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Looking for Tennis Rackets? Looking for gifts for your friends and love ones? Maybe looking for a toy for yourself?!!!?
Welcome to this post!!!
I have a lot of 26 rackets of various brands and models and in various conditions.
Here is a list of the sticks still available:
*Prices are negotiable.* IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE PRICE, MAKE ME AN OFFER!!!*
*Pictures are at the end of this listing. I can provide additional pictures and descriptions for specific racquets...you need only ask!*
*The condition ratings listed were determined using Tennis Warehouse's "Sticky" (tt.tennis-warehouse DOT com/showthread.php?t=217121)*
*I can string up and grip up many of the rackets listed for a nominal fee. Strings and grips will be whatever I have on hand. Ask to inquire about my current inventory.*
Racquets for Sale:
Babolat: VS NCT Tour 100 sq in., 10.0 oz, 16 x 18
Grip: 4 3/8
Condition: 10/10
Price: $80 -$90
Inventory: 1
Notes: Brand New, Unstrung, Shrink Warp still on Sleeve
Babolat: Control Team MidPlus 100 sq in., 11.0 oz, 16 x 20
Grip: 4 3/8
Condition: 4/10
Price: $20
Inventory: 1
Notes: Grommets appear to be good, no head guard, graphite wear
at top, needs new grip, strung with unknown poly,
scuffed throughout.
Boris Becker: Becker 11L 98 sq in.
Grip: Cap says 2 but measured to be btwn 4 3/8 to 4 1/2
Condition: 9/10
Price: $80 ea. Or $140 for 2
Inventory: 2
Notes: Both Strung with Gosen Micro 17g, minor scuff marks throughout,
no paint chips.
Boris Becker: Becker 11 Mid 95 sq in.
Grip: Cap says 3 but measured to be betwn 4 3/8 and 4 1/2
Condition: one is 7/10, other is 8/10
Price: $80 ea. or $140 for 2
Inventory: 2
Notes: Both unstrung, one has extensive scuff marks, minor paint chips on both.
Head: 660 Zenith
Grip: Measured to be btwn 4 1/2 and 4 5/8
Condition: 6.5/10
Price: $20
Inventory: 1
Notes: Grommets are ok except for a couple squished IN ones, needs new grip,
head guard scuffed but not worn thru, scuff marks throughout, small
paint chip at 8 o clock, unstrung.
Head: Flexpoint Instinct MP (100 sq in), 10.4 oz, 18x19
Grip: 4 5/8
Condition: 7/10
Price: $50
Inventory: 1
Notes: Headguard scuffed but not worn thru, graphite exposure at top of head,
grip ok, grommets good, scuffed throughout, unstrung.
Head: i. Extreme Mid Plus 100 sq in., 18x19
Grip: 4 1/2 to 4 5/8
Condition: 7.5/10
Price: $60
Inventory: 1
Notes: Scuff marks throughout. . .little to no graphite exposed, grommets good,
grip good, strung with Forten Nylon 16g.
Head: I X 11 Oversize 115 sq in, 7.8 oz
Grip: 4 1/2
Condition: 8.5 to 9/10
Price: $50 ea.
Inventory: 2
Notes: Needs new grip, very very minute scuffs, near brand new,
Strung with SP Ultimatum 16 g (syn/gut ?)
Head: LiquidMetal 4, 102 sq. in.
Grip: 4 3/8- 4 ½
Condition: 7.5/10
Price: $60 ea.
Inventory: 1
Notes: Average scuffs and scratches throughout, strung with Forten Tournament Nylon 16g
(hardly used), grommets show normal wear (does NOT need to be replaced). Buttcap MAY be
Head: Microgel Extreme MidPlus, 100 sq. in.
Grip: Measured to be between 4 1/2 to 4 5/8
Condition: One is 4/10 other is 6.5/10
Price: $30 for the 4/10, and $65 for the 6.5/10; $80 for both
Inventory: 2
Notes: One has a 1/2 inch stress fracture at 10 O' Clock, scuff marks throughout,
grip is ok on both, strung with Alpha Gut 2000
Head Microgel Mojo 100 sq. in., 10.1 oz, 18x19
Grip: 4 3/8
Condition: 8/10, and 9.5 to 10/10 (Brand New)
Price: $70 (8/10), $80 (9.5/10) or $140 for both
Inventory: 2
Notes: Minor scratches on head guard and frame one one, near perfect
on the other. . .shrink wrap intact on the new frame.
Both strung with unknown string.
Head: Ti. Radical Oversize (107 sq. in.) and MidPlus (98sq. in.)
Grip: Cap says 2 and 4 . . . measured to be about 4 3/8
Condition: one is 7/10, the other is 7.5/10
Price: $60 ea. or $100 for both
Inventory: 2
Notes: One has a worn bumperguard, needs new grips, scuffs throughout,
one unstrung, one w/ Wilson NXT Tour 17 g.
Prince CTS Response Mid Plus
Grip: 4 1/4
Condition: 7/10
Price: $50
Inventory: 1
Notes: Minor scuff marks throughout, small paint chip at 7:30 o clock.
Strung with syn/gut (?), grip ok.
