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8 Songs A Week: Vote for the best acoustic songs by The Beatles (POLL CLOSES 10/4/2019)
Tune in Friday, 10/11/2019 at 2 pm ET on The Beatles Channel (Ch. 18) to hear the results from this poll.
Here on The Beatles Channel, we ain't got nothing but love for our listeners, eight days a week. That's why we've created a new show where your votes determine the playlist.
Welcome to 8 Songs A Week! Each week, listeners can vote for their favorites from a list of songs by John, Paul, George and Ringo. Sometimes these songs are by the band, sometimes it's their solo work. Every Friday, after the votes are tallied, we'll air the top 8 vote-getters from that list.
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Metal Gear Solid 5 Confirmed, MGS 4 'Probably Not Possible' on Xbox 360
"It'll be hard not being involved in MGS5, but I've got the utmost confidence that Hideo Kojima, Ken Imaizumi, and our amazing team will put together another blockbuster game," Payton told Kotaku in an interview regarding his departure.
In addition to handling the studio's podcast, Payton served as a producer for Metal Gear Solid: Portal Ops (PSP) and Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (PS3).
Meanwhile, series creator Hideo Kojima expressed his thoughts on multiplatform development and noted his frustration with constant inquiries regarding the oft-rumored possibility of Metal Gear Solid 4 on Xbox 360.
"Because MGS4 was optimized for the PS3 it is probably not possible [on Xbox 360]," he explained to Eurogamer, citing media and technology differences.
"If the hardware technology rises then obviously, you know, [my future games] won't be based on the hardware anymore," Kojima noted. "Probably I will first create the software and then, um, it's a strange word to say, but port to other hardware if that technological ability rises in all areas."
"What kind of disturbs me sometimes, because a lot of people ask me about this PS3/360 question, is that it's not about the hardware," he concluded. "I want people to look at the game itself. Sometimes I even feel like it should be on a PC so that people don't ask me about hardware and platforms."


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A chinstop is a 3d-printed wedge-shaped piece which is glued into the bottom of the headbase. It meets your chin and translates more of your jaw's movement into the head's jaw movement and prevents the base sliding under your chin into your neck. Some form of chinstop is required for the base to function properly.
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Plastic color is the color the base is printed in. We only offer black and white standard. We may be able to print in another color upon request, and will charge the difference in the filament cost. Please contact about any non-standard colors before ordering.
Wait, we can have these customized? What's a redline?
Yep! Because these are 3D printed, it makes it easy to make alterations to the base. There's no need for molds. We alter it, we process it, we print it. Customization such as eye shape, nose shape, and expressions are free, but you have to redline the renders of the base so we know exactly what you're looking for. Click the "Customize Base" checkbox for more instructions, including which views need to be redlined for each kind of alteration.
A redline is a sketch of the changes you want over the renders with red lines, hence the name. If you want larger changes such as horns, tusks, or accessories, please contact us before ordering so we can collaborate with you to identify possible design issues and give you a hard quote for the additions. Easiest way to do this is to join our discord and say hi!
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MoZaic Boutique was launched by owner Nancy Gilmore in the spring of 2008 as a home-party style boutique. Gilmore opened her first brick and mortar store that October in Bridgeville, where she kept shop for more than four years. She recently closed that original location and opened a new, larger space in Collier Town square in September 2013.
The entire month of October will be Customer Appreciation month. Each Wednesday and Saturday will feature "fish-bowl" giveaways, where the customer picks a ticket out of a fish bowl to see what discount or giveaway they will receive that day.
The official anniversary will be celebrated 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Oct. 12 with champagne, sales, a free gift with any purchase over $100, and a chance to win a $300 shopping spree at MoZaic Boutique. To celebrate its vendors, who have been with MoZaic since the beginning, Michele Van Bibber, designer of Ciao Bella Jewelry, will be creating the special gift for the customer giveaway.
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- 1 package fudge brownie mix (13-inch x 9-inch pan size)
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- Prepare and bake brownie mix according to package directions for fudge-like brownies. Cool completely on a wire rack.
- Meanwhile, in a small bowl, cream the butter, confectioners' sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Place in a heavy-duty resealable plastic bag; cut a small hole in a corner of bag; set aside.
- Line a baking sheet with waxed paper. Dust with cocoa; set aside. Cut brownies into 15 rectangles. Using a 1-1/2-in. heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut out a heart from the center of each brownie. Reserve cutout centers for another use. Place brownies on prepared baking sheet. Pipe frosting into centers of brownies. Yield: 15 brownies.
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Impressions Hardwood Flooring Line
Impressions hardwood flooring features high quality select grade oak flooring, Brazilian cherry flooring & teak flooring in engineered and solid platforms. The Impressions hardwood floor line is broken down into 5 collections that each emphasize select grade flooring at its finest. The flooring line features Smooth finishes & hand-scraped surfaces in their product collections and colors that are nationally picked as the hottest colors on the market. Each collection has a specific reason it is in the line.
The Cape Cod series is the front runner in this flooring line. The Cape Cod hardwood collection features 3/4″ Thick solid Oaks & Brazilian cherry hardwood in widths of 3 " & 2 " for the Oaks & 3 1/4″ & 5″ for the Brazilian Cherry. The Select Grade hardwood is imperfection free with no signs of mineral streaks, knots or other bad features such as warping or poor milling. The Cape Cod Collection features an Aluminum Oxide finish that is free of pitting. The surface is so smooth on the Cape Cod that it puts many other high end brands finishes to shame. The Cape Cod Collection features a eased edge and square butt joint as many prefinished hardwood floors on the market today, carries an amazing 50 year warranty for finish and lifetime structural warranty. Cape Cod is produced from a renewable farm and is a green hardwood product that produces only a mere 3% waste factor and is constructed out of Appalachian Oak. This hardwood floor is capable of being sanded & refinished for a lifetime. One feature that stands the Cape Cod oaks apart from the rest of the Prefinished market is the fact that it is harvested & made in the USA. The Brazilian Cherry hardwood is harvested from a managed forest that is Lacey Act Compliant. The Brazilian Cherry of the Cape Cod collection is a TRUE clear grade hardwood floor and is guaranteed to have no Silica. The Cape Cod is just one of the 5 products in the Impressions Hardwood Flooring Line.
