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IMG Academy in Bradenton has confirmed the enrollment of Alabama prep star Bo Scarbrough into its program. Scarbrough, the No. 5-ranked athlete in the country according to 247sports.com and he is committed to Alabama. He can play runing back, linebacker, safety or tight end.
Scarbrough could possibly still be open in his recruiting process and he visited both the Florida and Florida State campuses this past month. His cousin, C'yontai Lewis is a tight end commitment to Florida and Lewis has said he will pursue the recruitment of his cousin as a potential Gator.
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IMG Academy has announced that University of Alabama commit Bo Scarbrough has enrolled. The 6-foot-2, 236-pounder will be utilized in multiple roles on both sides of the ball throughout the 2013 season. Scarbrough is ranked as: the No. 20 overall prospect in the nation and No. 2 at his position by ESPN Recruiting Nation; No. 21 overall and No. 1 at his position by Rivals.com; and No. 39 overall and No. 4 at his position by 247Sports.com. Scarbrough is also set to compete in the 2014 Under Armour All-American game, to be held in St. Petersburg, Fla. in January.
On his decision to attend IMG Academy, Scarbrough remarked, "Coach Weinke is a great coach, and IMG Academy offers me everything I could ever need to get ready for college, and focus on football and academics equally. The facilities, the school programs - it's just a great fit for me to finish my high school career."
Scarbrough, a native of Eutaw, Ala. relocated to Tuscaloosa, Ala. five years ago, where he emerged as the No. 4 player on the AL.com A-List for the Class of 2014 as a member of Northridge High School. Scarbrough committed to the Crimson Tide in September 2012 after leading his team to victory over rival Hillcrest High School behind his 164 yards on 26 carries. The year prior, he led Northridge to eight straight wins and a playoff berth in Alabama Class 6A playoffs, and led the team with more than 900 yards rushing.
"Bo is a competitor, a hard worker and a quality young man with great character, in addition to being an outstanding player," said Chris Weinke, Head Coach and Director of Football, IMG Academy. "He has the ability and makeup to be as good as he wants to be at the college level at just about any position."
Scarbrough joins other top student-athletes at IMG Academy on the inaugural roster, including QB Michael O'Connor (Senior/Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), a Penn State commit and consensus four-star ranked player; CB Matthew Boateng (Senior/Toronto, Ontario, Canada), who carries multiple Division-I offers from the likes of Kansas and Marshall; and OL Tyree St. Louis (Junior/Tampa, Fla.) who boasts offers from the likes of Tennessee, Louisville and Kentucky. The IMG Academy football team will take the field for the first time at the Kickoff Classic against Palm Beach Lakes Community High School on Aug. 24 at 7:30 P.M. under the lights of the new IMG Academy stadium.
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PHILADELPHIA--Reporting in Nature, scientists from Thomas Jefferson University have determined that a single protein called FADD controls multiple cell death pathways, a discovery that could lead to better, more targeted autoimmune disease and cancer drugs.
Twelve years ago, internationally-known immunologist Jianke Zhang, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Thomas Jefferson University, realized FADD, which stands for Fas-Associated protein with Death Domain, played an important role in embryonic development and the onset of some diseases, but he didn't know exactly why until now.
In the paper published online March 2, Dr. Zhang and researchers show this protein regulates not one but two types of cell deaths pivotal for embryo and disease development. It is now known that FADD causes apoptosis, the "healthy" cell death, while keeping necrosis, the "toxic" one, at bay.
Understanding this pathway is instrumental in developing drugs with selectivity and fewer side effects, said Dr. Zhang, a member of the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson,
"This work has direct impact on our understanding of diseases: cancer, autoimmune disease, immune-deficiency disease," he said. "This is the one gene that regulates these two processes in cells, so now we can find targeted drugs to control the cell death process."
The research suggests that with the absence or variation in expression of this one protein, an embryo may not develop properly or a person may develop disease later in life.
"This breakthrough is a testimony to Dr. Zhang's research acumen and dogged determination to solve a longstanding mystery regarding the regulation of cell death pathways," said Tim Manser, Ph.D., professor and chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Jefferson. "It is gratifying to know that Thomas Jefferson University provides the research infrastructure that allows outstanding researchers like Dr. Zhang to make seminal discoveries, such as those reported in the Nature paper."
FADD's importance in embryogenesis and lymphocyte death response has been known, but the mechanism that underlies these functions in FADD has remained elusive.
