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A Modern/Boutique duo of Guitar and Cello with repertoire ranging from The Smiths to The National
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An airman who went missing in the waters last year at Lake Mead was identified as the body recovered this week.
A spokesperson from the National Park Service said the Clark County Coroner's office confirmed the body found Wednesday at the lake as Staff Sgt. Antonio Tucker.
According to authorities, Earth Resource Group of Las Vegas was given permission to search the lake for the 28-year-old Tucker. Tucker was presumed to have drowned on June 23, 2012.
NPS said the latest search effort began on Monday within a one square nautical mile of where Tucker was last seen in the Boulder Basin.
NPS also said the search crew Tuesday identified an object appearing to be human using side scan sonar. An underwater vehicle equipped with a camera was deployed to view the body, the authorities said.
A Las Vegas Metro Search and Rescue crew brought the body to the surface just before 11 a.m. on Wednesday.
Park rangers with NPS said Tucker, a Creech Air Force Base airman, was on a 21-foot boat with a woman and child when he jumped into the lake.
High winds pushed the vessel further away from Tucker while he was in the water, authorities said, with the woman unable to operate the boat.
An initial search by U.S. Coast Guard and Nevada Division of Wildlife resulted, which produced no sign of Tucker after six hours.
Stay tuned to FOX5 for the latest on this developing story.
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MIAMI—Eddie House hit two deciding free throws with 6.5 seconds left, LeBron James led all scorers with 39 points and the Miami Heat rallied late to beat the Detroit Pistons 88-87 on Friday night.
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This is a beautiful home. All my friends were beyond impressed for the value you get. I live around Manhattan and you spend 350 on a boutique hotel for one night and that's a little room. You get 4 bedrooms, amenities and just awesomeness all-around. Stay here you won't regret it. I know I will be back. Just make sure to take care of the cleaning lady with a nice tip. She gave you a nice clean house to walk in, so reward her for that.
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This place was very clean modern and spacious with an awesome view of White Face Mt…..just like the photos. The sauna and hotub were great amenities after a long hike up the mountain. At about a 10 min drive to Lake Placid hearing the wolves at the sanctuary howling at night made it feel like we were far into the wild. The owners were very nice and responsive making sure we were satisfied. If you want a great place to enjoy the outdoors and or relax this is the perfect spot.
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This house is in a great location and has everything you can imagine. The house is well maintained and has a great open floor plan. The kitchen has everything you would need to make any meal. The bedrooms are very nice and the restrooms are just as nice. The fire pit outside was great to sit around at night and look up at the stars. After a long day, the hot tub was a great way to relax. Everything was amazing and we are planning to visit again in the near future. If you get a chance to visit the other locations, they are near by. We checked them out and will be looking to book any of these great homes. We cannot thank Todd and Kim enough for all the great communication and info on the house. I was a little nervous to book a house like this, but Todd was very easy to talk to and made the rental a no brainer. Thank you for everything, we will be back again soon.


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The two former allies also find a bottle of pills, Victoria's fake passport and a bullet-holed phone. Aiden pockets a motel room key when Emily isn't looking. Then, when Aiden isn't looking, Emily knocks him unconscious. He wakes up in a dumpster, but escapes before being compacted by a garbage truck. We're pretty sure he's not going to use the ticket to Japan Emily taped to his jacket. No, Aiden's off to make use of that motel room key.
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Last year, for the first time, notebooks outsold desktop computers, according to iSuppli Corp., a tech analyst firm, showing that the move to a mobile lifestyle is under way. "It's just the start," observes Steve Kleynhans, a research vice president at Gartner Inc. "2009 and 2010 will be big years for mobility, with major advances coming that will affect what we carry and how we work and play."
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Kiwibank ends Kiwisaver contract with Mercer
20/08/2009Kiwibank announced today that it is ending its links with the Mercer KiwiSaver scheme with effect from 30 September 2009.
Kiwibank Chief Executive Sam Knowles said Kiwibank and Mercer have been working together since KiwiSaver was launched by the Government in mid 2007.
"Kiwibank has acted as a retail partner for Mercer, making information about the Scheme available in brochures and on its website. The nature of this role meant Kiwibank was not involved in investment decisions. However because we now have our own wealth management division and are considering being more actively involved in the superannuation and managed funds sector, we believe it is essential that we bring our involvement with Mercer to an end. To not do so could be confusing for Kiwibank customers considering their retirement plans" Mr Knowles said.
Mr Knowles said Kiwibank believed it was important when KiwiSaver was first launched by the Government that the bank was able to provide information about the scheme and have an association with a provider.
"However as we grow and are able to take on more responsibilities for products and services, we are now looking closely at what we offer in the superannuation and managed funds sector."
Mercer has about 70,000 KiwiSaver members and Mercer's New Zealand business leader, Martin Lewington said it is business as usual for these members. "Mercer has managed the funds of these members during our relationship with Kiwibank and we will continue to do so now it has ended," said Mr Lewington.
"We understand and respect Kiwibank's decision to end the partnership with us given their ambitions and I'm sure they will be worthy competitors."
Mr Knowles said the decision to end the association with Mercer will not affect any existing members of the Mercer KiwiSaver scheme and they will continue to receive direct communication from Mercer.
The Mercer KiwiSaver scheme investment statement is available by calling 0508 542 578 or www.mercerkiwisaverscheme.co.nz.
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Bruce Thompson, Communications Manager
(04) 460 6831
Kevin Ptak, Senior Account Manager Porter Novelli New Zealand
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Stronghold Crusader Extreme Assaults PCsFirefly Studios has announced Stronghold Crusader Extreme, an update of their 2002 castle-sieging RTS Stronghold: Crusader packaged with new content and cranked to eleven.
