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So, you've been in a car accident – what happens next? Aside from talking with your auto insurance company, and dealing with getting your car repaired, now is the time to take note of any physical symptoms that show up a few days after your accident. Other than the classic neck pain and back pain usually associated with auto accident injuries, there are other symptoms you should be looking for – headaches, stiffness, tightness, and numbness are all symptoms that you should pay attention to after an accident.
If you are feeling any kind of pain after a car accident, you should understand your options for treatment of that auto injury. But how do you choose? Each chiropractor is different in their treatment philosophies. If you value personalized treatment plans focused on healing, state of the art techniques and an insurance friendly process, then Bomberg Chiropractic in New Hope is a good place to start.
Dr. Tom Bomberg's approach to care is to help you make progress towards feeling better, diminish your pain and feel better long term. Some chiropractors have a one-size-fits-all treatment plan for patients who suffer pain from a car accident. No two patients at Bomberg Chiropractic are alike, and their treatment plans are as unique as the patient. At Bomberg Chiropractic, we start with a thorough discussion of your symptoms, available treatment options, and your schedule. We outline what a progression to wellness looks like and what treatment options are available to treat your pain caused by the car accident. Once you understand your options, we proceed with treatment towards healing and wellness.
You can rest easy that Dr. Bomberg has been trained on state of the art treatment techniques- beyond the usual chiropractic adjustment. Dr. Bomberg is certified in Active Release Technique (ART), a movement based massage therapy that addresses soft tissue issues including nerves and joints. Often, pain from a car accident is caused by aggravation of pre-existing scarring on soft tissue. Dr. Bomberg uses ART to treat these issues, as well as other chiropractic techniques to alleviate your auto injury pain. During each visit to Bomberg Chiropractic during your treatment plan, Dr. Bomberg checks in to make sure you are making progress towards lower pain levels and healing from your injury.
Need another reason to trust Bomberg Chiropractic? Dr. Bomberg helps you negotiate the complex insurance process associated with treatments for pain after a car accident. Dr. Bomberg works with you to submit your claims to involved insurance parties, and keeps meticulous records should the matter be reviewed in court. If you are working with an attorney to recover damages after your auto accident, it's good to know that Dr. Bomberg's detailed treatment notes have proven very valuable in achieving positive outcomes.
Finally, Dr. Bomberg knows that you want to return to wellness as soon as possible, and is part of your long-term treatment team. If during treatment, your progress towards healing isn't sufficient, Dr. Bomberg is happy to refer you to medical specialists that can address specific residual issues. These specialists share the same tailored treatment philosophy – focusing on healing via minimally invasive treatment plans as a preferred option. Dr. Bomberg's primary goal is to help you return to the same wellness you had before your car accident - rather than require a lifelong adjustment schedule that other chiropractors might recommend.
If you are looking for the best chiropractor in the Twin Cities to treat your pain after a car accident, then this New Hope Chiropractor is for you – call Bomberg Chiropractic at 763-450-1755 to make an appointment as soon as you can after a car accident. Or, schedule an appointment online: www.bombergchiropractic.com. Bomberg Chiropractic serves patients from all over the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, and is very conveniently located for patients who live or work in the northwest suburbs of New Hope, Golden Valley, Plymouth, Crystal, and Robbinsdale. Dr. Bomberg is here to help you get back to a healthy, happy life.
Dr. Tom Bomberg prides himself in listening to what his patients want, and works hard to provide them with the exact chiropractic services that they need. Healthcare isn't one-size-fits-all, and Dr. Tom Bomberg's focus is on providing personalized services tailored to each patient.
Dr. Tom Bomberg values and respects your time. You have a busy schedule, and getting the chiropractic treatment you need should be convenient for you. Keeping to your scheduled appointment time is something Dr. Tom Bomberg strives to respect.
Dr. Tom Bomberg values each of his patients. Through personalized healthcare services that use cutting-edge techniques, Dr. Tom Bomberg's goal is to provide his patients with the excellent chiropractic service in New Hope MN, they expect and deserve.
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It seemed ludicrous at first, the idea of Gul Agha Sherzai running for President of Afghanistan. The journalists who knew him, first as governor of Kandahar, then of Nangahar province, nicknamed him Jabba the Hutt, after the villainous behemoth of the Star Wars movies. It wasn't just his size (he readily admits he is considerably overweight), or his deep, throaty chuckle, that evoked such a comparison. It was more his reputation for ruthlessness as a warlord during the country's civil war in the 1990s. Sherzai's ability to get things done, however, has earned him another nickname from the American military commanders who work with him: the Bulldozer. Under his leadership, Nangahar, once a Taliban haven awash with opium poppies, has become one the most successful provinces in Afghanistan in terms of development and drug eradication.
Now Sherzai has made headlines by suddenly pulling out from the presidential race a move that says as much about the parlous state of Afghanistan's young democracy as it does about its cynical politics. (See a multimedia look at the war in Afghanistan.)
As a presidential candidate, Sherzai ticked all the boxes. He is Pashtun, the country's biggest ethnic group; as a tribal chieftain he has the necessary respect to deal with leaders of the Taliban insurgency devastating the south; and he possesses a national reputation garnered from his successful governorship. (Read "Why the Taliban Is Winning the Propaganda War.")
Sherzai also got to meet Barack Obama before President Hamid Karzai did. When the then Senator Obama visited Afghanistan last July as part of a congressional delegation, his first stop was the provincial capital of Jalalabad, Sherzai's seat. The visit, arranged by the U.S. State Department, did not appear to have been chosen for any other reason than convenience: Jalalabad is just a half-hour flight from Kabul, and Sherzai's successes in the province were considered emblematic of potential solutions elsewhere in the country. "The Obama visit is what started it all," says Nasir Ahmad, one of Sherzai's advisers and a childhood friend. "Early in his presidential campaign Obama said that the Karzai administration was weak. Then he came to Jalalabad, and discussed with Gul Agha the smooth running of the province and his many successes, so [Sherzai] thought maybe he could do the same for the whole country, not just his province."
However many eyebrows and hackles a Sherzai campaign for the Aug. 20 polls would have raised, his abrupt withdrawal invokes the specter of a lackluster election season destined to demoralize Afghans already wary of the unfulfilled promises of democracy. Sherzai was widely considered the only candidate who could mount a robust challenge against Karzai whose popularity has plummeted after seven years of ineffective rule and allegations of corruption and nepotism. On May 2, however, Sherzai met privately with the President for four hours. After he emerged Sherzai announced that he had changed his mind and would no longer run.
If Sherzai had continued with his campaign he would have had to step down from his presidential-appointed post as governor a prestigious and influential position he would be unlikely to regain if he lost to Karzai. A spokesman for Sherzai said his boss "decided Karzai would be a better leader for Afghanistan." Sherzai's campaign manager was stunned. "This is an absolute betrayal of everything we worked on," spluttered Khalid Pashtoon.
Competiton or no, Karzai would probably win the election anyway. He has the benefit of incumbency in a country accustomed to a monarchy, and the opposition parties are fractured. But while Sherzai is no white knight, his candidacy would have lent the election greater legitimacy. It would have given Afghans a chance to get fully involved in the election process, to discuss policies and platforms. Now Afghans are deprived of at least the perception of choice, and of having a say in their future.
The last time I saw Sherzai, who is an accomplished lyricist, he was belting out a newly written ode in Pashto to the Taliban in the domed atrium of his Baroque governor's palace. A turbaned Pavarotti with a deep voice burnished by years of cigarettes, he put one hand on his heart and, with the other raised in a beseeching manner, chastised his enemies. "Once, we stood side by side fighting for our country/ Leave me some pride in those memories/ Your worth is more than in killing yourself/ You slaughter your brother while calling out God's name/ Come rebuild Afghanistan with me instead." Sherzai chuckled when I asked if this was his campaign slogan. "Do you think it will work?" he asked. Maybe it wouldn't have. But at least it would have got Afghans thinking about what could have been.

