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'No evidence' of third-party involvement in Berezovsky death
Specialist officers examine Ascot property where Russian oligarch found dead
A police cordon blocks the road that leads to Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky's house, after he was found dead yesterday at his home near Ascot in Berkshire. Photograph: Olivia Harris/Reuters
There is currently no evidence to suggest anyone else was involved in the death of Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky, police said today.
The 67-year-old businessman was found dead at his Berkshire home yesterday by a bodyguard, and specialist officers in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear substances examined the property today before giving the all clear.
Detective Chief Inspector Kevin Brown, of Thames Valley Police, said: "It would be wrong to speculate on the cause of death until the post mortem has been carried out. We do not have any evidence at this stage to suggest third party involvement."
The exiled businessman, who last year lost a multi-billion pound High Court fight with Chelsea Football Club owner Roman Abramovich, was found dead at his home in Berkshire yesterday.
On leaving the property, the paramedic who declared him dead at the scene had their radiation detector triggered, prompting the CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear) experts to examine Mr Berezovsky's country home, police said.
But this morning they confirmed the home at Titness Park, Mill Lane, Ascot, was safe to work in. The paramedic's detector, a personal electronic dosimeter (PED), is a health and safety device used routinely by emergency services.
"An employee" of Mr Berezovsky, believed to be the bodyguard, had called for the ambulance shortly after 3pm yesterday after forcing open a bathroom door and finding the oligarch dead on the floor.
The employee had not not seen Mr Berezovsky since 10.30pm on Friday night and had become concerned for his welfare, according to police. Scenes of crime officers are currently carrying out a full forensic examination of the scene and earlier today a forensic investigation unit vehicle could be seen passing through police cordons around the estate.
A Home Office postmortem will be carried out but police said it was unlikely to be today.
Det Ch Insp Brown continued to describe the death as "unexplained". "We are at the early stages of the investigation and we are retaining an open mind as we progress," he said. "The investigation team are building a picture of the last days of Mr Berezovsky's life, speaking to close friends and family to gain a better understanding of his state of mind.
"We are acutely aware of the level of interest into his death and are focused on conducting a thorough investigation as we would with any unexplained death."
It is thought that Mr Berezovsky was having serious financial difficulties after paying out astronomical sums in legal fees over the last few years, and wanted to return to Russia. The oligarch could have run up over £100 million in legal bills since 2011.
In July of that year, he paid out Britain's biggest ever divorce settlement to ex-wife Galina Besharova. Reports suggested the deal was worth more than £100 million. He also ran up tens of millions of pounds in legal costs during his High Court battle with Mr Abramovich.
And he built up fees totalling more than £250,000 just two months after becoming embroiled in a case at the same court with his former partner, Elena Gorbunova, who sat at his side throughout much of his battle with Mr Abramovich.
Earlier this week, the Daily Telegraph reported that the Russian oligarch would attempt to sell Red Lenin, an Andy Warhol screen print valued at between £30,000 and £50,000 by Christie's. The artwork sold on Wednesday for £133,875 including the buyer's premium, according to the auction house's website.
In an interview with Forbes Russia magazine on the eve of his death, Mr Berezovsky said he had lost "meaning" from his life and wanted to return to Russia. He said he had "underestimated how important" Russia was to him, and he felt uncomfortable as an immigrant in Britain. He admitted he had been "idealistic" about the prospects of creating democracy in Russia, and about the type of democracy that existed in the West, and his views had changed.
Mr Berezovsky is believed to have written to President Vladimir Putin recently to float the idea of going back to his homeland. If he did, he said he had no interest in engaging in politics and would focus on science.
The former mathematics professor was part of Boris Yeltsin's inner circle in the latter years of his presidency, and became deputy secretary of Russia's security council. He acquired his fortune in the 1990s after the privatisation of state assets following the collapse of Soviet Communism.
Mr Berezovsky emigrated to the UK in 2000 after falling out with Mr Putin. In fear of his life, he sought political asylum and moved to the South East of England, buying upmarket properties in Knightsbridge, London, and Berkshire. The businessman survived a number of assassination attempts, including a bomb in his car that decapitated his chauffeur.
He became a vocal and strong critic of Mr Putin's rule in Russia, where he had become a wanted man
. In 2006 the Kremlin accused foreign-based opponents of poisoning to death former KGB spy-turned-dissident Alexander Litvinenko. It was thought that Russia was in part referring to Mr Berezovsky, who denied the allegation and accused Mr Putin of personally being behind Litvinenko's death from radioactive polonium-210 poisoning.


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Saturday, February 24, 2007
On this evening's broadcast of NPR's 'All Things Considered": The broadcast contained audio segments entitled "Federal Oversight of Little Rock Schools Ends" and "Mexican Truckers Gain More U.S. Access" (RealPlayer required).
Posted at 11:00 PM by Howard Bashman
"The Roberts Court, Taxpayers, and Religion": Law Professor Douglas W. Kmiec has this post at the "Talking Justice" blog.
Posted at 10:55 PM by Howard Bashman
"Retirement funds can be tapped for restitution; Court says criminal's accessible pension not protected by law": Yesterday in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko had this article reporting on Thursday's 10-5 ruling of an en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Posted at 12:10 PM by Howard Bashman
"Privacy not guaranteed in discussing execution method, U.S. judge rules": Maura Dolan has this article today in The Los Angeles Times.
Today in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko reports that "Judge rejects secrecy for death penalty data."
The San Jose Mercury News reports that "Execution plan can be drafted; Lawyers agree to secret process."
And The Sacramento Bee contains an article headlined "Deal on execution review; Inmate's lawyer, media agree state can develop new protocol in secrecy."
"Federal Supervision of Race in Little Rock Schools Ends": This article appears today in The New York Times.
My earlier coverage appears at this link.
"Guantanamo rights": The St. Petersburg Times today contains an editorial that begins, "A ruling by a federal appellate court that shuts the courthouse door on the detainees imprisoned in Guantanamo only makes it more imperative that Congress act to restore the right of habeas corpus to this population."
Posted at 11:45 AM by Howard Bashman
"To Push Death Penalty Or Not; Prosecutors Asked In Court To Explain How They Decide": The Hartford Courant today contains an article that begins, "Five of the state's top prosecutors - who usually ask the questions in court - were forced to answer them on the witness stand Friday as defense lawyers for a convicted murderer mounted a challenge to the constitutionality of the state's death penalty."
Posted at 11:37 AM by Howard Bashman
"Same-sex teaching upheld; Lexington parents say they'll appeal": The Boston Globe today contains an article that begins, "A federal judge yesterday dismissed a suit by two couples who contended that the Lexington public school system violated their constitutional rights by teaching their young children about same-sex couples, but the ruling is unlikely to end a controversy that has roiled the district for nearly two years." And a related editorial is entitled "Upholding diversity lessons."
You can access yesterday's ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts at this link.
"A Brave New Wikiworld": Today in The Washington Post, Law Professor Cass R. Sunstein has an op-ed that begins, "In the past year, Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that "anyone can edit," has been cited four times as often as the Encyclopedia Britannica in judicial opinions, and the number is rapidly growing."
Posted at 11:13 AM by Howard Bashman
"MP3 Patent Verdict Harmless To Music Fans -- For Now": The Washington Post contains this article today.
And The Los Angeles Times today contains an editorial entitled "Patent problems in patent law: A $1.52-billion ruling against Microsoft could hobble technological innovation."
My earlier coverage appears at this link.
"Co-Defendants of Padilla Are Seeking to Split Cases": This article appears today in The New York Times.
Posted at 10:45 AM by Howard Bashman
"Army refiles Watada charges": The Seattle Times today contains an article that begins, "Undaunted by an initial mistrial, the Army on Friday refiled charges against 1st. Lt. Ehren Watada, a Fort Lewis officer who faces up to six years in prison for failing to deploy to Iraq and alleged misconduct."
The Honolulu Advertiser today contans an article headlined "It's 'back to square one' for Watada."
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin reports that "Army, Watada 'back at square 1'; The military charges the officer again after his first court-martial ended in a mistrial."
The Associated Press reports that "Army's Iraq War Objector Charged Again."
And Reuters reports that "U.S. Army refiles charges against war objector."
"Better Pay for Judges": The New York Times today contains an editorial that begins, "Justice Anthony Kennedy of the Supreme Court told the Senate this month that the salaries paid to federal judges are so low that they threaten both the quality and independence of the judiciary. The problem is real, and Congress should quickly pass a bill to fix it."
Posted at 10:20 AM by Howard Bashman
"Judge says his free speech is on trial; Faces possible removal from bench after City of Toronto alleged appearance of bias": The Toronto Star today contains an article that begins, "A Toronto judge who faces possible removal from the bench over allegations that his opposition to a development project in his neighbourhood affected his ability to sit in impartial judgment of the city says the case will test the boundaries of judicial free speech."
Posted at 09:03 AM by Howard Bashman
"Court puts security certificates in limbo; Ottawa forced to scramble after top court overturns key parts of controversial detention measures": This article appears today in The Toronto Globe and Mail, along with an article headlined "Charkaoui joins fray on political judiciary."
And The Toronto Star reports today that "Men denied fair hearing, court rules; In a unanimous decision on security certificates, judges call it unconstitutional to detain people based on secret evidence." In addition, columnist Thomas Walkom has a news analysis headlined "Canada turns crucial corner."