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Cisco Systems, Inc.
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| Nasdaq: CSCO | XETRA: CIS | Hong Kong Stock Exchange: 4333
Cisco Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and sells Internet Protocol-based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industry and provides services associated with these products. It provides a broad line of products for transporting data, voice, and video within buildings and across campuses. Cisco's current offerings comprises of the following categories: Switching, Next-Generation Network (NGN) Routing, Service Provider Video, Collaboration, Data Center, Wireless, Security, and Other Products. Switching is an integral networking technology used in campuses, branch offices, and data centers. Switches are used within buildings in local-area networks and across great distances in wide-area networks. Switching products offer many forms of connectivity to end users, workstations, IP phones, access points, and servers and also function as aggregators on local-area networks and wide-area networks. NGN technology is fundamental to the foundation of the Internet. This category of technologies interconnects public and private wireline and mobile networks for mobile, data, voice, and video applications. Service Provider Video delivers entertainment, information, and communication services to consumers and businesses around the world. Collaboration portfolio integrates voice, video, data, and mobile applications on fixed and mobile networks across a wide range of devices and endpoints, including mobile phones, tablets, desktop and laptop computers, and desktop virtualization clients. Cisco's Unified Data Center unites computing, networking, storage, management, and virtualization into a single, fabric-based platform designed to increase and simplify operating efficiencies and provide business agility. Wireless access via wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) is a fast growing enterprise technology with companies and public institutions across the globe investing to provide indoor and outdoor coverage with seamless roaming for voice, video, and data applications. Security portfolio of products and services offers identity, network, and content security solutions designed to enable customers to reduce the impact of threats and realize the benefits of a mobile, collaborative, and cloud-enabled business. Cisco's Collaboration portfolio integrates voice, video, data and mobile applications on fixed and mobile networks across a wide range of devices and endpoints from mobile phones and tablets to desktops, Macs and laptops to desktop virtualization clients. Cisco Systems was founded by Sandra Lerner and Leonard Bosack on December 10, 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.


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Will Apple Cross $1,000?
Masam is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.
The Investment Case
I believe that Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) valuation is very attractive and that shares could benefit as the company ramps recently released products and introduces new products and services next year. Over the long term, I believe that Apple could return much more cash to shareholders through buybacks and dividends, building on recent initiatives. I believe that there is also room for more product platforms that include solutions for live television and lower-end smart phones.
The Business Drivers
Apple stands out as a leader in "disruptive mobility." Even with Android gaining share of late, the iOS App Store platform is regarded as the safest and most reliable way for developers to monetize ideas. I believe that Apple is disruptive to PC and printing companies given its mobile devices are being used for more tasks that PCs used to perform, while also inventing new uses. Through the use of a fully integrated mobile ecosystem (i.e., hardware, software, online services, and retail), Apple can extract profits out of other computing segments. I believe that Apple's expansion can continue from tablets and smart phones into more services and hardware in 2013.
In 2013, I look for Apple to increase its presence in emerging markets with new products and carriers, specifically in China, and increase the total addressable market (TAM) of existing product lines. At the moment, the iPhone 5 is not officially available for China Mobile customers, essentially cutting off more than 600 million subscribers from purchasing carrier supported iPhones. I believe Apple has more control to expand the TAM for its iPhones and iPads than its competitors given its vertically integrated business model. I believe there is significant upside to our estimates as Apple expands uses for existing products such as increasing its hardware and services presence in TVs, mobile payments, and integration in automobiles.
Competitors Analysis
There is no single company that can be directly compared to Apple's performance. Therefore, one can only do a sum-of-part valuation in order to check whether Apple is performing better than its competitors or not.
Apple has the following products:
1) Desktop
2) Notebook
3) iPad
4) iPhone
5) iPod
6) Peripherals: iTunes
7) Software, Service & Other Revenue
Desktop and Notebook
This segment is facing a downslide after the introduction of smartphones and tablets in the market. This segment contributed $6.76 to the 2011 EPS. This was down 10% from its contribution of $7.50 to the 2010 EPS. However, it is important to note that the growth in Notebook sales still remain strong at 33%. In this category, Dell and Hewlett-Packard remain strong competitors. These companies are trading at forward multiples of 6.5x and 4.3x, respectively. The average turns out to be 5.4x.
We all know that Apple is the father of tablet industry. It is the first ever company to launch a tablet in the world. And this is why I call it a disruptive mover. However, the company no longer enjoys the enormous amounts of profits it once used to reap from iPad sales as the market has been saturated by different tablets from Apple's various competitors. Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has launched its Nexus 7 in collaboration with Asus. Similarly, Amazon recently upgraded its Kindle Fire series. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has also launched its Surface tablet and is set to launch the Surface-Pro tablet. The increased competition has led Apple to apply price cuts on its iPad. The iPad is now being sold at $450, only 65% of its introduction price of $700.
In response to the competitors' new products, Apple has already launched iPad-mini and rumors are that is actively working on iPad-mini 2.
Software, Online and iPod
Both Microsoft and Google give Apple competition in this segment. The following table shows the forward multiples of these companies:
These compare to Apple's forward multiple of 9x.
iPhone, by all measures, is the most important product of Apple. This product alone brings more than 50% of revenues. iPhone 5 has received both favorite comments and criticisms. Where people have liked the light weight, slimmer profile and higher-resolution screen of the phone, the users have heavily criticized the map and camera features in the phone.