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So many teas so little time. As mentioned in another page this site is a photo journal of my exploration into the world of tea through the T.A.C. Tea Sommelier class. Plus all the fruit, roots, flowers and leaves – the other good parts we add to teas for flavour and for health.
Please check out the different links on the teas and herbs that were all taste tested and a taste profile recorded.
Basic menu hierarchy is page, category, blog post.
No tea goes on this site that hasn't been cupped. Hope you enjoy the info, feed back is welcome.
This is a labour of love and a work in progress. The pages that presently have little content will have more in the future. But for now are sorta like place holders for the Categories and Blog posts.
Hope you enjoy and find it useful – please link back to any content you use.
M. Renée Fulsom
Owner / operator – Darsana Tea


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S: Aubrey Nicole Byers - year 6
FC: sweet blessing from God
1: Aubrey Nicole Byers 5 years old
2: Aubrey had an exciting year this year - kindergarten, lost her first tooth, learned to read. She is such a sweet, easy-going little girl with a tender spirit. She enjoys dress-up and playing pretend with dolls or even Gage's cars. She loves making creations with paper, markers, scissors, and LOTS of tape. While she has grown up so much this year, there are still some words she says incorrectly that make us smile: mice (nice), berry (very), bress (dress), tb (tv), Fancy (Nancy), sompin' (something), iPot (iPod), manks (thanks). The highlight of her 6th year was a weekend that started off with lots of tears. Aubrey had watched a movie where a baby dinosaur's mommy had been killed. This caused Aubrey to have fear about losing her own mommy. While it was hard to see her upset and fearful, it was a great joy to share with Aubrey how while death is sad we will not be sad forever since those who put their trust in Jesus will go to heaven and see their loved ones again. After many questions about heaven (some quite humorous), Aubrey prayed and asked Jesus to take her to heaven. We know there is much more to a relationship with Jesus than getting to heaven to see loved ones, but seeing her put faith in Jesus to care for her and her family as well watching the peace she received from her prayer of simple faith was a tremendous blessing. We look forward to seeing God's hand in her life as He continues to reach out to her and draw her to Himself. | What a GREAT year!
3: We had vegetables for snack today - the ones that looks like brains, cucumber, and the white ketchup stuff. | What is Levi's nickle name? | Mommy: "Goodnight, Bre. Tomorrow when you wake up, you will be 6! Bre: "Will I be taller?" | My Bible story today was about Joseph and the fairies. [Pharaoh] | Bre: "Gage, can you say shish?" Gage: "shish" Mommy: "Bre, f-f-fish" Bre: "f-f-shish." Bre turns to Gage. Bre: "Gage, can you say f-f-shish?" Gage: "shish" | Shortly after Levi was born. "I like him. Can we keep him FOREVER?" | How big is the tooth fairy? Does she know how long it takes me to fall asleep - sometimes it takes me a little bit. (A little nervous? :D) | In heaven will we have the same hair? How about the same heads? | After hiding Daddy's gift and being reminded not to tell. "I forgot [where i hid it] already!"
6: Shortly after her 5th birthday, Levi arrived!
7: She was a great help! | Aubrey adores Levi
8: Indianapolis Zoo & Children's Museum
9: Aubrey loves merry-go-rounds!
10: a great year of school! | First Day of Kindergarten
11: Each student was asked what they learned in Kindergarten. Bre's repeated answer "I don't remember" | Mrs. Yoder was a terrific teacher. | the wedding of Q & U - such a fun event!
12: Mommy & Aubrey
13: Aubrey was concerned on Mommy's birthday since there were no presents. After Mommy left with the boys, while Aubrey was waiting for Daddy to take her to school, she wrapped up some of her treasures (sticky notes) in dress-up scarfs. She put them on Mommy's desk and told Daddy to "text on Mommy" and tell her not to peek. After Mommy & Aubrey got home from school, she was very excited for Mommy to open her gifts.
14: Best Buddies
15: Aubrey & Gage are best friends.
16: Disney 2010
17: Gramma came!
18: shared love of ice cream
19: daddy's mini-me
20: Cousins
22: Ballet with Allison
27: Halloween 1010
29: Christmas 2010
31: Aubrey still enjoys dressing up in various (and sometime unusual) outfits.
32: Aubrey enjoys Levi, & he always has a smile or giggle for her.
34: Branson | Silver Dollar City
35: Duck Ride | Swimming
37: Easter 2011
38: Kindergarten Graduation
42: Kindergarten Journal


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Getting out of Rockaway at the right time?
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That could be true for Kathyann Snyder, the mayor of Rockaway Borough. She said on Saturday that she will resign her post because she is moving to Pennsylvania.
Rockaway is a small town, but Snyder had been under criticism of late for pushing a new town hall project in the face of resident opposition. It will be interesting to see if a new person in the mayor's chair changes the dynamics of that issue.


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An ongoing HostasDirect original series of hosta videos featuring Tom Carlson. Wander down the garden path with him as he shares his hosta expertise on hundreds of hosta varieties in these videos.


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Special Assistant to President Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, yesterday revealed why President Buhari retained the immediate past Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, when he assumed office in May 2015. Speaking at a book launch in Lagos yesterday June 23rd, Adesina who represented President Buhari at the event, said President Buhari gave his reasons for retaining Arase at a farewell dinner he organised for him on Monday June 20th, a day before Arase, retired from office.
"He said he saw the quality of Arase's mind and he saw the quality of things, he had written. You know Arase has many publications to his credit and he also saw his capacity as an operation person and he decided to keep him till his tenure expired"he said
According to Adesina, Arase during his response, said he was surprised that a sitting president could host a farewell dinner for him While he (Arase) was speaking at the dinner, he told the President that it was very strange for him to have been invited for a farewell dinner, because, what we know in Nigeria is that, you are sacked on pages of newspapers.
Arase, also had the fear that, since, he was inherited by Buhari's administration, he was not sure that he would be retained; so every day, he had the trepidation that he would hear that he had been removed."he said


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Startup Toowoomba are very pleased to announce that they will be holding the first Startup Weekend Toowoomba at "the GRID : Hybrid Arts Collective, an awesome venue right in the middle of town. It's a space that absolutely oozes creativity with oodles of room for building new businesses and social enterprises across a weekend.
David Masefield & Leanne Griffin, founder of Startup Toowoomba are seen below casing the joint and bringing bags of great ideas into one of the spaces at the GRID. This space is sometimes home to a circus school so if your business idea is a balancing act or consists of juggling your time then Startup Weekend Toowoomba is right for you. The GRID has incubated several successful Toowoomba business startups in creative industries and are just as excited as we are to be the venue of choice for Startup Weekend Toowoomba.
Want tickets to Startup Weekend Toowoomba then you can get them right here : Startup Weekend Toowoomba is Awesome! 14th November – 16th November for GSB & GEW.


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The prospect of higher inflation next year and forecasts that Britain will avoid falling back into a deep recession persuaded a majority of policymakers at the Bank of England against expanding its £375bn quantitative easing (QE) scheme.
According to the minutes of the monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting in November, the central bank also backed away from boosting QE after most committee members agreed the uncertain economic outlook meant banks were unlikely to pass on the funds to businesses and homeowners. The poor state of bank and building society finances was also the primary reason for rejecting a cut in base interest rates, the minutes said.
The decision not to pump more cash into the fragile economy was expected to be close after the economy bounced back in the third quarter with a 1% rise.
While the rebound was helped by several one-off factors, including the Olympics, the strength of the comeback from recession offset signs of weakness in a string of business surveys.
Several members of the committee also pointed to a report by the central bank that showed the economy was coping with the government's austerity measures and the eurozone crisis better than some forecasters expected. The report argued that the economy had suffered little long-term damage since the financial crash, as shown by stronger levels of employment during the year and low rates of business insolvencies.
But the committee remained split after the City economist David Miles, one of four non-bank members of the MPC, voted for an increase in QE of £25bn, though he will likely take comfort from the widespread agreement that QE remained a key policy tool.
"Views differed over the exact impact of the MPC's asset purchases … A case could be made for a further easing in monetary conditions," the minutes said, noting that output could be expanded without stoking inflationary pressures already flowing into prices.
The Bank of England has come under intense pressure to increase QE in the last year in response to a downturn in the economies fortunes. A fall back into recession last year sparked calls for a rapid expansion of government bond purchases by the central bank under the QE scheme.
However, most committee members have preferred to delay a decision while a separate scheme, known as funding for lending, boosts the amount of loans on offer from high street banks.
David Kern, chief economist at the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC), said he was relieved that QE was put on hold.
"However the minutes show that the committee remains divided about the value of increasing QE in the future, and such a move cannot be excluded, but should not be considered unless new threats to the stability of the UK banking system emerge.
"We believe that more QE would increase longer term risks of bubbles, financial distortions, and higher inflation, while only marginally benefitting the UK economy. The increase in CPI inflation to 2.7% in October strengthens our view in the case against adding to QE. Increasing inflation as a result of more QE could have potential adverse effects on economic growth," he said.
Labour warned the funding lending scheme, which provides discounted loans to high street banks, was struggling to make its way to businesses and homeowners.
A report by the Bank of England's regional advisers showed it was having only a limited impact.
Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna said: "Ministers said their funding for lending cheme would help get credit to profitable businesses unable to obtain it-six months after they have yet to deliver."
David Tinsley, UK economist at BNP Paribas, said the MPC appeared reluctant to embark on further QE without signs of a significant deterioration in the economic outlook.
"While committee members acknowledge that a demand stimulus could help mitigate supply destruction and thereby not lead to more inflation, most committee members appear sceptical of the size of this effect. The minutes note that the signs of supply destruction had been limited," he said.