Researchers found that mice that did not express FADD contained raised levels of RIP1, Receptor-Interacting Protein 1, an important protein that mediates necrosis and the apoptotic processes, and their embryonic development failed due to massive necrosis.
"When the FADD-mediated death process is deregulated, we will produce white bloods cells that will attack our own tissue, which is the cause of auto-immune diseases, such as arthritis and lupus," said Dr. Zhang. "And without the necessary cell deaths that are required for tumor surveillance, humans could develop cancer."
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"The killing of these tumor cells is not efficient, and this paper actually figured out why," said Dr. Zhang. "We now know that the FADD protein, while required for apoptotic death, is inhibiting necrotic death in tumor cells."


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Since I have watched Fear, I've become a HUGE fan of MW. My questions are, what are the 8 movies out on VHS? The other is, wasn't it his brother who san with the New Kids On The Block???
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Last Q. first--
Yep, Donnie sang w/ New Kids, and Mark was with them for about "five minutes", as he puts it--actually 6 months.
The Substitute (TV movie)
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The Traveller
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Three Kings (COMING IN APRIL)
The Perfect Storm (Releases June 30,2000)
The Yards (Releases Autumn 2000)
Metal God (Releases Autumn 2000)
Ocean's 11 (Releases probably 2001)
FEAR is what hooked me, too.
If you cannot find "The Basketball Diaries", check either on eBay, Amazon.com, Secondspin.com, or the Columbia House Video Club (online).
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I just got thru watching "The Big Hit" again, and I love the way this film is put together!! How they make certain gross parts so d*n*ed funny is amazing!!
And Mark is so F-N cute, you just want to grab him and take him home!! He sure enjoys kissing China Chow--no wonder they were boy/girl-friends for a while!!
One of my fave parts is when Melvin and Lou Phillips' character are in the vid store about to have it out, and Melvin takes off his jacket and yells, "OK, LET'S WORK!"
Even though he is such a sweetie, he is also ALL MAN, and he isn't a wimp!!
I have also noticed that even when Mark's characters are doing rotten things, they are so polite!! I think there is a lot of Mark in that, not that he does rotten things anymore, but, well, you know...the past, etc. ...
But anyway, I think it would be such a fun challenge to get to know Mark, b/c I think a little bit of him is in all of his characters someplace. Just like when you write characters, sometimes you put a tiny bit of yourself in them.
Also, this film to so well written-- all that snappy repartee!! What a hoot!!
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What is this movie about?? I have heard of it but never really wanted to see it because it sounds kinda corny just by the name. I'm a huge fan of Mark Wahlberg but I don't know what to think of this one. Please help!
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"The Big Hit" is sort of what you might call a "black comedy". It has a rather strange and irreverant sense of humor in spots, but it is funny (to some of us, anyway!), and I do not think it is one bit corny!!
The story involves 4 hit men who routinely get paid for taking out (killing) other bad guys (mob ppl. mostly). At one point, Lou Diamond Phillips' character stumbles onto a way to make some extra cash over a weekend, by kidnapping the prep school daughter of an Asian businessman. The girl's father was in some business connected w. crime--I forget what--but lately, his fortunes have reversed.
He is strugling to get back on his feet.
Unbeknownst to the 4 hit men, a close friend of the Asian Dad is none other than their own mob boss (who is also godfather of the daughter to be kipnapped).
Lou Diamond is the chief of the hit crew, and there is also another fellow, a "fifth wheel", who is a genius with computers, but cannot say a complete sentence w/o stuttering to the max. (This often p-i-s-s-e-s Lou off, and it is really funny!)
One of the hit men is played by Mark of course. His name is Melvin Smiley, and if you did not know he was a hit man, you would never guess, b/c he is so ****ed seet and adorable. But, being a MAN, he not only has a jewish fiancee (and he is not jewish), but he also has a cheating girlfriend (she is cheating on him and he doesn't know it); and eventually, he will fall for the kidnapped girl, too. Melvin's one big drawback is that he can't say no, and he wants everyone to like him. Any fussing at all makes his stomach act up and he has to drink Maalox.
On the other hand, he is a Killer hit man!
At first, he is not interested in doing "the big hit" that Lou has going, but he soon changes his mind. Seems his Miss Thing girlfriend is swindling him for however much she can get out of him (and he's too dumb to see it), and she has just bi*ched at him for more $$$. So to get her off his back, he agrees to do the hit with the other guys.
