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(Written by Rebecca Lipman. List compiled by Eben Esterhuizen, CFA)Total investor outflows have reached $249 billion from stock mutual funds since January 2007 – an estimated $60 billion from this year alone. The average stock mutual fund shed 17.4% in the third quarter, vs. a 13.9% loss for the Standard and Poor's 500-stock index.
These figures come from John Waggoner of USA Today who says, "if you can't understand why small investors are getting out of the stock market, you haven't been watching it lately."
He has a point. Investors are becoming increasingly discontent to stand on the sidelines and watch their funds disappear. They are plagued with uncertainty and lack of confidence in the markets and global politics.
In the past years, and especially the last few months, they have watched the market prove itself to be more unstable and volatile than thought possible, all the while coming to "realizations" that the investing game isn't being played the way it used to be.
This is all bad news for most investors. But others, namely contrarian investors, feel this sentiment indicates opportunity banging on their doors.
"Wall Street has long made a practice of using the small investor as a contrary indicator — that is, when investors are most pessimistic, it's time to jump back into the market.
"Supposedly, Joseph Kennedy dodged the crash of 1929 because he sold his stocks when a shoeshine boy gave him a stock tip. Kennedy figured that if shoeshine boys were buying stocks, there was no one left to put more money into the market and push it higher."
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From this universe, we collected data on insider transactions, and identified a list of companies from the starting universe that have seen significant buying from inside executives.
Options traders appear to be extremely bearish on these names, but insiders think there's long-term bullishness that must still be priced in–which side are you on?
Analyze These Ideas (Tools Will Open In A New Window)1. Access a thorough description of all companies mentioned2. Compare analyst ratings for all stocks mentioned below3. Visualize annual returns for all stocks mentionedList sorted by change in Put/Call ratio.1. Idenix Pharmaceuticals Inc. (IDIX): Engages in the discovery and development of drugs for the treatment of human viral and other infectious diseases in the United States and Europe. Put/Call ratio changed from 0.31 to 1.64 between 09/22/11 to 10/05/11. Over the last six months, insiders were net buyers of 38,076 shares, which represents about 0.06% of the company's 60.35M share float. 2. Rex Energy Corporation (REXX): Operates as an independent oil and gas company in the Appalachian, Illinois, and Denver-Julesburg Basins. Put/Call ratio changed from 0.28 to 1.26 between 09/22/11 to 10/05/11. Over the last six months, insiders were net buyers of 77,325 shares, which represents about 0.22% of the company's 35.04M share float. 3. PharMerica Corporation (PMC): Operates as an institutional pharmacy services company in the United States. Put/Call ratio changed from 0.36 to 1.2 between 09/22/11 to 10/05/11. Over the last six months, insiders were net buyers of 17,318 shares, which represents about 0.06% of the company's 27.16M share float. 4. Jefferies Group Inc. (JEF): Operates as a securities and investment banking company in the Americas, Europe, and Asia. Put/Call ratio changed from 1.06 to 3.13 between 09/22/11 to 10/05/11. Over the last six months, insiders were net buyers of 766,000 shares, which represents about 0.36% of the company's 215.77M share float. 5. Akorn, Inc. (AKRX): Engages in the manufacture and marketing of diagnostic and therapeutic pharmaceutical products, hospital drugs, and injectable pharmaceuticals in the United States and internationally. Put/Call ratio changed from 0.29 to 0.65 between 09/22/11 to 10/05/11. Over the last six months, insiders were net buyers of 33,500 shares, which represents about 0.05% of the company's 67.56M share float. 6. Six Flags Entertainment Corp. (SIX): Operates regional theme, water, and zoological parks in North America. Put/Call ratio changed from 0.94 to 1.82 between 09/22/11 to 10/05/11. Over the last six months, insiders were net buyers of 481,660 shares, which represents about 2.02% of the company's 23.83M share float. 7. MannKind Corp. (MNKD): Focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of therapeutic products for diabetes and cancer. Put/Call ratio changed from 0.55 to 0.68 between 09/22/11 to 10/05/11. Over the last six months, insiders were net buyers of 3,478,136 shares, which represents about 4.39% of the company's 79.31M share float.
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The BYU Cougars updated their 2011 and 2012 football schedules during their Media Day today. Among the updates were television coverage for 2011 and two opponents added to the 2012 schedule.
