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Don't Smoke! Essay 15
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Smoking is the cause of many deaths around the world. It is bad for you and your loved ones when you smoke around them. Smoking causes diseases such such as mouth cancer, lung cancer, and emphysema. It also causes sadness and a dirty environment. Second-hand smoking causes harm to unborn children and innocent toddlers. I also hate how, for years, a teen will say, "No, I will never smoke," and then they are found hiding cigarettes and lying. Teens should learn to say " NO". Do you feel the same way? Well you should, because smoking hazards hit hundreds of people every day.
I, personally, can not relate to smoking problems, because nobody in my family smokes on a regular basis. But I can relate to the pain and sadness that it causes family and friends after the death of a person that was either hooked on smoking or died of cancer or another disease that smoking causes. Many of my friends' grandparents have died because of cancer or another disease caused by smoking. If someone who smokes gets cancer, eventually unhappiness will strike their loved ones and friends. There are very many ways to say "No". The easiest way is to simply say no and get out of the area as quickly as possible. If this doesn't work, make up an excuse and leave. These days there is no excuse for getting addicted to nicotine. There are many educational programs and warnings about how harmful getting hooked is. The main program is D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education).
D.A.R.E. has kept many kids from making the wrong choice. You can also look at the surgeon general's warning, and the media tells a lot about smoking effects. I'm saying this for me and the health of others because addiction to smoking causes crime, major mood swings, lies, and the feeling that you need more and more cigarettes. I think that smoking is wrong and that the government has to do a little bit more about prevention. For instance, there should be laws restricting advertisement wrappers which would appeal to teens.
If, in the beginning, you didn't think the same as I, now you should because you realize that family and friends of smokers suffer after their death. Remember, smoking is your choice, your responsibility. Don't make the wrong decision. So, in the future, before you pick up a cigarette, stop and think about what you're getting yourself into, then think about how you can solve this problem... before it is too late.
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Lacy Barrett (deceased) to Joseph Barrett and Jane Jones, part lot 10, Green's First; and 1,750 square feet, Wells Township.
Dorothy O'Neill-Drake (deceased) to Donna Barrios, 39.85 acres, Wayne Township.
Thurman Dillon Jr. to Thomas A. Dillon Sr., 0.1 acre, Warren Township.
Wells Fargo Bank to Dennis Robinson, 1.108 acres, Wayne Township.
Susan Malloy to Bernard and Mary Jo Stetson, 0.126 acre, Cross Creek Township (survivorship).
Leona Sawka (deceased) to Mark and Kimberly Reed, 0.8 acre, Cross Creek Township.
TriCapital Investment Group to Chad and Karla Barkley, lot 62 and part lot 63, Riviera Tract (survivorship).
Brian Wimer and others to Brian and Tina Wimer, 46.38 acres, Saline Township (survivorship).
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Edward Featheringham to Martin Ayers and Timothy McCoy, part lot 16, George Henry's First.
Irma West (deceased) to Sandra Skatula and Thomas West Jr., part lot 46, Original Tiltonsville.
Thomas West Sr. (deceased) to Sandra Skatula and Thomas West Jr., part lot 46, Original Tiltonsville.
Meleny Myers (deceased) to Lowell Myers, 13.477 acres, Salem Township.
Meleny Myers (deceased) to John and Cathy Cavanaugh, 217.457 acres, Salem Township (survivorship).
Lowell Myers to John and Cathy Cavanaugh, metes, Salem Township (survivorship).
Stephen and Patricia Hockenberry to David Yocum, lot 4, Dawson & Thomas Subdivision.
CR Capital Group LLC to George Ash Jr., 0.472 acre, Island Creek Township.
John and Saundra Leas Jr. to John D. Leas III, lot 34, Beechwood Subdivision.
Barbara Mohney (deceased) to James and Sharran Wayt, 0.694 acre, Island Creek Township.
Sheriff of Jefferson County to Wells Fargo Bank, lot 24, BN Linduff Estates; and lots 66-68, Sexton's Addition.
Sheriff of Jefferson County to Beneficial Financial, lots 19-20, Drennen's Subdivision.
Sheriff of Jefferson County to CitiMortgage Inc., 2.501 acres, Cross Creek Township.
Sheriff of Jefferson County to Federal National Mortgage Association, 0.329 acre, Cross Creek Township; and lot 44, Newtown.
Laraine Schorr and Lynne Bestic to Frederick and Donna Huff, metes, Island Creek Township (survivorship).
Sheriff of Jefferson County to Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., lot 68, Spahn's Third.
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ANDERSON, S.C. – Returning to South Atlantic Conference action after an 8-1 setback to GRU Augusta two weeks ago, Anderson University men's tennis returns home to square off against Lincoln Memorial on Monday. First serve from Max Grubbs Memorial Courts is scheduled for 1 p.m.
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In Anderson's last match, freshman Mateo Rivas was responsible for the team's lone point, capturing a three-set 6-2, 2-6, 10-6 win over Jaguar Romain Brunie at the No. 3 position. With the win, Rivas has won three straight matches since moving to the No. 3 position to begin the month of March.
Also entering Monday's match with a winning streak is senior Danilo Faria, who sat out the match against GRU Augusta, as he has captured four straight wins at the No. 6 position. For the season, Faria is 5-2 in singles, including a perfect 4-0 mark against SAC opponents.
At the No. 1 position, freshman Juan Carracedo looks to bounce back after falling in straight sets to Victor Cavellos of GRU Augusta in AU's last contest. The loss snapped a two-match winning streak, as the freshman notched two straight triumphs over Mars Hill's Euquerio Guerrero and Brevard's David Taggart prior to his setback.
As a team, the Trojans come into Monday's SAC matchup with a 4-5 overall record, but a 4-1 mark in conference play. AU joins two other teams with one loss for the season, as Coker (7-1) and Tusculum (3-1) each have a conference setback on the year.
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Lincoln Memorial, which advanced to the NCAA Tournament after winning the 2013 Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Tournament last season, has fallen on tough times, coming into a match with conference rival Catawba on Sunday with a 2-6 record and a 0-4 mark in the SAC. The Railsplitters have dropped two straight matches, including a 5-0 loss at Newberry on March 18.
Will Sparks, who has played the No. 1 position this season, has struggled, dropping seven straight matches, not having won a match since the season-opener against North Greenville. Posting a winning record in singles action, Marcelo Alvim (No. 3) holds a 4-3 record and has won two of his last three matches. Sparks and Alvim are projected to play the No. 1 doubles position, as the tandem is 4-4 this year.
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Last season, the Railsplitters eliminated AU from the postseason with a 5-3 upset win in the semifinals of the SAC Tournament. Earlier in the year, LMU bested the Trojans, taking a 5-4 regular season win in Harrogate, handing Anderson its lone conference loss of the season. Prior to last season, the Trojans are 1-2 against the Railsplitters, including a 2012 tournament loss.