In this segment, the company faces tough competition from HTC, Samsung, Nokia and Research-in-Motion. Nokia has a strong product in the form of Lumia 920 with 4.8 inch display that is much cheaper than iPhone 5. Similarly, Samsung is the pioneer of 4G LTE technology and has a powerful product in the form of Galaxy SIII which has a 4.8 inch display.
Upside/Downside Scenarios
Apple has prospects for high organic growth, with open-ended potential to gain share in phones, tablets, and Macs. I view Apple's upside scenario at $910 based on about a multiple of 15x and a FY14 EPS estimate of $60.66.
I believe the biggest issues facing Apple include the risk of losing share to lower-end products and the risk of having to cut prices for key products like iPhones and iPads. I view Apple's downside scenario at $450 based on a multiple of 7x and FY14 EPS estimate of $60.66.
Valuation Analysis
The price target of $800 is based on a forward multiple of 13x and FY14 EPS estimate of $60.66. I believe that Apple is relatively inexpensive on a P/E basis, especially given its cash position. Currently, Apple is trading at a forward multiple of 9x, well below the 5-year average of 16.7x.
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Pen/Faulkner Winners for Fiction 2011
Published on Monday, April 25, 2011 - 3:03pm
Please join us Thursday, May 12, at 1 p.m. for a discussion about the Pen/Faulkner Winners for Fiction 2011.
The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg has been selected as the winner of the 2011 Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The four finalists for the Pen/Faulkner Fiction Award are: Jennifer Egan: A Visit From The Goon Squad, Jaimy Gordan: Lord of Misrule, Eric Puchner: Model Home and Brad Watson: Aliens in The Prime of Their Lives. Find out more about these books on the Pen/Faulkner website.


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DETROIT, MI (WTVB) - The Red Wings got by the Calgary Flames 3-2 in overtime last night at Joe Louis Arena with the victory snapping Detroit's six game winless streak while they also avoided a sixth straight loss at home. Daniel Alfredsson scored his second goal of the night 63 seconds into the extra period for the game winner. Alfredsson had a 3-point night, also assisting on a goal by Jaokim Andersson while Pavel Datsyuk added three assists for Detroit.
Jonas Gustavsson made 20 saves for the Red Wings, who play tomorrow night at Toronto.
In minor league hockey, in the ECHL, the Kalamazoo Wings skate at home tonight and tomorrow night against the Toledo Walleye.


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Emerging Trends In Research With Orthoses And Biomechanics
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The research of Redmond, et al., is effective in showing the mechanism of action for orthoses on plantar pressure and gait, points out Dr. Burns.11 He also references two "very exciting" studies of biomechanics by Nester and Sheehan.12,13
Dr. Burns is a National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Australian Clinical Research Fellow at the Institute for Neuromuscular Research at The Children's Hospital at Westmead in Australia. He is also a Conjoint Senior Lecturer in the Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Sydney in Australia.
Dr. Choate is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Applied Biomechanics at the California School of Podiatric Medicine at Samuel Merritt University.
Dr. Davis is a Director of Research at Drayer Physical Therapy Institute. She is a Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Delaware. Dr. Davis is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine.
Dr. Nester is the Director of the Centre for Rehabilitation and Human Performance Research at the University of Salford in the United Kingdom.
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1. Mickle KJ, Steele JR, Munro BJ. Does excess mass affect plantar pressure in young children? Int J Pediatr Obes 1(3):83-8, 2006.
2. Mickle KJ, Steele JR, Munro BJ. The feet of overweight and obese children: are they flat or fat? Obesity 14(11):1949-53, 2006.
3. Powell M, et al. Efficacy of custom foot orthoses in improving pain and functional status in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a randomized trial. J Rheumatol 2005;32(5):943-50.
4. Evans AM. The flat-footed child—to treat or not to treat. What is the clinician to do? J Am Podiatr Med Assoc 98(5):386-393, 2008.
5. Selby-Silverstein L, Hillstrom HJ, Palisano RJ. The effect of foot orthoses on standing foot posture and gait of young children with Down's Syndrome. NeuroRehabilitation 2001, 16(3):183-93
6. Stacoff A, Reinschmidt C, Nigg BM, van den Bogert AJ, Lundberg A, Denoth J, Stüssi E. Effects of foot orthoses on skeletal motion during running. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon). 2000 Jan;15(1):54-64.
7. Woodburn J, Barker S, Helliwell PS. A randomized controlled trial of foot orthoses in rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 2002 Jul;29(7):1377-83.
8. Landorf KB, Keenan A, Herbert RD. Effectiveness of foot orthoses to treat plantar fasciitis: a randomized trial. Arch Intern Med 2006;166 (12):1305–10.
9. Woodburn J, Helliwell PS, Barker S. Changes in 3D joint kinematics support the continuous use of orthoses in the management of painful rearfoot deformity in rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol 2003 Nov;30(11):2356-64.
10. Burns J, Crosbie J, Hunt A, Ouvrier R. The effect of pes cavus on foot pain and plantar pressure. Clin Biomech (Bristol, Avon) 2005 Nov;20(9):877-82.
11. Redmond A, Lumb PSB, Landorf K. Effect of cast and noncast foot orthoses on plantar pressure and force during normal gait. JAPMA 90(9):441-449, 2000.
12. Nester CJ, Liu AM, Ward E, Howard D, Cocheba J, Derrick T, Patterson P. In vitro study of foot kinematics using a dynamic walking cadaver model. J Biomech 2007;40(9):1927-37
13. Sheehan FT, Seisler AR, Siegel KL. In vivo talocrural and subtalar kinematics: a non-invasive 3D dynamic MRI study. Foot Ankle Int 2007 Mar;28(3):323-35.
