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Fiber optic lighting is no longer just for lounges in Vegas. As the technology becomes more popular, the prices have gone down and the taste factor has gone up. The new generation of fiber optic design is organically inspired and extremely elegant.
I remember when the only time you saw fiber optics was after dawn at a theme park. The sparkling plastic visors and necklaces were so appealing. I told my parents I would keep my room clean if I could just have one blue strand. That's exactly the way I felt when I saw the Brindilles ceiling light by Ligne Roset.
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Interesting story in the New York Times today about Falcons' quarterback Matt Ryan and how he's slowly winning over the large percentage of African-American Falcons' fans, many of whom were decidedly pro-Mike Vick. The timing is excellent too, given that Vick might be coming to a football stadium near you sooner than first suspected. But regardless of Ryan's success there are still an abundance of No. 7 jerseys in the crowd at the Georgia Dome, paying homage to the man who once inspired them with jaw-dropping plays, willfully ignoring the fact that he tortured and killed a few dogs. But now, with the resurgence of the Falcons thanks to a rookie quarterback — a white one — some of the Vick fans are finally letting go of the ghost. Some, however, are not.
"We miss Vick," said Timothy Chambers, a tailgater before the Nov. 16 home game against the Denver Broncos, shouting over the sounds of the Atlanta hip-hop group Goodie Mob blasting from parking-lot speakers. "It's not the same as it was." Chambers said his circle of season-ticket holder friends contracted from about 30 to 18 last season, partly explaining their diminished enthusiasm on Vick's absence. "There's more white people in the crowd now. When Vick was in there, it was almost totally black," Chambers said, exaggerating to illustrate his point.
Chambers added that he was coming around on Vick, though, and ex-Falcon linebacker Jesse Tuggle is doing a hard sell on some of the former ticket holders who dropped the team once Mike got the boot. It's working, apparently, as more and more black people are returning to the Georgia Dome to root on the team. And here's a fantastic, ridiculous kicker to the piece that goes a little overboard to show the progress being made:
After an impressive play by Ryan at a recent game , an African-American fan seated near her belted out the highest form of praise: "Go, Vanilla Vick!"
And that's how a nickname is born... Ryan and Falcons Are Winning Back Fans Who Left With Vick [NYT]And just in case you didn't see all the black people in the stands at the Georgia Dome, Deadspin commenter Pedro Cuatro Cinco, who's counted and circled them for us in the Times' photo.

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Guy Uses GPS Data On Mobile Phone To Get Out Of A Speeding Ticket
from the now-that's-how-it's-done dept
I then presented my time stamped GPS data with details about my average moving speed and maximum speed during my short drive home. Both numbers were well within the posted speed limits.Perhaps it's time to start tracking my driving habits on my phone...
I also made it clear to the judge that I had no other prior driving records or violations. After a lengthy pause, the judge asked how I obtained the GPS tracking information. I provided a detailed explanation about my new awesome smart phone, the application in use, and how I exported the data. After questioning whether the data was reliable, I mentioned the in progress Sonoma County Superior Court trial regarding the same matter about the credibility of both technologies.
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It's a shame what happened to Travis Browne. On that much, I think we can all agree.
There he was, an unbeaten UFC heavyweight riding a three-fight win streak, looking good in the opening seconds of his bout with Antonio "Bigfoot" Silva, and then he felt a strange sensation somewhere in the back of his left thigh.
"When it first popped, I thought he had kicked me in the back of the leg," Browne told MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com). "It felt like a dead leg at first. I thought, that was kind of weird."
When he tried to put his weight on that leg, Browne realized his balance was gone. When he tried to punch, he "ended up halfway across the cage." This was the first round of a heavyweight fight. Still more than 10 minutes to go, and with a very large Brazilian on two working legs closing in on him.
"It was a very confusing time in my life," Browne deadpanned.
Here's where we get to something that is unique about combat sports, both by the nature of the competition and also by the culture that surrounds them. If Browne were a pro basketball player, for example, and he'd just blown out his hamstring on the opening play of the game – even a big game, even Game 7 of the NBA Finals – there's little question what he'd do. You've seen it enough times that you can easily picture it: He hobbles over to the bench, motions for the training staff, maybe plops down in a folding chair, and puts a towel over his face. How frustrating. But hey, maybe it's not so serious and he'll be ready to go by the second half. Even if not, well, it's not like anybody blames him for getting hurt. It's not like he went out there and lost the game for his team by virtue of tearing his hamstring. It's just bad luck.
That's not how it works with pro fighting, as Browne's situation reminds us. You don't get to call timeout and grab a seat on the bench. Or rather, you do, but the moment you look at the ref and tell him you're too hurt to continue, that's the moment you add a loss to your record. On paper, it's as if you tapped out to a choke. A loss is a loss is a loss.
Then there's the question of what people will say about you when it's over.
After all, they showed up to watch you fight. Many of them paid for the privilege. There's an implicit bargain in that, and it's one fighters understand. While it would be reasonable for two guys sparring in a gym or even fighting for fun in a backyard to stop when one of them breaks something, in a professional fight there's a different standard at work. Break your jaw, as Stefan Struve did in the process of getting floored by a Mark Hunt haymaker, and fine, you can stop. Break your hand, and we're a little less forgiving. Tear a hamstring, and you're going to catch some heat for calling things off.
All these concerns, among others, went through Browne's mind in the seconds after he realized that he was fighting on one leg.
"At that point, there's a big choice to make," Browne explained. "I think Chael [Sonnen] said it on 'The Ultimate Fighter.' You have the choice to fail. You have that choice. You've seen guys go out and hurt their knee or whatever, and they just fall over and go, 'I can't do it anymore.' I could have done that, but that's not who I am. I'm going to push through and see what I can do, see if I can hurt him, and who knows, maybe get a 'Rocky' victory."
But then, there's a reason Browne had to reference a fictional character when calculating how he was going to win that fight. In real life, your odds of beating a guy like Silva on one leg aren't so great. In real life, that's how you get knocked out.
That's what happened to Browne. Silva saw he was hurt and took advantage. Next thing Browne knew, he had two enormous fists coming his way and a time when there wasn't much he could do about it. His decision to fight on through the injury got him beat up. It also resulted in his first loss as a professional. Only instead of his record showing TKO (injury) as the result, it says TKO (punches). If you didn't see the fight and didn't know the story, you'd see that and think that he'd just been straight-up beaten.
Weirdly, that's how Browne has to think of it, he said. He has to tell himself that he got beaten by Silva, and not by a torn hamstring.
"I just take it as a loss, honestly," he said. "There's no other way to take it. If you make excuses for yourself, you're never going to grow. You have to man up, grab your sack, and say you lost that fight."
And when Silva went on to beat Alistair Overeem in his next fight, which resulted in him getting a shot at UFC heavyweight champ Cain Velasquez, Browne admitted that his mind briefly drifted back to that hamstring injury. If that hadn't happened, would he be getting that title shot right now?
