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This medium was 'the boy who used to carry my (Albert's) gun at Balmoral'.
But nobody seriously believes that these troops are ready to carry out the role assigned them.
Andy came, Andy rappelled, Andy went home again to carry on whatever it is he bloody does.
He faces problems at home and abroad that only someone who can carry the nation with him would be capable of solving.
Not because any of them is a regional military superpower, but because all now carry market weight.
Follow them and watch them catch and carry home small insects.
Tim, carry it to my lady, you should have carried it to my lady first.
Such a decree he could use to any extent to which he could carry with him the sympathies of the people.
They were extremely anxious to carry Hester, Margaret, and the baby, with them.
They dragged me out into the field and made me carry all the pails.
early 14c., from Anglo-French carier "to transport in a vehicle" or Old North French carrier "to cart, carry" (Modern French charrier), from Gallo-Romance *carrizare, from Late Latin carricare, from Latin carrum (see car).
Meaning "take by force" is from 1580s. Sense of "gain victory in an election" is from 1610s. Of sound, "to be heard at a distance" by 1896. Carrying capacity is attested from 1836. Carry on "continue to advance" is from 1640s; carryings-on "questionable doings" is from 1660s. Carry-castle (1590s) was an old descriptive term for an elephant.
[fr the 1920s phrase carry iron, ''to be armed'']

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In spite of this promise, there remains a lurking sense that voice control is more of a gimmick than a productivity enhancer. (As of the time I posted this blog, a Google search for Siri+gimmick yielded… "about 2,430,000 results"). To see where voice control really stands, we surveyed information workers in North American and Europe about their use of voice commands.
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- 1 can (10-3/4 ounces) condensed cream of mushroom soup, undiluted
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1-1/3 cups (2.8 ounces) French's® Original French Fried Onions
- 4 cups whole green beans, cooked
- 1 cup chopped sweet red pepper
- In a greased 1-1/2 qt. baking dish, combine soup, milk, 2/3 cup onions, beans and red pepper. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30 minutes or until heated through. Stir and top with remaining onions. Bake 5 additional minutes. Yield: 6 servings.
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"Whenever I make this,I cook it for 10 minutes in my microwave. It frees up my oven for the turkey or tool. It comes out just fine."


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Canisius (20-10) at Akron (6-23)
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Game 1: RHP Rohn Pierce (1-1, 5.22 ERA) vs. RHP Jon Pusateri (1-5, 12.15 ERA)
Game 2: TBA vs. RHP Michael Steensen (1-1, 11.48 ERA)
- The Canisius College baseball team plays a mid-week doubleheader at the University of Akron on Wednesday afternoon.
- Canisius has a 16-7 road record, with the 16 road wins tied with Cal-State Fullerton for the most at the Division I level.
- Canisius has had three winning streaks of five or more games this season. Rider (two) and Marist (one) are the only other teams in the conference with five-game winning streaks.
- Canisius has had 14 winning streaks of five or more games since 2008, the highest total in the conference.
- Canisius is tied with Pittsburgh for the most wins by a team in the Northeast region.
- Three Canisius pitchers combined to throw the program's first nine-inning no-hitter at the Division I level in an 8-0 win at Iona on March 29.
- Canisius has won 195 games since the start of the 2008 season, the fourth-highest total in the Northeast.
- Canisius has qualified for the MAAC Championship in each of the last six seasons, winning the MAAC regular-season title in 2008 and 2010.
- Canisius has had eight players selected in the Major League Baseball Draft since 2008.
- The Golden Griffins have had three All-Americans in the last five seasons.
- Canisius has had three freshman All-Americans since 2007, including sophomore Devon Stewart following the 2012 campaign.
- Coach Mike McRae won his 300th game on March 16. McRae has 307 wins in his career, trailing only Don Colpoys (325 wins) in the Canisius record books.
- Canisius defeated Akron 10-6 last year at Canal Park, the home of the Akron Aeros, the double-A affilliate of the Cleveland Indians.
- Canisius trailed 2-0 after two innings before the Griffs scored 10 straight runs to take control of the game en route to the non-conference win.
- Five Golden Griffins had multi-hit games. Jimmy Luppens went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI. Jesse Kelso also went 2-for-4 with two runs scored while Ryan Coppinger was 2-for-3 with two runs scored and an RBI. Mike Booth and Jose Torralba each had two hit days as well.
- Eric Stolzenburg picked up his first career win by throwing 1.2 scoreless innings of relief.
- Seven Golden Griffins pitched in the game. Aaron Casper threw two scoreless innings of relief while Jason Rubenstein also threw an inning of relief.
- Akron enters Wednesday's doubleheader with a 6-23 record after splitting its last two games. The Zips are 1-6 at home this weekend and 3-6 in the Mid-American Conference.
- The Zips are hitting .229 on the season with a 5.40 earned run average and .954 fielding percentage. Akron is averaging 2.9 runs per game while giving up 6.6 runs per contest.
- Matt LaRocca is hitting .303 with two homers and 14 RBI in 26 starts. Devan Ahart leads the team with seven stolen bases.
- LaRocca also has a 1.35 ERA in 20 innings and 10 relief appearances with 17 strikeouts.
- Samuel Trecaso has not allowed a run in 10 relief appearances (15.1 innings).
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I ,like helmets do you
I ,like helmets do you
Last edited by BGHunter; Jan 20, 2011 at 1:47 AM.
interesting....is Asoks FP's mold? I forget...Ive seen a FP jango lid it didnt seem as small as asoks though
No, the mold I have is not from FP's or molded off a helmet FP cast. And from I have been told, ILM did not make the Jango helmet. A company from down under made it, per Don Bies.
I wont one of each helmet ever made with liniage to either a Jango an Boba , ,
So when i asked the previous question it was puerly coz i like helmets ,
Take that which ever way , but thats the botom line ,
if i say somthing to upset any one , take it up with me , no need to go an tell the teacher and make up lies now is there , you know who you are
how about you man up and PM me and we could have descused it like grown ups not play games like children
to get your measliy brownie points
Last edited by BGHunter; Jan 20, 2011 at 5:02 AM.
as far as the recasting shrinkage thing goes... you've got to use some poor silicones for that to be noticeable after a couple of generations. the stuff i use, rebound 25, is 0.001 inches shrinkage per inch. so over, say, a 10" span you're only talking about 0.010 inches. i know i can't see that by eye
I was only asking if it was FPs mold because I wasn't sure...not a FP recasted. And a comparison would be great for those people with larger heads, the Asok helmet was to small for me
the "ILM" helmets are all the same size: so asoks, fp's, bm's, all the same. the only difference is casting techniques. if you want a larger helmet then cruzer is the way to go; since it's a fan sculpt and doesn't have lineage to a screen used helmet.
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Jinto, you will get a get a lot of flack when you make almost anything. It is just something you learn to deal with. There have been many a time I thought about not making stuff any more.
As for the Jango helmet being made by ILM Here is what I was told by Don Bies when I tried to give credit to whom I thought should get the credit.
I'm confused but love the discussion. Asok, I love the helmet you made... It's a bit of a tight fit but my grape fits in it so I'm cool... I just can't put too much in it to make it a little more comfortable. I may have to buy a Cruzer since I'll definitely be wanting to troop with a more comfortable lid. Either way, I'm happy!!!
My wife isn't, but then again I'm still working on multiple costumes (TOR Jedi, TOR Sith, Jango/Mando, and soon a Fett) so she is like when are you going to stop?
Yeah i guess ill get learn to live with it
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Well i like helmets
I like helmets too.
Me too...
