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December was kind of a crap month around here; my blood pressure continued to rise (ultimately necessitating medication in the final weeks of my pregnancy), and I caught an upper respiratory virus that had me coughing around the clock, losing what little sleep I had left before having a newborn and leaving me basically incontinent (I admitted to my midwife that I wasn't sure if my water had broken or if I was just peeing myself from the strength and frequency of my coughing. Fun! …And humiliating!). My midwives had stripped my membranes no fewer than three times in the previous weeks, and while my cervix had moved all the way to the front (where it should be for labor to begin) and dilated to a "stretchy 3-4," I still hadn't gone into labor. When my blood pressure went higher than ever a few days after Christmas, shortly after I hit 39 weeks, I was certain that I would have to give up my dream of another homebirth and instead head to the county hospital where my midwives have privileges. Cue the pregnant lady tears.
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On the morning of December 28th, I called my midwife in tears, giving her my most recent, alarming blood pressure readings. She didn't panic—and she talked me down and gave me a plan: I was to go for lab work immediately, in order to check for protein in my urine (a sign of preeclampsia, which is what my midwives and the maternal fetal medicine specialist had been concerned about for the past several months) and then head to my acupuncturist to get started on a three-day labor induction treatment. She called me back as I was on my way to the lab and told me to pick up some castor oil (a laxative that can cause cramping that may lead to contractions) while I was out, a labor induction tool my midwives had hoped to avoid, but now everything seemed more urgent. Gulp. I'd never tried to induce labor with castor oil before, but I knew that it wasn't pretty. Luckily, I'd already been having contractions on and off for a couple of days, so I was hopeful that my body was ready to get things moving.
1 p.m.
I called my midwife when I was back from my errands. She asked me to think about how I wanted my labor to proceed—that since we were now trying to induce it, I had a bit more control over how it happened than if I'd just gone into labor spontaneously. Did I want my kids around? For the entire labor? For the birth alone? At that point, I think I was still in denial about what was happening; I didn't even believe her when she told me that I'd have a baby by the end of the day. Instead, I paid attention to the details of her instructions. Eat a good lunch to avoid stomach upset. Drink two ounces of castor oil mixed well with two ounces of orange juice. Call her as I was about to drink it, so that she could be certain of the timing.
2 p.m.
I did as I was asked, calling my midwife immediately before I chugged the oily concoction, and then lying down for a short nap while waiting for the castor oil to take effect. Note: Should you ever be in the position to consume castor oil, do yourself (and anyone doing your laundry) a favor and do not lie down in your bed; instead, make a fine little nest on your bathroom floor—or even better, prop a pillow against the wall and just fall asleep on the toilet. Castor oil is a sneaky little devil and will give you no warning as it kicks into gear. Fast-forward to my panicked dash down the hall to the bathroom about 50 minutes later, where I remained for the next several hours.
2:50 p.m.
I called my midwife back to report the beginning of castor oil-induced diarrhea. Let the fun and games begin! I had heard horror stories of castor oil not working—well, bringing on diarrhea without bringing on labor—and I was terrified of going through this multiple times. My doula recommended dancing and nipple stimulation to get contractions going, and so I hung out in the bathroom by myself, reading the New York Times on an iPad, doing just that. A ridiculous scene, I know.
3 p.m.
Contractions quickly started to pick up pace, coming more regularly and lasting longer.
4:15 p.m.
I called my midwife back to let her know that contractions had started. She advised me to quit dancing and save my energy, but I found that I needed to keep moving during the contractions, just kind of swaying my hips as they picked up speed. I asked her at some point in there how much longer she was on duty (my midwives work as a pair, trading on-call hours); her shift ended at 8 pm that evening, and I really hoped she would be there for the birth. Game on.
4:30 p.m.
I texted my doula to say that my contractions were coming about three minutes apart, lasting for a minute apiece—and that while it wasn't urgent, I wanted her support within the next couple of hours. (I really thought this would be a through-the-middle-of-the-night kinda thing.) Her husband was already on his way home to care for their children, and she started getting ready to head over.
4:40 p.m.
My midwife and I spoke again by phone. I told her that the contractions were getting harder to talk through and required more of my attention, but I didn't think I needed her to come over yet.
5:05 p.m.
After the worst of the castor oil's effects had passed, I moved from the bathroom back into our bedroom, wearing only a shirt. I swayed my hips, rolled around on a birth ball, and breathed deeply through contractions while my husband looked on. Realizing how frequently I was entering my contractions on the Full Term app I was using, I called my midwife back to say that the contractions were getting even stronger. She asked if I'd be OK with her heading over, and I agreed.
Laboring on the birth ball in our bedroom (All photos copyright of Heather White / Brooklyn Birth Arts)
5:20 p.m.
Texted with one of my besties, Jen, who had planned to be at the birth. She was on her way into a movie theater but turned back around and headed to our house, making a crucial (and delicious) stop at a bakery on her way. There's nothing like waking up to a brand-new baby and awesome chocolate croissants after giving birth!
5:45 p.m.
My doula, Heather White, who is also a professional photographer (see more beautiful but NSFW photos from Addie's birth on her site Brooklyn Birth Arts), arrived. I continued laboring on the birth ball and leaning on the bed while doing my personal version of belly dancing. She massaged me through a few contractions, and they continued to pick up strength and speed.
6 p.m.
Jen arrived. I couldn't even be bothered to feel self-conscious about not wearing any pants. (In all fairness, I had forewarned her that I tended to labor naked.)
6:15 p.m.
My midwife arrived! Eventually, after she was set up with her birth gear, I asked if it was too early for me to get into the tub. My doula suggested getting into the shower instead, but with the contractions feeling the strongest at the base of my belly, I just wanted to sink down into a full, warm tub to help take away some of that pain. I expected my midwife to check me to see how far dilated I was before allowing me to get into the tub, but she just replied that if I wanted to get in, I should go ahead and do so. For this, I am particularly grateful—I so appreciate that she trusted my body and me to know that the timing was right.
7 p.m.
After my doula filled our gigantic Jacuzzi tub and lit a bunch of candles to place all around it, I slid in. The contractions were continuing to get more intense, and I focused on just taking each one as it came. The warm water helped ease some of the pain, but I also made horse sounds with my lips, like the famed midwife Ina May Gaskin recommends, with the idea that an open mouth equals an open cervix. My doula also started chanting "OOOOHHHH-pen," which I picked up as well. My 3-year-old thought I was saying, "Ohhhhh, Ben!" which is his brother's name, and he got quite a laugh out of that (he just kept repeating it and giggling to his dad in the next room).
I couldn't have asked for a better place to labor—the water and candles were really soothing, and labor seemed to be relatively manageable. My husband and kids were in and out to say goodnight (my husband, our au pair, and Jen helped them get ready for bed while all of this was going on), but the room was mostly peaceful. My doula and I had the chance to have a quiet check-in where she asked me how I was doing, especially with regard to my mom (who passed away in 2009, just two months after my second son was born—so this was the only pregnancy she'd never been around for, and the only child of mine she would never meet). To combat some of the sadness I was feeling about all of that, I had put up a couple of pictures of her that I could see during labor and wore a gold ring that she'd worn daily. Looking down at that ring and thinking about how much she would have loved having a granddaughter—and how I hoped that my relationship with my daughter would ever come close to the warm and fulfilling one I had with my mom—was the one moment that left me crying in labor—but I moved past that and got on with the business of birthing this baby.
7:35 p.m.
Although I'd been good about drinking sufficient liquids during labor, I hadn't had anything to eat since lunch, and my midwife offered to make me a snack. After thinking for a moment about what wouldn't make me want to vomit at that point, I agreed to eat a PB&J sandwich, and she headed down to the kitchen to prepare it.
7:45 p.m.
During one of my contractions, I felt a sudden, pronounced pop and felt my daughter's head kind of click further into place. My water had broken! Luckily, the fluid was clear. No one thought to alert my midwife to the news immediately as everything seemed fine, so when she came back up with my sandwich and my doula let her know, she jumped into action after quietly telling my husband that the rest of labor would move very, very quickly. (I was glad I didn't overhear that last part—I was already busy coping with harder and faster contractions and probably would have felt scared about what was to come.)
7:50 p.m.
My midwife told me that if I felt like bearing down, I should go ahead and do so. I couldn't believe that this was happening so quickly, but I got as comfortable as I could on my knees and focused on trying to help my baby come down the birth canal. She added that I might be able to feel her head at that point, but when I tried, the baby seemed to be just out of reach.
I started pushing with each contraction—something much easier this time around, thanks to having done this twice before, having done Kegels throughout my pregnancy, and having my midwife show me with her fingers where I needed to bear down. After a few more contractions, I could feel my daughter's head and the "ring of fire." In between contractions, my midwife said I could feel her hair with my hand—and after turning down the opportunity during the last two births (because I was so desperate for labor to be over), I was grateful to take a moment to do that. Sam also reached down and felt her head and we shared a look of "Holy sh*t!" before the next contraction came on. A few minutes later, I asked my midwife if her head was all the way out yet and was disappointed to learn that it was only her forehead. Throughout this time, my midwife supported my perineum (where I had had an episiotomy and fourth-degree tearing during my first birth and then second-degree tearing during my second birth) with her hands. When my daughter's head was finally fully out, my midwife asked me to stop pushing for a moment so that she could unwrap the umbilical cord from her neck so that she could come out more easily. After that, it was just another push or two until she was all the way out.
8:08 p.m.
My daughter Adeline Hope was born. When my midwife pulled her out of the water and put her on my chest, we could see that she looked kind of blue and wasn't crying. My midwife gave her mouth-to-mouth—just two quick puffs of air—before she grimaced and started sputtering or coughing and then crying. It seemed scary to my husband and me at the time, but my midwife later explained that it was pretty routine and hadn't caused her any real concern (in fact, in the full set of photos, you can see that my midwife was smiling the whole time—it was truly not a moment of panic). Addie was then wrapped in a towel and I held her to my chest, keeping her head out of the water as I just kept repeating her name. About 10 minutes later, I handed her to the assistant midwife (who had arrived with my other midwife, about 10 minutes before Addie's birth) and then, at the direction of my midwife, stood up and gave a quick push and let the placenta fall out into a waiting bowl (and, um, yes, I did later have it encapsulated).
Holding my sweet, crying baby
Once Addie and the placenta were separated from me, she was whisked off to the bedroom, where the midwives told my husband to strip off his shirt and then placed her on his chest to help keep her warm. I followed shortly thereafter and stole her back from him, eventually getting her latched on successfully once her chest was a bit clearer.
The beginning of what we've spent the last three weeks doing
The rest of the evening felt like a celebration. Yes, my midwives checked Addie and me out (she weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces—outweighing her brothers at birth by several ounces) and dealt with all of the necessary paperwork, but I remember so little of that. What I remember most is the feeling of overwhelming joy—of making it successfully to the end of my hardest pregnancy… of delivering a healthy, live baby girl… of laboring among friends and family in the comfort of my own home (in fact, we live in the house where I grew up, making it even more meaningful to be there)… of finally having the waterbirth I had always hoped for... of winning the super-short-but-really-intense labor lottery with a mere five hours of labor (and 18 minutes of pushing)... of feeling respected and supported throughout the process by incredible midwives and an amazing doula… of being completely in love with this new baby, this daughter, of mine.