"You can't help but think that," he said. "I thought about that for about two minutes, and then I stopped thinking about it because I was getting angry. All the what ifs started to set in. I hate taking the victory away from Antonio, because he beat me. I don't want to use the hamstring as an excuse. That's why I take it as a loss – so I can move on. He beat me."
But even if you can say that at the moment, what do you say afterward? In Browne's case, one of the things he said that earned him some flack from fans was when he was caught on one of Dana White's video blogs after the loss telling the UFC president that Silva couldn't beat him "on [his] worst day." According to Browne, several helpful commenters soon pointed out to him that this was his worst day, or at least very close to it, and the result was a TKO win for Silva.
The thing is, Browne doesn't necessarily disagree with them. But he also doesn't see how he could say anything else after that loss – maybe even any loss – and still be the kind of person you have to be in order to fight in a cage for a living. He has to think he'd beat Silva in a rematch, he said, just like he has to think he'd beat anyone in the UFC.
"Everybody's going to believe that about themselves," Browne said. "They have to. Otherwise, you'd be sitting in the bleachers. You're not going to be in the UFC. Every guy in this company thinks he's the baddest motherf—er around. You cannot go into any fight, get whooped on in any fight, and say, well, he's just better than me. You can't admit that to yourself. That's not me. I can beat any person in this division on any given day. I know I can."
Maybe that's another way combat sports are unique. You can admit to yourself that you're not the best basketball player in the NBA and still find the confidence to lace up your Nikes night after night. You could probably even admit that you're not the best at your particular position, and still you can make millions and have a great career.
You can also hobble off the court if and when you need to, grab a breather and sip on one of those little green Gatorade cups. There'll be another quarter, another game, maybe even another season. That's not how it works in MMA, where you spend two or three months preparing for one night, and there's not a lot of sympathy to be found if your body betrays you in there. In order to step into the cage convinced that it's not going to happen to you – or at least that it's not going to happen again – you've got to tell yourself something.
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Arctic Cooling Freezer 11 LP Review
Arctic cooling has just released a slim/HTPC case compatible CPU cooler called the Freezer 11 LP (LP = Low Profile). It is completely designed for short/narrow cases that require a better cooling option than is provided by a stock Intel heatsink. This cooler is only compatible with the Intel socket 775/1156 motherboard. It uses a dual heat-pipe design to transfer the heat away from the processor and removes it with a 92mm silent PWM controlled fan. The mounting on this cooler is a variation of a push pin and is a very simple and easy solution that works extremely well.
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The packaging of the Freezer 11 LP is a plastic clam shell encasement indicative of a retail package with the cooler and mounting hardware enclosed. From the top you get a birds eye view of the cooler through the clear plastic. The accompanying cardboard sleeve has the specifications and features listed as well as the compatibility information so you can verify that this cooler will indeed fit your application.
The mounting hardware that is included with this cooler is very simple and very effective. You just place the mounting bar across two motherboard mounting holes and insert the white pins, then push the black adapters into the white pins to secure it to the motherboard. The heatsink is then secured from the top with the 4 mounting screws that are threaded into the black bars previously secured to the motherboard. Pretty simplistic and effective variation of the push pin design.


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I won?t get a chance to fish much this season. I will however make the most of the days I have on the water!
One of the highlights of the season will be a stint on my home waters with Liliane?s Girls! I offered a weekend of fishing to the Gals at Christmas so we?ll be up on the water in early September! Now to get them ready.


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The Walking Dead has won over 70 Game of the Year awards, and many would agree that it was quite refreshing to see a zombie-based game that focused more on characterization and emotion than action.
However, as the trophy cabinets slowly begin to gather dust, there are a growing number of gamers who are left feeling rather disgruntled about their treatment from Telltale Games which has proved that a great game can be undermined by unreliability and bad after-sales support.
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Bad speling.
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Skip to comments.New Trier Daycare Center Raises Eyebrows (Illinois) Some Critics Say Perk For Teachers Is Excessive
Posted on 09/04/2010 1:15:21 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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New Trier Daycare Center Raises Eyebrows
Some Critics Say Perk For Teachers Is Excessive During Tough Times, But Superintendent Says It Will Help Retain The Best Educators
Got A Concern? Send It To Jay Levine Reporting Jay Levine WINNETKA, Ill. (CBS) ―
They're at it again, say North Shore taxpayers.
The same school district that had its $174 million renovation referendum roundly defeated by voters just spent more than $500,000 on a daycare facility exclusively for teachers' kids.
CBS 2 Chief Correspondent Jay Levine went out to see what that kind of money buys and why.
With the snip of a blue ribbon Friday, a 30-year dream for New Trier teachers became a reality: a state-of-the-art day care center for their children.
The facility will take care of infants as young as six weeks old and preschoolers as old as 5. It cost nearly $700,000 to build out and furnish. And most New Trier taxpayers didn't know a thing about it.
"That's completely wrong," one resident said. "I don't get a discount on daycare, and my kids go to New Trier."
But Superintendent Linda Yonke, who led the dedication, called it well worth it.
"I know that the people of this community want to have the very best teachers, and this is something that will help us attract and retain the very best teachers," she said.
Critic Herb Sorock counters: "It isn't as though the district is wanting for applications here for new positions -- there's hundreds for every one."
In exchange for their day care center, teachers will work two extra days without pay this year -- a $450,000 benefit, the district says. But instructors won't be in classrooms with kids. Instead, they'll be in meetings with each other -- so-called professional development days.
There will be six of those this year instead of the usual four.
Yonke is coming off a bruising battle over a proposed $174 million renovation of New Trier's Winnetka campus. Voters overwhelmingly rejected that project.
For the daycare project, the rent-free space will help the private operator keep down costs to teachers. But it's drawing a similar negative reaction at a time when just down the street from the Northfield campus, "for sale" signs dot lawn after lawn, testifying to tough times for those paying the school district bills.
"There's no such thing as too much money spent in the school," Sorock said.
There's no question it's is a first-class facility. That's the New Trier way. The question some taxpayers ask is whether they can afford it.
CBS 2 found only one other government agency, Cook County, that is subsidizing employees' daycare by giving an operator free rent and users a break on cost. No other North Shore school districts do.
Contributing: CBS 2 Political Producer Ed Mashall.
Supertintendent Linda Yonke, left, cuts the ribbon Friday for a new daycare center for teachers' children.
In exchange for their day care center, teachers will work two extra days without pay this year -- a $450,000 benefit, the district says. But instructors won't be in classrooms with kids. Instead, they'll be in meetings with each other -- so-called professional development days.
There will be six of those this year instead of the usual four. CBS
I believe Winnetka (on suburban Chicago's North Shore) is one of the top ten wealthiest suburbs in the country. This doesn't surprise me. Move on, nothing to see here.......
Oh oh! I see it coming! Government regulations for all day care centers. Communist countries like to get them while still in diapers!