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This lesson came at a good time for me because the last part of January was rough for me. I've enjoyed hunting for quotes by LDS women about the strengthening power of the Holy Ghost, but I'm having a hard time putting a lesson together. Honestly, I'd read the title of each section and ask the class to tell stories about when they've been led by the Holy Ghost first and foremost. But, I've tried to be a bit more helpful by listing quotes and resources under the categories given in the book that I've found helpful. I hope you'll do the same in the comments section. In Women of Covenant pg 459, there is a footnote with a fiery quote by Eliza R. Snow, "How is it with a great many of our young people?" she asked an audience in Ogden, Utah, in 1973.
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The federal district court erred by suppressing evidence of defendant's possession of child pornography because the police did not sufficiently corroborate the informant's credibility. The informant subjected herself to potential prosecution by telling the police that she and defendant had ...Read More »
Criminal Law – Use of alias did not obstruct justice
The district court erred in applying a two-level enhancement for obstructing justice under United States Sentencing Guidelines § 3C1.1 after defendant used an alias during some of the proceedings. Defendant, Kwame Williams, assumed several aliases, including Arnold Fordham. Williams was ...Read More »
Bankruptcy – Guarantor's rights unaffected by default judgment against lender
In this bankruptcy appeal involving the discharge of a student loan, the lower courts correctly concluded that the bankruptcy court's default judgment entered against the lender did not affect the rights of the loan's guarantor to assert a claim against ...Read More »
Employment – Discharged sheriff's deputy exhausted all leave time
The federal district court correctly dismissed the wrongful-discharge claims of a sheriff's deputy who was discharged when he did not return to work after exhausting all available leave time. Plaintiff Kuhn was falsely accused of rape by a woman he ...Read More »
Criminal Law – Buying personal info from possessor is aggravated identity theft
A defendant who bought an individual's personal information from him for later fraudulent used was properly convicted of aggravated identity theft under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1). Defendant Lumbard was arrested on two outstanding warrants. He was released on bond. Soon, ...Read More »
Criminal Law – Heroin-death offense enhanced by prior possession conviction
Defendant's sentence for his conviction of distributing heroin that resulted in the user's death can be enhanced by defendant's prior conviction of delivery of heroin. Under the United States Sentencing Guidelines, the prior delivery conviction is a "similar offense" to ...Read More »
Criminal Law – Sentence can't be lengthened for treatment or rehab
When revoking defendant's supervised release, the district court erred by lengthening his sentence so that he could get alcohol and anger management counseling in prison. "Although the applicable Guidelines' policy statements recommended imprisonment for four to ten months, Deen's [defendant's] ...Read More »
Criminal Law – Trespass investigation justified 'Terry' stop
Where it appeared that defendant was violating local trespassing and loitering ordinances by sitting in a car, the police were justified, under Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 16 (1968), in making a brief investigatory stop, which included a warrant ...Read More »
Oil And Gas – No federal jurisdiction over easement dispute
The parties' dispute over the scope of a natural gas pipeline easement is best understood as an easement dispute arising under Ohio law, rather than a federal-question jurisdiction issue arising under the Natural Gas Act. As a result, "the district ...Read More »
Prisons And Prisoners – Qualified immunity denied in fatal drug interaction claim
Where plaintiff's decedent died after a prison doctor prescribed two antidepressants that, when taken together, can cause a fatal drug interaction, the federal district court correctly denied the doctor's motion for summary judgment based on qualified immunity. While Quigley was ...Read More »


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BeResilient is a CITB fully funded programme of support aimed at helping companies in the construction sector to implement new working practices in accordance with the British Standard publication, BS 65000:2014 Guidance on Organizational Resilience. This programme has been inspired by recent market research which highlighted that the construction sector on average is the largest contributor to business insolvencies each year in the UK.
Resilience is a strategic objective intended to help an organisation to survive and prosper. A highly resilient organisation is more adaptive, competitive, agile and robust than a less resilient organisation.
We are running a series of awareness events around the country where you will hear from the authors of the report The Organisational Resilience of the UK Construction Industry; Are we built on a house of cards? on what it takes to become a more resilient organisation in the construction sector.Learn more
We have developed a 7 day how-to training programme aimed at guiding companies that are actively working towards implementing organisational resilience approaches in accordance with BS 65000:2014.Learn more
We have developed a 4 day leadership course for senior executives who have direct responsibility for the resilience of their organisations. The programme will provide leadership level learning around organisational resilience.Learn more
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Does Elvira, the Mistress of the Dark, need any introduction to the folks visiting this page? I'm guessing not, so I'll just introduce the film. This is actually Elvira's second feature film, the first being Elvira, Mistress of the Dark (1988). That first film was less of what you might expect from the horror hostess, playing more like a spoof of Footloose. Elvira's Haunted Hills, on the other hand, is a play on the classic sort of horror films that Elvira made a career out of hosting and lampooning. All told, this vehicle felt more natural for the character than did the earlier film.
Oddly enough, despite the more natural fit of the character, I think I enjoyed Elvira, Mistress of the Dark more than Elvira's Haunted Hills. This film seems more like a series of amusing scenes than a cohesive whole. But, really, who came to this film for expert storytelling? Really, there are only two reasons to watch Elvira, and they appear below:
If you said, for the sheer camp and Cassandra Peterson's divine facial expressions, you'd be correct! I've always liked the Elvira character, and, no, it's not just because of her sheer enthusiasm at embracing her more, ahem, ample assets. A quirky, sarcastic gothic vampire lady that talks like a valley girl and revels in double-entendres and self-deprecation - it's a firmly tongue in cheek character, that is hard not to love (Haha, "hard").
Anyway, the film is serviceable enough. Taking place in the mid-1800s, Elvira and her maidservant ZouZou get waylaid at a Carpathian castle -I'm trying my hardest not to laugh and reiterate that I used the word "laid" there- and they get caught up in a dysfunctional family curse. There's really not much to say about the plot of the film; it's just good, dumb fun. Elvira does her thing, mugs for the camera, does an almost titillating showgirl routine (the movie is rated PG-13, after all), and that's pretty much all that there is to it.
Two out of four Bruces.


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Highlights: Saina Nehwal Vs. Wang Yihan
Wang Yihan of China beat India's Saina Nehwal in the semifinal of the women's singles badminton at the London Olympics. Read highlights of the match here.
Saina Nehwal hasn't dropped a single set so far these Games, cruising through the group round, then the last 16 and lastly Thursday's quarter-final against fifth seed Tine Braun from Denmark.
But this semi-final is an altogether different proposition, as the 22-year-old Indian takes on number one seed Wang Yihan from China. Saina is the only non-Chinese player left in the competition.
Before the Olympics, Nehwal had told The Wall Street Journal that the Chinese would be the toughest to beat, and so it is proving.
Wang has the upper hand in the first set, leading 15-7.
Given how popular badminton is in China, and how popular Saina Nehwal is in India, there could be a fair few million people watching this clash. India is desperate for another medal these Games, and Saina is a big hope. But she's going to have to climb a mountain in this match. 9-16
The line judge changes his mind after calling Wang's shot out. It's in, she extends her lead and closes in on a one-game lead.
But Nehwal is fighting hard. The two are dancing around the court and there's an Indian fan in the stands cheering with his tricolor flag. He's not alone.
Nehwal hits the shuttlecock in to the net after lunging forward to pick up a Wang drop shot. The Chinese No.1 seed moves to 20-13.
And Wang takes the first game 21-13, that's the first game Nehwal has dropped this Olympics. Wang looks confident.
Back out for the second game, Wang in yellow, Nehwal in black. Wang to serve, one game up.
Nehwal takes the first point, but Wang fights back immediately for 1-1. The Chinese star then hits the net and Nehwal, number four seed, takes a 2-1 lead.
Wang draws back to 2-2. Then a long rally ends as Wang lobs the shuttlecock long and Nehwal lets it drop, just centimeters outside the line.
Wang, who has broken sweat, yelps after forcing a Nehwal return into the net. She's not giving the Indian star any room, and moves into the lead 5-3. Nehwal is up against it now, she needs to fight back and reel Wang in.
India still only has one medal this Olympics, a bronze in the shooting. China, on the other hand, has a mountain of them. If Wang wins this match, then China will be in line for bronze, silver and gold in the women's badminton. Not bad. There is a bronze medal match on Saturday between the two losing semi-finalists though.
Nehwal is hanging on in there, fighting back in this game to 6-7.
But she misses that one, and Wang moves two points into the clear again.
A long rally sees Wang pulling Newhal back and forth in her court, but Nehwal somehow stretches for a winner – 7-8.
Saina Nehwal goes for a shot against Wang Yihan
A series of smashes by the Indian No.1 prove too much for Wang and the score in this game is back level again at 8-8. Not for long though. This is fast-paced action in London. Badminton has been in the headlines for the wrong reasons these Games, but nobody is trying to throw this match.
10-9 to Wang now. Nehwal has never beaten Wang before, but she's putting up a good fight in this second game. Will it be enough to take it to three games?
A long rally ends with a deep shot from Nehwal that Wang is unable to cope with, and the Indian player moves into a rare lead. One billion people cheer. Another billion people sigh.
A long rally ends with Wang hoisting her left fist in the air in triumph as Nehwal hits wide. 11-11.
That's followed by the shortest rally of the match, which Nehwal wins in a couple of shots. But Wang fights back. This is neck and neck – 12-12.
Nehwal needs to push on here. Wang hasn't let her get a lead of more than a point in this game yet, but Nehwal will need some breathing space to take this game all the way. Instead Wang grabs the next point and pushes out to 14-12.
Fantastic smash from Wang, overhead and running backwards – 15-12
Wang is edging toward the final now, but Nehwal isn't giving up – she sends down a mighty smash of her own to bring the score to 13-15.
A fraction overhit is all it takes, Nehwal sends the shuttlecock millimeters long and Wang takes the point and now a 16-13 lead. That extends to 17-13.
Wang is running away with this now. Is there anything Nehwal can do?
Wang Yihan in action
Superb badminton from Wang, who has run Nehwal back and forward all match. The lead is now 19-13 and China is still in line for a triple medal haul in the single's badminton.
And Wang has done it. Hard luck Saina Nehwal, who had progressed through to this stage with sublime efficiency, but she didn't have enough to beat the world champion and world number one, Wang Yihan, the girl from Shanghai.
India's wait for another medal continues, while China's collection grows by the hour.
The match lasted 42 minutes, the longest rally was 34 strokes. Wang ultimately dominated. Final score of 21-13, 21-13.
Tough for Nehwal, but the 22-year-old will be back, surely. Wang now will play the winner of the other semi-final between Lu Xuerui and Wang Xin. The final is on Sunday. Good luck! I'm off to put my money on China.