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Save Parr Street Recording Studios.
Thomas Lang
Parr Street Recording Studios.
07801 433 256
Tuesday 23rd May 2006
Dear Dolphin,
It is with heavy heart that I am writing to ask that you air this letter in your paper/ website/ radio station.
I represent the tenants and the business consortium that put together a plan to save the famous Parr Street Studios in Liverpool, a Grammy Award winning studio for its work with Coldplay. Other artists that have worked here include, Doves, Embrace, Elbow, Badly Drawn Boy, and so many more.
We have all worked in this studio since it opened 12 years ago.
The tenants, who include Oxygen Music Management, for Ken Nelson (Coldplay producer), Porcupine Music who manage Echo and the Bunnymen, Sense of Sound (vocal training), Plastic (graphic design) working with Aintree Racecourse, and 3345, creative industries members club (8500 members and awarded 3rd best members club in the country by Arena magazine).
In November 2005, the tenants and the free-lance engineers at the studio found out that the owners - The Genesis pension fund (Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks and Tony Smith) had decided to cash in on Liverpool's Capital of Culture 2008 status, by submitting a planning application to turn our studio and work place into luxury apartments.However, they don't intend to develop the site themselves but use this as an opportunity to increase the value of the property with planning consent attached.
We met with the managing director of Hit and Run Music, Robin Moore on 13th January, 2006 at Parr Street and, at that meeting, the tenants were promised that if we raised £1.3 Million that would save the studio.
A consortium was formed, Gary Millar, Steve Macfarlane and myself, whereupon Heads of Terms and a contract were issued, and all the tenants relaxed a little.
Mr Michael Hole of Miles Commercial, the agent for the disposal then got involved and pushed the price up another £50,000. With great difficulty we managed to raise the extra funds, were told that we had a deal, and a second contract was issued.
We have been waiting to exchange contracts for 12 weeks. Yesterday we were told that, based on a purported slanderous rumour, Michael Hole had advised the trustees of the Genesis Pension Fund that our intention was to resell the building for £2million and therefore they should not to sell to us.
I have to add that this is not about us - its about the Studio. The bigger picture is about Music, Culture, Awards, Pedigree, Employment, Growth, Regional and International Excellence, Morals and being an absolutely fantastic facility - possibly being lost and overshadowed by Greed, Self Interest, Unsavory Tactics, Profits and Bully Boy Business Ethics.
Not only are we upset at what has become a farce, the waste of all of our significant time, but more so we are all upset that our characters appear to have been openly besmirched and that their apparent greed has run roughshod over business ethics. We have to add that this has serious implications for the tenants, since they own successful businesses at Parr Street and many may now lose their livelihood! We dont intend to purchase the building to sell on, to knock down or to build flats. Our intention is to save a cultural icon and to also maintain the studios the creative cluster of companies that the studios house and create employment and businesses.
Mr Hole is now putting the property back on the open market however, he has verbally agreed that if we cough up £1.6 Million the studios are ours! This of course totally contradicts his previous advice to the trustees.
We cannot possibly afford it nor justify that price, based on the fact that we had been promised that our offer of £1.35 would save the studios.
We feel that Messrs Collins, Banks, and Rutherford cant possibly know how their agent is operating, given the fact that they are all musicians they would never want to close a recording studio, and our place of work, losing jobs and opportunities for young musicians.
We believe that they are closing the studio next week, 31st May, and intend to have us all out by end of June 2006.
We would really appreciate it if you would publish this letter, which we hope may help get the attention of any member of Genesis and elicit their help, as we are confident that they have no idea what their agents are up to.
Please help.
Thomas Lang. Musician

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Holy Cross Teams Receive NCAA Public Recognition Awards
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April 24, 2008
WORCESTER, Mass. - Fifteen Holy Cross varsity athletic teams have received Division I Academic Progress Rate public recognition awards from the NCAA. These teams posted multi-year APR scores in the top 10 percent of all squads in their respective sports. The public recognition awards are part of the broad Division I academic reform effort.
The Crusader programs to be honored with public recognition awards were baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball, women's cross country, football, men's golf, women's golf, women's lacrosse, softball, men's swimming and diving, women's swimming and diving, men's tennis, women's indoor track and field, women's outdoor track and field, and volleyball.
The APR provides a real-time look at a team's academic success each semester by tracking the academic progress of each student-athlete. The APR includes eligibility, retention and graduation in the calculation and provides a clear picture of the academic culture in each sport. High-performing teams receiving awards posted APR scores ranging from 965 to a perfect 1,000.
Multi-year APR scores for all 6,110 NCAA Division I sports teams, including the teams receiving public recognition awards, will be announced May 6. The announcement also will include immediate and historical penalties for low-performing teams.
For more information on the schools and teams honored by the NCAA, click here.


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1) Got up to take the kids to school so Mrs. G could sleep in.
2) Daughter and I giggled as Chester the Fat Cat sat and scooped food from his bowl so he could eat it off the floor.
3) Had a Sunday-like morning with the newspaper, but there's so little of it now that I'd read pretty much everything in under an hour.
4) Started The Greater Journey by David McCullough after the paper. Fantastic so far.
5) I hear David McCullough's voice and his cadence when I read his writing. It's a little creepy in a really cool way.
6) We're going to vote shortly then off to lunch at a restaurant with the best selection of beers anywhere in s. Indiana. Plus excellent pizza/calzones, etc.