Another force to reckon with in the prefinished hardwood line is the Hampton Series. The Hampton Solid Hardwood Flooring line features 3/4″ Thick 6 – sided sealed Oak flooring that has square edged & ends just like a floor that is laid in unfinished than site finished. The 6 sided seal improves the moisture resistance in this flooring product dramatically and achieves the best square edge product on the market today. The Hampton series is available in 5 colors: Natural, Saddle, White Oak Natural, Honey & Gunstock. The color choices for the Hampton series are based off of the top 5 colors selling in the country today by designers & builders. The Six Sided seal is a feature ONLY available in the Hampton series anywhere in the world and is provided by Ten Oaks of Virginia. The finish on this hardwood product is a UV Cured urethane as well as aluminum oxide on the top of the product, and is pre-sealed on all six sides. The Hampton Series is a green product that is produced from Appalachian Oak and can be sanded & finished for a lifetime. The Hampton Series like the rest of the Impressions hardwood flooring line features a 50 year warranty for finish and a lifetime structural warranty. The Hampton Series is produced by a AHMI Member which is a sustainable hardwood forest product. This product is available in a 2 " & 3 " wide product.
The next product in the Impressions hardwood flooring line is a top selling 1/2″ thick engineered hardwood called the Salem Series. The Salem series features a Perma-Finish Commercial Grade Water Based finish and is stocked with only Prime Select Grade oak products. The Salem Series has Red Oak & Brazilian Cherry as species available to the name and can be installed below, above & on grade. The Salem Series is an engineered hardwood floor with a hardwood base panel & 2mm thick sawn face wear layer for Oaks & 1.4mm for the Brazilian cherry. The Perma-Finish, being that it is a water base, allows the true coloring of the grain to show through and shine and is added protection against scratching. This product features boards of 1′-4′ and an average board length of 31″ making it a longer plank than most engineered wood flooring on today's market. The edges on this product are a 4-sided micro bevel and prevent chipping at the edges while defining the edge of each board. This environmentally friendly hardwood leaves a smaller carbon footprint on the planet due to less waste & less use of domestic trees in the creation of this floor. This is a very thick engineered hardwood and may be sanded and recoated many times over the life of this floor and will last many years. This product is only available in 3″ widths for both the Oaks & Brazilian cherry floor. This product can be easily installed either by Glue, Nail or Staple down. The Brazilian Cherry is Lacey Act Compliant being harvested from forests that are used solely for hardwood flooring purposes.
The next engineered collection by Impressions Hardwood is the Traditions Series. This collection brings engineered hardwood flooring to the market with a hand-scraped surface. The Traditions series is a 6″ wide by 1/2″ thick engineered hardwood with a 2mm sawn face wear layer available in oak or plantation teak. This product is finished with a commercial grade Perma-Finish water based finish to pull the look of the hardwood through the finish to the homeowners view. This artisan hand-scraped finish is done perfectly with no rough ridges, just nice smooth rolling scrapings. The Traditions series Oaks are colored in Rocky mountain or Yellowstone which are two of the most beautiful dark brown colors in the flooring market today, and the Plantation Teak is natural in color. The Teak is a lacey Act Compliant Vintage grade that is hand-picked for a quality floor for the new owner. The Oak is a Vintage Red Oak that is custom crafted for an Old World look and is hand-picked to give this floor the look you want in a nice rustic atmosphere. This product just like the rest of the Impression line sports a 50 year finish warranty & a lifetime Structural warranty. The construction of this product is a hardwood base panel to go along with the thick 2mm wear-layer that can be sanded & refinished 1 time.
The final product in the Impressions hardwood flooring line is the 3/4″ thick solid hardwood floor Classic Series. The Classic Series features a Hand-scraped surface and 3 colors of oaks to choose from. The Wheat Color available in this line is an extremely popular color that is a light coloring over natural and pulls on neutral tones to look great in any room. This product is 3/4″ Thick solid hardwood floor and 5″ wide with all 4 sides beveled to define the board. The Classic series features a Vintage Grade white oak hardwood custom selected to reflect the old world look and rustic styling. The Classic series carries a 50 year finish warranty & lifetime structural warranty and can be installed on or above grade. Each plank in this collection is hand crafted individually and is plantation grown making this a green hardwood flooring product. The finish on this product is a water based finish called Perma-Finish, which is a commercial grade finish that shows the grain in the hardwood underneath with more vivid coloring and when scratched doesn't show coloring from the finish. This product is milled from 1 foot to 7 foot lengths with an average board length in the 4 foot range, making this a long board product that is great for large expanses.
The Impressions Hardwood Flooring line features today's top hardwood flooring products in the Oak family with a few exotic choices. The 5 series in this hardwood line really stand out in quality & style. The 50 year warranty offered in this product line stands as the strongest solid & engineered warranty in the industry. With products & colors not available in any other brand, your floor is sure to be set apart from any other.
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What's in a hug?
I am a huggy kind of person. When I like someone or feel affectionate towards them I am the type to smother them liberally with hugs. Having spent a great part of my life in the Middle East, a little hug and three to four kisses on the cheeks as a greeting was a normal thing. My group of friends were from across the globe; Lebanon, Palestine, Iran, France, India, Portugal and so on. We very much melted all our traditions and habits into one big melting pot and took out the best to practice. Thus, the many kisses and hugs upon greeting!
When I moved to Germany some odd 20 years ago, naturally I was not giving up on this tradition. What I did not realize however was that your normal German is a rather reserved species and my extrovert and gregarious greetings often caused them to raise an eyebrow and probably feel slightly awkward. I admit, I reduced the four kisses to just two but it was almost comical the way many of them would freeze as I planted a cheeky kiss on each side with a hint of hug.
