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Monitoring & Testing Companies in Quebec
DCL, Inc.
based in Charlevoix, MICHIGAN (USA)
DCL manufactures the worlds finest dust control and loading systems for the bulk materials industry. Product line: Loading Spouts, Loading Spout Positioners, Aeration Equipment, Shut-Off Valves, Diverter Valves, Dust Collection Equipment, Bag and Drum Filling, Level Sensors, Inspection Hatches, System Controls, Valve Positioning Package.
based in Amman, JORDAN
We are a leading manufacturer of complete membrane systems providing consulting, design, engineering, market research, laboratory testing, pilot plant testing, and training for desalination plants. The growing importance of environmental issues and their impact on our life has given rise to the need for investments and development of engineering solutions to problems ...
based in Madrid, SPAIN
Gamesa is one of the biggest manufacturers and suppliers of technologically advanced products, installations and services in the technology for energy sustainability sector. Gamesa generates electric energy of renewable origin, essentially based on the promotion and running of wind farms, the manufacture of wind turbines and the providing of advanced services to the ...
Pollution Prevention Consulting
based in Scarborough, MAINE (USA)
Provide integrated environmental solutions, including: Computerized Systems - Customized environmental management databases - Process simulators to review different operating conditions - Air emission, energy, and water models - Compliance Auditing - Environmental regulations; Environmental reporting systems
based in North Andover, MASSACHUSETTS (USA)
We are the ultimate source for Geotechnical and Hydrogeologic software products. Over 2000 companies, universities and government institutions are using our software products in over 30 countries worldwide.
Gerber Pumps International, Inc.
based in Longwood, FLORIDA (USA)
Our objective is to provide Creative Pumping and Treatment Solutions to our customers. We specialize in pumping ALL types of difficult to pump fluids and sludge. Our pumps excel in handing fluids that are abrasive, viscous & abrasive, shear sensitive, high fiber content, high % solids.We treat a wide variety of water and wastewater types from industrial to municipal as ...
Canadian Soil & Climate Protection Corp. (SCP)
based in Kincardine, ONTARIO (CANADA)
SCP provides a full range of professional services for your environmental needs. These services include things like Phase I, II, III ESA, litigation support, EMS solutions, Environmental Monitoring, Training, Soil Investigations, hydrogeological studies, decommissioning, and many others.
Salsnes Filter - a Trojan Technologies Company
based in Namsos, NORWAY
The Salsnes Filter was developed in rural Norway to address the need to provide compact primary sewage treatment. The inventor, Audun Fosseng, continues to manage the development of the technology. The technology meets the criteria of the European Council Directive 91/271/EEC (May 21, 1991), making it suitable for use as a primary sewage treatment system. The Salsnes ...
The Technical University of Crete (TUC)
based in Chania, GREECE
The purpose of the institution is to conduct research, to provide under-graduate and graduate educational programs in modern engineering fields as well as to develop links with the Greek industry. The Department of Environmental Engineering is the youngest depart-ment of the Technical University of Crete. It started its activities in the fall of 1997. It is located in a ...
Automatisation JRT inc.
based in Quebec City, QUEBEC (CANADA)
Automatisation JRT Inc. specializes in the field of automation and the manufacturing of control systems in various industries. At the beginning, the activities of AUTOMATISATION JRT Inc. were concentrated in the Quebec area, we are now involved at the international level. Monitoring software designer for municipal water resource networks and associated control system ...


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By MICHAEL WARDLAW
The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees approved Mississippi State University's request to proceed with expansion plans to Davis Wade Stadium Thursday.
The approved project carries an $80 million price tag and will include an addition to the north end zone as well as improvements to the west concourse of DWS. The north end zone addition would consist of bowling in the end and increasing capacity by roughly 6,000. The area would also include box seating and suites.
State fans will also find a new concourse with fan amenities and additional food service support for the stadium complex. Structural provisions to allow for a future upper deck will also be included. Improvements to the west concourse will consist of the addition to the architectural façade, new service and maintenance level, new vertical circulation and renovated restroom and concession facilities.
MSU Director of Athletics Scott Stricklin said the expansion project is expected to break ground following the conclusion of the 2012 regular football season.
"We are moving forward and hopefully we can put it out for bid this summer, get it rewarded and get going," Stricklin said. "When we start the stadium expansion later this year, that's just another sign that this is something we care deeply about. I've said it before, facilities say a lot about you."
He said plans for the expansion are just one of many recent projects designed to enrich the MSU student experience.
"It sends a message that this is important," Stricklin said. "When you pull up to Dudy Noble it sends a message that baseball is important. When you pull up to the Mize Pavilion it says that basketball is important to Mississippi State. The Seal Complex is going to be another one of those signals that this is important to Mississippi State."
The Seal Complex is the latest addition in a long line of campus enhancements that include the Palmeiro Center, the Templeton Academic Center, the Holiman Center and the Mize Pavilion just to name a few. The new football-only facility, the Seal Complex, will be a state-of-the-art facility which will house everything a college football program would desire in order to be competitive in the most demanding league in college football.
"Things are going great," Stricklin said. "I had a chance to walk in it the other day and it is a massive facility. You just have no idea even driving by it how much space is in there. They are working seven days a week and really making good progress. We are expecting to get in around the first of the year, coming back from that bowl game and moving in."
As recently as this week the impact of the Mize Pavilion was recognized during the hire of new women's basketball head coach Vic Schaefer.
"They can't go but to a handful of other places and receive what they are going to receive here at Mississippi State University. That's real important," Schaefer said during his opening press conference. "In today's world, they've got to see it. If they can't see it, it is hard to sell it. I think that's what this University and the facilities do for us. I'm excited to have the opportunity to show it to a lot of great players."
Schaefer later said how Mississippi State facilities increases the quality of the experience received by all students and "that's what coaching is about, creating great experiences."


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Ok, so I've been busy working on driving traffic as efficiently as I can. The first thing I did was start posting in multiple internet marketing forums and internet marketing related blogs. Both options have shown fairly decent results so far.
The jury is still out since it's only really been 3 days, but I think they will end up being extremely powerful methods of creating a steady flow of traffic to this site. The replies I posted on related blogs have shown better results so far (at about a 2:1 rate actually), but I think forum traffic is more of a long term thing anyway.
It takes a while to build credibility on a forum but once you have it people will be looking you up all the time as an authority.
I've also created a free trial account at www.onlywire.com to socially bookmark my blog posts for me. For those that don't know what social bookmarking does, it really has two benefits. First it creates bookmarks on social sites like digg and facebook so more people can find out about the things I'm bookmarking and and it makes my content more visible to search engines like google and yahoo.
I also setup a couple accounts on traffic sharing sites like iliketraffic.com. In the future I might buy website traffic but for right now I want to use only free methods so you can see how to create a following without paying for it. I doubt this will give me any high returns in the end but even a few extra eyes seeing the site can lead to an extra patron or two and in my eyes every person counts. That's one extra person that can learn from my mistakes so they don't have to commit them in the future.