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The topic of wills and forgery is a frustrating one. After handling a few cases revolving around probate as well as my own personal family experience, I have realized that sometimes the wishes of the decedent are not clear to the loved ones left behind.
Thus, there is fighting, unhappiness, bitterness and eventually attorneys, judges and even document examiners. All of this can become quit expensive in terms of monetary value but can also be detrimental to physical and emotional well being of those involved as they 'fight for', 'hold on to', 'keep' the things they believe and feel are rightfully theirs as heirs.
Over the next few months I am going to educate myself and blog about 'How to prepare for your death', as morbid as this sounds it is a fact that we will all eventually face. If our affairs are in order then the loved ones we leave behind can grieve or party, but not have to 'fight' over the belongings.
I welcome input from others more educated in this field!
I believe the first step is to consult with a professional, an attorney that specializes in estate planning.
If you feel this is too expensive and not an option for you, let's explore options here as well.


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Input Sought on Math Frameworks Pegged to Common Core
A state-led testing consortium is inviting public comment on two sets of "model content frameworks" in mathematics that aim to serve as a "bridge" between the Common Core State Standards and the aligned assessments under development.
The voluntary resources from the 24-state Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) are offered as a way to help curriculum developers and teachers as they work to implement the new standards, as well as to inform the development of item specifications and blueprints for the forthcoming PARCC assessments.
In the case of the grades 3-8 assessments, this represents the second round of public comment, according to a press release. (The first was last August.) In addition, PARCC is seeking comments on what it describes as newly created materials that are now included with a revised framework for high school mathematics, the release says.
"Based on feedback gathered over the academic year, PARCC states have created materials that provide additional specificity around six high school courses," the release says. "The newly revised high school Model Content Frameworks detail the standards, or parts of standards that make up the two course sequences and would be assessed in each course by the PARCC assessments."
Unlike in grades 3-8, where the content standards are organized in a yearly sequence, at high school they are organized by conceptual categories, such as functions or algebra. The standards outline two pathways for high school math courses: one based on the traditional trajectory with discrete classes in Algebra 1, Geometry, and Algebra 2; the other with an integrated approach with courses in Mathematics 1, 2, and 3.
The PARCC consortium is developing separate assessments for the two different high school pathways.
The public-comment survey on the grades 3-8 and high school documents, accessible online, is open until July 11.
PARCC is one of two state testing consortia and is managed by Achieve, a Washington-based nonprofit group that also managed the process of developing the common-core standards.


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The Green party is massively in favour of staying in the EU, despite seeing its many flaws as an organisation. The majority view of Greens is that its benefits far outweigh the problems. Personally, I disagree and when I stood for internal selection for the European parliament some years ago, I did so while making my doubts very clear.
Why do I disagree with so many of my colleagues, on this matter? Well, let me start by noting that I agree with the Green party's assessment that the EU is in need of wholesale reform; I just don't believe that it is reformable. Even if it is reformable, many of the reforms that others have made or are pushing for make it worse, as has been argued. So while I agree with the Green party's quite negative analysis of the EU as it is, I just can't support the idea that we must stay in to reform it.
In particular, David Cameron's forcing through of a stronger deregulatory agenda worries me. If the EU is worth having at all (I don't think it is, but IF it is) then it is worth having mainly because of some of its labour regulations and environmental regulations. But those are exactly what rightwingers such as Cameron and George Osborne have in their sights: they are a central aspect of what Cameron and Donald Tusk agreed could potentially be got rid of in the recent deal. It is therefore completely wrong-headed to represent Cameron's deal as a good basis for staying in the EU. In fact, from the Green point of view, it strengthens the case for leaving.
Super-sized dogmatic project
I confess that I have been disturbed over the past few months by a lack of willingness on the part of most of my Green colleagues to acknowledge the (on balance) overwhelming downsides of the EU. Instead, a somewhat Pollyanna-ish attitude seems to have taken hold, of the EU being praised much more than it deserves.
The most profound weakness of the EU, from the Green point of view, is that it is a super-sized top-down dogmatic project of endless industrial development and growth. It fosters the pointless carting of goods enormous distances, and it smashes local resilience and self-reliance. Often well-intentioned environmental policies are outweighed at every turn by the more fundamental drivers of its bid to turn the whole of Europe into a paradise for (environmentally damaging) agribusiness and industry.
This flagship of the EU's common agricultural policy is still damaging our remaining farmland. It is still ripping up sustainable traditional methods of farming in eastern Europe and replacing them with unsustainable heavily industrialised agribusiness. The bottom line is this: EU agricultural policy undermines its own environmental policy.
Moreover, the EU is in effect (and, sadly, not unwillingly), at the mercy of big corporates and private interest groups, as I've previously argued. For example, look at the influence over many years of the car industry in pushing diesel, which has helped to poison the air in many of our towns and cities. Of course, the EU is now helping to clean our polluted air by threatening financial penalties, but this problem of killer air pollution was caused by the EU.
In any case the EU exists on too large a scale for genuine democratic oversight and accountability. The Green party believes that small is beautiful – and the EU is gigantist in its very nature. Economic growthism and constantly increasing the scale of economic activity and of trade and capital flows are both outdated ideologies. The future (if it isn't to be very grim indeed) will be more resilient, smaller scale, and will focus on wellbeing, not on "growth" in the meaningless and damaging stat that is GDP. The EU is simply the wrong kind of entity for this future.
I understand the view that leaving the EU also leaves us at the mercy of rightwing elected bigots, but that's an argument for changing our government, and for changing our voting system to a fairer one, not for staying in the EU.
People sometimes say to me: how can you campaign on the same side as Nigel Farage and George Galloway? Of course, it's easy to return the compliment; how do those people contemplating a remain vote feel about being on the same side as Peter Mandelson, Osborne and Goldman Sachs? But the truth is that this issue is much bigger than party politics and personalities. Every party is divided on this issue, and rightly so. For it transcends ordinary party politics.
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But, that said, I believe strongly that the Green case for exiting the EU is, on balance, much more authentic than the Green case for staying in. The EU is constitutionally wedded to the outdated and harmful project of heedless economic growth and industrial over-development – at a time when we need to stop living as if we have three planets to spare and not hurtling ever faster over the precipice. The EU is a congenital undemocracy built for big business and secretive lobbying to thrive in and built to resist the scrutiny of a genuine public. The EU is an outsized behemoth that simply doesn't fit with the Green vision of a future lived on a more human scale.
My message to Green voters and anyone undecided on this issue is don't give in to Project Fear. Let's be bold enough to believe that we can mobilise the British people to fight for a greener, better Britain. To stand up for bees and for workers' rights. To stand up for the NHS and against destructive "free trade" agreements.
Outside the EU, in a political system that, for all its flaws, has at least some meaningful scale and centres of power, we can do that. Inside the EU, our NHS will be whittled away by TTIP, our chances of taking the railways back into public ownership will diminish, and there will be nothing we can do about it.
Well, let's do something about it … vote leave.
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Art Education Degree (PK-12)
About the Art Education Degree
You have a passion for art and a desire to share its beauty with younger generations. With an art education degree from Wayne State College, you'll expand your creativity while also learning how to become an art teacher. You'll develop a strong foundation in design and drawing fundamentals. You'll have opportunities to display your art on campus, meet visiting artists, and gain studio experience. You'll learn about art history, and even visit galleries, museums, and graphic design firms to see artwork in action. The experience and skills you gain in the art education degree program will be priceless tools in taking the next step as an art teacher.
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Fast Facts
Degrees offered: B.A., B.S.
If you choose the art education field endorsement, you are not required to choose any other endorsements to receive your B.A. or B.S.
Hours required:
For endorsement: 59
For professional education: 33-36
General education: 30
To graduate from WSC: 120 hours minimum (education programs may require more)
Popular pairings: Theatre (7-12), Early Childhood Education (PK-3), Coaching (7-12)
Schools: Arts and Humanities, Education and Counseling
Departments: Art and Design, Educational Foundations and Leadership
Accreditation: National Association of Schools of Art and Design, Council of Accreditation for Educator Preparation (CAEP), Nebraska Department of Education
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Wayne State has the keys to your success and offers just what you need to become well prepared for the real world with your art education degree.
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- Teaching and instruction
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Our faculty are accomplished. Several are highly regarded as experts and have been recognized with notable honors and awards. And with a low student-to-faculty ratio, you'll be sure to receive an excellent education. Your art education degree will be earned in a personalized setting with a friendly atmosphere.
Outside the Classroom
At Wayne State College, you'll have opportunities to enhance your art education degree by participating in clubs, organizations, art shows, internships, and more.
Clubs and Organizations
- WSC Art Club
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- Foundations in Art: Theory and Education
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Shows and Exhibits
- Senior art exhibit – As a senior, you'll get the chance to share your artwork on campus at the Nordstrand Art Gallery
- Juried student exhibit – This art show takes place at the end of each spring semester, where your work is reviewed, judged, and prizes awarded.
- Visiting Artist Program – Regionally or nationally recognized artists display their work in the Nordstrand Visual Arts Gallery in media that build upon art and design courses.
- ArtsWalk
- Northeast Nebraska Teacher Academy (NENTA) - Develop your classroom skills and get paid at the same time as a subsitute art teacher during your junior year.
- Art sales – At the end of the semester, you will have the opportunity to sell your own artwork. You'll be involved in organizing, advertising, scheduling, and handling all art sales.
- Trips, workshops, and more – Visit galleries, museums, and graphic design firms. Participate in visiting artist workshops and critiques, help with Art Day festivities, and help promote art to youth through the high school outreach program.
- Study Abroad - Earn credit toward your degree while experiencing exciting global adventures overseas.
Clinical Practice
Before graduating with your art education degree, you will complete a semester of clinical practice in a school district chosen with the help of your advisor. During this semester, you'll work closely with a teacher to gain classroom experience. Internships are not required in the art education degree program; however, Career Services is available to help students find employment opportunities.