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The stock market staged a huge rally Thursday after investors finally got the aggressive economic help they wanted from the Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones industrial average spiked almost 240 points.
The gain pushed the Dow above 13,500 for the first time since December 2007, the beginning of the Great Recession, and to within about 600 points of its all-time high.
In an open-ended step, the Fed said it would spend $40 billion a month to purchase mortgage securities because the economy is too weak to reduce high unemployment.
The central bank also extended its pledge of super-low interest rates into 2015, and promised to keep "highly accommodative" monetary policy in place even after the economic recovery strengthens.
"The idea is to quicken the recovery," Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said at a news conference Thursday. But he made clear he thinks the economy will need the Fed's intervention even after the recovery strengthens.
"We're not going to rush to begin to tighten policy. We're going to give it some time to make sure the recovery is well established," he said,
Although some lawmakers slammed the new measures, at his conference Bernanke defended the bond-buying program, saying it would help reduce the deficit, and assured reporters that long-term inflation expectations were "quite stable."
The announced stimulus was the package known as QE3 — a third round of quantitative easing, in market-speak. And it was just what investors were hoping for.
"They're saying that the punch bowl, the fuel for the economy, isn't going away — it's going to be here as long as you need it," said Tony Fratto, a former aide to President George W. Bush and managing partner at Hamilton Place Strategies, a policy consulting firm in Washington.
Just after 2:30 p.m. EDT, the Dow was up 212 points at 13,545. It gained as much as 239.98 points earlier in the day.
The broader Standard & Poor's 500 index was up 24 points at 1,461, and the Nasdaq composite index was up 49 points at 3,163.
David Abuaf, chief investment officer at Hefty Wealth Partners, said the Fed package was what the economy needed. He said that he expects investors to keep shifting from safer assets like government bonds to stocks. That could push stock prices higher, kicking off a cycle of increased wealth and increased spending.
"People will feel more confident, consumers will buy more goods and GDP growth will increase," he said, referring to the gross domestic product, or economic output.
The stock market had already enjoyed a summer rally, in part because investors were betting on more Fed action. The Dow has climbed about 1,100 points since the start of June.
Still, stocks spiked Thursday in industries across the economy. Materials companies, which tend to do well when the economy picks up, enjoyed the biggest gain — 2.6 percent as a group. Bank stocks also surged.
This is the third round of bond-buying by the Fed since the financial crisis struck in the fall of 2008. The goal is to lower long-term interest rates, get people to borrow and spend more and push them into stocks.
If history is any guide, stocks could rally a bit more. In the three months following March 2009, when the Fed said it would expand its first round of buying, the S&P 500 rose 18 percent. In the three months after the central bank hinted at a second round of buying in August 2010, the S&P rose 14 percent.
Some economists and investors have warned that the bond-buying will have a limited impact because interest rates are already near record lows.
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell slightly to 1.78 percent from 1.79 percent late Wednesday. It had spiked to 1.84 percent as investors sold bonds after the Fed announcement.
The dollar fell slightly against major currencies, and the price of gold climbed to its highest level since February — $1,767 an ounce, a gain of $34, or almost 2 percent.
Investors kept an eye on turmoil in the Middle East. Protesters stormed the U.S. Embassy compound in Yemen's capital earlier in the day, and there was violence around the U.S. mission in Cairo. The U.S. ambassador to Libya was killed Tuesday.
In other news Thursday, the Labor Department reported that the number of people seeking unemployment benefits jumped last week to the highest level in two months, though the figures were skewed in part by Hurricane Isaac.
The figures come after a disappointing jobs report last week. Employers added only 96,000 jobs in August, far below the average 226,000 a month added in the January-March quarter.
The government also said that wholesale prices rose 1.7 percent in August, the most in three years. They were driven up by higher costs for gas and food. Removing the impact of energy and food, however, the increase in prices has been mild.
Among stocks making moves, Pall Corp. rose $4.68, or 8 percent, to $62.85. The company, which makes filtration equipment, posted net income that beat Wall Street predictions.
Apple climbed $10.06, or 1.5 percent, to $679.80On Wednesday, the company unveiled an iPhone with a bigger screen and faster connectivity.
On Wednesday, the Dow rose to a four-year high after Germany's highest court rejected calls to block the creation of Europe's rescue fund for indebted governments.
The Fed action combined with the Middle East turmoil pushed crude prices slightly higher Thursday. Oil was up $1.11, or 1.1 percent, at $98.12 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.


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Hi everybody,
How do I say interesting in Ancient Greek?
Here´s my research (using woodhouse´s online dict):
interesting: epagogos, prosagogos
alluring: epholkos
entertaining: geloios
then I decided to try another way. So I looked up "interesting" on whitaker words. nothing. but iucundus is: pleasant/agreeable/delightful/pleasing.
So I looked up those four words on woodhouse again.
all 4 have: hedys
pleasant and delightful also have: terpnos
agreeable and pleasing also hve: arestos
All I wanted is a word which is closest to meaning "arousing or holding the attention".
It´s amazing to me that this is such a hard word (for me at least) to find an equivalent to, and also it amazes me that this word does not derive from the word for "attention".
Also, how could I use greek to make a compound word meaning "one who seeks interesting things" ? hydezeteon?
The "interesting things" part I bet all I have to do is put it on neuter nominative plural (if Greek works like Latin where "bona" is "good things" for instance)
Any help is appreciated.


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Donald L. McAllister, age 84, passed away Nov. 2, 2013 at South Wind Hospice House, Pratt.
Donald L. McAllister, age 84, passed away Nov. 2, 2013 at South Wind Hospice House, Pratt. He was born on Feb. 18, 1929 in rural Stafford Co., Ks, the son of Joseph and Sabina Isabell (Stodgsdill) McAllister.
Donald was a retired farmer and sold real estate for Keller Real Estate in Great Bend for 25 yrs. He graduated from Fort Hays State University receiving his teacher's degree and was a resident of St. John since 1982 coming from the Radium and Seward area. He served in the US Army during the Korean Conflict and his memberships include, Eden Valley Church of the Brethren, past president of the Radium CO-OP and St. John Booster Club.
On June 4, 1953 he married Helen M. (Gerstenkorn) at Great Bend, she passed away in 1973. He then married Lynda L. (Crissman) on Jan. 20, 1979 in St. John, she survives of the home.
Other survivors include, two sons and six daughters, Carey McAllister (Sandra), Macksville, Timarie Walters (Ron), Hudson, Clayton McAllister (Nancy), Great Bend, Janet McKemy (Stephen), Houston, TX, Kayla Clowers, Macksville, Jamie Keiter (Michael) Ottawa, Cassie Blakeslee, St. John, Melissa McAllister (Eric Hermanns),Smith Center; 19 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. He is preceded in death by a daughter, LuAnne McAllister; a brother, Orville McAllister and 6 sisters, Mildred Durant, Wanita Baker, Eulita Fox, Margaret Savoy, Dorothy Schilling and Bernice Smith.
Funeral Service will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, at the IOOF Lodge, St. John with Pastor Tom Harrison presiding. Burial will follow in the Fairview Park Cemetery, St. John. Visitation will be from 1-7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with family present from 5-7 p.m.. Memorials may be given to the Eden Valley Church of the Brethren, South Wind Hospice or donor's choice, all in care of Minnis Chapel, P.O. Box 34, St. John, Ks 67576.