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Customers spend more on wine at restaurants offering computerized wine advice.
You sit down to dinner at a nice restaurant, and the server hands you your menu. Instead of a book-like wine list, you're instead handed an iPad -- with an interactive wine list.
The new iPad tablets are being used for wine lists at a handful of high-end restaurants, The New York Times reports, allowing customers to search for wines by type and read ratings by wine experts.
Much to the dismay of sommeliers who have spent their lives learning about wine, customers not only like the iPad wine lists, they find them more trustworthy. Though no one has done a scientific survey, restaurants using the iPad wine lists are seeing their customers spend more on wine.
How the Obama administration's new consumer protection adviser will help consumers.
This post comes from Kimberly Palmer at partner site US News.
Soon after word got out that the White House appointed Elizabeth Warren to serve as special adviser and help set up the new consumer protection bureau, Twitter and Facebook erupted with shouts of excitement from personal finance and consumer experts: "Yahoo!" exclaimed Beth Kobliner, author of "Get a Financial Life." "Elizabeth Warren's appointment is a huge victory for consumers!"
Warren, a Harvard law professor who has headed the Congressional Oversight Panel, is celebrated as a force of good in the consumer world. Before taking on public roles, she was best known for her book, "The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents are Going Broke," which explains why so many middle-class Americans feel so squeezed. She's also not afraid to stand up for "the little people." Last year, her congressional oversight panel criticized the Treasury Department for not doing more to help struggling families and called for greater transparency in the use of the bailout funds.
Only 35% of U.S. adults have cell phones with apps, and only two-thirds actually use them.
This post comes from Mark Huffman at partner site ConsumerAffairs.com.
Yes, there's an app for that, but if you're like most cell phone users, you couldn't care less.
While there has been a proliferation of software applications, or "apps," for mobile phones that can access the Internet, adults using those phones apparently see little value in them, or haven't bothered to learn how to use them.
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That's a question that's come up again, after AOL Autos looked into the issue in 2011, now that Allstate Insurance and Cars.com paired up to put together a pretty nifty graphic showing the rise in obesity and how it compares with the automaker's efforts to make more fuel efficient cars.
To sum it all up, our penchant for bacon sundaes is not helping the world become a better place, at least when it comes to our cars.
While the automakers are trying to make cars lighter, using aluminum instead of steel, replacing spare tires with air pumps, and changing paper manuals for DVDs, the average weight of Americans inside the cars keeps going up.
"It's a seesaw battle that's making it difficult to realize the gains expected by a push for lighter, more fuel efficient cars," Allstate said in its blog.
The amount of gas wasted by the U.S. obesity epidemic costs us 1 billion gallons of gas annually, according to a study done by Entrepreneur Magazine.
AOL Autos found that bigger drivers say they don't like owning smaller cars. Some folks say they feel cramped and uncomfortable in smaller cars, so they opt for bigger cars like SUVs and minivans, which adds to the overall problem.
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Composite Oriented Programming for Gradle
Qi4j Swaps Maven for Gradle
The Qi4j Composite Oriented Programming implementation has moved to the Gradle build system.
"After fighting the Maven build system for years, and constantly looking for alternatives, the Qi4j community has finally decided to grab the bull by its horn and throw it out of the arena. Maven imposes a very rigid model on how to define your project, but has a weak internal model on how a build is executed. We therefore often see conflicts between plugins, plugins make too much assumptions and ignoring settings that are actually provided formally, and not to even mention the fundamentally flawed versioning system," reads the announcement.
The Qi4j team praise Gradle for its "strong internal model for build systems" and "flexible way to establish that model." Gradle's integration with Ant and Ivy, were also factors influencing the move. The latest release of Qi4j is version 1.2.


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Well aware of the pre-season chatter dismissing their teams as playoff caliber, first-year coaches Warren Gale and Adrian Sosa have led unranked McArthur and University School, respectively, into the boys' basketball high-rent district.
Offering further proof that a hot streak at season's end trumps high state rankings, the Mustangs (15-9) and Suns (16-7) both made improbable runs to district titles and will host regional quarterfinals on Thursday night.
The McArthur campus has been in a state of euphoria since last Saturday night when the Mustangs secured their first District title with a 80-68 road upset of perennial state power and Source Hoops No. 3 St. Thomas Aquinas.
Mustangs coach Gale expects a partisan standing-room-only crowd against Northeast (10-7) and its highly touted inside-out tandem of Hunter Osceola and 6-10 Malik Price-Martin, a 7A regional quarterfinal being billed as the biggest game in school history.
"From Saturday night on things have been crazy around school," Gale said. "When the bus got back from the game, we had fans waiting on us and cheering the players. I really believe we can get to at least the regional semifinals. We feel very confident against Northeast. We feel like our backcourt is more athletic and better and our inside players can neutralize Price-Martin. With the home crowd, our players are going to be a bit more comfortable as well."
With nine sophomores on the rosters, including three starters, the Mustangs could be on the brink of an extended regional playoff run.
An athletic team that hangs its hat on defense and good shot selection, the Mustangs are led by Derric Jean (9.6 ppg), Majestic Tejada (11 ppg, 5 apg), Khalil Milwood (16 ppg,11 rpg) and Kareem Harris (14 ppg).
University School has defied the odds with its lone returning starter, 6-6 All-State center Marquedis Bain, missing half of the season to earn a home Class 4A regional quarterfinal game against Booker T. Washington.