Yesterday I setup a twitter account and after following the more recognizable names in the industry like Jay Abraham, Mike Filsaime, Brad Gosse, Eben Pagan and more I started replying to their tweets and making a few of my own. It's been about 24 hours and I already have 42 followers at the time of this post.
If I can keep that up for a month I'll have close to 1300 followers. The great thing about twitter is that when I create a new blog post I can tweet the link and I'll have 1300 people seeing an advertisement for my post by the end of the month. Can it get any better than that?
In the near future I think I'll do a post on what has been working to generate more followers on twitter. Leave a comment and let me know if that would help you out.
You Can't Do It All!
The last thing I'll be looking into today is using the site www.fiverr.com to outsource a bit of my work. The great thing about fiverr is that you can get a countless number of services done for only $5 a piece. From things like keyword research and writing articles to backlinks and even setting up full websites for you the limits are almost boundless.
I'll probably end up paying someone $5 to take some of my blog content and rewriting it into a spinnable article. Then I'll pay someone another $5 to spin that content into 100s of unique articles and post those articles on many different article directories. I'm hoping that it ends up paying dividends. I'll let you know in the near future.
I want to leave you with one last bit of information. Since I've started driving traffic I've seen a definite increase through my website analytics. The line is pointing upwards and I'm going to make sure it stays that way. Check back soon and I'll let you know which of my methods was the most successful in getting traffic.


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Alan Levy runs BlogTalkRadio and Cinchcast. He's trying to shake up the worlds of talk radio and conference calling at the same time. Courtesy of BlogTalkRadio
Alan Levy was trained as an accountant, and everyone knows CPAs are skilled at numbers, taxes and spreadsheets. That doesn't mean they make good entrepreneurs. But in Levy's case, apparently, it does.
His BlogTalkRadio is in its infancy, but offers over 40,000 talk shows via telephone lines and is already profitable. It's now a part of Cinchcast, a webconferencing firm that has patents on its phone-based conferencing technology. Levy serves as CEO as both of them.
After graduating with an accounting degree from Boston University in 1981, Levy worked as a CPA at several firms. But in 1993, he faced a life-transforming decision.
After 13 years as an accountant at two mid-sized firms, Levy had befriended a client Martin Varsavsky, who had started Viatel, a telecommunications firm. Levy was offered the role of CFO but that would entail relinquishing his security.
But Levy was a risk-taker and took the plunge. "I could always go back to being an accountant," he said. When finance whiz George Soros invested in Viatel, the company grew and took off.
At Viatel, he moved to London, learned the telecommunication business and how international business operated. All of these skills, combined with his financial savvy, have contributed to his entrepreneurial success.
In 1996, he joined Econophone, another telecom company, which changed its name to Destia Communications. Levy soon became its president and COO and helped turn it into a global telecom powerhouse with $350 million in revenue. It eventually went public in 1999. Based on some of Levy's connections, it was sold to Viatel, his former company, for one billion dollars in December 1999. That sale provided him with the capital to launch other businesses.
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BRANCHVILLE - Sixteen men sentenced from Perry County are serving time at Branchville Correctional Facility, Department of Correction records show.
Offenders, crimes they were convicted of and earliest projected release dates are listed below. This information was released before this week's news that men with more than eight years remaining on their sentences will no longer be sent to Branchville.
• Michael James, possession of cocaine or a narcotic drug, September 2010.
• William Wolf, dealing in methamphetamine, April 2013
TELL CITY — Joe Talley, who turned Tell City High School into a football powerhouse in the 1960s and '70s and later served as the school's athletic director, died Tuesday at age 80.
The Marksmen had losing seasons in each of their first seven years playing 11-man football before Talley was hired as their coach in 1960.
He posted a 6-2-1 record that year and went on to have only two losing seasons in 18 years as their coach. He had 10 seasons with two or fewer losses, including a 10-0 record in 1969 with a team that averaged a school-record 41.2 points per game.
TELL CITY - Sheriff Bob Glenn will add two deputies to his staff if an application he's submitting under the COPS Program is successful.
He received at their March 26 regular meeting the county council's permission to submit an application under the U. S. Department of Justice's Community Oriented Policing Services Program, which provides three years' grant funding for law-enforcement officers. Local communities are required under terms of the grants to employ them for a year after the initial period ends.
TELL CITY - Starting Monday, readers will need an extra quarter to buy a copy of The Perry County News inside a store or from a blue newspaper rack.
The newsstand price of The News will jump to 75 cents from 50 cents due to rising prices for newsprint, fuel and other input costs. The change takes effect with the April 6 issue.
The price increase is the first since November 1992, when single-copy prices rose to 50 cents from 35 cents.
TELL CITY - Board members for the Perry County Recycling Management District approved a shift to dumpsters from trailers now used to collect cardboard from businesses.
As The News reported March 12, district Executive Director Paul Alvey was pursuing the shift from trailers he said are cost-inefficient to dumpsters that will be provided and emptied by Veolia Environmental Services Solid Waste.
TROY - Murl Schwartz has a mess on his hands after Saturday evening's storm destroyed two grain bins and damaged a pole building north of Troy.
"It's the second time at the same location," said Schwartz, who farms land in Perry and Spencer counties. A storm three years ago destroyed a storage building. Hardest hit Saturday, though, were two grain bins, which were torn from their foundations and tossed about a quarter mile into a field.
The roof of one bin was strewn nearby, as were the innards of the two bins, including an auger that stirs grain.
TERRE HAUTE — Tell City High School 2008 graduate Sarah Roccia will receive a certificate of honor from the Delta Mu Chapter of the Pi Kappa Lamda National Music Honor Society at Indiana State University May 3.
Roccia, who earned state-level awards for both instrumental and vocal performances while attending school in Tell City, will be honored in an awards ceremony and banquet beginning at 5 p.m. on the ninth floor of ISU's Hulman Memorial Student Union.
TELL CITY - Property-tax bills usually mailed in early April will be delayed this year, County Auditor Connie Berger said Tuesday. Her office is currently balancing assessments provided by the county assessor's office and working with the state on changes in this year's tax cal
culations. Berger said it is too early to estimate when bills might be prepared and mailed - or when spring installments will be due. "I know we will not have a May 10 deadline," she said.
Berger pledged to keep The News updated on the tax-bill preparation process.
HUNTINGBURG - Tell City High School students beat out several academic teams to take top honors during the Pocket Athletic Conference Academic Super Bowl.
Tell City earned 96 points at the March 10 event at Southridge High School. North Posey High School came in second with 91 points with Southridge in third with 82 points. Tell City placed first in social studies with 21 points, interdisciplinary with 19 and fine arts with 20 points. The team placed second in English and third in science.
ALLIANCE, Neb. - Three Branchville Correctional Facility fugitives who spun a web of fear in communities in three states were captured Thursday in the Sandhills region of the Nebraska panhandle.