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Issue Position: Securing the Border & Enforcing Our Nation's Laws
Securing our borders and stopping the flood of illegal immigration into the United States must be the first priority of this Congress. The American people understand that securing our borders is critical not only to prevent terror attacks but also to re-establish basic respect for upholding our illegal immigration laws. We need to have stronger border protections and full enforcement of our immigration laws. America is a nation of immigrants, but we are also a nation of laws - those laws must be obeyed and enforced.
We must also ensure that taxpayer-funded benefits do not go to illegal immigrants. There have already been attempts in this 110th Congress to provide government benefits like welfare to illegal immigrants. I will continue to fight against any attempts to give illegal immigrants benefits that are paid for with your tax dollars.
Source: http://johnboehner.house.gov/Issues/Issue/?IssueID=3945


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By SEAN DALY
Times Staff Writer
This much is true about This Is 40, a long, babbling but bawdily quotable laugher about growing older, growing broker and what not to shout out during a hubba-hubba shower scene: Writer-producer-director Judd Apatow worships his wife and kids.
In fact, in his most mature outing yet, cinema's current king of the (bleep) joke has basically made a 134-minute home movie, a love letter to his fam, that just happens to feature underwater bikini shots of pinup Megan Fox.
Apatow didn't even have to leave his house to find a cast for what he calls a "sort-of sequel to Knocked Up." Real-life better half Leslie Mann plays Debbie, the titularly aged woman incredulous at what middle age keeps grenading her way. Iris and Maude Apatow, their daughters, play tech-obsessed whippersnappers at war with each other and, increasingly, their 'rents.
Apatow (The 40 Year Old Virgin, Funny People) is far more fascinated by the women in his life, and within his movie, than by his male stand-in, Paul Rudd, a sad-sack indie-label record exec named Pete who's trying in vain to relaunch the career of fringe rocker Graham Parker, who good-naturedly plays a doddering version of himself.
Rudd puts on his deadpan best as Pete, who's only truly happy when he's playing iPad Scrabble on the toilet (a.k.a. hiding from his family) or suiting up like a Tour de France wanna-be and cycling with his fellow suburban miserables. Yes, he adores his brood, but the most excited he gets about anything is when Viagra allows him to go, as he says, from "analog to digital." (Apatow may have mellowed, but not that much.)
Instead, the director lets his camera linger on his ladies for long, adoring stretches. (Like all Apatow flicks, this one could use a good 30-minute trim.) The showbiz kids hold their own — they're yuksters like Dad, natch — but Mann, for so long a sidekick, is a revelation here. Her finest acting to date happens late in This Is 40, when, at the wheel of her car, she silently reacts to life-changing news, bitter and sweet mingling on her face.
To be honest, not much happens in This Is 40: Husband and wife bicker about sex, money and how to raise the kids. Credit Apatow's script for keeping you interested. In one of the slyest scenes, Debbie and Pete discuss how they'd kill each other if they could get away with it. Debbie: "I'd poison your cupcakes that you pretend not to eat every day. And just put enough in to slowly weaken you." Pete: "See? You know what I love about us? You can still surprise me. I figured for sure you'd knock me out with one fell swoop. But you would extend it over a series of months."
Ancillary characters are tossed in here and there, almost all of whom have hilarious lines but not much to do. Albert Brooks plays Pete's father, a mooch who adores his son with the same fervor he bums money from him. John Lithgow is Debbie's dad, a callous surgeon who is just now showing interest in her life. Both are great gets but underused.
A few characters return from Knocked Up, in which Mann's Debbie was the disapproving sister of Katherine Heigl's character, impregnated after a one-night stand with stoner Seth Rogen. Heigl can be glimpsed in a family photo, Rogen is a no-show, but Jason Segel returns, now as a randy personal trainer hot for Debbie. And character actor Tim Bagley is back as a cluelessly insensitive gynecologist, this time comparing Debbie's reproductive organs to a scene from Raiders of the Lost Ark.
The biggest laughs — even though they have little bearing on the plot itself — belong to Melissa McCarthy as the overbearing mother of a young punk badmouthing Pete and Debbie's oldest daughter on Facebook. McCarthy, who stole every scene in the Apatow-produced Bridesmaids, unleashes a hilariously caustic rant in a principal's office; it's so unhinged, Apatow returns to it in the end credits.
There is much dysfunction on display in This Is 40, yet this isn't Ordinary People territory. Apatow's true view on family is like his movie: Love and punch lines abound, and if it all goes off the rails sometimes, everyone's ultimately better off for the slightly bumpy, very funny ride.
Sean Daly can be reached at [email protected] Follow @seandalypoplife on Twitter.


text: Well it basically comes down to this, i want to replace the speakers in my Camaro, but the fact that they use seperate amps and the wiring makes it difficult. i want to be able to just basically plug and play, i don't want to do a lot of wiring/mounting to get it to work. I don't want a fancy component set that will require a seperate amp to power, i had a set of Polk MMC6500 in my old camaro off a Kicker Kx 450.2, and they sounded awesome. But i don't want to wire this car up for amps, etc. I just need some speakers that i can directly replace the stock speakers in the front, and will work will with Hu power (20wrms or so). I'd like to still use the stock mid/rear speakers though. If you have any suggestions of what i should do, let me know. I'm proably just going to go with a set of Pioneer Rev coaxials and one of the 9883 Alpine HU's. If i could avoid running new wires from the Hu to the speakers that would be great, but wouldn't be a problem if it had to be done.


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Series: The Star-Touched Queen #2
Published by St. Martin's Griffin on March 28th, 2017
Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy
Pages: 352
Gauri, the princess of Bharata, has been taken as a prisoner of war by her kingdom's enemies. Faced with a future of exile and scorn, Gauri has nothing left to lose. Hope unexpectedly comes in the form of Vikram, the cunning prince of a neighboring land and her sworn enemy kingdom. Unsatisfied with becoming a mere puppet king, Vikram offers Gauri a chance to win back her kingdom in exchange for her battle prowess. Together, they'll have to set aside their differences and team up to win the Tournament of Wishes—a competition held in a mythical city where the Lord of Wealth promises a wish to the victor.
Reaching the tournament is just the beginning. Once they arrive, danger takes on new shapes: poisonous courtesans and mischievous story birds, a feast of fears and twisted fairy revels.
Every which way they turn new trials will test their wit and strength. But what Gauri and Vikram will soon discover is that there's nothing more dangerous than what they most desire.
I hadn't read The Star-Touched Queen prior to picking up this companion novel, as the reviews had put me off and the writing in the chapter sampler had completely distracted me from the plot. I was, however, curious about Chokshi's following work since debut authors tend to improve their skills with each book. Hence, I read this book as a standalone, and though it helps to have read the previous book or the chapter sampler, it is not a requirement. In my case, waiting for the companion novel was the right choice, because I think I enjoyed it a lot more than I would have its predecessor The Star-Touched Queen.
A Crown of Wishes dazzles with its feisty heroine, sizzling romance, intricate world-building, and lyrical writing. From what I've heard, the main plot was one of the weak points of her previous work. While this has not changed, the storyline was gripping enough to hook me a few chapters into the book. The romance, though it is borderline overpowering, added to the overall suspension and employed one of my favourite tropes (I am basically a sucker for enemies-to-lovers, I can't help it).
"Some tales that never end start with something as simple as an act of impulse and end with something as evil as an act of love."


