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Even though the iPhone 5's aluminium backing removed the odds of shattering the glass by 50%, some people will always be on the wrong side of the odds. These are those people. Those poor, unfortunate, unlucky souls who have already broken their brand new iPhone 5 after only a week.
I don't want to jinx myself here—I'm totally jinxing myself here—but I've never been on the other end of a shattered iPhone before. But I do know that anytime I drop that slippery soap of a phone, I get that huge sinking feeling that's similar to heartbreak. I feel for you guys.
I wonder if I'm the first person to crack my iPhone 5 screen?
— Tyler Haida (@TylerHaida) September 27, 2012
I might have been the first person to crack their iPhone 5
— Palenc^(@DPalencia1) September 28, 2012
iPhone 5 broken in 4 days has to be some type of record
— Jon Cooper (@Jcoop50) September 28, 2012
I just saw my first broken iPhone 5. Not a good look twitter.com/joshdmorg/stat…
— Josh Morgan (@joshdmorg) September 29, 2012
Damn my iPhone 5 is already broken
— tyler maniscalco (@tylerm5) September 29, 2012
Just dropped my iphone 5 and it broke........the worst part is now i cant order kfc from the couch
— Roberto Calderos (@StuntinEreDay) September 29, 2012
Fml just drop my iPhone 5
— Kev-O (@Krazy_KeV) September 29, 2012
have only had my iphone 5 for like a week and its already broken -___-
— Kristy Griffith (@kristyrenee_) September 28, 2012
Dude showing off his iPhone 5 dropped it on the sidewalk and crack his screen #sucker
— Neal Patel (@nealpatel5) September 27, 2012
So I seen a kid drop his iPhone 5 today and crack his screen. I would have cried if it was mines lol
— juan burgos (@juan_skiii) September 28, 2012
Just watched a girl crack her iphone 5 on the ground
— Bobby Cass (@BobbyCass92) September 29, 2012
#oomf broke her iphone 5 screen today... Sucks to be herr!
— Yubedoinntheemost! (@jojobee971) September 28, 2012
This guy already broke his iphone 5
— FRANK PRADO™ (@iRokHeat) September 28, 2012
got the iphone 5 and broke it all in the same morning #nice
— Joey Aucoin (@Joey_Aucoin) September 28, 2012
Did @val6maio really drop my iPhone 5 right now?.......OH MY GOD!
— vincent (@_vincentgage_) September 28, 2012
She broke her iPhone 5.. last year she broke her iPhone 4. Birthdays are rough for her twitter.com/danyellsloudly…
— Danielle Hansen (@danyellsloudly) September 29, 2012
First thing I did with new iPhone 5? Drop it down my wooden stairs. Yeah, it's pretty durable. #overexcited
— Darya Pino (@summertomato) September 21, 2012
Yeah I dropped my iPhone 5 today no it didn't crack, can we chill the fuck out now? Lol
— Adam Mikolajczyk (@MikolajczykAdam) September 27, 2012
And if you already broke your iPhone 5, it's not over! Take it to the Apple Store, bat your eyelashes and hope for the best.


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We grilled with a bigger cast iron skillet when company came over recently. There were 3 extra here, so we threw another potato in the pot and nobody left hungry.
My son H. told me that as I was putting the brats on it looked like I was building a company logo in Photoshop. I can see it. Brats-R-Us, maybe?

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At youth sporting events, the sidelines have become the ritual community meeting place, where families sit in rows of folding chairs aligned like church pews. These congregations are diverse in spirit but unified by one gospel: heaven is your child receiving a college athletic scholarship.
Parents sacrifice weekends and vacations to tournaments and specialty camps, spending thousands each year in this quest for the holy grail.
But the expectations of parents and athletes can differ sharply from the financial and cultural realities of college athletics, according to an analysis by The New York Times of previously undisclosed data from the National Collegiate Athletic Association and interviews with dozens of college officials.
Excluding the glamour sports of football and basketball, the average N.C.A.A. athletic scholarship is nowhere near a full ride, amounting to $8,707. In sports like baseball or track and field, the number is routinely as low as $2,000. Even when football and basketball are included, the average is $10,409. Tuition and room and board for N.C.A.A. institutions often cost between $20,000 and $50,000 a year.
"People run themselves ragged to play on three teams at once so they could always reach the next level," said Margaret Barry of Laurel, Md., whose daughter is a scholarship swimmer at the University of Delaware. "They're going to be disappointed when they learn that if they're very lucky, they will get a scholarship worth 15 percent of the $40,000 college bill. What's that? $6,000?"
Within the N.C.A.A. data, last collected in 2003-4 and based on N.C.A.A. calculations from an internal study, are other statistical insights about the distribution of money for the 138,216 athletes who received athletic aid in Division I and Division II.
¶Men received 57 percent of all scholarship money, but in 11 of the 14 sports with men's and women's teams, the women's teams averaged higher amounts per athlete.
¶On average, the best-paying sport was neither football nor men's or women's basketball. It was men's ice hockey, at $21,755. Next was women's ice hockey ($20,540).
¶The lowest overall average scholarship total was in men's riflery ($3,608), and the lowest for women was in bowling ($4,899). Baseball was the second-lowest men's sport ($5,806).
Many students and their parents think of playing a sport not because of scholarship money, but because it is stimulating and might even give them a leg up in the increasingly competitive process of applying to college. But coaches and administrators, the gatekeepers of the recruiting system, said in interviews that parents and athletes who hoped for such money were much too optimistic and that they were unprepared to effectively navigate the system. The athletes, they added, were the ones who ultimately suffered.
Coaches surveyed at two representative N.C.A.A. Division I institutions Villanova University outside Philadelphia and the University of Delaware told tales of rejecting top prospects because their parents were obstinate in scholarship negotiations.
"I dropped a good player because her dad was a jerk all he ever talked to me about was scholarship money," said Joanie Milhous, the field hockey coach at Villanova. "I don't need that in my program. I recruit good, ethical parents as much as good, talented kids because, in the end, there's a connection between the two."
The best-laid plans of coaches do not always bring harmony on teams, however, and scholarships can be at the heart of the unrest. Who is getting how much tends to get around like the salaries in a workplace. The result scholarship envy can divide teams.
The chase for a scholarship has another side that is rarely discussed. Although those athletes who receive athletic aid are viewed as the ultimate winners, they typically find the demands on their time, minds and bodies in college even more taxing than the long journey to get there.
There are 6 a.m. weight-lifting sessions, exhausting practices, team meetings, study halls and long trips to games. Their varsity commitments often limit the courses they can take. Athletes also share a frustrating feeling of estrangement from the rest of the student body, which views them as the privileged ones. In this setting, it is not uncommon for first- and second-year athletes to relinquish their scholarships.
"Kids who have worked their whole life trying to get a scholarship think the hard part is over when they get the college money," said Tim Poydenis, a senior at Villanova receiving $3,000 a year to play baseball. "They don't know that it's a whole new monster when you get here. Yes, all the hard work paid off. And now you have to work harder."
Lack of Knowledge
Parents often look back on the many years spent shuttling sons and daughters to practices, camps and games with a changed eye. Swept up in the dizzying pursuit of sports achievement, they realize how little they knew of the process.
Mrs. Barry remembers how her daughter Cortney rose at 4 a.m. for years so she could attend a private swim practice before school. A second practice followed in the afternoon. Weekends were for competitions. Cortney is now a standout freshman at Delaware after receiving a $10,000 annual athletic scholarship.
"I'm very proud of her and it was worth it on many levels, but not necessarily the ones everybody talks about," Mrs. Barry said. "It can take over your life. Getting up at 4 a.m. was like having another baby again. And the expenses are significant; I know I didn't buy new clothes for a while.
"But the hardest part is that nobody educates the parents on what's really going on or what's going to happen."
When they received the letter from Delaware informing them of Cortney's scholarship, she and her husband, Bob, were thrilled. Later, they shared a quiet laugh, noting that the scholarship might just defray the cost of the last couple of years of Cortney's youth sports swim career.
