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High Cascade's Photo Workshop was at it again this year, looking more promising than ever. Under the teachings of veteran photographers Trevor Graves, Tim Zimmerman, Kari Rowe, and TWS Seniors Christy Chaloux and Andy Wright, students are taught the ins and outs of snowboarding photography. From simple composition and lighting setups to how to manage and sell your photographs in the industry. Big props to NEMO HQ for donating time, computers, and classroom materials to make this workshop a success. To anyone considering attending the Photo Workshop, it's worth every penny you spend. Or you might be lucky and talented enough like Connor Dudgeon is, and can win your way to the workshop. Some of Connor's photos are included in a slide at the end of the post.
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I thought the pilot was a little slow, but just a few episodes in and it's really hitting it's stride. There's some genuinly creepy moments in here, even for a grown man. The flashbacks take a little getting used to, but I've watched a lot of Arrow, so..
Im a addicted where is the new episode ??????????????????????????????????????????
I don't understand why?????
I can't find the ep 7. =/
Damn it i cant fine 7 anywere
still nothing :/
Elizabeth Montgomery played as a witch in a TV show, and thought was funny that a witch last name Montgomery became a Hollywood actress. Nor sure if i was the only one who caught that reference but i am an old guy, show is very seriously dark, not like the sitcom of old. The girl playing Sabrina is perfect sounds and acts like the the other actress just enough with her own twist she is amazing.
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This episode was better than the first episode(wayyyyyy too much feminist agenda in the first episode), but still a pale comparison to the original Charmed.
Bring back the original sisters not this poor attempt at a reboot, they are just doing it for the money.
This is a really good start. :) So good to see Melissa O'Neil on again.
Not boring at all!
I was intrigued when I saw this pop up in the trending series. Right from the get go I thought to myself, this is almost like the drama "Forever" ! This drama aired in 2008 and Forever first aired in 2014. The main character in this drama is a police detective and in Forever the main character is a medical coroner. I can't remember how Henry (from Forever) became immortal but both dramas are intriguing to say the least and sadly, neither one lasted long.
Much much better then EP1
Can't wait for castlevaina season 2
If this hasn't aired yet, how did I watch it a couple of days ago? Am I trippin or what?
So far this season is horrible...….Very Unimpressive
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they are all bots. lol
seems like alot of leechers, since none of those checked what the uploaded/relinked. every link goes to episode 6. even tonia1 which called all the others bots and shit.
Literally all links are for episode 6. Can somebody please fix that?
WTF is happening all of a sudden....First you started posting bad quality links now u post fake links of the previous episode?Really????
stop posting links of episode 5
Been binge watching all night
Thanks guys for notification!
There are links up by @nikosk67, @haiShi5ei, and @matrilinear for the wrong episode. The murderhouse thing was last week.
@nikosk67 you posted a fake link, wrong episode, you should be banned
fake!!!!!!!!!!!!!! its episode 06
I want to binge this, can you update the links please? openload 400mb or so. Thank you!
Again comic book characters out of costume guess thats going to be a think Constantine the only one really in his, ok atom for a second or so. Still the best out the bunch right now.
He started off as such a good guy. I hate watching what turned him into the pos lawyer he became but I can't pull myself away.
I love the Ray character.
Just because you greatly respect someone doesn't mean you can't hate some of their attributes at the same time.
@nah its a good show. My opinion is less based on the source material and more about the actual content / story / atmosphere etc. Following the source material too literally is not a good thing especially when it has been so long and this is no longer a toon. I think this is a great transition to a live action story so far. As for starfire we haven't even really seen "acting" yet, so I'm not even sure how you are already making a judgement. Me personally I liked teen titans and the characters but it was a toon show, and a kids show at that. The characters ARE going to be different in a live action show because they have to be. To me you seem to have an extremely black and white; not to mention it being completely arrogant, view of people to make that statement about Robin. Also it's completely debatable to whether the source material is purely Teen Titans. The characters seem to be pulled from that show, but as a whole it's pulled from multiple iterations of Titans.
John Wesly Shipp is back in his 1990's flash suit for the arrowverse crossover of this year :)
John Wesly Shipp is back in his 1990's flash suit for the arrowverse crossover of this year :)
3 points: (1) I'm treating Titans as another alternate earth with a new continuity (and see point 3);(2) Wiki history of (Teen) Titans is incomplete--I counted >20 titles for the team(s), across >8 continuities (counting 'toons). Not all of it is worth respecting; the earliest years are embarassingly camp. The versions with Jericho and later Connor (who is coming back soon in yet another continuity) and recent super-sons are high points, but each rewrote the characters. (And with each change, fans debated hotly.) (3) Warner does care very much about DC Universe, since next year's post-Detective 1000/Doomsday Clock comics RE-RE-RE...BOOT will (probably) incorporate it and the Arrowverse. Merchandising and movies/tv shows bring in big profits; comics barely break even. And when many movie/tv fans look to continue that experience in a comic, they've been confused or turned off, as Marvel learned the hard way (think Hemsworth vs. a WTF female Thor...)
Anyway not even the owner of dc comics give a shit about tv show or movie respecting the way that the character act or look.. If they actually cared about this kind things they wouln't let tv shows or movie use their character XD
You said it in way less words than i could @Darkface indeed agreed
Film and TV are judged by a different criterion, so all your crying about canonical accuracies means jack shit. They are doing creative things with the manifestation of Raven's powers that alludes the horror genre, which is dope.
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Thanks. Beethoven 5th and the tough one of Bartok's piano concerti.Surely you mean the 2nd concerto? Who was the soloist?
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Time for Lamar football to make its move
This time two years ago, fans were super excited that football, absent since 1989, was returning at Lamar University. It had been too long since fans, alum and students could sit in the stadium and watch college football.
Money flowed in to make it happen, beautifully refurbishing the stadium, which went on to be named Provost Umphrey Stadium. Everyone embraced the return of Lamar football.
Expectations of winning wasn't set high, but many were shocked when Lamar battled McNeese State only to fall short 30-27 in the opener Sept. 4, 2010, in Lake Charles. The Cards went on to finish 5-6, beating Webber International, Southeastern Louisiana, Langston, South Dakota and Panhandle State. Big Red football was back.
Due to the success in their first season back, anticipation and expectations were much higher heading into the second year, plus the Cardinals were eligible to participate in Southland Conference play.
After starting last season with a 3-1 record, including an opening SLC road win at Southeastern Louisiana, the Cards dropped their next five before snapping the losing streak on the road against Nicholls.
The Cards then returned home to host rival McNeese State on Nov. 19, but were beaten soundly, 45-17. Lamar finished 4-7 overall and 2-6 in conference play as the Cards finished sixth of eight teams.
In Lamar's defense, the Cards had their fair share of injuries, especially at skill positions such as quarterback and running back.
Several changes occurred during the offseason, with a new offensive and defensive coordinator coming onboard. Returning to run the offense is Larry Kueck, who was a former assistant at Lamar under Ray Alborn and has 20 years of experience as an offensive coordinator at schools like SMU, Southern Miss, Marshall and Ole Miss.
Serving as the new defensive coordinator is veteran Bill Bradley. Bradley played at the University of Texas and was a third-round draft pick for the Philadelphia Eagles in 1969. He's coached in the UFL, Canadian Football League, NFL and in the NCAA.
Lamar also received plenty of transfers from FBS (Division I) schools during the offseason and summer. Two players from Oklahoma State are now at Lamar and are hoping to make an immediate impact this season. Those are receiver Kevin Johnson and defensive end Joe Okafor. A third player from Oklahoma State could be ready to play soon in running back Herschel Sims.
At Abilene High School, Sims was an All-American and went on to play as a freshman for Oklahoma State. On a talented offense, the true freshman managed 242 yards on just 31 carries, but was dismissed from the team earlier this summer after being charged with two felony counts of second-degree forgery. So we might have to wait and see what happens there, and we can't get too overzealous about FBS transfers. Remember Anthony Oden from Arkansas? Me neither.The biggest questions will come on defense and the offensive line. Those two areas need to shore up quickly because Lamar's non-conference slate is much tougher this year. The Cards will open the season at Louisiana-Lafayette, who went 9-4 last season and defeated San Diego State 32-20 in the New Orleans Bowl. They will likely be the most athletic team Lamar plays all season.
Lamar also plays Prairie View, who went 5-6 last year, at home then travel west to play Hawaii, who finished 6-7 in 2011.
The preseason polls are out and both the Sports Information Directors of the Southland Conference and coaches' poll selected Lamar to finish seventh among eight teams.
Lamar cannot afford a seventh-place finish. Coach Ray Woodard and the Cardinals need to improve, especially during the conference portion of the schedule. No more five-game losing streaks to Southland Conference teams. Yes, Sam Houston State lost in the FCS National Championship and returns several key players from that team, but this season Lamar must show it can be competitive every week during conference play. This team is now longer new. The time is now.
7-on-7 state results
Both Port Arthur Memorial and West Orange-Stark competed last weekend in the 7-on-7 State Tournament in College Station at Texas A&M.
Memorial lost all three of its pool football games in the Division I (5A-4A bracket): 34-29 to Tyler Lee, 46-26 to Plano West and 34-15 to Waco. Memorial had better results in the consolation bracket as the Titans defeated Weslaco 25-20, Fort Bend Elkins 28-27 and Arlington 39-30, then lost to Tyler John Tyler 51-14 in the consolation semifinals.
West Orange-Stark won all three of its pool games in the Division II bracket (3A-1A) as they go past Burnet 41-29, Aubrey 22-12 and Alpine 40-32. The Mustangs advanced to the championship bracket and defeated Cameron Yoe, 34-15, before being eliminated by Celina 33-26, who went on to win the Division II championship.
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Bell commits to Columbia University
Trevor Bell of Hamshire-Fannett will play football this season at Columbia University in New York City. Bell totaled 59 receptions for 912 yards and 8 touchdowns as a receiver in his last two seasons but also was a kick return specialist.