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COLUMBIA – Coastal Carolina led twice early but could not overcome two home runs by Clemson's Jason Stolz as the Tigers (35-27) handed the Chanticleers (42-19) a 5-3 loss Sunday afternoon in the third-place game of the NCAA Columbia Regional, played at Carolina Stadium.
Coastal Carolina wraps up yet another successful season, winning its sixth straight Big South regular season title, its sixth straight Big South Tournament title, winning 40 games for the sixth consecutive season and reaching an NCAA Regional for the sixth consecutive season.
The Chanticleers used a tried and true method to take an early lead. Ted Blackman worked the count full and drew a leadoff walk. Jacob May followed with a hit-and-run single, putting runners on the corners. Daniel Bowman, for the second day in the row, gave CCU a 1-0 lead in the first with a sacrifice fly.
The Tigers tied the game in the third as the inning's first batter, Stolz, hit a 3-2 pitch over the left-center field fence for his sixth home run of the season. The Chants avoided more trouble as Thomas Brittle reached on a single and stole second. However, he was picked off second and, during a run-down, was called out for running outside of the base path.
Coastal got that run back in the home half of the third, going up 2-1. With one out, Blackman launched a ball over the right field wall for his first career round tripper.
Clemson tied the game at 2-2 and added two more in the fourth. Jay Baum drew a leadoff walk and took second on a ground out. Brad Felder lined an RBI double off the right-center field fence to bring home Baum. Then, for the second time, Stolz hit a home run, this time a two-run shot.
In the fifth, Coastal trimmed its deficit to one, 4-3. Brian Pruett blooped a single to right-center and took second on the play due to an error. Blackman walked and May hit a ground ball for an apparent double play. However, after getting one out, the throw to first was wild, allowing Pruett to score.
Clemson added an insurance run in the ninth to provide the eventual 5-3 final. With two outs, Brittle and Richie Shaffer walked, setting the stage for Phil Pohl's RBI single.
Dominic Leone (7-4) garnered the win. He allowed six hits and three runs (two earned) with four walks and six strikeouts in seven innings. Scott First worked the final two innings to get his third save of the year. He allowed one hit and one walk with three strikeouts. Coastal's Ben Smith (2-2) suffered the loss. He gave up six hits and four runs over 4.1 innings with two walks and five punch outs. Ryan Connolly kept Coastal in the game over the middle to late innings, scattering five hits over 4.1 innings. He did allow one run, his first over his last 20 innings pitched, with four walks and three strikeouts.
Daniel Bowman, who batted .401 in his final season, had 95 hits in 201, ranking fourth on the CCU single-season list. Bowman, the 2012 Big South Player of the Year, is the first player in Big South history to amass 200 runs, 200 RBI and 300 hits. He closes his career with six CCU records and two Big South records. The Bridgewater, Va., native set conference (and school) marks in at bats (963) and total bases (526), while ending his career ranking 3rd in league history in games played, fifth in runs scored, second in hits (missing the record by one), 16th in doubles, 9th in triples, 4th in home runs and third in RBI.
On the CCU career lists, Bowman set the standards for games played (246), games started (244), at bats (963), hits (309), RBI (206) and total bases (526), while ranking third in runs scored (215), third in doubles (55), second in triples (12, one shy of the CCU record) and third in home runs (46).
Rich Witten led the Big South and ranked among the NCAA top 20 with 66 RBI, which additionally ranks 10th on the CCU single-season list. The Danville, Ky., native and first team All-Big South pick ends his career with 200 games played (13th-tied on the CCU all-time list). He additionally ranks seventh on the school's career doubles list (5) and sixth on the school's career RBI list with 158.
Tucker Frawley ends his career being one of 12 semifinalists for the Johnny Bench Award, while earning the 2012 Big South Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year and first team Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America. The Lexington, S.C., native had a career year in 2012, batting .296. Of his 108 career hits, 60 came this season, as did 27 of his 54 career RBI.


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Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita Comments on Indiana House Republicans' Redistricting Proposals
November 17, 2009
Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita issued the following statement today regarding the Indiana House Republicans' legislative platform including redistricting reforms:
"I find it very promising that we now have representatives in both chambers expressing their commitments to redistricting reform. This tells me that they are hearing the message from Hoosiers that partisan redistricting is no longer acceptable. Representative Bosma and his caucus continue to be leaders in pushing for redistricting reform, and selfless leadership is what it will take. I find the House Republicans' call for transparency and a minimal use of political data promising, however, the legally unnecessary and overly-tight restrictions on population deviation is what we have now and is one of the leading excuses partisans make for drawing odd, arbitrarily shaped districts that really end up benefitting themselves, not the people.
I look forward to this discussion in both chambers of our General Assembly in the New Year so that new criteria that put people before politics will be in place for redistricting in 2011."
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Heinz's Complete Skillet Meals Replicate Restaurant Experience
Heinzs Complete Skillet Meals replicate the restaurant experience for the new wave of eating at home.
There is a heightened desire for convenient, "home cooked" frozen meals that taste like an adventurous gourmet version of a restaurant experience. Pittsburgh's H.J. Heinz Co., hoping to grow its T.G.I. Friday's brand beyond snacks to meals, looked to the marketplace to determine where the gap might be for the consumer.
The convergence seemed to be the growing market for frozen premium dinners for two, making the busy home cook feel like she had created a chef-quality entrée and the strength of the T.G.I. Friday's brand, which ensures a quality and often unique restaurant experience.
Most of the contenders in the frozen meals category have all the ingredients packaged together in one large bag. But a "made by me" feeling for the consumer can be created by individually packaged components and the use of their own skillet. This can make anyone feel like they have an assistant chef who chopped and portioned all the components. Additionally, this skillet meal can be customized for family members with strong ideas about specific ingredients, thus allowing the family to eat the same meal but with some customization for each member.
Enter T.G.I. Friday's Complete Skillet Meals. For this review, we look at Firecracker Sesame Chicken, introduced this past summer.
Understanding the marketplace
While many consumers have turned to restaurant take-home meals to feed the family quickly, in the current economic environment consumers want to spend less money while still replicating the delightful tastes of unique restaurant meals. Control over the healthfulness of what they eat and a desire to be able to sit down and eat together as a family are other drivers.
Consumers' busy lives mean many times they do not know what they will be having or making for dinner until they actually get home. Having a frozen, restaurant-style meal in the freezer makes solving this dilemma easier.
In 2007, the mean number of dinners per week that were cooked and eaten at home was 4.8; 1.1 were eaten at a restaurant, 0.7 came from take-out or prepared food brought home and 0.3 were eaten somewhere else (0.1 were skipped entirely), according to a GfK Roper report.
And while two-thirds of families sit down together for dinner at home, at least half of all households are too tired due to their busy lives to make too much fuss over fixing dinner, according to a 2003 AC Nielsen report.
Dinners and entrees are the largest category of the $28 billion frozen food market, taking up 31 percent of total sales. The packaged frozen meals market size is estimated at $8.6 billion and is projected to be $9.5 billion by 2010, a growth rate of 4.1 percent, according to Packaged Facts. Nestle and ConAgra control 54.5 percent of the market, and Heinz is third with 11.7 percent, according to Food Industry Report, September 2008, making it difficult to break into this growing area.
A few years ago, however, Unilever with its Bertolli Complete Skillet meals for two demonstrated there could be a market for innovative tastes and textures in skillet meals. Now others are following, including Contessa and Bellisio Foods (Michelina's under the name "Joy of Cooking").
With this product, Heinz is capitalizing on its frozen food technology to create a quick and yet adventurous, restaurant version of a fairly involved meal. The preparation, flavors, textures and ingredients ensure the familiar T.G.I. Friday's twist, while the individual packets of components allow the consumer to call it home-made.
How great to have a restaurant-style meal, to have the joy of multiple component cooking and to be able to customize it to what different family members want and will eat.
Our It's Convenient! Crave It! and Healthy You! Insights tell us craveable meal kits are made up of a variety of ingredients. Consumers expect a craveable chicken to have a crunchy coating or a meaty roasted chicken texture. They want additional flavors (spices and herbs) or sauces. They want their vegetables to be crunchy, crisp and light with a just-picked quality.
Cuisine styles that enhance craveablity are Italian, Mexican, Chinese, Southern and Caribbean. Key attributes are aroma, taste and appearance of the chicken and vegetables. Key flavors to increase craveablity, beyond chicken and vegetable flavors, are spicy-sweet and spicy-hot.
T.G.I. Friday's Complete Skillet meals emphasize the importance of multiple taste components that are layered by the cooking approach: the spicy sweet flavor in the sauce, the texture driven by the level of al dente of the vegetables (for crispness) and pasta (which is customizable), the dense, meaty and succulent chicken. The sesame seeds add to the overall appearance, flavor and uniqueness to create a T.G.I. Friday's inspired skillet meal to be made at home.
Key trends in frozen foods are multiple component skillet meals, better for you, and premium restaurant style taste. Convenience is expected.
Meal kits: The big growth of frozen meals has been in ready-to-cook meals. The variation of the meal formats reflects the level of customization that the consumer may want and the taste profiles they and their family enjoy and can afford. Most of these meals reflect more ethnic flavor; this being an area of greater complexity and therefore more difficult for the time-starved family to create.
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UPDATED: A league source told the Daily News earlier today that the Eagles have had at least one conversation with another team about potentially trading Pro Bowl right guard Shawn Andrews. However, moments ago, a source close to the situation said the report was baseless.
Messages left for Andrews and agent Rich Moran were not returned.
Andrews, who missed all but two games last season, signed a contract extension in 2006 that locked him up for 10 seasons, during which he will make about $35.5 million.
When Andrews missed the start of training camp last season with what turned out to be severe depression, there was speculation that he was unhappy with his contract. Moran denied that, but the speculation continued.
Team president Joe Banner told the Daily News earlier this week that the Eagles understand that paying close to $100 million to a pair of offensive tackles might make other players compare their compensation unfavorably; he said teams have to keep that in mind before making big moves, "but you can't have your hands tied, and not be able to move forward."
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Intel just gave us word that companies desktop motherboard business unit will begin slowly ramping down over the course of the next three years. With desktop PC sales on the decline it makes sense that Intel would shift focus on new form factor designs and let the other board makers take over desktop board production. This is likely good news for Taiwanese motherboard manufacturers, but does show how the desktop PC business is slowing down.
Intel said that they will produce motherboards for the upcoming 4th gen Core processors (Haswell) that is expected to happen this June, but that will be the final platform with boards that were made entirely by Intel. This only impacts the end user, channel, and desktop board business teams. Intel will continue to make server and workstation boards for enterprise and business customers.
A quick look at Intel motherboards on Newegg shows that Intel has the second most motherboards available with 65 options. This will clearly impact the offerings on the market! Intel will be redistrubiting an undisclosed number of engineers to other form factors though, so it will be interesting to see what they come up with next. The Intel NUC is an example of a new form factor that Intel has been working on and we really liked what we saw when we sat down and reviewed the product. This official disclosure by Intel follows rumors that Intel would stop producing socketed processors when Broadwell processors arrive after Haswell. This news makes it look like that is still the direction Intel is headed!
This is pretty big news considering that Intel entered the desktop motherboard business in 1991 and sold its first commercially available motherboard in 1993. That board was code-named 'Batman' and created a new market! batman was based on the Baby AT motherboard form factor and used the 430LX chipset for socket 4 processors. Desktop boards have certainly come a long way over the past 20 years, but it appears that Intel has new plans for the next 20! This is the end on an era for sure, but the start of another.
We disclosed internally today that Intel's Desktop Motherboard Business will begin slowly ramping down over the course of the next three years. As Intel gradually ramps down its motherboard business we are ramping up critical areas of the desktop space including integration of innovative solutions for the PC ecosystem such as reference design development, NUC and other areas to be discussed later.
The internal talent and experience of twenty years in the boards business (which until recently has been largely focused on desktop tower type designs) is being redistributed to address emerging new form factors — desktop and mobile – and to expand Intel's Form Factor Reference Design (FFRD) work and enable our partners to develop exciting new computing solutions.
The Desktop segment continues to be a major focus for Intel with hundreds of products across many subsegments and applications. Intel expects the broad and capable DT motherboard ecosystem (ie Asus, Gigabyte, MSI and many others) to fully support Intel's growing roadmap and large worldwide customer base. Intel's Desktop Motherboard Business will not develop any new Intel branded desktop motherboards after completion of Haswell-based 4th gen Core launch products in 2013 and will continue to support all products sold through the warranty period included with the specific product.