The paradox has caught the attention of Myles Brand, the president of the N.C.A.A.
"The youth sports culture is overly aggressive, and while the opportunity for an athletic scholarship is not trivial, it's easy for the opportunity to be overexaggerated by parents and advisers," Mr. Brand said in a telephone interview. "That can skew behavior and, based on the numbers, lead to unrealistic expectations."
Instead, Mr. Brand said, families should focus on academics.
"The real opportunity is taking advantage of how eager institutions are to reward good students," he said. "In America's colleges, there is a system of discounting for academic achievement. Most people with good academic records aren't paying full sticker price. We don't want people to stop playing sports; it's good for them. But the best opportunity available is to try to improve one's academic qualifications." The math of athletic scholarships is complicated and widely misunderstood.
Despite common references in news media reports, there is no such thing as a four-year scholarship. All N.C.A.A. athletic scholarships must be renewed and are not guaranteed year to year, something stated in bold letters on the organization's Web site for student-athletes. Nearly every scholarship can be canceled for almost any reason in any year, although it is unclear how often that happens.
In 2003-4, N.C.A.A. institutions gave athletic scholarships amounting to about 2 percent of the 6.4 million athletes playing those sports in high school four years earlier. Despite the considerable attention paid to sports, the select group of athletes barely registers statistically among the 5.3 million students at N.C.A.A. colleges and universities.
Scholarships are typically split and distributed to a handful, or even, say, 20, athletes because most institutions do not fully finance the so-called nonrevenue sports like soccer, baseball, golf, lacrosse, volleyball, softball, swimming, and track and field. Colleges offering these sports often pay for only five or six full scholarships, which are often sliced up to cover an entire team. Some sports have one or two full scholarships, or none at all.
The N.C.A.A. also restricts by sport the number of scholarships a college is allowed to distribute, and the numbers for most teams are tiny when compared with Division I football and its 85-scholarship limit.
A fully financed men's Division I soccer team is restricted to 9.9 full scholarships, for freshmen to seniors. These are typically divvied up among as many as 25 or 30 players. A majority of N.C.A.A. members do not reach those limits and are not fully financed in most of their sports.
Ms. Milhous, whose Villanova field hockey team plays in the competitive Big East Conference, must make tough choices in recruiting. The N.C.A.A. permits Division I field hockey teams to have 12 full scholarships, but her team has fewer.
"I tell parents of recruits I have eight scholarships, and they say: 'Wow, eight a year? That's great,' " she said. "And I say: 'No, eight over four or five years of recruits. And I've got 22 girls on our team.' "
That can mean a $2,000 scholarship, which surprises parents.
"They might argue with me," Ms. Milhous said. "But the fact is I've got girls getting from $2,000 to $20,000, and it all has to add up to eight scholarships. It's very subjective, and remember, what I get to give out is also determined by how many seniors I've got leaving."
Two Brothers, Two Stories
Joe Taylor, a soccer player at Villanova, received a scholarship worth half his roughly $40,000 in college costs when he graduated from a suburban Philadelphia high school three years ago. He had spent years on one of the top travel soccer teams in the country, F.C. Delco, and had several college aid offers.
"It was still a huge dogfight to get whatever you can get," Mr. Taylor said. "Everyone is scrambling. There are so many good players, and nobody understands how few get to keep playing after high school."
In 2003-4, there was the equivalent of one full N.C.A.A. men's soccer scholarship available for about every 145 boys who were playing high school soccer four years earlier.
"There's a lot of luck involved really," Mr. Taylor said. "I can pinpoint a time when I was suddenly heavily recruited. It was after a tournament in Long Island the summer after my junior year. I scored a few goals. The Villanova coach was there, and so were some other college coaches. Within a couple of days, my in-box was full of e-mails. I've wondered, What would have happened if didn't play well that day?"
Mr. Taylor has a younger brother, Pat, who followed in his footsteps, playing on the same national-level travel team and for the same Olympic developmental program.
"He did everything I did, and in some ways I think he's a better player than me," Joe said. "But you know, I think he didn't have the big game when the right college coaches were there. He didn't get the money offers I did."
Pat Taylor is a freshman at Loyola College in Baltimore. Though recruited, he did not make the soccer team during tryouts last fall.
"I feel terrible for him he worked as hard as I did for all those years," Joe Taylor said.
Their father, Chris Taylor, said he once calculated what he spent on the boys' soccer careers.
"Ten thousand per kid per year is not an unreasonable estimate," he said. "But we never looked at it as a financial transaction. You are misguided if you do it for that reason. You cannot recoup what you put in if you think of it that way. It was their passion still is and we wanted to indulge that.
"So what if we didn't take vacations for a few years."
Pat Taylor, who started playing soccer at 4, said it took him about a month to accept that his dream of playing varsity soccer on scholarship in college would not happen. He looks back fondly on his youth career but also wishes he knew at the start what he knows now about the process.
"The whole thing really is a crapshoot, but no one ever says that out loud," he said. "On every team I played on, every single person there thought for sure that they would play in college. I thought so, too. Just by the numbers, it's completely unrealistic.
"And if I had it to do over, I would have skipped a practice every now and then to go to a concert or a movie with my friends. I missed out on a lot of things for soccer. I wish I could have some of that time back."


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Lightning Relinquish Rights to DeCoste, SointuSubmitted by chad on June 2, 2010 - 09:44
With the June 1 signing deadline for 2008 draftees now come and gone, the Lightning have relinquished the rights to prospects Kyle DeCoste (Belleville, OHL) and Matias Sointu (Sudbury, OHL).
There was some question about Sointu's rights as he was drafted out of Finland, but Bolt Prospects confirmed with the Lightning that Sointu did indeed need to be signed by June 1 to retain his rights.
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CHL Game Night: 3-12-10Submitted by chad on March 13, 2010 - 11:46
Cape Breton Screaming Eagles 4 @ Moncton Wildcats 0
D Mark Barberio, MCT: 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM, 2 SOG
Season Totals: 64 GP, 15-43-58, +37, 70 PIM
This was a preview of a QMJHL first round playoff series that Moncton hopes has a different result. That series begins Friday. Moncton will close out their season Sunday against the top-seeded St. John Sea Dogs on NHL Network.
Belleville Bulls 4 @ Mississauga St. Michael's Majors 2
C Richard Panik, BEL: 1-2-3, E, 2 PIM (roughing), *Second Star*
Season Totals: 59 GP, 20-20-40, +4, 51 PIM
With Bulls: 26 GP, 11-11-22, -11, 32 PIM
With Windsor: 33 GP, 9-9-18, +15, 19 PIM
RW Kyle DeCoste, BEL: Did not play.
Season Totals: 57 GP, 19-14-33, -19, 51 PIM
With Bulls: 44 GP, 17-13-30, -17, 31 PIM
With SSM: 13 GP, 2-1-3, -2, 20 PIM
Panik (pictured) may not be headed to the OHL playoffs, but he's certainly performing at a high level to finish the year and giving Tampa Bay something to think about. He hit 20 goals and 40 points on the season thanks to a three-point game Friday. Panik now has nine points in his last six games and five in his last two. DeCoste missed his fourth game due to a concussion.
Barrie Colts 4 @ Brampton Battalion 2
LW/C Alex Hutchings, BAR: 0-1-1, +1, 0 PIM
Season Totals: 67 GP, 46-34-80, +43, 56 PIM
Hutchings tied his previous career high for assists in a season, set last year in 63 games. Barrie has one game remaining and the league's top seed sewn up.
Sudbury Wolves 5 @ Kingston Frontenacs 3
W Matias Sointu, SBY: 1-0-1, +1, 2 PIM (tripping)
Season Totals: 50 GP, 8-20-28, -4, 22 PIM
With Sudbury: 28 GP, 5-13-18, -9, 16 PIM
With Ottawa: 21 GP, 3-7-10, +5, 6 PIM
Sointu's empty net goal provided the final piece to a playoff spot clinching win for the Wolves. Sudbury is tied with Niagara for seventh in the East, but Niagara has a game in hand.