All goes well, until
1. Melvin's fiancee shows up while he is hiding the kidnap victim at his house;
2. The mob boss finds out about the hit, and Lou fingers Melvin as the idea man on the hit (when it is actually Lou, himself.)
I won't tell you the rest. That should be enuff for you to decide to see it or not.
I highly recommend it. It is one of my faves and I can watch it over and over and over...
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This is for Annie M.
Um..... you said in one of your replies, that
Mark used to do some "rotten stuff".
Exactly what did he do??? and how old was he?? He's so cute!
Thanx a lot!!!! Bye!
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Hey MW Fans!!!!!!!!! Did you know that Mark Wahlberg was dating China Chow? And now I thinks he doesn't want to date him for some reason. My sister just told me, that he used to beat other women around. Did you know? I wonder if that's the reason why he isn't married. Hmmm....Ok. I liked The big Hit too. It was like a Action-Comedy. Oh well. Some of you people would like to know how old he really was in the Big Hit. Well he was 26/27. To find out more, to go
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I have a stored procedure that is being called very frequently. For some database servers it is as often as 20 times per second. Unfortunately because different clients call this procedure, I can't (without significant rearchitecture of the application) chunk the queries into table updates.
Recently the database performance has fell through the floor, a very simple update takes 30-90 seconds instead of milliseconds.
By far the (looking at resource waits on the servers), Locks contribute the vast vast majority of the waits (its 150x the time of the second contendor).
The stored procedure does some validation then either inserts or updates an existing record (for now all of them are updates). If the validation fails it RAISERROR and the errors is passed all the way back to the client (the main obstacle to why it can't be chunked easily).
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UPDATE dbo.TblHeartbeat
LastCheckedIn = GETUTCDATE(),
NumberOfCheckIns = NumberOfCheckIns + 1,
LastCheckInVersion = @Version,
IPAddress = @IPAddress
MachineID = @MachineKey
I suspect that changing this to a WITH(ROWLOCK) will resolve the issue. There doesn't seem to be a lot of science around locks though. Opinions vary from, SQL knows what it's doing don't force it to do something, to it will ignore hints and you should actually remove the page lock from the table to force it to use row locks.
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Recipe: My Favorite Gin Martini
My weekly ritual after work on Friday: An icy gin martini and a pile of unadulterated potato chips. I've tried a million times to deviate, but a million times I've failed: Nothing else works. Not a vodka martini, not a margarita, not a bowl of nuts, not bagel chips (blech), not a stack of crudite — no matter how fine the vegetables.
Gin martini and plain, grocery-store potato chips, that's it.
Top tip: Don't fill your cocktail glass to the rim. You'll spill it, and worse, by the time you finish the drink it'll be tepid. Far better to mix a second cocktail than to nurse a lukewarm one.
Colorado has a few worthwhile gins on the market , but when it comes to martinis, my heart belongs to Plymouth.
My Favorite Martini
2 ounces gin (I prefer Plymouth)
1/2 ounce vermouth (I prefer Dolin, but Noilly Prat will do)
A twist of lemon
Stir gin and vermouth gently over ice for 1 minute. Let it sit. Meanwhile, rub rim of chilled cocktail glass with lemon twist, then drop twist into glass. Strain martini over the top. Serve with potato chips.
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12 squares milk chocolate (about 3
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12 slices banana
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• Substitute dark chocolate for milk chocolate if desired.
• You can also substitute miniature marshmallows for regular
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Antonia T. Harris was appointed as the Chief Human Capital Officer for the General Services Administration in June 2014.
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This is the second group of projects PGE and Energa have acquired from a major utility. Last week, Denmark's Dong Energy revealed it was selling its 111MW onshore portfolio to the two companies.
The Iberdrola deal involves the sale of Iberdrola's 75% stake in Iberdrola Renewables Polska, which includes five wind farms. The remaining 25% is held by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Last year, Iberdrola announced it was selling its combined 550MW of onshore wind assets in France, Germany and Poland. It has already sold 32 projects in France and seven projects in Germany, with buyers including EDF, GE and MVV.
The latest deal follows a new renewable energy law that was submitted to the Polish cabinet for approval in December, which is believed to more favourable towards offshore wind.