After a 5-4 start, the Suns have gone 11-3, highlighted by a 62-52 upset of Source Hoops No. 4 Cardinal Gibbons (16-3) in the District 13-4A semifinals. Bain led the way with 17 points and 12 rebounds before the Suns rallied from a 12-point first quarter deficit to defeat North Broward Prep 64-48 in the district title game.
Sosa said Bain and his fellow state championship football teammates, 6-3 Jalen Battle and 6-1 Jabari Bullock, have brought toughness to the starting lineup along with holdovers 6-3 Champ Barton and Mikon Hewitt.
"We knew it was a long season, and we didn't need to play our best basketball in November," Sosa said. "We had three starters coming over from football in mid-January, so we knew it was going to take some time to get those pieces accustomed to what we were doing. Hopefully now everything is clicking."


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James Deen product molding session – behind the scenes #2
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Part 2 is all about ass ass ass! Didn't see that coming, huh?
Yep.. we molded James Deen's adorable ass.. because, hey, why not?! And he was totally awesome about it! It takes a long time to set; James was patient and sweet during the whole process.
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Ya know.. we could have given that bean bag to a James-Deen-Super-Fan… alas, it was tossed out.
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The San Jose Sharks have made the playoffs for eight consecutive seasons, but after finishing with their lowest point total in those eight seasons and getting bounced in the first round by St. Louis, they could be at a crossroads.
Off-Season Game Plan looks at a Sharks team that is surely good enough to reach the playoffs again next season, but do they have enough to harbour loftier goals?
Without breaking a sweat, the Sharks could put together a roster for next season that has the skill necessary to reach the playoffs, but if San Jose is going to compete for the ever-elusive Stanley Cup, they may have to get bold and make moves to upgrade this summer.
It's reasonable to believe that leading scorer Joe Thornton will remain, even if he's no longer the dominant scorer he was in his first few seasons with the Sharks and Logan Couture, one of three 30-goal scorers, is the cornerstone of the offence going forward.
It's the other two 30-goal scorers that come into more question. Patrick Marleau has scored 234 goals since 2005-2006, which ranks sixth in the league over that time, but he always finds his way into trade rumours when the Sharks are coming off a disappointing end to the season.
Joe Pavelski is an excellent two-way player and it would seem that a forward who can play in all sitations, score 30 goals and finish with a career-high plus-18 rating isn't one that should be readily moved. Only seven forwards in the league scored 30 goals and finished better than plus-15 last season, and Pavelski played more than any of them with quality of competition numbers among the very highest in the league (www.behindthenet.ca). If Pavelski is going to even be considered for trade, it had better yield a very significant return.
Ultimately, the Sharks may feel as though their window is closing with this group. Thornton, Marleau and defenceman Dan Boyle are all going to be 33-years-of-age or older next season and each of them has two years remaining on their current contracts. Moving at least one of them might help extend San Jose's window of opportunity.
Time is running out for the veteran core, for a coach who was on the hot seat after playoff elimination and even for the general manager, who has never missed the playoffs, but hasn't reached a Stanley Cup Final either. That ratchets up the level of urgency and could make the Sharks a very interesting team to watch when it comes to potential blockbuster deals this summer.
The TSN.ca Rating is an efficiency rating based on per-game statistics including goals and assists -- weighted for strength (ie. power play, even, shorthanded) -- plus-minus, hits, blocked shots, giveaways, takeaways, penalty differential and faceoffs. (Stats are listed in this format: G-A-PTS, +/-, PIM, GP). Generally, a replacement-level player is around a 60, a top six forward and top four defenceman will be 70-plus and the biggest stars will be over 80. Evgeni Malkin finished at the top of the regular season ratings with a 93.12.
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Over the last two seasons, there have been three players under the age of 25 -- Steven Stamkos, Phil Kessel and Bobby Ryan -- to have more goals than Logan Couture, who has 63, and none of them match Couture's plus-20 rating over those two seasons. He'll be a cornerstone piece as the Sharks evolve, one that will be capable of handling more responsibility as he matures.
Last season was the first year since 1999-2000 that Joe Thornton failed to score at least 20 goals, yet he was still the Sharks' leading point-getter after scoring 39 points in 35 games following the All-Star break (he had 38 points in 47 games prior to the break).
While Joe Pavelski's name might get brought up in trade talks, he's remarkably valuable, scoring a career-high 31 goals last season, all while playing hard minutes, with defensive zone starts and the highest quality of competition numbers among the Sharks. All that means that Pavelski is better than your typical 30-goal scorer, so surrendering him in any trade would have to bring a star in return.
Another 30-goal scorer whose name has been thrown into trade rumours for years, Patrick Marleau has scored at least 30 goals in six of the last seven seasons -- he's one of five players to do so -- and has a no-trade clause but, after a disappointing playoff performance, 32-year-old Marleau could conceivably be moved in a summer blockbuster.
One of last summer's big acquisitions, Martin Havlat got off to a terrible start, scoring one goal in his first 25 games with the Sharks, then he missed more than three months with a hamstring injury, so it was an overall mess, even if he did manage to score at a point-per-game clip in his last 15 games of the season. A healthy Havlat is still capable of creating offence, so if he stays healthy, he should get another chance to do so next season.
Players that have skill, size and toughness, like Ryane Clowe, are always in demand, even if Clowe is coming off a season in which he scored 17 goals and 45 points, totals lower than he posted in each of his previous three seasons. As a complementary player, though, Clowe offers a rare combination of scoring and scrapping, as the only player to score 80 goals and have at least 30 fights over the last four seasons (Milan Lucic has 27 fights, per www.hockeyfights.com).