Jerry Sargent, 59, Christopher Marshall, 49, and 31-year-old Bobby Cockerell were arrested in Alliance, Neb., following a 64-mile pursuit Nebraska State Patrol officials said reached 105 mph.
Alliance is a city of about 9,000 people in northwest Nebraska.
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Ado-Ekiti — Ilorin zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), yesterday faulted the management of the University of Ilorin for allegedly misinterpreting the 2009 Supreme Court's judgment which reinstated the 49 lecturers sacked by the institution.
ASUU in a statement by its coordinator, Dr. Ayan Adeleke, and signed by five others, said Uni Ilorin management was wrong to have claimed that the Supreme Court judgment delivered by Justice Mahmud Mohammed in 2009 barred the lecturers, who were suspended for eight years from asking for their benefits after reinstatement.
The dons popularly referred to as Uni Ilorin 49, were suspended in 2001 by the school for fighting for better conditions of service for university teachers.
They were however reinstated in 2009 through a Supreme Court verdict.
In the statement, ASUU said "the position of the university signals a dangerous trend capable of ridiculing the apex court and igniting another round of crisis that would bring the institution on its kneels".
ASUU said the supreme court was emphatic when it ruled that all salaries of the reinstated lecturers and other entitlements should be paid immediately.


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5 Questions With An EdTech Startup: Hannes Klöpper of Berlin-based MOOC provider 'iversity'
By Wired Academic on July 4, 2013
International, Interview, MOOCs, Required, Technology, Universities & Colleges
Hannes Klöpper's is managing director at Berlin-based iversity, which recently hosted a contest, The MOOC Production Fellowship, where it awarded €250,000 to 10 European MOOC concepts. The company has significant angel investment and government investment to be one of the three main emerging MOOC providers in the European Union. WiredAcademic managing editor Paul Glader and Hannes have met several times at ed tech events in Berlin and recently exchanged email questions and answers as part of our ongoing series "Five Questions with a CEO." (Although we happen to have six questions this time). Here's what Hannes had to say:
WA – Tell us how and why iversity came to be?
HK – In 2008 iversity started out as a student project. My co-founder Jonas Liepmann was frustrated with the digital infrastructure in use at the institutions he attended. He decided to apply for a so-called EXIST-grant, a sort of scholarship programme for entrepreneurs funded by the German government, and raised €100,000 to get started. At the same time some friends of mine and I won a Germany-wide idea competition with the idea for an interactive online-education platform. In 2011, we decided to join forces and went on to raise €1.1 million euros in funding from the Frühphasenfonds Brandenburg. When MOOCs suddenly appeared on the horizon, we immediately realized the enormous promise of this new form of online education and decided to bring this phenomenon to Europe. We spent all of 2012 talking to universities, businesses and investors to evangelize this space.
WA – It seems your strategy has changed a bit, right? You started considering corporate MOOCs? But now are focusing on introducing MOOCs from university professors?
HK – In January 2012 we decided to focus on MOOCs. Back then the question simply was: whom could we work with? Who would be the best partners to collaborate with in this space? We initially assumed that corporate actors would be better placed to muster the resources necessary for MOOC production. After all, continental European universities lack the funds that some of the private institutions in the US can mobilize. However, we soon realized that producing MOOCs as a new form of marketing and recruiting tool, might be a plausible value proposition for a corporate strategist. But on an operational level there simply wasn't anyone to talk to. A MOOC project would lie at the intersection of three departments within the organization: marketing, HR and another that supplies the relevant subject-matter expertise. That proved very tricky to arrange.
WA – Talk about MOOC platforms from Europe and their challenges and opportunities?
HK – As a European MOOC platform we have one clear advantage and that is that we have a foot on the ground. Unlike our colleagues in Silicon Valley, we are one to two hours away by plane from most major cities in Europe. Working with the MOOC Production Fellows we are seeing the tremendous value that results from close interaction of those involved in course conceptualisation and course production with the developers building the platform. Creating a good educational experience is not a one-size-fits all business where you just set up a platform out of the box and then let people dump content into. You really have to get to know this space and work closely with the educators on the ground. And that's exactly what we are doing.
WA – What's iversity's primary strategy going forward? How will it be different from the Open University's MOOC platform, the new OpenUpEd platform from the EU or the big 3 American platforms?
HK – Time will tell. I think we have taken a unique approach with the open call for applications for the MOOC Production Fellowship. This was a bottom-up initiative all the way. That is why we also wanted the students to have their say in the voting phase. Another interesting aspect might be that we work with a well-established player in the German higher education landscape. Stifterverband is a think tank as well as a foundation and as such the most important private funding organization for German academia. Going forward I believe that a number of formats and schools of pedagogy will evolve and as much as some professors and institutions have established reputations for research, others will do so for teaching.
WA – We understand you wrote a book recently, Hannes. For now, it's in German, only right? Can you summarize your main point in the book?
HK – I'm currenlty working on the English version which is to be published later this year. In fact Yehuda Elkana, a distinguished philosopher of science, and I wrote the book in English. But it was commissioned in German so that's why it was published in reverse order if you will. The core themes of the book are two questions: What is it that universities should be teaching and how should they go about teaching it? In a nutshell the argument is that universities should design curricula that let students engage with the complexity and messiness of real-life problems early on. That way they get to grapple with the important epistemological questions that too frequently are left out of undergraduate curricula. We believe that a paramount objective of any form of higher education should be to cultivate a capacity for interdisciplinary dialogue and to educate concerned citizens. The typical objection to this demand is that this is an idealistic conception of higher education that cannot be implemented under the conditions of contemporary mass higher education. We believe, however, that technology can act as a catalyst that will allow us to make better use of scarce faculty time. It can help us to change the instructional model in a way that maximizes the impact of student-faculty interaction.
WA – How do you foresee European universities changing in the next 20 years? What will they look like then?
HK – Tough call. One thing I would venture to say is: very different. I find it hard to imagine a future in which the degree of change that will have taken place between now and 2033 does not profoundly exceed the rather incremental degree of change that we have observed between 1993 and today. Someone who worked at an institution of higher education back then could walk into most universities today, and as far as teaching is concerned, wouldn't feel disoriented. I don't think the same could be said about someone that is fast forwarded to 2033. Personal interaction and discussions in small groups will still lie at the heart of education. But I think the institutional setup, the notion of the classroom and the way students and teachers interact will have undergone transformative change.
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Browse recent news and stories about Shane Salerno.
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Previously Unpublished J.D. Salinger Stories LeakedHuffington Post - Nov 29, 2013
Shane Salerno On Chasing The Salinger MystiqueReuters.com - Nov 14, 2013
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of Shane Salerno.