In 2011, a total of 10 BYU football games will be televised by the ESPN family of networks. Four games are already slated for ESPN and two for ESPN2. Games against Idaho, New Mexico State and San Jose State will be televised by an ESPN station that will be determined at a later date.
BYU's home game against Idaho State on October 22 will be broadcast on BYUtv. The only game remaining without a TV announcement is October 15 at Oregon State.
Below is a screenshot of BYU's 2011 football schedule from today's Media Day (click image to open larger version):
The start time for the Ole Miss game may be incorrect. It's listed as a 3:45 p.m. CT kickoff on both the BYU and Ole Miss website.
The Cougars also issued a couple of updates for their 2012 football schedule and their future opponents in general. BYU face Idaho in 2012, most likely at home, and may also host the Texas Longhorns in 2012.
The series with Texas was originally scheduled for 2013-14, but the future opponent listing during the Media Day coverage shows that the two schools will play in 2012 and 2014. See below for the screenshot of BYU's future opponents (click image to open larger version):
As soon as we can confirm the Texas date change, we will update the schedules for both the Cougars and the Longhorns. If the date has changed to 2012, Texas will have to move a game because their 2012 schedule is already set.
BYU head coach Bronco Mendenhall also stated that the Cougars would like to play Utah State every year, preferable in a two-for-one scenario: two games in Provo and one in Logan.
No other future schedule announcements were made today. For now, the rumors of games against big time BCS programs will have to remain just that…rumors.
Update (3:45 p.m. ET): Greg Wrubell confirmed with BYU that the Texas series remains for 2013 and 2014. The 2012 listing during the Media Day coverage was an error.
Watched this media day this morning and missed those two little details….
Wonder if they're just typos.
If they're not just typos the 2012 season looks great. Oregon State at home, Hawaii at home, Texas hopefully at home, Utah State and Idaho and probably an FCS school at home. Then ND, Boise, Utah and Georgia Tech on the road (as well as NM State and SJ State on the road). Amazing schedule if that Texas game is moved to 2012.
I've been really wondering what that 2012 schedule is going to fill out with, and no official news yet….
USU will not play BYU 2 for 1; it may be what BYU wants, but USU will not agree to it. Now if BYU wants to pay a $1 million guarantee like bigger BCS schools play — then maybe.
this last one was a not a 1 for 1. It restarted in 2006 i think, a year off in 2007, but if 2011 and 2012 are home for BYU like FBSchedules says they are, then it's 4-2 since 2006.
even if 2012 is not a home for BYU it was 3 for 2. Unless 2006 was part of a different deal.
Coach Anderson confirmed his is willing to go 2 for 1 with BYU in the short term to keep the rivalry going in an interview on a local radio station. ( http://www.1280thezone.com )
FYI- The screen you posted doesn't list it, but the time for the Idaho State game was announced at the beginning of the BYU Media Day Broadcast. The game against Idaho State will be at 1 PM MDT.
Idaho in 2012? I didn't think BYU was willing to make a return trip to Moscow and a basketball deal was offred instead.
As for Utah State there are also rumors of Utah and BYU trading off hosting the Aggies for big BCS near 7-digit $-figures for just a bus trip. This would be the best deal for all 3 schools invovled.
The fact that 2013 is not being firmed very quickly tells me the Big-12 could come through and invite the Cougars. The texas home and home in 2013/2014 just could become a conference game.
ESPN is gonna show BYU vs Idaho, San Jose State, New mexico state. thats how i wanna spend my saturdays watching BYU play Idaho yea right.
Football guy, the San Jose State, Idaho, and New Mexico State games will be on one of the ESPN Family of Networks station. They could be ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, or ESPN Classic (Yes, BYU admitted that was a possibility when they said they were adding the 4 ESPN stations to the colleges cable program lineup this August). Most of us assume they will be ESPNU games, but if Idaho and BYu are some how undefeated when the two clash, do you really think ESPN wants to place it on ESPNU this early and then end up having it be their best game of the day? All they've said is those 3 will be on an ESPN Network, not that they will be on ESPN itself.
Would love to see the BYU-SJSU on ESPN…..the Spartans played Wisconsin very close last year on the main channel and will have a much deeper team this year….this could be a sleeper of a match-up.
I think that this is a great schedule. And the 2013 schedule is even better.