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As I have mentioned in the introduction, I used the conditioner and liked it which made me want to try out the shampoo as well. However, my experience with the shampoo and conditioner has not been as impressive. The shampoo has a creamy consistency, like other moisturizing shampoos in the market, and lathers well. And the conditioner is also quite moisturizing. BUT both of these products together weigh my hair down. And trust me, it takes a lot of moisture to weigh my hair down.
My hair is super dry and there is too much volume in it especially after hair wash but these haircare products make my hair lifeless! However, I did not have any issues with the cleansing action and lathering of this shampoo-conditioner duo. I also liked the scent of it especially since it lasted for a while after the wash. So overall, I am not happy with how this all turned out.
Rating: 3.25/5
Recommend: Maybe
Repurchase: No
Disclaimer: Bought by RituKT for review purposes.
Overall, despite having dry hair this moisturizing shampoo-conditioner duo did not work well for me. I like my curly hair but I do prefer to have a bit of bounce and life in it. Since Moroccanoil Moisture Repair Shampoo and conditioner did not work for my dry hair, so I cannot recommend them both to anyone with dry hair (of course these will not then work for oily hair). However, since the conditioner worked really well with the Schwarzkopf shampoo, I think these products will work well when paired with other products. I am now going to try out the BedHead by TiGi Color Goddess Oil Infused Shampoo and Conditioner and will report back with the review in a few weeks!
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Gluing an Acoustic Guitar Bridge With a GLS Bridge Clamp
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Orange County downplayed its reputation as a conservative asshole-land this week by securing a future spot for its first ever year-round homeless shelter. County supervisors voted Tuesday to purchase property at 1000 N. Kraemer Place in Anaheim that will be converted into a 200-bed space service center offering programs helping the homeless to get back on their feet. Sure, it's no solution to the issue and the number of beds are inadequate, but it's a step in the right direction, no? Not so for BetterSolutions4Anaheim, notorious NIMBYs who bitterly opposed the shelter with asshole lawn signs, blog posts, and the help of Matt Cunningham, a sex abuse victim outer!
Their most clueless move in the lead up to the shelter vote? A blog post that insisted that police calls for service would increase in the neighborhood around the shelter. Their proof? A photo of a homeless man talking to a police officer. Only problem? The homeless man was John Berry, stabbed to death in 2012 by serial killer Itzcoatl Ocampo. Stay classy, pendejos!
"This appears to be an [attempt] to manufacture an artificial controversy," Cunningham whined to the Weekly in an email when reached for comment. "Now that [Berry's identity] has been pointed out, his photo has been replaced." Matty dodged questions about whether he authored the post, but it bears all the signs of a blogger who drew national attention before by mocking Anaheim men killed by police with a scorched teddy bear.
The Berry blog post trotted out in late October and shared again on BetterSolutions' Facebook page in November before being deleted shows just how out of touch the NIMBYs are. In the Los Angeles Times photo, an Anaheim policeman spoke to Berry, a Vietnam veteran, warning him of a killer preying on the homeless–not for being a public nuisance. A day before Berry was slain, he contacted police saying he believed he was being stalked. Ocampo, prosecutors said, honed in on Berry after he was featured in the LA Times photo.
The 64-year-old man was found dead on January 13, 2012 by a Carl's Jr. restaurant in East Anaheim, the last victim of Ocampo's killing spree. The alleged murderer died in-custody two years ago before standing trial for the slayings.
More than 100 people turned out the next night for a memorial recalling Berry as a delightful man and not human blight. Too bad BetterSolutions4Anaheim, who made our Scariest People list this year, made him their poster boy for NIMBY complaints to come instead of, you know, letting the man rest in peace.
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9/15/2009 6:18pm, #51
Love Lily Allen, except for that song about chicks hitting thirty and society saying their life is over, utter crap. But I saw her live when she was in Sydney. It was so easy to pick up there it wasn't funny, all these approaching 30 women desperate and dateless, while the majority of guys were gay. It made me, a heterosexual male, hot property.
You heard it here first.
To mebobo, you are either a troll, or immensely stupid.
9/24/2009 6:24pm, #52
Apologies for necro-ing an old thread - but I thought it better to post in an existing thread, rather than start up a new one.
I was just searching YouTube for the infamous Dux 'double champagne bottle break' (curious what it looked like) when I discovered this new(ish) interview with Dux and Irving Soto where they discuss The Kumite and their MA training:
YouTube - INTERVIEW WITH SOKE GRANDMASTER IRVING SOTO AND FRANK DUX
Just thought that you guys might find it interesting. I'm prepared to accept that my forum search-fu may be crap but it doesn't seem to have been posted here before.
That guy needs to register his software. Or download a crack.
9/24/2009 6:31pm, #53
^^^Post moved from a thread started in 2004.
9/24/2009 6:36pm, #54
Multiple tiers of Kumite, so that Dux and Soto would never meet in a match. An origin story with additional wrinkles then the one he told in 1980. (The whole Chinese tier story was absent.)
I can't believe people still believe this crap.
9/24/2009 6:36pm, #55
9/24/2009 6:45pm, #56
Man, Bloodsport was the best martial arts documentary ever!
Bolo Yeung was right, brick no hit back.
9/24/2009 6:57pm, #57


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From Peter Tchir of TF Market Advisors
So far all the news out of Europe is based on changes to EFSF. Greece will be able to borrow for 15 years at 3.5%. French bonds with a 15 year maturity trade at 3.8%. So the EFSF will have to pay more on its debt than it receives? Interesting. Have the rating agencies signed up to rate the new EFSF as AAA? From deals I've worked on, things that always hurt ratings were i) extending maturity, ii) including banks in addition to sovereigns, iii) allowing trading, iv) vague rules as opposed to written rules. The headlines all indicate the new EFSF has all of these components. I am sure the agencies have been involved in these discussions, but I remain dubious how happy the market will be to finance the EFSF at rates that are remotely in line with the rates the EFSF plans to provide financing at. Lots more details likely to come out during the day, but watch for the details. The headlines sound great, but can they be executed. I also noticed somewhere that new lending would be collateralized. If that is true, has anyone asked the borrowers if that makes sense for them?