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Galapagos waters offer something for divers of all skill levels, whether you are begginer, intermediate or advanced diver, Galapagos feature sites where hammerheads, Galapagos sharks, giant manta rays, golden rays, morays, fur seal and sea lions are all commonly seen.
With our land based diving program, you'll discover the best diving during everyday excursión for much lower price. Short navigations in small and fast vessels will take you from island to island to each diving spot, returning to your comfortable hotel for a deserved rest. You don´t need to book a liveaboard diving yatch months in advance expose to seasickness, and be confine to a tight space, when you can get to choose your dive destinations and combined with custom tours for you.
An isolated tuff cone with vertical walls. Ideal for intermédiate to advanced divers!
Location: Approximately one hour from Puerto Ayora, west of Baltra and North Seymour.
Currents: Moderate currents from normal to medium, drift dive along the wall.
Marine Activity: Manta rays, sea lions, barracuda, lots of marine turtles, and a great variety of sea stars. The variety of 'cleaning stations' allows us to sea hammerhead sharks, ocean sharks, and Galápagos sharks. Multicolored sponges in the wall, moray eels, octopus, stingrays.
Cousins Rocks
Location: Cousins Rocks is a triangular shaped islet, with the shape of small shark tooth near Bartolome Island.
Currents: No strong currents
Marine Activity: Cleaning station, pacific seahorses, barracudas, sea lions, Galapagos shark, white tip shark, sea turtles, reef fish, stingrays, spotted eagle rays, and a variety of invertebrates and mollusks, creole fish, many sabertoothed blennies, longhosed hawkfish nestled in black coral, one pacific seahorse, and lots of assorted blennies.
Location: Lies close to Santiago Island, only separated by the shallow Sullivan Bay.
Currents: Moderate current
Marine Activity: While diving you will find white tip shark fin, reef fish, barracuda, turtles, modula rays, stingrays and a variety of invertebrates and mollusks, schools of the Panamic sergeant major (Abudefduf troschelii – Fishbase) and the Bullseye puffer.
Beagle Rocks
Beginner to Intermediate
Location: Three large exposed rocks, located on the southeast of Santiago Island about one and half hour from the channel. Dive begins along a underwater platform and leading to a sloped wall, covered with black coral and sea fans
Currents: Normally there are not strong currents. It is a reef dive with many corals and sponges.
Marine Activity: Abundance of fish including grunts, surgeonfish, yellowtail snapper, king angelfish, butterflyfish, creolefish, flag cabrilla, and schools of brown-stripped salema. Moray eels, golden eagle rays, golden cowrays, turtles, hammerheads and Galapagos sharks are frequent sites.
Mosquera Islet
Location: It is located between North Seymour and Baltra. There are two dive sites, West Beach and East Mosquera.
Currents: Generally mild. Although, the current comes from the east most of the time and can be quite strong in the channels north and south of Mosquera.
Marine Activity: Schools of grunts and snappers, sea lions, sharks, turtles, rays, barracudas, tropical fish. Also often we see schools of hammerheads, galapagos sharks, big fish, garden eels
North Seymour Island
Location: Located at the north of Baltra Island, this island has a drop off of more than 3,000 feet, or 1.000 meters in the East coast.
Currents: Most likely to find strong currents going to the NorthWest, rich in diversity of species. In the warm season we may find surge and surf in the northeast cliff of the island.
Marine Activity: Good chance to approach white tip and hammerhead sharks resting in the shallow areas, small mantas, marine turtles, sting rays, eagle rays, triggerfish, colonies of garden eels (at the Channel) and variety of invertebrates,
At the Nordeast Cliff with stronger currents you can see groups of Galapagos sharks, hammerheads and occasionally whale shark in transit.
Gordon Rocks
Minimum of 30dives logged/ Intermediate to Advanced Divers
Location: Famous dive site, one of the best of the central islands around Santa Cruz. You dive in remmants of an eroded crater at the top of a tuff cone about 100m across. Near the east coast of Santa Cruz Island, 2 dive sites located 45 minutes from Itabaca Channel at the North of Santa Cruz Island.
Currents: Currents can be very strong here, the local name for the dive site is La Lavadora (washing machine). Since there are often heavy currents, eddies and down currents, swells and surge (specially inside the caldera) and the water is deep, this dive site is not for beginners.
Marine Activity: Good chance for schools of Hammerhead sharks, cleaning station, Galapagos sharks, white tip reef shark, mobulas rays, turtles, reef fishes, sting rays, eagle rays, Galapagos eel, barracudas, variety of invertebrates, amberjacks and pompano, golden cowrays, marlins and green turtles. This is also a good place to observe fur seals underwater.
Santa Fe Island
Location: One hour sailing from Puerto Ayora. There are three dive sites around Santa Fe island, the Lagoon, La Botella and the Caves (a cavern with a tunnel).
Currents: Excellent visibility, moderate currents, ideal site for beginners as well as for experts.
Marine Activity: You might see stingrays, tortoises; sea lions, the white tip reef shark and a great variety of tropical fish. There are also small nudibranchs (Tambja mullineri) and hawkfishes and small colorful gobies are found between the rocks.
Floreana Island
Considered one of the best dive location in the central islands.
Location: 90 minutes sail south from Puerto Ayora, Florean adive spots are ideal for all diving levels with 3 possible dive sites (Devil´s Crown / Champion Islet / Enderby Islet
Currents: Usually moderate.
Marine Activity: Great place to dive with sea horses, also sea lions, Galapagos sharks, white tip reef shark, green turtles, reef fishes, sting rays, eagle rays, barracudas, variety of invertebrates, hammerheads-
Devil's Crow: Giving its name after an exposed cone that peak out of the wáter form a crown shape. Great marine species such as blackspot moray, hawkfish, filefish, king angelfish, creolefish, jacks, turtles, octopus, golden eagle rays, hammerheads and whitetips.
Champion Islet: Drift dive accompanied by sea lions. Large number of sea turtles too. Great for night dives you can encounter sleeping sea turtles, numerous creolefish, bright yellow and orange tubastrea, slipper lobster, red scorpionfish, nudibraches and pufferfish.
Enderby Islet: Diving on the outer edge of the eroded tuff cone and also where the current hits the reef. Observation of include manta rays, golden eagle rays, morays, turtles, tunas, hammerheads, whitetips, Galapagos sharks


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Flowers in a Gift
The Enchanted Florist & Gifts has many "flowers in a gift" that come in an unique vase that can be used many times! The recipient will think of you every time they use it! The Enchanted Florist & Gifts in Commerce, GA has Flowers in a Gift suitable for every occasion.