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Total Time
Prep 25 mins
Cook 25 mins
Brown sugar and sesame oil lend superb flavor to this entree which is served on a bed of spinach. Serve with hot white rice. From a May 1986 issue of Bon Appetit in a section that featured "Chinese Seafood Entrees".Marinate time is not included in prep time. You may prefer to wilt the spinach slightly before adding the salmon.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 3 tablespoons dry white wine
- 3 tablespoons dark soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar, tightly packed
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 1⁄2 lbs salmon steaks (1-inch-thick)
- 1 large bunch spinach leaves, stemmed
- 1 medium papaya, peeled, seeded and cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices, for garnish (optional)
- Stir first 5 ingredients in small bowl until sugar disolves.
- Place salmon in nonaluminum pan; pour marinade over.
- Cover and refrigerate 3 hours, turning salmon occasionally.
- Prepare barbeque grill, adjusting rack 1 1/2 inches from fire.
- Line platter with spinach.
- Generously grease grill rack.
- Transfer salmon to grill rack, reserving marinade.
- Cook until salmon is opaque, about 9 minutes per inch thickness, turning once.
- Meanwhile simmer marinade in small saucepan until reduced to 4 tablespoons, stirring frequently, about 6 minutes.
- Transfer fish to spinach-lined platter.
- Spoon marinade over, garnish with papya slices and serve immediately.
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Energy Firms Get $1 Bln Break in FeesJanuary 23, 2004 5:42:00 PM ETBy Tom Doggett WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Bush administration on Friday said it will give royalty relief of more than $1 billion to energy companies drilling in the Gulf of Mexico to help increase domestic natural gas supplies, reduce consumers' energy bills and create jobs. U.S. Interior Secretary Gale Norton said the plan would save Americans $570 million a year because of lower energy costs and create up to 26,000 jobs in the next six years. But the plan would also cost the U.S. government about $1.1 billion in lost royalty fees from energy companies over the next five years, according to officials. When the program expired in 2009, the government's royalty revenue is expected to increase by $1.4 billion through 2020 from the new gas drilling. ``With demand for natural gas rising as more American families and businesses choose this clean-burning fuel, we must provide incentives for development of known resources that are harder to reach,'' Norton told reporters. ``These incentives will help ensure we have a reliable domestic supply of natural gas in the future.'' Under the plan, energy companies would not have to pay a royalty fee on gas drilled at certain depths in the Gulf of Mexico. Normally, companies have to pay a royalty based on 16-2/3 percent of the market value of the gas they find. The Interior Department believes the incentives will make it more profitable for companies to drill in U.S. waters rather than some foreign countries, putting more gas supplies in the domestic market and lowering prices. ``The consumer eventually benefits from it,'' said Johnnie Burton, who heads the department's Minerals Management Service that oversees drilling on federal leases. U.S. homes and businesses use 22 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of gas a year and about 55 Tcf of gas reserves may exist in the shallow waters where the royalty relief is allowed. The drilling areas eligible for the royalty relief are located 10 miles to 15 miles off the coastlines of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama in waters of less than 656 feet. Specifically, royalties would be suspended on the first 15 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of gas found at between 15,000 and 18,000 feet below the sea floor, or on the first 25 Bcf of gas drilled at greater than 18,000 feet. Only those wells started after March 26, 2003 would be eligible for the royalty suspensions. The relief would stay in effect as long as the average price for gas traded at the New York Mercantile Exchange was below $9.34 per million British thermal units (equal to about 1,000 cubic feet). On Friday, NYMEX natural gas for delivery in February closed at almost $6.06 per million Btu. Independent energy companies welcomed the decision as a way to reduce the economic risks of drilling. ``As the nation's demand for natural gas rises, it is important for the government to take steps that encourage new natural gas supplies,'' said John Walker, chairman of the Independent Petroleum Association of America. Similar royalty relief was called for in energy legislation stalled in the Congress. � 2004 Reuters
The Houston Chroncile reported on the royalty relief program also. The newspaper said that the incentives amounted to about one-third the cost of drilling a qualifying well. This is very significant for companies like Remington that are active in the offshore areas that qualify for the royalty relief. Importantly, the incentives apply to dry holes also: a dry hole credit of 5 bcf can be applied against future oil and gas production from a company's other offshore wells regardless of the location or depth of the wells. If the royalty relief applies to wells commenced after March 2003 (the Houston paper did not report the effective date), this could have a material effect on Remington's 2003 financial results.The royalty relief program will obviously also benefit offshore drillers who drill in the shallower waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Yes, I believe so. Each of the 3 high potential wells that REM is just weeks away from getting to TD on were spud after 3/23, and each one is going deeper than 15,000 ft.Considering NYMEX gas prices would have to exceed $9.34 before the royalty break goes away, its a pretty good bet that REM will be in a position to benefit from these new rules.