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Joseph "Joe" Padlog, a retired aeronautical engineer, entered into rest May 12, 2013, in Mount St. Mary's Hospital after a short illness. He was a resident of Grand Island.
Born in New York City, Oct. 10, 1924, he was in the Marine Corps during World War II and graduated from New York University. Mr. Padlog worked at Bell Aircraft for 37 years and received a Ph.D. from the University of Buffalo. He loved to ski, dance, swim and travel. He and his wife Ruth, married 60 years, traveled in their motor home throughout the U.S. and Canada. They also traveled to England, France, Austria and China, often on ski trips.
He is survived by his wife Ruth, a daughter Sylvia (Robert) White, a son Robert (Joanne) Padlog, grandchildren Patrick White, Alyssa Padlog and Cora Padlog, and his sister Florence Kravitz.
A memorial service is planned to celebrate his life on June 8 at 2 p.m. at the Niagara Falls Unitarian Church.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Thanks to top four finishes at three straight NCAA Division III Championships, the MIT Women's Cross Country and Track & Field program was honored as the Deb Vercauteren Program of the Year by the United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) on Thursday. Tech received the award, which is given to an institution with the best combined team finishes in each of the NCAA's three Championships in a given academic year, thanks to third-place showing at the Cross Country and Indoor meets and last week's fourth-place finish at the Outdoor competition.
Coach Halston Taylor has built his program into one of the most dominant in all of Division III, as evidenced by this honor. His teams have shown great consistency at the NCAA Championships, finishing among the top 10 in the country at seven straight National meets. His athletes have earned 54 All-America honors over the past three years, including 14 at last week's Outdoor Championship.
The NCAA Division III Deb Vercauteren Program of the Year Award is named after USTFCCCA Hall of Famer and former UW Oshkosh women's head coach Deb Vercauteren. Her Titans have won a combined 18 NCAA national titles and her student-athletes have combined to earn over 345 All-American performances. Vercauteren has won an impressive 36 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference titles (15 cross country, 11 indoors, and 10 outdoors).
The NCAA Division III Program of the Year Awards are awarded annually to the most outstanding NCAA Division III cross country/track & field programs. The award honors the institution that has achieved the most success in each academic year (spanning the cross country, indoor track & field, and outdoor track & field seasons) based on the institution's finish at the NCAA Division III Championships. With 10 points MIT outscored second-place Williams College by seven, the largest margin of victory in the history of the award. The Cardinal and Gray finished as the runner-up in the standings in 2009-10, missing out on the honor by just one point.


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A customer did a migration from AIX 5.3 to 6.1 and then called me to report a strange set of symptoms. Some file systems didn't mount following a reboot. When the file systems in the volume group (let's call it datavg) went to mount, they returned the error that there was no such device. If the customer ran an exportvg and an importvg, all the datavg file systems became available. But then another reboot was done and the datavg file systems didn't mount.
Update: I have an idea of what might have happened. The customer (as I should have mentioned) did the migration to AIX 6.1 after restoring from an AIX 5.3 mksysb. I suspect the bosinst.data file had the option to Import user volume groups (such as datavg) set to No. The system had been migrated from 5.3 to 7.1, then when they ran into difficulties, they chose to restore the 5.3 mksysb and then upgrade just to 6.1. Perhaps I should have mentioned that background in the original post. Pretty poor omission if this was a detective story that you had paid hard cold cash for. But it isn't. And you didn't. So read on.
Phone Detective
As I only had support over the phone, I had to do some detective work without being able to run any commands or look at screens for myself. (Technology is still pretty primitive down here in the antipodes).
Nested File System - not the culprite
I immediately thought it was a case of nested file systems that were attempting to mount before their parent file systems. This typically happens when the sub-file system (e.g. /tsm/log) appears in the file /etc/filesystems before the parent file system (/tsm). As /tsm hasn't been mounted, there is no mount point directory called /tsm/log, and so the /tsm/log file system fails to mount. This is usually as a result of someone manually editing /etc/filesystems.
As the customer pointed out to me, the missing device was the logical volume /dev/fslv00, not the file system's mount point directory. So I buried my nested file systems theory to be pulled out for next time a customer rings me with missing file systems.
Just, the facts, Sir
With my nested file systems theory soundly demolished, it was time to take a good, hard look at the facts so far:
- After a reboot, exportvg worked without any errors
- importvg then worked and made the missing file systems available
- when rebooting, the problem reappeared
- the VM had been rebooted recently, prior to the AIX migration, and there were no problems.
Fact 1
The fact (fact #1) that the exportvg worked without any errors indicated that the volume group's file systems were not mounted before running the exportvg. If they had been mounted, we would have got some warnings that the file systems were in use. So a successful exporting actually hinted at a problem.
Fact 2
The fact that the importvg worked indicated that the volume group's disks were available to the OS. So there was no issue with SAN connectivity or some volume group corruption.
Fact 3
Since the volume group didn't come up after the reboot, perhaps the problem was with the volume group itself, rather than any one of the file systems or logical volumes belonging to it.
Fact 4
If the volume group had a problem with it, this seems to have occurred during the migration.
Patterns of Expertise
We looked for a pattern, and noticed that all the missing file systems belonged to the one volume group (datavg). The volume group could be imported / varied on from the command line, but didn't come up after a reboot. Then it twigged: the volume group had somehow been set not to varyon automatically following a reboot.
Sure enough, when we ran lsvg datavg we saw that datavg was set not to auto varyon. Nothing wrong with the volume group. It's just that somewhere along the way, someone, or perhaps a bug, had set it to varyon=no. Easily fixed, as the chvg command explains:
chvg -a y vg03
Which is exactly what we did for datavg.
Getting to the root cause
We rebooted and found the problem was certainly fixed. What caused the volume group not to varyon automatically as part of a reboot? A bit hard to know. Perhaps someone ran the importvg with the -n option, which Causes the volume not to be varied at the completion of the volume group import into the system.
Maybe there was a bug in AIX, where the migration didn't auto-varyon volume groups.
We may never get to the root cause. It's not a big concern, as we've set the varyon correctly now, and everything comes up fine after a reboot.