"In exchange for their day care center, teachers will work two extra days without pay this year..." I knew this was coming: "But instructors won't be in classrooms with kids. Instead, they'll be in meetings with each other — so-called professional development days."
"Oh oh! I see it coming! Government regulations for all day care centers. "
This is happening. The govt. is starting to focus on faith-based daycare centers.
That may be on the agenda, but here I think you are missing which cup the pea is under. The issue here is special facilities for state employees, paid for by the public, but unavailable to the public. Next they'll have special, deluxe medical clinics for teachers and other state employees (just like for Congress). No illegal aliens allowed. No commoners, either.
That's right, but due to it's tax base and ability to pay high salaries for the "best" (aka furthest-left) teachers, New Trier has long held the opinion that it's defecation does not emit any odor.
yes, I believe it is called "$hitting vanilla...." or something similar. This is also the suburb where back in 1988 a mentally deranged woman held hostage kids in one of their public grade schools, shooting and killing one of the children before later killing herself. Life isn't as rosy as one might seem there; the North Shore has one of the higher student suicide rates in the country.
Incidentally, this was the Ferris Bueller's high school.
A list of Illinois public school teachers salary.
New Trier District 203
Check it out...and barf.
IIRC Glenbrook North.
New Trier's reputation as a strong academic school is well established. I remember (back in the 60's and 70's) people moving to the Northshore, figuring that they were saving money by not having to send their kiddies to an expensive prep school in the city.
(The prep schools were also very hard to get into).
That I didn't address that segment of the issue, does not mean that I missed it. I certainly agree that teachers should not have special access to child care unless they pay for it, as the rest of the population must. Otherwise the actual costs should be added to their W2 forms as actual income.
I repeat my post #3. It is coming.
As pp stated there are significant government regulations for private daycares. The question will be if the government entities excuse themselves from their own regulations. Our school district in CO just added a before and after school care program, but the program can't accept CPAC (welfare payments for childcare)kids because it doesn't meet the government standards for a child care center!
Oops...should be CCAP instead of CPAC
Don't you love how government agencies don't hold themselves to their own developed standards which they thrust upon the private industry?!!!
"There's no such thing as too much money spent in the school," Sorock said.Typical educrat thinking and the root of a good deal of the troubles with schools today.
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Grantt needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 40 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
Herd of Nerds - We come to you
We run a mobile computer repair company in Perth Australia. We save you the inconvenience of having to unplug your computer and carry it down to a store. We come to you and most of the time can fix it quickly onsite.
We love computers and try to solve your problems quickly onsite and in plain english.
We currently run http://www.repairs-computer.com.au but will be changing the domain name over to http://www.herdofnerds.com.au after we find a logo.
Our clients range from babyboomers who's kids have left home and are not so confident with computers to service smaller size businesses with no need for permanent inhouse IT. This market also likes to have the computer fixed onsite and not have to unplug everything. They expect fast, mostly same day turnaround.
We are looking for clean, simple fonts.
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Keywords are mobile and nerd.
Our tag line is : We come to you or Mobile Computer Repairs
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Chicago, October 18, 2011
On October 10-12, the CTBUH joined 1,008 tall building professionals from around the world at the Council's 2011 World Conference in Seoul, South Korea. A full report on the Seoul Conference, featuring photos, videos, and presentation reports has been published.
Having listened to 145 international speakers over the course of three days presenting on various topics related to tall buildings and urban habitat, it is safe to say that if we had to pick one word that sums up the CTBUH 2011 Seoul Conference, it is "optimism." As the 2009 Chicago Conference was mostly focused on how the global financial crisis was going to impact tall buildings; and the 2010 Mumbai Conference centered on how tall buildings can help communities face the challenges of a fast developing metropolis; this conference very much looked forward to a future in which tall buildings are becoming taller, greener, safer and better than ever before. Cityscape seen from N Seoul Tower
Perhaps the best reflection of the conference theme of Why Tall was the final question that was posed to a panel of tall building experts during the closing session, asking the fundamental yet often evasive proposition "how tall can we go?" Even though some tried to share insights as to what the areas of limitation are when it comes to maximum height, no one dared to give a precise and definitive answer. But of course, no one really knows the answer to that question. After all, the tall building is still growing up, both literally and figuratively. As such, the conference affirmed a statement made by the new CTBUH chairman Timothy Johnson, who stated that in many ways modern tall building design may be in just its rambunctious teenage years: "It's exciting, naïve, but still has room to mature. The future is bright as the world continues to grow, people continue to flock to cities for opportunity and a life style which is rich in diversity and energy."
In keeping with the conference theme, keynote presentations delivered by three world-renowned architects portrayed the ideas and inspirations that have shaped their approach to tall buildings today. Adrian Smith explained how he took the ideas behind Mies van der Rohe's three-legged design for Berlin's Friedrichstrasse Competition in 1921 and developed them into what is now, and will be, the world's tallest buildings. Daniel Libeskind stressed how he aspires to design buildings that by themselves create a variety of spaces while integrating the buildings into the existing urban context. And Bill Pederson discussed how art has been a major influence during his extraordinary career, which has spanned six decades of tall building design, with a strong focus on what he referred to as the "social response" of the tall building.
An impressive line-up of structural engineers also took the main stage. Dennis Poon of Thornton Tomasetti and Ahmad Abdelrazaq of Samsung C&T Corporation meticulously led their audience through some of the details of the structural design of PingAn IFC in Shenzhen and Burj Khalifa in Dubai respectively, while former CTBUH chairman David Scott of Arup stressed the importance of globally recognized performance checks when it comes to the structure of supertall buildings. Kim S. Joon, CEO of Korean Engineering and Construction Company Ssangyong, presented on the Raffles City Complex and the Marina Bay Sands project in Singapore, two projects which not only symbolize the development of the company, but also the development of the city.
But these are just some of the highlights of what was presented during the 2011 Seoul Conference, as many international speakers presented on an incredible number of interesting issues and topics. We have already started to process this information in order to make it all available. This will also include reports of all the conference sessions and the others items on the full three-day agenda, such as the eight technical tours to various projects during the afternoon of the second day of the conference; results of the very successful First CTBUH International Student Design Competition; the activities of the various working groups and committees of the CTBUH; and the inauguration of the new chairman of the CTBUH (whilst also expressing the CTBUH's much deserved gratitude to the outgoing chairman).
The beautiful setting of the conference was largely the result of the efforts of the now-immediate-past-chairman Prof. Sang Dae Kim who invited the CTBUH to his hometown of Seoul to host the 2011 CTBUH Conference when he initially became chairman in 2009. He and his tremendous team of conference organizers, supporters and local advisors from various organizations, especially the Korean Chapter of the Council on Tall Building and Urban Habitat, organized the conference. Thanks to their efforts, we were not only able to share the latest knowledge, insights and information about what's happening in the international tall building world, but it also created an opportunity to reconnect with old friends and professionals, and to make many new relationships during the event. It was a great pleasure to enjoy rich Korean culture and hospitality and to experience the bustling city of Seoul first hand.