Soon however, they warmed up to the idea of hugs and kisses and continued the ritual amongst their own friends. The stiffness eased into a more relaxed attitude and I was often greeted with big smiles and many hugs when I joined my group of friends.
In our often impersonal virtual world I try to continue giving hugs to my dear friends to show them a token of my affection and will end my emails, tweets, chats with "big hugs" or "many kisses and hugs". And you know what? It does not go unnoticed! The friends I have made over the years are some of the most fabulous people I have met, many of them becoming dear and close friends. I was lucky enough to exchange the virtual "hugs xoxo" to real life hugs with a few of them.
Hugs have a way of delivering messages of love, approval, congratulations, sympathy, happiness and bonds people together. The simple gesture of putting your arms around other people and enclosing them in a warm embrace makes them feel good and does wonders to uplift your own spirit. A hug makes a person feel loved and accepted.
Some people are natural "huggers" (like me) while others have to work a little harder to develop the positive affectionate habit. In addition to the "feel good" factor, according to 10 reasons why we need at least 8 hugs a day hugging actually has health benefits, too.
We know that being hugged creates feelings of acceptance and compassion, but did you know that it actually lowers the blood pressure and slows the heart rate of the individual receiving the hug? Frequent hugging benefits heart health of both the hugger and the individual being hugged.
People both giving and receiving hugs are happier and more relaxed. Those of us who are uptight and stressed are more likely to experience physical symptoms, such as headaches, indigestion and other stress-related illnesses. Hugging is a great stress-reliever, potentially appeasing some of those minor stress-related health issues.
There are so many mental benefits of hugging. Those on the receiving end of affectionate hugs can ward off depression. Anxiety can be somewhat mitigated with a reassuring hug as a compassionate hug can ease grief and loneliness.
We are a hugging household here! I honestly believe that children who receives hugs of affection view the world more positively and are self-confident as they feel reassured and know that they are loved and accepted. There might be greater peace and harmony in the homes of those who hug on a regular basis. It is difficult to maintain a bad mood when you have just been hugged. Seeing your family off with a hug each morning could ensure they have a more positive day.
So, what's in a hug? I'd say … quite a lot of good stuff.
Of course when vibrant Holly Becker created a #bloghug party I was up to embracing it with a huge hug. It's my kind of party with the simple rules to spread a few hugs across the blog world.
Have you hugged a blogger today?
It will be no surprise to you that I would have a huge list of fabulous blogger friends I would like to hugs but I have been giving those on Twitter through the week so will contain myself here.
You see these three ladies here below? Well they of course do not need any introduction. Jeanne, Jamie and Ilva are three of my cherished friends I totally respect and adore. Luckily I've had the pleasure of hugging them a few times in person and I do it on a daily basis virtually. As I leave for London tomorrow, I'll be certainly hugging Jeanne a few times this weekend. Then in May when we all meet in Ireland there are sure to be a few group #bloghugs happening over the weekend.
I am also sending a huge #bloghug all the way to Dubai to my dear friend Sally, whom I only met last year and hugged often, but we feel like we know each other so much longer. It's the kind of friendship where we simply pick up where we left off the last time we hugged.
Sandy and I see each other on a regular basis as she lives just a few kilometers from Weimar. She attended my workshop in Ettersburg last year and since then we have had many sushi lunches, cake and coffee afternoons and hugs together. Soon we will be hosting a sensational creative workshop together. Big #bloghug to you for being a kind and gentle soul.
Many warm #bloghugs also going over to Simone, whom I also met for the first time, after a long virtual friendship, at our first From Plate to Page here in Weimar. Since then we have met a few times and we just click so well. Ours is an unpretentious and easy-going friendship. I love her hearty laugh and she always puts a smile on my face.
I've been blogging for seven years now and over the years I've made and met quite a few friends through this space and I am forever grateful for the love, the honesty, the loyalty and the support. There are times when there is negativity from the outside, but with such Class A friends in my corner, I always feel like a winner.
#bloghugs, my friends.
What better way to share a few hugs than with the sweet, syrupy and nutty iconic baklava. It is Middle East's grandest pastry and a visit to any bakery in the vast Middle Eastern countries will have you truly lusting after the large variety piled high on large metal platters.
Apparently it is also an alleged aphrodisiac so … it'll make a great treat for your Valentine tomorrow!
Make sure you use the freshest nuts you can find as the success of this dish depends on it. Do not skimp on butter as it imparts its flavors into the pastry giving it a richer and moister taste. I also add a few sticky dates to my baklava, which really adds a sensational highlight to the dessert. Use medjool dates, they are the "fruit of paradise" and bring along juicy sweetness for a great flavor.
Printable version of recipe here
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour
Yields: 30 servings
- 450g phyllo pastry
- 300g mixed nuts, I used cashews, pecans, hazelnuts, finely chopped
- 100g dates, pitted and finely chopped
- 170g butter, clarified
- ½ teaspoon ground cardamom
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- 50g sugar
- 285g sugar
- 180ml water
- 1 teaspoon orange blossom water
- Pre-heat oven to 135 degrees C.
- In a food processor place the nuts, dates, spices and sugar and pulse a few times till the mixture has coarse consistency.
- Generously brush a 24x34 cm baking tray with the butter. Layer 8 sheets of phyllo dough, brushing each sheet with more butter, then spread half of the nut and date mixture over the phyllo.
- Place another 4 sheets of phyllo over the mixture, also brushing each sheet with butter. Spread the remaining half of the nut mixture and finally layer the last 12 sheets of pastry, brushing with butter as you layer.
- Using a sharp knife, slice the baklava all the way through into diamonds.
- Bake the baklava slowly for 2 hours until the top is golden. Pour the cooled syrup (recipe below) as soon as the baklava comes out of the oven. Allow the baklava to cool to room temperature before serving. Baklava will keep in the tray, covered, for 3-4 days.
- To make the syrup place all the ingredients into a small saucepan and bring to a gentle simmer over a medium heat.
- Reduce the heat and cook the mixture over low heat until mixture becomes syrupy. This should take approximately 10 minutes.