1999 26 Years Old In 1999, Salerno sold the rights to the bestseller Zodiac to Disney's Touchstone Pictures in a seven figure deal announced in Variety on August 4, 1997. … Read More
2000 27 Years Old The Singleton-Salerno collaboration (aided by Richard Price) was well reviewed by major critics and resulted in Salerno's second #1 film when "Shaft" debuted on June 16, 2000. … Read More
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In 2001–2002, Salerno returned to television by co-creating (with crime novelist Don Winslow) the NBC series UC: Undercover which TV Guide described as "Donnie Brasco meets Mission Impossible." … Read More
2007 34 Years Old His work led Twentieth Century Fox to hire him to write the sequel Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem which was a worldwide box office hit in December, 2007.
2008 35 Years Old On September 12, 2008, the Hollywood Reporter announced that Twentieth Century Fox had pre-emptively purchased Salerno's spec script "Doomsday Protocol" in a "seven figure deal."
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In May 2009, Salerno signed on to write a project for James Cameron and 20th Century Fox.
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In August, 2010 Newsweek ran a lengthy profile of Salerno's documentary titled "Salinger Like You've Never Seen Him." … Read More
2011 38 Years Old On January 26, 2011 Salerno spoke with AP about his Salinger documentary and its expected fall 2012 release. "In the final analysis, what distinguishes our film and book project is access — access to Salinger's friends, colleagues and members of his inner circle that have never spoken on the record before as well as film footage, photographs and other material that has never been seen," Salerno said. "We take the viewer and reader inside J.D. Salinger's private world and shine light on a man named Jerry who lived in the shadow of the myth of J.D. Salinger."
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Game 10 - at Louisville - November 23, 2013 - Papa John's Cardinal Stadium - Louisville, Ky.
Memphis Athletics Places School-Record 218 Student-Athletes On C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
It's the sixth-straight year the Tigers' C-USA honor roll has increased.
Memphis Athletics Places School-Record 218 Student-Athletes On C-USA Commissioner's Honor Roll
It is sixth-straight year the number of Tigers C-USA honor roll has increased.
Tigers Drop Final Game, 44-7, at Southern Miss
USM captures C-USA East Division championship with the victory
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Memphis vs. Marshall at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium on Nov. 17, 2011.
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Photos from the Memphis-UAB football game on Nov. 12, 2011.
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Memphis at UCF on March 29, 2011 in Orlando, Fla.
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Dual-threat quarterback for his father, Scott Reed, at El Dorado High...Led team to consecutive class 6A titles and three straight appearances in the state championship game...Selected as the team's captain in 2010...Threw for 2,417 yards and 27 touchdowns in 2010...Completed 155 of 245 pass attempts...Also rushed for 10 touchdowns and nearly 300 yards as a senior...Was a finalist for the Landers Award, an honor presented to the Player of the Year for the state of Arkansas...Was selected by the Little Rock Touchdown Club as the 6A Player of the Year...Selected as the conference Player of the Year following his 2010 season...Invited to participate in the Arkansas High School All-Star Game...Led El Dorado to a 35-5 record over a three-year span...Led team to the state title game after completing 12-of-23 passes for two touchdowns in a 21-20 win over Lake Hamilton in the semifinals...Earned MVP honors after passing for 114 yards and two touchdowns, and rushing for a TD in a 31-21 win over Texarkana in the state title game...Helped Wildcats to a 12-1 record as a senior...Led El Dorado to its first state title since 1958, with over 2,300 yards passing and 21 touchdowns in 2009...Completed 62 percent of his pass attempts as a junior...Also rushed for five touchdowns...Only threw 13 picks in over 500 pass attempts..Worked as a receiver in 2008, and caught 35 passes for 637 yards and eight touchdowns...Also completed all seven of his pass attempts for 125 yards and two touchdowns as a sophomore...Team won three consecutive conference titles...Also earned three letters with track team...Rated as a two-star dual-threat quarterback by Rivals.com...Also ran track, participating in the 4x100 and 4x400 relays and the 400m run...Named all-state in track in 2009.
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Ten days ago, the embattled American Legislative Exchange Council, the corporate front group better known as ALEC, launched a campaign to improve its public image in the wake of public outcry about its roll in drafting Stand Your Ground laws. The plan was to get conservative bloggers writing nice things about ALEC, an uptick of positive Tweets and Pinterest pins supporting the organization, and the launch of a new website, IStandWithALEC.com.
So far, the public hasn't been convinced. Mostly because none of this has happened. A sample of Tweets labeled #ALEC are still overwhelmingly negative. Meanwhile, a Pinterest search for ALEC mostly reveals photos of actor Alec Baldwin. The website IStandWithALEC.com says "Under Construction."
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Tiraz Fragment of Caliph Marwan II
From the earliest period after the emergence of Islam, textiles were among the most economically and artistically significant material objects. One important type of textile is known as tiraz, a word of Persian origin that means "embroidery" and which later referred to the workshops in which these cloths were made. Tiraz textiles were produced for the ruler to offer to favored individuals as honorary gifts, and often contain inscriptions that include the ruler's name and the date of manufacture.
This extraordinary silk tiraz fragment belongs to a group of fragments that together make up the earliest dateable Islamic textile. When placed together, the fragments' inscription, seen along the upper register of the Brooklyn fragment in yellow silk, reads: "The servant of God, Marwan, Commander of the Faithful. Of what was ordered [to be made by] al-R. [or al-Z.] in the tiraz of Ifriqiya [Tunisia]." Although there were two rulers named Marwan during the reign of the Umayyads (661–750), the earliest Islamic dynasty, the textile is ascribed to Marwan II (reigned 744–750), since Marwan I ruled for only about a year and had no known associations with tiraz textiles.
A collaborative study of this group of textile fragments, now dispersed in various collections across the world, was supported by the government of Tunisia and the Brooklyn Museum in 1997.
- Medium: Silk, compound twill weave
- Place Made: Tunisia
- Dates: late 7th-8th century
- Dynasty: Umayyad Dynasty
- Period: Umayyad Period
- Dimensions: 3 1/2 x 4 in. (8.9 x 10.2 cm) Frame: 1 9/16 x 12 5/16 x 16 13/16 in. (4 x 31.2 x 42.7 cm)
- Inscriptions: In Arabic, reconstruction of inscription from multiple fragments of same textile: "The servant of God, Marwan, Commander of the Faithful. Of what was ordered. [to be made by] al-R. [or al-Z.] in the tiraz of Ifriqiya." [From Journey Through Asia catalogue] Brooklyn Museum fragment includes "[faithful], what was ordered [to be made by]...al-R [or al-Z]." [From Byzantium and Islam catalogue] For text in Arabic, please see object file.
- Collections:Arts of the Islamic World
- Museum Location: This item is not on view
- Accession Number: 41.1265
- Credit Line: Gift of Pratt Institute
- Rights Statement: Creative Commons-BY
- Caption: Tiraz Fragment of Caliph Marwan II, late 7th-8th century. Silk, compound twill weave, 3 1/2 x 4 in. (8.9 x 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Pratt Institute, 41.1265. Creative Commons-BY
- Catalogue Description: Red silk twill weave border with pattern in green and yellow on red background. Incomplete Arabic inscription with the name Umayyad Caliph Marwan II embroidered in yellow silk.