Commercial-scale wind farms will receive support under the green certificate (GC) system. But the economy ministry has cut the rate of green certificates per megawatt hour and has withdrawn the right to obtain GCs once a wind farm owner sells electricity for more than 105% of the medium price of electricity in Poland — currently EUR 49/MWh.
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Liora, a CSM BA graduate, will create an upcycled capsule collection supported by a mentoring programme sponsored by Veolia. The competition prize will teach Liora to develop, source, produce and promote her collection which will be unveiled at London Fashion Week February 2013.
Twelve Central Saint Martin's BA Graduates participated resulting in three finalists. Liora was the deciding winner after the panel agreed her collection was innovative, exciting and embraced new sustainable aesthetic.
The panel comprises of Anna Orsini, Strategic Consultant, BFC; Barbara Grispini, LONDON show ROOMS Head of Projects and Brand Development Consultant, BFC; Bel Jacobs, Fashion and Beauty Writer, Metro; Christine de Leon, Blogger and Contributor Huffington Post; Jessica Brinton, Editor of Sunday Times Style and Editor of Estethica Review; Kate Carter, Editor of Life & Style, Guardian.co.uk; Simone Looi, Corporate Responsibility Manager, Veolia Environmental Services and Orsola de Castro founder of From Somewhere.
Liora will receive Reclaim to Wear mentoring by Orsola de Castro, who will also coordinate further mentoring by leading upcycling designers.
Caroline Rush, CEO of the BFC commented, "Since its debut in 2006 Estethica has played a vital role in raising awareness and standards in sustainable fashion, and providing a supporting platform for designers to develop sustainable solutions. We are delighted to be collaborating with Veolia on this competition and I am very much looking forward to seeing Liora's debut collection at London Fashion week in February next year."
"The UK is at the forefront of the latest sustainable trends in fashion and we believe the Re-Source competition will give Liora a fantastic opportunity to take upcycling to a new level. We are proud to be working together with the British Fashion Council's ethical initiative Estethica to launch this competition with Central St. Martin's College and turn waste into not just a resource but the latest catwalk collection." - Kevin Hurst, Director of Marketing and Communications for Veolia Environmental Services.


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If you have a 7.4 vortec, this is a must have. Just comparing the stock MAF with this one, there is going to be better mass volume AND better velocity. The honeycomb is removed, and the Inner diameter is larger. The noticeable difference is right off throttle all the way up to 4500rpm. It is molded plastic though, so we'll see over time if there is any cracking with the heat cycles of the motor compartment. No CEL came on either.


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Whenever someone new finds out that I deliver pizza, the first thing they usually ask is, "What's your craziest delivery story?" I don't have too many, but here are the ones I usually go with:
- I once had a very drunk dude shout "I love you" as I walked away after giving him his pizza
- I have seen one penis. The guy had some boxer shorts on with a rip in them. I tried hard not to look
- Some young teenage girls thought it'd be cute if they answered the door in underwear. I could hear them squealing all the way from the driveway when they realized that instead of a pizza dude it was me delivering them pizza. I don't know exactly what they expected, maybe some guy to be bumbling at the door, offer them free pizza, flirt. Maybe they just wanted to be the objects of some guy's "craziest delivery" story
- I have been explicitly hit on once. That guy was very drunk. I told him he already knew exactly how to get in touch with me, just order a pizza
- I called the cops once on a domestic dispute
- I delivered to a guy who I was warned was "extremely belligerent" and possibly dangerous. He was overly subdued when I got there but between the time I left his apartment and when I got back to the store he had called back three times yelling. One of those times he demanded that we deliver him nothing but bacon
More than my own stories, which are pretty mild, I'd like to hear other people's delivery stories. Got any?
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A federal judge has struck down Michigan's ban on same-sex marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, striking down the measure approved by the state's voters in 2004.
U.S. District Judge Bernard Friedman sided with two lesbian nurses who sued the state to be allowed to marry and adopt each other's children, ruling that the state had no "rational basis" for denying them the right.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette immediately filed a request for an emergency stay of the ruling, which Friedman did not grant.
"In 2004 the citizens of Michigan recognized that diversity in parenting is best for kids and families because moms and dads are not interchangeable," Schutte said. "Michigan voters enshrined that decision in our State constitution, and their will should stand and be respected. I will continue to carry out my duty to protect and defend the Constitution."