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For those of us who believe in free speech, the antidote to bad speech isn't censorship, it's good speech. The problem for France, which is trying to censor an antisemitic, pro-Nazi "comic", is that it has no good speech to counter the antisemitism that is breeding in France's toxic stew of Islam and Leftism. That's always the problem in socialist countries. They have no good to counterattack the bad — usually because they created the bad in the first place.
It was the French Left that opened the door to unlimited Islamic immigration to atone for sins in North Africa. The North African Muslims come, bringing their antisemitic culture with them, and there's no one in France brave enough to challenge their culture or philosemitic enough to speak for the Jews.
Lee Smith argues that Israel fails to understand the Obama narrative about the Middle East, and is therefore failing to make the winning arguments to the Obama government vis a vis Iran's attempt to ship major supplies of Syrian weapons into Palestinian hands. He's right. He is also right insofar as the article implies that, to the extent that Obama's goals are now antithetical to Israel's continued existence, there is no winning argument Israel can make to Obama.
Must-read about why Palestinians are not American blacks living under Jim Crow.
As the mother of a teenage girl, I find incredibly amusing the latest feminist campaign to ban the word "bossy" in relationship to girls, or at least to pretend that it's not a derogatory word. While we're at it, let's just ban the word "wet" in relationship to "water," or at least pretend it has an entirely different meaning.
Bossy is exactly what little girls and teenage girls are. Boys (both little and teenage) have their own sins, but bossiness is not one of them. It's girls who are certain that they are right and that they have the power to order everyone else around.
It shouldn't come as a surprise that girls are bossy. Gender-deniers notwithstanding, little girls model on their mother and, within the home, Moms are the bosses. To a young girl's mind, this means it's the female's role to make and enforce rules. End of story — and changing labels will not change that reality.
A matched set about Obama's megalomania: From Ron Fournier (who has decided that there is no bloom left on the Obama rose), an indictment of the preening self-righteousness that leaves Obama blind to any information inconsistent with his sense of reality. And from Jeffrey Folks, another indictment of Obama's "great man syndrome," one that leaves him believing that he must make things happen, no matter how bad they are.
Winston Churchill thought he was special too ("We are all worms, but I believe that I am a glow-worm"), but he didn't make the mistake of believing he was a god, or even the God. Perhaps that's because he was raised within a religious tradition and, even if he was not devout, he knew that there was a divine presence bigger than he was. The problems begin when you have a man who believes, quote erroneously, that he really is a god (or, given the messianic language he and his followers use[d] about him, the God).
Writing in the L.A. Times, Jonathan Turley, a left-of-center law professor again expresses concern about the way in which Obama is usurping Congress's powers, and the way in which Congress (both Democrats and Republicans) meekly lets it happen. I put it on my Facebook, and my Leftist friends assiduously ignored it.
HBO and SHO are increasingly trafficking in nude women, while Hollywood generally is delighting in the joys of lesbian lip locks, especially between actresses who deny being lesbian. Ed Morrissey talks about the sexual exploitation of women driving the trend. Julie Blindel, an open lesbian who comments on "lesbian chic," adds her bit, which is that Hollywood cares little about advancing LGBTQ rights, and is infinitely more interested in catering for profit to the same male demographic that buys Penthouse. And so a culture sinks ever lower.
Apropos low-sinking culture, I caught a millisecond of Rush today. He was talking to a 57-year-old man who is deeply depressed about America's ability to recover from the low point she now faces (economically, national security, etc). Rush asked him if there was another time in his life when things were this bad and the man pointed to the end of the Carter presidency and beginning of the Reagan presidency. The difference, he felt, was debt, which is infinitely worse now. Rush, however, expressed an inchoate optimism that had him believing that an up-and-coming young generation will have had enough and fight back.
I disagree with Rush and side with the caller, although for a different reason than he expressed. What both the 57-year-old man and Rush ignored is the sea-change in American culture since the last really bad time in the late 1970s/early 1980s. Before the 21st century, no matter how bad things were, America had a huge, strong middle, ranging from working class to upper middle class. This middle group was traditional: patriotic, hardworking, able to recognize external enemies, family-centric, capitalist. It was the middle class as America's backbone. Since then, that middle has been culturally destroyed. The young ones, the ones upon whom Rush is relying, have no knowledge or understanding of an other, better, way to do things. This HBO demographic is incapable of either a 1950s or a 1980s social and economic comeback.
Think of it this way: When George Orwell created Newspeak, his point was to show that, when you contract language, you contract ideas. And without ideas, people cannot rebel against a status quo, because they are incapable of thinking of an alternative. That contraction of ideas is precisely what has happened in the last 30 years. Unless we can introduce ideas again, about patriotism, family, hard work, etc., nothing will change because the young generation lacks the mental landscape to envision change.
A perfect example (from one of those benighted young people I spoke of) of "stupid is as stupid does."
Leftist states vote for Obama. Leftist states have the worst income inequality. Hmmm. Could it be that tax and spend policies, rather than making everyone have access to economic success, concentrate wealth amongst a favored few cronies, leaving everyone else out in the cold? It's certainly true in California's basket-case, Democrat-run economy, where the rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and the middle class flees the state.
Michelle Obama is taking her girls (and mother) on another un-frigging-believably expensive, taxpayer-funded vacation, this time to China. Even Marie Antoinette didn't have it so good. She just got to head off to the Petite Trianon — and she still had her head cut off, a fate that (thankfully) will not await anyone in this administration, no matter how much they abuse the People's good will.
Yeah, we know that the IRS's Lois Lerner is a bad girl. She's also the face, the front-man, the scape-goat, the tip of the iceberg. It is ludicrous to believe that she was acting alone. The question remains whether her superiors, her peers, and her subordinates will also be called to account for turning the IRS, the most feared branch of the American government, into a partisan arm of the Obama administration.
The Left lives in an alternate reality. The real reality is that the biggest spenders in American government by far, both state and local, are leftist unions. The first Republican-leaning donor doesn't even hit the list until 17 donors down.
The Leftist reality is that the libertarian Kochs, who rank 59th on the donor list and who share many of the Left's favorite liberal shibboleths (e.g., legalized pot), are the evil geniuses who control American government and they must be destroyed. That's why the New York Times is applauding Harry Reid's deeply disturbing attacks against the Kochs.
That a man with his hands near the levers of American power would deliberately target two individuals and try to destroy them has . . . yes, I'm going to say it . . . a Nazi feel to it. This is revolting. It's not even McCarthy-esque. Sen. McCarthy at least went through the motions of having hearings, creating a simulacrum of Due Process.
Speaking of unhinged from reality, here's a good cartoon at Director Blue showing yet two more examples of the disconnect.
All I can say is that, if this flight story happened with a modern Brit in the cockpit, the squeals coming out over the intercom would have drowned out the passengers' cries.
The Connecticut government is coming for its citizens' guns. There's a line being drawn here. Just as Obama is obliterating the line between his executive limitations and Congress's role, Connecticut is seeing what it can get away with in terms of eviscerating the Second Amendment. I hope the state backs down, for this will not end well otherwise.