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WOLCOTT — It's a necessity to have a short-term memory as an athlete and certainly as a quarterback. Wolcott High senior Vincent Gambino understands this wholeheartedly.
Gambino realizes mistakes and mishaps are inevitable and just part of the game. Still, the second-year starting quarterback is haunted by one statistic: the 13 interceptions he threw last season.
Gambino puts little stock in his 2,756 passing yards and 35 touchdowns, which were among the Naugatuck Valley League's and state best numbers, because his competitive nature kicks in.
"My brother (Dominic) gets on me about that," said Gambino.
Dominic was a four-year starting quarterback for the Eagles from 2007-10.
"The turnovers are on me, not the team. I threw two interceptions against Naugatuck and one was late in the fourth quarter when we had the lead."
Naugatuck eventually rallied to win that game, 42-36, in overtime in Week 2.
In a 62-27 loss to Ansonia at midseason, Gambino fumbled "once or twice. I
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have to work on ball security."
Then in the regular season finale against Holy Cross, a 39-38 loss last Thanksgiving, Gambino tossed three interceptions.
The Eagles (7-4 overall, 6-4 NVL) led 26-6. Holy Cross won on a Hail Mary pass in the closing seconds.
"After we scored late in the game to take the lead, we already thought we had won, but the game was not over," recalled Gambino. "Technically, we have to stay sharp on every single assignment."
Especially Gambino, who will also play safety on defense this year. He did not play defense last season.
Going through adversity has made Gambino stronger. He maturely describes any setback "as learning experiences."
Just like when Gambino played a backup role as a freshman and sophomore to ex-Wolcott quarterback Mike Nicol.
"Vin waited his turn and has learned to play the position from the tiny mites," said Wolcott coach Jason Pace. "He has the skills, the experience and a great attitude. He has come a long way in not letting every play, every bad read or incompletion negatively affect him. That has helped build his confidence."
Gambino's game-winning touchdown pass to Jason Pelletier with 11 seconds to beat Seymour, 48-41, last season helped his confidence. In that game, he threw for a season-best 392 yards and five touchdowns.
While two of his leading receivers, Jayson Matos and Adam Santopietro have graduated, along with leading rusher tailback Joe Lynch, Gambino said he has the utmost confidence in the returning players, including Pelletier, Nathan Filippone, Phil Lebel, Sean Brooks and Darrell Crosby-Williams and running back Mike Audibert.
The quarterback also has utmost faith in offensive coordinator Joe Cornelio, quarterbacks coach Steve Jasulavic, and the guys up front, left tackle Cole Phelps, left guard Brandan Brown, center Justin Nadeau, right offensive guard, Tyler Johnson, and right tackle Phil Olmstead.
"We need everyone to make an impact and step up," said Gambino. "I know they will. Everyone is working hard."
Especially Gambino.
Still four months away to the Thanksgiving rematch, Holy Cross coach Mike Giampretruzzi knows that he'll need to find a solution to contain Gambino, who threw for 308 yards and rushed for 65 yards versus the Crusaders.
"Vin's passes are always right on the money and he makes good decisions," said Giampetruzzi. "But he's such a good runner, too, and when you run the spread like has done, it makes you a little thin on defense, You have to be patient with gap responsibilities and know exactly where he is at all times. If Vin played running back, he'd be among the top in the league."
Gambino would likely be a dependable receiver, too. At the youth level, he said he hoped to play receiver after enjoying NFL video games.
"I always thought I had good hands and would be perfect for receiver, but when my dad (Ron) and cousin (Bobby Fernandez) put me in at quarterback, I soon learned to love the position," said Gambino. "One thing that my dad always taught me was to play with heart and passion. My mom (Gina) always has told me to love what I do. Their advice, along with my brother's support, has made a huge difference."
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I had an account on PSN and downloaded lots of stuff on that account. But when the PSN hack happened, I forgot my password. I got my account back but still forgot my password. I got a new account that I use more often and I want all my downloads like avatars and games on that account.
Well, since you have your original back, you can download all the stuff back onto your system, and you should be able to use it with all accounts on that system.
Also, if your original account had any Playstation Plus content, you must have at least one active Playstation Plus account on the PS3, but the Plus content can still be used on non-plus accounts.
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I am currently designing my first horror campaign and what I've come up with so far is pretty dark and gruesome. I worry that if it is gut wrenching the whole way through, eventually the players will either mentally adjust, get bored, or pass their tolerance/exposure level. How can I stop that from happening?
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Building Tension to Build Horror
I've played RPG's since I was a kid, but I've also written narrative as a hobby for years. RPG's combine the intellectual stimulation of board games with the deep engagement of storytelling (books and films). When the players calmly intellectualize their attempts to WIN, they're in board game mode. When players FEEL something, they're in engagement mode. As you've already guessed, horror can only be experienced by engaged players. Players experience horror as a form of tension. Tension engages them laying the ground work for horror.
The concern your question addresses is The Law of Diminishing Returns. For example, players may find zombies scary at first (a form of tension), but if they keep running into them, the zombies soon become familiar, then boring, and eventually comedic (a total lack of tension). Consider the zombie meme. It began with the fearful "28 Days Later" but was quickly played out by copy-cat films and computer games eventually producing "Shaun of the Dead" - a 180 degree shift from horror to comedy. Further, almost everything is subject to the law of diminishing returns. As the other answers suggest, a campaign seeking to remain tense by existing within the horror space for extended time, must tap the needs of tension to counteract the law of diminishing returns. Specifically, it must push high-stakes dilemmas on the players to build and sustain tension.
A dilemma is a difficult choice for the players. For clarity, a dilemma is more than a decision, which players make all the time. "Do I fire an arrow or cast a spell?" In contrast, dilemmas are the tough ones, coming in only two forms; lesser of evils OR irreconcilable goods. An irreconcilable good is when the player/s desperately WANT all of the choices, but they can only have one. This works great for treasure rewards in gaming by the way. Lesser of evils is when the player/s passionately HATE all of the choices, but MUST choose one. Needless to say, a horror campaign benefits greatly from lesser of evil dilemmas. With this focus on dilemmas, consider the following.
Pacing is not the scale of an event, it's inherent drama, or the speed of travel. Rather it is the frequency of dilemmas over time. Many gaming sessions feature a battle-royale taking hours. Counter-intuitively, this can present as a slow pace. Why? Because of the lack of dilemmas while the battle transpires. Effectively the players make one choice, to fight, then play out that choice for hours. In contrast, a fast pace might look like this:
GM: A hoard of zombies surround you, closing in, but you notice a stair descending into blackness. Vapors seep from the opening. What do you do?
PLAYERS: We don't like the look of those stairs, but there's too many zombies. We'll have to chance the stairs.
GM: You rush down the stairs, barely able to see. The sound of pattering feet signals the zombies pursue close behind. The stairs stop before a pit, water rushes by at its bottom, barely visible in the blackness. If you drop your backpacks you could leap across. What do you do?
PLAYERS: No way we're dropping our stuff and we still can't fight the zombies, but who knows what's in that water. Damn, we'll have to swim for it.
GM: You plunge into icy blackness, the water sweeping you into a large cavern. You barely make out zombies crowding either shore. As the current races you along, something slithers past your paddling feet. What do you do?
This quick succession of lesser of evils dilemmas constitutes a fast pace. Pacing, fast or slow, is not horror itself, but a fast pace creates tension priming the players to feel horror conveyed in other ways.
Many of the other answers detailed suggestions for establishing mood so I will not elaborate save to observe that mood can target the players (for instance, dimming the lights in the room) or the characters (descriptions of gore in the game setting). For maximum effectiveness, use both.
Alluded to in your question, rhythm is variation in the pacing and mood. Since both pacing and mood are subject to the law of diminishing returns, a GM must vary both to avoid draining the effectiveness of either. I'm sure you've heard that movie description 'roller-coaster ride of excitement." This references an effective variation of rhythm. Just remember, when varying pacing and mood, avoid repeating patterns. If the players detect the pattern, they'll predict the surprises because the pattern itself is subject to the law of diminishing returns.
Remove Safe Ground