35-year-old Michal Handzus may not have been the right fit for the Sharks. He doesn't have the speed to play an up-tempo game and, amid several healthy scratches, he played a career-low 14:27 per game last season. Handzus has long been a responsible checking forward with enough skill to contribute offensively, but last season's results were not good enough.
Tommy Wingels had a modest nine points in 33 games, but made his mark, averaging 3.1 hits per game (102 in 33 GP), which ranked 11th in the league among forwards with at least 25 games played. 24-year-old Wingels also scored 13 goals in 29 AHL games last season, so he may be able to contribute some secondary scoring.
Benn Ferriero has 22 poins in 92 games with the Sharks over the last three seasons, splitting time between the NHL and AHL. He also has 103 points in 121 AHL games over that time, so the 25-year-old is probably due to stick in a full-time job.
Late in the 2009-2010 season, T.J. Galiardi really looked like he was coming into his own as a two-way player, logging big minutes for Colorado, but his role has steadily decreased since, even after getting traded to San Jose. Galiardi is only 24-years-old, so there is time for him to get his game back on track, but it could take some time to earn the trust of coaches so that he earns significant ice time.
Andrew Desjardins only scored four goals in 76 games, but he does the little things: wins face-offs, hits, blocks shots and that is enough to earn regular fourth-line minutes.
While there might be a major trade to make (Rick Nash?), the Sharks could fill out their current group with bottom six forwards. Chris Kelly is a checking centre coming off a strong season, while Paul Gaustad and Travis Moen have size and can be tough to play against; adding any one of them would be an upgrade if checking winger Daniel Winnik isn't re-signed.
Dan Boyle's numbers were down a bit last season but, justifiably so, as he played through a broken foot and it became rather clear when he started feeling closer to 100%. After one point in a 12-game stretch ending in December, at which point he had 11 points in 26 games, Boyle scored 37 points in 55 games the rest of the way and his plus-10 rating was his best since 2003-2004. Over the last four seasons, no defenceman in the league has more points than Boyle's 213 (Nicklas Lidstrom is second, at 204).
It took some time for Brent Burns to produce offensively, scoring 17 points in 47 games and then 20 points in his next 34 games and he wasn't asked to play 25-plus minutes like he was the year before in Minnesota. However, Burns also had the best shot differential (plus-6.2 per 60 minutes of 5-on-5 play, www.behindthenet.ca) among San Jose blueliners and getting a second consecutive healthy season bodes well for the 27-year-old who has endured some concussions in the past.
25-year-old Marc-Edouard Vlasic has played the same understated, safe and reliable game for the majority of his six years in the league. He has been durable, playing at least 80 games in five of six seasons, and takes on tough defensive assignments, though he could be even more effective if he was physically stronger.
Jason Demers has some skill, but isn't coming off his best season, with minimal production and a limited role in which he played soft minutes, which certainly appears to be a step back after making progress in 2010-2011.
After a couple seasons with a bigger role, Douglas Murray wasn't very effective last season and lost some ice time as a result. Murray is a beast on skates, but his lack of mobility can be exposed by more skilled forwards.
Justin Braun is still trying to establish that he's an NHL regular, so he played a modest amount (16:33 per game) in the 66 games in which he played, but was effective enough when he did play. He's a decent puck-mover, but the 25-year-old could be stronger in his own end.
If Demers, Murray and Braun hold down spots five through seven on the defence corps, that leaves the Sharks in position to add a top-four defenceman. Former Shark Brad Stuart, Barret Jackman, Jason Garrison or perhaps Sheldon Souray would all be capable of handling 20 minutes a night while adding some muscle to the group.
After winning a Stanley Cup in Chicago, Antti Niemi has provided above average goaltending for the Sharks, as his .917 save percentage over the last two seasons ranks 11th among goaltenders to play at least 100 games (seventh among those to play at least 120 games).
Back from spending a year in the Swedish Elite League, Thomas Greiss provided quality backup goaltending for the Sharks last season, as his .915 save percentage ranked fourth among goaltenders with at least 10 starts but not more than 25.
If the Sharks get similar results from this tandem next year, they ought to be thrilled.
San Jose doesn't have a rich crop of prospects, particularly after trading Charlie Coyle to Minnesota last summer, so even the best ones are players that may not have a significant impact in the NHL.
Leading the list is Nick Petrecki, a 2007 first-rounder who has yet to see a game of NHL action in his three pro seasons. There's not a lot of skill to his game, but Petrecki is big, strong and nasty and that's usually appealing at some level for a pro defenceman.
6-foot-8 defenceman Taylor Doherty has the size thing for sure, but the 21-year-old could use more time to develop before he pushes for an NHL job.
A fifth-round pick in 2010, Freddie Hamilton has scored 169 points in the OHL over the last two seasons, but even if he's not necessarily a scorer at the next level, he plays a responsible game that should give him a better chance to make NHL eventually. Next year, a chance to prove himself in the AHL.
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Solid Block
|Blast resistance
Yes (64)
|First appearances
Classic 0.26 Survival Test (October 24, 2009)
|Data value
dec: 49 hex: 31 bin: 110001
Obsidian is a deep purple and black block known for its high blast resistance and strength, used to create Nether portals and Enchantment Tables. Obsidian is the second toughest block in Minecraft (behind Bedrock) and is immune to nearly all explosions, the exceptions being a Wither's blue skull missiles and a Fireball with an ExplosionPower value of at least 278 created with /summon.
- See also: Tutorials/Obsidian Farming
There are a number of ways to obtain obsidian, including some renewable methods. Obsidian can also be found in village chests in groups of 3 to 7 and nether fortress chests in groups of 2 to 4, although this is not practical.