- Remove the syrup from the heat and allow to cool completely before using.
The harmony of the warming spices, crunchy nuts and chewy dates layered between buttery pastry is irresistible on its own but the addition of the sweet syrup flavored with orange blossom water adds a touch of heaven. Sticky, sweet and wonderfully moreish. The perfect foodie hug for my friends, my readers and … my Valentine. Enjoy!
I'm taking off for London early tomorrow and really looking forward to my workshop on Friday and Saturday. We have a full house with delegates coming in from Norway, Germany, Austria, Italy and of course the UK. I just cannot wait to feel the energy and creativity flowing in the 2 days and I am sure there will be a few hugs exchanged during this time as these workshops are very intensive and emotional. London always is always so exciting and I love meeting blogger friends for dinner or cocktails to catch up with them. This time I am really looking forward to seeing Sarah, Jackie, Ren, Giluia, Nithin and Anne to name a few blogger friends I have made through the blog and past workshops. And I am very excited to finally meet my gorgeous hostess Sumayya with whom I am co-hosting the London Workshop. Last but never least I will be reunited with my sister-from-another-mother, Jeanne who as always gives me a free bed when I am in London.
So as you can see I will be hugging a lot of bloggers the next few days and partying wildly for Holly's #bloghug party. Of course a very special #bloghug goes out to Holly, the organizer of the party too.
To you all ..
Have a special Valentine tomorrow and make sure you hug the special people in your life.
LONDON: If you would like to stay tuned to what's happening during the London workshop you can follow the hashtag #LondonFoto or @MeetaWFLH on Twitter or my photography page on Facebook or catch me posting images on Instagram.
We are gearing up for a sensational workshop experience here in Weimar, Germany in March. Registrations have been filling up fast but we still have a few selected spots left on the workshop. Don not miss it!
Shoot, Style, Craft & Design … the Weimar Food Styling, Photography and Design Workshop at the Landgut Holzdorf
15 - 16 March 2013, Weimar, Germany
Details here.
Registrations now open here.
Be there!
More huggable treats for your friends and Valentine from WFLH:
Matcha White Chocolate Pralines with Pistachios | Chocolate Espresso Sponge Pudding | Macarons - Rosewater and Raspberry |
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Any term, to the extent permitted by Law including all implied warranties and conditions are excluded except as provided in these Terms and Conditions and any term which could be alleged to be a condition or term of the contract and which does not form part of this warranty or is implied by legislation is expressly excluded and is to be disregarded.
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- This warranty is effective from the date of purchase of the product, if other conditions described in these Terms and Conditions are met.
- Original proof of purchase of the product or the receipt will be required for any warranty claim to be considered.
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Relin committed suicide in the Portland-area town of Corbett on Nov. 14, deputy Multnomah County medical examiner Peter Bellant said late Sunday night.
He said Relin died of blunt force head injury, but declined to provide any other details.
Relin was co-author with Greg Mortenson of "Three Cups of Tea," which recounts how Mortenson started building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The book came under scrutiny last year when "60 Minutes" and Jon Krakauer alleged that it contained numerous fabrications.
In April, U.S. District Judge Sam Haddon rejected a lawsuit by four people who bought the book, dismissing claims that the two authors, the publisher, and a charity conspired to make Mortenson into a false hero to sell books and raise money for the charity. Haddon called the claims overly broad, flimsy and speculative.
Mortenson had denied any wrongdoing, though he has acknowledged some of the events in "Three Cups of Tea" were compressed over different periods of time. The New York Times reported that Relin did not speak publicly about the charges.
The book describes how Mortenson lost his way after a failed mountaineering expedition and was nursed back to health in a Pakistani village. Based on the villagers' kindness and the poverty he saw, he resolved to build a school for them.
"Three Cups of Tea," which has sold about 4 million copies since being published in 2006, was conceived as a way to raise money for and tell the story of Mortenson's Central Asia Institute, which he co-founded in 1996 to build schools in Central Asia.


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Armless Ping-Pong Player, Trust Fall Fail, and Line-Flubbing Older Couple — Daily Distraction
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Here's another back-to-back-to-back dosage of Internet gems.
Playing ping-pong reasonably well is hard enough already, what with that tiny little ball moving so fast, but this impressive gentleman does it without any arms. Second is why you should always make sure that you actually trust your partners in a trust fall. And last, we have an adorable older couple who can't quite seem to say their lines correctly. Enjoy!
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- Jachin
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Bank Closures Slow in Beginning of 2013 Compared to Last Year
Bank closures have slowed considerably through the first three months of 2013 compared to the same period last year, a report on bank closures from SNL Financial, a research firm for the financial services industry. The four banks that have closed so far this year were LaGrange, Ga.-based Frontier Bank with $258 million in assets; Chicago-based Covenant Bank with $58 million in assets; Andover, Minn.-based 1st Regents Bank with $49 million in assets; and University Place, Wash.-based Westside Community Bank with $91 million in assets.
[See Related: Bank Failures Down in 2012]
The four closures were a significant drop from last year when 15 banks were closed from Jan. 1 through March 23, according to the report. None of the closures so far this year have involved loss-share agreements. Out of the 51 closures in 2012, 20 involved loss-share agreements with the FDIC, and 58 out of the 92 closures in 2011 involved them as well. The median cost to the deposit insurance fund, according to the report, has been 22% of the failed banks' assets in 2013, compared to 21% last year and 23% in 2011.
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Tom, I have to agree with that statement but it is based on some pretty large and asumtive "IFs". It seems to assume that the barrel is the only factor besides external forces that can have an effect on the placement of the ball. One could also state that if changing only the barrel on a particular piece, produced a measurably improved shot pattern, it was not a waste of time to try to improve on it. It would also be a safe assumption that the way the ball was presented to the external forces, had a significant influence on the effects of those same external forces. Maybe such a barrel was just better suited to the forces behind the ball or maybe just better suited to the balls themselves. In either case, the result was to present the ball to the external forces in such a manner as to allow better consistency of placement of an inconsistent projectile.Originally posted by AGD
If a barrel did it's job perfectly every time and 100% of the spread was due to external forces then it would be a waste of time to try and improve it.