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Cesar Beltran, lecturer in the Communication Department, will serve as an emissary for Eastern in Hungary from March 6-11. Beltran, who also serves as senior advisor for the International Centre for Democratic Transition in Budapest, will present a guest seminar on "Communication, Politics and Power" at McDaniel College Budapest. While in Hungary, Beltran also will give an informal presentation on Eastern to the college faculty, discuss McDaniel's very active study abroad program, and visit their dorms and other facilities.
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You're here because you've heard the internet tales of the Melaleuca scam and you want third party neutral information to determine if it's true or not. Perhaps you're looking to join the organization or just would like to try the products.
Either way, you're in the right place. You should know that I am in no way affiliated with Melaleuca, so rest assured that you're getting an unbiased perspective.
The Melaleuca Scam – Cause For Concern?
Let's cover some facts on Melaleuca, shall we?
They have been in business for over 2 decades and make over $900 Million dollars in yearly sales. A quick check with the Better Business Bureau reveals that Melaleuca has held a A+ rating for quite awhile. The BBB even awarded them for their customer service, and they're not the only ones.
Melaleuca has received many honors and rewards throughout the years from various organizations and was even inducted into the Inc. 500 Hall of Fame. This is no small feat.
Melaleuca is a wellness company that sales and promotes a vast variety of certified organic and kosher goods. You can find everything from cosmetics to household cleaning products, toothpaste, soap and beyond. So, with such an impressive track record and numerous accolades, what makes people think there's a Melaleuca scam going on?
The Melaleuca Scam – The Products
The Melaleuca scam claims online are coming from two groups of people: former customers and company execs.
It seems former Melaleuca customers believe the products are overpriced and/or had bad customer service experiences when trying to cancel orders or return products. Does that make the entire company a scam? I think not.
Melaleuca has a direct order website, catalog and phone line to order from, so anyone can see the amounts you're spending before you spend. It's up to the customer to not only know what they're paying, but also to be aware of a company's refund policy.
As for the prices, unfortunately that is a common issue with most nutritional mlm companies; something else you must examine when choosing a network marketing company.
Melaleuca is not only a company name, but it's actually a plant oil known as melaleuca oil or tea tree oil. This substance is well-known for it's multi-purpose powerful effects in cleaning products, shampoos, even treating acne. Point being, it's possible to get the company's staple ingredient at a much lesser cost from any grocery store or online outlet. Still that doesn't give cause for Melaleuca scam allegations.
Having said that, for every one dissatisfied Melaleuca customer, there are 10 very happy customers who love the products and swear that they are much cheaper than grocery stores.
Melaleuca Scam = The Scorn Execs
Believe it or not, ex-reps are also behind Melaleuca scam complaints. In addition to just being a customer of Melaleuca, you can also become a distributor of the product; for Melaleuca is a mlm company, though they prefer the term direct selling company.
I'm always baffled by companies who wish to distance themselves from the term "mlm". The fact is if you have to sponsor people to generate an income and there is more than one level in your organization to be compensated, you are in fact using a multi level marketing model.
A distributor must first pay a nominal fee to become a Preferred Customer. There is a minimum monthly purchase to remain an active exec, which is common in mlm, you'll receive discounts from your monthly purchases and also qualify to receive commissions from customers you refer and distributors you sponsor.
So why do former Melaleuca distributors say there's a Melaleuca scam?
Frankly, it's because they failed and it wasn't entirely their fault. The problem is that Melaleuca still teaches outdated marketing by informing their new reps to approach family & friends and do household product demonstrations.
That may get you a couple of orders, but it will never generate the type of income needed for true financial independence.
That's not a Melaleuca scam! To be successful in your Melaleuca business, you need to learn how to generate your own leads. Leads are the lifeline to any home based business. You'll also need to know how to brand yourself apart from the company and the thousands of other Melaleuca reps.
Finally, you'll need proper network marketing training. That's where Melaleuca falls short. You must stay on the cutting edge of online lead generation techniques and mlm training.
By the time a new rep realizes that they're paying monthly autoship, stacking up products and not making any money in return, they feel frustrated and deceived and refer to the entire company as a scam.
Well, there is no Melaleuca scam. Melaleuca is as solid a company as they come. However, I'd bet my right arm that your upline does not have a proven blueprint for your success and you will run out of your warm market sooner or later.
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#1 item on today's agenda is an open invitation for any lurkers, readers or bloggers who are in the area on Sunday, June 8, to join the ColoBloggers at a showing of Sex and the City. We aim to see the 1:10 show* at Belmar, and will gather at 12:30-ish in front of the theater somewhere. Look for these faces if you come.
Afterward we'll head somewhere close for cosmos in our pink stilettos. High heels and high fashion are optional.
Me, in heels? Not a chance. 'Tis better to feel good than to look good, I always say. Besides, spiky shoes don't go well with yoga pants. Do they??
* make sure to check show times closer to Sunday…this is our best guess at the moment.
I'm getting ready for the BlogHer conference next month. While Mel is busy stocking up on Ati.van and Pamela Jeanne is smartly preparing her notes for our panel, I am working on this:
Yes, I'll be passing out business cards like a fiend. I hope to embarrass Mel and Pamela Jeanne with my blatant blog whor.ing.
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The CW has just released a new sneak peek of its upcoming midseason series THE CARRIE DIARIES, which premieres on January 14. Check out a full preview below, which features an appearance from THE BOOK OF MORMON's Michael James Scott, below!
THE CARRIE DIARIES takes place in 1984, where life is not easy for 16-year-old Carrie Bradshaw. Since their mother passed away, Carrie's younger sister Dorritt is more rebellious than ever, and their father Tom is overwhelmed with the responsibility of suddenly having to care for two teenage girls on his own. Carrie's friends - sweet, geeky Mouse, sarcastic and self-assured Maggie and sensitive Walt - make life bearable, but a suburban life in Connecticut isn't doing much to take her mind off her troubles. And even though the arrival of a sexy new transfer student named Sebastian brings some excitement to Carrie's world, she is struggling to move on from her grief. So when Tom offers Carrie the chance to intern at a law firm in Manhattan, she leaps at the chance. Carrie's eyes are opened wide at the glamour and grit of New York City - and when she meets Larissa, the Style editor for Interview magazine, she's inspired by the club culture and unique individuals that make up Larissa's world. Carrie's friends and family may have a big place in her heart, but she's fallen in love for the first time with the most important man in her life - Manhattan.
The series stars AnnaSophia Robb ("Soul Surfer") as Carrie Bradshaw; Stefania Owen ("Running Wilde," "The Lovely Bones") as Dorrit Bradshaw; Ellen Wong ("Scott Pilgrim vs. the World," "Combat Hospital") as Mouse; Katie Findlay ("The Killing," "SGU Stargate Universe") as Maggie; Chloe Bridges ("90210") as Donna; Austin Butler ("Switched at Birth," "Life Unexpected") as Sebastian; Brendan Dooling ("An Elf's Story: The Elf on the Shelf") as Walt; Freema Agyeman ("Doctor Who," "Law & Order: UK") as Larissa and Matt Letscher ("Brothers and Sisters," "Entourage") as Tom.