Unlike a number of other similar court decisions in the months since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act, Friedman opted to hold a trial, allowing both sides to present their case.
The nurses, April DeBoer and Jayne Rowse, are raising three special needs children together and wish to marry and adopt them. They filed their lawsuit against the state in 2012.
Experts for the state claimed studies show children raised in same-sex marriage households have poorer outcomes, while studies presented by the plaintiffs find the opposite.
And while the state argued the will of the people of Michigan -- the 2004 ban -- should determine the law, the 2014 State of the State survey from the University of Michigan shows attitudes have changed in the past decade.
According to the survey, 59 percent of Michigan adults say they are now in favor of allowing adoption by gays and lesbians, compared to 33 percent against.
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LOME, Togo — Over 20,000 school children from primary, secondary, and high schools marched on Thursday in the capital of Togo in support of teachers who are on strike to seek better working conditions.
"Education is the key to development," said one of the placards held by the students, who marched toward government offices in Lome, capital of the West African nation.
"I want the government to understand that teachers are playing a key role in the development of our country. So they deserve better working conditions," said Tengue Ahoefa, a student.
On Wednesday, Togolese trade unions started a three-day protest. The unions are under the umbrella of the "Togolese Workers Synergy" or " Synergie des Travailleurs Togolais."
Last week, hundreds of medical workers in the main central hospital of Lomé, the Sylvanus Olympio Hospital, also laid down their tools while the central mortuary of Lomé remained functioning only few hours.
The public service workers are asking for a review of their official general status and the adoption of a new minimum wage.
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Well, kind of. Boy, wouldn't that have been a hell of a tale? (A hell of a historic Youtube video: the Zapruder Film of hoonage.) But in 1973, Richard Milhous Nixon handed the keys to a brand-new Lincoln Continental sedan to Leonid Brezhnev, as a token of mutual understanding and not mutally-assured destruction, perhaps not realizing that the Soviet Union's General Secretary of the Communist Party was a car enthusiast himself—you have to be, to willingly own a Citroën SM.
So when Nixon got in the passenger's seat, he probably should have foreseen what happened next.
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"He got behind the wheel and motioned me into the passenger seat. The head of my Secret Service detail went pale as I climbed in and we took off down one of the narrow roads that run around the perimeter of Camp David….
At one point there is a very steep slope with a sign at the top reading, 'Slow, dangerous curve'…
Brezhnev was driving more than 50 miles an hour as we approached the slope. I reached over and said, 'Slow down, slow down,' but he paid no attention. When we reached the bottom there was a squeal of rubber as he slammed on the brakes and made the turn….
'You are an excellent driver,' I replied. 'I would never have been able to make that turn at the speed at which we were traveling.'
Diplomacy is not always an easy art."
The Lincoln survived, and now resides comfortably in a the Riga Motor Museum in Latvia.
We tell you this story to tell you another one. Jalopnik alum Murilee Martin dives into the Richard Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, California, and finds all manners of stately Ford products, including the Mercury woodie wagon he used to campaign for the Senate in 1950. There's also the matter of Nixon's 1967 armored Lincoln, which is a lot cooler than the K-Car limo he used in retirement. For a while, everything came up Milhous.


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Read this passage, and think about how Jesus has given up everything so he can get to you.
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*For further reading in the Bible: Luke 15:1 – 15:7
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Read this passage, and think about how Jesus has given up everything so he can get to you.
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Can't you feel him in the room, all he wants is you …
*For further reading in the Bible: Luke 15:1 – 15:7
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Dave Yauk is first a foremost a follower of Jesus. He is Husband to Katie, and Father to 4 wonderful children (Naomi, Jesse, Levi, and Analise). Dave's primary passion is to seek after Gods Glory in all things, and in his contribution you'll find he holds a passion for Theology and all things Beautiful as seen in the Creator, Creativity, Character and Culture. Dave has been privileged to do ministry in over 17 countries. This has been his primary means of education and learning as a follower of Jesus. However, Dave has also had the honor of getting a B.A. from Colorado Christian University in Organizational Management and Christian Leadership, a Master's in Divinity from Liberty University, and a Doctorate in Worship Studies from I.W.S. Dave owns the Garden City Project (an online collaborative marketplace for Christian artists and innovators), Finale School of Music, and teaches online guitar for Jamplay.com. He is also a Professor of Theology, Worship and Missiology at Visible Music College and Grand Canyon University.