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2012-13 Record: 45-37 (7th in West)
Playoff Result: Lost in First Round
Key Additions: Chris Kaman (free agent), Nick Young (free agent), Wes Johnson (free agent)
Key Losses: Dwight Howard (free agent), Metta World Peace (amnesty), Earl Clark (free agent)
Projected 2013-14 Record: 35-47 (11th in West)*
What to Expect: So much of LA's season depends on when Kobe Bryant comes back from his Achilles injury and if he can still contribute at the highest level like we are so accustomed of seeing from him.
Just my thoughts on the matter: Kobe will be slowed a little bit, but he'll still easily have the game to be a high-scoring player. His post game was as good as we've ever seen from a guard last year, and I expect him to be more reliant on that than ever. However, his ability to get to the basket will definitely be effected. I think he ends up with less free throws and buckets around the rim than in the past, but he'll still have enough post and mid-range game to get his 20-plus points per game.
I think Kobe misses at least the first month of the season. Over that time, the Lakers will be pretty bad, even with Steve Nash and Pau Gasol still in tow. On the bright side, we could see some 20-shot nights from Nick Young, which could easily be the most entertaining sight in the league.
Even when Kobe comes back, though, the Lakers still have a lot of problems. For example, who are they going to start at the three and four positions? The best lineup I can seem to come up with is something like Nash-Young-Kobe-Pau-Kaman, which is… weird. They would be limiting Pau's effectiveness by pairing him with another center. (again) Wes Johnsonc could start at the three to keep Kobe and Nick Young in their more natural spots, but then they'd have be starting Wes Johnson, the guy with a career 48.5% true-shooting. (that's bad)
There's a certain part of me that says the Lakers should keep Kobe out as long as they can and effectively tank the season, but we all know Kobe isn't going to let that happen. Either way, they have a high chance of missing the playoffs. They might as well play for the better pick in a loaded draft, right?
Matchup with the Hawks: For the sake of simplicity, I'm just going to assume that Kobe is healthy, even though the Hawks and Lakers play on November 3rd and December 16th. (I think Kobe's back by the 2nd game, but you never know) Basically, writing "the Hawks should win in a rout" isn't as fun. (which, if Kobe isn't back yet, they should do) So here it goes:
The Hawks still have no one to guard Kobe.
Which is fine. most teams really don't have a guy that can slow down Kobe even at his age. Because of his performance in last season's game in Atlanta (where Kobe went 11-for-30 shooting), John Jenkins could get his fair share of playing time to try and matchup with Kobe. John's 3-point shooting could also create a lot of havoc with Kobe's lack of awareness on off-ball defense.
However, the Hawks make up for that with the Millsap-Horford frontcourt pairing. Pau and Chris Kaman still have some skill left, but Millsap and Horford match that skill and have a sizable speed advantage.
This is a game where I'm going to want to see a lot of Dennis Schröder. With Dwight gone, the Lakers should be running more pick-and-roll with Nash. With Teague's reputation on defense, this could quickly become a problem for the Hawks. In response, I could see Coach Bud turning to Dennis Schröder to try and completely limit Nash's game. Teague and Dennis splitting minutes 50/50 in this game could definitely be the most effective strategy.
For once, I believe the Hawks should take both games from the Lakers. Even when Kobe returns, the Hawks seem to have very clear advantage at every position except… well, Kobe. And this time around, I don't think Kobe is going to be enough to swing it for the Lakers.
*predicted record based on my ESPN Forecast projections for every team


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Sodium chlorite is the product of three elements: sodium (Na), chlorine (Cl) and oxygen. In each molecule, one sodium atom and one chlorine atom bind with two oxygen atoms. The chemical equation for this composition is NaClO2. It is found in solid form as a white powder and is also water-soluble. Under high heat, it can be explosive.
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They're everywhere
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They look like some miniature Stars-Wars-villain spaceship: a somewhat triangular-shaped pod with three black spikes. Such are the seeds of Eurasian water chestnut. Eurasian water chestnut clogs parts of the Hudson River and is on the state's most-wanted aquatic invasive-plant list.
And the seed pods are seemingly everywhere, washed up on the river's shore. I've seen oodles at Norrie Point and the ones in the photographs were in Beacon. In the shoreline photo below, look for the black pods among all the driftwood.
Betsy Blair, manager of the Hudson River National Estuarine Research Reserve, said the plants were released in a garden pond near Schenectady in the late 19th century.
"They gradually made their way into the Mohawk River and down to the Hudson, making their appearance in the late 1930s or so. They now occupy about 2% of the river's surface area, although you might think it's more when viewing some of the larger patches of bright green floating vegetation during the growing season," she wrote in an e-mail.


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Getting clean by scrubbing with dirt
Published 5:08 pm, Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Photo: Craig Hudson, The Chronicle
Osh, a 20-year-old male African elephant, gives himself a dirt bath at the Oakland Zoo on Tuesday. Perhaps Osh is grooming to look nice for the third annual World Elephant Day, inaugurated to call attention to the plight of elephants that are being illegally poached for the valuable ivory in their tusks to the point of endangerment. Or maybe just to use the dirt to scratch off any parasites.


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IFRA compliant?
From Fragrantica...
Heliotrope by Olivier Durbano is a Floral Woody Musk fragrance for women and men. This is a new fragrance. Heliotrope was launched in 2012. Top notes are elemi, olibanum, ginger, blood mandarin, angelica and chili pepper; middle notes are saffron, magnolia, cypriol oil or nagarmotha and heliotrope; base notes are myrrh, cedar, sandalwood, musk, ambergris and benzoin.
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Nice bottle and note list as long as the heliotrope isn't super dominant
Sounds interesting, Shame I can find anywhere thats stocks Durbano locally.
I'm looking forward to trying this one, although I haven't been crazy about his recent releases, I love Black Tourmaline and enjoy Rock Crystal as well. It's difficult to tell from the listed notes what this one will smell like, but I'm thinking that it might lean toward the feminine side of unisex. We'll see. I just checked Lucky Scent and they don't have it yet.
Great news. Another one to add to my collection.
Good! I am in the market for a heliotrope fragrance. On the list..
Fab! Can't wait to try this one.
ohh noo there is no way i can get my hands on this. does anyone know of an online retailer that ships this internationally?
Current Top 5:
1. Frederic Malle L'eau d'Hiver
2. Tom Ford Noir de Noir
3. Dior Homme / Dior Homme Intense
4. Thierry Mugler A*Men Pure Havane / Pure Malt
5. Creed Aventus / Tom Ford Tobacco Vanille
Sounds sweet and spicy, always a good thing!
Got the sample from luckyscent and it's my SOTD. Wonderful fragrance, cannot keep smelling my wrist through the day
There's something i want to share, but i will have to wear it one more time just to be sure. Will post here thread later this week.
The bottles looks like a Serge Lutens Special Edition Couvrir Géant
Have this about a month now. Great stuff.
Just thought I'd follow up on my earlier hunch that this would lean feminine. Having now smelled it, I really don't think it does. It's a nice spicy incense fragrance. I don't think I need it right now, but I do prefer it over his last few offerings, and would certainly wear it if I had it. Anybody who is a fan of this house should definitely try it.
It's a very nice fragrance. Works well in colder weather because of the hot spice as opposed to Citrine (lemon incense) which I think is better with a little warm weather. I like Heliotrope by OD very much. This is my favorite incense off the shelf right now - wore it today.
When it opens it has a bit of sweetness from the heliotrope, magnolia, blood mandarin + spice from chilli pepper and ginger then an incense smell which is reminiscent of Sequoia by CDG. After a while it changes to more of a pine woods that is also leathery - smells like Parfumerie Generale probably from the myrrh nagaramotha/cypriol. At no time did I actually smell heliotrope, but I am sure that is in there as well. I am guessing the name heliotrope was selected because it sounds good. Nice color too. Smells like Sequoia at first then dries down to more like PG Querelle. Very well done.
Olivier Durbano tries hard to attract Arabian market with Heliotrope imo. Generic saffron + spice dominant scent lacks character...


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Did a full system update yesterday, and when rebooting the system hanged directly after the gummiboot menu with a black screen and a rainbowlike-colored bar in a pattern that looks like pink noise covering the top 10% of the screen. It seems to be a problem when loading the initial ramdisk. I have tried rebuilding with mkikitcpio, tested downgrading the kernel and rebuilding initramfs, triple-double-checked the filenames, and even verified that it doesn't look like that when the filenames are wrong. I also tried simply reinstalling the latest kernel from a chroot, but it didn't help.
I have pinned down the problem to the initial ramdisk, but can't figure out what else to do with this. I don't really want to do a full reinstall if it's possible to avoid. The system is a lenovo thinkpad w530 and I boot arch linux in uefi mode using gummiboot.
Sometimes, when I'm trying to get any audio software or hardware working with my system, I wonder why I ditched Windows. But every time I work at a windows computer, I remember it again.
Are you using BTRFS by any chance?
The reason I am asking is that I had a similar problem (using rEFInd). See my post.
Essentially my BTRFS subvolume got unmarked as default one. I had to re-set it as default and downgrade to 3.7.5-1 kernel (3.7.6-1 is still not working for me). Hope this helps!
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I assume this is the same Problem that I encountered in this thread.
I'm using refind and ext4 for my /boot and root filesystems. Downgrading to 3.7.5-1 worked.
My theory is that this is related to a Problem with the UEFI used on Thinkpads from the current 30 series.
Unfortunately, no, I still use EXT4 on my system. However, what do you mean when you say "got unmarked as the default one"? Is that something local to rEFInd, or what do you mean?
I have tried downgrading to Linux 3.7.5-1, but that did not help unfortunately. My system worked with 3.7.5-1, when I upgraded to 3.7.6-1 it stopped working, and downgrading didn't help. I'll try downgrading to a 3.6 version though.
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Sometimes, when I'm trying to get any audio software or hardware working with my system, I wonder why I ditched Windows. But every time I work at a windows computer, I remember it again.
I am experiencing a similar issue after going from 3.7.5-1 to 3.7.6-1. In my case, it is a ThinkPad T430 and after the gummiboot menu, the screen just remains black. Luckily, rolling back to an earlier btrfs subvolume snapshot and downgrading kernel to both 3.7.5-1 and 3.6 helped. Still, looking forward to ways of resolving this issue.
MFserver, marking a subvolume as default does not apply in your case unfortunately as you are using EXT4.