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Serves: ~12
Approx cost: €4.20
Approx calories (per slice): ~340
Approx preparation and cooking time: 50 minutes
[dropcap style="font-size: 60px; color: #0B0B61;"]I've got very fond memories if this cake – my mother used to make it from time to time when I was younger and I used to just love the flavour. Before you start worrying – no, it doesn't really taste of beer, and it's certainly not a cake which is going to be getting you drunk… unless you're eating like fifteen thousand slices, and if you did that, I would think you'd probably have other problems to worry about. There are many nicer ways of getting merry. What you do get from the beer however is a wonderful, rich background flavour. A certain "je ne sais quoi" which sits there, tickling your taste-buds. You definitely need to use a dark beer or stout. While you could try this with a lager I really don't think that's a path you want to go down. The bitterness from Guinness is what complements the chocolate so well. The original recipe is from Delia Smith – I've made a few adjustments to bring the recipe in-line with my five euro budget. I could have actually stuck to pretty much the original recipe in its entirety, but it would have involved using nasty store brand plain chocolate and if the choice is between funky store brand chocolate, or no chocolate at all, I'd often rather take no chocolate at all, unless it's unavoidable. Not only that, but a few of the ingredients I can't get in France and they needed to be changed. Incidentally, on the subject of ingredients, I was able to get the last can of Guinness from the store. I would have really been up the creek without a paddle if they'd had no Guinness so I was pretty lucky there.
I'm done with winter now. I'm sick of having no natural light for my food photography, and having to do all the blog cooking on the weekend. I made something in the week which I would have loved to be able to share, but – surprise! It was pitch black outside and everything would have had a lovely orange hue! Awesome :(. I would say that I'm looking forward to the summer, but we not even into Spring yet. We've been having a real cold-snap at the moment – It's -7 outside right now (-30 in the north of Sweden incidentally 😉 ), and we have snow forecast for tonight. It's set to warm up towards the end of next week so let's hope I can finally welcome in Spring then (and update my header image on the blog!).
Anyway – I'm going to be cooking up some things tomorrow to post about in the coming days. There's some things which I've been meaning to make for ages, so I'm going to slowly start working my way through that list. I hope you all have a fun-filled Sunday and take it easy!
Chocolate Guinness Cake
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For the cake:
- 275g Demerara Sugar
- 200ml Guinness or other stout/bitter beer
- 175g Self-Raising Flour
- 110g Butter, softened
- 50g Cocoa Powder
- 2 Eggs
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
For the icing:
- 140g Icing Sugar
- 60g Butter, softened
- ~4 tbsps Guinness
- 1 Handful of Pecan nuts for decorating
You'll also need:
- 2 x 20cm Cake Tins
- Start off by pre-heating the oven to 180 degrees Celsius, and then we'll begin by making the cake. Cream the butter and sugar together in a large mixing bowl until more pale in colour and then add in the eggs, one by one, beating well between each addition.
- Next, transfer the cocoa powder to a bowl, and pour in the Guinness bit by bit, whisking well between each addition, to create a smooth soupy consistency.
- Add the flour into the beaten sugar, butter and eggs and fold in gently. Next, add in the Guinness and cocoa mixture, bit by bit, and stir in well between each addition until it's all blended together.
- Grease and flour your baking tins and divide the mixture equally between the two tins, before placing into the oven. Bake the cakes for about 30 minutes – perhaps one or two minutes more, depending on your oven.
- The cakes should be quite flat on top, perhaps a little risen, and have come away from the edges of the tins slightly when done. You should also be able to stick a skewer in them and have it come out clean. Remove from the oven when done and allow to cool in their tins for 10 minutes, before turning out carefully and allowing to cool down fully on a wire rack.
- Once the cakes have almost completely cooled down, start to make the icing. Mix the butter and icing sugar together until you have a stiff paste. Add in the Guinness, a tablespoon at a time, mixing well between each addition, until you have a manageable icing. Don't add too much Guinness, but if you do, you can correct it by adding a bit of extra icing sugar.
- Split the icing into two and spread half on the top of one cake, and then lay the other cake on top. Spread the other half of the icing over the top of the final cake, before decorating with pecan nuts. Enjoy! 🙂


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Uruguay have leapfrogged Uzbekistan to finish second in Group F and set up a last-16 meeting with Nigeria after a thoroughly deserved 4-0 win at Antalya's Akdeniz University Stadium. The Uzbeks will themselves go through to face an as yet undecided opponent as one of the best third-placed teams, but they were comfortably outclassed by a Celeste side superior in all departments.
Nicolas Lopez emerged as the star of the show, scoring one and creating another, and he was a danger to the Asians' defence from the very start. Twice his pace took him through at the angle of the box but on both occasions his finishing let him down, with his left-foot efforts drifting wide of the far post. Uzbekistan had a chance of their own when Abdul Aziz Yusupov nearly stole in on a short back-pass by Gaston Silva, but Uruguay remained firmly in command and took a well-earned lead with seven minutes of the first half remaining.
A fine goal it was too, with Gino Acevedo finding a pocket of space in midfield before striding forward unchallenged from and rifling right-footed into the bottom-right corner from 25 yards. It rounded off a bad first half for Uzbekistan but things were to become a great deal worse after the break, as Uruguay ran riot.
Lopez was at the heart of everything, doubling his side's advantage two minutes after the restart with a precise shot high into the net after racing through and coolly rounding goalkeeper Asilbek Amanov. The Celeste No11 then turned creator for his team's next two goals, squaring unselfishly for Giorgian De Arrascaeta to pick his spot from ten yards and then crossing for substitute Ruben Bentancourt to complete the rout with a volley beyond Amanov at his near post.
Uruguay will now march on to an Istanbul duel with Nigeria on Tuesday, while Uzbekistan will need to wait before discovering their last-16 opponents.


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The Plains
Late Hispanic Settlement
The New West
What We Bought
From the Missouri West
Summer Nights
Our Parents, Our Children
Los Angeles Spring
The Pawnee National Grassland
Along Some Rivers
The Pacific
Turning Back
Pine Valley
Alder Leaves
Sea Stories, This Day
Retrospective exhibition To Make It Home: Photographs of the American West, 1965–1986 opens at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
View exhibition installation
Places an ad in the Daily Astorian urging the town to preserve its character in the face of pressure from developers.
Publishes To Make It Home.
Photographs beaches at the Columbia River mouth, the westernmost point reached by the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1805.
Reviews Molly Nesbit's Atget's Seven Albums for the Times Literary Supplement; it is the only thoroughly negative response he ever writes:
"Nesbit seems unaware that artists . . . rarely begin substantial . . . pictures out of an interest in a concept. . . .
I think she should have looked longer at the trees."
"Among the facts that matter: the smell of coffee, the call of geese, the blue of wild asters."
"Art should finally be encouraging. That's the promise that brings people to museums. And since lies are finally discouraging, that means art should be truthful.
Truthful and affirmative, presumably even about what has happened to most of the landscape. I wonder if I'm up to that anymore."
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Like38.6K Tweet0 Share +10 Pin0 Share0 Great peace have they who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble. Psalm 119:165Do we love His law?" One cannot love what one does not know. A person cannot do or understand what he has never learned. We are commanded to learn law (the Torah, scriptures or […]Read More


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€99 for Overnight Stay for 2 People, incl. 8 Days Parking at Maldron Hotel
– €99 for an overnight stay for two at newly refurbished Maldron Hotel Dublin Airport with free WiFi.
– Includes eight days' parking at the hotel.
– Maldron Hotel Dublin Airport is the closest hotel to Dublin Airport within just minutes walk of both terminals.
– For your convenience the hotel provides 24 hours complimentary shuttle bus to and from the Airport.
– Hotel's lobby features live arrival/departures display, as well as airline check-in facilities
– Proximity to the M50 and Port Tunnel means you can reach the city centre in about 15 minutes.
Is it for me?
This deal is perfect for you if you have an upcoming holiday and would like to ease into it with a stay close to Dublin Airport.
Where am I staying?
Maldron Dublin Airport Hotel. A modern, stylish hotel with a gorgeous, clean, fresh design and excellent services. The recently-refurbished rooms feature an oversized shower in a well-appointed room with free WiFi, multi-channel TV and super-comfy beds.
What's nearby?
The hotel is just a three-minute walk to both airport terminals and the lobby features arrival and departure displays as well as airline check-in facilities. The hotel is close to the M50 and the Port Tunnel which means you can be at The 3 Arena in 15 minutes, the city centre in 15 minutes and the Aviva Stadium in 20 minutes (driving).
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Rockville, MD, January 16, 2004/PRNewswire/ -- Aronson Capital Partners, LLC, (ACP) merger and acquisition advisors to the federal information technology and professional services industry, announced today that it completed the sale of DTI Associates, Inc. (DTI) to Haverstick Consulting, Inc. (Haverstick). ACP initiated and structured this transaction on behalf of DTI.
"The government services market continues to attract new market participants. The acquisition of DTI firmly establishes Haverstick as a player in this market space," remarked Aronson Capital Partners Managing Director John Saunders.
With an exclusive focus on the government contracting industry, Aronson Capital Partners is able identify and execute strategic transactions for its clients.
Stu Hodgson, Principal Officer and co-founder of DTI commented that, "Aronson Capital Partners orchestrated a disciplined process and identified several attractive options for DTI. In the end Haverstick presented the best opportunity for our employees and customers."
Aronson Capital Partners, LLC
Aronson Capital Partners, LLC ("ACP") is a leading provider of M&A advisory services to privately held companies in the federal sector. With more than 60 years of combined industry experience, the principals of ACP have a proven track record of completing successful transactions with middle-market companies. Securities transactions are executed by Aronson Capital Advisors, LLC (member NASD-SIPC) an affiliate of ACP.
DTI Associates, Inc.
DTI is a leading provider of engineering and consulting services to the U.S. Federal government in both defense and civilian sectors. Founded in 1988, the company provides mission critical services to the U.S. Navy, Department of Labor, and the Department of Education.