Like mood, this tension-building technique can target both the players or their characters. Don't provide the CHARACTERS convenient 'home bases' (such as a room with a door they can lock) to sleep or heal in, where they can control their safety to turn off threats. Even more important, deny the PLAYERS safe ground. Avoid quantifying opponents and environment when feasible as this allows players to intellectualize their odds of success, taking emotion out of the equation. Also, it is common for GM's to allow players the ability to stop game time while they tackle dilemmas. This kills the tension horror demands. I often employ the prop of a cooking timer to drive home the point. "Do you fight the zombies or run down the dark stair? You have 10 seconds to decide. tick, tick, tick, tick...
Deny Closure
Easily the most common way game masters defeat their own efforts to raise tension is by making monsters fight to the death; for once monsters are destroyed, relief replaces tension allowing players to relax. These easy victories also sabotage the players' sense of triumph. Consider a pack of undead wolves pursuing the players, employing hit or run tactics. Met with strong resistance, the wolves melt into the forest, but the threat remains. "What happens if the wolves attack while we're fighting the zombies?" If the tension starts to wear off, the wolves attack again, or maybe it's enough to hear rustling in the bushes.
My point in all of this, is that horror requires the players to FEEL tension as opposed to dryly KNOWING that a monster is there. When the players know what's going on, they feel in control, and mentally switch into board game mode. Pacing, the removal of save ground, and denying closure build tension. Variations in rhythm prevent the tension from wearing off allowing mood to transform the tension into horror.
The key to a good horror game/movie is the pacing; if the characters are constantly in peril and exposed to horrific things then it will become bland. From my Cthulhu games I've found keys to this are:
Any sensation, experienced in full without stop will eventually allow or force those who experience it to adjust to or move away from it. For a 'horror' campaign to be effective, memorable, and successful for a good duration of time it is necessary to have a solid understanding of two things, everything else is secondary and dependent on your performance skills. If you understand the two things, then your campaign can rise above poor performance skills. If your performance skills are solid, then you have a chance to go for a legendary campaign the players will discuss for decades.
1. The meaning of fear
We use the word horror to describe this genre, but all the words we have for fear have different meanings and describe different sources and sensations. This affects the games we run in both how we describe scenes and in how we plan them. Consistency in design will allow you to help you lead your players in the direction of horror. Be aware that you can only go for the physical jump, shock, or reaction a limited number of times, and that this may not be the biggest scare that your set-up can generate. Shaping the session so that you can get the fear in under their skin will hit them harder, and be remembered longer. By building through the stages of fear and the little things which produce it, your sessions subtly shift and grow in intensity, preventing things from becoming stale.
Know what effects you are actually trying to accomplish. For example, it is important to know that gore does not equal horror or automatically produce fear, particularly when imagined. As a long-term Call of Cthulhu player, I have written about this on my blog to some degree and would like to recommend this link on Fear, and this link on running long-term horror campaigns from my blog plus this excellent essay from mxyzplk as supplements to my answer below.
2. The players scare themselves
A horror game requires a certain degree of acceptance on the part of the players. All the efforts in the world to create mood will not counteract the person who opts to destroy the mood. It is far, far easier to destroy than to create. This acceptance does not require that the players want to be scared by the GM, it just requires that they want their characters to accomplish a goal or goals within the scenario despite the obstacles in their way. As the players are really in control of their own fear, leading them to it also works to prevent boredom or desensitization.
Performance Skills
Your Voice
The Environment
Knowledge of the Audience
Fear Breeds Fear
This may all sound very hard, but it is something most of us do all the time when we want to promote empathy in the listener. You want a certain amount of familiarity and repetition in the tale to allow the listener to make sense of things and draw conclusions. You want just enough ambiguity and variation to make them question their choices and actively put themselves in the scene. Reflect the fear you want your players to feel, let them fill in the blanks with their own experience, enhance the sense of a shared experience, and give them enough rope to hang themselves.
When they are doing the hanging, the players do not get bored~
You cannot sustain a horrific setting all the time. Thus pacing is key. Allow the players some normal and fun times -- both IC and OC. However, there are a few things you can do to always unsettle them. Mostly they boil down to alienation. You want a disconnect between nice comfy reality and the game world. You want to mess with players' minds -- just enough -- so they feel their heart rate quicken.
Music: Horror soundtracks (Silent Hill, Biohazard/Resident Evil, The Thing to name but a few) are good but so are others (Delirium and Ugress for example). The trick is unsettling -- beat changes slowly but surely. Have a particular sound track for particular event types so you breed anticipation in your players. Every time song X plays, something bad happens. Then not all the time... But you can bet your players will get paranoid.
Sounds: Do you know the sound of flesh being torn from bone? No, get a whole chicken and strip it. Now, tape this. Play it when you describe cultist A ripping flesh. There are a zillion good sound bites on the net: rain, storms, screams, gunfire, baby laughing. The latter is wonderful to play in the cultist's lair amid horrible things. Creepy.
Light: No more bright lights. Use a red filter on your one lamp -- I used a red sheet on a overhead projector or a black light. Of course, no outside lights etc... Yes, this is bordering on sensory deprivation.
No food, drink, or other distractions. Oh, that does include heating. Being a little cold makes you a little on edge.
Scare the player(s) What are they afraid in real life? Can you use that in the game? Do make sure you get player buy-in on this and use common sense. You do not want to lose friends over this.
Wear dark cloths: No flowery summer dresses here! No clever XKCD shirts. Just dark cloths. You can even use subtle make up.
Voice: Vary your speech. Speak softer then slowly get faster. Build anticipation and then drop it suddenly with nothing happening. Or build it up to something horrific.
Learn from scary media: The Kingdom (the Lars Von Tiers one) is one scary show. You could learn a lot just by watching it (in the dark, at night, alone) and using some of the tricks that they use there. But look at what scares you: Can you use that? I bet you can.
Academia: fear is a field of study. What causes it, how to deal with it, and how to create it are all described in many papers. Go look for those!
A side note, your players will rebel at these. They will need breaks to relax, to joke around, to just breath. Let the characters have that as well.
Think about a horror movie for minute.
Most of all (like with any game), know and watch your players. Keep an eye out for signs of boredom, tolerance etc and use those moments to quicken the pace and kick the plot in the direction you want to take it. If you find that your players aren't as scared as you think they should be at a given moment, bump up your description, your pace, or give them a fright (have a scare prop or two on hand just for these occasions).
Create Contrast
(Preventing Desensitization)
I have found that the most effective way of showcasing horror is to contrast it with comedy or general happiness. À la Disney's Cars, "Sometimes you have to turn left to go right", the easiest way to set up a horror is with a bright and sunny scene with happiness and joy, then crush it to a pulp in front of the PCs. This doesn't work consistently, but is excellent in short bursts. For instance, if Cthulhu shows up to a game set in the grimdark horror future it's expected, but if Cthulhu shows up to the reception at your wedding screams will ensue.
Create Curiosity
(Preventing Boredom)
Novel experiences are by definition anathema to boredom. They're new, and for the curious, they're interesting. If the giant monster stops chasing you mid-stride (for the first time) it generates curiosity. Curious people investigate. Shocking the curious is a way to progress both plot and action. Careless people also drive plots, occasionally. There is also the party sacrifice to create novel experiences. If someone has to be the "bait" you are sure to create a bit of excitement, especially for the chummy bait.
Talk About It
(Staying Within Players' Tolerance)
The safest way to ensure that you do not overload your players with abject scenes of horror, disgust, fear, and loathsome scenes is to talk about what's going to happen before hand and set limits. Good sense also plays heavily here. If it's super taboo in your culture, don't throw it into your game unless you have very specifically received verbal and/or written permission to approach those subjects. Subjects that can generate fear, but may not be necessarily taboo in American culture may include:
If you do decide to approach the latter mentioned subjects, please leave room in your game for players to excuse themselves from play or call an end to the session. It is more important to maintain friendships and acquaintances than it is to scare them, disgust them, or make them want to leave your table and cast you out of their circle of friends.
Subjects that will most likely be intolerable
(Warning! Get permission, get permission, get permission!)
These things would also most likely be taboo:


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Southampton has confirmed goalkeeper Paulo Gazzaniga has joined Spanish side Rayo Vallecano on a season-long loan.
Leicester City officially announced midfielder Andy King has signed a new four-year contract to remain at the club through 2020.
Mauricio Pochettino stated that he has no intention of signing a new center back ahead of the coming season for Tottenham.
West Ham United have approached Swansea City about the possible sale of Andre Ayew.
Swansea City have sent striker Bafetimbi Gomis to Ligue 1 side Olympic Marseille on a season-long loan.
Injuries continue to mount for West Ham after summer signing Gokhan Tore suffered a knee injury in training on Monday.
Alan Pardew could be forced into stepping up his search for a new striker after Fraizer Campbell limped out of the friendly win over AFC Wimbledon with a suspected hamstring strain.
Reports in England claim Tottenham is in negotiations with fullbacks Kyle Walker and Danny Rose over new contracts.
Watford has confirmed the sale of both defender Daniel Pudil and winger Almen Abdi to Sheffield Wednesday.
Leicester city has officially announced the signing of left-back Ben Chilwell to a new five-year contract through 2021.
Gary Cahill grabbed the only goal in a hard fought International Champions Cup game in Pasadena as Chelsea beat Liverpool 1-0 at the Rose Bowl.
Sunderland made it four wins on the spin against Dijon on Wednesday, but the victory came at a cost after a muscular problem forced Patrick van Aanholt off early in the second half.
After a few actions by Mamadou Sakho that Jurgen Klopp deemed to show a "lack of respect", the Liverpool manager sent the defender home early from the club's preseason tour of the United States.
Reports around England claim Everton is considering a summer bid for Sunderland defender Lamine Kone this week.
Bournemouth has completed the signing of yet another Liverpool player this summer in defender Brad Smith.