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Donald Faison could be in hot legal water, at least as far as his agents are concerned.
The former Scrubs actor is on the receiving end of a lawsuit filed by United Talent Agency for allegedly failing to pay the folks—who negotiated his role on the show—their customary 10 percent commission.
Per the complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court and obtained by E! News, UTA claims the 38-year-old Faison with no explanation whatsoever suddenly stopping regular payments of $7,535 per episode to the agency after the third episode of the show's ninth and final season.
This after UTA brokered a lucrative $75,000-per-episode deal for him to play J.D.'s best buddy, Christopher Turk, on the hit comedy.
Not only has he supposedly refused their repeated demands to pony up the money, but the agents also accused the actor of failing to make good on a commission for the $60,000 he earned for a role on the ABC television pilot, The Law.
UTA is seeking damages in excess of $73,000 as well as a full accounting of between the agency and Faison.
A rep for the tube star was unavailable for comment.
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Georgetown Art Attack: Come Visit our Local Haunts, if You Dare!
Seattle, WA, October 1, 2012: Georgetown boasts the most spirits in Seattle (distilled AND dead). But we also have the best art, the best grub, the best brew, and the most fun. Come play with us, for ever, and ever, and ever…
Start off the Halloween season with our monthly Art Attack art walk Saturday, October "Lucky" 13th, 6 – 9 pm. If you like what you see (dead people), consider coming back for our 8th Annual Georgetown Haunted History Tour October 25, 26, and 27.
Among the Highlights of the Walk:
All City Coffee pleased to present "Souvenirs", paintings by Guy Merrill and ceramic wall reliefs by Jess Rees
American Pie and Bakery is hosting a group show by over 14 Seattle based artists titled "Sugar Skull and Flour"
Equinox Studios has the following studios open to "treat" you: Tim Aguero: photographer. New photo documentary of south end neighborhood children. Gail Howard: oil painter, new works. Sublime stripes.Stacy Rosevear: oil painter, new work in progress. Plus copper plate etchings, a new departure! John Kirschenbaum:fine woodwork. "Would". Betty Jo Costanzo: oil painter, all new! oil paintings from her Lake Chelan series with the projected video. Sarah Woodson: potter. Come see Sarah's beautiful wheel thrown work, and her great mugs!. M. Anne Sweet: graphic design: View Anne's provocative photos on canvas and her unique perspective on feminine themes. Syd Shera: ceramic artist, carving clay pumpkins and gourds, into lanterns! Boo! Tamara Clammer:leather and mixed media masks. Lots of new ones, Halloween is coming! Sophia Wheelwright: mixed media sculpture, plus a naturalist's collection of goodies. Melinda Hannigan: oil painter, large new works in process, 6' x 8' ers, folks! Alair Wells/Trevor Gauntlett: metal sculptors/blacksmiths. Tinder Hearts metal art and design studio open! Gauntlett Creative design studio open! Karl Seng: Unique lamps. From found wood and metal scrap designs, plus a naturalist's love of fauna inspires other lamp designs
Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery presents "The Horror: Selections from the EC Comics Library", featuring Harvey Kurtzman, Wally Wood and music by recording artist Molly Nilsson. Complimentary copies of Tales From the Crypt EC sampler available!
Georgetown Arts and Cultural Center presents "All Saints & Sinners": The 10 resident artists have created Day of the Dead /All Saints Day/All Souls Day themed works of art in honor of friends and family members who have passed on. Many diverse and unique artworks will be featured. Resident artist studios open .
Georgetown Atelier hosts Draw Attack!, a free, fun art jam with a costumed 16th Century "Dangerous Beauty". Come draw with us!
Georgetown Trailer Park Mall Alien Abduction! The Mysterious Disappearance of the World's Most Unworldly Caravan! Prepare curious Earthlings and await in Wonder! Where will this Motley Crew reemerge? Clues to be found in the Outer Limits at the Trailer Park Cinema, hosted by the Big One Eyed Cat!
Krab Jab Studio presents "Ouija!", a group show revolving around the Mystical Talking Board. Artists represented: James Caudle (Caudled Milk), Ellen Miffitt, Valerie Warden, Javier S. Ortega, Laurie Lee Brom, Kyle Abernethy, Peter Pan, Heather Hudson, Daniel Gelon, Matthew Hinshaw, Margaret Organ-Kean, Yvette Endrijautzki, Drew Tucker, Melissa A. Benson, Larry Reid & Tim Silbaugh, and Kelly Lyles. Also featuring display of vintage boards.
Le' Objects For The Home celebrates its first year! First 25 visitors receive a small gift of appreciation. Artist Anouk Rawkson will be showing "Midnight Toy Box", a show with a dark sense of humor.
Mary Tudor Studio features art with atmospheric, soul calming elemental visuals and Ferrell with visually stunning, spacial and abstract paintings in varying sizes and formats. Music by the incomparable Luscious Leopard Lips, Georgetown atmospheric music DJ with the long known Theremin synthesizer
The Nautilus Studio presents the dark and romantic acrylic paintings of Javier S Ortega
The Nautilus Workshop will present mysterious wood sculptures/games by James C Bassett
NuPasa will feature art by Emilie Shepherd and Patti-o-Furniture
One Night Stand Gallery (directly above Fantagraphics) features "Apopalyptic America", an exhibition of new works by Jem Eaton.
The Roving Gallery …around the back of the Bottling Plant! Featuring the art of Denise Chandler Smith, Keli Sim DeRitis, Roxanne Fawcett and Janet Crawley. Acrylic, Mixed Media, Sculpture, Jewelry and 'trick or treat' treats!
Sage Artistry presents "Facing the Furnace", a collection of casted, fused, and enameled glass art created by Diana Stearns and Sherri Gamble.
Waxing Impressions has an open studio with encaustic and watercolor painting and clay jewelry by Deborah Stachowic
beep beep! Cool your heels on the one and only Art Ride, the art walk bus serving Airport Way S, looping to Equinox Studios. Runs every 15 minutes, look for Art Ride Stop signs!
*Disclaimer: Xavier Lopez is an active artist in the Seattle Alternative Art Scene and may have art interactions with (may know, collaborate with, may show at or with) many of the people and institutions interviewed in this blog. He/I will never trade an interview for anything. Xavier is not paid for, nor does he receive any type of remuneration for the articles he writes.


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Recess can be the best part of a kid's day or it can be a major source of stress and anxiety. For some kids, this is when they are finally able to run free and let off some steam. They love the carefree wiggle time where they can focus on being a kid and enjoy playing with their friends.
Other students aren't as lucky and do not love recess. There is a multitude of reasons why a child may not enjoy this unstructured free time. For many, their dislike stems from their lack of friendships or the necessary social skills needed to join in with others. With a little bit of help to be comfortable and one person willing to be a friend, they would love this time as well.
Here are six tips for making recess inclusive for all students as they learn the social skills to develop and maintain friendships. Read More »


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vws.pubsub (VisualWebServer PubSub) is a publish/subscribe system for communication between objects/modules of your code. It's rather similar to the event system of node, however with two additions: -- (optional) BUBBLING along a topic-tree and -- (optional) PERSISTANCE of publications for later retrieval/reference
It contains utilitiary functions that were copied (and adapted) from the jQuery library. It is developed, used and sponsored by K.lab (http://www.klab-berlin.com), LinkCloud (http://www.linkcloud.org) and ViSERiON (http://www.viserion.com) . It's client-side brother is realized as a jQuery plugin and also available for public use (MIT license).
$ npm install vws.pubsub
cd to node_modules/vws.pubsub
there is a detailed description of all functions in the source-code ...