The CTBUH would like to thank all sponsors, organizations and individuals who helped make the 2011 Seoul Conference another successful event. We will be posting all photos , videos and pdf's of presentations to the conference section of the CTBUH website in the next few weeks. For those that unfortunately were not able to attend, you can look forward to another CTBUH gathering in Asia as we now gear up for the 2012 Congress in Shanghai!


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Over the years, investors are bombarded with buzzwords and investment fads. Distinguishing barbell investing from a top-down approach, the men in suits would have you believe, is essential to turning a profit.
Wise investors, of course, mostly ignore this bunkum. Yet occasionally, a concept is worth a fair hearing. "Quality stocks" might be one such case. Why? Well, because it seems to work.
The performance of shares that meet the "quality" mark has been impressive, soaring above the wider market.
Andrew Lapthorne, a well regarded analyst at Societe Generale, produced some recent analysis that was largely responsible for drumming up much of the recent interest in quality stocks.
It concluded that a basket of these shares had delivered total returns that have averaged 11.6pc per year since 1990, more than double the return of the global equity market – and with fewer highs and lows along the way.
The returns versus the wider market have been even more impressive since 2000. Stock markets have gone nowhere, but on quality street, prices are two-and-a-half times higher.
So what makes for quality?
Definitions vary but at the broadest level, it is shares that have decent yields but also have the financial firepower under the bonnet to keep paying them. All too often, a company can offer enticing income, but then fail to deliver on this because it simply doesn't generate enough money to pay shareholders.
The argument is also that companies paying high dividends deliver better returns – because the money is not squandered on acquisitions driven by a power-crazed boardroom but handed back to valued investors.
More technically, something called the Piotroski F-Score is applied (now I'm spreading jargon). This is a nine-point set of rules developed by the Stanford University professor Joseph Piotroski.
Once you have a list of high-yielding, cheap stocks, it takes the screening much further to establish the company's debt situation, how genuinely profitable it is and its efficiency. Essentially, it sniffs out the companies that are genuinely making money and exposes those that have just created a façade of success.
Mr Lapthorne produced his own SG Quality Income Index for those in the Square Mile. But in the new age of DIY investors, we can all take advantage. Stockopedia.co.uk, an innovative website, has developed a whole range of notional portfolios based on different ways of investing. It recently launched one – the Quality Income Screen – based on the criteria set out by the SocGen strategy team.
Over one year, it has risen nearly 35pc compared to a 15pc rise for the FTSE 100. However, the pool of stocks that make the grade is shrinking.
Ed Page Croft, the Stockopedia chief executive, told me: "A year ago, there were 18-20 in this set of stocks. Now there are only 10." But if this method is so foolproof, why isn't everyone following it?
"The trouble is most fund managers are just juggling career risk," Mr Page Croft said. "They feel the need to stick with large stocks and momentum stocks, those that have been rising, and then they won't fall to far behind what everyone else is doing."
What we all want to know is which UK stocks pass the test? Stockopedia usually charges investors £25 a month to access that information. But for Your Money readers, it has shared the full list. Those that pass the SocGen test, with a market size larger than £800m and yield of more than 4pc, include Centrica (4.71pc yield), Talktalk Telecom (5.3pc), J Sainsbury (4.7pc), Tesco (4.5pc), GlaxoSmithKline (4.6pc) and British American Tobacco (4.4pc).
Among mid-cap stocks, there is Ladbrokes (4.4pc), media company UBM (5.3pc), WHSmith (4.32pc) and, perhaps most surprisingly, Russian gold and silver miner Polymetal International. Neither Russia nor the mining industry are known for offering investors stability.
But every investment theory throws up surprises. The crucial point is that wise ways of investing are becoming accessible. Expensive fund managers should be looking over their shoulders.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Middle blocker Jewell Dobson and outside hitter Lauren Ford have both been named to the All-South Region Division I Team by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA).
Dobson and Ford are the first Lipscomb Lady Bisons to earn spots on the team since outside hitter Alex Kelly and setter Stefine "Jake" Pease were named to the team in both 2009 and 2010.
"It is a great honor for both of them," Lipscomb coach Brandon Rosenthal said. "It is not like we have had thousands of these.
"It is a pretty special thing to have another two players named. And not only that, but they are both juniors who have had fantastic years. You start to realize what we are doing on a national scale with awards like this."
Dobson and Ford both broke the 1,000 career kills barrier this season.
Dobson was named Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Year and was also a member of the All-Conference First Team and the A-Sun All-Tournament team.
Ford was also picked as a member of the A-Sun All-Conference First Team and the All-Tournament Team.
Dobson was ranked in the top 10 in NCAA Division I for most of the season in both kills and points per set. Dobson led the conference overall in hitting percentage (.378) and kills per set (4.53). Her 507 kills are the second most ever by a Lipscomb player in a single season.
In conference matches Dobson was second with a .386 hitting percentage, trailing teammate Molly Spitznagle who led with a .420. Dobson was first in kills per set in conference matches with 4.56.
Ford was third overall in kills per set (3.77) and finished with 422 kills. Ford was ninth in conference matches only with a .280 hitting percentage and fourth with 3.98 kills per set.
"Jewell had a phenomenal year, not just within the conference or within the region, but nationally," Rosenthal said. "It is a lot of fun to see Lauren in that mix because with Jewell and Dot (Caitlin Dotson) she was probably overshadowed a bit."
Only four of the 14 South Region team members did not play for a Southeastern Conference team. Members of AVCA select the teams.
"They have been recognized not just by people in our conference, but people outside of our conference," Rosenthal said. "We had no idea that Jewell and Lauren would be connected with each other like this volleyball-wise. They were given opportunities and they both took them and ran with them."
Dobson and Ford both started for the Lady Bisons as freshmen and were members of the 2011 A-Sun Championship team. Like Kelly and Pease, the names Dobson and Ford are always going to be spoken of often in the same breath when discussing Lipscomb volleyball.
"They both continue to get better," Rosenthal said. "Players who get a chance to play their freshman year don't necessarily always get better. That is one of my favorite things about both of them. They have continued to get better. They are two of the top players in the conference.
"On a side note, I was just talking to the girls and it is neat to see complete strangers become best friends and know that you had a part in that. They are going to be friends for life."


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Program gets $1.4B more to build Ospreys in Texas
AMARILLO, Texas (AP) — The Navy has added $1.4 billion to a Bell-Boeing contract to build 22 V-22 Ospreys in Texas.
The Amarillo Globe-News (http://bit.ly/RsZUig ) reported Tuesday that the contact modification includes fiscal 2013 funding for 17 MV-22s, the Marine Corps Osprey version, and four CV-22s for Air Force Special Operations.
Bell-Boeing is a joint venture between Textron Inc.'s Bell helicopter business and Boeing Co. The U.S. military plans to use the tilt-rotor aircraft to replace older CH-46 helicopters.
