this means you'll need Xcode (App Store link), or at least and the Unix command line dev tools installed on the Mac, but it has the benefit of eliminating the need of a package manager like Homebrew or MacPorts.
For those who don't have the Command Line Tools package either with or without Xcode installed yet, it's fairly simple: Open Terminal and type 'xcode-select –install', or you can do it from Xcode by opening XCode, then go "Preferences" and to the downloads section, and choose "Install Command Line Tools", or you can get it from the Apple Developer Site as described here. Because the package has to download from Apple, it may take a while depending on your internet connection. Command Line Tools installs a C compiler, GCC, and many other helpful utilities that are commonly used in the unix world.
How to Install wget in OS X
Moving ahead and assuming you have Xcode and the command line tools installed, launch Terminal and enter the following commands as shown.
First, use curl to download the latest wget source:
curl -O http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.16.3.tar.xz
Or to use an older version (prior versions of OS X)
curl -O http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/wget-1.13.4.tar.gz
(sidenote: a new version of wget may be available, version 1.16.3 (wget-1.16.3.tar.gz) has been confirmed to work in OS X El Capitan and OS X Yosemite, 1.15 is confirmed compatible with OS X Mavericks, while 1.13.4 has been confirmed compatible with OS X Mountain Lion. You can pick whichever one you want from the http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/wget/ directory if you want a different version)
Next we use tar to uncompress the files you just downloaded:
tar -xzf wget-1.15.tar.gz
Use cd to change to the directory:
cd wget-1.15
Configure with the appropriate –with-ssl flag to prevent a "GNUTLS not available" error:
./configure --with-ssl=openssl
Note if you still have an error in OS X 10.10+ and OS X 10.11+, use this variation of configure (from Martin in the comments):
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Build the source:
Install wget, it ends up in /usr/local/bin/:
sudo make install
Confirm everything worked by running wget:
wget --help
Clean up by removing wget source files when finished:
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The latest version of wget should configure, make, and install fine in OS X El Capitan and Yosemite as well.


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Pikes Peak is about to experience Jalopnik's $500 Craigslist rally driver and future biopic subject Bill Caswell and his BMW E30 race car... assuming he doesn't experience the Peak first.
Caswell claims this spin out in practice run was all due to his showboating:
So we see our friend Yuji taking pictures at this corner on the previous pass and so I tried to hang it out pretty far and lost it. I'm sure I could have saved it but knew I could stop it to the inside and well the outside...
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Haven't you heard? Football is a role-playing game. Or at least, that's how Chris Kluwe, the Minnesota Vikings punter and noted World of Warcraft and RPG fan, seems to be approaching it.
Each week in the NFL, ChrisWarcraft characterizes his upcoming game in terms of an MMO quest. We're going to chart his progress and see how fast he levels up.
This week's quest:
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Adam Ottavino will switch to No. 0 for the regular season
SCOTTSDALE — If one is a lonely number, what is zero?
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"I wore it growing up, and even in high school. When I was younger, it was like having my name on the back of my jersey (O for Ottavino) when we didn't have our names on the back," Ottavino said.
Ottavino, in his short big league career with the Cardinals and Rockies, has worn 35, which he ceded to Jake Westbrook, 53, 56 and 37. The most recent big leaguers to wear No. 0 include Rey Ordonez and Al Oliver.
"Nobody will want zero," Ottavino said. "I am sure I will get heckled more on the road. But I am not worried about it."
For those asking, catcher Lars Davis has switched to No. 75 after new acquisition Reid Brignac was assigned 16. Said Davis, "He has more time than me. It doesn't matter. It's a number. It's never been a big deal to me."


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