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Survey Forecasts Tactical UAS Programs Worth $2.6 Billion
"During our research Army announced the cancellation of the Future Combat Systems Class IV UAS, with many in industry wondering how funds would be reallocated, which missions would be prioritized and how these systems would work together" said Stearns. G2 Solutions believes that the Army will require a tactical UAV with payload, range and endurance greater than what RQ-7 or system enhancements will be able to provide. The rotary-wing UAS assumes a larger platform optimized for missions such as resupply, communications, ISR and others. Stearns predicts nearly half of the acquisition revenues derived from these projected programs will be delivered within ten years in the 2018-2021 timeframe.
Product Improvements planned for the Shadow UAS are currently being considered for inclusion in the next increment of Brigade Modernization Program, slated for 2013-2014 timeframe. These capabilities will be tested next year, as the Future Force integration Directorate and Army Evaluation Task Force (ATEF) are expected to move into brigade level testing of Brigade Modernization Systems at Ft. Bliss. Among the new capabilities will be the integration of all unmanned tactical assets including the Class 1 UAV, RQ-11B and the future 'common controller', currently employed with or developed for the battalion level, with brigade level assets such as the improved Shadow and 'One System' ground control element.
As for a future tactical complement for the Shadow, the Army is closely following the Navy/USMC highly mobile Small Tactical UAS (STUAS) program, currently competing four systems. The systems developed for the STUAS are likely to be considered for the Product Improved Shadow – including a lightweight EO payload, payloads, new radio relays, and improved avionics.
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The jobs agenda slips down the memory hole
Many of us have become painfully accustomed to Mitt Romney making claims that aren't true, but once in a while, his most egregious falsehoods strike a nerve. This week in Texas, for example, the Republican presidential nominee told a whopper that Andrew Sullivan called "a classic of total disingenuous crap."
"[W]ith America in crisis, with 23 million people out of work or stopped looking for work, [President Obama] hasn't put forth a plan to get us working again," Romney said Tuesday. "Now I know we're getting close to an election so he'll come out with one soon, but three and a half years later, we're waiting."
Plenty of fine folks have noted the absurdity of the argument, but I'd like to echo their sentiments. When Romney says things like this, he's obviously lying. There's no gray area; it's not a claim that's partially true; it's simply 100% false. It's not even a close call.
Obama put forward a plan to get us working again in 2009 – it's known as the Recovery Act, or the "stimulus," and it was extremely effective in turning the economy around (more on this later this morning). In 2011, as the recovery slowed, Obama put forward another plan – it was called the American Jobs Act and independent economists said the proposal would have created as many as 2 million jobs this year.
Senate Republicans killed the jobs bill with a filibuster, while House Republicans refused to bring it to the floor for a vote, despite polls showing broad bipartisan support for the provisions in Obama's plan.
What's more, while the American Jobs Act was unveiled in September, Obama has continued to present ideas for job creation, including his State of the Union address and his economic "to-do list" for Congress. He reminded policymakers about his plans on Friday and again on Saturday.
"Three and a half years later, we're waiting"? Romney must know that's not true.
The GOP candidate can't feign ignorance and say his bogus argument in Texas is the result of confusion; Romney has given detailed critiques of the president's jobs plans. He's even endorsed some of the ideas in Obama's proposals.
Romney doesn't have to like Obama's jobs plans, but he shouldn't get away with brazenly lying about their existence.


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To me, bullying is something that has been a problem for a while, but is becoming a more and more serious issue. Bullying comes in all different forms from high school, to workplace, to online, and other places. We as a community, nation, and as individuals need to strive to be nicer to each other and work together to stop the hate, versus creating it. Together we can accomplish so much more than we can individually.


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text: >> Does anyone know of a suitable transparent gel substance that can be used in >> a small set where the growth of a seed's roots are able to be filmed >> without the gel 'going off' as it were and fogging up the proceedings. > You might check into the use of polyacrylamide gel. Polyacrylamide might work, indeed, but if memory serves, the stuff is incredibly poisonous until it has jelled. (I worked with the stuff 12 years ago, maybe there is a less toxic formulation or substitute available these days.) Would the old standby of sandwiching the seed between glass and moist blotter paper not be acceptable for your film? M. Reed


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Small bowel (small intestine)
Benign tumors and tumor-like conditions
Gangliocytic paraganglioma
Reviewer: Hanni Gulwani, M.D. (see Reviewers page)
Revised: 3 November 2014, last major update August 2012
Copyright: (c) 2003-2014, PathologyOutlines.com, Inc.
See also Ampulla
● Rare tumor of periampullary region and second portion (middle) of duodenum
● Rarely in jejunum or ileum
● May derive from endodermal-neuroectodermal complexes in the embryonic ventral pancreas, due to totipotential nature of adult stem cells that differentiate along different lineages
Clinical features
● Presents with GI bleed, abdominal pain or anemia
● May be multiple or associated with neurofibromatosis 1 or carcinoid syndrome
● Usually benign, 7% had nodal metastases at presentation (BMC Cancer 2011;11:187), rarely has metastases of endocrine component
Case reports
● 42 year old man with obstructive jaundice (Rev Col Bras Cir 2011;38:288)
● 56 year old man with melana (World J Surg Oncol 2010;8:42)
● 61 year old man with nodal metastasis (Diagn Pathol 2010;5:27)
● 67 year old man (Chin Med J (Engl) 2012;125:388)
● 67 year old woman with metastatic tumor in regional lymph nodes containing spindle cell, epithelial and ganglion components (Arch Pathol Lab Med 2003;127:e139)
Gross description
● Usually 1-3 cm, sessile or polypoid
Clinical images
Periampullary submucosal tumor and surface ulcer bleeding
Gross images
Tumor near ampulla
Malignant tumor
Micro description
● Submucosal lesion(s) with overlying ulcerations
● Organoid pattern
● Triphasic with endocrine (carcinoid like cells in compact nests and trabeculae), spindle cell (Schwann cell like), and ganglion type cells of varying proportions resembling carcinoid, paraganglioma and ganglioneuroma
● Variable stromal amyloid
Micro images
Various images
Malignant tumor
Positive stains
● Pancreatic polypeptide (in endocrine cells, not specific to this tumor)
● Keratin (epithelial cells)
● S100 (spindle cells)
● Neuron specific enolase (ganglion cells)
Differential diagnosis
● Carcinoid tumor
● Carcinoma
● Ganglioneuroma
● Paraganglioma
End of Small bowel (small intestine) > Benign tumors and tumor-like conditions > Gangliocytic paraganglioma
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Analyzing Key Areas Where Triple H's Grand Plans for Tag Division Have FailedMay 21, 2014
When Triple H became chief operating officer of the WWE, he naturally took concern with several areas of the company that he felt were failing.
Chief amongst those areas was the tag division, with Triple H desperate to push the division back up to the stature that it had garnered in the days of the Attitude Era, when winning the Tag Team Championships actually meant something.
We constantly saw reports—like this one over at Wrestling Inc from last October—that Triple H had not given up on his idea and that he had brought in the NXT Tag Team Championship belts to try and push the division forward.
However, as we move into the middle of 2014, it is clear to see that his plans for the division have spectacularly failed. Not only has the tag division remained stagnant and stale, but it has actually become a bit of a joke, in all honesty. His plans haven't worked, and there are a few key areas we can identify that are the main reasons for his dreams for the tag division not coming to fruition.
Splitting Up Teams for No Real Reason
The first real area that you have to pick up on is how Triple H and the WWE handled the crop of tag teams that were already in existence when he took charge of the division.
Naturally, when you are looking at improving something like a division in professional wrestling, you start to look at the people from the outside—and in this instance, that would be NXT.
But Triple H has chronically neglected the crop of teams that were already together, and he has even split some up for no reason whatsoever.
The defining example of this is the Prime Time Players. They were a team that really had something special going, but for whatever reason, the WWE decided to split the Superstars up. That seemed like a fair decision, but the fact that neither man has progressed makes the decision completely moot.
You got the impression that the Prime Time Players were never a million miles away from a championship shot, and they added some depth to the division. Splitting them for no reason is a key failure for the tag division.
Younger Teams Not Getting a Chance
As mentioned, Triple H established the NXT Tag Team Championship in order to get some young, exciting teams to build some chemistry together before eventually making a move to the main roster.
Let's run through the teams that have won that championship since it was formed: British Ambition (Adrian Neville and Oliver Grey), Erick Rowan and Luke Harper, Adrian Neville and Corey Graves and The Ascension.
With the exception of Rowan and Harper, not one of those teams—or even a single member of them—has had a shot on the main roster. What on earth is the point of putting the belts on these young teams if they aren't going to move up with natural progression?
Triple H and WWE Creative are shooting themselves in the foot with this most basic of mistakes. Moving men up from NXT to bolster the main tag division would at least add substance to the division. The WWE has failed in this aspect.
Champions Becoming Embroiled Elsewhere
For the tag division to get a healthy reputation as one that can more than hold its own, the champions have to be able to pull off a decent feud to keep things exciting.
Unfortunately for the WWE, the company has pinned the Tag champions into feuds with other stars far too often. We can see that with the current champions, The Usos.
At the moment, they are currently acting as allies of John Cena as he locks horns with Bray Wyatt once again. Whilst it is nice to see Cena getting some backup and evening the scales out, could the company really not have found anyone else to play the role?
The championships just lose importance and significance when you put together storylines like this. In fact, it makes them basically irrelevant. Considering how Triple H's grand plan was to push the division to new heights, he has basically taken it backward with decisions like this from WWE Creative.
Not Capitalizing On Stale Singles Stars
One of the strengths of the WWE's tag division is that stars, legends and icons can often be born there after they may have failed elsewhere. It could be two guys who are struggling to piece together a role on the main roster as singles stars or simply a chance pairing that works out.
Take the Acolytes, for example. Both Bradshaw and Farooq were hardly pulling up any trees as solo stars. Sure, Farooq led the Nation of Domination, but it was when they came together that they really excelled.
There are plenty of other examples from down the years, too. And with the depth on the roster the WWE has at this moment in time, there could be another star tag team waiting to happen somewhere in the locker room.
However, rather than giving some guys like The Miz, Damien Sandow and Kofi Kingston a chance, they have been left to rot away in the lower reaches of the card. How is that right when the COO of the company is looking to push the tag division?
All in all, there are a fair few reasons why Triple H's grand plans for the tag division have left him with egg on his face. There could still be time to save it all, but he must make sure the same mistakes are not allowed to happen again.