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Custom RV Holds Grand Opening for New Site
July 12, 2013 by RVBusiness · Comments Off on Custom RV Holds Grand Opening for New Site
Custom RV Inc., a full-service dealership in the lightweight, travel trailer market, is holding the grand opening for its new facility in Ontario, Calif. According to a press release, the event will run July 12-14 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily.
After 12 years at its former location in Anaheim, Calif., Custom RV has moved to a larger and more conveniently located property in Ontario to expand its footprint by more than five times, allowing significant increases in inventory, a much larger service department and room for future growth. In moving to the new location, formerly known as Carl's Acres of Trailers, Custom RV was able to ensure that the signature property remained within the RV industry.
"We are very pleased about the new location and all the potential it has. It enables us to provide a broader range of services so that we are better able to meet our customers' RV and camping needs," says Scott Eickhoff, general manager of Custom RV. "Being located in Ontario, the 'gateway to Southern California,' also makes us more accessible to our customer base."
Highlights of the three-day open house event include special discounts, free 80-watt solar panel with all new trailer purchases, vendor-sponsored raffle for two 32-inch TVs and industry vendors and give-aways.
A full-service dealership with factory-trained technicians, Custom RV sells new and pre-owned trailers as well as trailers on consignment. The new facility allows for an expanding parts store and has enough room to accommodate trailer storage as an option to its customers. The new, larger service area also allows Custom RV to keep more parts in stock, as well as shorten the lead time on obtaining service appointments. The customer parking area has also increased.
"The new lot is great – the main reason we moved is to carry a larger inventory. We now offer a greater variety of models and ultimately have a wider selection for our customers to choose from, so they can get exactly what they are looking for," says Matt Thacker, sales manager at Custom RV. "In this case, bigger is definitely better – in every instance. And, it's so easy to spot us – the 40-foot cowboy from Carl's Acres is a welcome addition to the Custom RV family."


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State Sen. Mark Grisanti invites constituents to share their input on "The Future of the Buffalo Skyway" with a roundtable of stakeholders that will examine what he considers the best practices moving forward with the Skyway. Grisanti would like to address a number of issues, including access to the inner and outer harbor; Ohio Street and Furhman Boulevard; the role that the Skyway plays with regards to business; the cost effectiveness of the overall maintenance of the Skyway versus the removal of it; and what could be developed on the waterfront if the Skyway is removed.
Readers are invited to express their opinion on these matters using the link below to help move the discussion on the Skyway forward toward a solution.
Click here to visit senatormarkgrisanti.com and access the form and have your voice heard.
Your comments will then be presented to both Grisanti and New York State Transportation Chairman Sen. Charles Fuschillo at the Senate Roundtable.


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2012 Lexus GX 460 Values
Select a 2012 Lexus GX 460 trim level
2012 model year changes
Changes are quite limited as the Lexus GX 460 SUV carries into 2012. New body-side molding is now color-keyed with chrome accents, and the Premium trim gets a new high-gloss wheel finish. Within the color palette, Peridot Mica is replaced by Fire Agate Pearl.
Competitive comparison
Rugged body-on-frame construction; towing ability; luxurious interior; comfortable seating; strong powertrain; available safety-tech features
Special features for 2012
The GX 460 is a truck, rather than a car-like crossover utility vehicle-- and it's closely related to the Toyota 4Runner--so it has body-on-frame construction, an asset for anyone who tows regularly. The GX otherwise stands out for being especially well-equipped with both luxury-car comforts as well as useful off-road aids and safety-tech features. It might also prove more maneuverable and manageable versus a full-size luxury SUV such as a Cadillac Escalade or Lincoln Navigator.
The 2012 Lexus GX 460 is a mid-size luxury SUV powered by a 4.6-liter V8 engine that yields 301 hp and 329 lb-ft of torque. 4WD is paired with a 6-speed automatic transmission resulting in a maximum towing capacity of 6,500 lbs. Fuel consumption is heavy at an EPA estimated 15 mpg city and 20 mpg highway. Features include 18-inch alloy wheels, backup camera, intuitive park assist, HID headlamps, dynamic radar cruise control, hands-free phone capabilities, heated steering wheel, and heated/ventilated front seats. Safety is comprised of class leading ten interior airbags, lane departure alert, vehicle stability features, adaptive front lighting, and smart stop technology. The GX 460 is backed by a 4-year/50,000-mile warranty.


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14 Nov, 2018
Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures Unveil the Synopsis for GODZILLA VS KONG!
Photo Courtesy of JoBlo.com Even though, we are anxiously awaiting next year's GODZILLA: KING OF MONSTERS, all eyes are firmly planted on the future with the highly anticipated monster smackdown on the horizon as two iconic beasts will do battle for all to enjoy. GODZILLA VS KONG is starting to ramp up on the news and today, we have an official synopsis from Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures to wet your appetite even more as production has officially begun. Check it out below! In a time
14 Nov, 2018
Robert Rodriguez's ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL Rolls Out a Heart Stopping New Trailer!
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14 Nov, 2018
BACKTRACE: Stallone is On the Hunt for Matthew Modine in the Official Trailer for the New Thriller
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REVIEW: The Miz & Shawn Michaels Deliver a Kick Ass One-Two Punch in THE MARINE 6: CLOSE QUARTERS
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11 Nov, 2018
THE ACTION FIX: The Brutal and High-Octane Firefights and Fisticuffs of MILE 22
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DEADPOOL & Fred Savage Wish You HAPPY HOLIDAYS in ONCE UPON A DEADPOOL
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TAKE POINT: War Means Business in the New International Trailer for the Korean Action Flick!
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Meet Viktor Drago in a New Teaser Trailer for CREED II
We are 2 weeks away from the debut of the anticipated sequel CREED II which finds Michael B. Jordan's Adonis Creed taking on the son of Ivan Drago in a winner take all match. Sylvester Stallone and Dolph Lundgren reprise their roles and this time the war is personal. The first trailer left the Dragos out as to build up the hype for their entrance but we got to see them in the second trailer. Now it's time to meet Viktor Drago played by the behemoth Florian Munteanu in a new teaser that was just


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The High Court has upheld an immigration official's decision to reject a bid by an Afghan refugee to bring his family to Australia partly on the basis that his father did not consent - even though his father is believed to be dead.
Javed Tahiri was granted a protection visa after arriving in Australia aged 17 in 2009.
But the immigration department rejected his subsequent application to bring his mother and four siblings - all aged under 18 - from Pakistan to join him.
The department found the application did not meet its requirements because it was not satisfied the law of their home country Afghanistan would permit the children's removal.
It also found it could not be satisfied the children's father consented to the application.
But Mr Tahiri's father has been missing, believed dead, since travelling to the Afghan city of Kandahar in 2003.
In that case the department required evidence his father's family approved of the move.
But Mr Tahiri argued this was difficult because his family had fled to Pakistan shortly after his father disappeared.
In refusing the application, the department's official said Mrs Tahiri "did not present any evidence to suggest that the husband is deceased" and there could be "several possible scenarios with regard to his current location".
The High Court on Thursday found the decision was on solid legal ground and did not breach the rules of natural justice.
Mr Tahiri, who now lives in Victoria and is studying to be an accountant, has been ordered to pay the costs of the case.


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Picture this: You are a single mother raising a son. You walk into your 4-year-old's room and find him wearing his sister's tutu and his face smeared with lipstick.
A. Get on the phone with your pediatrician, sure that the lack of a male role model at home has caused irreparable harm.
B. Tell him peach is more his color and grab your tube of "Coral Sea."
C. Shrug and reach for the wet wipes.
You're a fine parent if you do any of the above. Children in any family arrangement—single or otherwise—gender-bend. Boys' pretending to be Foofa from Yo Gabba Gabba! or girls' tearing around the house with light sabers "are ways to experiment with perceived ideas about gender," says David Hill, M.D., pediatrician, fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, and author of Dad to Dad: Parenting Like a Pro. Dr. Hill's own son enjoyed playing princess as a toddler. "I have the pictures to prove it," he adds.
But does Mom's love of scrapbooking or Dad's jones for muscle cars shape a child of the opposite sex?
Mary Pols, a single mom in Mid Coast, ME, became aware of her limitations on all things manly while raising her 8-year-old son, Dolan. "I knew I could teach him to cook, garden, and knit. But what about throwing a ball?"
Parents are a key influence, but they're only a sliver of the pie. While children learn sex-specific roles from their moms and dads, environment provides plenty of gender clues. Relatives, family friends, and even entertainment figures all count as gender role models, says Dr. Hill, so choose the ones around you wisely. It will likely be your child's friends who put the spotlight on stereotypes. Once children turn 5 or 6, they start feeling peer pressure to participate in gender-specific activities.
If your son wants to play with dolls, or your daughter with trucks, let 'em at it. "Don't saddle learning sessions with gender expectations," Dr. Hill says. Caring for a baby doll is a way to express empathy. Crashing toy cars together tests cause and effect. These are good traits for both sexes to possess but can only be accessed through play and experimentation. And find opportunities to tell your child that men and women are supposed to do and be many things—anything from washing the dishes to being Supreme Court justices.
As it turns out, Dolan can throw a perfect spiral. He's "innately macho," says Pols, but likes to keep his hair long. "That's nothing I'm pushing on him. It's just him."