Oshawa Generals 3 @ Ottawa 67's 4
G Michael Zador, OSH: Loss, 42 saves on 46 shots
Season Totals: 48 GP, 14-27-2-1, 4.06 GAA, .886 sv%, 2 SO
The Gens needed a miracle to happen to get into the playoffs, starting with a win over Ottawa, but they blew a 3-1 lead entering the third period and will stay home during the playoff season. They were outshot 46-29 in the game, including 22-6 in the final period.
Brandon Wheat Kings 9 @ Regina Pats 3
RW Carter Ashton, REG: 0-1-1, -5, 0 PIM
Season Totals: 63 GP, 24-27-51, -11, 102 PIM
With Regina: 35 GP, 11-14-25, -3, 50 PIM
With Lethbridge: 28 GP, 13-13-26, -8, 52 PIM
This was the Pats' final home game of the season, which meant it was the last time the Regina faithful could see Jordan Eberle up close. Eberle was awarded the game's First Star despite the blowout loss to the Memorial Cup hosts. Eberle did have a goal in the game and remains two points up on Brandon Kozon for the league scoring title. He's rumored to possibly be joining the Oilers before the end of the NHL season. Ashton, meanwhile, had a horrific night in the plus/minus department and will play his final junior game Saturday in Brandon. He has an NHL contract in hand and will likely join the AHL Norfolk Admirals next week.
Kelowna Rockets 4 @ Vancouver Giants 3
C/W/D James Wright, VAN: 0-1-1, -2, 0 PIM
Season Totals: 19 GP, 5-11-16, -3, 13 PIM
With Tampa Bay: 43 GP, 2-3-5, -9, 18 PIM
The Giants finally returned home after a 10-game Olympic road trip, but fell to the Rockets 4-3. They had battled back from a 3-0 first period deficit only to see the game winner scored late in the third. Wright has been playing a little defense lately at the request of his coach, Don Hay. Vancouver is locked into the West's No.2 seed despite having the conference's fifth best point total. Winning the B.C. Division will do that. They will play Chilliwack or Kamloops in the first round.
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CHL Game Night: 3-10-10Submitted by chad on March 11, 2010 - 09:53
Oshawa Generals 3 @ Bellville Bulls 5
G Michael Zador, OSH: Loss, 20 saves on 23 shots in relief
Season Totals: 47 GP, 14-26-2-1, 4.06 GAA, .885 sv%, 2 SO
C Richard Panik, BEL: 0-2-2, +1, 2 PIM (boarding)
Season Totals: 58 GP, 19-18-37, +4, 49 PIM
With Bulls: 25 GP, 10-9-19, -11, 30 PIM
With Windsor: 33 GP, 9-9-18, +15, 19 PIM
RW Kyle DeCoste, BEL: Did not play.
Season Totals: 57 GP, 19-14-33, -19, 51 PIM
With Bulls: 44 GP, 17-13-30, -17, 31 PIM
With SSM: 13 GP, 2-1-3, -2, 20 PIM
Oshawa desperately needed a win against last-place Belleville to stay in the running for the East's final playoff spot, but starter Kevin Bailie allowed two goals on 11 early shots and was pulled in favor of Zador, who got the back-door loss for the Gens. Oshawa is not technically eliminated from the playoff race, but might as well be. They have two games left and are three points behind Sudbury, who has a game in hand on the Gens. DeCoste missed the game due to a concussion and Panik (pictured) scored his fifth and sixth points in his last five games. Bulls center Adam Payerl (undrafted in 09) scored four times for Belleville. He now has 16 goals on the year.
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CHL Game Night: 3-7-10Submitted by chad on March 8, 2010 - 09:50
Barrie Colts 4 @ Bellville Bulls 2
LW/C Alex Hutchings, BAR: 0-1-1, E, 0 PIM
Season Totals: 65 GP, 45-30-75, +38, 54 PIM
C Richard Panik, BEL: 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM
Season Totals: 57 GP, 19-16-35, +3, 47 PIM
With Bulls: 24 GP, 10-7-17, -12, 28 PIM
With Windsor: 33 GP, 9-9-18, +15, 19 PIM
RW Kyle DeCoste, BEL: Did not play.
Season Totals: 57 GP, 19-14-33, -19, 51 PIM
With Bulls: 44 GP, 17-13-30, -17, 31 PIM
With SSM: 13 GP, 2-1-3, -2, 20 PIM
Barrie beat the Bulls for the second time in a week, and unlike last game, Panik couldn't find the back of the net for Bellville. He had two in their previous meeting. Hutchings hit 75 points for the first time in his OHL career. Barrie clinched the overall top seed in the OHL with the win. The Bulls have been mathematically eliminated from the playoffs. According to the Belleville Intelligencer, DeCoste missed the game with a concussion sustained in Bellville's last match-up with Barrie.
Sudbury Wolves 2 @ Mississauga St. Michael's Majors 1
W Matias Sointu, SBY: 0-1-1, +1, 0 PIM
Season Totals: 48 GP, 7-20-27, -4, 18 PIM
With Sudbury: 26 GP, 4-13-17, -9, 12 PIM
With Ottawa: 21 GP, 3-7-10, +5, 6 PIM
This was a huge win for the Wolves on the road against a team above them in the standings. With Niagara also winning and Oshawa losing, Sudbury is three points up on Oshawa for the last playoff spot in the East with three games remaining. They are one point behind No.7 Niagara and two behind No.6 Peterborough. While getting the eighth seed means you're in, you're also going to face Barrie – the CHL's top ranked team who has just nine losses.
Peterborough Petes 6 @ Oshawa Generals 2
G Michael Zador, OSH: Did not play.
Season Totals: 45 GP, 14-24-2-1, 4.07 GAA, .886 sv%, 2 SO
The Gens are just now three points behind Sudbury for the final playoff spot with three games remaining. Zador hasn't played in Oshawa's last three games (2-1-0).
Vancouver Giants 6 @ Chilliwack Bruins 0
C/W James Wright, VAN: 1-0-1, +1, 7 PIM (roughing, fighting vs. Shayne Neigum)
Season Totals: 18 GP, 5-10-15, -1, 13 PIM
With Tampa Bay: 43 GP, 2-3-5, -9, 18 PIM
The Giants broke their four-game losing streak in a big way. Wright scored for the first time since February 15. This was Wright's first fighting major since he took on Atlanta's 6'7" Boris Valabik the day after Christmas. The Giants have basically clinched the B.C. Division title so they're in line for the West's No.2 seed, though they are tied for the fourth best point total in the conference with Portland behind Everett, Tri-City, and Spokane. They have three games remaining.
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From Noon until Midnight, the Chicago Tattooing and Piercing Company at 1017 W. Belmont gave away the body art to mark the occasion, and celebrate the life of the influential sailor who learned the trade in Chicago.
By 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Dale Grande said his shop had already inked 35-customers, a one-day record for one of the oldest tattoo shops in the city that came on an appropriate date: The 101st birthday of tattoo artist Norman "Sailor Jerry" Collins.
From noon until midnight, the Chicago Tattooing and Piercing Company at 1017 W. Belmont Ave. gave away the body art to mark the occasion, and celebrate the life of the sailor who learned the trade in Chicago.
"I'm not big on crowds, but this is fantastic," Grande said, as a line of patrons wrapped around the outside of the building into the alley. "This couldn't happen for a better guy."
The event was sponsored by Sailor Jerry rum, who rewarded those who braved the long-wait and sting of the needle with a free rum drink. But Grande said the event was less about promoting Collins' namesake rum, and more about sharing his art.
"They wanted us to charge $20 for the tattoos," he said. "We feel like art is a valuable commodity, we would rather give them away than give a cheap tattoo."
For Matthew West, a 27-year-old Buena Park resident, the prospect of a tattoo on the house brought him to the Belmont studio after he said he'd put off getting his first ink for too long. After about 10 minutes on the table, West had a slightly shaded Swallow on his chest.
"I'm really impressed with it," he said, after tattoo artist Nick Colella, who was averaging three to five customers and hour, finished. West said he did research on Collins and his art before deciding on the Swallow design, which sailors would get for every 5,000 miles traveled at sea.