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Why save all the dress up fun for just one holiday a year?! A fantastic paper costume makes pretend play easy, day after day. Growls and ferocious purrrrs will be heard from the other room as they become a silly blue panther or coral and purple colored lion. All you need is a pair of scissors to work some magic to cut out the face and arm holes and some sticky tape to keep it all together.
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The Endowment Fund is a permanent fund to ensure ongoing support for Peerless' operations.
The Unrestricted Fund provides flexibility for the organization to address a broad range of needs, including the general operations of the organization.


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If recent statements by Indonesia's Minister for State-Owned Enterprises, Sugiharto, are correct, the financial salvation of Indonesia struggling government-owned Merpati Nusantara Airlines may be at hand.As reported in the Indonesian-language Bisnis Indonesia, Sugiharto has announced that three private investors are competing against each other to provide the Rp. 75 billion cash injection (approximately US$ 7.65 million) needed to keep the Airline operating for the coming three months. As reported on balidiscovery.com [ Parliament Throws Merpati a Lifeline
], the ailing domestic carrier and former subsidiary of Garuda Indonesia is hemorrhaging cash and in desperate need of funds and a restructuring to re-emerge as a low-cost airline able to compete in the current marketplace.While Minister Sugiharto remains tight-lipped on the identity of the investors eyeing a stake in Merpati, he publicly asked all three to avoid taking any steps that might disturb current restructuring efforts underway at the Carrier.As part of that restructuring, the Government and Merpati are working to reschedule the Airline's Rp. 1.6 trillion debt (approximately US$163.2 million), now in serious arrears, as well as modernize its antiquated armada of aircraft.The Minister has given Merpati until the end of the current month to secure the required cash injection from private sources.


text: It is really Microsoft who determines which machine we program on and what environment we work in. They now represent the force to restrict a programmer's freedom. As far as I know, Microsoft has not tried to restrict the freedom of programmers. Microsoft has been attacked with both look and feel lawsuits and patent lawsuits, and has fought back when attacked, but has never started such hostilities with anyone else. If you believe you know of a specific case where they have done so, please send me details. It may be true. Or it may be a false rumor. It may be that you are failing to distinguish between a direct attack on your freedom, and market situations which make certain work more or less profitable. There are big differences between those two things. You are also exaggerating. Even if MS Windows becomes 95% of the market, that does not mean you are forced to work with it if you really don't want to. You could join the other 5% and make it 5.0000001%. There is a potential danger that Microsoft will start trying to prohibit us from writing various programs. One can never trust a corporation not to attack. This is one more reason why no one should be given the power to do that. But so far they haven't tried. Notice how they succeeded in forcing Apple to cancel Mac Basic as a product and almost make HyperCard an orphan. I don't follow news about Macintosh software; I don't know what happened. What do you mean by "forced"? Did Microsoft sue Apple and say they have a monopoly on writing programs like Mac Basic? That would be analogous to what Apple has done. Or did they do some other sort of thing? These are the forces which brought about the cancellation of the DARPA project which funded Berkeley Unix. I have never heard Microsoft mentioned together with the BSD project. What specifically do you mean--and who are the primary sources for the information? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------


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Regional Reviews: Chicago
Playing Evita and Che are Caroline Bowman (most recently in the ensemble of Kinky Boots) and Josh Young (Judas in Des McAnuff's Broadway revival of Jesus Christ Superstar). Bowman can belt in the style of LuPone, but there's no uniqueness to her style to suggest the star power of Peron herself, nor the likes of LuPone or Madonna. The lovely Ms. Bowman acts crediblyshowing Evita's rise and fall with physical subtletybut this role was recently dubbed by a Playbill.com writer as the greatest diva role in all of musical theatre, and Bowman doesn't take advantage of the opportunity. Her Eva is maybe too credibleshe's never larger than life in the way fans of this musical might expect.
Josh Young most certainly has the pipes to sing Che. It's a joy to listen to him, but his movement is fairly wooden. The character of course is no more than a detached narrator, but the likes of Patinkin, Antonio Banderas and Anthony Crivello have given Che some charisma that the handsome Young doesn't quite project. As Juan Peron, Sean McLaughlin is similarly big voiced, and as bland a presence as the character Rice wrote. The two supporting characters, the tango singer Magaldi and the mistress Peron dumps for Eva, are played with appropriate humor and pathos by, respectively, Christopher Johnstone and Krystina Alabado.
I'd argue the score is Andrew Lloyd Webber's best. It's varied, with none (well ,few) of the songs sounding like they were pulled out of his trunk. The music makes use of Latin American idioms but has its own personality unique to this piece, and the melodies are accompanied by some most intriguing harmonies. The production offers a top-rate reading of the score, with strong vocals by the ensemble and a very full-sounding orchestra for its 16 pieces. The ensemble executes Rob Ashford's simple and elegant choreography with precision.
The set by Christopher Oram focuses on interiors, with a wall of windows, columns and a balcony suggesting the train station and presidential palace of Buenos Aires. Oram (who also did the smart looking costumes) works in a palette of browns that feels earthy, while the visualization moves between the realistic and the symbolic. Neil Austin's lighting design adds beams of light that provide otherworldliness to Evita, who was viewed as a goddess by many, according to this story. Grandage uses black and white movie film projections (by Zachary Borovay) to effectively add historical context.
Fans of Evita and those new to the piece will likely find this tour an acceptable interpretation. I'd guess those who remember the 1979 Broadway original and even the feature film with Madonna and Banderas will continue to treasure their memories of earlier productions more fondly in their hearts.
Evita will play the Oriental Theatre, 25 W. Randolph, Chicago, through October 6, 2013. For ticket information, visit www.broadwayinchicago.com. For more information on the tour, visit
See the schedule of theatre productions in the Chicago area