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March 24, 2007
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The No. 63 Bronco men's tennis team bounced back from its defeat Friday to sweep Montana State 7-0 on Saturday afternoon at the Degheri Tennis Center. Despite a number of changes to the lineup, the Broncos continued their impressive play with a dominating victory. Freshman Steven Benvenuto teamed with Jay Wong to win his first career doubles dual match, while freshman Joe Galbraith won his first career singles dual match. Blane Shields remained unbeaten in the dual season with another straight sets victory.
With Bobby Rasmussen taking the day off to not go over the maximum number of competition dates, Robert Gallman and Blane Shields took over the No. 1 doubles spot and earned an 8-5 win over Jakob Dybala and Kyle McDonald. Jan Macek teamed with Kenzo Hirakawa-Wong to win at the second spot and Benvenuto joined fellow freshman Jay Wong to defeat Justin Hauck and Anton Leonenko 8-7 (1) at No. 3. It was Benvenuto's first ever win in the dual season.
In singles, Jan Macek breezed to a straight sets win to keep the momentum going and then Tommy Hicks got back on track with a 6-1, 6-1 won at No. 5 over David Kovas. Shields was next off the court to improve his dual match singles record to 7-0 with a win over Justin Hauck. Wong recovered from his loss on Friday against Cornell with a win at No. 2 to earn his 24th win of the year.
The big story of the day, however, was Galbraith. The freshman battled into a supertiebreaker before prevailing for his first dual match win 6-1, 6-7 (2), 1-0 (5). The win came in front of Galbraith's father, John, who is a former member of the Bronco tennis team.
In the final match of the day, Gallman was victorious in his first singles match after battling bronchitis for much of the past two weeks.
Brian Brogan sat our Saturday's match after taking six hours of finals on Friday and winning a singles match against Cornell immediately upon completing his tests.
Santa Clara (13-5) gets back to the courts on Monday, March 26 with a match against No. 61 Stanford in the last road match of the season for SCU. The match starts at 5:00 p.m. PT.
No. 63 Santa Clara def. Montana State 7-0
Doubles: (Order of finish 2, 1, 3)
1. SCU Robert Gallman/Blane Shields def. MONT Jakob Dybala/Kyle McDonald 8-5
2. SCU Jan Macek/Kenzo Hirakawa-Wong def. MONT David Kovas/Igor Vuckovic 8-2
3. SCU Steven Benvenuto/Jay Wong def. MONT Justin Hauck/Anton Leonenko 8-7(1)
Singles: (Order of finish 1, 5, 4, 2, 6, 3)
1. SCU Jan Macek def. MONT Jakob Dybala 6-4, 6-1
2. SCU Jay Wong def. MONT Kyle McDonald 6-4, 6-3
3. SCU Robert Gallman def. MONT Anton Leonenko 6-4, 6-4
4. SCU Blane Shields def. MONT Justin Hauck 7-5, 6-2
5. SCU Tommy Hicks def. MONT David Kovas 6-1, 6-1
6. SCU Joe Galbraith def. MONT Myles Perkins 6-1, 6-7 (2), 1-0 (5)


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Is it normal for the spacebar or pointing device on my portable computer to press against the LCD panel when the lid is closed?
The spacebar or pointing device on your portable computer is touching the LCD screen when the lid is closed, causing the LCD to appear scuffed.
It is normal for the keyboard or the pointing device to touch the LCD on your portable system; as LCDs increase in size and portables decrease in weight, inherent flexibility must be incorporated into the system design. Dell has thoroughly tested the LCD panel to see if this would cause damage to the LCD, and concluded that the contact will not damage or scratch the LCD.
NOTE: The contact may cause the LCD to appear scuffed at the point of contact. These marks will disappear when the LCD is cleaned; and reappear with less frequency if the spacebar and pointing device are cleaned at the same time. Extra pressure on the system case, such as placing the system in an over-stuffed carrying case, will cause the reappearance of LCD smudges with greater frequency unless the contact points are kept clean. For more information on how to clean your LCD screen
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Morehead, Ky. - Tennessee State advanced to the second round of the Ohio Valley Conference tournament with a win over fourth seeded Austin Peay. The Tigers earned a 3-1 (25-15, 18-25, 27-25, 25-17) victory over the Governors in Wetherby Gym on Thursday afternoon. The win is the first for the Tigers in the OVC Championships since winning the tournament in 2007.
Naomi Wells led the Tigers with a double-double as she recorded a game-high 16 kills (.324) and picked up 13 digs. Rachel Ambroch added offensive support with 13 kills (.250).
Setter Erika Moss added five kills to go along with her 41 assists. Libero Britani Hathorn registered four assists and a game-high 15 digs.
The two teams traded points to start the match and were tied at 7-7 when the Tigers used consecutive kills by Moss, Lindsay Hornsby and Wells to take a 10-7 lead. Austin Peay would respond with two quick points before TSU exploded with six straight points behind the serving of Wells.
Hornsby added two kills during the stretch before Wells picked up her only ace of the night. Emilie Aase closed out the run by taking advantage of an over pass by the Governors and delivering a booming kill for a 16-9 lead.
To close out the set, Ambroch made a great save on an APSU tip allowing Hathorn the opportunity to get the ball up enough for Ambroch to put the ball down for the 25-15. TSU hit .424 during the first set with 16 kills and 2 errors on 33 attempts. Austin Peay was held to a .152 percentage (11-6-33).
The rolls reversed in the second set as APSU hit .481 (15-2-27), while the Tigers hit .212 (13-6-33). The two teams would stay close early with Aase picking up a kill to bring the Tigers to within one at 8-7. But the Governors went on an 8-2 run to give them a comfortable 16-9 lead. TSU would never get any closer than a four point deficit as they dropped the second set 25-18.
Both teams came out of the break fired up, but neither team could get away from the other. Late in the set, the Governors used a Lauren Henderson kill to take a 21-19 lead. But the Tigers fought back with three straight points as Hornsby recorded a kill and teamed with Aase for a block.
APSU would come back to tie the set at 24-24 before Moss and Ambroch each recorded kills to give the Tigers a 27-25 win. TSU hit .222 (16-6-45) to Austin Peay's .191 (14-5-47).
The fourth set opened with the Tigers getting a little momentum as they used a Wells kill to take a 10-7 lead. APSU would come back to tie the game at 13-13 only to see the Tigers go on a 12-6 run to end the match. Ambroch and Butler led the charge as they teamed up for two blocks. Ambroch added two kills and an ace, while Butler recorded a kill along with Wells.
TSU will play their semifinal match at 7:00 p.m. ET on Friday evening against host and top seeded Morehead State who defeated UT Martin 3-0.


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"Live music at its best since 1967! Thanks to you" with these words Claude Nobs, the passionate jazz fan and visionary who created the Montreux Jazz Festival, thanks all of the contributors of one of the most prestigious music festivals in Europe in a special edition Moleskine notebook.
The 2009 edition includes artists such as Boo Boo Davis, Black Eye Peas, Dave Matthews Band, Lily Allen and Lang Lang.
Moleskine realized two special edition notebooks, with the festival logo and the image created by the artist who was asked to design the prestigious poster for the event: the French writer and illustrator Tomi Ungerer (www.exopuce.fr/tomi/c_accueil_f.htm).
For further info: www.montreuxjazz.com