When I first started costuming, I thought it was spelled "Helment"
Im a fan of helmets as well
I do have a few comparison shots somewhere of an ILM and a BKBT..I think I actually posted it in one of my comission builds..BRB
Got it, from my build of SoulAssassin's build awhile back. BKBT is on the right side
First thing that is apparent, is the size difference. Ive heard that the ILM is significantly smaller then BKBT's bucket, with a width of about 9 1/4 inches, whereas BKBT' is about 9 3/4 inches wide (measured from where the ears lay flush; did NOT include the ear's width)
There appeared to have been some stress cracks on this side of the helmet, which I'll have to bondo up before painting.
Overall, I really have to commend BKBT's work on this, I dont know the circumstances for when he sculpted the helmet, but I know that he was very **** close as far as the accuracy of it. The fact that he made it larger, yet maintain the appropriate details really affirms my satisfaction for getting it. Ive considered re-shaping the width of the visor, but I gotta say, Im not, because it's unique to the BKBT helmet, and I really love the "clint Eastwood" squint


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Goodness, my first thread!
I've been working on my Bo-Katan for the last several months in preparation for D*C and the time has come to attach all my helmet pieces (which are from Skirata Arms) together. I've been checking out lots of other helmet threads (you guys are great!) and I'd love to know if anyone has any tips for piecing it all together beyond my current plan of attack. Here's where I'm at right now in terms of bits (visor not shown):
(Different lighting made my ear caps look a different colour than the helmet - it's really the same.)
I stopped by the army surplus shop to pick up some helmet padding and my husband made me a very helpful little fan for the inside too. My current plan for installation is ear caps, then rangefinder, visor, padding, fan - just want to make sure I've not overlooked something! Thank you for any input.


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What's amazing to me is that a little less than half of the country has finally come to this conclusion. I've thought it for at least four years now, I suspect you have, as well.
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Too much stress. I'm glad I got rid of all my kits & guns. I'm going to fly kites & paint unicorns. Maybe join a commune & live in a yurt.
I've lived in a yurt. They suck. Rather live in a converted barn,
With the NFA thing it all seems like just one big tax scheme.
It doesn't make any sense if people have to pay $200 to keep their gun as an NFA item then no guns are coming off the street (speaking about legal gun owners like ourselves of course).
When you die wouldn't you be able to transfer the weapons to your heirs if you set up a trust?
Even more confused as to how this is going to make things safer in this country. Trust me, I'm opposed to the whole idea, but hearing that the government is going to get a big payday out of this sounds like a bribe of sorts.
"We'll let you keep your guns, but pay up".
I dont want to pay the NFA costs per gun so I just sold all mine to some weird looking dude on the street. He said he had big plans for them with his "bangger" friends. Must be part of a drum corp. Im glad he can use them. :)
I am up north for the holiday's ,
this editorial was printed in the Newark star ledger this morning
Opinion: Anyone who believes the Second Amendment is absolute needs to face reality | NJ.com
this is what we are up against
then read this crap
At least six people shot in 24-hour period in Newark | NJ.com
With no sale or transfer & surrender at death,these weapons won't legally be able to exist after this generation.Now there's an efficient gun grab,
Does this non transfer at death seem pretty stupid to everyone here? Say a guy has cancer and knows he's got a few months on this lovely ball. Is this guy going to worry about turning in his evil assault weapons to the govt who is probably responsible for his health care bill going thru the roof and copays? NO. This guy is probably going to find someone in the family or some friends that also have evil assualt weapons and give them to them for safe keeping until the people comes to thier senses and votes these idiots out of office. Lets say a person with a terminal illness needed free health care. Why not take one of these evil guns and advertise it on craigslist and get himself arrested. the guy knows he's dying anyway why not let the govt give him free health care in the end?
Im sure there will be alot of gun collectors that would be more than happy to adopt these untranferable guns for safe keeping if this ever comes to pass. I wonder how many vet bring backs are still floating around that never got registered back in the day. Or as car guys selling cars without papers, "sold as a parts car" jim
I recently had bladder cancer surgery & the ONLY thing I cared about was GOING HOME!! I'd much rather die in my comfy recliner at home than staying in a freezing cold & lonely hospital.
The guns, kits , hobbies , and the like did not even register on my importance scale.
Now I'm home & feeling decent, things turn back around & I'm back to buying tins of ammo & odball kits I don't have.
Getting old brings choices to make that never crossed my mind when young & healthy.
Even thought of selling the farm & moving closer to medical care.
But not for long....Heh....Heh


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release trigger position?/punching
I am trying to perfect (improve) my form for 3d and hunting, I shoot a tru ball tornado release. I was told that it should be in my second nuckle of my pointer finger when I shoot. I had been shooting with it in my first-- feels cramped in the second. I really punch two out of 30 shots and need to get rid of that buisness! I was also told that I should crank the tension down on the trigger-- did that and misfired three times today, bout punched myself out on one of them. Any suggestions?
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First things first, adjust you trigger so you don't kill yourself. I shoot a hurricane tru-fire and I too have the trigger on my second knuckle. I start out by getting locked on my target, then I gently touch the trigger, light enough so it doesn't go off. An then I start dropping my elbow straight back(while keeping everything locked, pivot at your shoulder) It's kind of like a back tension but with a little more security. It takes practice but is effective
Not good.
Did you mean the tension set less?
I would do the exact opposite.....
I shoot my release with the heaviest springs I can get,cranked down the tension no way.
I shoot with the release in the first joints from the end of my fingers with my hand flat on the palm.
When I draw back,
I put my thumb on the trigger but on the housing as well,I give my thumbs brain something to hold on to,that way it isn't thinking by itself.
It has to be adjusted for only scapula motion.
Not for anything else.
You should be able to put your thumb on the trigger without it going off at all.
If it's misfiring you should adjust the caliper and the trigger to placement that cannot confuse the two.
Travel should be closer to zero than too much,if the travel is set too much it will create irratic shots for sure,ya just can't get any reality of when a release will fire when there is too much spongy .
Keep playing.You'll get it.
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Yeh, crank down means put more tension on the trigger, not less. Another trick that works very well is to use your middle finger instead of the index. It's not as sensitive and thus cannot feel the trigger. Makes you concentrate on the aiming more, which is what you should be doing anyway.
Shortening the release as suggested may make you feel cramped a bit, but this is how it should be adjusted. You just need to forget about being cramped and just shoot. Your muscles will adjust to it over time.
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Never - Never - Never
Lighten up your trigger, that is the fastest way to really blow up your sub consious mind. Like the rest said, heavy it up so your not scared to put your finger on the trigger. Once your comfortable with that and not worried that it's gona go off when you breath, concentrate on the spot and pull through the shot.Quit Moving That Target
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By Chris Toronyi
I believe some of us are becoming Zombies* when it comes to Arsenal results. (*I was trying to come up with a clever name, but I failed to deliver) We dip into this weird alter-ego, an insecure trance where we feel the need to ridicule our manager for his decisions and what he says post-game... and then have the need to tell people they need to grow-up and have an opinion too.
Why? If someone has a definitive, and possibly knee-jerk opinion about the manager that makes him or her a better supporter of the Club? I find that attitude a bit tiring, condescending and most of all just rude. I sit in front of computer most of the day, I don't play FIFA 13 and I don't wear my Arsenal scarf to work or around town. I'm Arsenal 100 percent -- but not 100 percent of the time.
What I'm saying is everyone is obviously entitled to their own opinion about anything about the Club. I just kindly ask that you don't tell me and everyone else who supports Arsenal that they need to have an opinion or criticism about everything that goes on -- every moment, every word, every gesture.
Now I'm being the preachy one, but I like to think I don't have an agenda or feel the need to insult other's thinking. We're all different and we all think differently. But we all want Arsenal to win.