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AppleInsider claims to have knowledge of a new audio interface for GarageBand users in the coming months. An audio \'breakout box\' of sorts, Asteroid will include two XLR/ TRS audio input connectors, two RCA analog output jacks, and a standard headphone jack. The device reportedly will draw power through a single FireWire 400 port and include a phantom on/off power switch.
The new device was developed in part by portions of Apple\'s Germany-based Emagic subsidiary that have now become part of the iPod division. Leveraging the music device expertise of Emagic, the breakout box will sport a software-driven input gain control and a limiter circuit to automatically prevent audio clipping or distortion. Users will also be able to link together up to four of the devices to add support for additional instruments, microphones, or other audio sources.
Expected to debut in January, alongside a revised version of Apple\'s iLife digital lifestyle software suite, Asteroid will integrate with a new version of GarageBand, sources said. The GarageBand software update will deliver a simplified setup, recording and playback support for Asteroid, and input gain and mute controls.
The new version of GarageBand will also allow users to monitor Asteroid\'s operational states, including limiting, input level and output level. It will be capable of automatically detecting the presence of the Asteroid device and allow users to record from 2 mono channels on 2 tracks simultaneously, or through a single stereo channel.


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Kourtney Kardashian Feels Super Claustrophobic, You Guys
Get those cameras off of her — the oldest Kardashian daughter says she's "feeling claustrophobic," according to her blog post, "Feeling Claustrophobic."
USA Today was the first to pick up on the "Kourtney Kardashian is claustrophobic" story, which they reported using one of my favorite ledes, maybe ever: "Pickles, ice cream, and panic attacks." It's like that old game show Pyramid. Pickles, ice cream, panic attacks — "things I hoard"?
Of course, Kourtney's claustrophobia has nothing to do with the E! cameras documenting her entire life. According to her blog post, she just really hates the airport.
Here we are at LAX on my birthday after arriving home from a birthday trip to Mexico. I have been claustrophobic just recently in my third trimester of my pregnancy. I had a small panic attack in customs when they stopped everyone in a tunnel. Looking behind me all I could see was people and in front of me tons of people and I couldn't even tell where the tunnel ended. I had to just run to the front of the line because I literally couldn't breathe. It's a horrible feeling and I'm hoping that it goes away after my pregnancy. I hate that feeling of being trapped with no control. Ahhh deep breath!
Kardashians: they're just like us.


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Emily VanCamp & Josh Bowman: TCA's Disney/ABC Party!
Emily VanCamp is all smiles as she arrives at the Television Critics Association's Summer Press Tour Disney/ABC party held at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday (August 4) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The 27-year-old actress was joined by her Revenge co-stars Joshua Bowman, Christa B. Allen, Gabriel Mann, Madeleine Stowe, Nick Wechsler, and Henry Czerny.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Emily VanCamp
FYI: Emily is wearing a Ralph Lauren Black Label dress paired with Christian Louboutin pumps, earrings and a bangle by EF Collection and a ring by Dana Rebecca Designs. Christa is wearing a Jenni Kayne dress. Madeleine is wearing a Burberry dress.
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The Daily Word: Tuition hikes, Beverly Cleary, burka ban, Demi Lovato
County official's son killed by APD.
Tuition climbs at UNM and CNM.
An Arizona bill that would legalize guns in all public and government buildings is almost through the legislature. People in Tucson don't like it.
How is Fukushima NOT like Chernobyl?
Mom drives her minivan and three kids into the Hudson River but lets one boy go.
The first loose-lipped mob boss takes the stand.
President Obama is going to weigh in on the deficit.
Burka ban takes effect in France, and two women have been arrested.
Death toll hits 116 in the mass grave in Mexico.
Demi Lovato candid about eating disorder.
The Facebook guy is maybe a jerk.
Dogs left in the nuclear zone.
Sugar Ray Leonard eliminated from "Dancing With the Stars."
An interview with author Beverly Cleary (she wrote the Ramona Quimby books), who turned 95 yesterday.
Jenny from the block is People Magazine's most beautiful person.
Hugh Grant spies on a wiretapping tabloid reporter. Revenge!


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Roger Leloup, born in Verviers, stands out for the highly detailed and technical drawings in his trademark series 'Yoko Tsuno'. In the early stages of his career, he was mainly doing background art assistance for other artists. He helped Jacques Martin on 'Alix' and 'Lefranc', and from 1953 to 1969, he worked at Studio Hergé, where he was responsible for the airplanes in the 'Tintin' episode 'Vol 714', among other things. He then worked at Peyo's studios for a short period, and assisted Francis on his work for J2 Jeunes, Le Soir Illustré and Spirou. During the same period, he created technical drawings for both Tintin (1954-57) and Spirou.
For Spirou, he created a series about a Japanese electronics engineer, 'Yoko Tsuno', which first appeared on 24 September 1970. From then on, he practically devoted himself entirely to this comic series. Leloup showed a talented artist of detailed spaceships and science fictional landscapes.
Throughout the series run, Leloup alternated his stories containing adventures on other planets, with stories set on earth, that were often related to Yoko's Japanese origins. Roger Leloup also wrote some novels about 'Yoko Tsuno', in which he deepened the character's personality and background.