"This is how I envisioned what tattoo shops would have looked like in wartime," Colella said, adding that Collins' designs have influenced his own tattooing.
Though the tattooing of the approximately 20 preselected designs went quick for most, the line didn't. The alleyway alongside the shop was lined with discarded coffee cups and tall-boys in paper backs, as well as some frozen-over hand and foot warmers. Amber Chacon, 22, who came to the city from Deerfield for the tattoo, had been in line for three hours before making it within 20-feet of the entrance. Though she said she's chickened out in the past, she was confident she would be going through with it.
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Based on the legends of the eich uisce — the Celtic water horse — The Scorpio Races take place on the tiny, fictional island of Thisby. Each November, water horses emerge from the black ocean and gallop the beach beneath the cliffs of Thisby. And each November, men capture these horses for a thrilling and deadly race.
Both Sean Kendrick, four time champion, and Kate "Puck" Connolly, newcomer to the races, will ride this year, and both of them have more to gain — or lose — than in any previous year. But only one can win.


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LC6 Results (in progress)
(Thanks to Virtual Dice for providing random number generation)
EDIT: I didn't follow my own rules the first time around
Now, as was required for the "Size" rolls, any roll higher than the max allowed for that region was discarded and re-rolled until an acceptable number was produced. (Discarded rolls not shown)
Note - In the "Roll Summary" after each contestant, BOLD numbers indicate a roll that was high enough to overcome the conditions of the fishing location.
After a long stretch of waking in the wee hours to be out on the water during the best hours for fishing, hundreds of hook-pricked fingers, hours of digging up grubs for bait, and profanity-laced tirades at broken lines too numerous to count, the Garheim Fishing Tournament has finally come to a close.
The contestants gather in the great hall of Mikithdar to compare catches and to see who has the biggest fish story about the ones that got away.
Herman Trivitz is the first to spin his yarn...
"Well, it was mighty cold up there on the ice of the far north, but I managed to find a decent spot to set up my ice-fishing shack out there on the shelf. The fish were so plentiful that, even though I'm an expert lure-maker, really all I would have needed was a shiny hook for them to bite at! The only problem was, seeing as how the hole I was dangling my bait through was only about twelve inches across, I had to release several massive fishes because they just wouldn't fit through the ice! I ended up with a nice little fish though, and it wasn't too difficult, though the trip sure was long. My fish comes in at 1 foot long!" He beamed.
Roll summary:
Herman: Fish - 6,3 (fish on!), Skill - 4,1,4 (fish caught!), Size - 1 - Fish of 1' Caught!
Chuckles were heard throughout the room as the other fisherman had a laugh at the expense of poor Herman and his pitiful little fish, though secretly there were a few in the room who wished that they had as much to show for their trouble as he.
Snorre Harang was the next to speak up. He as well as Henk Sjoberg and another man, simply known as "Sven", had been warming their toes in the hall for a day already, as they had done their fishing just an hour's trek south in Lake Mikithdar.
"The lake is beautiful this time of year. We didn't see a single ripple and the fish were in a biting mood!" He called out.
"Aye!" Chimed in Sven. "We three seemed equally matched, and each of us managed to catch fish equal to the biggest ever pulled from the lake."
At this point, he, Snorre, and Henk all stood up and held up their 3 foot long fish, to a smattering of applause from those gathered in the hall.
Roll summary:
Snorre: Fish - 5,3 (fish on!), Skill - 1 (fish caught!), Size - 1,3,2 - Fish of 3' Caught!
Henk: Fish - 2,2 (fish on!), Skill - 1 (fish caught!), Size - 2,1,3 - Fish of 3' Caught!
Sven: Fish - 4,4 (fish on!), Skill - 6 (fish caught!), Size - 3,2,2 - Fish of 3' Caught!
Now it was time for those who had fished out in the open sea to share their adventures. Anticipation was high as attention turned to the group of fishermen who had cast their luck into the waters of the Gulf of Fishes.
The crowd was silent as Svea Oresund, who was rumored to have recently taken flight by means of some evil enchantment, stood with her catch. "The weather in the bay started out calmly, and I was able to catch a decent fish just off the docks" she said, leaving out that she had enchanted the lure before casting her line.
A couple of people clapped, but most just eyed her suspiciously.
"Aye," piped up Piotrek Lodowicz. "But shortly thereafter, a nasty wind started to swirl around the bay, and the fish I had on my line was lost when we were pitched about by a large wave. I was lucky to have survived!" (In reality, the bay was barely choppy, but he was trying to excuse his lack of fishing skill)
"But," continued Piotrek, "at least I did better than ol' Trygve over here! Har! Har!" He told me that he didn't even get a nibble!"
"Well, if I had, I certainly wouldn't have let a little chop keep me from landing it." Trygve Varanger grumbled under his breath, looking down at the floor as the rest of the room snickered.
Roll summary:
Trygve: Fish - 2,2 (no bites)
Svea: Fish - 6,5 (fish on!), Weather - 3,5 (fish caught!), Size - 2,2 - Fish of 2' Caught!
Piotrek: Fish - 5,3 (fish on!), Weather - 1 (fish lost!)
Next were the men who were on the opposite coast, near Jharton Bay. There was a large group of them, as the fishing was reputed to be quite good in that region, and many had tried to cash in.
Smogg Slimms, who prided himself as an expert lure maker, was first to hold up his fish.
"Well, as expected, my lures were fantastic and I had a fish on before long. Unfortunately, luck was not on my side, and the best one I was able to land was only this two-footer." He held up the meager catch for all to see.
"Mmmrrm," Eylssa Hjorth cleared her throat, and all eyes turned to the beautiful girl. She struggled to hold up her larger fish for them, a nice 3 foot seabass. "I was fortunate enough to easily overcome the competition and used my knowledge of Lenfel fishing routes to find a nice, unfished spot on the coast and got this nice fish to show for it." She grinned as the room erupted in hoots, hollers and cheers. (The rough Garhim men have a soft spot for women who can hold their own with a line and pole.)
As the cheers died down, eyes turned toward Bernard and Bruce Uptighty, who had been bickering for the last few hours over who's fish was superior.
"What do you mean, my fish isn't four feet?! It's obviously as big as yours!" Bernard growled.
"Well, you are measuring from mouth to tail tips, and rules clearly state that fish are to be measured from mouth to tail FORK! But I wouldn't expect an uneducated brute like you to understand the importance of following the rules. Rules are the key, yes. We must follow the rules!"
Svea, irritated by the bickering, twitched her fingers, and Bruce's voice suddenly decreased to a rasp whisper, as she slyly quieted him with a "silencio" muttered under her breath. The fish were laid side-by-side, and indeed, they were the exact same length! And the largest to be presented up to this point, at that! Bruce and Bernard glared at each other, knowing that their fishing partners would have to break the tie if they ended up having the largest fish of the tournament. However, the most adventurous anglers had yet to tell their stories of battling for the largest fish in the sea...
Roll Summary:
Eylssa: Fish - 5,3 (fish on!), Weather - 5,5 (fish caught!), Size - 3,1 - Fish of 3' caught!
Smogg: Fish - 1,1,5 (fish on!), Weather - 2,5, Size - 2 - Fish of 2' caught!
Bernard: Fish - 5,1 (fish on!), Weather - 3,6 (fish caught!), Size - 4,4 - Fish of 4' caught!
Bruce: Fish - 4,3 (fish on!), Weather - 6 (fish caught!), Size - 1,4,4 - Fish of 4' caught!
Two of the most experienced fishermen in Garheim, Leif Thorstein and Jovic Knerl, were huddled near the fireplace. The sound of their chattering teeth could be heard as the room went quiet, waiting to see how they had fared.
"We ran into some real bad weather up in the Howling Seas." Jovic started out. "It's no wonder nobody fishes up there. That is some of the worst water I've ever been on! I did get a huge bite on my sharpened anchor hook, but the boat was pitching so wildly, and the air so cold, that my fingers couldn't hold the icy chain that the hook was attached to, and I lost the whole rig overboard. After that, it was almost the end of me just to get the boat back to shore!"