At least I think that's what 95 percent of us want to happen. I feel sorry for the 5 percent.
Thanks for reading. And please don't forget to tune into this week's Arsenal America Podcast with Matt Law of the Sunday Mirror this week for a discussion on Villa and Everton matches. Thanks for listening.
'Stateside Gooner' Chris Toronyi is a longtime Arsenal supporter and the host of The Arsenal America podcast, available every week at ArsenalAmerica.com and on iTunes at "Arsenal America Podcast." You can read more of Chris' thoughts on Twitter.
The views expressed by the author do not necessarily reflect those of Arsenal Football Club or Arsenal Broadband Ltd.Copyright 2017 The Arsenal Football Club plc. Permission to use quotations from this article is granted subject to appropriate credit being given to www.arsenal.com as the source


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"Hey, bro." That's how Eddie Jones, AIA, answers his phone when his business partner calls. The two foster a casual, freewheeling atmosphere at their Phoenix-based architecture practice, but the informal greeting probably has more to do with the fact that the partner in question is Eddie's younger brother, Neal Jones, AIA. In keeping with plans they made while still in elementary school, the siblings have capitalized on their considerable differences and fused their disparate talents to create Jones Studio, one of the Southwest's preeminent design firms.
The brothers' sartorial choices neatly encapsulate their opposing personalities and strengths. Neal, who handles all business development and financial transactions, wears suits, ties, and monogrammed shirts. Eddie, the design engine of the company, favors T-shirts and jeans. "I would frequently ask them, jokingly of course, if they had the same parents," says Chuck Albanese, FAIA, dean of the University of Arizona's College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, a Jones Studio client. (Construction on the firm's design for the college's newly expanded building will be completed later this year.)
The Joneses did indeed come from the same Oklahoma family. Their petroleum engineer father and housewife mother both believed strongly in the power of education, buying an Encyclopædia Britannica set when Eddie was six years old and Neal was an infant. Eddie says he decided his future when he found the article on Frank Lloyd Wright in the "W" volume. "I saw a picture of a house—I've since learned it was Fallingwater—and said, 'I want to do this,'" he says. By the eighth grade, he'd gotten third-grader Neal on board. "He wanted to be one, so I wanted to be one," Neal says.
He followed Eddie through Oklahoma State University, then obtained a dual master's degree in business and architecture from the University of Illinois. "I knew he was the better designer, so I knew I needed a business background," Neal explains. His brother, meanwhile, moved to Arizona, drawn to the landscape that had entranced Wright and Paolo Soleri, two of his heroes. The Joneses spent a few years practicing separately, learning their trade, and in 1986 they joined forces in Phoenix. "We didn't know what we were doing," Eddie says. "Computers weren't invented yet, so all [we] needed was a drawing board. Thanks to Neal, work started pouring in. It's a beautiful memory—we never knew we could fail."
eco-values Today Jones Studio employs 11 people who work on jobs as varied as houses, schools, performing arts centers, and office buildings. "Everyone does everything," says Rob Viergutz, an architect at the firm. "That's part of the appeal of working here." Their portfolio of residential work contains a startlingly diverse array of takes on Modernism—from a pure, white-and-glass minimalist loft to organic-feeling rammed-earth structures to sculptural, metal-clad houses. "We're not about perfecting that one thing," says Eddie. "In a way, I'm envious of architects who do that, but every time a new commission comes up, we get so eager to explore new possibilities." While common themes do emerge in the firm's work, rarely will one project look like a direct variation of another.
Those common ideas—natural ventilation, daylighting, solar orientation, and low-maintenance exteriors, among others—all happen to lead back to sustainable design, a concept both brothers have thought about for years. "Our early clients didn't have a lot of money," says Neal. "Our work was about using humble materials and conserving natural resources." Eddie designed his first rooftop rain-harvesting system in 1985, using the collected water for landscape irrigation. Since then, many other Jones Studio projects have included one. "We need to do it here, because rain is so scarce," says Eddie. "The rain is going to hit the roof anyway, [so] we might as well collect it." In 1994 the firm designed a demonstration house for Arizona Public Services, the state utility company, featuring all the latest (at the time) environmental bells and whistles. Meant to show green building methods and systems to production builders and the general public, the house contains photovoltaic panels, gray water and rainwater collectors, and recycled materials, among other features. Around the same time, Jones Studio also fulfilled a similar request from a Japanese developer for a house using recycled materials in Kobe, Japan.
The Joneses subsequently developed an interest in rammed-earth houses, completing three such structures between 1997 and 2004. "Rammed earth can be the structure, the finish, and the insulation," says Eddie. "It's one material that does three jobs." They do their best, meanwhile, to leave the vagaries of the site—the topography, drainage patterns, and existing vegetation—intact. "Eddie loves the environment he works in, and he doesn't like to disturb it," says Louanne O'Rourke, one of the firm's residential clients. "Our house grew around the setting that was there."
Still, the architects are aware that some observers might question whether a firm that designs large houses—most of the studio's recent residential projects fall between 5,000 square feet and 7,000 square feet, and some are even bigger—truly qualifies as sustainable. That's OK by them: Their No. 1 priority is to create beautiful, well-designed buildings, and they feel sustainability flows from that. "To us [sustainability is] a quality of the architecture," Eddie says. "It's not a religion. If there is a religion, it's architecture, not sustainability or sustainable architecture."


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Pablo Sandoval hit a two-run double to help Bruce Bochy earn his 1,500th win as a manager, and the San Francisco Giants split a straight doubleheader with the Cincinnati Redswith a 5-3 victory in the nightcap Tuesday.
Hunter Pence hit an RBI single, Gregor Blanco had a sacrifice fly, and Brandon Beltadded an RBI groundout in San Francisco's first win in six tries against the Reds this season after being outscored 34-6 in the first five meetings -- including 11-0 on Monday night and 9-3 in the opener Tuesday. The Reds had 10 hits after combining for 32 in the first two games.
The teams were forced to make up a July 4 rainout at Great American Ball Park. Cincinnati batted last and wore home uniforms as the visiting team.
Bochy became the 21st manager with 1,500 wins and third active along with Reds skipper Dusty Baker and Detroit's Jim Leyland.
Bochy tipped his cap to the crowd when the milestone was announced as players shook hands afterward.
The Giants were outscored 34-6 over their first five games with Cincinnati before doing just enough in Tuesday's second game.
Devin Mesoracohad a three-run homer among his three hits in the opener to put him at 6 for 9 with two homers through the first two games. He didn't start the second game but struck out as a pinch-hitter to end the seventh, with a runner on second, and stayed in the game.
The Reds called up former Stanford right-hander Greg Reynolds (0-1), a native of nearby Pacifica, from Triple-A Louisville to start the second game. He allowed five runs and eight hits in five innings of his first big league outing since a start Sept. 25, 2011, for Colorado.


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In a beautiful coincidence, Russian pianist Lukas Geniusas will be onstage with the Utah Symphony for the "Russian Masters" performance the weekend of Oct. 26.
Geniusas, 22, is the 2010 gold medalist of Salt Lake City's Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, which awards the winner the opportunity to perform with the Utah Symphony.
Without regard to the program, Geniusas was scheduled for this weekend's performances in pure happenstance, said Hilarie Ashton, public-relations manager for the orchestra. He will join the orchestra in this performance of the passionate "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini," considered one of Rachmaninoff's greatest compositions.
"It is one of the masterpieces of piano literature, both pianistically and musically," Geniusas said. "We can say many beautiful words and things about it, but let the music sound unspoiled with words."
The Rachmaninoff piece will be joined by three other Russian works (composed by Shostakovich, Borodin and Rimsky-Korsakov), and the orchestra will be conducted by Gerard Schwarz.