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EUREKA, Ill. (csssaints.com) – The St. Scholastica football team jumped out to a 24-0 lead and took care of Eureka College 38-25 on Saturday in a key Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) contest.
The Red Devils would get the first possession of the game and would be forced to punt. On St. Scholastica's first possession, the Saints gave Eureka a heavy dose of Jake Jensen, but Tyler Harper was also 3-for-3 through the air on the drive. The Saints capped off the 9-play, 61-yard drive with an 11-yard Jake Jensen TD run.
After the CSS defense forced a three-and-out, the Saints started in Eureka territory and reached the end zone again as Harper connected with Spencer Specht from four yards out to make it 14-0 at the end of the first quarter.
Mike Theismann drilled a 33-yard field goal at the beginning of the first quarter to extend to the lead to 17-0. The Red Devils, who picked up a first down on its first play from scrimmage, would not get their second first down of the game until its fifth drive.
The Saints went up 24-0 with five minutes to go in the first half when wide receiver Josh Simmons connected with Cory Gebhard on a 47-yard touchdown pass. The Red Devils got on the board on the ensuing possession as Blake Robles hit Matt Mogged for a 67-yard pass-and-catch to make it 24-7 at halftime.
Through the first 30 minutes, the Saints had out-gained Eureka 235-112. The Red Devils had negative-6 yards rushing and were only 6-for-21 through the air.
On Eureka's first drive of the second half, the Red Devils drove the ball down to the Saints' 26-yard-line, but Mike LaValley would pick off Robles' pass in the end zone. CSS then proceeded to move the ball down the field and would take a 31-7 lead when Harper found Jake Jensen for a 47-yard touchdown.
The Red Devils (6-2, 5-2 UMAC) would not go away as the game entered the fourth quarter. On fourth-and-goal from the 19, Robles found Jake Bane for the touchdown. The point after was blocked to make the score 31-13.
On the ensuing possession, the Saints failed to convert a fourth down at the Eureka 31-yard-line. It took the Red Devils only five plays to find the end zone again as Robles and Bane connected from 12 yards out. The 2-point conversion attempt failed to make it 31-19.
On St. Scholastica's second play of the next possession, Jensen busted a 53-yard touchdown run to extend the Saints lead to 38-19. Eureka would find the end zone with less than four minutes to play to make the score 38-25, but the Saints would recover an onside kick to seal the victory.
CSS finished the game with 439 yards of total offense, compared to 385 yards for the Red Devils. Eureka had just 40 yards on the ground, compared to 151 for the Saints.
Jensen rushed for 128 yards and two touchdowns. Harper was an efficient 16-of-28 for 241 yards and two TDs through the air. Freshman Shannon James had a big day at receiver with six catches for 90 yards.
Robles was 25-for-47 for 345 yards and four touchdowns for Eureka. He was also sacked four times. Keaton Rush had 1.5 sacks and 12 tackles for the Saints. Alec French led the team with 15 tackles.
The Saints (7-1, 7-0 UMAC) will play their final home game of the season next Saturday when the University of Minnesota Morris visits for Senior Day. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. at Duluth East High School's Ordean Stadium. Catch all of the action live on Saints Sports Net.


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Grab a Codex shovel
As you may or may not be aware, the Codex has recently been undergoing some major improvements. If you haven't seen it yet, please check it out: http://codex.buddypress.org. Many thanks to mercime for leading the redesign/reorganization charge. Kudos to @mercime for leading the charge.
Now that the basic structure is in place, the BuddyPress community is invited to pitch in and fill some of the gaps in the documentation. There are some pages (http://codex.buddypress.org/buddypress-site-administration/deleting-buddypress/ for instance) that are just stubs. You're invited to pitch in and write as much (or as little) as you'd like on those pages. Hit the "Edit This Page" button at the bottom of the page, or go to http://codex.buddypress.org/wp-admin using your buddypress.org username/password.
Here's a guide to some of the notes currently found in the codex, courtesy of @mercime:
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The increase in new homes sales is drawing more builders from outside the region.
The latest case in point: Ashton Woods Homes recently announced plans to build its first South Carolina homes in the Charleston region. The Atlanta-based firm didn't say which specific areas it plans to target. It has hired Kevin Wadley to lead its local acquisition efforts. Wadley previously was involved in acquisitions for other builders like Centex Homes.
Ashton Woods has projects in Atlanta, Houston, Orlando, Phoenix and Raleigh.
Carolina One New Homes is helping Tides market and sell unsold units in the prominent condominium development at the base of the Arthur Ravenel Bridge in Mount Pleasant.
It's part of the owner's campaign to move the 50 unsold condos it acquired at a foreclosure sale last year.
Prices have been cut about 35 percent from rates that in 2009 ranged from $600,000 to $3.9 million.
Of the 20 listed units, 14 were under contract and four were sold as of a week ago. The others will be released gradually.
Reach Tyrone Richardson at 937-5550 and follow him on Twitter @tyrichardsonPC.


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GRIN was six months into development of the codenamed Fortress project when Square Enix took the company off the title. Without a working budget, GRIN had to close its doors. The good to come of this story is that, according to sources close to both companies, the action-oriented project Fortress is still under development, though no further details about the title have been announced.
Tyler says: With Bionic Commando: Rearmed, the next-gen Bionic update, Wanted Weapons of Fate and Terminator Salvation all releasing in a two-year window, you'd figure GRIN would have more than enough dough to go around (though rated poorly, Terminator Salvation was one of the better-selling games this summer). Then again, every one of those games was a license, meaning portions of the profits were going to the original property holders. Maybe Grin needed its own hot franchise to survive? If it would've ripped off Bionic Commando and made its own version (similar to Shadow Complex's heavy borrowing from Castlevania and Metroid) would GRIN be in a better financial situation today?