Here Leif spoke up, "Yes, but it sure is lucky that you lost your rig, my friend. I too was fishing the area in my sea canoe, which has always been sturdy in rough seas before, but the weather was so foul, that when combined with the pull from the fish on my line, the entire boat was rolled over, and if you hadn't seen me clinging to the upended hull on your way back to shore, I would have surely drowned." He put his hand on Jovic's shoulder. "We will have to try another fishing trip up there someday. We'll pull a monster fish out of those waters yet!"
Roll Summary:
Leif: Fish - 2 (fish on!), Weather - 3,5,4 (fish lost!)
Jovic: Fish - 6 (fish on!), Weather - 1,3,3,4 (fish lost!)
Now there was just one last tourney participant left. Standing against the wall near an open window (as requested by several patrons to help ease the smell coming off of him), was Will the Hobo. His clothes smelled of sulfur and he was quite a mess. He grinned at the attention.
"Tell us, Will, how did your recent scheme of fishing Kreand's Crater pan out for you?" A man sneered from across the room. (Most of Mikithdar was all too familiar with Will's penchant for grandiose plans that never seemed to work out)
Will, always happy to be the center of attention with his hair-brained ideas, took center stage in the hall.
"Well, t'was a wunderfill playce, up der in der mountains whirr the hot springs arr." At this point, he started making gurgling sounds and gesticulating wildly as he tried to mimic the geysers and boiling hot springs of the hidden valley found in the mountains north of Mikithdar.
"But wen I gets to da pool up der, my loor I maded I trowed it in, and it melts soons after it landed in der water cause was so hot."
At this, the room roared with laughter! On a roll, Will added, "Yeah!! And da fish I dun used fer bait was cookt perfect so I had nice food to eat too!"
Roll summary:
Will: Fish - 2 (no bites)
So, with everyone having reported their catch, it came down to the two men who had caught fish off the coast of Jharton, Bernard and Bruce. Since they were tied, it was up to their fishing partners to see who's combined catch would net them the victory.
Bruce, having chosen the unfortunate Hobo as his tournament partner, only had his fish to count towards his total.
Bernard, having paired with Sven, had both his 4-footer and Sven's solid contribution of a 3-footer, for a total of 7, making him the victor of the tournament!
Raising his stein among cheers from his fellow anglers, he called out, "Courage! Honor! Loyalty! For Garheim!"
Final Results:
Biggest Catch: Athalus (2pts)
Best total Catch: Athalus (1pt)
Best Entries - Figs: Athalus (1pt), Story: Daken the Bladesmith (1pt)
All entrants also receive 2 points for participating.
I hope you enjoyed the tournament!
Ice Fishing on the North West Coast (Fish 1, Weather 1, Size 2)
- Herman Trivitz (Sniezka) - Lure 2, Skill 3, Luck 1
Lake Mikithdar (Fish 2, Weather 1, Size 3)
- Snorre Harang (gurusql) - Lure 2, Skill 1, Luck 3
- Henk Sjoberg (konze) - Lure 2, Skill 1, Luck 3
- Sven (Athalus) - Lure 2, Skill 1, Luck 3
Gulf of Fishes (Fish 3, Weather 2, Size 4)
- Trygve Vananger (gurusql) - Lure 2, Skill 2, Luck 2
- Piotrek Lodowicz (Sniezka) - Lure 2, Skill 1, Luck 3
- Svea Oresund (konze) - Lure 2, Skill 2, Luck 2
Jharton Bay (Fish 4, Weather 3, Size 5)
- Elyssa Hjorth (Eklund) - Lure 2, Skill 2, Luck 2
- Smogg Slims (AK_Brickster) - Lure 3, Skill 2, Luck 1
- Bernard (Athalus) - Lure 2, Skill 2, Luck 2
- Bruce Uptighty (Daken the Bladesmith) - Lure 2, Skill 1, Luck 3
The Howling Seas (Fish 2, Weather 6, Size 6)
- Lief Thorstein (Eklund) - Lure 1, Skill 3, Luck 2
- Jovic Knerl (AK_Brickster) - Lure 1, Skill 4, Luck 1
Kregand's Crater (Fish 6, Weather 6, Size 7)
- Will the Hobo (Daken the Bladesmith) - Lure 1, Skill 4, Luck 1


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Click on the song titles to sing along with Aish alumnus Brad Schachter.
Chanukah, Oh Chanukah
Maoz Tzur
I Have A Little Dreidel
Sivivon, Sov, Sov, Sov
Chanukah Chanukah
Oh Chanukah, Oh Chanukah, come light the Menorah
Let's have a party, we'll all dance the hora
Gather round the table, we'll all have a treat
Sivivon to play with, and latkes to eat.
And while we are playing
The candles are burning bright
One for each night, they shed a sweet light
To remind us of days long ago.
One for each night, they shed a sweet light
To remind us of days long ago.
Maoz tzur yeshua-si
Lecha na-eh li-sha-beyach
Tikone bais ti-fee-lasi
Vi-sham todah ni-za-beyach.
>Li-ase ta-chin mat-beyach
Mee-tzar ham-na-beyach
Az eg-more vi-sheer meez-mor
Chanukas ha-meez-beyach
Az eg-more vi-sheer meez-mor
Chanukas ha-meez-beyach.
O Rock of my salvation, with delight we praise You.
Restore the Temple where we will bring offerings.
When You will eliminate our enemies,
Then I shall sing at the rededication.
I have a little dreidel
I made it out of clay
And when it's dry and ready
Then dreidel I shall play!
Oh dreidel, dreidel, dreidel
I made it out of clay
And when it's dry and ready
Then dreidel I shall play!
It has a lovely body
With legs so short and thin
And when my dreidel's tired
It drops and then I win!
My dreidel's always playful
It loves to dance and spin
A happy game of dreidel
Come play now, let's begin!
Sivivon, sov, sov, sov
Chanukah, hu chag tov
Chanukah, hu chag tov Sivivon, sov, sov, sov!
Chag simcha hu la-am
Nes gadol haya sham
Nes gadol haya sham
Chag simcha hu la-am.
Dreidel, spin, spin, spin.
Chanukah is a great holiday.
It is a celebration for our nation.
A great miracle happened there.
Chanukah, Chanukah
Chag yafeh kol kach
Ohr chaviv, mi-saviv
Gil li-yeled rach.
Chanukah, Chanukah
Sivivon, sov, sov
Sov, sov, sov! Sov, sov, sov!
Ma nayim vi-tov.
Chanukah is a great holiday.
Surrounded with lovely light.
Fun for little children.
Dreidel, spin, spin, spin.
How wonderful!


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APYCO Blogging!
It's the APYCO Conference – Creating Shared Space, making integration work – and there's some interesting comments and proposals on changes within the association. How do I know this? Well, in case you hadn't picked it up – the Association of Principal Youth and Community Officers has now started a blog, with the major support of Tim Davies. So if you're interested in youth work and what they're saying you might want to check it out. It's a great way of bringing more of the youth work community on line. Who knows, perhaps more of them will start blogging!


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By Sikivu Hutchinson
When President Obama wants to burnish his credentials amongst African Americans he knows he will always be welcome in one place: a black church from central casting. From scripture spewing politicians to high octane Baptist gospel choirs to the ubiquitous prayer circle and Tyler Perry's bible-thumping Madea caricature, religion and black culture are virtually synonymous in the American popular imagination. According to the Pew Research Center 87% of African Americans are religious, making them among the most religious communities in the U.S. In my predominantly African American South Los Angeles neighborhood the most common personalized license plates are righteously faith-based. Fish icons, hands clasped in prayer, and church congregation names grace cars buffed to a blinding sheen. A key component of black antebellum and civil rights era resistance, religion remains central to mainstream black identity. But recently black atheists have begun rallying around a new billboard campaign featuring African American Humanists and promoting a national Day of Solidarity initiated by author Donald Wright on February 26th.