Lava and Water[edit]
In the Overworld, obsidian never actually spawns with the chunk, but is created by the environment. Obsidian is formed when flowing water hits a lava source block, and can be found naturally where water from a spring or lake has flowed over a nearby lava pool. Creating obsidian like this consumes nonrenewable lava.
Natural obsidian "lakes" provide a great deal of obsidian, but mining them can be somewhat hazardous, because there is likely to be lava remaining underneath the obsidian surface. However, the danger can be minimized with a bit of forethought. First of all, fence off any water flows so they won't push you around, especially if the water flows to the edge of remaining lava. Then, look for the edge of the obsidian "lake", or at least a convenient point to begin. Dig a one block deep hole on a level area next to the obsidian, or even in it. (If there is lava under the hole, you may lose the block you just mined, but this is minor.) Place the water source in this hole — if there's lava beneath, place it against the side of the hole, and it will solidify the lava. Now mine your obsidian, moving outward from the hole. When you expose lava, the water will quench it so quickly that the lava usually won't even burn your newly mined obsidian. Continue mining outward from the spring as far as the water will travel, after which you can move the water. This method lets you stand on solid blocks rather than in running water.
It is also possible to just place buckets of lava and flood them with water. This can be used to "cast" structures in place (usually in molds of dirt or such), but it is fairly slow and somewhat hazardous because of having to fill and handle many buckets of lava for a large project. There is also the point that lava itself is not renewable, though large quantities can be found even in the Overworld, in addition to the Nether.
End pillars[edit]
In The End, solid pillars of obsidian can be found on the surface. It is one of the few blocks not destroyed by contact with the Enderdragon, along with End Stone, End Portal and Bedrock.
End spawn platform[edit]
When a player enters The End, a platform of 25 obsidian blocks is generated for the player to spawn on. This platform can then be mined, and will be regenerated when the player reenters The End, thus providing a renewable source of obsidian.
Nether portals[edit]
In the Nether, obsidian does not form naturally, but is created when a Nether Portal is spawned. This portal can then be mined, providing another way of obtaining obsidian renewably. This method takes advantage of the fact that a new portal from either dimension, if it can't find an existing portal in the other dimension, will create a new one. This requires 20 or so blocks of obsidian (or 10 and a working Portal) to start with, but those can be used to create from 14 to 18 more blocks on each round. First, build a portal to the Nether (making sure it's the only portal within 150 to 200 blocks), and secure a base on the other side, making sure you can move around safely. Then, move at least 16 blocks in the Nether from the original portal, build another portal, and light it.
At this point, your farm is set up. When you exit the Nether from your second portal, you create a new portal in the Overworld, which you can mine (destroying it). Then re-enter your original portal, and repeat until you have enough obsidian. Note that if you completely mined the new portal, it will be re-created in the same place. If you left blocks there, the next portal will be moved to avoid the blocks.
An alternative way to build a farm is to enter the Nether, wait for a Ghast to extinguish the portal, kill yourself, and then repeat with the same portal. An unlit portal frame won't be detected as a match, so another portal will spawn.
Mining time[edit]
- See also: Digging#Digging speed
Obsidian is known as the sole block which can only be successfully mined with a diamond pickaxe. Enchanting the pickaxe with 'Efficiency' will speed up the process (by +30% speed/level). Below are the mining times for each level of enchantment.
|Mining Time
|Diamond Pickaxe
|Efficiency I
|Efficiency II
|Efficiency III
|Efficiency IV
|Efficiency V
|4m 10s (no block drop)
This is how the mining time works: Obsidian has a "base" time of 75 seconds to mine. A diamond pickaxe mines at 8 times basic speed, which brings it to 9.37 seconds. But the diamond pickaxe is also the "proper tool" for this block, so without it, mining takes 3 ⅓ times the base time, which is 250 seconds (4 minutes and 10 seconds).
With a Beacon, the Haste and Haste II effects can be used to reduce mining time further. Using Efficiency V without a haste effect, it takes about 2.55 seconds to mine each block, resulting in being able to mine approximately 23.5 blocks of obsidian in a minute. With Haste, this is reduced to around 2.14 seconds per block, or 28 blocks in a minute. Haste II further reduces the time to mine each block to about 1.875 seconds per block, or 32 blocks a minute.
- Igniting the interior of a vertical rectangle (of size between 4x5 and 23x23) made of Obsidian will create a Nether Portal.
- Obsidian is often used to prevent griefing due to its long mining time and contrasting appearance against most other blocks. Griefers are deterred because of its long destroying time. On the other hand, since its long mining time can make it frustrating to remove, it is also used by griefers themselves to block paths, chests, furnaces, or even fill a small base with obsidian. As long as the griefer has enough obsidian, this can be done in a matter of seconds.
- Obsidian can be used to build explosion resistant shelters. At 6,000, Obsidian's explosion resistance rating is second only to Bedrock, End Portal block, and End Portal. It has the same resistance as an Enchantment Table, and twice that of an Ender Chest. It is therefore an exceptionally desirable construction material for making defensive structures, in both SSP or SMP, as it is impervious to Lava, explosions, and Ender Dragons.
- Building and testing of structures used to set off explosives, such as a TNT cannon, or an explosive defense.
- Obsidian is used to craft Enchantment Tables, Ender Chests, and Beacon Blocks
- Since obsidian cannot be moved by pistons, it may be used in Redstone circuits and devices relying on this property. However, chests and furnaces have the same property and are easier to obtain.