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Emeli Sandé On Tour With Focusrite & Novation
Emeli Sandé On Tour With Focusrite & Novation
"Our touring schedule for Emeli has varied a lot - we've done a live recording at the Royal Albert Hall (5000+ capacity), smaller (1000 capacity) venues, national arenas like the Wembley O2 and festivals like Wireless which are around 20,000 cap! On top of that, we've done countless shows: Brit Awards, Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Party, Leno, Letterman, Ellen, Jonathan Ross Show and our own USA/UK/Euro tour. It's crazy having to adjust sometimes but keeps us on our toes!" - Wayne Plummer, Emeli's Musical Director
In order cope with that varied and intense workload Wayne needs gear he can trust, that's where Focusrite Saffire Pro 40 soundcards run on Apple Mac Books come in. Offering sound quality he loves, plenty of I/O to cover individual click mixes and playback the Focusrites have never let Wayne down. He does run two laptops together just in case but has never had cause to use the backup, they're synced together using a Novation SL Zero.
Furthermore Wayne's been using the Focusrite Forte for quick recording/editing sessions and the new Focusrite 18i20 while touring the US.
Want to know more about the gear used for recording Emeli Sandé's debut album Our Version Of Events? Check out this interview with producer Shahid Khan.
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DUBLIN, Ohio, USA, 10 October 2012—OCLC has been honored with the 2012 Alfred P. Sloan Award for Excellence in Workplace Effectiveness and Flexibility for its use of flexibility as an effective workplace strategy to increase business and employee success.
This prestigious award, part of the national When Work Works project administered by the Families and Work Institute and the Society for Human Resource Management, recognizes employers of all sizes and types across the country. It is the second consecutive year that OCLC has been recognized with the Sloan Award.
Based in Dublin, Ohio, OCLC is a nonprofit library service and research organization that provides computer-based cataloging, reference, resource sharing, preservation, library management and Web services to thousands of libraries around the world. OCLC and its member libraries worldwide have created and maintain WorldCat, the world's most comprehensive resource for finding library materials.
"For many years, OCLC has been a leader in promoting workplace flexibility, telecommuting, part-time work options and compressed work weeks," said Jay Jordan, OCLC President and CEO. "These innovative approaches have worked well for our staff, and for the OCLC cooperative. This prestigious award reinforces our commitment to make OCLC an ideal place to work for all employees."
Workplace flexibility—such as flextime, part-time work and compressed workweeks—has been demonstrated to help businesses remain competitive while also benefiting employees.
The Sloan Awards are unique for their rigorous, two-step selection process, which involves an evaluation of employers' flexibility programs and practices, and a confidential employee survey. All applicants are measured against national norms from the National Study of Employers.
"As a recipient of the 2012 Sloan Award, OCLC ranks in the top 20 percent of employers nationally in terms of its programs, policies and culture for creating an effective and flexible workplace," said Ellen Galinsky, president of Families and Work Institute. "In addition, what makes this honor so special is that their employees have corroborated this, affirming that it is indeed an effective and flexible workplace."
When Work Works is a national project to educate the business community on the value of workplace flexibility by sharing research and promising practices, and conducting the annual Sloan Awards. It is an ongoing initiative of the Families and Work Institute and the Society for Human Resource Management.
For more information about the When Work Works project and the Alfred P. Sloan Awards for Excellence in Workplace Effectiveness and Flexibility, visit www.whenworkworks.org.
About OCLC
Founded in 1967, OCLC is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing library costs. More than 72,000 libraries in 170 countries have used OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend, preserve and manage library materials. Researchers, students, faculty, scholars, professional librarians and other information seekers use OCLC services to obtain bibliographic, abstract and full-text information when and where they need it. OCLC and its member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat, the world's largest online database for discovery of library resources. Search WorldCat on the Web at www.worldcat.org. For more information, visit www.oclc.org.
OCLC, WorldCat and WorldCat.org are trademarks and/or service marks of OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. Third-party product, service and business names are trademarks and/or service marks of their respective owners.
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Here's a really nice piece on Petra and the Nabateans.
Like me, Richard offers his photos freely for non-commercial purposes with proper attribution through Creative Commons.
"Although Petra was inhabited by the Edomites before the arrival of the Nabateans, the latter carved grandiose buildings, temples and tombs out of solid sandstone rock. They also constructed a wall to fortify the city, although Petra was almost naturally defended by the surrounding sandstone mountains. Building an empire in the arid desert also forced the Nabateans to excel in water conservation. They were highly skilled water engineers, and irrigated their land with an extensive system of dams, canals and reservoirs.
|Detail of the Treasury in Petra. Photo
courtesy of Richard White.
We still know comparatively little about Nabatean society. However, we do know that they spoke a dialect of Arabic and later on adopted Aramaic. Much of what is now known about Nabatean culture comes from the writings of the Roman scholar Strabo. He recorded that their community was governed by a royal family, although a strong spirit of democracy prevailed. According to him there were no slaves in Nabatean society, and all members shared in work duties. The Nabateans worshipped a pantheon of deities, chief among which were the sun god Dushara and the goddess Allat.The Nabateans were exceptionally skilled traders, facilitating commerce between China, India, the Far East, Egypt, Syria, Greece and Rome. They dealt in such goods as spices, incense, gold, animals, iron, copper, sugar, medicines, ivory, perfumes and fabrics, just to name a few. From its origins as a fortress city, Petra became a wealthy commercial crossroads between the Arabian, Assyrian, Egyptian, Greek and Roman cultures. Control of this crucial trade route between the upland areas of Jordan, the Red Sea, Damascus and southern Arabia was the lifeblood of the Nabatean Empire.
As the Nabateans grew in power and wealth, they attracted the attention of their neighbors to the north. The Seleucid King Antigonus, who had come to power when Alexander's empire was divided, attacked Petra in 312 BCE. His army met with relatively little resistance, and was able to sack the city. The quantity of booty was so great, however, that it slowed their return journey north and the Nabateans were able to annihilate them in the desert. Records indicate that the Nabateans were eager to remain on good terms with the Seleucids in order to perpetuate their trading ambitions. Throughout much of the third century BCE, the Ptolemies and Seleucids warred over control of Jordan, with the Seleucids emerging victorious in 198 BCE. Nabatea remained essentially untouched and independent throughout this period.
Although the Nabateans resisted military conquest, the Hellenistic culture of their neighbors influenced them greatly. Hellenistic influences can be seen in Nabatean art and architecture, especially at the time that their empire was expanding northward into Syria, around 150 BCE. However, the growing economic and political power of the Nabateans began to worry the Romans. In 65 BCE, the Romans arrived in Damascus and ordered the Nabateans to withdraw their forces. Two years later, Pompey dispatched a force to cripple Petra. The Nabatean King Aretas III either defeated the Roman legions or paid a tribute to keep peace with them..."
My friend and fellow photographer Richard White just returned from Petra not long ago with some great photos as always! His Flickr photostream on Petra can be viewed at:
His photos of nearby Jerassa, Jordan can be viewed at:
His photos of nearby Jerassa, Jordan can be viewed at:
Like me, Richard offers his photos freely for non-commercial purposes with proper attribution through Creative Commons.


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Federal stimulus money has saved more than 12,000 jobs in Arizona and laid the groundwork for a economic recovery built on information services and technology, Vice President Joe Biden said Nov. 16.
"We'll come out of this stronger than when we went in it," Biden said during a roundtable discussion at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. "But we can't have it built on a bubble. We can't have it built on a dot-com bubble. We can't have it built on a housing bubble."
Renewable energy, information technology, health care and education are all vital to the economy the administration hopes to help create, Biden said. He said it will require courage from businesses and entrepreneurs in order to create the robust industries the administration hopes to see.
"This country is all about taking a chance," Biden said, "and we've never missed when we've taken one on technology."
Biden said the stimulus funds assigned in Arizona so far have supported the high tech industries the administration wants to promote and will usher Arizona away from the housing and construction boom that, Biden pointed out, contributed to the recession.
The discussion, held to highlight a new taxiway made possible with the funds, included community members and representatives from businesses bolstered by the stimulus, as well as Democratic officials at the state, local and federal levels.
Jane Morris, assistant aviation director at Sky Harbor, said the taxiway project has already created 150 jobs and will create 300 by the time it's finished in February.
The vice president's visit comes at a time when Arizona's unemployment rate hovers just below 10 percent _ up from 6 percent this time last year.
Sitting alongside Biden during the meeting, Jeanne Simons, a seventh- and eighth-grade English teacher at Gateway School in Phoenix, explained how her job was saved by stimulus funding after it was slated to be cut because of budget shortfalls.
Simon told Biden that her classes have about 30 students each but that if the planned cuts had been implemented, that would have changed.
"There would have been 40 to 50 kids in every class," Simon said.
Simon said those sorts of class sizes put added stress on teachers and hurt the academic potential of every student.
"I don't care how good the student is or how good a teacher you are, a class that size gets tough to manage," said Biden, whose wife is a teacher.
Donald Karner of Electric Transportation Engineering Corp. also sat with the vice president and spoke about federal stimulus funding that allowed his organization to move forward with planning and construction of electric vehicle fueling stations in Phoenix and Tucson.
Karner said his organization plans to start offering electric vehicle fueling by the end of summer 2010, in time for an anticipated increase in automakers' production of electric vehicles.
"We want to have the infrastructure there before the vehicles, so people can see it, get acquainted with it, give us time to study how people use the vehicles and fueling stations," Karner said.
State Rep. Steve Farley, a Tucson Democrat, said he was excited to hear the vice president address transportation projects and hopes to see the support of the administration turn into plans for new commuter rail lines in Arizona.
"We're actually applying for a grant to build a rail line between Tucson and Phoenix," Farley said. "We now have a rail planner working full-time at ADOT on this project."