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Normandy '44: European Theater combines a higher level of realism with a more elaborate doctrine system, which incorporates almost 50 different military units that took part in the period of Jun-Sept 1944. This spectrum ranges from divisions of free Polish and French units serving under the main allied armies to volunteers from the Eastern Front that served in the German Wehrmacht. This is only a small portion of the doctrine variety however, as we feature numerous well known units of all factions as well. The mod also features numerous new abilities and custom made units each with a completely revamped size and structure. Between custom made units and structures with historically correct skins, Normandy '44 offers over 150 NEW UNITS, making for an almost endless variety of different scenarios and unit actions. Combined these factors provide for an experience unlike any other mod for CoH!
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Thirty years ago the Arthurian myth first grabbed hold of me when I saw Excalibur on its initial release. Prior to that, I'd encountered King Arthur only through the Disneyfied Sword in the Stone, or the bloodless Technicolor epic Knights of the Round Table. John Boorman's 1981 film was different: limbs were hacked off, breasts were bared and there was a timeless sense of a blood-and-thunder past throbbing with life. Sure, it was stiff in places, and the acting was stylized to the point of ridiculousness, but it was still a movie in the pure sense, loaded with unforgettable images.
Thirty years on, I still love the film, and not just for sentimental reasons. There's a sure hand at work, one that knows exactly what it wants to accomplish with every shot and sequence. Boorman, who'd once tried to wrangle Lord of the Rings onto the screen as a live-action epic, is a fearless filmmaker as notable for his daring successes (Deliverance) as his audacious failures (Exorcist II: The Heretic). He depicts Arthur not as a neat or elderly monarch, but with the long hair and scruffy beard of a biker. Guinevere is an earthy princess who knows herbal remedies as well as courtly dances. Lancelot, in gleaming silver armor, has the curls and square jaw of a laid-back surfer. Boorman uses green backlight to give even the metal armor a hint of the organic, most beautifully during the emergence of the sword from the lake. The actors don't perform so much as embody their roles, as the film tends to show them only at moments of high emotion.
But the wild card is Nicol Williamson as Merlin. Whatever the behind-the-scenes process that arrived at this interpretation, Williamson is both the focal point and the most entertaining thing in the film. Using every possible range of his voice, clad in a silver skullcap and black ragged robes, he's a buffoon one moment, a sage the next, and never less than enthralling. Whenever the film seems about to take itself too seriously, Williamson saves the day with a pratfall or a goofy line reading.
I can understand why contemporary viewers might find it overblown and silly. In an age of ironic detachment, when everything has a wink-wink element, the worst offense is to take something seriously, and to unapologetically present a unique vision.
Excalibur does exactly that. And if you let it cast its spell (which goes something like, "Anál nathrach, orth' bháis's bethad, do chél dénmha") I think you'll find yourself watching it again in another thirty years, too.


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Well, we have had a lot of progress on the nursery lately. Mainly because of this guy:
He came three weeks early, and the nursery was decidedly not finished yet. But Kelly got a bunch done in the two weeks he was home, and now my parents are in town and my father has been helping with the room as well. Here's what we have done so far:
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Model-actor-home remodeler Jason Shaw has listed his reinvented contemporary in the Hollywood Hills West area for $3.65 million.
Built in 1992, the three-level house features a floating-style staircase, high ceilings, glass walls that slide out of sight and touch-pad controls for sound, lighting, temperature and security. There are three bedrooms, 31/2 bathrooms and 4,100 square feet of living space. The rooftop deck has 360-degree views that take in the canyon, ocean and city vistas.
Shaw, 38, has modeled for Versace, Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger. His work as an actor includes stints on "Charmed" (2003-6) and "Third Watch" (2004-5).
Public records show he bought the property in 2010 for $925,000. Shaw, who has a passion for architecture and design, was actively involved in the renovation.
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Kindred Winecoff said...
Is there audio or video of this anywhere? I've long wanted Hitchens to grapple with academics, esp those that study International Relations and are familiar with the empirical and theoretical literatures. I'm not sure Wilkerson is the best guy to fill that role (I'm familiar with the subject and I've never heard of him), but at least it's a start. In the past Hitchens has dismissed social science almost as a matter of course, but I'm not sure why and no one ever presses him on the point.
I don't trust the reporter to understand the debate, much less represent it accurately, so I'd rather listen to it myself.