Prince Triple Threat (TT) Rebel Mid Plus 95 sq in.
Grip: 4 1/4, 4 1/8 (built up with overgrips to 1/4)
Condition: 7 /10 , 8 /10
Price: $50 ea. or $80 for 2
Inventory: 2
Notes: both Strung (poly?), needs new grip, medium scuffing throughout,
small paint chip at 9 o clock.
may need new overgrip.
Prince Triple Threat Vendetta Midplus (95 sq in.)
Grip: 4 3/8
Condition: 6.5 to 7/10
Price: $60
Inventory: 1
Notes: Paint chip at 9 o' clock, minor scuffs throughout, grommets and
headguard ok, may need new grip, unstrung.
Volkl Tour 10 Midplus (98 sq in)
Grip: 4 1/2 (?)
Condition: 7.5/ 10
Price: $ 70
Inventory: 1
Notes: Minor scuff marks throughout, grommets and headguard ok,
Grip ok, strung with hybrid (mono and syn/gut (?)).
Wilson: Prostaff 6.1 Classic 95 sq. in., 16 x18, 12.1 oz, unstrung
Grip: Cap says 4, measured to be close to 4 1/2.
Condition: 7/10 and 6.5/10
Price: $75 ea. or $130 for both
Inventory: 2
Notes: Both needs new grips, one is strung (w/ Polys (?)), one has thin head guard,
scuffs throughout.
Yonex RQ-260 Widebody OPS, Mid (92 sq in.)
Grip: 4 1/4, 4 3/8
Condition: 4/10 for both
Price: $10 for both
Inventory: 2
Notes: Both rackets appear structurally sound but head guards needs
to be replaced, Grommets appear ok on one but needs
replacing on another. Major scuffing and scratches
throughout both rackets. Needs new grips.
For ease of transaction, CASH ONLY and LOCAL PICKUP ONLY please.
If you're interested and/or have questions about any of these items, please email me thru tennisopolis OR text/call (9O9) 570.1147
Hope to hear from you soon!!!
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Dude, how many racquets do you have? Too bad you don't have a Head Pro Tour 280. I would buy that one.
280??!!! Wait...let me ask some of my friends tomorrow..they may not want to let it go but i can ask!!!
Was the 280 similar to the one Muster played with?
Yeah, there's the Made in Austria and the China version. Then there's the Pro Tour 630, the European one which is much heavier. Muster used the 630. I prefer the China one personally. They were sold at Big 5 for cheap too. lol
I see ... i will ask around...struggling to stretch teflon tubing right now...annoyed...
Dude, my friend has the China ones mint. I got one today. :)
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Bend Sinister in Wales
Ten White Geese
Getting lost appears to be a major theme in European literature. From Odysseus' long detour home, to Dante's midlife crisis in the selva oscura, to the abandoned children of the Brothers Grimm, it would seem that the "straight way" is rarely the best way to make an interesting story. "As you set out on the way to Ithaca," C.P. Cavafy wrote, offering advice to both storytellers and ordinary folk, "hope that the road is a long one,/filled with adventures, filled with discoveries. The Laestrygonians and the Cyclopes,/Poseidon in his anger: do not fear them."*
The woman who calls herself "Emilie" in the Dutch writer Gerbrand Bakker's evocative and unsettling short novel Ten White Geese has gone astray in various ways. Her disorientation is both geographical and psychological; it may also turn out to be, as we increasingly suspect, fatal. After an affair with one of her first-year students, she has left her teaching position, as a lecturer in "translation studies," and her husband in Amsterdam to hole up secretly—with her "books, quite a bit of bedding," and a single mattress—on an unkempt rural farm in Wales, with an occasional view of the distant sea "over the tops of the now almost leafless trees" in one direction and Mount Snowdon in another.
Emilie—the name she's assumed in Wales to preserve her anonymity—has made a decisive detour in her life (the Dutch title of the novel is De Omweg, "The Detour"). She seems to have chosen Wales as a secluded place sealed off from urban Amsterdam, and because she speaks excellent English, a language that figures in her professional work as a translator of poetry. And yet she can't quite tell, as she contemplates "the path you could find only by looking into the distance," where she stands in her small adopted world. Her new neighbors, especially the local sheep farmer Rhys Jones, seem furtive and predatory, more interested in her money or her body than in her companionship. The work she has brought along with her—an unfinished dissertation on the inferior poems of Emily Dickinson—seems remote and irrelevant to her present circumstances. Increasingly her thoughts stray, alarmingly, to a beloved uncle, who filled his pockets with heavy objects from the kitchen of the hotel he worked at and walked out into a pond, only to find that "hip-deep water wasn't enough to drown in." Immured alone in her dilapidated farmhouse during the lengthening winter nights, Emilie comes to feel that she "inhabited this house the way he'd stood in that pond."
Immobilized in her life, she is intensely aware of the passage of time. Everything around her seems to amplify the ticking clock in the kitchen: the days counting down relentlessly to Christmas; the throbbing, intensifying pain "like toothache through my whole body"; even the rhythmic ticking of a dog's nails…
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When a child is diagnosed with a critical illness, a family's world turns upside down. Schedules become dominated by hospital visits and medical treatments. Free time slips away. But Give Kids The World Village gives some of that time back.