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Breastfeeding Versus Bottle-Feeding
In This Article:
Bottle-feeding Allows Dad to Have a Turn
If you choose to bottle-feed, your partner can take a much more active role in feeding your child. Bottle-feeding gives a father a chance to bond with his baby in a way that he can't when a mother breastfeeds exclusively.
Of course, even babies who breastfeed can occasionally feed from a bottle, giving the dad a turn. But only bottle-feeding gives both of you an equal opportunity to bond with your child as you feed her. (The father of a breastfed child can, however, bond with his child in every other way besides feeding.)
Free at Last, Free at Last
Baby Doctor
Contraceptive pills can interfere with the hormones that promote lactation. So if you decide to breastfeed, you may need to change your method(s) of contraception.
New parents have little freedom as it is. But when a new mother is breastfeeding, she has virtually no freedom at all. Because bottle-feeding allows the father and other caretakers to feed the baby, it can free up small pockets of time in a mother's schedule. So you will occasionally be able to do something for yourself: like sleeping through the night once in a blue moon, going to the gym, or just giving yourself a break from infant care.
Bottle-feeding also frees you to eat and drink whatever you want. You don't need to load up on calories the way a nursing mother does. You'll never need to worry whether you've had enough milk or whether that glass of wine you drank with dinner will make your baby tipsy or give him gas.
Baby Doctor
If you take any medications, consult your baby's pediatrician and your own doctor before beginning to breastfeed. Breast milk passes any drug that you take on to your baby. This warning also applies to illegal drugs, alcohol, and nicotine, so if you abuse any of these drugs, quit. If you can't, don't force your child to take them, too: Bottle-feed your baby.
Bottle-feeding can also give you more sexual freedom (though your exhaustion may dampen your ardor somewhat). Certainly breastfeeding does not have to interfere with new parents' sex lives; nonetheless, some parents insist it does. Lactation hormones, for example, can decrease vaginal lubrication, making it necessary for you to use artificial lubricants. In addition, both you and your partner may find your breasts less arousing when they function as the source of your baby's nourishment. Bottle-feeding can eliminate these concerns. Nonetheless, studies have shown that, perhaps surprisingly, mothers who breastfeed tend to resume an active sex life earlier than mothers who bottle-feed.
I Have to Get Back to Work!
Some working mothers have little choice but to bottle-feed their children (or combine morning and evening nursing with bottle-feeding during the day). If you need or want to return to work less than a couple of months after the birth, you may decide to bottle-feed right from the start. On-the-job breastfeeding-or even expressing milk (drawing milk manually with a breast pump for later use) during work hours-is at best impractical, and sometimes impossible. Rather than getting your baby used to suckling and then switching (at least for the most part) to bottle-feeding, you may decide to forego breastfeeding altogether.
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I saw this question: While Loop end error (What the...?)
I don't know what the best option is for dealing with such a question, because I've seen questions like this several times already.
So, what should we do with questions that are:
- poorly asked
- finally answered by the OP as an update to the question itself, not as an answer.


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I Should Have Remembered My Keys
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"I Should Have Remembered My Keys" was a hit song by an unknown artist from the album Locked Out of the House Classics. The song's lyrics were presumably about the narrator's experience of accidentally locking themselves out of their home.[1]
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film) (Mentioned on album cover)
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Like the topic says,
I've always been a "sort of" fan of Mansell's work, but recently i've found myself really taken by some stuff i didn't even realize was his. The "Dead Reckoning" cue from Smokin' Aces, or the awesome score from Sahara come to mind.
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In cosmic encounter, one player is the Void (destroys ships instead of sending them to the warp), and another player is the Spiff (attacking player still gets a colony if they lose by 10 or more). If the Spiff attack the Void and lose when they have 5+ ships, do they still get a colony, or is the ship that would become the colony destroyed?
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The ship is destroyed. Both abilities are trying to interact with ships that would be going to the void. The FAQ for the Fantasy Flight version (the most recent to date), indicates that Void trumps all other abilities.
This ruling is not at all obvious when you consider the text on the various cards, and their updated errata. (from the CE Cosmodex)


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Today I showed, using some ad hoc algebraic topology, that if $\Sigma$ is a Riemann surface and $\mathfrak{p} \subset \Sigma$ is a finite set of points, then there is another Riemann surface $S$ and a branched covering $\phi : S \to \Sigma$ which has non-trivial branch points EXACTLY on the inverse image of $\mathfrak{p}$.
I'm suspicious that this was known or used elsewhere, and that it possibly follows trivially from some more sophisticated algebraic geometric mechanism. Does this ring a bell to anybody?