Atheism remains one of the last dependable taboos amongst African Americans. It is a notion so foreign that some—like resident buffoon, dating guru, and game show host Steve Harvey, who notoriously bashed atheists during a round of talk show appearances in 2009—equate it with devil worship and amorality. Like many Americans in this so-called Christian Nation, African Americans reflexively associate morality with Christian belief. So even though bestselling white authors like Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens have put atheism on the global map black non-believers remain marginalized and largely invisible to mainstream America. The African Americans for Humanism (AAH) billboard campaign is part of an effort to change that. With billboards in Chicago, New York, D.C., Atlanta, Dallas, and Los Angeles, the campaign pairs contemporary black atheists with Humanist historical figures such as Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Frederick Douglass. As AAH director Debbie Goddard notes, "There is a rich heritage of religious skepticism and humanism in black history. By featuring the historical faces as well as the modern in our ad campaign, we show people that questioning religion is not new and that there are many of us here."
A religious skeptic, Douglass frequently criticized the hypocrisy of European American Christianity's role in the African holocaust, famously proclaiming that "revivals of religion and revivals of the slave trade went hand in hand." In 1870, after having the gall to not thank god for Emancipation, he was censured for his heresy by a group of black ministers. In her 1942 essay "Religion" Hurston rejected the group think of organized religion, confessing that, as the daughter of a preacher, "When I was asked if I loved God, I always said yes because I knew that that was the thing I was supposed to say." Hughes' skepticism had similar roots in childhood religious indoctrination. In one vivid scene in his autobiographical essay "Salvation" he recounts going through the motions of being saved in order to appease an overzealous pastor.
Douglass, Hurston, and Hughes were part of a compelling tradition of black Humanist thought that has been all but ignored by civil rights historians. In his new book The End of God-Talk: An African American Humanist Theology, theorist Anthony Pinn proposes that "non-theist theology" is an important articulation of black ethics and morality. If much of white New Atheist fervor springs from the endless culture war over evolution and church/state separation, contemporary black Humanist ideology emerges from a social justice lens. The impact of racism, poverty, and capitalist exploitation on a devout black underclass was a major theme in the Humanist writings of W.E.B. DuBois, James Forman, A. Philip Randolph, and James Baldwin. In her influential feminist novel Quicksand Harlem Renaissance author Nella Larsen turned a critical eye to the relationship between religiosity, sexism, and the marginalization of black women.
Many of these writers shared a robust disdain for the emergent prosperity gospel (popularized by early 20th century charlatans like Reverend Ike and Father Divine) and its hold on Black Church traditions. And if there is one issue that unites contemporary black non-believers it is a desire to see an end to Christian fundamentalist hijacking of LGBT equality, abortion rights, science education, and HIV/AIDS prevention. The ascent of Christian fascist demagogue Rick Santorum, along with the GOP presidential field's rock-ribbed political extremism, has signaled an end to civil discourse on secular values. Thus, founded by Houston-based author and activist Donald Wright, the national Day of Solidarity for Black Non-Believers seeks to spotlight black Humanist activism in a political climate in which the Religious Right's reactionary attacks pose a clear and present danger to secular civil rights. For many African Americans taking God out of the equation is a perilous step toward being "in-authentically" black. However, as Baldwin mused in his classic essay collection the Fire Next Time, "When I faced a congregation it took all the strength I had not to tell them to throw away their Bibles and get off their knees and go home and organize." Freethinkers like Mandisa Latifah Thomas of Black Non-Believers of Atlanta and Kimberly Veal of Black Non-Believers of Chicago have begun to do just that. Both Thomas and Veal are featured in the new African Americans for Humanism billboard campaign. As hosts of the popular Black Freethinkers weekly blogtalk radio show they've tackled a range of topics which help questioning believers and "closeted" non-believers make the public leap to atheism.
Recently my group Black Skeptics Los Angeles and author Donald Wright participated in the second part of a roundtable on Humanism and black social thought with Zion Hill Baptist Church in South Los Angeles. The session was at the invitation of Seth Pickens, a young African American pastor thinker with a commitment to interfaith collaboration. Wrestling over questions of faith, the origin of the universe, ethics, social justice, and the slave era indoctrination of blacks into Christianity, congregation members repeatedly posed the question of whether any of the panelists had ever had a "personal relationship" with God. In response, Wright reflected on his experience as a former Baptist deacon who transitioned to atheism after a sex scandal in his church motivated him to explore the work of freethinkers like Thomas Paine. Coming from the insular world of the church, Wright envisions the Day of Solidarity as a collective opportunity for black non-believers to connect in real time. Because of the cultural stigma of non-belief, the vast majority of black non-believers rely on social media. So for Wright, "Since the beginning of my journey away from religion in 2006 I desperately needed and still need to meet more black non-believers. Fellowship, a sustaining characteristic of the church, is valuable in our society regardless of the group's purpose. We need each other. Our technological advancements allow us to communicate with many people around the world, sharing information at the click of a button. We are meeting and making new friends online every day. But no technology can replace the need for human interaction, face to face." Pickens agrees. He is interested in quarterly meetings with Black Skeptics Los Angeles and other denominations to coalition build around shared economic and social justice concerns like youth homelessness and prisoner reentry. When I told him about the planned national observance he said "I stand in solidarity with black non-believers." And if efforts to shift the discourse on atheism and humanism in the black community gain traction that sentiment will seem like less of an oxymoron.
Sikivu Hutchinson is the author of Moral Combat: Black Atheists, Gender Politics, and the Values Wars and the forthcoming Godless Americana: Race and Religious Rebels.


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Behind the Scenes of wd~50's New Tasting Menu
"The only single slight complaint we've gotten so far," says chef Wylie Dufresne about his new tasting menu at wd~50, "has been 'Where's the crazy stuff?'—which is sort of funny when you think about it."
Funny because, in a certain way, Dufresne's menu is nothing but crazy stuff.
The highly acclaimed chef built his reputation off envelope-pushing cuisine, earning attention for his particular brand of technical wizardry. But Dufresne feels he's toned his craft back—"Our approach has matured. It's not about 'Look what we can do!' anymore. We're more comfortable with what we do."
While Dufrense always felt that his techniques were in service of making an individual dish better—rather than a dish being a showcase for a particular technique—that's even more apparent in his current menu. Certain dishes appear downright simple, totally ingredient-focused, simply an excellent piece of mackerel served nigiri-style.... until you see what else actually went into the composition.
We spent a few hours with Dufresne in his Lower East Side kitchen, and no single dish revealed its components on first glance. Bright orange noodles were made of lobster roe. Delicate cured meat isn't a predictable cut, but veal brisket, whose path to the plate involved transglutaminase and cooking sous vide. It's not just an egg yolk on that plate—it's a duck egg yolk cured for 6 hours in a salt, sugar, and amaro bath, carefully balanced to match the neutral buoyancy of the yolk.
What's New On Serious Eats
Last month, for the first time in a nine-year run, Dufresne overturned his entire menu; the restaurant now only offers two tasting menus, the main one (12 courses; $155) composed of entirely new dishes. Along with Jon Bignelli, his chef de cuisine; Sam Henderson, the sous-chef; and his pastry chef, Malcolm Livingston II, Dufresne walked us through his current longform tasting menu.
The whimsy might be toned back a little—no eggs Benedict with deep-fried hollandaise sauce, no ice cream bagels. But a few hours with Dufresne convinces you that his culinary imagination is as restless as ever.
Take a look at all twelve courses in the slideshow »
Take a look at wd~50's cocktail program »
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Cardium Announces Final Voting Results Of Annual Meeting Of Stockholders
Company Also Provides Update on Exchange Listing
Jul 02, 2013, 04:54 ET
SAN DIEGO, July 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardium Therapeutics (NYSE MKT: CXM) today reported the voting results of its reconvened annual meeting of stockholders held earlier today. The annual meeting had been temporarily adjourned to allow for additional time for stockholders to vote on the proposed reverse stock split and a charter amendment to increase authorized stock (which would only be entered in the event that the reverse stock split was not approved).