Visiting families stay in storybook villas, play in Orlando's world-famous theme parks, enjoy delicious meals and celebrate nightly events at the Village. For one amazing week, families simply laugh, play, and spend time together – and it doesn't cost them a thing.
Give Kids The World's mission is very special to me, so I'm raising money to support the Village. With your help, Give Kids The World can remain a magical place where families can stay during their once-in-a-lifetime trip.
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• HP beats the odds on Q2 earnings despite looming layoffs and HP plans to lay off 27,000 people — 8 percent of the workforce – HP beats expectations, but mobile stumbles are hurting it. Big layoffs are coming as part of a restructuring, but they won't be completed until October 2014.
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• Jury: Google did not infringe Oracle patents with Android – Barring appeals, Google will pay no damages and essentially walks away unscathed.
• Facebook, Zuckerberg, banks sued over IPO – That didn't take long. And Mark Zuckerberg earns $1.1 billion from selling Facebook shares
• Google to Warn 500,000+ of DNS Changer Infections – Visit a Google search page, and if your PC is infected with the DNSChanger malware, you'll get a warning. The feds took down the malware's command-and-control, but rather than leave those infected without DNS services, they've been running the servers themselves.
• Microsoft set to release Office for iOS and Android tablets in November – A "reliable source" tells BGR. That would be after Windows 8 is expected to launch, and before the next full version of Office is released.
• NPD: Include iPad and Apple doubles nearest competitor in Mobile PC share, iPad now 63 percent of tablet market – NPD is one of the research firms that groups the iPad in with mobile PCs.
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• Jonathan Ive interview: Apple's design genius is British to the core and Part two of The Telegraph's Jonathan Ive interview. – The Telegraph of London talks to Apple's chief designer, who has been knighted.
• Samsung says Apple lawsuit didn't affect its smartphone design – Samsung dispels the notion that its upcoming smartphone was designed specifically to avoid a patent battle with Apple.
• Google Privacy Inquiries Get Little Cooperation – Google has been very good at preventing regulators from seeing exactly what data was collected when its Street View cars were sniffing open Wi-Fi networks. The Germans were successful at getting it, and they were shocked at what they saw.
• Google+ wants to be your new Flickr – Google+ is having some success with photo enthusiasts.
• Plan for self-driving cars passes California Senate hurdle – The legislation, which passed without objection in the Senate, goes to the Assembly next month.
• Introducing "Mozilla Webmaker:" helping the world make the web – Mozilla is releasing a package of tools to help people build websites, and will be coordinating local learning activities to teach folks how to use those tools.
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Performance-enhancing drugs are substances used by athletes to improve their performances in the sports in which they engage.
As they have become more widely used and sophisticated, various organizations have banned their use for doping in sport, developed testing and enforcement procedures to prevent athletes from using these drugs, and penalized athletes caught using these drugs.
Types of performance-enhancing drugs Edit
Although the phrase performance-enhancing drugs is typically used in reference to anabolic steroids or their precursors, world anti-doping organizations apply the term broadly. The phrase has been used to refer to several distinct classes of drugs:
- Lean mass builders are used to drive or amplify the growth of muscle and lean body mass, and sometimes to reduce body fat. This class of drugs includes anabolic steroids, beta-2 agonists, selective androgen receptor modulator SARMs and various human hormones, most notably human growth hormone, as well as some of their precursors.
- Stimulants are used by athletes to stimulate their bodies and perform at optimum level, usually to increase alertness, decrease fatigue, and/or increase aggressiveness. Examples include caffeine and amphetamines.
- Painkillers mask athletes' pain so they can continue to compete and perform beyond their usual pain thresholds. Blood pressure is increased causing the cells in the muscles to be better supplied with vital oxygen. Painkillers used by athletes range from common over-the-counter medicines such as NSAIDs (such as ibuprofen) to powerful prescription narcotics.
- Sedatives are sometimes used by athletes in sports like archery which require steady hands and precise aim, and also by athletes attempting to overcome excessive nervousness or discomfort. Alcohol, beta blockers, and marijuana are examples.
- Diuretics expel water from athletes' bodies. They are often used by athletes such as wrestlers, who need to meet weight restrictions. Many stimulants also have a secondary diuretic effect.
- Masking drugs are used to prevent the detection of other classes of drugs. These evolve as quickly as do testing methods - which is very quickly indeed[1] - although a time-tested classic example is the use of epitestosterone, a drug with no performance-enhancing effects, to restore the testosterone/epitestosterone ratio (a common criterion in steroid testing) to normal levels after anabolic steroid supplementation.