Geniusas was born to a family of musicians in Moscow and started learning piano at 5. "It would be an entirely different life and destiny if I [were] not be born in such a musical surrounding," he said. "Music started to soak into me from the very beginning of life, which predetermined the whole subject of my way in this life."
Not that he's complaining. He enrolled in the preparatory department of F. Chopin Music College, one of the oldest music schools in Moscow, where his great-grandmother once taught and his mother currently teaches. "My parents sent me to study there in order to continue a kind of a family tradition," he said.
Yet he credits his grandmother, Vera Gornostaeva, as his musical mentor. "She was a person [who passed] on [to] me her tremendous experience, to show me the colossal universe of music and to build the foundation of my piano skills," Geniusas said. "It is impossible to overestimate her role in my formation."
Winning the Bachauer in 2010 marked a milestone in his life. He had played in many competitions previously, but it was his first major international win. "It meant much for me, and especially it had an unique quality since I was awarded with it on the day of my 20th birthday."
He remembers his time in Utah fondly. "I would separately mention an excellent hospitality of the family [whom] I lived with, [emblematic of] a specific and wonderful nature of Utah," he said, before adding what else he remembered: "those unforgettable moments of agitation that I lived through during the competition."
The rest of the evening will be devoted to Shostakovich's "October" (a dynamic ode written about the 10th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution), Borodin's showpiece Second Symphony and Rimsky-Korsakov's melodic telling of "The Tale of Tsar Saltan," based on Pushkin's poem.
Schwarz called the evening a showcase of quintessential music from Russia. "You hear the music, and you know it's from that heritage," he said. Borodin and Rimsky-Korsakov were members of the famed Five, a group of largely self-trained Russian composers who in the late 19th century focused on writing music that was nationalistic, orchestrating what they heard in folk songs, Cossack dances and rural church music, among other sources.
Schwarz is music director of the Eastern Music Festival in North Carolina and Jack Benaroya Conductor Laureate of the Seattle Symphony; he completed his final season as music director of the Seattle Symphony in 2011 after 26 years at the helm.
He said he has always been attracted to three styles when he programmed schedules: contemporary American classical music, German compositions of the 19th century and Russian works of the 19th and 20th centuries. The features of the latter are laden with "emotional content," he said, and he finds inspiration in the way the composers strove to create their own sound, rather than imitate the Western European composers who preceded them.
Schawz, 65, said the late Gina Bachauer (a close friend of Maurice Abravanel) was a welcomed pianist in Seattle, and he is eager to meet the most recent winner of the competition named in her honor. "Working with the pianist will be a joy," he said.
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Pianist Lukas Geniusas joins the Utah Symphony in performances of Rachmaninoff's Paganini Rhapsody. Guest conductor Gerard Schwarz also leads the orchestra in music of Shostakovich, Borodin and Rimsky-Korsakov.
When • Friday and Saturday, Oct. 26 and 27, 8 p.m.
Where • Abravanel Hall, 123 W. South Temple, Salt Lake City
Tickets • $18 to $67 ($5 more on concert day); 801-355-ARTS, at the ticket office or www.utahsymphony.org.
Learn more • Schwarz and Utah Symphony artistic-planning VP Toby Tolokan will present a free preconcert chat onstage each evening at 7.


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Chapel Hill - "We educate and inspire through athletics" - that is the mission statement for the University of North Carolina's department of athletics that is a result of a recently completed strategic planning process developed by Bubba Cunningham, who is in his second year as the Tar Heels' director of athletics.
"Our number one priority is for athletics to be part of the educational experience of all students at the University, those who compete in our 28 varsity sports as well as those who do not," says Cunningham. "Athletics provides academic and competitive opportunities for more than 700 students, and is part of a unifying spirit for thousands of other students, faculty, staff and alumni.
"Through competition and achievement, our programs can be a source of inspiration for the student body, the community, our alumni, donors and future generations of Tar Heels."
Early in his tenure as director of athletics, Cunningham appointed a group of executive staff members that began developing a strategic plan that will guide the athletic department's decision-making over the next four years.
Dr. Paul Friga, associate professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at Carolina's Kenan-Flagler School of Business, led UNC's strategic planning process. Friga teaches management consulting and strategy, researches strategic decision-making and consults on management and strategy for numerous companies across the country. He is the director of S.T.A.R. (Student Teams Achieving Results), domestic business practices and consulting concentrations.
"Paul did an outstanding job guiding us through the planning process," says Cunningham. "He helped us to think more strategically each day and worked exceptionally well with Matt Terrell from the Rams Club, who coordinated much of the planning process from organizing meetings, getting input, feedback and ideas from various constituents in and out of the athletic department, and crafting the plan which will serve as a blueprint for us over the next several years."
"Strategy is critical to an organization's success," says Friga. "Strategic planning sets the stage for moving an organization forward to a new, positive direction. A strategy speaks to the employees, and also speaks to the external constituents about whom we are and where we're going. The goal is to have the decision-making of everyone in the organization to be particularly aligned with the mission, values, vision and priorities of that organization. That's when you know strategy is effective."
The planning team identified four core values for Carolina Athletics- Responsibility, Innovation, Service and Excellence.
"Our values are at the heart of what we do every day, whether you are a coach, a student-athlete or an administrator who supports our programs," says Cunningham. "Number one, we must do what is right. If we make good choices and smart decisions based on what is the right thing to do, then we will be successful on and off the field. We must be creative and encourage people to find a better way, whether that is devising a better strategy to win an event, seeking new financial solutions to budget for 28 sports or identifying the students who have the best chance to succeed academically and athletically at an outstanding university.
"Service to the state of North Carolina and to our various constituents is an important part of our mission. We are fortunate to give young men and women the opportunity to attend a world-class university and compete in athletics, and we have an obligation as a department to put others first and use athletics to help people reach their goals and dreams.
"And we believe in excellence in all that we do. We are part of one of the top public universities in the country, the Tar Heel athletic program has succeeded at the highest levels and we want to challenge ourselves to win with integrity in all areas. It's a take off from what Coach Dean Smith taught for many years - our goals are to work hard, play smart and win together."
College athletics has seen many changes in recent years and Cunningham wants Carolina positioned to have a voice in the on-going conversation about the future, whether it is in the state university system, the Atlantic Coast Conference or at the NCAA level.
"Our vision is that we will lead in all that we do - academics, athletics and administration," says Cunningham. "It is critical that with all that is being discussed about the role of athletics at all levels of higher education, the University of North Carolina be at the forefront of those conversations. The only way to do that is to have a program that people can look to with pride in how we are recruiting and educating our student-athletes, how we are faring competitively at the ACC and national level and how we are growing and developing our professional staff."
To support the department's mission, values and vision, the strategic planning team established four priorities. Those include alignment with the university's mission of educating students; finishing in the top three in the ACC and top 10 in the nation academically in each sport; finishing in the top three in the ACC and top 10 on the nation athletically in each sport; and engaging administratively with internal and external constituents to pursue the resources and structures to achieve those benchmarks of success.
"It's important that every day that our team comes to work, every decision we make, whether it's the executive staff, senior staff, coaches, unit managers and all levels of staff, they understand and live by our values, understand the vision to be leaders and abide by our four priorities. We must structure our program so that what we do complements and helps to fulfill the true mission of the University of North Carolina; we will strive to succeed at the highest levels in the classroom and competitively; and our administrative staff will be accountable for supporting the goals and aspirations of our 28 sports and 700-plus students."
"Success and winning is a by-product of your whole entire program and that comes from recruiting the right student-athlete, having the right resources here, having the right leadership, the right training and the right focus," says Jenny Levy, head coach of the women's lacrosse team that has played in six final fours. "With that focus, the by-product will be winning.