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The blog has been very quiet lately, I know. I also have not forgotten my commitment to writing a series of posts on strong female characters. I still want to do this and am working on my list of characters to examine, however…it came at an ill time for me.
Shortly after I wrote the first post announcing I was going to be doing these character studies, I found out I'm going to be moving after the first of the year. This is the first time I've moved since I was 5 years old, and it's rather overwhelming to me. Combine that with finishing up my last couple months at work and some other personal things going on in my life right now, I simply haven't had time for blogging.
I'd much rather take a long time and complete the kind of research and studying I want to do for a post rather than throw something together haphazardly. That's why I haven't continued my posts on the strong characters, and why I won't until probably after the first of the year.
So as not to lose touch, I will still post on the site, only it will be random, whether it's an update on my progress with my current WIP (you all have been so supportive since I announced I started writing the first draft of the second Drasia book - THANK YOU!) or a book recommendation or whatever it may be. Hopefully after the holidays and after we've settled into our new place I'll be more consistent with blogging!
Good luck to all of you currently in the middle of NaNoWriMo and enjoy your holidays!
~*~ Sarah


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Afternoon Entertainment : Katie Goodman on the Current Situation.
It doesn't matter if you are Republican or Democrat.
If you have a bad language problem, predominantly the "F" word, don't play this.
Breathing easier?
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Nick Jonas, Tom Holland, and Daisy Ridley are all starring in a movie together! The trio will join forces for Lionsgate's post-apocalyptic thriller Chaos Walking, The Hollywood Reporter reports.
Doug Liman will direct the film, based on the best-selling YA novel by Patrick Ness.
The story is set "on a colony planet where almost all women have been killed by a virus and all living creatures are struck by 'The Noise,' a virus which inflicts immersive visions of ones' every thought. The cacophony drives many mad until a young man (Tom) makes a silent discovery: There is a girl (Daisy) who may be the key to unlocking the New World's many layered secrets."
Nick will play Davy Prentiss Jr., "a young soldier in Mayor Prentiss' army fueled by jealousy over his father's (Mads Mikkelson) mentorship of long-time rival Todd Hewitt (Tom)."
Demian Bichir and Kurt Sutter also star. Chaos Walking is set to hit theaters on March 1, 2019!
Lionsgate is set to launch the film "Chaos Walking" at the upcoming Cannes Film Festival, starring Daisy Ridley and Tom Holland, based on the popular young adult novel by Patrick Ness. The project, which is directed by Doug Liman, is currently in pre-production and is sure to be one of the most coveted titles to hit the market next week.
"Chaos Walking" Synopsis:
The Carnegie Medal-winning book is set on the distant, rugged planet of New World, which was colonized a generation earlier by settlers from earth seeking a better life. When an infection called the Noise suddenly makes all thought audible, privacy vanishes, chaos ensues and a corrupt autocrat threatens to take control of the human settlements and wage war with the indigenous alien race.
Only young Todd Hewitt (Holland) holds the key to stopping the planet-wide destruction. As he flees with his dog in hand, he stumbles upon a strange and silent girl, Viola (Ridley). They soon set off on a white-knuckle adventure into the depths of unexplored New World to find a way for Viola to contact her people on a distant spaceship and Todd begins to realize that he must unlearn everything he knows in order to figure out who he really is which Todd must unlearn everything he knows in order to figure out who he really is.
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"I'm so excited to be working with the Lionsgate International sales team on the launch of Chaos Walking in Cannes," said Ness. "It's been an adventure getting to this point and the combination of Daisy Ridley, Tom Holland and Doug Liman is ridiculously good."
Daisy Ridley isn't quite sick of travelling to galaxies far far away just yet, as she's signed up for another blockbuster sci-fi franchise in waiting.
The Star Wars' actress has joined the cast of Lionsgate's upcoming adaptation of Patrick Ness' Chaos Walking, a young adult sci-fi series set in a dystopian world where all living creatures can hear each other's thoughts.
A large portion of Chaos Walking is focused around Prentisstown, the only human settlement on the planet New World which is solely populated by males.
It's safe to assume the film adaptation will focus on the first book in the trilogy, The Knife Of Never Letting Go, which centres on Todd Hewitt as he's forced to escape his home and encounters a girl called Viola in the swamp – the role Daisy has most likely signed up for.
The film is set to be directed by Doug Liman who previously helmed the underrated sci-fi flick Edge Of Tomorrow and The Bourne Identity, with production set to begin in 2017.
Daisy certainly isn't settling on the Star Wars franchise, as she's also set to reunite with The Force Awakens director JJ Abrams for the supernatural drama Kolma too.
You'll be able to catch your next dose of Rey however in the forthcoming Star Wars: Episode VIII directed by Rian Johnson, which officially finished filming last month.


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'I would get a rejection everyday. I used to give five-six auditions sometimes and would get disheartened. After so many rejections, I have finally managed to do what I like.'
Meet Ek Aastha Aisi Bhi's Tina Phillip.
Tina Philip recently made her acting debut on Star Plus' Ek Aastha Aisi Bhi, a show about a girl who questions religious beliefs and promotes the path to humanity to get closer to God.
Tina quit her job as a chartered accountant to pursue her dream of becoming an actor. After several auditions, she finally landed her big break.
The young actress tells Rediff.com contributor Rajul Hegde how she got lucky with television.
Tell us about yourself.
I have lived in the UK for 20 years; my family is still there. My family was based in Delhi before they shifted to the UK when I was in primary school. That's why I speak better Hindi than Mumbaikers (laughs).
I have always wanted to become an actress. My passion for it brought me to Mumbai. I have been living here for the last two and a half years, trying to get work down south too but nothing had worked out.
In Mumbai, I auditioned for a Yash Raj film but was disheartened when I didn't get through.
How did your parents react when you decided to move to Mumbai?
There were very particular that I complete my education. All my cousins are from IIT and IIM, so I had to at least study chartered accountancy.
I have done theatre, acted and written plays too. I have written a play called What's Your ID?, which talks about British Indians and their identity crisis issues.
I don't have relatives in Mumbai, so my parents were concerned about my safety. But one of my friends was in Mumbai. I stayed with her for three months before I found my own flat.
My father used to work for a French Embassy and now he is in the education field. My mother is a teacher.
Even though I did not get work in this time in Mumbai, I was not dependent on my parents, as I had saved up money.
I would get a rejection everyday. I used to give five-six auditions sometimes and would get disheartened. I would pray in temples, gurdwaras, masjids and churches. After so many rejections, I have finally managed to do what I like.
How did you bag this show?
I borrowed my friend's kurta and went for an audition without make up.
After the audition, I had to go through a few mock shoots. Then I did a pilot shoot a year and a half with a co-actor.
In Ek Aastha Aisi Bhi, my character Aastha believes in the goodness of the heart over religious norms and rituals. She believes in serving humanity to please God. I am similar in some aspects to Aastha. I also believe that by doing good deeds, one can help humanity more.
Since you have shot the initial episodes in Kolkata, have you explored the city?
Yes. We shot near Howrah Bridge for almost a month. People are nice and the life is not mechanical like Mumbai.
When I first came to Kolkata, I discovered khirkodoms (a Bengali sweet) and loved it!. I loved the fish as well.
Do you watch Indian soaps?
I have started watching them now because I have been asked to watch the reactions they give, which is typical (laughs).
What do you do in your free time?
I play online chess.
I read and sing as well. I keep singing on the sets but people ask me to shut up (laughs).
I am not a trained singer but I had participated in Indian idol in the UK. I am a bathroom signer and was out in the second round! (Laughs)