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Could anyone draw me a huge, muscular viking (not supernaturally huge or muscular) but big, either moving or holding an atlas stone. He needs to be having trouble carrying it, not much but he needs to be giving some effort to lift it.
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Custom photoshop brush work,
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3 hours speedpaint.
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African Samurai?
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such beautiful work!
Very Nice
Thanks for sharing us your work this is a beast concept drawing, just looking at it and seeing the techniques and brushwork has given me some good ideas great finish on the swords
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congratulations (:
Beautiful :]
So awesome! And besides I normally don´t like photoshopworks & co, I really love yours!
I randomly found this through someone else's favorite list... wow! This looks fantastic! Amazing work man! Keep it up!!!
Wow, good speedpaint. Lovely scene and colours. Well done on the character design! A great piece of concept art
This is how concept art should be. Loose and gorgeous. I'm totally in love with your style.
Very nice! Love your style here!
This is Awesome!
this is sooo freekin awesome i love your style
woh.... Just awesome...
I don't find the right word to describe it ...
I don't find the right word to describe it ...
Congratulations ! "New Edge" has been voted "Warrior of the Week" !
<I want Inmortality and supreme Domination>!!!!! this is Very Inspiring!!!!!!! Great work! (H)
Fantastic job! The warrior looks amazing here. I like his pose and his outfit. Wonderful job. Well done!
like it? love it!
very powerful image, awesome
super cool posture
Amazing!! superb work
VEry very very amazing SIna ...... Love you Boy & Love Your Style Always ..... Nice colors & Perfect Lighting ......
I like this one, pretty much power in the image
go on with the hard work! ^^
go on with the hard work! ^^
superb realisation
nice)) beautiful colors!
it reminds me Assasin's Creed a bit. looks very great!
Excellent art work. The character looks really bad ass, with that epic plate mail. The mask is amazing and the swords look so cool. Well done!
very nice looks like mullins
simply amazing sean , you deserve it
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Initial treatments include anti-inflammatory medications such as ibuprofen (Motrin, Advil, etc.) or naproxen (Anaprox, Naprelan, Naprosyn, Aleve). These medications help reduce the inflammation and swelling around the nerves being compression. Oral cortisone medications may be tried. Epidural steroid (cortisone) injections can provide a larger dose of medications to reduce inflammation directly to the site of nerve compression. Physical therapy can help strengthen the muscles surrounding the spinal column and take some of the pressure off the spine.
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Willowbrook Cabins
Nestled in the heart of the Shawnee National Forest. Excellent deer and turkey hunting. Only 6 miles to the Ohio River and Golconda Marina, but still tucked away in the forest. Just above Lusk Creek. Come visit our little piece of heaven in the Shawnee.
Williams Hill Pass
The bunkhouse cabins accommodate four people. Each cabin includes heat, air-conditioning, electricity, table and chairs, a full bed bunk bed and linens. Picnic tables and fire rings are provided outside the cabins for meal preparation. Showers and bathrooms are located in the air conditioned shower house at the Welcome Center. Williams Hill Pass is a family-oriented OHV park located between Mitchellville and Rudement just off Illinois Route 34 in southern Saline County on the north slope of Williams Hill, the highest point in Southern Illinois.
War Bluff Valley Wildlife Sanctuary
Nestled in the uplands of the Shawnee National Forest, supports mature oak-hickory woods, river bottom forests, young forests and old field habitats. More than 530 types of plants, including a rich variety of wildflowers and 20 types of ferns. 10 walking paths give access to the area.
TK Ranch Campground
Located in the heart of a large trail system called The One Horse Gap Area. Surrounded by mile after mile of the magnificent Shawnee National Forest with new and improved trails that are well marked. We border Shawnee National Forest on all four sides; ride right out of camp into the forest. Whether you enjoy horseback riding, hiking, fishing, hunting or just relaxing, come make your own memories at TK Ranch, LLC.