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Real-World Review
2015 Chevrolet Tahoe: Real World Review
If you're interested in a full-size SUV, there's no more obvious choice than the Chevrolet Tahoe. It can tow, it can haul and it can carry the whole family and their luggage. But after eight years with the same basic design, the Tahoe has finally been redesigned for the 2015 model year. So, is the all-new 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe as capable as its predecessors? We spent a week behind the wheel to find out.
Still a Truck
The first thing you notice when you climb behind the wheel of the latest Tahoe is that you are, in fact, still sitting in a truck. Or, more appropriately, a large SUV that's heavily based on a truck -- in this case, Chevrolet's full-size Silverado pickup.
This is obvious in many ways, ranging from the huge interior to the king-of-the-road driving position. But most importantly, you figure it out the second you set off. Although General Motors has made big improvements to the latest Tahoe's suspension, including the addition of magnetic ride control on high-end LTZ models, the ride is still surprisingly floaty and the steering remains pretty vague.
Some shoppers actually like how much of a truck the Tahoe is, due to its brawny styling and the effortless, imprecise steering. But for other drivers, spending just a few miles behind the wheel will be enough to prove that they should be searching for a crossover instead.
Regardless of whether you prefer a crossover or a truck-based SUV, the Tahoe offers one major benefit that can appeal to all drivers: its engine. We loved the muscle of our Tahoe test car's 5.3-liter V8, which makes 355 horsepower and 383 lb-ft of torque. With the Tahoe Hybrid gone, it's the SUV's only engine, and it brings the Tahoe to 60 miles per hour from a standing stop in an impressive 7.3 seconds. Best of all, fuel economy is surprisingly good: 16 miles per gallon in the city and 23 mpg on the highway is roughly the same rating as the smaller Chevrolet Traverse and Ford Explorer crossovers, both of which use V6 power rather than a powerful V8.
Interior Upgrade
Our Tahoe test car was a top-level LTZ model, and we came away tremendously impressed with the SUV's interior quality. Just like the outgoing Tahoe was a huge step up over the model that came before it, the all-new 2015 Tahoe is yet another massive leap in the right direction. Admittedly, we expected that from the high-end LTZ, but it's not just upscale touches that have us impressed. We like the simple control layout, the smaller panel gaps and the user-friendly center-mounted touchscreen.
There were, however, a few small issues with the interior. For instance, to make the third row fold flat, Chevrolet had to raise the floor height, which means it can be difficult to load large items. A few drivers also suggested that the steering-wheel buttons will fade, echoing an issue with other GM models that use similar buttons. And one driver complained that the low-quality rear carpet will be a magnet for crumbs and dirt.
Still, those aren't major gripes. In general, we think the Tahoe's interior is excellent, from its newly redesigned center stack to its comfortable seats to its MyLink infotainment system, which more than one driver praised for its useful displays and large, colorful icons. Overall, the Tahoe's cabin is a nice place to be.
Expensive for a Chevy
While we loved our time with the 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe, we have to draw your attention to one important item: the price tag. Of course, you were going to look at it anyway, because you can't avoid it when it starts to creep up this high.
How high, you ask? An upscale Tahoe LTZ, like our test car, starts at $60,000, and that's before options such as adaptive cruise control and 4-wheel drive. It wasn't so long ago when that figure could buy you a well-equipped Escalade. Even if you step back to the mid-level Tahoe LT, you're still looking at $51,000 for a 2-wheel-drive model, and that large figure doesn't include a sunroof, a navigation system, front parking sensors or other items you might want in a family vehicle.
These are expensive figures, and they're even more stunning when you compare the Tahoe to other SUVs. An upscale LTZ version of Chevrolet's own Traverse, for example, starts at just $42,000, and it offers the same 3-row seating, the same infotainment system and roughly the same equipment as the Tahoe LTZ.
Our Take
In the end, we really enjoyed the 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe for its muscular engine, its excellent interior, its handsome styling and its comfortable ride. But we're starting to question the relevance of SUVs such as this. Unless you need to tow a boat, carry your whole family and haul their luggage -- all at the same time -- we think that a smaller, cheaper, easier-to-handle crossover is probably better suited for your needs. As a result, we only recommend the Tahoe if your vehicle requirements go beyond simple commuting, around-town driving and kid-carrying.


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8 Jan 2013 14:45:39 PM
Hot Potato: 23 Photos of One FC Ring Girl Felixia Yeap
Props to MMASucka for turning us on to model Felixia Yeap, a Miss Universe Malaysia finalist who was just picked up as a ring girl for ONE FC. A former kindergarten teacher and the imaginary girlfriend of cock-talking lawyers worldwide, Felixia hails from Kuala Lumpur and became Malaysia's first Playboy Bunny when she was hired to work at the Playboy Club in Macao.
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Masterbation....It works.
I forget to log off when I leave, ALOT
I've been having this problem as well its happening really often after high school started!!
I have many ways:
take a shower
read a book (a very boring one)
go night strolling around the neighborhood (watch out for perverts)
and so yeah... i hope i help kinda
fk, gone
Turn off the electronics.
most of these are decent. but as a college student who pulled a 10 days all nighter with about 10 hours of napping in between. that was enough to mess up my sleep cycle. if i manage to sleep it would be in one hour-3 hours increments at best after.
took nearly a whole summer to force myself back into a normal sched, but i feel like crap in the morning.
wat got me back together was tiring myself out like no tomorrow. wake up early, then watch 2 hours of whose line with the lights on and knock out. once it start to become more natural i can start to turn off the lights. though i can't wake up at 7 in the morning and feel good about it anymore
nyquil does work. so does morphine if you ever got into a bad accident, your set for nights.
on my way to my DREAMS- your smile - through food
Try taking a shower before bed or having chamomile tea, unfortunately in my case its a bit different.
I have Insomnia and I have tried a lot of things and I try to be organic about it like tea and supplements but they never work I had prescription meds for a while but hated some of the side effects so I now use medicinal Marijuana and yes it was my last resort and to be honest it actually works.
At first I thought it was complete BS but my doctor gave me a breakdown and it made a lot of sense but I'm not like those people who abuse it I only use to put me to sleep and I use it every so often about 5-10 minutes before I go to sleep until I get the body high I need and once I get to that point.
I sleep so much better with it and I wake up much more rested. I don't recommend it until you have tried other alternatives plus it's damn near impossible to get your doctor to approve it and being diagnosed with insomnia is a process as well but I had to make some dumb sleep diary is what the nurse calls it and you have to log your time you go to sleep and wake up for a few months and then do other tests that they give you but medicinal marijuana will not even be on the doctors list.
I have been diagnosed with insomnia since the age of 12 and started using medicinal marijuana at 15. I'm not addicted to it and I don't use it when I travel for work or stay at a friends house
I know that feels that I became the feel
Obviously i cant beat the post above but a simple method me and my brother use is to point your arms toward the ceiling and let the blood drain from them. Cant expain how it works it just does. Maybe just for us.
Im back. How was studyville you ask? Judging by that question, you should visit.
is it wrong for me to say "masturbate" ? XDD
pff. but.. yeah, when I cant sleep... I do that tho.
idk, maybe it's just me XDD
*runs away*
Dulce, Mimmy. Create one more stupidity here and I'll hate you 2. I'm serious.
drink milk..
Waiting for my buds to add me up in my contact.. deleting this one soon
Every woman blows her cover in the eyes of the beholder.
Waiting for my buds to add me up in my contact.. deleting this one soon
I've been having some issues with sleeping lately too. What has helped me I've noticed is either listening to Coldplay or Classical music or putting in a movie that I've seen like 100 times but not really watching it, I usually have the volume down low and face away from the TV so that way its kind of just background noise and I end up falling asleep within a few min after words
Nothing beats sleeping in a woman's arms. It's really quite nice. :D
It's kind of like yin and yang. Women have such soft bodies and smooth skin. I usually get really hot when I sleep and burn up, while most girls I've been with are usually always cool, so it balances up. I heat her up she cools me down.
Winter Is Coming.
Its time for Site-wide HTTPS and dropping flash in the Manga Section.
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is it wrong for me to say "masturbate" ? XDD
pff. but.. yeah, when I cant sleep... I do that tho.
idk, maybe it's just me XDD
*runs away*
Normal, reason is not needed for masturbation...but it helps!
I forget to log off when I leave, ALOT
mistacrezz wrote:
My sleep cycle is all kinds of messed up, i been having this issue for a long time but it has been getting worst for the past months and much worst since the last 3 weeks i was wondering if anybody had a similar problem and an know any good ways to put your self to sleep or if anyone had good suggestion...............besides sleeping pills
my friend just started taking some natural medicine that helps him get into a routine for sleep and gives him a positive attitude but i forget what he called it. let me ask him and then i'll come back and tell you in a couple days.


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In the last 15 years, I've covered nearly every USC road game where the Trojans marching band performs on the field, and there's always a moment in those games that makes me cringe.
It's the moment before the pregame show in which the USC drum major majestically — or is that tauntingly? — plants a sword in the middle of the opponent's field.
I hate it. I'm stunned other schools allow it. It feels like more than just a piece of metal digging into grass, it feels like a lack of respect burrowing under the stadium's skin.
I think about what happened in Dallas a dozen years ago, with San Francisco's Terrell Owens spiking a touchdown pass on the Cowboys' legendary midfield star and being angrily tackled by Dallas' George Teague. I think of the potential trouble faced by the Trojans band on any Saturday in this current violent sports environment, there being an inherent danger in a college kid spiking a sword amid a hostile crowd spiked with liquor.