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Use own judgement with 'pink slime'MITCHELL, S.D. — The controversy over so-called "pink slime" has taken a drastic turn, as we hear that hundreds of people may lose their jobs in the wake of this media firestorm.
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MITCHELL, S.D. — The controversy over so-called "pink slime" has taken a drastic turn, as we hear that hundreds of people may lose their jobs in the wake of this media firestorm.
Politicians in the region recently have urged consumers to put down their proverbial pitchforks and torches and consider that the ground beef additive is safe for consumption and always has been.
What's in a name?
Perhaps its nickname is the trouble. The official term for the product is "lean, finely textured beef."
It's created by taking small pieces of beef and fat and heating the mixture. It is then spun in a centrifuge to remove excess fat. The resulting product is then sprayed with ammonium hydroxide gas to kill dangerous bacteria and molded into packages to be merged with other meat products, such as hamburger.
Some call it "filler." Others insist it's actual "beef." Either way, it's been deemed safe for consumption by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
A few weeks back, the product became the focus of much discussion on social media sites, and then in the media. In the days since, many have called for boycotts of the product, and that means many could lose their jobs, including hundreds in South Dakota. This is all unfolding to the chagrin of a few politicians, including U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D.
"This is about a product that USDA has stated is safe for consumption," Thune said. ". . . As more facts come out and are shown to be the truth, I hope there's a way of getting the genie back in the bottle."
We're not sure that's possible, but we do feel badly about those whose jobs suddenly are at stake. We're also worried about rumors that this uproar could adversely affect the price cattlemen receive for their beef.
We remind consumers that lean, finely textured beef isn't necessarily in the meat they eat.
To each his own, we say. Some stores have it, some stores don't. Perhaps specific package labeling nationwide is a good idea, allowing customers to decide for themselves whether to buy products that include the additive.
If nothing else, consumers should simply use their best judgment and, most of all, slow down before taking part in the frenzy against pink slime.
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Imagine a monitoring system the size of a pencil eraser that can help diagnose acid reflux disease without the inconvenience or discomfort of traditional monitoring tests. In the Institute for Digestive Disorders at Winthrop-University Hospital, patients can now benefit from the use of the catheter-free Medtronic Bravo™ pH Monitoring System in diagnosing acid reflux disease.
The Bravo™ is a small capsule equipped with a pH sensor that is temporarily attached to the wall of the esophagus to measure gastroesophageal acid levels (pH) in the evaluation of gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD.
GERD is a leading cause of chronic heartburn and in severe cases, can cause damage to the esophagus, chronic discomfort and even chest pain not associated with cardiac problems.
Traditionally, acid levels in the esophagus were measured by placing a catheter, connected to a monitoring device, down the nose and into the esophagus for a 24-hour period. This procedure often causes nasal and throat discomfort and limits the activities a patient can do. The new minimally invasive monitoring system collects pH data over a 48-hour period for a more accurate assessment of a patient's condition.
In most cases, the capsule is placed through a routine endoscopy procedure where it is attached to the wall of the esophagus. It transmits real-life data to a pager-sized receiver worn on the patient's belt or waistband. Patients are also asked to keep a daily diary of reflux symptoms. This diary, along with the transmitted data from the Bravo™ capsule, is then analyzed and a report is generated for the patient's referring physician. Several days after the pH test, the capsule naturally falls off the esophagus wall and safely passes through the digestive tract.
One of the leading benefits of the new system is the ability of the patient to go about their daily activities without restriction. In addition, the 48-hour study provides physicians with more true-to-life information on pH levels.
"The fact that our patients can go about their normal daily routines with this new monitoring technique is key in receiving more real-life data and more accurate results," explained Kavita Kongara, MD, Director of the Diagnostic Motility Center in the Institute for Digestive Disorders at Winthrop.
In addition, the monitoring system allows for more precise diagnosis of GERD in cases that may not present with typical symptoms (chronic cough, laryngitis, hoarseness, chest pain). Dr. Kongara added, "We have already diagnosed a few cases of GERD with the two-day Bravo™ study. The traditional 24-hour study might not have picked up the elevated pH levels and may not have been as well tolerated by the patient."
Utilizing the most advanced technology available, including the new Bravo™ pH Monitoring System to effectively manage problems of the digestive tract, Winthrop's Institute for Digestive Disorders has helped restore quality of life to hundreds of patients.
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This morning filmmaker Michael Moore hosted a press conference in Washington, D.C. asking President Barack Obama and the Congress to support single-payer universal health insurance.
Moore told a story of how an employee from an insurance company called him after the film Sicko came out, because of how the company was treating a customer who was seeking treatment for PTSD after being raped.
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Long time ago when there were building the new site, now and then there was an error 404 page with a toon (dodo or vulture, cant remember correcly) and a rather funny text.
I would love to get my hands on that page, since a want to shamelessly copy it for a website i'm working on for our local basketball team.
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DURHAM, N.H.-- Senior center Maren Matthias (Guilford, Conn.) scored 23 points and grabbed eight rebounds to lead the University of New Hampshire women's basketball team to a 73-66 victory over Stony Brook at Lundholm Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon.
Matthias, one of four UNH players to score in double digits, has now moved up to fourth on UNH's all-time career scorers list with 1,446 points, surpassing the mark of 1,434 set by former Wildcat star Orsi Farkas.
UNH (10-15 overall, 6-10 America East) was down 6-0 to start the game following a pair of quick three-pointers by Stony Brook (7-18, 6-10), but quickly recovered with a 22-3 run of their own to take a 22-9 lead with 9:49 remaining in the opening stanza. The Wildcats never trailed again after that point, but the Seawolves fought back several times, including a 24-14 run to close out the first half and cut the difference to just three points at the intermission, 36-33.
The second half was similar as UNH opened up an impressive 18-point lead (58-40) with 13:06 to play in the contest on the heels of a 22-6 run. However, Stony Brook once again fought its way back into the game and closed the gap to just three points (62-59) with 4:55 to go, utilizing a furious 19-4 run of their own.
However, UNH held on down the stretch with three free throws by sophomore guard Emily Hardy (Westbrook Conn.) and two more by freshman forward Ray Williams (Mississauga, Ont.) to ice the win for UNH.
Williams recorded her third double-double of the season for UNH with 14 points and a career-high 13 rebounds. A strong candidate for the America East all-rookie squad, Williams also recorded three assists, two steals and one block. Williams shot 6-11 from the floor and, combined with frontcourt teammate Matthias, the pair shot 16-25 from the floor for a shooting percentage of .640. Also scoring in double-digits for UNH were freshman guard Salee Johnson (Brampton, Ontario) with 12 points and Hardy with 11.
Stony Brook was led in scoring by Mykeema Ford, who poured in a game-high 24 points. In addition, Kelly Watson added 16 points for the visitors.