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Greenfield is the leading specialty alcohols producer in Canada, with a focus on corn-based bulk industrial alcohol, packaged alcohol and fuel ethanol, as well as associated agricultural co-products. The Company has a leading market share of industrial alcohol and is also the largest ethanol producer in Canada, with an export business in grain neutral spirits. The Company also manufactures and sells co-products of the alcohol production process, including Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles (DDGS), Wet Distillers Grains (WDG), corn oil, and carbon dioxide (CO2). The Company has a diversified product offering, generating 45% of its gross profit from bulk industrial alcohol, 35% from fuel ethanol, and 20% from packaged industrial alcohol.
Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, the Company owns and operates four state of the art manufacturing plants in Canada – all strategically located close to both corn supply and end-user markets. As well, the Company owns and operates three alcohol packaging plants, one in Canada and two in the US. The Company has a focused strategy to successfully and profitably operate its production facilities. In doing so, Greenfield focuses on managing commodity risks and strives to maintain an environment of continuous operational improvements to increase efficiency and effectiveness as a low-cost producer.
The Company's production facilities produce a combined 655 mlpy, of which 151 mlpy is industrial and beverage grade alcohol and the balance is fuel grade ethanol. Further, Greenfield's plants are designed and constructed with significant redundancy and our quality assurance programs are designed to meet or exceed our customers' stringent quality requirements.


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First-half strikes from Fernando Torres and Ramires handed the visitors victory against the League One side, as the recently exiled duo returned to Jose Mourinho's teamsheet
Juan Mata and David Luiz, who had notably been left out of the Blues line-up against Fulham on Saturday, were both involved in a 2-0 win at the County Ground.
Two goals in six first-half minutes from Fernando Torres and Ramires gave the visitors the win, although their success was tempered by the loss of Marco van Ginkel and Ramires to injury.
|By Stephen Darwin
All the pre-match talk focused on Juan Mata and how tonight was his big chance to show Jose Mourinho he deserves to start in that star-studded Chelsea attacking line.
But while Mata showed flashes of his brilliance it was ultimately Fernando Torres that shone brightest. The Spain striker scored one and set up the other for Ramires and will hope that will nudge him to the front of queue to start in the crucial Premier League game against Tottenham on Saturday.
The Capital One Cup was Mourinho's first trophy in his first spell as Chelsea boss and who's to say he won't win it again this time around.
Torres opened the scoring in the 29th minute with a poacher's finish after Juan Mata saw his shot saved by Wes Foderingham.
And Ramires doubled the lead soon after as he lifted a ball into the net following a neat pass from Torres, who had wriggled free outside the area in expert fashion.
As well as the returns of Mata and Luiz, Jose Mourinho gave Mark Schwarzer his Chelsea debut in goal, Cesar Azpilicueta made his 50th club appearance, and there were also starts for Kevin De Bruyne and Willian.
Swindon boss Mark Cooper made one change from the side victorious against Bristol City last time out, with Alex Pritchard replacing Louis Thompson in midfield.
Chelsea were forced into an early change when young Dutchman Van Ginkel twisted his knee after falling awkwardly, with the 20-year-old appearing to be in a lot of pain as he hobbled off in the 10th minute.
After a tight opening to the game, Mourinho's men had the first sight of goal midway through the half.
Mata threaded a neat ball into Torres and the striker cut in front of his man but saw Foderingham make a save with his head to deny him.
Minutes later, though, the former Liverpool man made no mistake as he broke the deadlock after neat build-up play between Ramires and Mata.
Mata's shot was saved by Foderingham, but Torres was on hand to pounce on the loose ball and poke home from a matter of inches.
And Torres then turned provider in the 35th minute as the visitors doubled the lead. The Spaniard played a perfectly weighted pass for Ramires to run onto inside the penalty area, leaving the Brazilian to calmly lift the ball over the advancing keeper and into the back of the net.
Danny N'Guessan thought he had halved the deficit for the hosts early in the second half when he met a Jay McEveley free kick and headed past Schwarzer, but the goal was ruled out for offside.
Swindon provided more of an attacking threat after the break, but Schwarzer was rarely tested in the Chelsea goal.
And the hosts were nearly punished for pressing forward in the closing minutes but Torres and Willian were both denied by resilient defending as the Premier League side eased through to round four.


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There are hundreds of video games on the market today and more are being released onto the market every day. The only problem with these video games is figuring out what games should be played by your children.
Young people are not as concerned with the contents of the video games they are playing as much as adults. That is why adults have such a strong desire to evaluate the video games their youngsters are playing. Many parents try their best to find decent video games for their youngsters to play but there are still questions that unfold in the minds of these parents when their youngsters are playing new games. Parents and adults alike are concerned with how video games that involve killing people or destroying things will effect their children in the future. They are also concerned with video games that have immoral content, illegal content, or contain occult activity. Parents have to protect their children any way they can, especially since there are so many negative influences out there for them already.
There are video games that parents will have no problem with their children playing on their video game system, which would include almost any type of sports video game such as skateboarding, baseball, or football. Video games are actually a way for children, even some adults, to take a step away from reality, but the video games should still install some type of moral values in the children.
As long as the children are not placing the playing of these video games ahead of their other responsibilities, such as school, and if they know the difference between right and wrong, then that is a different matter. The major problem is that few parents are willing to take the time to show their children what is right and what is wrong within some of the video games that they play. Instead, these parents just allow their children to sit in front of their televisions playing what ever video games they choose without any adult supervision what ever.
These video games are highly addicted to children and adults simply because in the game the player is given the ability to control every situation. Many times in the life of an individual they may feel as if their life is simply out of control and the video games allow them to feel as if they are once again in control. This is why so many adults also become addicted to these video games as well as children and another reason why they are so incredibly popular.
In real life, many children and adults find it hard to find respect or to get others to listen to them and they often become overwhelmed with life. However, these video games give them the opportunity to be respected, strong, popular, cool, and even sexy, which they strongly desire to be in real life. This is the result behind so many of these video games becoming so popular with gamers in a variety of age groups. These video games gives gamers the perception of them actually being involved in the game as being a part of the game.
It does seem a shame that these games are being developed and parents feel the need to evaluate them prior to the children participating in them due to so many of them having obscene and immoral content. It seems that the manufactures of video games could produce games that were considered to be more along the lines of family games. These video games would be worth while and would not have such a diverse effect upon children as some of the games being produced now.