"It's a constant climb to being the best that you can be, on the field, in the classroom and in the community," says Levy. "If you are sitting still then you are going to be passed. What we see as an overall athletic department goal is that we need to find a better way so we are constantly on an ascension to do something better."
Academic success may be measured by a number of indicators, including the NCAA's Academic Progress Rates, graduation rates, ACC Honor Roll, Dean's List, etc....
Athletic success may also be measured by a number of factors, including the NACDA Directors Cup, which UNC has finished in the Top 10 in 16 of the last 19 seasons, NCAA postseason appearances, national rankings, and NCAA and ACC finishes in regular-season and post-season play.
"What I like about this strategic plan is it's not just about me and the kids I am recruiting and training, it's about the entire athletic department on a mission to be the best at everything," says women's soccer coach Anson Dorrance, who has led the Tar Heels to 22 national championships, including the 2012 NCAA title. "To be the best not only on the fields but in the classrooms - to be the best in all of our functions beyond our coaching responsibilities. To lead in every conceivable way. I like the collective, communal ambition to be the best in everything we do."
Supporting the overall strategic plan are 14 objectives that the planning team identified as ways to implement the four priorities. Each of the objectives has action steps that serve as a daily roadmap to achieving the department's goals over the next four years.
The objectives that support each individual priority are as follows:
- Define and respect the importance of athletics within public research universities
- Build stronger relationships within the university community
- Actively shape the future of college athletics
- Improve the academic profile of incoming student-athletes
- Support student-athletes' academic goals, performance and efforts to graduate
- Develop student-athletes for a life of success beyond athletics
- Attract, develop and retain the best coaches
- Attract, develop and retain the best student-athletes to achieve their maximum potential
- Win championships
- Create a culture that emphasizes strategic thinking effective organizational structure and outstanding communications
- Attract, develop and retain the best staff
- Identify, secure and allocate the resources needed to achieve at the highest level
- Develop an operational approach that emphasizes connections with fans, donors and partners throughout outreach and collaboration
- Tell the "Carolina Story" through innovative communications, aggressive promotions and proactive public relations
"The objectives give us a starting point where we can really make an impact on the University community on a daily basis," says Cunningham. "These are the basic building blocks for continuing the many years of success that Carolina has been known for an respected throughout college athletics. Each of these objectives has ideas and action items that will change on a regular basis as we adapt to the world around us. But they give us a chance to be big and bold and chart a course for the future that is both exciting and rewarding.
"We truly are in an unprecedented time of change in college athletics and the whole point of this strategic plan is to position the University of North Carolina to move forward in ways that make productive citizens of our student-athletes, to create stimulating and challenging work environments for our coaches and staff, to enhance the educational experience of every student on this campus and to make all of our alumni, donors and fans proud to call themselves Tar Heels."


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Activists rally to end prison torture in Egypt
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CAIRO (Reuters) - About 1,000 activists rallied in Cairo on Saturday demanding an end to brutality in Egyptian prisons and calling for a ban on torture in the new constitution.
Islamist president Mohamed Mursi was elected in June following 16 months of rule by the army council that took over after Hosni Mubarak's overthrow last year. During the council's rule, some 12,000 civilians were tried by army courts and many of them were tortured in prisons, according to rights groups.
Aida Seif al-Dawla, of the El Nadeem Center for Rehabilitation of Victims of Violence, spoke on a stage on Saturday and told the crowds that the group has documented 150 cases of torture in the 100 days since Mursi took office.
"Mursi is following in Mubarak's footsteps," Dawla said.
"Oh martyrs rest in peace, the struggle continues," chanted the demonstrators, who hung up on nearby street walls posters showing the disfigured faces and bodies of torture victims.
"No torture - is that too much to ask?" read a poster carried by members of campaign group A Nation without Torture.
The protest, which took place near the Interior Ministry, commemorated the death of Essam Atta, a young Egyptian whose family said he was tortured to death by authorities in October last year while held in Torah prison south of Cairo.
An army court had jailed Atta for two years in February 2011 for offences including "thuggery". His family accused prison officers of torturing him by inserting a hose in his mouth and anus and pumping water and soap into his body causing mass bleeding that led to his death. Continued...


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BOULDER — While Boulder-area residents spend the second half of this week prepping their grills and sparklers for next week's Fourth of July festivities, hundreds of the country's best prep softball players will unpack their gear and go at it in the annual Boulder Independence Day Tournament all across Boulder and the surrounding cities. Full Story
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One of the major storylines of the 2012 season was the impressive showing of Patriot League teams — particularly NCAA Tournament squads Lehigh and Colgate, but also the competitiveness of the league in general.
Well, it was no different in the Freshman Rankings as Mountain Hawk goalie Matt Poillon on Raider attackman Ryan Walsh had dominating full seasons, and deciding between the two atop the final 2012 rankings was a near impossible task.
To get an idea how the Freshman Rankings can predict future success, check out previous years' rankings below.
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2009 Freshman Rankings
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1. Matt Poillon, G, Lehigh (59.7%, 6.75 GAA in 17 games)
The Patriot League Goalie of the Year put in a remarkable performance in his team's tournament loss to Maryland, a lasting memory from his freshman year.
2. Ryan Walsh, A, Colgate (38G, 22A in 18 games)
The big attackman showed his stuff down the stretch, picking up the slack when Tewaaraton Award winner Peter Baum consumed defenses' attention.
3. Kevin Massa, F/O, Bryant (63.9%, 137 GB in 18 games)
The nation's third-leading face-off specialist picked up where former Bulldog FOGO Andrew Hennessey left off, helping Bryant hold a possession edge all season.
4. Goran Murray, D, Maryland (19GB, 14CT in 18 games)
By season's end, Murray was drawing opponents' most dangerous attackmen and holding their productivity in check as the Terps rode some nice defensive performances to the NCAA title game.
5. Joey Sankey, A, North Carolina (22G, 22A in 17 games)
Incredibly balanced in his scoring, Sankey was often equally impressive in his hustle plays — riding and groundballs in the offensive zone — as he paired with classmate Jimmy Bitter to comprise an exciting young nucleus at attack.
6. John Glesener, M, Army (16G, 17A, 10GB in 15 games)
The Black Knight middie helped complement the power punch of Garrett Thul down low with a similarly strong dodging and overall offensive threat from up top.
7. David Dickson, A, Bucknell (14G, 26A in 16 games)
Together with senior Billy Eisenreich, Dickson picked up the load for a Bison offense that had to make due without Charlie Streep all season.
8. Matt Donovan, A, Cornell (18G, 14A in 13 games)
The second-team All-Ivy League attackman slowed a bit as the season wore on, but showed he'll be a piece of the Big Red's foundation for three years and has Cornell fans excited for the propsect of pairing with Rob Pannell in 2013.
9. Wes Berg, A/M, Denver (26G, 11A in 16 games)
A crafty dodger and finisher with a good set shot, Berg brought a dynamic to the right side of the Pioneer offense down the stretch that proved vital to Denver's consistency.
10. Jimmy Bitter, A, North Carolina (27G, 14A in 17 games)
The honorable mention All-American showed speed, quickness and toughness in his ability to get to the cage and always had his foot on the gas pedal for the Tar Heel offense.