As a crafting ingredient[edit]
|Crafting recipe
Obsidian +
Obsidian +
|Added obsidian.
|It was generally used for making dark things, or the black lines of Pixel Art. In Survival Test mode, obsidian was extremely tough to break and would drop one or two Cobblestone blocks when broken.
|Obsidian was removed.
|Obsidian was restored. It was used to mark the positions of the cardinal directions. This created two intersecting planes extending just above the surface of the solid material that surrounds them. (This has long since been removed.)
|The Nether Portal was introduced, made using obsidian.
|Obsidian could be mined with an iron pickaxe (since removed), and moved by Endermen.
|Obsidian can no longer be moved by Endermen.
|Official release
|Beta 1.9-pre3
|The Enchantment Table was introduced, crafted using obsidian.
|Beta 1.9-pre6
|Obsidian was much quicker to mine (from 15 to 2.5 seconds).
|Obsidian mining time was increased from 2.5 to 10 seconds.
|Obsidian can be found in village chests.
|The Ender Chest was introduced, crafted using obsidian.
|The Beacon Block got a crafting recipe using obsidian.
|The Wither's "Blue Wither Skull" projectile was introduced, producing a special explosion which can destroy obsidian.
|Obsidian can now be destroyed with explosives by summoning a Fireball with custom data.
|"Infiniobsidian" glitch (allowing conversion of redstone into obsidian) fixed during the implementation of the new block metadata format.
|Pocket Edition Alpha
|Glowing Obsidian was added, which drops a block of regular obsidian when mined. It used to be mineable with an Iron Pickaxe, making it an easier way to get obsidian.
|The newly added Nether Reactor structure generates a "spire" of obsidian when activated.
|The "spires" generated by Nether Reactors are now made of Netherrack instead of obsidian.
|Glowing Obsidian now requires a Diamond Pickaxe.
|Console Edition
|Added obsidian.
|Pi Edition
|Added obsidian.
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- Obsidian is one of the hardest blocks to destroy in Minecraft. In reality, obsidian is glass-like in texture and quite fragile.
- Obsidian portals created by the game always have corner blocks, but these can be mined without affecting the portal. If a nether portal is floating in midair, the game will add two blocks of obsidian to each side along the bottom row, increasing the "free" obsidian from the new portal to eight.
- Destroying an obsidian block with a diamond pickaxe while underwater without standing on solid ground would take 3 minutes and 54 seconds. (Without the pickaxe, it takes 4 minutes and 10 seconds.) Either way, the player will run out of air long before the block is mined.
- Obsidian cannot be moved by pistons.
- Obsidian is the only block that can appear naturally in all three dimensions.
- Obsidian is most commonly found on layer 10, where environmental water flows onto natural lava lakes.
- It is a common misconception that enough TNT will destroy obsidian. Even though its explosion resistance rating is finite, additional TNT or other explosives will have no more effect on an individual block than only one (it would take 71.25 times the explosive power of TNT to destroy a block of obsidian). It is possible to hack or use
/summonan explosion strong enough to destroy obsidian, but no such explosion appears naturally.
- The "Blue Wither Skull"'s ability to destroy obsidian is a special feature; its explosion is otherwise no stronger than a Ghast's fireball.
- Notch once planned to make floating masses of land that required obsidian veins to stay afloat. He later stated that he disliked the idea.[1]


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Washington Governor Jay Inslee has been dealt a setback in his campaign to reduce carbon emissions. The governor's climate change workgroup quickly adjourned Friday with no consensus and after some testy exchanges.
Governor Inslee wanted the workgroup to adopt five recommendations to the legislature – including that the state enact a market-based cap on carbon pollution. But when it came time for the Republicans on the panel to weigh-in, they made it clear all of the governor's proposals were non-starters – at least without more information on the cost. Inslee said he was disappointed and noted Washington law requires the state to get its greenhouse gas emissions down to 1990 levels by 2020. That led to this exchange with Republican State Representative Shelly Short.
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Shelly Short: "No, no, no .. you started this fight."
Jay Inslee: "Representative excuse me for just a moment."
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the gourami looks great. does he like his rocks to swim in and out of?
also I love those candy cane tetras. I've never seen them before.
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Yes i've actually caught him swimming in and out of the lower portion of his rocks on occasion. The gourami I mean. And yes the larger tetras in that tank are the Candy Cane aka Ornate tetras they get up to 1.75 inches at maturity while the flame tetras get to 1.5 inches at maturity.
And is it not fun trying to type on a keyboard around a sleeping cat? When i'm in my recliner using my wireless keyboard or my laptop he just picks the perfect spot to get into the way. With the wireless i can work around it, but i usually boot him off when i have my laptop on my lap.
Cinnamon used to belong to a friend of my mom's who couldn't move with him. The cat came to me at 16 + pounds with gingivitis problems. He's a siamese mix and is currently 9 years old. He was seven years when i got him in may two years ago. He's now down to about 13-13.5 pounds due to the diet i have him on.
He's a fully indoor cat who loves being taken to the groomers every couple months for a brush and bath...He was also the first cat to be awarded pet of the year by my groomer...as the first cat...you can only guess how 'well' the picture taking went as he had to be held for his picture being taken as he wouldn't sit in front of the christmas tree they had in the lobby. He's a scary cat, they only got one good close up of his face. His eyes look like those of a madbeast. He was not happy...lol.
I doubt they'll choose a cat again lol.
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Other plants in tank - 1 bunch anacharis, 1 bunch water wysteria, 1 package of B. Caroliniana, 1 Crypto Luten, 1 red wendii, Mossball.
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