More than 10 percent of the work will be performed in Amarillo, where Bell Helicopter also assembles utility and attack choppers for the military. Navy officials say about 25 percent of the work will be done in Fort Worth.
The deal also provides funding to help build 19 MV-22s and 18 CV-22s in fiscal 2014.


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1.The First One – 2:13
2.The Best Day – 2:22
3.Corporate Business Progress – 2:05
Collection of my motivational corporate music tracks
This pack will provide for commercial presentations, public service announcements, branded events, promo video, websites
Good luck to you in promoting your products and services!
Success Begins with Hope – sweet, gentle and melodic corporate track.
Corporate Pride – beautiful, noble, motivational audio.
Night Walk On a Little Cloud – romantic, sentimental, cinema sound.
Cheerful Clapping Whistler – happy and positive track.
Tears of Pride on a Pedestal – sensual, heartfelt and touching corporate music
Night Route – leisurely, melodic and haunting audio
Business Dream Team – inspiring, corporate, commercial sound
Fashion Party – rhythmic and dancing track
Achievements and Success – proud, corporate audio
Successful Business Journey – bright, melodic, uplifting background
Happy Smiling Family – home, bouncy and happy music


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Voice of Blue Devils
new autobiography by award-winning sports announcer Bob Harris reveals an interesting history of Duke athletics, high jinks and celebrity appearances. Harris, the Voice of the Duke Blue Devils for football and men's basketball for 36 years, began behind the mic in his hometown of Albemarle and became the official sportscaster for Duke in 1976. He has broadcast 383 consecutive football games and 1,147 basketball games, including 12 Final Four games and 4 NCAA titles (entering the 2010–2011 season). His stories are told with home-spun enthusiasm and recount his school years, career choices and what it has been like to work with talented athletes. More than 100 photographs show Harris at various stages along the way. "How Sweet It Is, From the Cotton Mill to the Crow's Nest" includes an 80-minute CD with play-by-play calls Harris made, as well as interviews with the likes of Red Skelton and Muhammad Ali. Hardcover, 381 pages, $39.95. Self-published, and available at select N.C. bookstores and the website below.


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...with several pages. Each page has a unique QR Code. Each QR Code will link to a specific video. - The app control webcam to read QR code then load and play video whenever user flip the page (QR code changes). If no action from user, just loop current video or play default video. Reference this video: [đăng nhập để xem URL] Hardware: - Webcam: Logitech
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...prospect. We are looking for a business writer to create the template that we can input analysis findings, solutions and the benefits to each client based on the HR audit. Then flip back to the writer to professionally complete (without appearing cookie cut) to the leadership of the organizations that we serve. CEO,CFO,COO are our audience,. We also like
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I want to develop a coin flip and jackpot website. I want the currency not to be money but something called VGO skins (that people can deposit their skins onto the site and use them for coinflip and jackpot. I want to receive a 3% commission or whatever is closest to that number without going over 3% (might even be 0%). The two sites similar to this
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I have written a local history book and wish to host it on a website. It is not a commercial venture. The book is not for sale. It has lots of illustrat...history book and wish to host it on a website. It is not a commercial venture. The book is not for sale. It has lots of illustrations and is 220pages in length. I would like a flip page arrangement.
I need a responsive website. I would like it designed and built.
We are needing to build a small animation for part of a conference presentation. We would like to use various images to build a jigsaw anim...animation for part of a conference presentation. We would like to use various images to build a jigsaw animation in the shape of Australia. We would then like that jigsaw to flip and reveal a different image.
I need some graphic design.. I have already designed all pages. but I need it as a magazine، I can flip the pages with sample design to be attractive. U will use the same data I have (just copy paste) .
I need high quality JPG digital files of images that are - 8 x 10 inches (300dpi) Please place the flowers in the link below images on the attached background. Flip the [đăng nhập để xem URL]:Vintage_Flower_illustration_by_Pierre-Joseph_Redouté,[đăng nhập để xem URL] [đăng nhập để xem URL]:Vintag
...LEVEL) will be for the turning on pumps 4th level float (HIGH HIGH LEVEL) will be for the turning on pumps (in case that the third level float is corrupted) Pump must work in FLIP/FLOP mode, each time must be turned ON different pump. In case that one pump is corrupted then other pump must be always turned on when HIGH LEVEL will come. Each pump must
Hi, We need a graphic designer for a small kiosk-based app that we're designing. It's a 3-of-a-kind game whereby the customer needs to flip 3 of 9 cards in attempt to make a match. The designer should be ready immediately for 1-2 hours work today. please get in contact for more info. Many thanks, Joe
...iPhone and iPad mobile app that can reverse the screen; horizontally swap/flip (Mirror Image) the contents of the entire device screen, left to right, including text, video, everything, on a smartphone, iPod, iPad or tablet. When this app is started, I need simple way to flip the screen between normal and reversed (mirror image), perhaps a visible "button"
..."AND", "OR". Reset will remove all subselections and bring it back to showing all the posts. "AND" will mean that ALL the tags chosen need to be in the post listed. "OR" will flip the logic to show all posts that have ANY of the tags chosen I can provide my entire skeleton codebase for you to work on top off, as I would like this feature integrate...
...inspired flip flop range called Salteez in South Africa. I need funky fun and colourful visual advertisement for social media and my website. Must be OCEAN theme or SCUBA DIVE theme POP ART FUN COLORFULL 5. can also be pop art 6. Salteez Flip Flops must me in the art 8. Make sure to spell the name correct please - SALTEEZ FLIP FLOPS Attached
I need an illustration of drag performer Miss Coco Peru as a Halloween witch. Coco Peru is known for her red hair with bang and a flip so that must be part of the image. The image must also reflect the Halloween theme; night, full moon, black cat, broom etc. The illustration does not need to have every single prop, just enough to clearly showcase the
My client is opening an eyelash and hair extension business. She would like her logo to be able...eyelash and hair extension business. She would like her logo to be able to move. NOT like a gif, where it would repeat itself over and over again. The business name is Wink & Flip She wants the image to be a woman winking and then flipping her hair.
Need a 1280X1280 cover poster for a website homepage - for an eco friendly flip flop brand,. and need 8 small universal logos like - biodegrdable, 100% natural, anti slip, free shipping etc. all of the above 8 signs should be under one theme, so that they dont look different.
Flip book shall have the following features: Flip functionality: The PDF shall flip like a book. Right protected: The user will not be able to copy the content or the package elements. Bookmarks: The user shall be able to bookmark pages Search: User can search for text in the magazine. The search results will be displayed in a sidebar with links
Hello i'm looking to make a csgo/h1z1/vgo/dota 2 gambling site that I would like to have roulette,jackpot and coin flip. I'm gonna need 1 DEDICATED HTML CODER 1 DEDICATED STEAM API CODER 1 DEDICATED JAVA CODER
Fix and flip project ( residential). Open floor need bathroom, and master bedroom /bathroom [đăng nhập để xem URL] need cabinets installed all walls are gone but framing is still up.