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unwanted male attention, specifically from older married men or a man with a small penis.
"Oh my god Julie, I was at the mall yesterday when this creeper hit me with the full on Randazzo, right in front of his wife!"
"Haha I didn't know you were a Randazzo, put your pants on and let's just be friends"
"Haha I didn't know you were a Randazzo, put your pants on and let's just be friends"
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I wish I could be a Randazzo!
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V. To trick ones teacher into thinking that the homework due today was completed by showing a homework from another day
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I can't believe you would Randazzo me like that, I'm not stupid!
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Randazzo is a fucked up family. To be a Randazzo someone in your family had to go to a metal hospital, be a drinker, gamble, have depression, be bi polar, gone through a divorce, cheated on their spouse, take medication ..etc. But you have to be caring and take everything personal, try to do the right thing and you are dreamers.
My familys so Randazzo latley.
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10 Deleted Scenes That Would've Ruined The Film
#5. Blade -- Deacon Frost on the Blob
Blade was a dark and violent comic book movie before dark and violent comic book movies were "in." Indeed, it could be argued that Blade kick-started the Marvel movie juggernaut that's stronger than ever today. In the actual ending, Blade rampages, beats the shit out of a ton of shitty vampire dudes and has a lengthy sword-and-fist fight with Deacon Frost. The fight concludes when Blade loads Frost up with several syringes full of some kind of vampire poison. The final syringe, in fact, is kicked by Blade right into Frosts' fucking head. Then Frost explodes.
It's awesome.
The Deleted Scene:
In the deleted ending, Frost turns into a blood tornado with a face and spins around in circles until Blade simply waits for him to accidentally absorb the vampire poison.
At first it looks like Frost has burped out some thick cranberry juice, but soon the blood consumes him, pouring out of his mouth and filling up his pants in one huge clotted mess.
The vampire blood god looks like the worst half of a PB&J.
Instead of kung-fuing the vials of blue vampire poison into Frost's body, Blade waits patiently while Frost turns into a blood tornado with a face.
Above: Not what Bram Stoker had in mind.
Blade tries to whisper some witty one-liner about the poison, but Frost can't hear him, because he's already turned into a blood tornado with a face.
Also, in the Blade universe, vampire blood is the same color and consistency as cranapple juice.
Why It Would Have Ruined the Movie:
Fucking blood tornado with a face, you guys!
No, but we actually do have more to say. Blade was released in 1998, the same year as Armageddon and Godzilla, but it had less than a third of their budgets, so the focus really wasn't on visual effects. The few effects seen in the film were used to good ... effect, but only because they were so brief.
Case in point.
Turning Frost into a blood tornado with a face at first sounds like a really stupid idea, but as you can see from the 1998 visuals, it's actually completely fucking stupid.
Not unlike the year 1998.
Even back when Blade was released, this would have looked a bit ropey, and after two hours of ass-kicking vampire action, you don't want the audience's last impression to be of an angry twister made of the Kool-Aid guy's diarrhea.
#4. Donnie Darko -- Predict This
Donnie Darko was both praised and criticized for its nonlinear and fantastical narrative, but it was undeniably original. Whether you loved or hated Donnie Darko, you certainly couldn't argue that director Richard Kelly tried to dumb it down for the lowest common denominator.
It took us two years to realize that wasn't a hand doing the peace sign.
The Deleted Scene:
Not a whole lot happens in this scene. Donnie Darko is impaled at the end of his bed, quietly shaking as he waits for sweet death, or the end of the "Mad World" montage, whichever comes first.
"Hurry ... the fuck ... up."
Why It Would Have Ruined the Movie:
One of the things people love about Donnie Darko is the weird, poetic, ambiguous way Donnie's death is handled. Sacrificing himself, staying in bed and getting crushed by a jet engine, would stop a series of events that would result in the love of his life getting killed. If he did it consciously, well that sure was sweet and noble of him. The way the room is shot in slow motion being consumed by the engine gives Donnie a mysterious and classy exit from the film, the kind of exit that would be appropriate for a self-sacrificing hero in love.
Nothing says "mysterious" and "classy" like "crushed by a jet engine."
But if Kelly had then cut to Donnie sitting there quivering like a stuck pig, that mystique would have been entirely shattered. No more poetry, no more class, just Donnie, twitching like a lunatic for 1o seconds.
#3. Hancock -- Blast off. With My Dong.
Hancock was a sort-of-alright movie with a charming cast. It's about a superhero who is also kind of an asshole (Will Smith), his new nonsuper friend (Jason Bateman) and his friend's smoking-hot wife (Charlize Theron), who (spoiler) is also a superhero.
The Deleted Scene:
So Hancock is in a bar and a random chick walks in and clearly wants to put Hancock's dick in her hand. She's been looking for him everywhere because she's way into the idea of nailing a superhero.
Even one who smells like a bottle of Jim Beam left out in the sun.
The woman stares at and aggressively hits on Hancock long enough that he finally agrees to be a gentleman and take her back to his trailer for some super-boning. Wasting no time, she pounces on Hancock and tries to slap his ass with a package of Jiffy Pop the second she enters his trailer.
"Do you want some popcorn on your ass? You -- oh, you don't? Oh ... I guess that's just me, then."
Before they get started, Hancock, deep concern in his voice, tries to warn her that when he reaches the so-called "mountaintop," she should be as far away as possible. But because she's as dumb as she is horny, the message doesn't look to be received, as she seems to assume everything Hancock says is a sexual euphemism she just hasn't learned yet.
"Oh, yeah, I'll be far away. I'll be far away all over your testicles ... right?"
Refusing to hear any more warnings, the woman jumps on Hancock and they start pounding away, shaking the trailer wildly.
If this trailer's a-rockin', don't come a-knockin' unless you fancy death by supersonic sperm.
Just when Hancock is about to reach climax, he shouts "mountaintop" and unceremoniously throws the woman across the room onto a couch.
Then this happens.
In case it's not obvious, those are holes in the roof of Hancock's trailer. Hancock puts three sizeable holes in the roof of his trailer as he blows his load into orbit. His semen shot through the ceiling and into space.
The woman, understandably in shock, heads to the bathroom. While in there, Hancock stands outside the door and gets all sweet and emotional, thanking her for being understanding and offering to take her on a romantic super-flight.
But she's too freaked out, and there's nothing Hancock can do. She sneaks out a window and drives away.
Why It Would Have Ruined the Movie:
On one hand, we respect that the filmmakers decided to show this. After all, if everything about Hancock is super-powered, it stands to reason that his semen would be, too. It's a nice deconstruction of the all-powerful heroes like Superman that we rarely think about.
On the other hand, he blasted holes in the ceiling of his trailer with his sperm. And, hey, Charlize Theron's character is just as much of a superhero as he is. If this scene had been included, it would mean Charlize had the lady equivalent of super-powered genitals, which would mean her very grounded, down-to-earth husband, Jason Bateman, was either totally unaware of it, or totally cool with it, and neither would make sense.
"It's terrifying -- one Kegel and my dick would be gone."
#2. Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- Wait a Minute ... But He Can't ... 'Cos That Hasn't ... What?
When making a movie featuring time travel, there are many things you have to keep track of if your film is going to make sense. Luckily, Terminator 2: Judgment Day largely managed to avoid screwing with the timeline, and only the most savagely nerdy will try to nitpick their way through the story to find some seam that doesn't quite fit with the rest of the timeline. The inclusion of this scene, however, would have seen James Cameron shit all over everything we'd just spent that last two hours enjoying.
Titanic hadn't come out yet, and he couldn't afford to pull nearly as much shit.
The Deleted Scene:
After we watch Arnold melt himself, we immediately cut to the MEGA HAPPY ENDING. We fast forward to the new future, where the war was averted and everything's just great.
Apparently at some point the world's great architects sat down and pondered, "How can we make D.C. even uglier?"
Aside perhaps from Linda Hamilton's narrative skills. Those aren't so great. She is now in her 60s and sitting in a park, and says "August 29, 1997 came and went. Nothing much happened. Michael Jackson turned 40."
Hear that? It's the sound of millions of '90s-era boners suddenly shriveling up and dying.
Connor's narration goes on, saying that Judgment Day didn't come, and she wanted to yell at everybody that every day was a gift and they should use it well. Instead of yelling, however, Connor blearily tells us that she got drunk instead. What better way to value your precious moments in a peaceful world that you were fundamental in bringing about than by getting shitfaced because you're too lazy to yell?
"Every day is a gift you ungrateful bastaURRRRRGH."
She goes on about a dark future still existing for her all while someone rolls past on a distinctly unfuturistic-looking skateboard and two others play the most baffling game of Frisbee ever.
Shitty retro-futuristic props, or foreshadowing for Terminator 5: Rise of the Disks?
She then says her son John now fights "on the battlefield of the Senate, his weapons are common sense and hope," before merrily tying her granddaughter's shoelaces and watching her play in the park.
Why It Would Have Ruined the Movie:
Wait wait wait. Hang on a minute. How the hell can John Connor even exist if the war has never been fought? If the future is so rosy, surely there is no need for Kyle Reese to go back in time to bone Sarah Connor and produce John, let alone a granddaughter. What in the name of Sam Fuck is going on?
And why does John Connor look like he belongs in a goddamn Enzyte ad?
The reason the actual ending worked so well was because it was just as bleak and uncertain as the rest of the movie had been. To go from a dark and grim story featuring a badass Sarah Connor to a sunlit park with Frisbees and a contented (if possibly drunk) old crone with a Senator for a son would have ruined everything. Obviously, like this ending should have never gone beyond the script stage, let alone the "Let's put Linda Hamilton through six hours of makeup and spend a whole bunch of money inventing the perfect future" stage.
A horrifying future where orange denim dungarees are back in fashion.
#1. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith -- Might I Suggest Fondling My Mustache?
It feels a little cruel to criticize this bewilderingly Certified Fresh final installment of the Star Wars franchise when it's been done so many times before. But fuck it.
The Deleted Scene:
Obi Wan and Anakin meet up with Darth Grievous, who is holding a Jedi friend of theirs whom we've never met and don't care about. He then says "Stinking Jedi" and murders her.
It's awful and pointless. We don't know who this Jedi is and we have no reason to care about her, but that's OK, because Obi Wan and Anakin don't seem to care, either. They're more into the idea of finishing each other's sentences like two galaxy-crossed lovers.
This happened. George Lucas wrote it and everything.
As stupid as it is for them to finish each other's sentences for absolutely no reason, it gets worse when Lucas decides to let the audience know that the Jedi have a series of secret codes. Anakin and Obi Wan are surrounded by fucking droids or whatever and, to hide their plans, they communicate via a series of eyebrow rubs, nose twitches and mustache twirls, the way a baseball coach gives signals to his pitcher, except this is supposed to be a goddamned Star Wars movie. So, Anakin does this ...
And Obi Wan says, "No, no, no, no ... might I recommend ..."
"Mustache twirl, perhaps?"
And he twirls his mustache, which Anakin shoots down, explaining that there are "Far too many [fucking droids or whatever] for that." Then Anakin proposes that they ...
"But have you considered eyebrow rub?"
Obi Wan agrees. Apparently, "chin rub + eyebrow rub + eyebrow rub" translates to "Let's use our lightsabers to cut a perfect circle in the floor below ourselves," because that's exactly what they do.
Why It Would Have Ruined the Movie:
Let's ignore the fact that, even though Jedi are Wizard Knights with actual magic, they developed a secret language of face-touch codes. And let's ignore the fact that one of the codes is "mustache twirl," even though Anakin's lack of mustache precludes him from ever suggesting it. (Seriously, even if he thinks the mustache twirl would be the absolutely perfect maneuver in battle, he'd never be able to communicate it.)
How is Yarael Poof to signal danger without a nose?
And let's ignore the fact that, of all of the crunch-time scenarios that Jedi think might come in handy just for "whatever," one of them is "Cut a hole in the floor with our lightsabers and drop down, hoping that our new tunnel doesn't lead to certain death."
Except let's not at all ignore any of that, because it's all fucking terrible. More than anything else, this scene is remarkable because even George Lucas thought it was too stupid to be in one of the Star Wars prequels. Do you have any idea how stupid a concept needs to be for George Lucas to say, "Ehhh, we should probably cut that"?
Precisely this stupid.
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The annual Allen County Jacksonian Days kicked off today.
The week-long festival started with the Jacksonian Beauty Pageant.
Boys and girls from babies to young adults put on their best faces for the pageant Sunday afternoon.
Pageant director Diane Towe says the pageant has been a town tradition for years.
"This year and last year the Jacksonian Pageant has been the kick-off for the Jacksonian Festival. In the past it was the final event, but we decided to put if as the kick-off so that Miss Jacksonian and the other winners in each age group could go out to the street fair and be seen and help represent Scottsville," Towe says.
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Libidex Latex Gina Dress - Save 70% (normally $194.94) for $58.49
Was £129.95 now £38.99 OR was $194.94 now $54.49
Shipping to the US is about £12.00 or $18.00.
This is one of the premier latex manufacturers.
A flattering figure-hugging outfit, this dress is a perfect addition to any fetishy summer wardrobe! Sexy off shoulder style will keep you looking and feeling cool! Features a three-quarter length back zip.
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But does it come in men's 3XL? And how do you keep the latex from pulling out all of your back hair when you take if off?
@75grandville: Yes, but not at 70% off.
Here is the regular made to order version for £129.95 OR $194.93
You'll have to use Made to Measure which adds £51.98 OR $77.97.
For a total of £129.95 + £51.98 = £181.93 OR $194.93 + $77.97 = $272.90
Not quite a deal.
Oh, and yes, I know you were kidding! ^_^