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At the meeting, stockholders approved the proposed reverse split, with a majority of the issued and outstanding shares voted in favor of the proposal. Of the shares represented and voted at the meeting, a super majority (more than 67%) of shareholders supported the reverse split proposal. The charter amendment was likewise favored by a super majority of shares voted but did not receive the requisite vote from a majority of the issued and outstanding common stock, and it would not in any case have been entered since the reverse split was approved. Both of these proposals received favorable support and a "For" vote recommendation by Glass Lewis and Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS), leading independent proxy and corporate governance advisory firms.
As previously reported, at the June 6, 2013 annual meeting, stockholders approved the following matters: (a) the re-election of the Company's Class I Directors, which included Edward W. Gabrielson, M.D. and Lon E. Otremba, each to serve for a three-year term; (b) the compensation paid to the Company's named executive officers; (c) establishment of a three-year advisory say on pay frequency; (d) the sale of certain Series A preferred stock; and (e) ratification of the selection of Marcum LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013. The final vote totals for the matters acted upon by stockholders at the annual meeting will be reported in a Form 8-K filing with the SEC.
As a result of the matters approved by stockholders at today's annual meeting, Cardium plans to complete the second closing of the remaining 1,656 shares of Series A convertible preferred stock under the April 2013 registered direct offering for gross proceeds of approximately $1.7 million and effect a 20:1 reverse stock split of the Company's common stock, which was a condition of the securities purchase agreement approved by shareholders at the annual meeting.
The Company also provided an update on its exchange listing. As previously reported, a communication from the staff of the Company's current listing exchange, NYSE MKT, indicated that the Company was considered to be noncompliant with certain listing requirements based on its quarterly report for the period ended September 30, 2012, and provided that the company should submit a plan to staff of the exchange that would reestablish compliance with the NYSE MKT listing requirement by March 31, 2013. On December 6, 2012, the company reported that it had submitted a plan designed to reestablish compliance with the exchange's requirement in advance of the March 31, 2013 time frame, and on January 6, 2013, announced that the plan had been accepted by the listing exchange. On April 5, 2013, the Company reported that in view of the proposed preferred stock financing, the NYSE MKT had granted an additional quarterly extension of the listing exchange compliance plan from March 31 to June 30, 2013. The Company today reports that the NYSE MKT has granted an additional quarterly extension of the listing exchange compliance plan from June 30, 2013 to September 30, 2013, provided that the Company closes the preferred stock financing, which was approved by stockholders at the annual meeting of stockholders, by July 31, 2013.
The notification received from the listing exchange had no current effect on the listing of the company's shares on the exchange. Rather the Company has now been afforded the opportunity to regain compliance with the requirements of Section 1003(a)(iv) of the exchange's company guide by the end of the revised plan period of September 30, 2013, provided the preferred stock financing is completed by July 31, 2013. Additional information and provisions regarding the NYSE MKT requirements are found in Part 10 of its company guide. The Company will be subject to periodic review by the exchange staff during the period covered by the plan. Failure to make progress consistent with the plan or to regain compliance with the continued listing standards by the end of the applicable extension periods could result in the Company's shares being delisted from the exchange. If the Company's common stock was not traded on the NYSE MKT, it would be expected to trade on the OTC exchange, an alternative regulated quotation service that provides quotes, sale prices and volume information in over-the-counter equity securities. The Company's common stock was traded on the OTC until July 2007, when the company elected to instead list its shares on the American Stock Exchange.
About Cardium
Cardium is an asset-based health sciences and regenerative medicine company focused on the acquisition and strategic development of innovative products and businesses with the potential to address significant unmet medical needs and having definable pathways to commercialization, partnering or other economic monetizations. Cardium's current portfolio includes LifeAgain medical data analytics, Tissue Repair Company, Cardium Biologics, and the Company's To Go Brands® nutraceutical business. The Company's lead commercial product, Excellagen® topical gel for wound care management, has received FDA clearance for marketing and sale in the United States. Cardium's lead clinical development product candidate Generx® is a DNA-based angiogenic biologic intended for the treatment of patients with myocardial ischemia due to coronary artery disease. To Go Brands® develops, markets and sells dietary supplements through established regional and national retailers. In addition, consistent with its capital-efficient business model, Cardium continues to actively evaluate new technologies and business opportunities. For more information, visit www.cardiumthx.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
Except for statements of historical fact, the matters discussed in this press release are forward looking and reflect numerous assumptions and involve a variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control and may cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. For example, there is no assurance that the Company will satisfy the requirements of its compliance plan and will otherwise continue to satisfy the listing requirements of its exchange or that its shares can continue to be listed on a national exchange; that planned product development efforts and clinical studies can be performed in an efficient and effective manner; that regulatory approvals can be obtained in a timely manner or at all; that partnering, distribution or other commercialization efforts can be achieved; that our products or proposed products will prove to be sufficiently safe and effective; that our products or product candidates will not be unfavorably compared to competitive products that may be regarded as safer, more effective, easier to use or less expensive; that third parties on whom we depend will behave as anticipated; or that necessary regulatory approvals will be obtained. Actual results may also differ substantially from those described in or contemplated by this press release due to risks and uncertainties that exist in our operations and business environment, including, without limitation, risks and uncertainties that are inherent in the development, testing and marketing of biologics, medical devices and other products, and the conduct of human clinical trials, including the timing, costs and outcomes of such trials, whether our efforts to launch new products and expand our markets will be successful or completed within the time frames contemplated, our dependence upon proprietary technology, our ability to obtain necessary funding, regulatory approvals and qualifications, our history of operating losses and accumulated deficits, our reliance on collaborative relationships and critical personnel, and current and future competition, as well as other risks described from time to time in filings we make with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to release publicly the results of any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date hereof.
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Cardium Therapeutics®, Generx®, Cardionovo®, Tissue Repair™, Excellagen®, Excellarate™, LifeAgain™, Genedexa™, Neo-Apps®, MedPodium®, Neo-Energy®, Neo-Chill™ and Neo-Carb Bloc® are trademarks of Cardium Therapeutics, Inc. or Tissue Repair Company. To Go Brands®, High Octane®, Green Tea Energy Fusion™, Acai Natural Energy Boost™, Greens to Go®, Extreme Berries to Go®, Healthy Belly®, VitaRocks®, Smoothie Complete®, Trim Green Coffee Bean™, and Trim Energy®, are trademarks of To Go Brands, Inc. Other trademarks belong to their respective owners.
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jetv435 wrote:It occurs to me to ask something. Since very early development on DC, you've provided several psychological implementations in both story and in theme (Krodan/Yellow) and I was wondering how involved are those aspects when it comes to level and character development, and in what ways will we get to both feel and observe the feelings that Mr. Bowman expresses during the coarse of any combination of DC's game sequences.
jetv435 wrote:That said, will he have any particular personality on his own, or will his background and personality remain vague throughout the course of the game?
jetv435 wrote:Also, what will enemies be distinguished in ways other than how they move in fight e.g., styles like in Bioshock where the enemies talk or yell at you, expressing emotion or thoughts out loud?
jetv435 wrote:Also, moving on down the character setup into a more technical standpoint, how will these characters function? Will there be one pawn for one person that runs around collecting things on their own or will there be two depending on what choices you have made, and the one from the beginning that you could have fought will be replaced with a more equipped and stronger pawn that represents the same person?
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jetv435 wrote:Just wondering about how the tech/bugs/testing(sequence breaking issues) are coming along.
jetv435 wrote:I didn't comment on the two new shots, but with all of the information and shots I've seen, I can say that I'm really looking forward to this. I also wanted to ask, what mentality or mood is DC meant to provoke in the player. You've stated that the color yellow has its significance, and you've summarized the special concepts pertaining to combat and inventory items, but I'm interested in how you're going about making this both fun and strategically stressful at the same time.