As a team, UNH shot 48.4 percent (30-63), while holding the Seawolves to 36.4 percent (24-66). Stony Brook held a slight edge in rebounding, 42-41.
The women's basketball team will return to action on Tuesday, March 2 at Northeastern. Game time is 7 p.m. at Cabot Gym. The team will play its final home contest (Senior Day) on Friday, March 5 vs. Boston University. Game time is 7 p.m. in Lundholm Gym.


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OK...good start.
For the next couple of days, log down everything you are eating and post a diary of what you ate, how much and when and we can make some suggestions for alternatives.
I would begin by cutting down (or out) the fast food and takeaway food as well as the excessive drinking. This should help with your gut.
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6/16/2008 8:41pm--Originally Posted by WhiteShark
On the off case the gut is really indomitable, it's always diet. Always, always always.
To the OP: Nix the sugars, nix the high sodium foods, nix the sodas, all the carbs you take in the afternoon, cut them in half (for starters... you don't want to get rid of all your carbs, though). Add more fibrous greens (.ie. brocolli, raw microwaved brocolli).
When it comes to junk food, get it without the sauce, without the mayo and cheese. Ask for a piece of lemon and some salt and pepper for giving it flavor. Your fries, ask them without salt, and pat them a little with napkins (to remove some of the fat.)
And then, ask the junk food sandwich/burger to be cut in half. That's two meals instead of one. The fries is another, third meal. This change, eating a burger as two meals and the fries as snack, each separated by 2-5 hours, instead of gobbling it in one single sitting, this is the most important type of change you can make.
Avoid Chinese take-out like the plague... or at least, limit the food intake for a day a week (your "free" day to eat what you like... with moderation.)
Fruit juices: check those that are low in sugar. If it has more than 30g of sugar per serving, nix them. Get some hermetic containers and mix half of your fruit juice with water and some splenda. That'd be your drink for the day.
At night, 8 to 12oz of plain yogurt with some lemon on top of microwave brocolli 2-3 times a night as your snack before bedtime.
Stop drinking and walk upright (WhiteShark hit it pretty much on the head with this.) Puff your chest and tuck your gut. It encourages good posture and gives you a mental picture of how you'd like to look and stand (a target to aim at, a motivator.)
Start doing whichever suggestions mentioned above if you haven't started already. Most likely you will see a lot of changes in 8-12 weeks after applying these principles.Read this for flexibility and injury prevention, this, this and this for supplementation, this on grip conditioning, and this on staph. New: On strenght standards, relationships and structural balance. Shoulder problems? Read this.
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I was going to say "Cut out the Beer and refined carbs, but better yet ask El Macho"
But seeing as how Macho beat me to it, this has become a rather transparent attempt at post whoring....
Just follow Macho's advice....
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No matter what you do, you will have to create a calorie deficit to lose the bodyfat.
For myself, I found that simply eliminating alcohol and refined sugar made things a lot easier for me ... huge impact in both keeping bodyfat down and overall condtioning, strength, and energy levels.
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Just to chime in, you have to ask yourself why you want six pack abs.
In my experience, women don't like them in practice as much as they claim to like them among their friends. The most beautiful women I know are married to, or dating, men with a bit around the middle. This includes my wife.
Many women aren't looking for physical perfection in their man, for a variety of reasons.
But if you're gay, please ignore the above. I've been told by gay acquaintances that six pack abs are very sought after in their dating community.
To echo the above fantastic advice, cut out refined carbs and high glycemic carbs (sugar, rice, corn syrup, potatoes, white flour etc), reduce alcohol to no more than 2 drinks per day (or cut it out altogether....I wouldn't, but I probably should), and otherwise keep your calorie intake below your calorie consuption. And learn to love your handles.


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Jubilee Trail (Dorset)
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A trail created to celebrate the RA Diamond Jubilee crossing Dorset from border to border, through quiet villages, passing old churches, historic sites and stately homes, offering extensive views of the rolling downs and secret valleys. Links are made with the South West Coast Path National Trail and Wessex Ridgeway, Monarch's Way, Macmillan Way and Hardy Way.
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All Blacks outstanding
Stuart Barnes reflects on another fine All Blacks display and looks ahead to the Heineken Cup kick-off.
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It's the last time I am going to mention the All Blacks for some while. Yes, many of these recent columns have purred at the recent memories of All Black play; they were outstanding against Argentina but nobody can argue that they saved the best for last.
I arrived back from an exhilarating afternoon in Reading. London Irish had delivered the slickest eighty minutes of Premiership attacking rugby; I poured a glass of something half decent and prepared myself for an eighty-minute feast - this is called work!
The atmosphere crackled from one continent to another. The crowd sang the home national anthem above the booming singer; a reminder of the 1995 World Cup final, when New Zealand wilted for whatever reason.
The All Blacks had less to play for; they had already wrapped the Championship up and South Africa had more points to prove against their age old rival. For a few minutes I wondered whether this was the day the All Blacks winning run came to an end.
Oh yea of little faith. The Springboks were not bad but New Zealand pulled the stops out. This was a better performance than the World Cup semi final demolition of Australia. The off loading skill is sublime with Richie McCaw playing a back-up role to the sheer exuberance of Liam Messam and the majestic Kieran Read. The basics from the back row are brilliant.
And then there is the ability to cut a team open from the first phase. To see the Kiwis sucker Jean de Villiers out of his line and leave a hole for three South African defenders to step into as New Zealand slipped outside them and across the line was glorious. Is this team as good as the great 1996 team? There's a lot of talk and even to debate it shows how fine a side they are.
They are on course to break the record number of consecutive wins. If they do not slip up the big day is in Cardiff.....Wales have not beaten them since 1953; it is a national obsession, one way or another that will be an incredible day with England left to face a demoralised or unstoppable All Black team a week later.
Australia also scored a smart first phase try of their own in a creditable win against a disappointing Argentina. The game lacked the flow of the All Blacks game but the Wallabies toughed it out well and from what I read in Australia, may have saved Robbie Deans head.
All the talk is of the woeful Wallabies (me included) but they beat Wales 3-0 in June and South Africa at home. If England had that record we would be making them favourites for the next World Cup. They might not be the walkovers we think (and hope).
Exciting weekend ahead
That's the immediate past and November considered, now to the excitement of this coming weekend and the Heineken Cup. Fascinating fixtures traverse Europe. We kick off our coverage in Belfast when Ulster face Castres. Last season's runners ups have pledged their season to Nevin Spence and will draw from the emotions of the tragedy.
Top of the Celtic League they meet Castres, one of the less fashionable French teams who just happen to have beaten Clermont Auvergne last weekend. Ospreys meet Treviso also on Friday and should win, although the Italians won in Edinburgh at the weekend and beat the Scarlet's at home. With the fearsome Robert Barbieri in their ranks this is not a game for the Ospreys to slip far below their best.