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Saying Sorry @ RomanceClass -
i'm sorry that i wasn't who i should have been
my boyfriend & i have been together for 6 months. i started this relationship on a very serious foot, & its like he changed into a totally different person for me because he really cared about me & its like i never changed into the serious mode. & from then on i just always took him for granted, he'd do things for me to show he cared & how much he loved me but its like in return i couldn't do it for him, & maybe it's because of my past relationships with other guys or just the way i am. and its like the days that are a big deal to him or that matter to him the most, i wasn't there to help him out or acknowledge him, its like that day was just another day. i want him to know how sorry i am & that i wish i could start all over again. i wish i hadn't done the things i have, i wish i could just realize that in order for our relationship to work out i had to give effort myself. i'm sorry that i wasn't who i should have been & that i was selfish & didn't tell him i cared when i actually did.
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True Light was founded on March 12, 1988. The church was initially planted in a hotel, the Holiday Inn, in Montbello. The Holiday Inn was the only hotel in the area that was willing to allow regular meeting times for our church. This providentially established the area of ministry in Montbello.
The first service was held in the Copper Mountain Room of the Holiday Inn. Approximately nine months later, in January of 1989, with a charter membership of 51, the church moved from the hotel to a storefront location down the street at 4812 Chambers Road. This location allowed for great visibility to those who frequented the shopping center and those who traveled Chambers Road.
In 1993, the church purchased four acres of land upon which it presently sits. The providential circumstance of the purchase of this land, approximately one-tenth of the asking price, has throughout the years served to anchor the ministry location in Montbello. The church has conducted three phases of construction on this site, Phase One in 1995, Phase Two in 1999, and Phase Three in 2011, to continue to enable the church to increase its influence in the community.
Throughout the years the church has been involved in after-school tutoring, youth mentoring, AWANA, Boy Scouts, health screenings and education, extended personal finance training, arthritis exercise groups, Weight Watchers, Puppet Ministry, Gospel on the Green, scholarships, and many other meaningful ministries.
Globally, the church supports missions through its conventions: American Baptist USA, Inc. and National Baptist USA, Inc. Additionally, it supports two missionaries directly in Zimbabwe, in Malawi, and missionaries from the church have been to Nassau, Bahamas to share in teaching Vacation Bible School on a number of occasions. Numerous local ministries and other churches have also benefited from True Light's generosity.


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Engineering Services
Engineering Services is a professional department within Facilities Services who has overall responsibilities for all engineering planning, design and implementation activities; all energy management on campus related to the load side; and all mapping and geographical information.
Engineering Services is a diverse and innovative team who provides stewardship of the campus environment through excellence in Facilities Services.
Preserve, create and transform the campus environment to enhance the Carolina experience.
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Designer & Front-End Developer
I am a creative problem-solver with 6+ years experience working with a wide range of international clients & businesses on Design (Web, Mobile & Print) & Web Development. It is a great feeling to work on projects to turn ideas into reality.
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SQL Server55%
Final Cut55%
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Canmap Systems - Vancouver, BC
CanMap Systems Inc. is an information technology company that specializes in GIS and work management software for utilities. Our solution set can be applied to many industries that benefit from GIS technologies and we have focused our efforts in the electrical, gas, water and telecommunication utilities sector
- Knowledge of Photoshop
- Ability to cut layouts
- Knowledge of W3C standards
- Knowledge HTML5 & jQuery
- Knowledge Kendo UI (telerik)
- Responsive / Adaptive Design
- Cross Platform Design
- Designing Online User Manual & Demo
- Testing & Debugging
- Great job in a reputable company
- Interesting projects for leading brands
- Opportunity for professional development
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Served as the primary web developer on AIM Language Learning. AIM has a complete range of French Second Language materials including programs for primary, elementary and junior high students as well as English Second Language curriculum for ages 7 to 12, and Spanish programs for Secondary. To support the growth of AIM, an extensive online training resource, 'AIM Online Teacher Training' is has just been released.
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Kids can be ungrateful little turds. I was that kid. My mom would make us this delicious chocolate pudding cake when we were kids. It didn't matter that it came from a box. Honestly, the stuff was super delicious. I bet they still sell it in Canada. It was from the company Robin Hood which is known to make amazing flour…so much so that my mom would bring in flour from Canada when she would make pie dough while living in Florida. I can't make pie dough to save my life (as we all know) so my flour is still All-American and I can work with that. I think even my friend Marlys from "This and That- my love of cooking and photography" blog also brings in her flour to the US…I hope that wasn't a secret…ooops…
ANYWAY…(dang I hate it when I wander around with my thoughts) the Cake. It was something my mom would make on a weekly basis. Nothing fancy just a quick dessert to satisfy our little family. I ate it with no fuss….well I pretty much eat everything with no fuss…except mashed potatoes…YUCK YUCK YUCK….don't bother…I hate them.
THE CAKE….darn…so, I have been missing this cake. A lot more than I would have imagined. I decided I should come up with something along the same lines. Maybe I miss my mom, maybe it's the weather, maybe it's because my kids often make me question my own sanity…yep….that would be the one!
Note: Adapted from: Chocolate Cake, The Louisiana Proud Collection of Home Cooking
1 cup flour (American all-purpose flour seems acceptable here!) 🙂
1/4 teaspoon salt
3/4 cup sugar
2 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoon cocoa
1/2 cup milk
2 tablespoons melted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
3/4 cup sugar
3 tablespoons cocoa
1 cup warm water
How to:
Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F. Grease or spray an 8 X 11 baking dish, set aside.
In a large bowl combine your flour, salt, sugar (first 3/4 cup), baking powder, and cocoa (first 2 tablespoons). Add your milk, melted butter and vanilla, combine well. Pour into your prepared pan. In a small bowl combine your sugar (other 3/4 cup) and cocoa (other 3 tablespoons). Sprinkle over your cake batter. Pour your warm water on top of sugar mixture. DO NOT STIR. (yes it will look ugly…fight the urge to touch anything!) Bake in your preheated oven for 45 minutes or until cake part is done. Serve warm with ice cream or whipped cream.
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To my mom: "I am sorry Mom if I didn't appreciate how delicious this was as a child. I love all your food, all except your mashed potatoes, I hear they are delicious…I think I might be allergic to mashed potatoes but not to chocolate. Love your favorite (and only) daughter, Isabelle"
Peace and don't be ungrateful little brats,


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Wildfire burns near San Mateo County coast
Updated 4:22 pm, Thursday, January 16, 2014
(01-16) 16:19 PST SAN GREGORIO -- An unseasonal grass fire burned roughly four acres near the San Mateo County community of San Gregorio, one of dozens of wildfires that have struck Northern California during the unusually dry month.
Firefighters responded to the blaze on Seaside School Road at Stage Road shortly before 9 p.m. Wednesday, authorities said. Several homes and power lines were initially threatened but crews arrested the fire before it reached any structures.
The blaze was fully contained about 1 a.m. Thursday, authorities said, though firefighters expected to remain on scene much of the day. The cause is under investigation.
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Firefighters have responded to more than 150 wildfires across the state in January, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Normally, about two dozen fires are reported by this point in the year.
"It all has to do with the fact that things are critically dry," said Cal Fire spokesman Daniel Berlant.
Most of the state has seen little or no rain this month on top of a record dry 2013. A red flag warning, a signal of high fire danger, remained in effect Thursday for hills in much of the Bay Area.
Kurtis Alexander is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com