Definition Edit
The classification of substances as performance-enhancing drugs is not entirely clear-cut and objective. As in other types of categorization, certain prototype performance enhancers that are universally classified as such (like anabolic steroids), whereas other substances (like vitamins and protein supplements) are virtually never classified as performance enhancers despite their significant effects on athletes' performance. As is usual with categorization, there are borderline cases; caffeine, for example, is considered a performance enhancer by some athletic authorities but not others.[2]
Examples of performance-enhancing drugs include steroids such as cortisone, as well as natural substances such as the athlete's own blood. Using their own blood to enhance their performance, athletes perform what is known as "blood packing", that is, taking around 2 pints of blood from the body 2 weeks prior to the meet, or match that they are training for, and keeping it stored. The night before the big match, they re-inject the blood back into their bloodstream, thereby having 50% more red blood cells, and enabling them to perform better. This method of performance enhancement is almost impossible to detect, unless it is actually witnessed. After the athlete is done with his or her sport for the day, two pints are taken out once again and disposed of.
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References Edit
- ↑ Yesalis, Charles. Anabolic Steroids in Sport and Exercise, chapter 12. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 2007.
- ↑ Caffeine and Sports Performance
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Barbara Park's New York Times bestselling chapter book series, Junie B. Jones, is a classroom favorite and has been keeping kids laughing—and reading—for more than twenty years. Over 60 million copies in print and now with a bright new look for a new generation!
Meet the World's Funniest Kindergartner—Junie B. Jones! Junie B.'s aunt Flo is getting married. What a perfect chance for her to show everyone how grown-up she is! Too bad she wasn't picked to be the flower girl in the wedding so she could really show off. But surely Junie B. can still find some way to get everyone's attention.
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"Junie B. is the darling of the young-reader set."
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"Park convinces beginning readers that Junie B.—and reading—are lots of fun."
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"Junie's swarms of young fans will continue to delight in her unique take on the world. . . . A hilarious, first-rate read-aloud."
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Entering the field of autonomous driving - self-driving vehicles - is the next step in Volvo Car Corporation's development of the world's safest cars. "Autonomous driving has potential for improving road safety, traffic flow and fuel economy. To make this happen it is important to avoid a patchwork of various state regulations," stated Peter Mertens, Senior Vice President, Research and Development of Volvo Car Corporation, at a seminar in Washington, D.C., yesterday.
The seminar "Policy Implications of Autonomous Vehicles," which was arranged by the Embassy of Sweden and Volvo Car Corporation, focused on the policy opportunities and challenges of autonomous vehicles.
"Volvo Car Corporation aims to gain leadership in the field of autonomous driving by moving beyond concepts and pioneering technologies that will reach the customers. We already have several driving assistance systems in the pipeline. But the legal situation for this technology still remains unclear," said Peter Mertens, adding: "We want to address this by supporting efforts to legalize testing of autonomous systems as well as initiating a constructive co-operation with policymakers."
Concern about legal patchwork
Peter Mertens expressed Volvo Car Corporation's concern that a state-by-state approach in the United States could lead to a patchwork of different laws and regulations.
"It is important that the U.S. Government underlines that regulation of motor vehicle safety systems and components is their jurisdiction. NHTSA research on the issues associated with autonomous vehicles could be the first step toward adoption of performance ratings on technology for autonomous driving," he said. "It is also crucial that state legislation doesn't restrict the use of active safety and support systems. They should be explicitly excluded from the definition of autonomous driving," Peter Mertens added.
Autonomous systems ready in 2014
Volvo Car Corporation is already spearheading the development of innovative safety technologies that help drivers avoid accidents.
The first focus areas in the development of autonomous systems are slow-moving queues and, in a longer perspective, road trains on motorways and fully autonomous vehicles. A system for traffic jam assistance will be introduced already in 2014.
"Allowing the car to act automatically is crucial when moving towards our vision that future cars will not crash at all. Our present systems for auto braking, lane keeping aid and adaptive cruise control could be described as the first steps. Now, we are moving towards technologies with a higher degree of autonomous driving in normal traffic situations," said Peter Mertens.
Benefits for society and drivers
On top of improved safety, the technology offers several advantages:
"The average driver spends about 250 hours commuting every year. We believe that being able to use the time more efficiently will benefit both the individual and the society," stated Peter Mertens.


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Greenhouse Gas Calculator
NAPA's Greenhouse Gas Calculator, revised in 2012, calculates greenhouse gas emissions related to asphalt pavement manufacturing in a gate-to-gate analysis. The user-friendly interface provides drop-down lists of typical fuels that are linked to greenhouse gas emission factors, expressed as carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e), the universal measure of greenhouse gas emissions.
The Calculator provides inputs for three separate fuels used by a rotary dryer plus three additional fuels used inside the facility by equipment, including vehicles. A final category addresses CO2e attributed to electrical use, with unique factors for each state. Fuel used for onsite power generation should also be included. Generally, the more fuel combusted or burned, the more CO2-equivalent gases are emitted.
This beta update of the Greenhouse Gas Calculator adds emission offset credits for those fuels and activities that either reduce the amount of CO2e released or that sequester CO2. Credits are calculated for plant-based bio-fuels, transportation credits for waste derived fuels like recycled fuel oil, and cradle to gate credits for recycled raw materials like RAP and shingles. Credits are also calculated for reducing mix temperatures using warm mix asphalt technologies, based on user-defined mix temperature.