On Saturday Saracens need to beat an Edinburgh team struggling for form. It is a pool where every game looks up for grabs. On form the English club should win but they were none too impressive against London Welsh and we know that Edinburgh are a different proposition in Europe. Nothing taken for granted here.
I am in Paris to see whether Munster can sneak a key away win against Racing Metro, one of France's most erratic contestants. Leinster beat Munster on Saturday but Munster has the European experience and willpower to win away.
Metro, in seventh place in the Top 14, are the lowest placed of the French Heineken entrants. This indicates France is ready to start well this season. Harlequins must not slip against Biarritz at home. Both teams lost their last games but with Nick Evans returning and Biarritz taking a home battering at the hands of Toulon, back the English champions.
Exeter enjoyed a fabulous win but it is expecting too much of them to beat the champions in Dubloin, especially as Leinster come into the game off the back of a Munster victory. Experience counts for so much in this tournament. Surely a home win, surely?
Scarlet's take on my fancy, Clermont Auvergne; with Leinster also in this pool they can afford no slip ups. If they are focussed they have the power to negate the exciting back line from West Wales. So too Sunday and the main course. Toulouse at home to Leicester; it is the game of round one with the Tigers set piece in ravenous form but Toulouse too has a magnificent pack. That is the pick of a day when Sale need to win against a weak looking Cardiff Blues (but European experience weighs in on the Welsh side) and The Saints must beat Glasgow with at least four points, preferably five at the Gardens.One final jewel; the table topping much talked about Toulon - heavily fancied to go far in the competition - might Montpellier. Don't dismiss Fabien Galthie's less fashionable side. They can play. Enjoy your weekend.
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Stuart, Recently during the Rugby Club show on Sky Sports you mentioned that if this All Blacks team beat the Springboks at Soccer City Stadium then everybody can start mentioning this All Blacks team/squad as one of the best ever. My first question to you is after viewing the Test match between the Boks and Kiwis in Soweto do you think this All Blacks team is A LOT closer to becoming the best ever and the first team to retain the Webb Ellis trophy? Second and final question is what are your thoughts about a certain Mr Richard McCaw who now has 100 wins in 112 Test matches? To say he's the most influential player (even if it only is for Canterbury and New Zealand), is a bit of an understatement. Only Conrad Smith has a better win ratio for the All Blacks and he's a class act too. I consider McCaw the greatest and I read that Gary Gold (former Springbok forwards coach) said "It hurts to say this, but simply put, possibly the best rugby player that has lived." But will everyone be saying he is - hands down / no arguments - the greatest rugby player EVER when he hangs up his boots OR is he already the greatest rugby player ever? (Like Dewi Morris believes...). Kind regards
Prinesh R, UK
STUART REPLIES: Prinesh, Umm, 'best ever' and 'greatest' are terms I try and shy from. I don't mind calling Leinster the 'greatest' Heineken Cup team because it is a young tournament I have seen from day one. The same cannot be said for the global game. To say this is the best ever team or McCaw is the best ever player is impossible. I can talk about my lifetime and I think it is fair to say this All Black team is one of the finest of the professional age and their captain one of the best ever professional rugby players and outstanding leaders....more than that I cannot say, I don't want to upset the ghosts of those great players and teams who came before you and I.
Stuart, I doubt relegation and promotion will happen in the Six Nations. How about a 9-12 northern hemisphere cup the year before a World Cup? Canada, USA, Georgia, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Russia... Japan even. Do you feel a summer northern hemisphere cup would benefit England and Wales more than a summer tour financially? It would be awesome for the second tier nations to get exposure and Test class rugby and I feel the summer before a World Cup would work as the qualification process is one or two games from completion. I feel a northern hem cup can be marketable without the southern hem teams. What do you think?
STUART REPLIES: Dave, A couple of responses; I like the scope of your thinking but I don't see why we shelve the concept of an international European league which would be of greater benefit than a four yearly tournament for the 'second tier'. Also, until a lot of these teams are good enough to compete with Europe's best there will be too many one sided games immediately before the WC - I was bored senseless with mismatches in NZ - hence a league where the best rise and worst fall.
Stuart, I'm a Saracens fan and believe that Farrell's not the problem; it is Barritt. He can tackle like a flanker but has the creative skills of one so I ask if Farrell played for the All Blacks would he be able to make them tick? Also I agree that Saracens find it hard to find new fans but I don't mind as long as we keep winning!
Charlie Prince
STUART REPLIES: D=Charlie, Owen Farrell is neither Dan Carter nor Aaron Cruden. Nor is he a top notch fly half yet. He is a tough competitior, a fine kicker and someone who will work non stop on improving his game but like I say, Dan Carter he is not. On the issue of the midfield, let's say any team with him and BB is going to have a creative impasse. Both fine defenders, both lacking attacking; it's one or the other for any team that wants to attack and not just talk about it... As for Sarries and lack of style, I don't blame you for saying 'who cares' if you are winning. But the broader issue of gaining new fans and forging a team to win in Europe requires a lot more than a team who are gutsy and decent blokes but a limited team.


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'American Horror Story: Coven' premiere: Kathy Bates' Madame LaLaurie is not for the squeamishAdd to Favorites | American Horror Story: Coven
"American Horror Story" is about to kick off its third season with "Coven," the newest iteration of the popular FX series. Here are a few teasers about the first episode, titled "Bitchcraft."
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"American Horror Story: Coven" premieres Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on FX.
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- The show revolves around a school for witches in New Orleans run by Cordelia (Sarah Paulson), but everything is shaken up when Supreme witch Fiona (Jessica Lange) rolls into town. Not only do Cordelia and Fiona have a contentious mother-daughter relationship, but Fiona is ready to take over Cordelia's "Hogwarts."
- Kathy Bates is portraying real-life New Orleans aristocrat Delphine LaLaurie and the depiction on the show is just as scary and violent about what we've read of Madame LaLaurie in real life. As is always the case with "AHS," this is not for the squeamish.
- Taissa Farmiga rolls into town as Zoe Benson, a girl who didn't know she was a witch until an unfortunate accident with her boyfriend clued her family into her carrying their "genetic disorder." She goes about using her power as an ... interesting way to exact revenge upon some disgusting college boys.
- The other students at the witch academy are played by Emma Roberts, Gabourey Sidibe and Jamie Brewer and they should prove to be a lot of fun, especially Brewer's Nan -- if we could choose one power to have, it'd be hers.
- The premiere episode only has smaller bits with Denis O'Hare, Lily Rabe, Frances Conroy and Evan Peters, so we're very interested to find out just how much of a role they'll play in Season 3, since we've enjoyed them so much in the past seasons.
- We're also quite interested to see how the real-life LaLaurie and Marie Laveau (Angela Bassett) fit into the modern day storylines, since they were in New Orleans nearly 200 years ago.
- However, Lange is once again the star of the show -- much more Constance Langdon than Sister Jude, which is the way we prefer her, honestly.
"American Horror Story: Coven" premieres Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on FX.
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