Oh look!
"In the past Hitchens has dismissed social science almost as a matter of course, but I'm not sure why and no one ever presses him on the point."
Though he hasn't endorsed "democratic peace theory" in terms IR academics would recognize (ie, tortured, unreadable prose), Hitchens is safely in that camp. As for "realists" like Wilkerson, Hitchens has been taking them on for a long time. It's also safe to say Hitchens dismisses as a matter of course realist theoreticians who bow to the great wisdom of Henry Kissinger.
The video on youtube was deleted, anyone knows where I can find it?


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So in the spirit of posting when flying is great, here goes:
Sunday 21 August, morning flight from EWR to Panama City. I got a complimentary upgrade and so was in a window seat, which normally I don't take as I like to be able to get up. First good omen was my seatmate liked to get up giving me a chance to do the same every couple of hours.
All the window shades were shut tight but mine...it was a glorious day with all sorts of skyscapes going on. A meadow or two to fly over, several layers of flat clouds far many thousands of feet separating them, clouds like watchtowers and terriers and whatever else.
The very best part was flying over what I can only assume was the Gulf Stream. It was a band of turquoise water quite distinct from the surrounding waters. Sometimes there were islands, but mostly not -- I can't quite figure out the route we took, and there was no flight tracker (I am another flyer obsessed with these). A whole host of small clouds cast shadows on the water -- at first they looked like islands. Stunning.
Toward the descent we encountered rather a lot of darker clouds. The captain told the flight attendants to prepare the cabin, everyone sit down, including the FAs, in preparation for some "bad weather" we were about to encounter. Too good to be true, this flight, or so I thought.
No bumps. Not even little shudders. It was great. All that panic for nothing.
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Ask the Trainer | Should pup be sent to boarding school?
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TAHOE/TRUCKEE, Calif. – Our lives have been turned up-side down by a 6-month-old puppy named Leo. The reason I'm writing is my husband and I are having a serious disagreement about training. My husband wants to send Leo away to a trainer for a month. I feel like he is so bonded to us it will be traumatic for him. What do you think of boarding a young dog for training?
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If you put three trainers in a room and ask them this question, you will likely get three different answers. I believe dog training occurs at both ends of the leash. At the human end of the leash, we must learn how to communicate with our dogs in a way they can understand. For this reason, I do not usually recommend having someone else train a pet dog. Even dogs destined for jobs like herding or hunting do better when they have a strong relationship with their handler. Organizations who train assistance dogs require the person receiving a dog to go through extensive training. Yes, these dogs are well trained and can execute necessary cues, but unless the handler knows how to communicate with the dog they will not get the same results as the person who trained the dog.
Instead of sending Leo to a trainer, I think you should find a good positive reinforcement trainer who will teach you the skills you need. In addition, relationship is the foundation of a strong handler-dog bond. The person who provides leadership through structure and training and who plays with and feeds the dog has the best relationship. Leo needs to learn what the rules are in your home. No one can teach him this but you.
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On Saturday, President Felipe Calderón announced a cabinet reshuffle, with an eye to the 2012 election. Juan Molinar Horcasitas, one of Calderón's closest political advisers, resigned as Secretary of Communications and Transportation in order "to participate intensively in political-party work that is important for the life of the country" according to the President's statement. He is being replaced by Dionisio Pérez-Jácome, who has been Undersecretary of Finance for Expenditures and who also briefly served as presidential chief of staff.
Molinar's record as head of SCT was not stellar. The ministry continued to be bedeviled by technical problems in executing the government's ambitious transportation infrastructure program. And little headway was made in the area of telecommunications policy, where the award of a large bloc of wireless spectrum to a Nextel-Televisa consortium was drowned in a sea of lawsuits and the withdrawal of Televisa.
The President also named congressman Roberto Gil Zuarth as his new private secretary, replacing Luis Felipe Bravo Mena. Gil Zuarth had been widely seen as the President's preferred candidate to take over the PAN in the party's recent election of a new leader (an election won by Senator Gustavo Madero). Bravo Mena is returning to the private sector.
As noted by El Universal's Bajo Reserva column: "Inside and outside his party, the PAN, the reading [of the changes] was the same: it is a signal that Calderón is not packing his bags and ready to give up power, perhaps to a political adversary. [The appointments] announced yesterday were a demonstration that he will give battle to everyone, including those within his own party."