Need an expert in xilinx vivado Projects are based on digital systems on topics such as Multiplexers Flip flops registers Counters Clock dividers Please contact for project instructions and further details
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Hi . I am looking for a simple controller for unity3d. need a cube when it jump it flip the cube in air. and if double jump then it double flip the cube. Looking forward to discuss further.
...immediately using the law and a government agency. My wife is a survivor of extremely aggressive sexual abuse. Could a non-profit book (#WETOO) be written that provides the flip-side point of view to the #METOO movement? 100% sympathetic but containing a rational point of view reflecting a centrist vision that is not politically weaponized. The book
Hello, I am looki...site. Design and provably fair should be involved. I want a basic jackpot where you can deposit skins through steam. I also want a coinflip section. I want fresh design and a flip animation. After each player win a 10 % of the skins will be taken before sending out their wins with a trade offer. Thanks for reading Regards Simon.
... □ Manage and edit video files as rename, delete or move them. □ Easy control of brightness, volume, playback, resize, speed. □ Shuffle, repeat, background, mirror mode - flip the video to learn the dance, resume video playback from the last position. □ Quickly scan all video files on your device and SD card automatically. □ Floating screen, Watch
Hi i have purchased the theme (see attached) and i want to flip the website to support RTL by default , if you are able to do it within in 24 hours please propose me thanks
Need a eCommerce website for shopping (example: flip kart, amazon) include Travelling (E.g Book my trip) .
I would like two kinds of 3D models that can be articulated (i.e., a cuboid, and a square cube to flip, flop and rotate) When clicking on the particular area, I want students to see the highlighted Points, Lines, Surfaces, and the relation between Points, Lines, or Surfaces The relation between Surfaces (parallel and vertical lines and surfaces) will
... A few quick notes about the situation: The website is hosted on WPengine & has a valid ssl certificate issued through them. I utilize maxcdn & cloudflare for cdn. I can flip a switch through WPengine and the site will be forced to use https. The issue I'm running into as I switched things over to https is with the site's wordpress plugins. Some
I would like it to be able to be played on computers and ipads, we could start with computers first. i can share the picture of the bull...ipads, we could start with computers first. i can share the picture of the bullseye , the circles represent where the point totals would go. Clicking on the points would flip the circle to reveal the question.
I need you to write some articles. I don't need Article I need someone to help me get my first freelancer project. help me with it. if someone could just flip their projects to me we could share the price and I will do the whole work
Need a developer to build Single page web application that takes purchase requisitions and converts them to purchase orders and then flip them to invoice. Technologies to be used are 1. React as front end 2. MySQL as DB 3. node js as server side coding.
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Honestly, when eating out, I never think about whether my food was prepared by a female or male chef — until now.
I knew things could be rough and tumbly back in the kitchen. I've had clients working as line cooks with hopes of being a chef someday.
They came to our meetings with nasty burns on their wrists and barely able to stay awake.
Sometimes I park myself at that counter where a restaurant lets you eat inches from the comings and goings of food making and observe the chaotic rhythm of saut�ing, grilling, frying, passing, placing, dripping, dropping and shouting. It's intense.
But thanks to Charlotte Druckman's new book "Skirt Steak: Women Chefs on Standing the Heat and Staying in the Kitchen," I have a deeper appreciation for the work overall and how women chefs prevail in this cut-throat, male-dominated industry.
She examines the stages of and influences on a chef's career through the experiences of 73 women. Think of it as 73 unfettered informational interviews.
What does it take to make it?
The traits are fascination with food and the desire to communicate through this particular medium, the author says.
It also takes physical and mental endurance.
"It takes a very strong physicality (and) a strong mind to be able to work the hours and get pummeled physically in the way that you do," Chef Liza Shaw says.
Chef Ann Cashion points out that "most of the women who thrived in her kitchen were those who had played team sports, excelled athletically, or possessed physical confidence," Druckman writes. The idea "that they are physically capable of enduring so much" made them "better equipped to handle life in the galley."
It takes sacrifice.
"I've given up everything to become a chef and do what I do ... holidays ... family ... to know and live food, and to be able to now, somewhat, create freely," Chef Waylynn Lucas says.
What used to bother chef Gina DePalma most was always feeling "like I had to sacrifice my femininity," such as nurturing. "You have to buy into the whole 'pretend to be one of the boys.' "
To get along in a galley, women cooks frequently have had to choose between "acting like a man (renouncing all vestiges of femaleness) or becoming invisible," the author says.
It requires the ability to operate under pressure.
It's "hard to sleep at night when you actually do get the hours to sleep," chef Melissa Perello says. You never stop thinking of how your food is presented and how customers and peers receive it.
Partially, she says that's "related to being a woman in the industry and being surrounded by other male chefs."
Chef Shuna Lydon recalls this piece of advice from a female line cook: "Just know this: You're going to work twice as hard for half the respect."
It takes a thick skin.
"There's a lot of offensive stuff said in the kitchen," chef Stephanie Izard says. "That's what seems to trip most women up."
Like many male-dominated professions, it's easier these days to be a female in the professional kitchen than it used to be, Druckman says.
"Doors for professional kitchens are now slightly open to women," says food writer and author Jennifer Rubell, in an AOL On Food video. But, "Restaurant cooking is still basically the province of men."
Pastry chef Heather Bertinetti says the only way to survive "is if I know I can go toe to toe" with the men — to stick up for myself — and make my mark."
DePalma says it takes a long time to be old enough and confident enough to say, "You know, I'm not one of the boys and that's what I'm bringing to the kitchen, bozo."
The professional kitchen is hard, hard work for anyone.
Rubell adds, "The people who do it are my heroes."
Mine too.
Career consultant Andrea Kay is the author of "Life's a Bitch and Then You Change Careers: 9 steps to get out of your funk and on to your future," www.andreakay.com or www.lifesabitchchangecareers.com. Write to her in care of USA TODAY/Gannett, 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, Va. 22108. Email: firstname.lastname@example.com. Twitter: @AndreaKayCareer. Facebook: facebook.com/AndreaKayCareerAdvice.
The kitchen can be a rough and tumble workplace
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A new GAO report finds that there are 104 prison facilities where those still imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay could be moved with no real risk to anyone's security. My former colleague Spencer Ackerman has some of the details:
As Danger Room first reported last month, Feinstein asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to look into the practicalities of where to house Guantanamo's detainee population. Its findings, released late Wednesday: The Justice Department operates 98 prisons suitable for holding individuals convicted on terrorism charges; and the military runs six more. But the report also makes clear that it's not as simple as moving the detainees from one holding facility to another: Not only would the law have to change, but non-terrorism prisoners would likely have to be moved, and the federal prisons are already seriously overcrowded.