11. Keith Dreyer, A, Air Force (19G, 27A in 13 games)
12. Mike Rooney, A, Stony Brook (34G, 13A in 17 games)
13. Colin McLinden, M, Fairfield (8G, 19A, 12GB in 16 games)
14. Mike MacDonald, A, Princeton (22G, 8A in 16 games)
15. Ryan Belka, M, Drexel (14G, 8A, 8GB in 16 games)
16. Lyle Thompson, M, Albany (22G, 16A in 16 games)
17. Kevin O'Shea, A, Hartford (23G, 10A in 13 games)
18. Tim Edwards, M, Canisius (13G, 19A in 14 games)
19. Ryan Tucker, M, Virginia (13G, 2A 17GB in 16 games)
20. Nick Piroli, A, Brown (22G, 6A in 14 games)
21. Carson Cannon, D, Denver (14GB, 8CT in 16 games)
22. Ryan Laplante, G, Denver (53.5%, 9.93GAA in 10 games)
23. Conrad Oberbeck, A, Yale (20G, 6A in 16 games)
24. Wells Stanwick, A, Johns Hopkins (9G, 14A in 13 games)
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By: Ryan Hartwig (@RyanHartwig)
GREEN BAY, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) – First-year Green Bay volleyball head coach Michaela Franklin is featured as one of the Green Bay community's "20 Women to Know" in the August 2013 edition of YOU Magazine. The monthly women's publication highlights 20 local women annually who are categorized as fearless, inspirational and passionate in their respective fields.
"I am truly honored to be featured in YOU Magazine," Franklin said. "I enjoyed getting to know some amazing people throughout the process and look forward to continuing to develop relationships with the Green Bay community. Thank you to YOU Magazine and all the people who worked so hard to put this feature together."
Below is Franklin's profile in this month's YOU Magazine, which is available now at local newsstands.
A proud Midwest girl, Michaela Franklin, 30, has made her mark on and off the volleyball court – she was once a part of the Big 12 championship team at Kansas State University. While she shapes the athletic careers of women each season, she also finds immense joy in watching her players become successful people and students.
"I think I wanted to coach because, after my mom and grandma, the next biggest influences in my life were my coaches," remembers Franklin.
To ensure she's a good example to the young women she molds, she says she relies upon the foundation on which she was raised.
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"This is actually volume 3"
As I write this, the title and cover art of this audiobook on the Audible site are misleading and wrong. This is actually the third (and supposedly final) volume in the Ricky Gervais XFM Vault series. The cover art stored in the downloaded file is correct (has "Volume III" on it), whereas the site makes it look like it's volume II or something else.
If you enjoyed the show and the first couple of seasons of the podcast, you'll enjoy this.
The fact that everything they say makes me crack up.
I cant imagine a book that could compare to this podcast.
i like when Stephen reads out of Carl'd diary.
they made me laugh til i cried on several occasions.
the flow that Ricky and Stephen and Karl have, is terrific. Comedy gold.
Loved this, as well as all the other podcasts from Ricky, Stephen and Karl. Would recommend, definitely worth a listen!
"hilarious nostalgia"
Brilliant encapsulates late 90s early noughties pop culture worth a listen gervais and merchant at their finest
"Always fun"
I have every podcast and wasn't disappointed with this one. I can listen over and over.
"Another priceless hour!"
Not as good as Volume 2 in terms of value for money, but still a classic hour of pure genius.
"Continus Laughter."
You really need more from that? well it's three Morons having Moronic conversations and Carl appears to be about as Ignorant as an OAP is of technology but still respectful despite his bliss.
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Highbury was very much made up of different sections, each one holding very special memories for many thousands of us Gooners. I was fortunate enough to have stood and sat on all four sides of the great old stadium including the upper, lower or front enclosure wherever relevant.
To continue the gradual attempts to 'Arsenalise' our new abode, the naming of the four sides of the stadium is an important step I feel and the simple and historic names chosen are perfect, especially in this sponsorship-dominated world.
The new clock was unveiled on Saturday and it looks magnificent. The perfect spot to see a quite blistering first-half performance by Theo, the highlight of the three-goal lead we took into the break.
Our visitors certainly looked to play football but were always likely to get a hammering with the combination of our sharpness and the correct, if a little unfortunate decision, to reduce them to ten men.
Three goals at either end then, a hat-trick for Theo and three important points in the bag.
Add in the 3am finish to the personal celebrations and the day has a common theme.
I hope it is a path our season continues to take!
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The ONQI® Algorithm
The NuVal® Nutritional Scoring System is powered by the Overall Nutritional Quality Index (ONQI®), a patent-pending algorithm for measuring the nutritional quality of foods and beverages based on the influence they have on overall dietary goals.
Developed by a team of leading nutrition, public health, and medical experts, the ONQI algorithm uses the Institute of Medicine's Dietary Reference Intakes (DRIs – quantitative reference values for recommended intakes of nutrients) and the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (advice from the Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture about how good dietary habits can promote health and reduce risk for major chronic diseases) to quantify the presence of more than 30 nutrients – including vitamins, minerals, fiber, and antioxidants; sugar, salt, trans fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol. The system also incorporates measures for the quality of protein, fat, and carbohydrates, as well as calories and omega-3 fats. The NuVal System also takes into account how these nutrients influence health based on broadly accepted, published scientific literature.
For more in-depth information on the Overall Nutritional Quality Index, download the ONQI® reference manual.
Additionally, several ONQI abstract references are available online:
Chiuve SE, Sampson L, Willett WC. The association between a nutritional quality index and risk of chronic disease. Am J Prev Med. 2011 May;40(5):505-13. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2010.11.022.
Katz DL, Ayoob KT, Decker EA, Frank GC, Jenkins DA, Reeves RS, Charmel P. The ONQI® is not a black box. Am J Prev Med. 2011 Sep;41(3):e15-6; author reply e16. doi:10.1016/j.amepre.2011.06.024. Comment on Am J Prev Med. 2011 May;40(5):505-13.
Katz DL, Njike VY, Rhee LQ, Reingold A, Ayoob KT. Performance characteristics of NuVal and the Overall Nutritional Quality Index (ONQI®). Am J Clin Nutr. 2010 Apr;91(4):1102S-1108S. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2010.28450E.
Katz DL, Njike VY, Faridi Z, Rhee LQ, Reeves RS, Jenkins DJ, Ayoob KT. The stratification of foods on the basis of overall nutritional quality: the overall nutritional quality index. Am J Health Promot. 2009 Nov-Dec;24(2):133-43. doi: 10.4278/ajhp.080930-QUAN-224.
Reynolds JS, Treu JA, Njike V, Walker J, Smith E, Katz CS, Katz DL. The validation of a food label literacy questionnaire for elementary school children. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2012 May-Jun;44(3):262-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2011.09.006.
How It Works
The NuVal Nutritional Scoring System takes more than 30 different nutrients and nutrition factors into account when developing a Score, making it a very robust food rating system. Boiled down to its simplest description, here is how the NuVal System works:
- Nutrients with generally favorable effects on health are placed in the numerator, where higher values increase the NuVal Score. See the numerator nutrients.
- Nutrients with generally unfavorable effects on health are placed in the denominator, where higher values decrease the NuVal Score. See the denominator nutrients.
In addition to the numerator and denominator nutrients, the NuVal System takes into account other key factors that measure the quality and density of nutrients, as well as the strength of their association with specific health conditions.
For example, trans fat has a very strong association with heart disease, a highly prevalent and serious condition. Therefore, the NuVal System assigns a "weighting coefficient" to trans fat which substantially lowers the Score of foods containing it. Those weighting coefficients are determined by the prevalence, severity, and strength of association with health conditions.
The quality of macronutrients is another key factor in the overall equation. Fat quality, protein quality, and glycemic load (a measure of carbohydrate quality) are among the "universal adjustors" that can move a NuVal Score higher or lower. The higher the quality, the higher the Score.
Foods with higher nutrient density – a significant amount of vitamins and minerals, but relatively few calories – also receive extra credit and higher Scores. The greater a food's "trajectory" toward numerator nutrients (generally favorable) and away from denominator nutrients (generally unfavorable), the higher the Score.