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January 28, 2013
Boulders beach photo essay
In the Cape Peninsula, near Simon's Town, lies Boulders beach – home to about 3 000 African penguins.
Boulders beach forms part of the Table Mountain National Park and is one of the few places where African penguins, an endangered bird species, can be viewed up close in their natural environment, thus making it one of the Cape Town's must-see places for visitors. The beach is made up of inlets between big granite boulders, from which the beach's name originated.
It's a beautiful, peaceful and sheltered beach, and after seeing these pictures there'll be no doubt in your mind why the penguins call it home.


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Traditionally-rigged tall ships are pretty cool. Ships like the Bessie Ellen, for example, Britain's last wooden coasting ketch still under sail. These days it's a regular sight at Fèis Ìle, making berth at Caol Ila distillery, having originally transported cargo (including peat) around the UK as early as 1906. Happily, it also shares part of its name with both a Laphroaig distillery manager of note and a nearby port town with a rather well-known closed distillery. Plus it has the added bonus of making us feel more than a little pirate-y too. Arr!
In this issue of Tales From The Isle we'll be taking a look at Caol Ila's festival bottling as well as reliving a terrifying tale of piracy from the seas surrounding Islay that's guaranteed to shiver yer timbers!
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Thomas Gregg has performed in a wide variety of musical venues, including early music (Handel & Haydn Society, Washington Bach Consort, Texas Baroque Ensemble), opera (New Orleans Opera, Opera Memphis), oratorio (Columbus Symphony, Cincinnati Choral Society, Memphis Symphony, Harvard University Choir), choral (King's Chapel Boston, Musikanten Montana), chamber music (DoubleAction, harp and tenor duo; Columbia's Musick, Early American Music) and recital performances in many locations throughout the U.S. His European debut was at the 1995 Franz Schubert Institute in Baden-bei-Wien, Austria.
Gregg has won numerous performance and academic awards, and he has studied with Ellen Faull and Phylis Bryn-Julson and in masterclasses with Elly Ameling, Han Hotter, Martin Katz and many others. He holds a B.M. from Capital University, a M.M. from The University of Michigan and a D.M.A. from The Ohio State University.
Gregg has taught voice and classes in vocal pedagogy and repertoire at The Boston Conservatory since 1999. He is president of the Conservatory's chapter of the music honor society Pi Kappa Lambda. He was an associate professor at the University of Mississippi (1988-1998). His former students have careers as professional singers, actors, voice teachers and music educators.
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ASCS-Northwest Readies For Final Oregon Go-Around
By Ben Deatherage
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Cottage Grove, Oregon- The American Sprint Car Series-Northwest Region will make their way through the great state of Oregon one last time. The cars and stars of the most premier series in the Pacific Northwest will visit three tracks over the course of two weekends.
Saturday August 17th will start everything off where they will have a standalone event at Willamette Speedway in Lebanon. It will be the fifth time the series has visited the historic 1/3-mile clay oval. Four drivers have visited victory lane in the previous four events including Kyle Hirst, Travis Rilat, Jeff Swindell, and Brad Loyet.
The ASCS-Northwest Region will be back in action on Friday August 23rd at the Cottage Grove Speedway followed by an appearance at the Sunset Speedway Park on Saturday the 24th. The tour has held a total of five races at "The Grove" in 2013 all of which have been won Roger Crockett. That includes the two events that were co-sanctioned with the ASCS-National Tour in late July.
The race on August 24th will be the first visit of the season to the "Banks Bullring". Since 2008 there have been three ASCS-Northwest events that have been completed. In those three races Roger Crockett has won twice while Kyle Hirst has just done so once.
After the Oregon swing is completed there will be just two races left on the 2013 schedule. Those two races will occur at the Central Washington State Fair Raceway in Yakima, Washington on Friday September 20th and Saturday the 21st.
The American Sprint Car Series-Northwest Region is the western most arm of the American Sprint Car Series sanctioning body located in the Pacific Northwest the series hosts 360 Sprint Car racing on dirt tracks throughout Oregon and Washington from May to September. For more information on the latest news and stories about the series log onto their website at www.ascsnorthwest.com or www.ascsracing.com.
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I have been reading Ballet Alert for quite a while but this is my first posting. I'm writing because on the "links" page for yesterday there is a post for what is called Ballet West's "Badly received" Nutty Nutcracker.
I was at that show and it was terrific. It was just about sold out. The audience was laughing and engaged and at the end there was a standing ovation.
I realize that a few patrons may not have been happy as they did not know it was going to be a "nutty" show but most everyone around me thought it was wonderful.
As someone who has seen and is proud of our Nutcracker - Willam Christensen's is the first full version in America, I found Ballet West's Nutty performance was also completely respectful of the choreography and the magic of this beautiful production.
Do people think that presenting one "Nutty" show out of almost 30 is a bad idea?
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Ballet West's Nutty Nutcrackergood or bad?
Started by slcmom , Jan 01 2009 06:22 AM
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Posted 01 January 2009 - 06:22 AM
Posted 01 January 2009 - 06:38 AM
Other places do or have done it, and the reception is sometimes mixed, but I've always enjoyed it.
Posted 01 January 2009 - 10:36 AM
The article is so brief, it really doesn't say exactly what the objections were to the BW's Nutty Nutcracker. Did people object to what was done, or to the fact that anything was done? I mean, come on; if rubber chickens are involved, it couldn't be all bad.
Posted 01 January 2009 - 11:21 AM
the longer Article is from the Salt Lake Tribune posted on Tuesday.
Some patrons complained because they did not get enough notice - which is fair.
Other complaints I guess are just because they didn't like it
BTW - my favorite bit was a 3 couple tag-team sugar plum pas de deux executed seamlessly by the companies leading dancers
Some patrons complained because they did not get enough notice - which is fair.
Other complaints I guess are just because they didn't like it
BTW - my favorite bit was a 3 couple tag-team sugar plum pas de deux executed seamlessly by the companies leading dancers
Posted 03 January 2009 - 10:28 AM
It was a great show. Loved the jingle bells in snow, drawn on 6-pack abs for the Arabian girls, uni-brows on the Spanish girls & "Where's Waldo", which kept the kids near us interested in the show. The ideas were all from company members. After several dozen Nutcrackers, this was fun for them. I'm sure we'll see it again next year.
Posted 15 January 2009 - 08:36 PM
I noticed that on Ballet West's web site that they've added two performances of "Nutty Nutcracker" to the 2009-10 season line up !! Good for you Mr. Sklute. I'll be coming to your ballet twice...one traditional and one just because it sounds like fun !!
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Key dates to remember
You will find the academic calendar for this year and next year on the CSB/SJU Web site. This calendar includes all the key dates for breaks, finals, commencement, etc. Several important dates coming in the next two months, include:
|Easter Recess:
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The College of Saint Benedict will host commencement at 2 p.m., Saturday, May 9, at the Clemens Field House and Saint John's University will host commencement at 2 p.m., Sunday, May 10, at the Abbey Church. You can find more details about commencement on the CSB/SJU Web site.
Shop the CSB/SJU Bookstores for all your graduation gifts. Not only do we have the perfect gift for a Bennie and Johnnie Grad, but also for the senior who is graduating from high school and will be attending the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University next fall. For the CSB/SJU grad, we have diploma frames (on sale until the end of March), as well as class rings, picture frames and more. We have apparel items for everyone, from the little sibling to the alum who graduated over 50 years ago. Shop our online stores 24 hours a day. If you can't find what you are looking for, call us at 1-800-420-4509.
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The CSB/SJU Bookstores have added book recommendations from Joe DesJardins, associate provost/academic dean and Kathy Parker, director of the Alcuin and Clemens Libraries, to our "Readers' Corner". DesJardins' titles include A Theory of Justice by John Rawls, Master and Commander by Patrick O'Brian and The Euthyphro by Plato. Parker's recommended titles are Ordinary Wolves by Seth Kantner, The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard and The Last Shot by Darcy Frey. Visit the campus bookstores or our Bookstore Web site to see their interesting recommendations, along with recommendations by President MaryAnn Baenninger, Abbot John Klassen, Prioress Nancy Bauer and Bishop John Kinney.
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Vegan Mom and I have been looking for new things to serve the boys for breakfast to break the monotonous cycle of boxed breakfast cereal. These muffins are one answer. I used the Ginger-Raisin Bran Muffin recipe from VWAV as a starting point and went from there. They are filling, hearty, and filled with two of the wonderful things autumn gives us: pumpkins and apples. Plus, they have enough bran to get the mail moving in the morning . . . if you know what I mean.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Hearty Autumn Muffins
Vegan Mom and I have been looking for new things to serve the boys for breakfast to break the monotonous cycle of boxed breakfast cereal. These muffins are one answer. I used the Ginger-Raisin Bran Muffin recipe from VWAV as a starting point and went from there. They are filling, hearty, and filled with two of the wonderful things autumn gives us: pumpkins and apples. Plus, they have enough bran to get the mail moving in the morning . . . if you know what I mean.
Posted by Vegan Dad at 8:16 PM
Labels: baking, pumpkin, Vegan Mofo
19 comments:
- VeggieGirl said...
LOOOOVE your muffin recipe!!
- October 17, 2008 at 8:34 PM
- aimee said...
Ooh, Thanks for the recipe. I'm going to make these tomorrow (along with the already-planned apple-pecan muffins!)!
- October 17, 2008 at 9:03 PM
- Level 20 Bard said...
Well, another recipe on the to-do list! These look excellent and I can't wait to try them!
- October 18, 2008 at 7:48 AM
- carrie said...
These look wonderful. I'm often in a breakfast rut too. Sometimes, just to break free from boxed cereal I even serve the kids yogurt, fruit and toast, not exciting, but atleast not cereal!!
Now that it's cold, they've been wanting oatmeal, so we've been adding pureed pumpkin and some spices and calling it pumpkin pie oatmeal, they really like that a lot too.
- October 18, 2008 at 2:16 PM
- shelby said...
I will be making this soon, it sounds great!
- October 18, 2008 at 5:08 PM
- Lenora said...
Ha! Ha! The mail must go on!
These are just healthy enough I might make them! I normally don't bake :D Thanks! Gotta try them out! My kids will love me if I do!
- October 18, 2008 at 6:35 PM
- Colleen said...
These sound good, I might use nuts instead of raisens as I am not fond of raisens cooked.
- October 18, 2008 at 7:18 PM
- Zoey said...
I love muffins this time of year and yours look delicious and healthy. Thank you for sharing the recipe.
- October 18, 2008 at 8:34 PM
- Kelly said...
Those look delicious. They sound like the perfect way to use up the leftover pumpkin I have on hand from making your pasta today. Even better, I have everything on hand.
- October 19, 2008 at 12:33 PM
- Kristin said...
These were great!!!!! Thanks. My post about them (old school non-spammy trackback) :)
- October 24, 2008 at 12:03 PM
- Amy said...
I've made these twice and they were great both times. Thanks!
- October 25, 2008 at 10:36 AM
- Zephyr said...
I just made these! This is actually the first recipe of yours that I've tried, and they're a hit! I omitted the raisins because I didn't have them on hand, but that wasn't a problem. I've been wanting to make more pumpkin-related things (I made two HUGE loaves of vegan challah for my sweetie's birthday on Friday), and these filled the need. At the same time I made the pumpkin chocolate chip cupcakes from Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World - each calls for about 1/2 can of pumpkin, so it worked out perfectly! Thanks a lot!
- October 28, 2008 at 3:53 AM
- V said...
These sound really good. I will be making these for my church's fall food festival. Thanks, Vegan Dad! :)
- September 30, 2009 at 1:54 AM
- Julee said...
These are cooking in my oven now. I made them for my child's daycare, so they are for 10 toddlers between the age of 12 months and 2 years. I try to make snacks for everyone at his daycare because he can't eat their non-vegan food. Also, I have printed up the recipe and your site to distribute to the parents.
At first I thought the recipe sounded strange. Wheat and oat bran? Let me just say that I was licking the bowl clean. My house smells great. I hope I don't eat them before snack time tomorrow. Thank you!
- October 26, 2009 at 5:39 PM
- Julee said...
Part 2. The toddlers and their teachers loved the muffins. They were a big hit. Everyone ate them except my 15 month old. He gave his to the cute blonde 12 month old. Flirting over food I guess. A few parents were glad I printed out the recipe for them. Hopefully they will be going to your site for more idea. Thank you for taking the time to make this blog.
- October 30, 2009 at 12:45 AM
- Anonymous said...
Can I substitute the pumpkin puree for more apple sauce and get rid of the raisons?
- January 26, 2010 at 4:04 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
Raisins are optional. Not sure about the pumpkin sub, but I don't see why it wouldn't work.
- January 26, 2010 at 5:00 PM
- New England Vegan Girl said...
Can you tell me about oat bran? I found wheat bran in the baking goods section at my local whole foods, but oat bran was nowhere to be found. Is it a baking/flour type product, of maybe a cereal? I'm going to make these muffins tomorrow, and for the time being will substitute oatmeal.
- October 14, 2012 at 6:00 PM
- Michael Barnard said...
Hhhmmm yummy! Perfect for daycare kids. They'll surely enjoy these treats.
- October 26, 2012 at 11:11 PM