The Greenhouse Gas Calculator was developed under the leadership of NAPA's Environmental Committee. Refinements and enhancements will be made as need arises based on user feedback. If you have suggestions for enhancements or questions regarding underlying algorithms, please contact Howard Marks, NAPA Director of Environmental Affairs.
For a more complete description of the Greenhouse Gas Calculator (GHGC), click here. Or click here to view a webinar that outlines the use of the revised calculator.


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Called "one of the best writers working today" by bestselling author Dean Wesley Smith, Dayle A. Dermatis is the author or coauthor of seven novels and more than a hundred short stories in multiple genres, including the first seven Uncollected Anthology anthologies and the forthcoming urban fantasy novel Ghosted. She is a founding member of the Uncollected Anthology project. A recent transplant to the wild greenscapes of the Pacific Northwest, in her spare time she follows Styx around the country and travels the world, which inspires her writing. To find out where she is today and to sign up for her newsletter (and get free fiction!), check out DayleDermatis.com.


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The following was written by Joshua for his collection of stories, Telling the Stories that Matter.
Everybody loves a parade, right? Well maybe not everybody. You see, Marcellus knew that Maximian's birthday was approaching but he wasn't looking forward to the festivities. Of course, he was careful to reveal this to nobody except those closest to him–his secret Christian brothers and sisters. When they gathered, Marcellus spoke of his anxieties for the coming celebration and his brothers and sisters offered comforting and inspiring words for him. They would not share in his decision or its consequences but they suffered similar threats and anxieties as Christians were persecuted and repressed by the Roman Empire.
Marcellus remained nervous as he stood in front his own soldiers near the end of the parade route. Maximian was being conveyed along the road on the way to the temple where sacrifice would be made in his honor. The expectation, soundly fulfilled by every unit of soldiers he had already passed, was for the soldiers to kneel before their lord Maximian as he passed. Marcellus swallowed hard as he saw Maximian's entourage approach and heard the rustling sound of the soldiers around him dropping to their knees in loyalty to Maximian. Marcellus remained standing and could hear gasps around him as people silently willed him to kneel. The people began to fear for him as he refused to kneel and removed his belt.As he dropped it, it clattered on the stone. The soldiers around him lifted their eyes enough to see what had caused the noise and were confused to find Marcellus removing and dropping his weapons, as well. If that wasn't enough, Marcellus removed the vine insignia that represented his loyalty to and status in the Empire and dropped it to the ground as Maximian passed.He was immediately seized by the Praetorian guard and hurried away from the crowd. His weapons, belt, rank, status, and history remained on the ground in the place where he had refused to kneel.
He was brought before a judge who ordered him to be taken to another judge. The praetorian guard conferred among themselves about the judge who was to decide Marcellus' fate. They knew that this judge was known to be merciful to Christians–even Christian soldiers who had defected–and so they conspired to avoid this possibility for lenience. Instead, they brought him before one of their leaders. He was beaten and tried. When asked how he plead, he responded that he had laid down his worldly rank instead of denying his loyalty to Jesus Christ. He proclaimed his faith over the jeers of the assembled guards and when asked if he could not be loyal to both he insisted that he could only be supremely loyal to his slaughtered King and Savior. They beheaded him as a traitor to their lord Maximian but only made him a martyr in the name of his Lord Jesus.


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Intruder Arrested Near Rihanna's L.A. Home
An intruder was arrested for breaking into the home next to Rihanna's Pacific Palisades abode in California. He believed that he was entering Rihanna's house when it was in fact her neighbor's residence.
It was initially reported that he had entered Rihanna's place.
The man was apprehended on Thursday, Feb. 21. He told police that someone emailed him directions on how to enter the property, which apparently worked. Neighbors noticed him snooping around and detained him while they called police.


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"Community" mastermind Dan Harmon is back at Comic-Con — albeit in cheap Iron Man costume.
Harmon, who was replaced as showrunner of the quirky NBC sitcom's fourth season after a clash with then-cast member Chevy Chase, kicked off Sunday's presentation at the pop-culture convention by lunging onto stage in cardboard armor, which cast members Danny Pudi and Jim Rash slowly ripped off.
NBC announced in May that the show had been renewed for a fifth season, and Harmon was reinstated.
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"I am billionaire playboy and creator Dan Harmon," he said as he introduced himself to the crowd, channeling Tony Stark.
He was also joined on stage by former "Community" producer Chris McKenna and co-stars Nicole Yvette Brown, Allison Brie, Ken Jeong and Gillian Jacobs. Joel McHale, who is shooting the film "Beware the Night" in New York, and Donald Glover, who will only star in a handful of the 13 episodes in the fifth season, weren't present.
"I don't consider them the last 13," noted Harmon. "I'm going to do everything I can to get us that sixth season."
The "Community" presentation at the pop-culture convention served as a celebration for the more than 5,000 fans in attendance in Hall H, the largest venue at the San Diego Convention Center. "Community" viewers launched a social networking campaign to help save the on-the-bubble series, which features lingo like "pop! pop!" and "cool, cool, cool." Sunday's panel marked the first time the show was presented in Hall H in the four years it's been coming to Comic-Con.