I know exactly where you are coming from and I whole heartedly agree. New and/or different is not always better.[i]
The problem, as I see it, is that people spend 300 dollars for a barrel not knowing if it will make a 1% or 50% difference. [/B]
Even more of a problem is that those same people will often find a way to justify the expence whether it provided an improvement or not. Style points have become far to important to some. [/B][/QUOTE]
That is a tough question to answer with any sort of brevity. In the context of this thread, there has been very little improvment in the overall accuracy potential of a paintgun in relation to barrels. Although, I believe that the typical paintgun of today will show measurably better results than the typical 'gun of times long past. It is much harder these days to produce significant improvments to shot groups by changing the barrel because of the general improvements to barrel production as well as the evolution of valving. Essentially, the guns that I built 15 years ago are every bit as accurate (for any one shot) as what we are producing today but I get better shot groups these days due to the better consistency of the air supply being used.[i]
In general I have to ask you, how much of an increase in accuracy have we really seen in 15 years? Given the fact the barrel prices have increased by 10x and are now honed and sized to perfection, what are we getting for the money? [/B]
To the contrary; I am neither willing to spend my money in that regard, nor am I willing to take my customers' dollars for something that may not be of any real benefit. I've never been a proponent of having a bag full of barrels for your paintgun. Especially since most of my equipment is produced with non-changable barrels. However, we do offer services to ensure that a 'gun and its barrel are tuned to compliment each other and provide the opportunity to put the ball where you need it. I still believe that the valving of the 'gun is at least equally important as the barrel when in the pursuit of optimum performance.[i]
While you may be willing to spend big dollars on a 1% improvement most will not or at least would like to know what they are getting.


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Asphalt 7: Heat races onto Xbox Windows Phone 8 with realtime multiplayer
While Microsoft and its partners haven't exactly announced a ton of Xbox games for Windows Phone 8 so far, the same can't be said for Gameloft. Back in October, the mobile game publishing giant announced a whopping 12 games specifically for Windows Phone 8. These titles rely on the new mobile handsets' extra horsepower and most would be impossible to port accurately on our beloved Windows Phone 7.
It's been a long wait, but the first Gameloft Windows Phone 8 game is finally here: Asphalt 7, the arcade-style racing game. That's right, a non-Angry Birds Windows Phone 8 game! Who'd have dared to imagine such a thing? In case that didn't knock you right out of your office chair, it even has…. Real-time online multiplayer! I don't mean asynchronous: this is the for-real deal. Ho-lee crap, I just had to fetch my socks from across the room. And did I mention Asphalt 7 is priced to sell?
Head past the break for details! We'll have a video soon too.
Who needs 6?
Asphalt 5 was a functional but poorly balanced racer on Windows Phone 7. For Microsoft's new mobile OS, Gameloft has wisely decided to skip part 6 and jump straight to the latest series entry, Asphalt 7: Heat. It is once again a fast-paced, easy to play racing game that doesn't get bogged down with too many simulation aspects.
Asphalt 7 features the most detailed 3D graphics in an Xbox Windows Phone game to date with stunning cityscapes, beautiful colors, and lighting effects that rival a JJ Abrams movie (I kid). Just like its predecessor, the cars are fully licensed and rendered in lavish detail. Some of the more desirable makes include Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, and even the DeLorean.
As a result of the complex graphic engine and the game's wealth of content, it clocks in at a whopping 878 Megabytes. And it requires 1GB of RAM, so devices with only 512 MB such as the HTC 8S, the Lumia 620, and the recently announced Lumia 520/521 will not be able to run the game. That's a drag, but graphically intensive games would struggle with the tiny 150 MB of RAM that is allotted on those low-memory devices.
Multiplayer, what!
It looks like the increased level of hardware access in Windows Phone 8 finally allows the inclusion of real-time multiplayer (Pool Pro Online apparently only simulated it). Since the game just came out and takes a fair bit of time to download, we haven't been able to test its multiplayer in action yet. But it does appear to operate with Gameloft's own servers as opposed to Microsoft's servers, so users will need to create their own Gameloft accounts to hop online. That's actually very encouraging since the multiplayer features in games like Carcassonne have been terrible on the whole.
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The arrival of a hot game like Asphalt 7 (complete with online multiplayer) is wonderful news for Windows Phone 8. It looks like Gameloft (possibly with Microsoft's input?) is serious about making sure Asphalt 7 sells, too. It costs only 99 cents, just like the iOS version. There are optional PDLC micro-transactions, but they aren't needed to simply enjoy the game. If you've got a Windows Phone 8 device with enough RAM and storage space to run it, you might as well skip the test drive and give this one a buy.
Get Asphalt 7: Heat here at the Windows Phone Store. As usual, the link may take awhile to show up in your Store. Just try again later.
Thanks to Jey Si for the tip!
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FDA cracks down on illegal diabetes remedies
The Food and Drug Administration is cracking down on more than a dozen companies that market illegal treatments for diabetes, ranging from bogus dietary supplements to prescription drugs sold online without a prescription.
All of the products aim to cash in on the country's diabetes epidemic, which affects nearly 26 million Americans. Regulators worry that consumers who buy such unapproved products could put off getting legitimate medical care, which could exacerbate heart disease, kidney failure and other deadly complications.
The FDA sent warning letters to 15 companies, both in the U.S. and abroad, ordering them to stop selling diabetes treatments which violate U.S. drug laws.
Three of the products targeted are marketed as "natural" supplements, but actually contain unlisted pharmaceutical ingredients. For example, Diexi, which is sold as a traditional Indian "herbal formula," actually contains metformin, the most common prescription drug used to treat diabetes. The product is sold by Amrutam Life Care, of Surat, India.
"Consumers should exercise caution before using products claiming to be herbal or all-natural alternatives to FDA-approved prescription drugs," the agency said in a statement Tuesday. "These products should be considered unsafe and should not be used."