Timber Ridge Outpost & Cabins
Nestled in the beautiful hills of the Shawnee National Forest, Timber Ridge offers something for everyone, from families and honeymooners to outdoor enthusiasts. Enjoy some Southern hospitality while staying in a real log cabin or one-of-a-kind tree house. Each of the units, including the tree house, is equipped with a bathroom, kitchenette, heating and air conditioning. Physical Location: Karbers Ridge, IL 62955 GPS: 37°33'52.18?N 88°20'17.03?W
The Rock Inn Motel
Reasonably priced sleeping units one mile North of Cave-In-Rock on Hwy 1. Located at the entrance to the Shawnee National Forest. Seven units near Garden of the Gods, Rim Rock/Pounds Hollow Lake, Tower Rock and all that Southern Illinois has to offer. Extremely affordable rates.
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The Refuge
1500 sq. ft. 2 bedroom, 1 bath, full kitchen, large living room. 4 twin beds, 1 king and 1 full bed. 1/2 block off Main St in Golconda. Boat parking available. All are welcome.
The Red Onion
Two-inch pork chops prime rib, steak, and catfish dinners. Also sandwiches.
The Historic Rose Hotel
Built 1812, one of the oldest "hotels" still in existence; listed on the national register of historic places. The stately home with a sweeping verando and gazebo over looks the mighty Ohio River. Gourmet breakfast.
The Corn Crib
Offers locally grown strawberries, Mirai sweet corn, potatoes, cabbage, cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, green beans, turnips, melons and zucchini. Open mid June to mid October, Monday through Friday 9am to 6pm and Saturday 9am to 3pm. Closed on Sundays.
The Book Emporium
17,000 sq. feet of books! Over 1000 cookbooks; classics, novels, religious & childrens section, collectible paper back romances, westerns, local and war books. Bring in your re-read books for trade; will special order on any book still in publication.
The Bar B Q Barn
One of Harrisburg's most popular home cooking restaurants, the speciality is fresh pit style BBQ sandwiches. Open Monday through Saturday for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Stop in before hiking in the Garden of the Gods.
Tequilas Mexican Restaurant Harrisburg
Authentic Mexican food; the best in Saline County.
Super 8 - Harrisburg
Hot tub- suites available free continental breakfast- non smoking & handicapped rooms available.
Strictly Outdoors Outfitters
This 12,000 Sq. Ft. store, just minutes from the Shawnee National Forest, has it all for the outdoorsman; fishing, camping, hunting & hiking equipment, boots, canoes, shoes, and even information on places to go and things to do in So. Illinois.
Shrimp Festival
This is a shrimp cook-off with fresh Southern Illinois shrimp cooked more ways than you can imagine! Locally grown prawns will be available for purchase. Helicopter, & carriage rides, music & entertainment, beer & wine tent and lots more.
Shawnee National Forest
The Shawnee National Forest is famed for its awesome Garden of the Gods, and is home to the Rim Rock Recreational Trail (the forest has a system of 403 miles of equestrian/hiking trails). Hikers are greeted by magnificent jutting walls of rock covered with emerald-green moss, and paths that meander through canyons under the forest canopy. Nestled between the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers, the stunning Shawnee National Forest landscape features rolling hills, lakes, creeks and rugged bluffs. If you're into climbing than a must-see is Jackson Falls, located near the town of Ozark in the Hidden Springs Ranger District in Shawnee National Forest. The climb takes place on 60 feet of sandstone cliffs and boulders that include numerous freestanding towers.
Shawnee Homeplace
Shawnee Homeplace is a two-bedroom brick home with modern comforts in the middle of 450 acres along the Ohio River three miles southwest of Rosiclare. Enjoy the trails, Ohio River frontage, abundant wildlife or the peace and quiet of the porch. Owner: Laura Lamar. Mailing address PO Box 329, Elizabethtown, IL 62931 Opening: April 2009 (1 rental ).
Shawnee Hills Country Club
This fun, challenging course includes nine, 36 par holes, and is open spring, summer and fall. The club offers a full pro shop and snack bar.
Shawnee Forest Cabins
Beautiful 1 and 2 bedroom Rental Cabins in the Shawnee National Forest. Closest Cabins to the famous Garden of the Gods and Pounds Hollow Lake.
Shawnee Forest Cabins
Brand new log cabins in the Shawnee National Forest. Closest cabins to the popular Garden of the Gods hike and just a short drive to many more. One and Two Bedroom cabins available all year. Hot tubs, Fireplaces, DirecTV, FiberOptic High-speed internet, fully furnished, with fire pits, free firewood, and charcoal grills. All cabins have full kitchens, towels, linens and all amenities; just bring your food and fun! Located at 745 Garden of the Gods Rd, Herod, IL. Please visit our website for more information and availability
Shawnee Chief Motel
This mom and pop motel has been family owned since 1958 and offers the traveler relaxing accommodations close to the scenic Ohio River and the Shawnee National Forest. Nineteen units plus six efficiency are available.