When asked what they'd like to see their characters do next season, Rash said he wanted Dean Pelton to take up cage-fighting, while Brown hoped Shirley will meet her sister.
"Sherri Shepard is probably available," Brown said.
Harmon teased that the new season would feature another animated installment and a follow-up to the fan-favorite episode, "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons."
Despite the fact he wasn't involved in the fourth season, Harmon told the crowd he wouldn't push the reset button on Greendale Community College. Instead, Harmon and the show's writers will refocus on getting to know the characters.
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WASHINGTON (CNA)—The Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary are featured in the upcoming movie The Mighty Macs, an inspirational true story about a small women's college basketball team that defies all odds and achieves victory.
"We gave the sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary final approval of the script," said director Tim Chambers. "So, in many ways, they collaborated with us to tell a story that just had a values-based infrastructure."
The Mighty Macs is based on the true story of the early 1970s' women's basketball team at Immaculata College in Philadelphia. The small all-women's Catholic college seemed to have no hope at competing for a national championship. But led by coach Cathy Rush, the women on the team learned that they could overcome all obstacles and achieve their dream.
Immaculate Heart of Mary sisters run Immaculata College and are portrayed as major characters in the film.
The movie won awards at several film festivals, including the International Family Film Festival and the John Paul II International Film Festival. It opens in theaters across America on Oct. 21.
"I think it was important for us to give kids today a choice," said Chambers in an Oct. 14 media interview before the premiere of the movie.
He explained that he wanted to make an inspiring sports film for girls but wanted it to be a movie for all ages. The film was given a "G" rating by the Motion Picture Association of America.
Chambers added that he tried "not to be too preachy" with the film because he thought people would not respond well if the movie came across as a "sermon of sorts."
Instead, he explained that he focused on making a movie that was "faith-friendly" and "family-friendly," in which the message was portrayed by the characters' actions.
"For me as a Catholic, I'd rather people evaluate me on how I act rather than what I say," he said.
Theresa Shank Grentz, an original member of the winning Mighty Macs' basketball team, said that the story of the Mighty Macs was overshadowed by God's guidance.
"There was a lot of divine Providence from the beginning," she said.
Grentz said that the members of the Mighty Macs still maintain a close friendship. She attributes this to the fact that they built a "virtuous friendship" during their days at Immaculata College.
"A virtuous friendship is built upon the cardinal virtues of prudence, temperance, justice and fortitude," she said. "That is going to last. And that's what happened here. We made each other better."
She also spoke about the influence of the Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary during her college years.
"They were a big part of our lives," she said. "They formed us."
Sister Marian William Hoben, an Immaculate Heart of Mary sister, taught at Immaculata College for 44 years, including during the Mighty Macs' glory days in the 1970s.
The 88-year-old sister praised the movie.
"I can't think of anybody that wouldn't gain something from it," she said. "I think that is such a great movie."


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"Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching." (2 Tim. 4:2)
One of the greatest impacts of the Protestant Reformation was the re-establishment of the priority of the preached Word of God in the church. The "sermon" (from a Latin term that means "a talk" or "a discourse") became the center of worship, rather than the Eucharist (the Lord's Supper), as in the Roman Mass.
The Directory for Worship of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church (chapter 3, section 3) gives a powerful statement about the sermon:
In the sermon God addresses the congregation by the mouth of his servant. It is a matter of supreme importance that the minister preach only the Word of God, not the wisdom of man, that he declare the whole counsel of God, and that he handle aright the Word of truth. To these ends the sermon must be prepared with the utmost care. Let the session give diligence that no person enter the pulpit concerning whose doctrinal soundness or knowledge of Scripture there is reasonable doubt. A text may not be used merely to introduce a sermon but must be painstakingly expounded. In the sermon the minister should explain the Word of God for the instruction of his hearers and then apply it for their exhortation. Care should be taken in preaching that Christian duty be not divorced from Christian truth. That minister fails to perform his task as a God-appointed watchman on Zion's walls who neglects to warn the congregation of prevalent soul–destroying teachings by enemies of the gospel. The minister should seek to perfect the saints by building them up in the most holy faith and in Christ's stead should beseech the unconverted that they be reconciled to God. Nothing is more necessary than that the gospel of salvation by grace be proclaimed without any adulteration or compromise, in order that the unsaved may rely for salvation on the grace of God only, to the exclusion of their own works or character, and that the saints may ascribe glory for their salvation to God alone.
The author is pastor of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, Franklin Square, New York. He quotes the NKJV. Reprinted from New Horizons, January 2008. First article in series. Index.
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LA JOLLA, CA—The Salk Institute is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert MacWright, Ph.D., Esq. as Executive Director of the Salk Institute Office of Technology Development. His appointment begins February 14, 2011.
Dr. MacWright has extensive experience in academic technology transfer. For over a decade he was Executive Director of the University of Virginia Patent Foundation, where he led a broad expansion and modernization of its patent and licensing activities. He also led the creation of a subsidiary that supported faculty start-up companies, and the creation of a local angel investment fund. He previously led the creation and development of technology transfer programs at Rutgers University, and served as Executive Director of the Rutgers University Office of Corporate Liaison and Technology Transfer.