Other products include genuine dietary supplements that make unproven claims to treat or prevent diabetes. For example, Diabetes Daily Care is a capsule-based supplement containing cinnamon extract and other herbs. Its manufacturer, Nature's Health Supply Inc., claims it "safely and effectively improves sugar metabolism."
Under U.S. law, only FDA-approved medicines are permitted to make claims for treating or preventing disease.
Other companies targeted by the FDA run online pharmacies that sell prescription drugs for diabetes without a prescription. The FDA issued a warning letter to www.bestcheapmedsonline.com for marketing unapproved versions of diabetes drugs like Januvia, from Merck & Co. Inc.
The FDA warns patients against buying prescription medications on the Internet. Only 3 percent of online pharmacies actually comply with all U.S. pharmacy laws, according to a review by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy.
People with diabetes are unable to properly break down carbohydrates, either because their bodies do not produce enough insulin or because they've become resistant to the hormone, which controls blood sugar levels. These patients face higher risks of heart attacks, kidney problems, blindness and other serious complications.
Many diabetics require multiple drugs to control their blood sugar levels.
The U.S. market for prescription diabetes drugs is the largest in the world, with sales of $22 billion last year. Sales have ballooned more than 60 percent in the last four years from $13.6 billion in 2008, according to health data firm, IMS Health.
The FDA said it has not received any reports of injury or illness connected with the products, but is taking action as a precautionary measure.
The FDA sent the warning letters to the companies last week, but posted them online Tuesday morning. The letters gives each company 15 business days to reply and explain how they will come into compliance with U.S. law. FDA warning letters are not legally binding, but the agency can take companies to court if they are ignored.
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Maybe the party is finally over.
Meaning not simply the Grand Old Party, but more specifically the bacchanal of the bizarre and carnival of crazy to which it has lately devolved. So obvious has this devolution become that even Republican stalwarts have been heard to decry the parody of a party the GOP has become.
Except now we see signs suggesting maybe a corner has been turned. There was, for example, that surprising bipartisan consensus on immigration reform, which one would have thought about as likely as a Ted Nugent concert on the White House lawn. And Politico reports that Karl Rove has started a Super PAC whose mission is to keep the more … ahem, colorful candidates from winning Republican primaries. Politico also quotes what it calls a high-profile strategist who said party leaders are now trying to "marginalize the cranks, haters and bigots" they until recently portrayed as courageous truth tellers.
There's more. Fox "News," for many years the communications arm of the GOP, just ditched two of its fieriest firebrands: Dick Morris and Sarah Palin, who, like Linus in the pumpkin patch, kept assuring true believers of the Great Pumpkin of a Mitt Romney victory. This comes as Fox, though it still has numbers CNN would kill for, sees its ratings fall to a 12-year low among a key demographic. A new Public Policy Polling survey finds trust in Fox at the lowest level in the short (four years) history of the survey.
Then there is Bobby Jindal. The Louisiana governor, widely considered a rising star of the GOP, has, since the election, been preaching with evangelistic zeal that Republicans must "stop being the stupid party," which could be a reference to Herman Cain, presumably still poring over a map looking for "U-beki-beki-beki-becki-stan-stan;" or to Michele Bachmann, perhaps still searching out terrorists in the office of the Secretary of State. Or to any of a series of GOP candidates who made statements on rape so spectacularly ignorant they would stun even the men in those dusty places where wives are bought like cattle.
So yes, signs are plentiful that something is afoot among the Republicans. But what does it mean?
One might hope it signifies the party's decision to abandon its alternate universe, offer reasonable alternatives to those voters not convinced that any one party or ideology has all the answers. One might hope it means an orderly retreat from the hard edge of coded racism, gay bashing, Mexican electrocuting, anti-intellectualism and fact avoidance that has been passed off as wisdom in recent years. One might hope it means a return of grownups, pragmatism, reason — and reasonableness.
One might hope.
But one might be well advised to gird that hope with wariness, given that this is the same party whose leaders, as reported on PBS' Frontline, held a meeting in 2009 and chose obstructionism as a political strategy. Note that, even while repeating his "stupid party" admonition at a GOP meeting in Charlotte last month, Jindal assured his audience this did not mean rethinking or even moderating the party's hardcore — and frankly, out-of-touch — stands on issues such as abortion and marriage equality.
No, he explained, he's talking about changing the packaging — not what's in it. Putting lipstick on the proverbial pig, in other words.
That will inevitably disappoint those longing for a new GOP. One hopes the party's soul searching eventually leads it to understand the need for evolution. It should not — and does not need to — become simply a pale imitation of the other party. But it also should not — and better not — settle for being simply a prettied-up version of the extremist outlier it has become.
Because you know what you call a pig with lipstick on? A pig with lipstick on.
(Leonard Pitts is a columnist for the Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Miami, Fla., 33132. Readers may contact him via email at email@example.com.)
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- Greet any customers or potential patients while in the front area or near the clinic.
- Clean and organize the clinic space daily. This includes, but not limited to, taking out trash, logging and putting away supply orders, cleaning the floor under counters and around furniture.
- Answer questions, following HIPAA guidelines while in the front area.
- Utilize the Patient Care Technician PERK system.
- Determine method of payment, describing the options, prompt pay or filing with one of our accepted insurance plans.
- Copy government issued identification for all patients.
- Copy insurance card if the patient selects for insurance to be filed.
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"I do believe I'll be better in all areas. I'll get in the cage, start fighting and my body will do the rest." - Rory MacDonald
Rory MacDonald has been poked, prodded and pin-pricked like the shy, fat kid in the schoolyard wearing a bullseye on his back. He's quiet, reserved and unassuming, but deep within MacDonald's reservoir sleeps a lion that doesn't appreciate being treated like a circus animal.
Jake Ellenberger, MacDonald's UFC on FOX 8 opponent this Saturday at Seattle's Key Arena, has played the role of ringmaster. Ellenberger has gone on record stating MacDonald (14-1 MMA, 5-1 UFC) was nothing special. He threw jabs at him over Twitter. He teed off during a conference call by chiding MacDonald for making the "stupid decision to fight me."