Numerator Nutrients: Nutrients considered to have generally favorable effects on health are placed in the numerator, where higher values increase the NuVal Score.
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- Omega-3 fatty acids
- Total bioflavonoids
- Total carotenoids
- Magnesium
- Iron
Denominator Nutrients: Nutrients with generally unfavorable effects on health are placed in the denominator, where higher values decrease the NuVal Score.
- Saturated fat
- Trans fat
- Sodium
- Sugar
- Cholesterol
Additional entries:
- Protein quality
- Fat quality
- Glycemic load
- Energy density
Nutrients for inclusion in the NuVal Nutritional Scoring System were selected based on their established relevance to public health as reported and published by the scientific community. For more detailed information on the inclusion of each nutrient, and a bibliography of sources upon which each decision was based, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Information Used in the Scoring Process
When scoring packaged foods, the NuVal System uses the information on the nutrition facts panel on the food's packaging, as well as the ingredients list. We manually scan the on-package nutrient fact panel and ingredients list, from which a nutrient content profile is generated and processed through the ONQI™ algorithm (our scoring engine).
For foods without labels (non-packaged) – such as produce, seafood, and meat – the NuVal System uses a nutrient database from a respected research arm of a major university which is used by both government agencies and academia and contains all of the nutrients needed for our computations. Their data is obtained primarily from the USDA Nutrient Data Laboratory and supplemented by food manufacturers' information and data from scientific literature.
The NuVal System measures "nutritiousness", which is not the only thing about food that matters. However, the System doesn't measure toxins, and in fact cannot, since there is no standard measure for the toxins in a food (because there aren't supposed to be any). The System doesn't measure bacteria either. So while food safety and nutritiousness are both important, they are entirely separate issues.
Regarding mercury content in certain seafood, the scientific literature shows that the net effect of eating fish regularly is a health benefit, in spite of the associated toxins. Consequently, the NuVal Scores provide reliable guidance to the role fish should play in the diet.
As yet, there is no widely validated evidence that organic foods have a higher nutritional value or greater nutrient density than food not grown organically. Obviously, consumers who choose organic foods may be doing so for reasons beyond nutrition – the fact that it is grown without using certain chemical controls, for example. If the scientific community puts forward well-vetted evidence that organic foods do, in fact, offer greater nutritional value, the NuVal System is designed to be able to incorporate that information into the Scores.


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The beauty of modern technology allows us to access results, opinions and written reports on our mobile devices and consequently I often take a quick look at BBC Sport's match report on my way home, for no other reason really than to see if their facts match the way I saw it from my arguably more biased point of view.
First things first, we definitely weren't at our free-flowing best. The BBC reporter's words however, described the first half and beginning of the second as a contest where the home side somehow managed to find themselves 1-0 down after dominating so much that the away side only had one attempt on goal.
Certainly we created enough in the first hour to be comfortably ahead.
As half time approached I was extremely confident we had shown enough to win the game in the second half. Like on Wednesday in Ukraine however, an individual mistake on the stroke of half time when there was little danger ultimately cost us the game.
More importantly for me, it gave our visitors something to cling on to and on this occasion we fell short. No disrespect intended but in a game at home to Newcastle that is a little worrying.
If we can take any positives from the day it was good to see RVP back in action and at least the team currently top of the league didn't gain any further ground.
It is safe to say we don't like playing teams in black and white stripes at the moment! With my tongue firmly in my cheek Notts County went through in the FA Cup on Saturday... I do hope we avoid them come early January!
All joking aside, mathematically we are still well in the hunt for the Premier League title but if we don't improve our consistency, especially at home, our chance will quickly evaporate.
That opportunity starts with Wednesday's tough trip to a Wolves side who thoroughly deserved to beat Man City last week and by all accounts were very unlucky not to come away from Old Trafford with anything on Saturday.
It is time to stand up and show our credentials.
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As if the demands of Ruins were not enough, Yoshida keeps himself busy with various other musical projects (e.g., Koenji Hyakkei, Korekyojinn, and Daimonji). From time to time, Ruins has collaborated with others, including saxophonist/producer John Zorn, Fushitsusha noise guitarist Keiji Haino, keyboardist Kenichi Oguchi, vocalists Eleonola Emi and Aki Kubota, acrobatic punkers Schlong, avant-proggers Guapo, Kazutoki Umezu, producer Steve Albini, and guitarists Derek Bailey and Jason Willet. Ruins has many releases in the form of singles, collaborations, and full-length CDs. Among the full-length albums are Stonehenge (1990), Burning Stone (1992), Refusal Fossil (1997), and Symphonica (1998). Pallaschtom followed, comprised of three tracks: a classical music medley, a hard rock medley, and a progressive rock medley. Critically celebrated, Ruins found time to release a compilation of rarities, titled 1986-1992, in the spring of 2002. Several months later, Tzomborgha appeared. After the departure of fourth bassist Hisashi Sasaki, Tatsuya Yoshida forged on with Ruins as a solo act, performing live as Ruins Alone and releasing the album Alone in 2011. ~ John Vallier
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Snuffing Out Smokeless Tobacco Use
Want something to chew on? Do not let it be smokeless tobacco. Smokeless or spit tobacco comes in two forms: chewing tobacco and snuff—both of which can increase your risk of cancer and serious oral health problems.
Chewing tobacco can be found as leaf tobacco, which is packaged in a pouch, or plug tobacco, which is in a brick form. Both are put between the cheek and gum for several hours and produce a continuous nicotine high. Snuff, usually sold in cans, is a powdered form of tobacco that is put between the lower lip and gum. A small amount will quickly release nicotine into the bloodstream, producing a quick high.
The Bad and the Ugly
More Nicotine Than Cigarettes
Because smokeless tobacco puts more nicotine into the bloodstream than cigarettes, people who chew on a regular basis often find it harder to quit. When someone uses smokeless tobacco, the body adjusts to the amount of tobacco needed to produce that high. Over time, more tobacco is needed to achieve the same feeling, which can lead to addiction.
Harmful Chemicals
It may be smokeless, but it is not harmless! In addition to nicotine, smokeless tobacco contains at least 28 known cancer-causing chemicals. Here are just a few of the substances found in smokeless tobacco:
- Lead
- Arsenic
- Cyanide
- Benzene
- Cadmium
- Formaldehyde
- Polonium 210—A radioactive element found in the tobacco fertilizer
- Nitrosamines—A known cancer-causing agent
Physical and Social Concerns
Smokeless tobacco users put themselves at a high risk for many serious health problems, such as:
- Cancer of the mouth, which includes the lip, tongue, and cheek, and of the throat, which includes the pharynx, larynx, and esophagus—Surgery to treat cancer of the mouth, also called oral cancer, is disfiguring. It sometimes involves removing parts of the face, cheek, tongue, or lip. Oral cancer can spread quickly to other parts of the body.
- Tooth and gum disease—Smokeless tobacco permanently discolors the teeth. It scratches the teeth and wears away the hard surface or enamel. It can cause bad breath, cavities, gum recession, and tooth loss.
- Leukoplakia—When smokeless tobacco irritates the mouth, it can cause precancerous changes in the mouth. They are marked by white, leathery patches, which can be different shapes and sizes. Anyone noticing these changes should see their doctor right away.
- Nicotine dependence—The constant flow of nicotine in the blood causes increased heart rate, blood pressure, and sometimes irregular heart beats. In addition, it causes the blood vessels to constrict, which can lead to decreased athletic performance and reduced endurance levels.
Using smokeless tobacco also has a social consequence. There is nothing socially desirable about bad breath, discolored teeth, and constant spitting. Smokeless tobacco users risk hurting their social lives with this habit. Even worse, their appearance could be permanently changed due to treatment for cancer.