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jetv435 wrote:Any updates? I'd be satisfied with just a shot of the cell you start in, at the least, or if not, something useless but still particularly nice looking (please excuse me if I'm being dumb). How are the final pieces coming together?
jetv435 wrote:I did want to ask a specific question on weapons other than that of the two new melee weapons we've already seen (sledgehammer & Nail Bat). Generally, what I would like to know is, with the different weapons included, what changes model/skin wise and functionally wise will we see, and out of the weapons such as the ASMD and chainsaw that were shown earlier, in what way are they being updated (for instance, similar to the replacement of Unreal player classes with new ones)? We already know that the melee weapons in general (aside from any exceptions you've made) can be used to block, but in the context of all weapons in general, how are they being updated in general and specifically for the gameplay type for DC?
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While the beautiful game has given us plenty of joy and excitement, it also has its share of reviled figures who are hated for their behaviour, be it on the pitch, or off it.
10.) Marco Materazzi
Marco Materazzi will unfortunately be remembered by many as the player who ensured that there would be no glittering end to Zinedine Zidane's career. His untimely comment regarding Zidane's sister resulted in the French playmaker getting his marching orders (after headbutting Materazzi in response) in the 2006 World Cup final. In the eyes of many, it also cost France the trophy.
9.) Jens Lehmann
The former Arsenal and Stuttgart goalkeeper has done plenty of eccentric things in his life to earn his place in this list.
Mad Jens has stamped players, relieved himself behind an advertising board, thrown water over the referee, and has been involved in a war of words with several of his colleagues. A cocky attitude- he once said that Manuel Almunia was "not in his class", didn't help things either.
8.) Diego Maradona
The Argentine legend was a genius in his own right and also guided his team to two successive World Cup finals.
The English hate him for the "Hand of God", while his own selection policies as Argentina manager (not including Cambiasso and Zanetti in his squad for example) have earned him his fair share of detractors. Not to forget the whole ephedrine incident that saw him miss USA'94.
7.) Jose Mourinho
The most successful people also make plenty of enemies. And where the self proclaimed "Special One" is involved, the list is a little longer than normal.
Mourinho has never been afraid of speaking his mind, even if the remarks involved calling Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger a "Viewer" and branding Andy Johnson as "untrustworthy".
6.) Robbie Savage
In his heydays, Savage was one of the most hated figures in the Premier League. The blond haired midfielder loved to get under the skin of opposition players and fans and has collected more yellow cards than any other player since the inception of the Premier League.
5.) Didier Drogba
The Ivory Coast skipper has been regularly accused of falling all too easily to the ground in Premier League games. Former manager Jose Mourinho has also officially labelled him a "diver"
Drogba has never been afraid of getting into confrontations with opposition players and was sent off in the 2007-08 Champions League final for slapping Nemanja Vidic.
After witnessing Chelsea's defeat to Barcelona in the semifinals of the 08-09 Champions League, Drogba vented out his anger by shouting "It is a f****** disgrace" on camera, criticising the decisions of match referee Tom Ovrebo.
4.) Joey Barton
Barton has been involved in plenty of controversial incidents off the pitch that have severely affected his career on it. Trouble always seems to follow the Huyton born midfielder, who has been convicted twice for violent conduct and has admitted to being an alcoholic. He once stuck a cigar in the eye of upcoming footballer Jamie Tandy, resulting in permanent scarring for the latter. According to reports, he once tried to seduce a former model by boasting about his "attack" on former Man City team mate Ousmane Dabo.
Bad Boy Barton has been labeled a thug, yob and also a coward by various team mates and the press.
3.) Ashley Cole
Ashley earned the moniker "Cashley" when he mentioned in his autobiography that he nearly crashed his car on hearing that Arsenal were only prepared to offer him a £55,000 a week contract.
He also cheated on his beautiful wife, Geordie singer Cheryl Tweedy with a string of women that eventually lead to the two separating a few months ago. She forgave him in the beginning, but Ashley failed to learn from his past mistakes, and paid the ultimate price.
2.) John Terry
Cole's Chelsea team mate John Terry makes it to number 2 on this list, and only because of one name- Vanessa Perroncel.
Father of two Terry had a four month affair with French model Perroncel, the girlfriend of his Chelsea mate Wayne Bridge shortly after she split from the latter. Bridge, a natural second choice to Ashley Cole in the England set up, refused to be considered for selection for the World Cup after the news broke.
While JT kept his spot in the national squad, he did end up losing the captain's armband to Manchester United's Rio Ferdinand.
1.) Cristiano Ronaldo
The world's most expensive player also tops our list of most hated footballers.
He was seen winking at the Portuguese bench at the 2006 World Cup following the dismissal of England's Wayne Rooney. His fancy step over attempts, his theatrical dives, whining to the referees and excessive focus on his looks have led to the Portuguese captain having plenty of critics in the world of soccer.


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What we read while assigning baseball allegiances to past assassins…
- It's been an interesting stretch for magazine features, starting with Luke Dittrich's Esquire piece — the title is too long to quote here — on the Joplin tornado. Also at Esquire, Tom Junod tackles Jon Stewart (in kind of the same way he tackled Roger Ailes, i.e. obliquely and not quite as effectively as you might like). Over at GQ, Michael Paterniti goes all second-person in a tale of survival surrounding the Japanese earthquake — which the Nieman Storyboard thought was worthy of some dissection.
- Excerpts from Roger Ebert's upcoming memoir. One alludes to the feature Chris Jones penned on Ebert some months back. Jones was pretty happy with that one, if he may say so himself.
- Our weekly David Foster Wallace bullet: DFW (very politely) threatens an editor via fax. Also, just what is Jonathan Franzen trying to accuse DFW of here? Speaking of Franzen, here's a reason to get very excited for a new season of television programming.
- In other TV news, Hulu picked its five favorite magazine articles about television, including this great oral history of The Dana Carvey Show.
- One thing Grantland does that we do like is the director's cut series on old magazine profiles. Gay Talese's on Joe DiMaggio is one of the best you'll ever read.
- If we were to begin a series of old, esoteric interviews, this one from the Paris Review of Jorge Luis Borges would be a good starting point. Learn, among other things, what Borges' favorite fabricated English word is. Unfortunately, while discussing the origin of character names, he does not bring up our resident sports revolutionary.
- Forget baseball; Stephen Marche on what hockey means to Canada.
- PTI, which Tim celebrated two years ago, reached its tenth anniversary.
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- Status : Released
- Release Date of film : 1996-01-18
- Original title : From Dusk Till Dawn
- Tagline : One night is all that stands between them and freedom. But it's going to be a hell of a night.
- Movie Genre : Action, Crime, Horror, Thriller,
- Languages spoken : English
- Film Note : -movie_rating-
- Societies of production : A Band Apart
- Vote Count : 231
- Duration of movie : 108
- Average rate : 6.6
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- Heidi McNeal Character (Red-headed Hostage)
- Ernest M. Garcia Character (Big Emilio)
- Gregory Nicotero Character (Sex Machine's Buddy)
- Cristos Character (Danny)
- Mike Moroff Character (Manny)
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Pickles(ooragaya) is one of the main part in Andhra people s menu. For a typical Andhrite, no meal is complete with out this pickle s.specialy summer means pickle season for Andhra people.Every body knows that Andhra pradesh is very famous for variety of pickles. In this pickles series first comes this very hot, spicy, tangy fresh Red chilli pickle .Normaly Amma use Guntur pandu mirapakayalu for this pickle but here I don't get that variety red chilies so I used Thai hot red chilies for this yummy pickle. One more name for this pickle is Korivi Khaaram. And here is the recipe for this unique Andhra pickle.......... INGREDIENTS:----
Fresh red chillies ---- 1/2 kg(500 gms)
Tamarind --- 50 gms (if need more tangy taste can add 75 gms)
Salt ---- 150 gms
Turmeric powder ---- 1 tab sp
Mustard powder --- 2 tab sp
Fenugreek powder --- 1 tab sp
Oil --- 1 tab sp (that means nearly 200 ml)
Mustard seeds --- 1 tea sp tea sp
Garlic cloves --- 6 no. lightly crushed
2.Clean and remove the seeds from the tamarind and add tamarind to chilli paste mix well and let it soak for 2-3 days.