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The potential is there for another stellar season on the diamond for the Pratt High School baseball team. Losing just one player to graduation from a team that went undefeated in the regular season, the Greenbacks have a lot of talent and experience returning.
With many of the players logging additional innings together playing Junior Legion ball last summer, they should know one another pretty well even before the season starts.
Head coach Pat Stivers and assistants Bill Patterson and Ron Hill will not have many holes to plug as the scholastic season approaches. Returning are Skylar Dean, Easton Herring, Garret Smith, Brandon Ruckle, Will Fellhoelter, Mitchell Baird, Shane McEachern and Brett Forshee. In addition, Chase Hageman returns after sitting out last season with injury.
Youngsters Drake Evert and Dakota Venard will be added to the mix, both players emerging in Legion ball last summer. Chance Henke joins the team, having moved to town last summer and playing Legion as well. Southpaw hurler Jarod Gilmore is recuperating from an injury, and when he's ready to go, that will add to the Greenbacks' pitching depth.
Coach Stivers expects several pitchers to log innings this year, with Dean, Smith, Ruckle, Hageman and Forshee among those expected to toe the slab. "We will piece games together early," Stivers said, "getting some innings out of a number of guys."
Stivers expects hitting and senior leadership to be strengths of this year's squad. "If we can get our whole squad healthy," he said, "we should have a pretty good year."
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) -- Riley County police say a 911 call from an observant citizen led to the arrest of three men in Manhattan who burglarized several cars. Investigators are now working to see if the suspects could be responsible for a string of car break-ins in the city.
At 1:30 AM on Wednesday, March 28th, 2012, the Riley County Police Department received a 911 call from a resident in the Winston Place Apartments, located in northwest Manhattan off of Kimball Avenue. The caller noticed several people looking into vehicles in the parking lot. Officials say this is the same area where a number of car break-ins have been reported in the past two weeks. A number of the crimes occurred on nearby James Avenue and Gary Avenue.
With the caller on the phone updating dispatchers on the whereabouts of the suspicious individuals, officers responded to the scene and stopped a car with three men inside. Kyle says all three men were arrested and a "significant amount of stolen property" was seized.
Ethan Wilson, 17, from Manhattan, was detained and charged with three counts of vehicle burglary and curfew violation. Per procedure for juveniles, he was released to his parents.
Tanner Humphreys, 19, and Khiry Graham, 21, both from Colorado Springs, Colorado, were arrested and charged with three counts of vehicle burglary and one count of contributing to a child's misconduct, pertaining to Wilson's involvement.
Based on the amount of property recovered, Riley County Police Department spokesman Lieutenant Josh Kyle believes there are other victims that have not yet come forward. The department is asking any resident who believes their car was recently broken into to call them at 785-537-2112.
Lieutenant Kyle said during a media briefing Wednesday morning that at this point, there is "nothing conclusive" to link the three men to the other vehicle break-ins in Manhattan but the cases are all still under investigation.


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Assuming a vector space $\mathbb{C}^{2}$ that is not empty and fulfills the addition and multiplication conditions, is $\mathbb{C}^{2}$ a linear subspace of $\mathbb{C}^{3}$?
By definition, a vector space is a set together with some operations. If $V$ is a vector space and $W$ is a subspace, then the set that is $W$ must be, among other things, a subset of the set that is $V$.
$\mathbb{C}^2$, as a set, consists of the ordered pairs $(a,b)$ with $a,b\in\mathbb{C}$. On the other hand, $\mathbb{C}^3$, as a set, consists of the ordered triples $(a,b,c)$ with $a,b,c\in\mathbb{C}$.
Since the collection of ordered pairs is not a subset of the collection of ordered triples, then $\mathbb{C}^2$ is not a subspace of $\mathbb{C}^3$.
That said: there is a natural way of finding an "isomorphic copy" of $\mathbb{C}^2$ inside of $\mathbb{C}^3$ (or more generally, of $F^n$ inside of $F^{n+k}$ for any positive integers $n$ and $k$): define $\iota\colon\mathbb{C}^2\to\mathbb{C}^3$ to be the map $$\iota(a,b) = (a,b,0)$$ for all $(a,b)\in\mathbb{C}^2$. Then you can verify that:
That is, there is a "copy" of $\mathbb{C}^2$ inside of $\mathbb{C}^3$. It is common to identify $\mathbb{C}^2$ with its copy sitting inside $\mathbb{C}^3$ (just like we usually identify the plane $\mathbb{R}^2$ with the $xy$-plane in $\mathbb{R}^3$: but note that we specify "$xy$-plane", not just calling it "the plane").
An analogy might be: if you take the first two floors of a 3-story building, then they are, functionally, pretty much the same as a 2-story building. However, they are not a 2-story building. Similarly, by considering the vectors $(a,b,0)$ in $\mathbb{C}^3$ we obtain something which is, functionally, pretty much the same as $\mathbb{C}^2$, but it is not actually $\mathbb{C}^2$.
No. $\mathbb{C}^2$ is the space of all ordered pairs of complex numbers. $\mathbb{C}^3$ is the space of all ordered triples of complex numbers. No ordered pair is an ordered triple, so no element of $\mathbb{C}^2$ is an element of $\mathbb{C}^3$, so $\mathbb{C}^2$ isn't even a subset of $\mathbb{C}^3$.
Maybe it's easier to look at things the other way around. Inside $\Bbb C^3$ you can certainly find (many!) linear subspaces that are isomorphic to $\Bbb C^2$. Ekuurh's answer gives just an example.
Yea, if you do this little trick: Say (a,b) = (a,b,0). This mapping is obviously linear, and the image is clearly closed under addition and multiplication by a (complex)y scalar.


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Hi all ! We are using CLIENT / SERVER architecture in our college labs. For client we are using thin clients which are having 256 mb of ram and we are using XEON processor based server which is having 2 gb of ram. At a time, 50 clients are connected to the server and the processing which is being used at that time is just 30% hardly. But whenever C program is being compiled, turnaround time increases a lot, no program can be compiled. We are using TURBO C Compiler. I think we should just change the compiler. But I want to have suggestions from the experts here that what are the other options I can go for .................
compilation problem on Thin Clients
Shabbir ! I think this thread should be moved to the Engg. Sub-Forum.


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I have a div containing text which is inside another div displayed only under certain circumstances. The HTML for this is simple and looks like:

Some text inside child div
The styling would look like:
#parent{ display:none; height:0px; }
Using jQuery I would like to obtain the height of the child as I would if the div was outside the parent.
The following javascript returns 0, I wish for something around maybe 15.
var child_height = $('#child').height();


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I've checked intelisence and googled for it but it seems there is no 3x3 matrix in xna. I'm just wondering should I just write a matrix class for xna to work freely with matrix class?
by the way I'm trying to multiply vector3 into 3x3 matrix to have both rotation and translation in one matrix class.


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I want to have a background image while I compose a new message in Gmail. I must be able to type over it. Is it possible?
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From GMail help topic: http://mail.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=8260
There is no way to do that with their editor, so no way to make it simple.
However, since such thing is most likely linked to an html mail, you can probably do it yourself by writting the email in html and putting the background yourself. This is beyond my knowledge, though, and someone else would have to explain how.
Another possibility would be to use GMail as any mail provider, and send mails from a program like Outlook or Thunderbird, and define background there. But I guess it misses a bit the point, there.
This may fly in the face of how you want to do it but, you can set up your gmail account as a regular email (have to enable pop/imap in gmail.com prefs first) Once you've done that .. I use mozilla's SeaMonkey (think FireFox with an email client) and when composing my message go to Tools, format page colors and background then select your background image pick colors that will show up clearly over it and click ok.
For me this is the easiest way to put a background in my messages. I only use a background once in a blue moon but, when you want to, well .. go for it. (sorry its not an answer that will work in the web)
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