Danger Signals for Users
Anyone who uses smokeless tobacco or has used it in the past, should check regularly for early signs of oral cancer, such as:
- A sore in the mouth that bleeds and does not heal
- A lump or red or white patch that does not go away
- A lump or thickening anywhere in the mouth or neck
- Difficulty chewing, swallowing, or moving the tongue or the jaw
- Feeling that something is in the throat
Tobacco users should be vigilant about seeing their dentist regularly to have their mouth checked for oral cancer. The earlier the cancer is detected, the greater the chance for curing it.
The Good
It may be difficult to quit using smokeless tobacco, but many people succeed at it. If you want to quit, here are some tips that can help:
- Think of all the reasons you want to quit.—You may want a healthy lifestyle. You do not want cancer, bad breath, or stained teeth. Maybe you are concerned about how the habit may be offensive to others.
- Look for support from others.—Join a support group or tobacco cessation class. Ask your friends, family, teachers, and healthcare providers for encouragement and support.
- Pick a quit date.—Put it on your calendar and tell your plans to others who will support you. Throw out all your chewing tobacco and snuff.
- Do not give up!—If you have failed before, remember that it often takes several tries to give up tobacco.
- Seek advice.—Ask your doctor about nicotine chewing gum, cessation programs, and medications that block the effects of nicotine.
- Find alternatives to smokeless tobacco.—Try sugar-free gum or low calorie snacks such as popcorn, vegetables, and fruit.
- Stay busy.—Hobbies and other activities can help you keep your mind off chewing. Exercise to relieve tension, listen to music, talk to friends, or do some research on your computer.
- Reward yourself.—Give yourself positive reinforcement every day, if necessary. With the money you will be saving, you could treat yourself to a movie or buy something nice.
- Develop a plan that works for you.—Everyone is different. What works for someone else may not work for you. Experiment and see what does and does not work. Above all, set realistic goals and do not give up because of a setback.
American Cancer Society
Smokefree—US Department of Health and Human Services
Canadian Cancer Society
Health Canada
Fiore MC, Jaen CR, Baker TB, et al. Treating tobacco use and dependence. Clinical Practice Guideline. Rockville, MD: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 2008.
Oral cancer facts. Oral Cancer Foundation website. Available at: http://www.oralcancerfoundation.org/facts/. Accessed February 23, 2015.
Smokeless tobacco. American Academy of Otolaryngology—Head and Neck Surgery website. Available at: http://www.entnet.org/HealthInformation/Smokeless-Tobacco.cfm. Updated December 2010. Accessed February 23, 2015.
Smokeless tobacco: a guide for quitting. National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research website. Available at: http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/OralHealth/Topics/SmokelessTobacco/SmokelessTobaccoAGuideforQuitting.htm. Updated August 2012. Accessed February 23, 2015.
Smokeless tobacco and cancer. National Cancer Institute website. Available at: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Tobacco/smokeless. Updated October 25, 2010. Accessed February 23, 2015.
Tobacco use. EBSCO DynaMed website. Available at: http://www.ebscohost.com/dynamed. Updated November 4, 2014. Accessed February 23, 2015.
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While still only really a few years old, competition within the compact system camera market has already grown pretty fierce. As a result manufacturers have had to work ever harder to stay ahead of the competition and capture the imagination of consumers. One of the main ways they have done so is by introducing new and exciting features to their CSC ranges. Samsung has been very much at the forefront of this approach, and the Samsung NX20 is a primary example - it's the first CSC to include Wi-FI.
This built-in connectivity allows you to connect your digital camera directly to a wireless network without the need for a computer or any leads. Once connected you can choose to upload your images to a number of social media sites (including Facebook), email them directly to friends or family, and even back them up to a cloud-based storage service. Camera manufacturers have been rather slow to incorporate Wi-Fi connectivity into cameras and while Canon and Nikon offer optional Wi-Fi accessories for their latest DSLRs, the NX20 remains the only camera within its class to offer it as a built-in feature. But how popular will it be and is it enough to elevate the NX20 above the competition? Let's take a closer look and find out.
The NX20 takes over from the 18-month-old NX11 as the DSLR-like model within Samsung's expanding range of compact system cameras. At its heart it employs the same 20.3MP APS-C CMOS sensor that was found inside last year's NX200, and which represents a fairly sizeable jump in resolution from the 14.6MP sensor of the NX11. Incidentally, Samsung has also fitted the same sensor inside the NX1000 and NX210 models that were launched alongside the NX20.
An increase in resolution isn't the only upgrade the NX20 enjoys over the NX11 though. Sensitivity has been increased to ISO 100-12800 – two stops higher than the ISO 100-3200 offered by its predecessor. Continuous shooting speed has also been boosted to a highly credible 8fps (up from 3fps on the NX11), while shutter lag has been reduced to 40ms. Maximum shutter speed is also up, from 1/4000 to 1/8000sec.
Another improvement comes in the form of the 3in, 614k-dot monitor, which is now articulated for added flexibility. It's attached to the camera via a side hinge, which makes it possible to pull the screen out from the body by 180-degrees from where it can be rotated through 270-degrees to make light work of shooting from acute angles, or for easy self-portraits. The screen itself is of the AMOLED type, with no air gap between the display and protective glass enabling it to produce deeper blacks and more vivid colour as well as reducing unwanted reflections.
Should you want to use the camera at eye level then the NX20's electronic viewfinder is one of the best going, offering 100% coverage with an impressive 1.44 million-dot resolution. Thanks to the built-in eye sensor there's no need to use a button to toggle between the monitor and the EVF either; simply lift the NX20 to your eye and the EVF will switch on automatically.
The NX20 offers a good range of semi- and fully manual exposure modes including the standard quartet of Program, Aperture-priority, Shutter-priority and Manual (PASM) exposure modes seen on DSLRs. These are joined by a SmartAuto scene recognition mode and 17 individual Scene modes that include a useful Panoramic mode along with a 3D mode. You'll need a 3D compatible screen to view the results on if you shoot in this mode though, as the NX20's AMOLED screen is strictly 2D.
As with other recent Samsung releases, the NX20 also offers the same i-Function 2.0 functionality that allows you to adjust a number of commonly used shooting settings using a button located on the side of the lens. Better still, the i-Function button can be customised to your own preferences, so you can use it for anything from cycling through the camera's built in Smart Filters to activating the intelligent zoom (i-Zoom).
Movie enthusiasts are well catered for with the ability to record 1080p Full HD videos at 30fps, backed up by 720p HD recording alongside VGA and QVGA standard definition options. Those looking to take a bit more creative control will be pleased to know that it's also possible to use any of the PASM exposure modes while recording video. Sound is recorded in stereo with resultant movies stored in the .MOV (H.264) format.
In terms of design the NX20 very much follows the template of the NX11 with a miniaturised DSLR design. Weighing in at 341g, it's actually about 30% lighter than the NX11 and comes with a redesigned handgrip that can accommodate four fingers for improved handling and comfort. A textured thumb rest is found on the back of the body, which aids the overall grip. Overall, those with average sized hands should find it a very comfortable camera to hold.
That said, those with larger fingers may find the NX20's relatively small buttons slightly fiddly although they are all quite well positioned and easy to reach. In addition to the i-Function button situated on the lens, there's also a basic Function (Fn) button on the back of the camera, which comes in handy when you want to quickly change image quality, ISO settings and suchlike without having the enter the main in-camera menu. Speaking of the in-camera menu, the NX20's is split into five main categories: Camera, Movie, Custom, Settings and GPS. It's all very clearly laid out and easy to read making for quick and intuitive navigation.
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