"This report demonstrates that if the political will exists, we could finally close Guantanamo without imperiling our national security," Feinstein said in a prepared statement. "The United States already holds 373 individuals convicted of terrorism in 98 facilitates across the country. As far as I know, there hasn't been a single security problem reported in any of these cases."The GAO study Feinstein requested is rigorously agnostic on whether Guantanamo ought to be closed. Accordingly, it doesn't make any recommendations. And the numerous operational difficulties it highlights for imprisoning the remaining 166 Guantanamo detainees in federal or military prisons show it's not just a matter of pure political will.
Still, the study points to the inherent physical similarities between Guantanamo and federal prisons. Camp Six, for instance, the newest detention center and the one holding some two-thirds of the remaining Gitmo population, is "designed after the layout of a U.S. county jail, and it consists of eight indoor climate-controlled, two-story housing units that each contain 22 individual cells and one large common area." Nor is Guantanamo a hub for intelligence anymore: Since the facility hasn't admitted a new detainee since
20062007, whatever residual intelligence operations happen at Guantanamo are to "help ensure the safety and security of the detention facilities and personnel."
This has always been about political will alone. Several years ago, a Michigan facility that was ideal for holding those prisoners was ruled out when Republican members of the state's congressional delegation and outraged state officials threw a temper tantrum about it, scaring people with visions of escaped Muslim extremists beheading sweet grandmothers and eating Christian babies. It's pure demagoguery, which is the only thing preventing this from happening.


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Milan is called to be one of the world`s leading centers of fashion and design, science and technology. During the Second World War, the city was badly damaged, but it was rebuilt and today it harmoniously combines the medieval monuments and ultramodern business districts. Milan is a dream that comes true for shoppers, because the local boutiques are among the best in the world. If you want to learn Milan better you should go to the Piazza del Duomo, where you can see the majestic Cathedral of the same name. You should also visit the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, where you can enjoy masterpieces by Raphael, Caravaggio and Titian (Tiziano). The famous La Scala will please you with the best soprano voice of the world`s opera. Come to Milan and we will meet you and drive you with comfort from the airport to the hotel, and after your holidays we will help you to get to the airport from Milan just in time. All that you have to do is to book a transfer to the hotel in Milan from our company and we will take care about the rest.
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When visiting Cortina d`Ampezzo, you can book a per-hour car rental with driver from 2 hours/day and more. Meet and Greet service, offered by our company, will significantly simplify the meeting in the airport for the newcomers. Using a "car rental with driver" service you can vesit the places of interest, famous shops or outlets to do some shopping near the city, saving your time in this way. Cortina d`Ampezzo Airport Transfer will cost you much cheaper to order a car rental with driver with us than to hire a taxi driver. To book the economy car or minivan with chauffeur or a comfortable premium class car, coach, shuttle bus up to 50 seats, please choose the button. Per hour rental in the left upper corner of the page, write in the [Departure:] field the departure point and number of hours.
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WINDSOR, England – The white, long-necked swan gliding along the River Thames looks serene, but his life is full of danger. If the sharp-toothed mink don't get him or his brood, then floods, fish hooks or hooligans with air rifles might.
Fortunately, he has a powerful ally -- Queen Elizabeth II.
One of the British monarch's many titles is Seigneur of the Swans -- Lord of the Swans -- and by ancient tradition she owns all mute swans found in Britain's open waters. In practice, she only exercises that right along the Thames, and every year she sends a flotilla of emissaries in rowing boats to count, measure and check the condition of her flock.
Known as swan upping, the five-day census is a uniquely British mix of ceremony and science that has been taking place since the 12th century.
Still, one major aspect of the census has changed.
"In those days, it was all about food," said David Barber, who wears a scarlet jacket and a white swan feather in his nautical cap and bears the glorious title of Queen's Swan Marker. "It was a very important food served at banquets at feasts. Today swan upping is all about conservation and education."
Barber has been leading swan upping expeditions for more than 20 years, accompanied by a zoologist and a score of boatmen clad in three liveries: red for the queen, white for the Worshipful Company of Vintners and blue for the Worshipful Company of Dyers. The last two are medieval London trade guilds granted ownership of some Thames swans in the 15th century.
Swans are now protected by law and no longer risk being turned into supper, but they still face many hazards, from mink and foxes to dogs, vandals and overhead power cables. Urban sprawl has also encased stretches of riverbank in concrete, endangering the birds' nesting sites.
"You could make (the river) more user-friendly for swans," said Chris Perrins, an Oxford University professor who holds the post of Her Majesty's Swan Warden. "I'd like to see more of an attempt to increase the number of possible nesting sites. But the water itself is getting cleaner."
On the first day of the census Monday, the "swan uppers" -- those who lift the swans out of the water -- made their way upstream in wooden rowing skiffs between banks overhung by willows and chestnut trees.
When a group of cygnets was spotted, an oarsman shouted "All up!" and the boats surrounded the family of birds. Two adults and seven fluffy gray young were quickly hauled ashore, weighed, measured and tagged. Within minutes they were back in the water, flustered but unhurt.
Perrins pronounced the group healthy -- a good sign. This winter's severe floods inundated this stretch of the Thames and left a fast-flowing river that washed away many newborn cygnets.
This year's census continues until Friday, moving from Sunbury, on the outskirts of London, to Abingdon, 80 miles (130 kilometers) upstream.
Perrins has been part of the swan census since the 1970s, when the population went into sudden decline. He and his colleagues found the birds had been swallowing lead fishing weights, which were poisoning them. Once the weights were banned, swan numbers rebounded.
"The population has about doubled since then nationally," Perrins said. There are about 1,000 swans along this stretch of the river, still down from the 1950s' level.
The river has changed over the centuries, from a tranquil waterway to a boat-crammed working thoroughfare to a haven for affluent pleasure-boaters.
Most of the swan uppers are full-time watermen who work on commuter vessels, party boats or tugs. For them, swan upping is both an enjoyable working holiday and a link to ancient traditions.
In one of those rituals, the convoy pauses below Windsor Castle so boatmen can lay down their oars, stand and raise a toast to "the queen -- seigneur of the swans."
"We're all very close," said 33-year-old Ross Hunter, a rowing coach and former Thames boat captain. "I know all the guys who do it. A lot of them have known me since I was a child. One used to babysit me. It's kind of a family."


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The pick-and-roll started at the top of the 3-point arc. As Victor Oladipo dribbled to his left, Andrew Nicholson set a pick on the Dallas Mavericks' Jae Crowder, prompting Crowder's teammate Shawn Marion to begin defending Oladipo.
But as Oladipo moved toward the inside edge of the arc, Crowder followed, too. Within seconds, the Orlando Magic rookie found himself trapped, without his dribble, by Marion and Crowder. The double-team worked perfectly. Oladipo jumped to pass the ball to Maurice Harkless, but the Mavericks deflected the ball and stole it.
The Mavericks kept pressuring Oladipo all game long, and he went on to commit eight more turnovers.
So, Oladipo knows he'll face similar tactics when the Magic host the Miami Heat on Wednesday night at Amway Center.