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VANCOUVER, B.C. – Two late goals from the LA Galaxy ensured the defending MLS Cup champions salvaged a 2-2 draw Wednesday night at BC Place.
Highlights: Vancouver 2, LA 2
David Beckham got his team back in the match with a deflected shot in the 81st minute which flew over Joe Cannon to bring the match to 2-1, before Jose Villarreal curled the ball into a similar part of the goal six minutes later, cutting back in the top of the area before scoring the equalizer. The goal was the 18-year-old Homegrown signing's first-ever in MLS.
Before the late fightback, Vancouver looked in control through first half goals from Gershon Koffie and Barry Robson.
Koffie got things started with his 18th minute effort, thanks to a little help from Camilo. The Brazilian dispossessed Beckham in midfield before nutmegging Marcelo Sarvas with a pass to Koffie. The Ghanaian took a couple of touches, eventually wrong footing his marker before hitting a low left-footed effort into the bottom right corner of Josh Saunders' goal.
Robson followed that up by powering home a header nine minutes later, getting away from his marker before redirecting Lee Young-Pyo's cross into the top right corner past Saunders, who couldn't stop the Scotsman's finish at full stretch.
Postgame Interview: Jose Villarreal
The fans got their first Beckham moment 11 minutes in, as the former Manchester United player stepped up to take a free kick generated by Landon Donovan, who was taken down by Robson. The Englishman's curling effort from the edge of the area didn't hit the target though, narrowly going over the bar.
In the 38th minute it looked as if Dane Richards might get his first as a Whitecap as well, as he burst behind the Galaxy defense, latching onto a pass from Koffie, but his sidefooted effort went comfortably wide in the end.
The Galaxy again came close in the 58th minute, as Jay DeMerit dragged down Donovan in between the corner flag and the area, near the touchline. Beckham's free kick caused chaos, nearly allowing Donovan to score from a tight angle, but his looping attempt went wide.
OPTA Chalkboard: LA's late pressure pays off
In the 80th minute Koffie nearly made it two, hitting a fizzing effort from the edge of the area which Saunders knocked onto the crossbar with a strong hand.
Four minutes later Robson curled a free kick effort that looked destined for the upper left corner, but the ball rebounded off the crossbar before the Galaxy were eventually able to clear.
On 93 minutes Robson powered a free kick, forcing Saunders into a fantastic right-handed stop, as he pushed the ball over the bar.
With the draw, the Whitecaps sit at 8-6-7, and prepare to host the San Jose Earthquakes at BC Place on Sunday. The Galaxy pick up a point and now have a record of 8-10-3, and prepare for a match against LA rivals Chivas USA at The Home Depot Center on Saturday.


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Juice Design has been a venue for art shows in SF for a long ass time. There are others that could tell you more and give you a better history for the place, so I apologize for my lack of informative content. Juice has been in two locations to my knowledge, their first in the South of Market was a large space that came to be a showplace for many talented artists. Mat O'Brien, Tiffany Bozic, Tommy Guerrero, Bryce Knights, Mike Giant, Tobin Yelland, Emuse, Chris Duncan, Jonathan Wayshack and many many others.
Their Sketchbook and Black and White group shows highlighted some of the best and brightest of the Bay Area and beyond. Yeah, that sounds a little cheesy but it's a fact. Some of the installations that artists created could arguably be their best work at best, at worst a marker in time of a turning point in their careers.
At its new location, Juice has scaled back in the physical space, but the same spirit is there. Quality shows featuring known and recently known artists. the 10th year anniversary show brought together old and new faces, from Paul Urich and Tiffany Bozic to Mike Maxwell and Chandu Reading.
The anniversary show is a treat for the fan of any discipline of the arts. From stencils to photography, painting to illustration all where present and a pleasure to view. If possible you should go by and check it out, you'll be glad you did.
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Lorrimors post from last thread....
Latest update from EC32 (based on mean)
Ridge building into Canada from day 10 and Canada and western Greenland from around day 15 helps move the low pressure away from Greenland with the low pressure centring its self to the north of Scotland, extending through into Scandianvia and north eastern Europe. The ridge over Canada collapses towards the end of the run allowing low pressure to return to Greenland, very end of run shows UK in deep northerly trough.
Overnight the mid-month period from GFS has ditched the Atlantic ridge option and gone for a southerly tracking jet, definitely cooler than of late and further snowfall for the north..will it return to a more blocked scenario later this evening???


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Amityville Chapter #700 Order of the Eastern Star, State of New York will be holding a Supermarket Basket Bash, Fri., Feb. 27 at 14 Avon Pl., Amityville. The doors open 6 p.m. and the first game is 7:30 p.m. There will be a 50/50 and raffles. Admission is $5 per person. For information, contact Lois at 516-798-1045 or Janet at 631-226-1798.
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The penultimate hole failed to produce an outright champion, but barring an epic collapse, it looks like Mohawks is in line to take home the green jacket. He seemed to put it away when his monster drive on the short par four landed just shy of the green. A chip and a put led to a birdie and a four stroke lead over Real New Britski, who managed only a par. The Shaolin Mystigods birdied the hole to stay five strokes behind Mohawks, but have only a mathematical chance. FC Byrd Turgler and Top Shelf are also technically in the running.
The hot hand of the week was Arrows, who caught the wind with his drive and rode it all the way into the cup for a double-eagle. It moved him to one under for the round, but not much else.
Plattsburgh United tried to build on his eagle from the last hole to make a final charge up the table, but he sliced his drive badly and landed with a plop far into the lake on the right. He managed only a triple-bogey and ended up pretty much right where he left off two holes ago.
It should be noted that our last place golfer, Port City Navigators, is ten over for the round, but played even par on the front nine.
We will take a break on MFLS week 32 and conclude the tournament on MFLS week 33.
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So I am forced to hope that Todd plays BWP, Kamara
and Castillo in Week 34 and they all get red cards,
while I get hat tricks from Rowe, Espindola and
someone else.
See ya at the 19th hole. Winner is buying.
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on Tue 10/6 23:00 ET
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Swap Kamara with Keane and that's probably my starting
three forwards!
from Port City Navigators
on Wed 10/7 15:12 ET
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I may have hit the bar a little too hard at the turn. from Port City Navigators
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What's funny is that my performance mimics my actual golf
game, but with higher scores.
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Please join me in congratulating Mohawks as the 2015 Masters champion. This is the first time that Mohawks will wear the green jacket, shooting to the lead on the front nine and coasting on the back nine. Finishing four strokes behind was second place Real New Britski. Three golfers tied for third at five strokes back.
I want to thank everyone for participating this year.
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Thanks for running it, Dan! Glad I was able to hang on and pull
off the win despite the average back nine.
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What a season, finish strong Todd from The Laws of Lalas
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great tournament, thanks to Arrows for running it. from FC Byrd Turgler
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Ditto. I'm kind of curious what the history of movers are on the back 9 given the diminished transfer count and groupthink among the top players. from FC Byrd Turgler
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Which is to say, I hope I can martial my transfers better next year. For the record, I was the first one to use the 'Arena' transfer strategy this year. Although that means I got zero for my slush, it means I got to have Pareja as my manager for an historic year for FC Dallas. Good luck on their players though- they spread it around. 6 different players with 5 goals or more. from Arrows SC
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I'm happy that everyone enjoyed this year's tournament. Over the winter I will try to update the site with more depth of statistics.
However, I also believe this will be the last year I will run the Masters. It is a "closed" tournament that now only attracts a little more than two dozen players. It goes on for eighteen weeks, which is really long and a lot of work. After just a few weeks, there are only a half-dozen or so teams that legitimately have a shot at the title. In the end, it's a lot of work for a long tournament without a lot of suspension. I think it should be retired, but if someone wants to take it on next year, I'll be happy to participate in the transition, and of course, to play.
I wanted to put that time into a Division vs. Division tournament. I see a gap there and think it would be fun. I floated around some ideas for formats in a separate thread.
Thanks, again, to everyone who participated.
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Thanks for continuing it from the original ...
Hopefully someone picks it up, I like that managers have to have qualifications to sign up. There's already a million for everybody competitions and the difference between this and those is that mostly everyone follows along with this and for the others, people sign up during signups then never check again then are surprised to find out they won or lost months after the fact.
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Here is the official 2015 Masters cup.
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French solidarity, icy metallics and (maybe) some trend setting gloves. The Golden Globes red carpet didn't disappoint. Julianne Moore killed it, as always, wearing Givenchy sequins and feathers. Amal Clooney was stylish in Dior and Jennifer Aniston in Saint Laurent. Lena Dunham got it right in red and 18-year-old Lorde represented in tomboy style. Meanwhile, fashion "It girl" Rosamund Pike had a rare miss. The red carpet season is now officially underway.
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"Dancing With the Stars" co-host Brooke Burke and actor David Charvet have listed their Malibu house for $12.5 million.
Designed to evoke the south of France, where Charvet was born, the chateau-style home is in the Serra Retreat neighborhood. An 18th century fountain and sculpture courtyard sit outside the 6,769-square-foot house, which is reached from a gated stone driveway. More than three-quarters of an acre includes extensive lawns, a 200-bush rose garden, an orchard, a pool and a cabana.
Hand-plastered walls, hand-carved limestone and walnut flooring, imported French fireplaces and sculpted doors are among the details in the five-bedroom, 41/2-bathrooms house. A hidden screening room, a 4,000-bottle wine cellar, a wood-paneled office and lower-level bonus room complete the residence.
Burke, 39, was the dance show's Season 7 champion and started hosting the competition in 2010. Charvet, 39, played Matt Brody on "Baywatch" from 1992 to '95 and starred last year in the TV movie "The Perfect Teacher."
He bought the property in 1998 for $1,275,000 and torn down the original house to build this one.
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ComingSoon wrote:With "Transformers: The Ride-3D" now open at Universal Studios Hollywood, film franchise director Michael Bay stopped by the ride and spoke with The LA Times about his plans for his fourth -- and, as he stated recently final -- Transformers film, set to hit theaters on June 27, 2014.
"It's not a reboot," Bay said, reiterating that the new film will have an all-new cast. "That's maybe the wrong word. I don't want to say 'reboot' because then people will think we're doing a 'Spider-Man' and starting from the beginning. We're not. We're taking the story that you've seen — the story we've told in three movies already — and we're taking it in a new direction. But we're leaving those three as the history. It all still counts... We're moving on to something different."
Though the script, currently being drafted by Ehren Kruger, is not yet final, Bay hints that one place the fourth film may go is into outer space.
"That feels like the way to go, doesn't it?" says Bay. "I want to go a little off [the planet] but I don't want to go too sci-fi. I still want to keep it grounded."
No matter what, Bay says that one element of the new production is to scale back the budget somewhat to around $165 million, about $30 million less than 2011's Transformers: Dark of the Moon.