A winner of eight of nine bouts over the past three years, Ellenberger (29-6 MMA, 8-2 UFC) possesses the talent and desire to smash anyone's hopes to pieces. MacDonald is one who's had his heart ripped out. Three years ago he was seven seconds from a victory over Carlos Condit until a barrage of punches from the "Natural Born Killer" compelled the referee to halt the fight with precious little time remaining.
MacDonald, 24, hasn't completely recovered from the loss, but rather than dry up and fade away, the sensation out of Montreal, Canada, has blazed a trail of destruction en route to Seattle, so to think that some derogatory comments will stop him from running roughshod over Ellenberger is ridiculous. His words will never scream bulletin board, jump off a page or out of a computer screen. If you try and get him to bite, he'll smile. Then he'll enter the Octagon and dissect the likes of the legendary BJ Penn for three rounds. He's soft-spoken and at times silent, but when the lion awakens you won't see him coming.
"I'll have something up my sleeve," MacDonald said. "I do believe I'll be better in all areas. I'll get in the cage, start fighting and my body will do the rest. I'll know what to do when I get in there. I plan on just taking the fight wherever it goes and looking for the finish anywhere.
"Fighters talk, but my reaction to that doesn't have to be dramatic. It is what it is. It's just words. I think he's trying to get me fired up or emotional or something. It isn't working."
A winner of four straight since the heartbreak in Vancouver, MacDonald is preparing for a match with major title picture implications. Ellenberger has rebounded from a stunning knockout loss to Martin Kampmann in June of 2012 with two straight victories. Denied a No. 1 contender's match with Johny Hendricks after MacDonald's injuries altered the landscape of UFC 158, "The Juggernaut" smashed Nate Marquardt in three minutes.
Ellenberger and MacDonald are part of the new wave in the UFC welterweight division. The winner could be matched with the victor of the Hendricks-Georges St. Pierre -- the champion is MacDonald's Tristar Gym teammate -- bout that will headline UFC 167 in November. Forget about St. Pierre for now; MacDonald has refused to entertain the thought of competing against him even with UFC gold at stake. His solitary focus is on Ellenberger, one who has ranked him low on the importance scale.
"In this sport, people judge you on every performance," MacDonald said. "You're only as good as your last fight. Every fight is important to win and look your best. That's my attitude towards it."
MacDonald is determined not to let his emotions betray him, which he blames for the loss to Condit in a fight he dominated until the New Mexico native took control in the third round. Stamina was an issue for a fighter not yet of drinking age in the United States. He was tense, stressed and didn't relax for a second, and he has since trained smarter by using his mind and improving his conditioning.
"I try not to be such a barbarian about it," MacDonald said. "It's a balance."
Taken down, pressed against the cage and pounded relentlessly by Condit late in the fight, MacDonald desperately tried to hold on as the seconds counted to the final horn. Whether the fight should have actually been stopped or not is a source of debate, but MacDonald isn't looking back on circumstances. Still, he was seven seconds from at the time the biggest win of his career, and the stoppage has left a taste worse than dirt that hasn't exactly gone away.
"It's always a [crappy] feeling and I'm still a little bit disappointed over that," said MacDonald, deprived of a UFC 158 rematch with Condit by a neck injury. "I would like to avenge that loss sometime this year or next year, if it works out that way. I feel like I've come a long way from that. I learned a lot from that experience. I want to prove to myself and everyone around me that I have what it takes to come back and beat the man that beat me."
It wasn't the first time that nerves threatened to get the best of the young Canadian. Training since the age of 14, MacDonald made his pro debut two years later at an Extreme Fighting Challenge event. Although he submitted Terry Thiara in two minutes and 11 seconds, the buildup to the fight left him drained and unprepared mentally, and he didn't know what he was getting himself into.
"It was probably my most stressful fight yet, the lead up to it," MacDonald said. "It was a really cool experience learning how to deal with that."
What snapped him out of it was a good old-fashioned punch in the face.
"That kind of woke me up," MacDonald said. "I pretty much just stood there. The guy came across the ring and he hit me with five punches. I fell into the ropes, bounced off them and attacked him. Everything from there was autopilot."
In recent years, MacDonald's path has been carefully orchestrated by his team at Tristar, which he joined after the Condit loss in what was only his second UFC fight. Head coach Firas Zahabi has been determined to develop his young prodigy patiently enough to where he'll have a run like St. Pierre -- or see their worlds potentially collide. The returns have been a current 4-0 run and talks of MacDonald becoming the next GSP. Alas, the youngster admits, patience does have its virtue.
"I'm happy with it," said MacDonald on Zahabi's guidance. "He's a smart man. We've made smart choices and I'm on a roll for a reason."
Actions have spoken louder than words, which is something Ellenberger could find out on fight night. A war of words means nothing to MacDonald. Once inside the cage it's a deadly game the silent warrior intends to win.
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"A provision in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul says most hospitals must charge uninsured patients no more than what people with health insurance are billed."
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Huge list prices charged by hospitals are drawing increased attention, but a federal law meant to limit what the most financially vulnerable patients can be billed doesn't seem to be making much difference.
A provision in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul says most hospitals must charge uninsured patients no more than what people with health insurance are billed.
The goal is to protect patients from medical bankruptcy, a problem that will not go away next year when Obama's law expands coverage for millions.
Because the Affordable Care Act doesn't cover everyone, many people will remain uninsured. Also, some who could sign up are expected to procrastinate even though the law requires virtually everyone to have health insurance.
Consumer groups that lobbied for a "fair pricing" provision are disappointed. A university researcher who's studied the issue says the government doesn't seem to be doing much enforcement, and at least one state, Colorado, enacted a stricter rule since the federal statute passed.
Critics say the law has several problems:
-It applies only to nonprofit institutions, which means about 40 percent of all community hospitals are exempted. By comparison, the Colorado law also covers for-profit hospitals.