"Robert's strategic and academic experience will be a huge asset to the Salk," said William R. Brody, President, Salk Institute. "His deep understanding of basic research, academia and industry is unique and he is poised to take our Technology Transfer to new heights."
Dr. MacWright brings expertise as a patent lawyer, having practiced law at Kenyon & Kenyon, at Skadden, Arps, Slate Meagher & Flom, and at Frommer Lawrence & Haug. He holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Rutgers University and the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey. He has academic and industry research experience in protein chemistry and molecular genetics. He holds a law degree from The Rutgers School of Law in Newark.
"The Office of Technology Management and Development plays a significant role in Salk's ability to advance basic research into the marketplace. Robert's energy and advocacy come at a crucial time. We look forward to his leadership," said Marsha Chandler, Executive Vice President, Salk Institute.
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Kazakhstan wasn't exactly pleased when "Borat" came out six years ago — but now, with an influx of tourists the central Asian nation with which credits the comedy, it's changed its tune.
"I am grateful to Borat, the main character of the movie, for tourists' keen interest in Kazakhstan," the country's Foreign Minister Erzhan Kazykhanov said Monday before the lower house of parliament, Kazakh news site Tengri News reported.
Kazykhanov said tourist visas to the country are up tenfold in the six years since the release of the hit comedy, much of whose humor comes from its vision of Kazakhstan as a prostitute-laden backwater.
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That's a silver lining for the former Soviet republic in the saga of its reaction to the film, initially banned in the country, according to the Los Angeles Times.
But "Borat" (full title: "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan") has given the country its share of headaches, in addition to the new tourism boost.
Last month, a Kazakh shooting champion and sports event organizers in Kuwait were embarassed when the spoof national anthem from "Borat" was accidentally played at a gold medal ceremony instead of the country's real one.


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The latest dominos have fallen in the ever-changing world of college conference realignment. Now schools from coast to coast are left to figure out how they will be affected.
The jump by Pittsburgh and Syracuse to the Atlantic Coast Conference from the Big East, formally announced Sunday by the ACC, could create another catalyst that hurls intercollegiate athletics toward the era of 16-team superconferences.
Or it could give the power players in college sports a chance to catch their breath while they sort out their next moves.
Will Texas and Oklahoma stay in the Big 12 or join another league — possibly the Pac-12? Will the ACC stop at 14 members or keep growing to 16 — and if so, who might the next two additions be?
Will the Southeastern Conference be forced to keep up by adding a 14th school if and when Texas A&M joins? And what happens to the Big East after once again losing multiple cornerstone programs to the ACC?
"I can say that in all my years of collegiate athletics administration, I've never seen this level of uncertainty and potential fluidity in schools and conferences," ACC Commissioner John Swofford said on a conference call. "Schools, they're looking for stability, and when that stability doesn't exist, for whatever reason, as long as that's going on, I think the conferences that appear to be stable moving forward are going to receive inquiries from schools that are desirous of having that kind of stability."
Until now, the focus of this most recent round of realignment had centered on the Big 12.
Texas A&M already has announced its intention to join the Southeastern Conference, leaving the future of the Big 12 in doubt. The boards of regents at Oklahoma and Texas are meeting Monday to discuss the possibility of the universities leaving that conference.
Oklahoma could leave for the Pac-12 and take Oklahoma State with it. Texas has stated its desire to keep the Big 12 together, but the Pac-12 could be an option. So could the ACC, or even independence in football — if they can find an arrangement somewhere like Notre Dame and the Big East have for the Irish's nonfootball teams.
In Texas, a group of prominent businessmen and politicians ran full-page ads in some of the state's largest newspapers to plead for the Big 12 to hold together.
"It is time for the boards and administrations of all the institutions in the Big 12 to call a truce … what we have is a conference not only worth fighting for, it's worth waging peace for," read the ad from Drayton McLane, owner of the Houston Astros, B.J. "Red" McCombs, former owner of the Minnesota Vikings and San Antonio Spurs, former Texas Gov. Mark White and former San Antonio Mayor Phil Hardeberger.
But, if Texas and the two Oklahoma schools go, that could mean the end of the Big 12 — and that might create the best-case scenario for the Big East.
The Big 12 schools left behind — Missouri, Kansas, Kansas State, Baylor and Iowa State — might make serviceable fits for a reconstituted Big East.
"We're not going to talk about any specific scenarios and hypothetical speculation, but you've heard me before, we are in the business of being prepared, and looking at different scenarios," Kansas State athletic director John Currie said. "And we know that we will have K-State in a position — preferably the Big 12 Conference — that is (a BCS) conference competing at the highest level of intercollegiate athletics."
There already has been speculation that West Virginia would be a target for the SEC to balance that conference geographically and grow to 14 members if and when Texas A&M finally joins. Missouri could wind up in the SEC or even the Big Ten, though Commissioner Jim Delany has said his league is set with 12 but could reconsider if other conferences make additions.
A number of schools — from Connecticut and Rutgers, to Texas and Texas Tech — have been linked to another possible round of ACC expansion. Swofford declined to discuss specifics about Texas except to say that "it's an outstanding institution with a tremendous athletic program."
Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson said his school "would encourage a future expansion" for the ACC. Swofford said "double-digit numbers of schools" recently expressed interest in possibly joining his league but declined to identify them, and when asked if any other Big East members could be targets for further expansion, Swofford said "I don't think it would be appropriate for me to go there."
University of Connecticut President Susan Herbst said in a statement that realignment speculation "is not close to being over, so we need to have some patience.
"UConn is a proud charter member of the BIG EAST, and we have taken a lead role in the league's success over the years," she said. "However, it is my responsibility as President that we stay in constant communication and be actively involved in discussions with our counterparts from around the country to ensure the successful long-term future of our university's athletic program."
The ACC's announcement that its council of presidents unanimously voted to accept Pitt and Syracuse sends the Big East scrambling once again to replace two key programs while giving the ACC what Swofford says is "staying power."
"First of all, we are very comfortable with this 14," he added. "The only thing I would add to that is that we are not philosophically opposed to 16. But for now we are very pleased with this 14. We think it is just an excellent group."
The ACC said its invitations were issued after Pittsburgh and Syracuse submitted letters of application to join the league, and Swofford declined to say when they reached out to his league out of respect for their confidentiality.
It is unclear when Pitt and Syracuse will begin competing in the league, with Swofford saying "we will fully respect the bylaws of the Big East Conference."
The Big East's exit fee is $5 million, and schools wanting to leave must provide 27 months' notice.
"The Big East has been Pitt's conference home for nearly 30 years. It has been a good home that we will leave with many fond memories and many strong friendships," Pitt chancellor Mark Nordenberg said on the call. "All of us are committed to working with (Big East commissioner John Marinatto) to make this a smooth transition."
Adding multiple schools allows the ACC to renegotiate its 12-year, $1.86 billion television contract with ESPN and ABC that began this season, Swofford said.
The moves also raise the possibility that the ACC basketball tournament could add to its rotation Madison Square Garden, the longtime site of the Big East's tournament. Atlanta is hosting the tournament this season before it is scheduled to return to Greensboro, N.C., from 2013-15.
"I don't think there's any question that taking a look at New York and Madison Square Garden would be very appealing for Atlantic Coast Conference basketball fans — and even moreso now with even more teams in closer proximity," Swofford said. "With that being the media center of the world, so to speak, we'd probably be remiss if we didn't think of it in those terms."
Around the ACC, the two new members were welcomed warmly.
Duke basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski called the moves "a real coup for the ACC," and athletic director Kevin White said Pitt and Syracuse "provide the best fit — at the right time — for the ACC." Miami President Donna Shalala, a Syracuse graduate, said she was delighted to add those schools.
Swofford confirmed the ACC unanimously approved raising the exit fee to approximately $20 million — up from $12 million to $14 million — for any member leaving the conference, a maneuver seemingly designed to keep the remaining ACC schools in the fold.
"I look at that, as I think our presidents do, as actually a show of solidarity and confidence in each other," Swofford said, "but it's also set in terms of what we think, in losing a member, the various tangible and intangible costs may be."
It's sure to create even more bad blood between two conferences that became embroiled in a nasty lawsuit the last time the ACC expanded by adding schools from the Big East. A multibillion dollar settlement reached in 2005 included the scheduling of nine interconference football games.
With Pitt and Syracuse coming aboard, the number of programs making the Big East-to-ACC jump in the past decade is five.
AP College Football Writers Ralph D. Russo in Tallahassee, Fla., and Jeff Latzke in Oklahoma; AP Sports Writers Jim Vertuno in Austin, Texas; Dave Skretta in Manhattan, Kan.; and Associated Press Writer Alan Scher Zagier in Columbia, Mo., contributed to this report.


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To begin this technique, Sasori removes one summoning scroll from his back. He then opens his right chest compartment to emit more than a hundred chakra strings, which reach into the scroll. From the scroll, more than a hundred puppets wearing red cloaks emerge.
As even the most elite of puppeteers cannot control more than ten puppets a time (one per finger), this technique is proof of Sasori's superiority with regard to the Puppet Technique. Also, normally a puppet's movement is dependent on the will of the user, and as such there will be a time lag between the user's commands and the puppet's response. However, since these hundred puppets are directly connected to Sasori's core, there is no time lag between Sasori's will and the puppets' movements.
Sasori stated that he brought down an entire country with this technique. Many of the puppets, however, were destroyed during Sasori's battle with Chiyo and Sakura Haruno, although they did manage to destroy some of Chiyo's White Secret Technique: The Chikamatsu Collection of Ten Puppets. While these one hundred puppets lacked teamwork, they apparently used sheer attrition and numbers to overwhelm their opponents. Even when they decrease in numbers they do not become less dangerous as it merely allows Sasori to focus more on the remaining puppets.
As with all of Sasori's puppets, all the weapons wielded are coated in his special poison, which would kill the victims after three days of painful paralysis.
In the anime, Sasori was shown using this technique while inside Hiruko.[2]
- ↑ Sha no Sho, page 223
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