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I'm not a religious person. Sometimes I think that if my daughter-in-law knew what I ate, she'd never let me kiss the babies again.
But, I am a believer. And G-d and I have a running conversation that has been going on for years and years. Once in a while, I get the feeling, that when He's bored, G-d comes to watch me in my kitchen.
And G-d knows, He has a wicked sense of humour. You know that second when your hand slips and the bottle of olive oil starts to flow across the kitchen floor? Or, my second favourite, when that egg falls and cracks open by your feet?
Those are the times I look upwards and whisper, 'Cute, G-d. Not funny. But cute.'
I love having a kosher home. I love that everyone can eat comfortably in my house. And I have always treasured the holidays and the different food and customs each brings.
I guess you could call me 'flexidox'.
A dear friend wrote me the other day and asked why, when Jews are praying so hard on Yom Kippur, that G-d inscribe them for another year in The Book of Life...and why, when Jews are facing their sins and asking forgiveness...and why, on this Day of Atonement, when Jews are fasting...
...do we wish each other an easy fast? Tsom Kal. צום קל.
Made me stop and think.
I asked my oldest son, the religious one, and he said that only secular Jews wish each other an easy fast. Is that true? Are we...the uncovered head group... looking for an easy way out? While the black hats and kippa srugah fellows aren't? Are they busy beating their breasts while we are counting the minutes till we can have our honey cake and tea?
I read tehilim every day...psalms. It all started when my youngest was in the army and got sick. As time passed, I became more and more frantic to get him to a good doctor and find out what was wrong with my baby. But the army marches to the beat of a different drummer then mom's do. We march according to our heart and when we get scared they beat very fast.
So, I turned to my daughter-in-law who we transported from Bnei Brak and asked her,
'Honey, when you say tehilim, will you please send a prayer for my baby?'
'Marallyn, it will mean a lot more if that prayer comes from his Mother.'
Tricky!!! Now what? I was stuck. So, I started. A little here and a little more there. And the strange thing was I liked it. It felt right, this psalm business. Jewish Meditation.
Then I started making deals with G-d.
'Listen, Lord. If You will make sure my baby is all right, I'll...'
Oops. You don't make a deal with The Lord and then put it in your pocket and sit down on it. I mean, it's not like a TV program where if you don't like what's behind door number three, you can exchange it for the contents on the big box on the stage.
So, I figured my safest deal was to promise to say tehilim every day. And in all the years since, I may not have had time to say them all but I get to them. Except one strange day when I forgot and had to go to the Rabbis for advice. Ptew, I'm safe.
So, here I am a flexidox Jew, who reads tehilim (and now I'm stuck with Perek Shirah too, don't ask...no English translation and it's all about crickets or something talking to God. Supposed to be really heavy stuff. I kinda like it) and fasts on Yom Kippur.
And horrors, of horrors, my fast has always been an easy one, tfu tfu tfu. Well, except for one year when I drank too much water and didn't think I would make it home safely from Shul. But, that's another story.
So, is my fast easy because I'm not suffering enough? Because I don't have enough sins to atone for? Impossible!!!
Am I insulting you when I send out those emails hoping that you are all inscribed in the Book of Life once again for another year? And that that year be a sweet and healthy one? And that you all have a tsom kal, an easy fast?
I hope not. Because that's really what I wish you. A sweet year. A healthy year. A year of happy days and peaceful nights. A year of simchas. And an easy fast.
G'mar Hatima Tova.
Have a great day...stay safe...and thanks for dropping in.


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Moral and Normative Aspects of School Choice Conference
Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life
Conference on the Moral and Normative Aspects of School Choice
Date: March 9-10, 2001
Location: Fulton 511
With support from the Smith Richardson Foundation, the Boisi Center held a major national conference on the normative and philosophical issues inherent in America's debates over school choice. Abstracts of all the papers are available on-line below; publications of all papers are available in School Choice: The Moral Debate from Princeton University Press, 2003. The Boston College Magazine has an online story detailing the conference's participants and discussions entitled "Uncommon Ground."
Panels and Panelists:
Friday, March 9th, 2001
School Choice and Equality
Conference Abstracts
Glenn Loury, Boston University
Stephen Macedo, Princeton University
Joseph Viteritti, New York University
Discussant: Paul Weithman, University of Notre Dame
School Choice and Pluralism
Conference Abstracts
Amy Gutmann, Princeton University
Meira Levinson, Boston Public Schools, and Sanford Levinson, University of Texas School of Law
Nancy Rosenblum, Harvard University
Discussant: David Hollenbach, S.J., Boston College
Saturday, March 10th, 2001
School Choice and the Ecology of Institutions
Conference Abstracts
Charles Glenn, Boston University
Richard Mouw, Fuller Theological Seminary
Joseph O'Keefe, S.J., Boston College
Discussant: John McGreevy, University of Notre Dame
School Choice and Constitutional Law
Conference Abstracts
Martha Minow, Harvard Law School
Michael Perry, Wake Forest School of Law
Rosemary Salomone, St. John's University School of Law
Discussant: John Garvey, Boston College Law School


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Over the years Ideal Form Limited has completed various projects including bridges, reservoirs, sea defence walls, dam walls, water treatment and sewage work structures and concrete frame structures (multi-storey car parks, office blocks and shopping centres). This work has been carried out throughout Ireland, the UK and Europe.
A consistent track record of completing on time and within budget has given the company asolid base of repeat business from satisfied customers.
In the last 10 years Ideal Form Limited invested considerably in both heavy machinery and customer support services extending to the supply of Crawler Cranes for hire. As a result the company currently boasts one of the largest CrawlerCrane fleets in Ireland, with cranes ranging from 80T to 280T capacity for hire.
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Wee Rock!
The Americana at Brand
Saturday, July 20, 2013 from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM (PDT)
Event Details
WEE ROCK! Kids Music Festival
Saturday, July 20 from 12 - 5pm
Live music performances by LA's favorite kids bands including IM5, Rhythm Child, Sharp Turn Ahead, Jambo and Melissa Green.
Plus: DIY Stations, Design Your Own T-Shirt, Food & Treats, Cupcake Decorating, Photo Booth, Face Painting and more!
Tickets are $10 per person, kids aged 3 and under are free with the donation of a coloring book and/or crayons.*
50% of the proceeds from the event will benefit Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
*Tickets for some activities are sold separately at the event. Subject to change without notice.
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The Americana at Brand
889 Americana Way
Saturday, July 20, 2013 from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM (PDT)
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Acquaah, Boyd lead Cal Baptist's 85-53 rout of Chicago State
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Milan Acquaah and Brandon Boyd scored 22 points apiece as California Baptist easily defeated Chicago State 85-53 on Wednesday night. ...
Smith scores 17 as UCLA beats Cal 50-40
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Boyd sparks California Baptist past Grand Canyon, 61-57
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PHOENIX (AP) — Brandon Boyd had 16 points as California Baptist edged past Grand Canyon 61-57 on Saturday night. Ferron Flavors Jr. had 11...
Mountain West reaches 6-year deals with CBS, Fox Sports
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DENVER (AP) — The Mountain West has agreed to six-year media rights deals with CBS Sports and Fox Sports that are worth a combined $270 million. ...
Boyd lifts California Baptist over CS Bakersfield 83-75
Jan. 09, 2020 01:16 AM EST
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (AP) — Brandon Boyd scored 23 points to lead California Baptist to an 83-75 win over Cal State Bakersfield on Wednesday night. ...
Boyd scores season-high 25 in California Baptist's 76-67 win
Jan. 03, 2020 12:36 AM EST
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — Brandon Boyd scored a season-high 25 points to lead California Baptist to its seventh straight victory, 76-67, over Texas-Rio Grande...
North Carolina beats UCLA 74-64 to end 4-game losing streak
By John Marshall Dec. 21, 2019 05:33 PM EST
Johnson's heave lifts NC State past UNC Greensboro 80-77
By Aaron Beard Dec. 15, 2019 05:17 PM EST
Memphis, Vols face off again with rivalry's future uncertain
By Steve Megargee Dec. 13, 2019 05:02 PM EST
Brother of Michigan State star dies after being hit by train
Nov. 10, 2019 01:56 PM EST
ALBION, Mich. (AP) — The brother of Michigan State basketball star Cassius Winston has died after being struck by an Amtrak train Saturday night. ...
Taylor Swift to perform concert at Final Four in Atlanta
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2nd man charged in death of ex-Texas Tech star Andre Emmett
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Kansas apologizes for risque Snoop Dogg show at hoops event
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Duke probe finds no evidence Nike paid Zion Williamson
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Ex-Michigan State star Cleaves acquitted in sex assault case
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The Latest: Cleaves thanks jury for 'giving me my life back'
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Jury acquits former Michigan State basketball star Mateen Cleaves of sexual assault
Aug. 20, 2019 04:43 PM EDT
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Jury acquits former Michigan State basketball star Mateen Cleaves of sexual assault. ...
Longtime KU broadcaster Max Falkenstien dies at 95
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At least 6 men's hoops programs to face NCAA allegations
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ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A key NCAA official says six schools are going to be facing allegations of Level I violations as early as next month, the latest fallout in the...
CBS Sports buys some Big East men's games from Fox Sports
May. 09, 2019 01:50 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — The Big East Conference has reached a multi-year agreement with CBS Sports to televise its men's college basketball games through the 2024-25 season....