Georgina Kessel moves from Secretary of Energy to the President of Banobras, the development bank. She replaces Alonso García Tamés, who returns to the private sector.
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Friday, September 18
Man Intentionally Loses 3,000 Golf Balls in Desert
The scene of a bizarre golf act. (Tammy Green/Flickr)
GROWING UP PLAYING GOLF in the California desert, I hit my share of wayward shots into the sandy dirt, Joshua trees and tumbleweed. Some of my golf balls dove into gopher holes and many disappeared elsewhere in the desert landscapes that adjoined the fairways of my youth.
I lost countless Top-Flites, Maxflis, Titleists, Wilson Staffs and Golden Rams. Yes, Golden Rams. It was that long ago.
But I was no Douglas Jones.
Jones, a 57-year-old La Quinta, Calif., man, deposited an estimated 3,000 golf balls into Joshua Tree National Park over a year's time. He was cited by park rangers a month ago for abandoning property, littering and feeding wildlife.
Joshua Tree National Park is not a golf course. It's not like Bethpage State Park on Long Island where the U.S. Open was played. There's no reason anyone should spot a Titleist Pro V1 in Joshua Tree National Park—unless someone in Indio hit a shot 20 miles off line.
Jones will soon be explaining his actions to a federal magistrate. According to the AP story, Jones said it was his way of honoring deceased golfers. I think he better take a mulligan on that explanation.
Another deeply troubling aspect to this story: Jones tossed the 3,000 golf balls into the national park. There were no clubs involved. He simply heaved the dimpled spheres into the desert.
What a waste. Besides facing a fine and possible jail time, Jones missed out on an incredible practice opportunity. He could be one heckuva of a sand player by now. But he threw away that chance.
−The Armchair Golfer
5 comments:
- A.J. said...
Haha Golden Rams...what a name drop bud.
Golden Rams...remember them well. After trying just about every golf ball on the market, I finally concluded that I could hit the cheapest ball as poorly or as well as the most expensive one. Some of mine, in fact, may have wound up in the Joshua Tree National Park. The fact that I was playing 2500 miles away has absolutely no bearing on my skill at playing the game.
- Garry Green said...
I can´t think why he is doing this.
Any hints?
- kokogirl said...
Maybe this guy is mentally ill. First, wasting golf balls in the desert without hitting them. Then making up lame excuses about it...
- Epione, Los Angeles Cosmetic Surgery said...
Hey, it might be possible.
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More Public Schools' Craziness
Today, I saw John Gibson on FoxNews discussing his new book, The War on Christmas: How the Liberal Plot to Ban the Sacred Christian Holiday Is Worse Than You Thought. He noted that while many secularists claim that the Christmas Holiday is really a winter holiday, they know they are lying to themselves. His point was that holidays in the schools exist because they know no one will show up if they are not there. As a current employee of a non-traditional school, I can say that this is the absolute truth. We just gave the entire school a three day break for the Islamic holiday, Ramandan. Was this because we were trying to promote Islam? Certainly not! It was simply because we were told by the Muslim students (who represent the majority) that they would not be coming, regardless of whether the school was open. The administrators hands were tied. So the holiday was given to all.
This just goes to show that once again, there is evidence that our school systems are now proving grounds for advanced liberal agendas. When will the madness stop?!!


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My name is Chantal, I´m 23 years old and I´m from Holland. Last year I went to Iceland to work there as an au pair. This has been one of the best decisions ever since I´ve had the time of my life. I´ve met so many nice people and I´m sure I´ve made friends for life!
During my stay in Iceland I lived with two different families. The first family lived in Reykjavik and had two kids for me to take care of, a boy and a girl. When the kids were at school I took care of the household and also I was babysitting a gorgeous baby from the family. When the kids got home from school I gave them something to eat and played with them or just let them play with friends. I really liked these kids and I loved spending time with them. In my free time I went to a language school to study Icelandic. That was great because this way I got to know new people from all over the world and I was also able to understand the family conversations during dinnertimeJ More...
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- Flight ticket to and from Iceland for a stay of 12 months. One way ticket for au pairs who stay for 6 months (max. 35.000 ISK for one way ticket and max. 70.000 ISK for round ticket). The flight cost is reimbursed at the end of the stay.
- Health insurance arranged and paid by the host family (Citizens from EU, Lichtenstein, Switzerland and Norway can bring the European health insurance card).
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