San Damiano Retreat Center and Shrine
Covering 200 acres of the bluffs of the Ohio river and surrounded by the Shawnee National Forest, this is a place of beauty, quiet and calmness. Private cottages have all the conveniences, plus dining room, conference center, hiking, fishing and chapel.
Saline Creek Pioneer Village
This fascinating pioneer village includes the original Saline County Pauper Farm (now a three-story museum), an old jail, an 1859 one-room schoolhouse, the Cain Church, several 1800s log cabins, a barn and country store.


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Salt Lake could leapfrog over the Goats in the standings, provided it can reverse the trend of away wins in this matchup.
|Real Salt Lake (4-4-2): Rimando; Beltran, Borchers, Schuler, Wingert; Gil, Beckerman, Morales, Grabavoy; Saborio, Plata.
OUT: Robbie Findley (L adductor strain), Sebastian Velasquez (R hand fracture)
QUESTIONABLE: Rich Balchan (L groin strain), Robbie Findley (L adductor strain), Javier Morales (R knee menisectomy), Joao Plata (R hamstring strain), Alvaro Saborio (R knee swelling), Carlos Salcedo (concussion), Khari Stephenson (L knee sprain), David Viana (R quad strain), Chris Wingert (R knee soreness)
|Chivas USA (3-5-2): Kennedy; Burling, Velazquez, De Luna; Avila, Alvarez, Mejia, Courtois, Villafana; Agudelo, Correa.
OUT: Walter Vilchez (L knee MCL sprain), Miller Bolaños (L hamstring strain), Oswaldo Minda (R quad strain)
QUESTIONABLE: Steven Purdy (R lower leg contusion), Edgar Mejia (R groin strain), Jose Correa (L groin strain), Juan Agudelo (L hamstring strain)
- The visiting team in this matchup has won the last four occasions.
- Chivas USA's four-game unbeaten run came to an end last week, in a 1-0 loss to the Colorado Rapids. The Goats hadn't been shut out since their opening game of the season.
- Real Salt Lake drew 1-1 with the Vancouver Whitecaps last week, with Javier Morales marking his first start of the season with an assist.
- Chivas USA, second in the West with 10 points, has a better road goal differential (+3) than home goal differential (-1).
- RSL, seventh in the West with eight points, could leapfrog over Chivas USA, albeit having played an extra game.


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Colony Calypso – affordable one bedroom rental
One bedroom rental at the Colony. The unit has high speed internet and is on a compound with shared pool. It has a deck area with gas grill. Colony Calypso has a King bed and sleeper sofa. Rates from $190 per night off season to $290 per night season.Read More
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This one bedroom unit is fully equipped with living room, full kitchen, bedroom, shower room and balcony. High Speed internet, shared off-site pool. Queen bed and sleeper sofa. Sleeps 4. Off-season rates from $158.00 per night plus tax and season from $258.00 per night plus tax.Read More
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Duval Quarters is an affordable Key West condo with one bedroom, full kitchen, living room and balcony. Right off Duval Street. Free Wifi. King bed and futon. Sleeps 4. Off-season rates from $158.00 per night, season from $258.00 per night.Read More
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4 bedroom suite near the harbor with 2 bathrooms, outside patio with grill, balcony, jacuzzi. Pet friendly. 3 King beds, 1 full bed, 2 sleeper sofas, sleeps 12. Off-season rates from $408 per night and season rates from $768 per night, plus taxRead More
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Royal Palm is a small cottage suite for 2 people on the Southern Palm's compound. This unit has a kitchenette, outside deck with jacuzzi. King bed. Sleeps 2. Off-season rates from $188 per night plus tax, season rates from $288 per night plus tax.Read More
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Victoria House is a 5/5 house with private pool located in Old Town Key West. This large Key West rental has 3 King rooms, 1 Queen room and one room with 2 Queen beds. Sleeps 12. Off season rates from $5800, season from $6500 plus tax per week.Read More
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The Green Orchid a 2/2.5 cottage in Old Town Key West located close to the White Street Art District. WiFi. Pet Friendly. Parking. This is a monthly rental. Queen, Full. Sleeps 4. Off-season monthly rates from $2700 and season from $4000 plus tax.Read More
Tropical Village Poolside Suite in Key West
Poolside Suite at Tropical Village is a open studio unit with King bed, Kitchenette, bathroom, private deck area and shared pool. WiFi. Pet Friendly. Sleeps 2. Off-season rates from $118 per night plus tax and season rates from $208 per night plus tax.Read More