-It lacks a clear formula for hospitals to determine which uninsured patients qualify for financial aid, and how deep a discount is reasonable. A California law spells out such a formula for that state's hospitals.
-More than three years after Obama signed his law, the Internal Revenue Service has not issued final rules explaining how hospitals should comply with the federal billing limits. Delay doesn't signal a high priority.
"We still hear the same stories about patients who are being sent to (debt) collection," said Jessica Curtis, director of the hospital accountability project at Community Catalyst, a Boston-based advocacy group that led the push for billing limitations. "It's the same behavior that we were seeing before the passage of the Affordable Care Act."
The Obama administration responds that fair pricing is the law of the land, and that hospitals are expected to comply even if the IRS has not finalized the rules. The agency has begun compliance reviews, a spokeswoman said.
The health law "helps to protect patients from hidden and high prices and unreasonable collection actions," said Treasury Department spokeswoman Sabrina Siddiqui.
The American Hospital Association says it urges members to limit charges to the uninsured in line with the federal law. But neither the administration nor the industry has statistics on how many hospitals are doing so.
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recently took on hospital pricing policies when she released federal data that document wide disparities in what different hospitals charge for the same procedures.
Most patients never face those list prices because private insurers negotiate lower rates and government programs such as Medicare get to set what they will pay. The burden of paying list price falls on the uninsured and people with skimpy policies. It's unclear that the federal requirements are helping at all.
Justin Farman, a nursing student from Watertown, in upstate New York, was diagnosed with a blood cancer last fall, when he was uninsured.
Going without health insurance is a calculated risk taken by many young people starting out their careers. Farman, 26, said the $120 his employer charged monthly for premiums was too much for his budget. Besides, he was in good shape and an avid weightlifter. But months of deep tiredness and unexplained weight loss led him to consult doctors, and he was eventually diagnosed with lymphoma.
Treatment at Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse was successful, but Farman faced more than $54,000 in medical bills, between the hospital and doctors.
"After I went into remission, the bills started to roll in," said Farman. The hospital did not tell him that financial assistance might be available, Farman said.
He had to fend off collection agencies. "That's not too fun," he added.
A spokesman for Upstate said the federal fair pricing law does not appear to apply to the hospital because it is publicly owned and not incorporated as a nonprofit under federal law. Spokesman Darryl Geddes said he could not discuss individual cases, but the hospital does not decline care to anyone based on the individual's ability to pay. Upstate maintains a financial assistance program that complies with state law, he added.
Part way through his treatment, Farman was able to get on Medicaid. With the help of a community agency, he also applied for assistance under New York law to help pay for his medical care during the period he was uninsured. On Friday, he received a letter saying his application had been approved and his debts would be greatly reduced.
Such discounts should be taken up front, advocates say.
Congress needs to take a second look at the federal law, says University of Southern California health policy professor Glenn Melnick.
As written, the law leaves it up to hospitals to determine which uninsured people qualify for discounted bills, and that could create a whole new set of disparities.
"One hospital could say it applies to people at 100 percent of the poverty line, and another could say 200 percent," Melnick explained. He called the enforcement provisions were "very weak."
A California law could serve as a model, he said. It defines the patients who qualify for assistance as those who are uninsured or making at or below 350 percent of the federal poverty line – $40,215 for an individual and $82,425 for a family of four. Those patients cannot be charged more than the hospital would receive from Medicare.
"This issue will not go away," said Melnick. "Even when the (Affordable Care Act) is fully implemented, there will be millions and millions of people without insurance."


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Armstrong to admit doping to Oprah - new report says yes....
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -- Lance Armstrong will make a limited confession to doping during his televised interview with Oprah Winfrey next week, according to a person with knowledge of the situation.
Armstrong, who has long denied doping, will also offer an apology during the interview scheduled to be taped Monday at his home in Austin, according to the person who spoke on condition of anonymity because there was no authorization to speak publicly on the matter.
While not directly saying he would confess or apologize, Armstrong sent a text message to The Associated Press early Saturday that said: "I told her (Winfrey) to go wherever she wants and I'll answer the questions directly, honestly and candidly. That's all I can say."
The 41-year-old Armstrong, who vehemently denied doping for years, has not spoken publicly about the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency report last year that cast him as the leader of a sophisticated and brazen doping program on his U.S. Postal Service teams that included use of steroids, blood boosters and illegal blood transfusions.The USADA report led to Armstrong being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and given a lifetime ban from the sport.
Several outlets had reported that Armstrong was considering a confession. The interview will be broadcast Thursday on the Oprah Winfrey Network and oprah.com.
A confession would come at a time when Armstrong is still facing some legal troubles.
Armstrong faces a federal whistle-blower lawsuit filed by former teammate Floyd Landis accusing him of defrauding the U.S. Postal Service, but the U.S. Department of Justice has yet to announce if it will join the case. The British newspaper The Sunday Times is suing Armstrong to recover about $500,000 it paid him to settle a libel lawsuit.
A Dallas-based promotions company has threatened to sue Armstrong to recover more than $7.5 million it paid him as a bonus for winning the Tour de France.
But potential perjury charges stemming from his sworn testimony denying doping in a 2005 arbitration fight over the bonus payments have passed the statute of limitations.
Armstrong lost most of his personal sponsorship - worth tens of millions of dollars - after USADA issued its report and he left the board of the Livestrong cancer-fighting charity he founded in 1997. He is still said to be worth an estimated $100 million.
Livestrong might be one reason to issue an apology or make a confession. The charity supports cancer patients and still faces an image problem because of its association with its famous founder.Armstrong could also be hoping a confession would allow him to return to competition in elite triathlon or running events, but World Anti-Doping Code rules state his lifetime ban cannot be reduced to less than eight years. WADA and U.S. Anti-Doping officials could agree to reduce the ban further depending on what new information Armstrong provides and his level of cooperation.
Armstrong met with USADA officials recently to explore a "pathway to redemption," according to a report by "60 Minutes Sports" aired Wednesday on Showtime.
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