"They're just going to try to turn me over, speed me up and try to do whatever it takes for me to panic," Oladipo said. "I'm going to have to do a great job of not doing that."
But will he?
That will be one of the most interesting subplots Wednesday night and for the rest of the Magic's season. The Mavericks created a road map for other teams to follow, and other teams will keep testing Oladipo until he proves over and over again that he can protect the basketball.
Although he has enjoyed some spectacular moments already, Oladipo has committed 40 turnovers in his 10 regular-season games.
Magic officials know their prized rookie will encounter growing pains as he makes the transition from playing shooting guard exclusively in high school and college to playing point guard in the NBA.
Magic officials are eager to see how Oladipo responds to those growing pains.
"All that part of it is growth," Magic coach Jacque Vaughn said.
"That's our thought process. What are we? Ten games in? So, 10 games from now, hopefully, he learned from that Dallas game and he moves forward and he's better 10 games from now."
Oladipo has a high level of self-confidence, and his toughness was one reason why the Magic selected him second overall in the 2013 NBA Draft.
But even Oladipo seemed a bit dejected by his performance against the Mavericks.
In the days since then, he's watched film and received advice from countless people.
"It's tough being who he is right now," Magic point guard Jameer Nelson said. "He's the No. 2 pick coming to a new situation and a different level of basketball and is asked to do something that he's never done and play the point guard position. For him, he has a lot of people in his ear, and I'll pick and choose my spots when I say things to him because of that."
Nelson and Vaughn have said Oladipo will have to learn through experience.
As difficult as the game against the Mavericks was, a matchup against the defending world champion Heat could be even tougher.
Some of Oladipo's turnovers against Dallas occurred when he drove into traffic and found himself confronted by a power forward or center. A couple of the other giveaways were fluke plays — like when he slipped on the court and his feet went out of bounds.
"Everything's correctable, so I've just got to stay positive," Oladipo said.
"It was just me trying to make plays that aren't there. I've got to simplify it, really. It's easier said than done. But once I realize how to do that, then it's going to be better for me. A lot of the turnovers, with me falling and stuff like that, I can't do anything about that. But the other ones, where I throw it away, I can have control of those."
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Tom Brady Can Watch the Super Bowl In His New $20 Million House
The New England Patriots lose, but Tom Brady always wins. While the Patriots lost to the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC championship game on Sunday, their quarterback may not dwell on the disappointing defeat for too long. Aside from being disgustingly good looking (according to women we eavesdrop on), a supermodel wife and three rings from previous Super Bowls, Tom Brady has a new 22,000 square-foot mansion in California to soothe his pain.
After investing three years and $20 million dollars to build the enormous complex, Brady and his wife, Gisele Bundchen, are ready to move into the house, which seems big enough to have its own ZIP code. Surely there's at least one TV on which Brady can watch Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 3:
How great is Brady's life? Put it this way, he could find out that he contracted a disease which will eventually make his manhood shrink down to the size of golf pencil and he'd still have reason to smile. The $20 million house has a moat… A MOAT! The closest most people get to having a moat around their home is when there's a water main break in their neighborhood. Let's just hope that after spending $20 million to build this castle, Brady set aside a budget for crocodiles, knights and mead.
In addition to the moat, there's a play area the size of Rhode Island for their kids and a pool in which you could sail a tall ship. No word on whether or not there's a separate room for Tom's UGGs.


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Weekly RundownPosted by on November 12, 2013
The House is in session Tuesday through Friday this week. Be sure to check back here on the Bottom Line Blog -- and sign up for our email updates -- for committee specific information throughout the week.
Here's what's happening:
On Wednesday the committee will hold our two subcommittee hearings of the week. At 10 a.m. the Housing and Insurance Subcommittee discusses the future of terrorism risk insurance and at 2 p.m. the Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommittee examines international central banking models. Both hearings are in 2128 Rayburn and will be live streamed on our website.
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#1 Dem Representative Moves to Block Obama's Congressional Pay Increase01-01-2013, 09:40 PM
2:37 PM, Dec 31, 2012 • By DANIEL HALPER
A Democratic member of Congress is moving to block President Barack Obama's congressional pay increase. The move, led by John Barrow of Georgia, is to prevent the pay increase that Obama issued through an executive order from going into effect.
"At a time when American families face real hardship, it would be irresponsible to allow Congressional pay to increase," says Barrow in a statement. "Too many families face uncertainty in the New Year for Congress to get a bonus. Folks expect us to be looking out for them, not ourselves, and we should be working to lower taxes, cut spending, and get our nation's debt under control. Congress should get to work, and I urge the House leadership to do anything and everything possible to stop this pay increase for Members of Congress right away."
Barrow's office explains: "The Executive Order called for a pay increase for Members of Congress and other elected officials of 0.5 percent after March 27, 2013. During tonight's votes, Congressman Barrow will urge his colleagues to sign his letter to House Leadership urging them to bring legislation to the floor to block the pay increase."
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Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;
Who substitute bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!
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And clever in their own sight! Isaiah 5:20-21 NASB
One would think that congress would oppose it for not other reason than that it is a revenue bill, which cannot be imposed by the executive branch. This, BTW, may be why Obama has done it. If congress permits him to allocate revenues by decree, then they will establish the precedent, and Obama won't have to go to congress to demand more spending.--Odysseus
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I've been noticing a trend lately in fashion, happening even in my city of Austin: wear as many bright colors at once — the more the merrier. It's certainly a bold and fresh look for the upcoming summer season, and one in which I've noticed migrating into interiors.
Local Austin magazine Tribeza did a great fashion spread that perfectly encapsulates what I'm talking about. It just seems like everything, from clothing, to furniture, to home accessories is all about color, color and more color right now. Bright bold hues mixing with neons melding together in the same piece in all kinds of patterns. Lots of DIY project potential. Not quite a rainbow trend, and a little less subdued than color blocking, it's a little hard to put into words exactly what I mean, but I know when I see it. Here are ten ways I've seen this new all colors, all-the-time trend:
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1) The Happiness Abstract Art Giclee Print $35
2) Urban Outfitter's Spectrum Pendant Shade $69
3) Color in Stripes Fabric $8.50
4) Aesthetic Outburst's Tiny Painted Wood Blocks (a great DIY idea!)
5) Boldly colored shelves spotted on Brabourne Farm
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7) The Kiss Giclee Art Print $35
8) Katie's Hillside Bungalow
9) World Market's Maru Round Paper Lantern $7
10) CB2's Paint Palette Pillow $35
How many colors is too many colors to have in one space at once? Have you been trying to fit as many colors as possible into your home or wardrobe this season? Have you spotted this same trend where you live? Let us know!
Images: Tribeza photo Jamie Luca; Spectrum Pendant Shade first spotted on My Adventure is Your Advantage; Rainbow rocking chairs by Gabrielle Blair of Design Mom and Katie from Katie's Hillside Bungalow


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