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The Bahama House is a 2/2 cottage with a private pool located just a couple of blocks from Duval Street. It has WiFi and is a pet friendly unit. Queen, Queen, sleeper sofa. Sleeps 6. Off-season rates from $348 per night and season from $478 per night plus tax.Read More


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Getting ready to grill up some beats, psychadelic industrial post-punk grungewave hardcore mind-grinding soundpixels for your wavecatchers. Each orbit, around this time, the Scattered Planets make their annual convergences at various cities and venues across the vast expanse of mountains and plains that you can see... if you drive around. We break shit. Including eardrums, if you stand too close to the speakers. If you're lucky, you will leave with a sonic implant that will last you a lifetime. Close your eyes and open up your earholes: Scattered Planets Very excited to be joined this annum by veterans of the venue and Latrobe Local hard-rockin' heroes, Ivenfaint! You can check them out here: IvenFaint From Pittsburgh, Kelda Cassada invades this stage to for the first time, possibly taking on the Planets in a deadly battle of caustic oscillations. You can hear them here: Kelda Cassada Opening the night, we're excited to welcome Erie's own Punk-Rock princess, the "deranged, but oh, so playful" Life(Liss): BUT WAIT...THERE's MORE. AT 7:30pm, after the doors open, we will have a Flamin'-Hot preshow, featuring the electronic works of Charmaine Evonne, and feats of fantastical flame magic by the Sirkus Dayz fire performance troupe. Live fire intermittently throughout the rest of the evening... Doors: 7pm Preshow: 7:30 Music starts: 8pm Presale Tix: $8 Door Day-of: $10 (HAVE YOUR TICKET NO EXCEPTION) CanNOT wait for this one! Wear your moon shoes if you got em! :D
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Cast: Drew Armani, Sierra Sinn, Rheanna, Veronica Jett, Shannon Kelly, Veronica Ray, Lena Lang, Crystal White
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In the world of Bedtime Stories, girls are either fed up with men or they're just so horny that they can't keep their hands off each other. The set-ups are trite, but once the action gets going, Bedtime Stories becomes a little better than the average Porn Valley girl/girl title.
When the gals lick pussy, they bury their faces in between each other's legs. When they 69, it's a mess of body parts. And when the girls sit on each other's faces, the girl on top grabs the girl on the bottom by her hair. These girls get into it.
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Do the random vampire attacks end when you finish the main Dawnguard quest on the Vampire Hunters (Dawnguard) side?
Yes, the attacks do end after finishing the main quest.
Tangentially, the attacks will begin as soon as you install Dawnguard, not after beginning Dawnguard-related quests. Some consider this a misfeature enough that there is a mod to disable attacks until you begin the Dawnguard quests.


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Marc Conner, Chair
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Brant Hellwig, Dean of the School of Law
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SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Yonhap) -- The government and the ruling Saenuri Party agreed Monday to increase soldiers' monthly pay by 15 percent next year as part of President Park Geun-hye's push to double their salary during her five-year term, the party's policymaker said.
Finance Minister Hyun Oh-seok, Saenuri Party's policy maker Kim Ki-hyun and other senior officials held a meeting to fine-tune the 2014 budget proposal, which will be announced later this month.
The move comes after Park promised to double soldiers' pay during her election campaign to appeal to them and their parents who have long demanded a pay raise for mandatory military service, which is required by law for all-able bodied men.
If the budget bill is approved by the National Assembly, the pay of corporals, for example, will rise from the current 117,000 won (US$108) to 134,500 won per month starting next year, Kim said in a briefing.
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It made a big splash in the New England news media, and I do recall seeing the story briefly appear in the the Phoenix area news. Maybe since it was "white on white" crime and lacked any racial tones or "hate crime" potential it was largely ignored on the national level.
I did pay close attention to that story since I lived in that area for 35 years before moving west. Here's what the current, cited article left out: while it is true that both daughters died of smoke inhalation, these paroled animals actually tied the girls to their beds, soaked them with gasoline, and set them on fire. Slitting the girls' throats would have been a more humane death.