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Sant Jordi day in Barcelona
Be Hostels invites you to spend the day of Sant Jordi with us! This day is a special day in Catalunya, especially in Barcelona. Almost every woman gets a rose and gives their man a book, coming to a total of 5 million roses handed out that day! On this spring day people go out to a buy book and a rose to celebrate a tradition that mainly takes place on the city streets, and the Ramblas of Barcelona is the best suited place to spend this special day.
Plus, another special event is taking part on that same day: it's the day of the book in Catalunya, which fits perfectly with the lovely Sant Jordi tradition.
But what exactly is Sant Jordi?
Well.. the legend says that, in the city of Montblanc, there lived a dragon who tormented the population. By vote, it was decided that the King's daughter was going to be sacrificed to the dragon. Out of the blue, Sant Jordi, a true knight, appeared and killed the dragon with his sword and so saved the princess. Roses blossomed from the blood of the dragon, and the King wished to marry his daughter to Sant Jordi. But Sant Jordi declined, saying that he wasn't worth the princess' hand. It is from this legend that the tradition of offering roses to the woman one loves has grown.
On the 23rd of April 1616, both Miguel de Cervantes and William Shakespeare died. It is in their honor that 'the day of book' is celebrated on this day. Since 1964, the 23rd of April has been declared the day of the book in spanish speaking countries and, more recently in 1995, Unesco has made the day of the book a worldwide celebration. The tradition of offering books on this day comes from history.
And what is a tradition if it a party doesn't come along with it?
Sant Jordi is so much more than the offering of books and roses. It is also the unofficial Catalan day for celebrating love by couples who don't want to accept the foreign imposition of Saint Valentines onto their culture. A special part of this day is that bookstores from around the city mount stands on the streets, so that everyone can find the book they are looking for. These book stands are surrounded by flower sellers and other merchants, all out on the streets of Barcelona. The typical color for the rose is red, but you can also find lots of other colors like blue and purple roses on this day. Whatever it takes to make the women you love feel special. Flowers are also given to mothers, grandmothers and sisters.
The spot by excellence to obeserve and celebrate this tradition of Sant Jordi are along the different Ramblas in Barcelona, which are filled with people enjoying the good weather that spring brings us and looking for that special book all day long.
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Perspectives on English Revolutionary Republicanism
Date published:April 2014
Perspectives on English Revolutionary Republicanism takes stock of developments in the scholarship of seventeenth-century English republicanism by looking at the movements that have shaped the field over the decades: the linguistic turn, the cultural turn and the religious turn. The contributors to this volume have brought these approaches together in a number of case studies covering republican language, republican literary and political culture, and republican religion. Taken together the essays demonstrate the vitality and diversity of what was once regarded as a narrow topic of political research.


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For those who don't allow their pets to sleep in bed with them we've come across some rather stylish pet sleeping quarters lately. They're sleek and chic and we're pretty sure it would mean our pet's bed would be far cooler than our own!
Although our pets in the past usually tend to prefer a stinky pile of dirty clothes as a bed, that doesn't mean you don't want to supply them with something more. The problem is, bulky pet beds aren't always attractive for your home. Although several of these are probably a little out of the average household pet-bed budget (if such a thing exists), there are a few on the list that are totally doable! Tell us your favorite in the comments below!
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I had thought about posting my own thread that had a similar bent as this, but I'll post here instead.I work for the Salvation Army and my immediate coworker and supervisor is really the only one there who knows I am an atheist. He is a very devout evangelical Christian, but he respects me and will not try and change my beliefs.The other week after having watched the first America's Got Talent I commented to him about a guy on it who seemed to be some kind of meditating guru and it was hard to figure out what his talent was. He shuffled onstage and sat on the floor making weird noises and the crowd was booing and hooting. Judge Howard Stern buzzed him. Then out of nowhere the guy just levitated in a sitting position with one hand still on the staff at his side (he obviously could not support himself like that with one hand). The crowd then went nuts and Stern took back his X and the judges sent him on to the next round in Vegas.I commented on telling about it to my coworker that it had to be magic and there was a trick, but that most people just enjoyed being fooled after which I added without even thinking about it--just like religion. Religious people want to be fooled by their faith and it's the spoilsport evil atheists who insist on exposing and explaining how the trick was done. Theists unquestionably accept the illusion/delusion of their religion and live their lives accordingly.It's like people who believe professional wrassling is real, only more dangerous and annoying, and not in the least entertaining.