Both these subhumans were recently out on parole from the Connecticut prison system when they attacked the Petit family.


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Los Estados Unidos están bajo amenaza de un ataque nuclear por parte de Rusia. Lo que podría suponer la III Guerra Mundial... y el fin del mundo.
Los Watchmen son los únicos que podrían evitar que eso suceda, pero están siendo asesinados uno por uno.
Decidí leer Watchmen sin saber bien de que se trataba, sin haber visto la película y sin haber leído nunca antes una novela gráfica, así que realmente no sabía que esperar. Nunca me imagine esta genialidad.
Me atrapó desde la primera página con la entrada al diario de Rorschach, quien desde ese momento y para siempre se convirtió en mi favorito. Su locura, su inteligencia y su torcido pero fuerte sentido moral, lo hacen extraordinario.
Al igual que él, el resto de los "superhéroes" tampoco tienen superpoderes en realidad -excepto por el Dr. Manhattan, claro-, son sólo seres humanos comunes, con ideales y defectos, reaccionando de la mejor forma que pueden a un mundo oscuro y violento.
Reaccionando de la mejor forma que pueden a la certeza de la muerte.
Mis partes favoritas son esas donde se entremezclan la historia del naufrago con la linea principal de la historia.
Es una obra maestra. Un retrato perfecto de la humanidad.
Absolutely great. I liked the movie too, which closely followed the main storyline until the ending. The novel has a much better finale than the film.
4.5 stars
"No. Not even in the face of Armageddon. Never compromise."
It's going to be one of those rare days where I like the movie a wee bit more, even if the source material was brilliant. To my credit they did a killer job with the movie - not only did they stick flypaper close to the source material, they also directed the scenes with finesse and had a near perfect cast. So I've seen the movie a lot before reading this cerebral-stimulating story about questionable heroes who are only realistic because they're questionable. That didn't damper my enjoyment at all, the story is too good for it to.
If you don't know the story yet, that's a sad thing because this story rocks. A colorful cast of miscreants and worshiped idols blend together to make the former - and future? - watchmen. Is it irony or simply sensible that the ones who, at the end, stand by their unbending moral compasses are the ones who are the outcasts and who prefer staying in the shadow of humanity's eye, and that the heroes in the limelight are the ones who bask in their twisted salvation plan without question?
Watchmen mixes more than interesting characters together - it blends genres: a dark, noir mystery in Rorschach's investigations; the embrace of science-fiction and higher-function fantasy through Dr Manhattan; gritty slaps of the American dream confronting brutality in war via the Comedian; age-old hero worship and public adoration of select figures. Blend it all and what do you get? Bliss in book (and cinema) form.
"There's a notion I'd like to see buried: the ordinary person. Ridiculous. There is no ordinary person."
Character wise, Rorschach is my favorite. His serious and impatient ADD conversations with Daniel are winners. For some reason the blue Manhattan doesn't ring my bell nearly as much, and am I the only one who found the Silk Spectre more bratty than interesting? The story isn't about day-old accepted superhero stereotypes, but flawed beings who bounce their divergences against each other. Manhattan is a little bit of Superman, the king of the city, ultra powerful but now other, working with the people but distant from them. The director said when making the movie that Nite Owl was like batman who couldn't get it up. Blend him with Roschach's detective skills, and a little bit of Batman does come to mind. It's sort of like blending beloved heroes with shifty but loved villains to get familiar but completely new creations.
On the downside, I didn't like the comic interference in book OR movie form. Even if the book had it easier to digest in interludes, I still wish it wasn't there. I'm sure an artsy and relevant thing was being done with it, but I hate distractions. Some of the in betweens were cool additions, but some of it was rather boring. I think it would have worked better to have these features at the end as add-on bonuses - be awed by the story, then dive into extra goodies to spice up the experience.
Also, artwork was rather lacking. They had only so much room to work with, of course, tons going on, and the faded washed effect works on a psychological level considering the time period and storyline, but there's little oomph and glory compared to some other graphic novel works.
At the beginning, the story asks you to ponder, "Who is watching the watchmen?" By the close of the story, you're still pondering the same question.
Interesting consideration of what 'superheroes' would be like in the real world.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0930289234, Paperback)Has any comic been as acclaimed as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen? Possibly only Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, but Watchmen remains the critics' favorite. Why? Because Moore is a better writer, and Watchmen a more complex and dark and literate creation than Miller's fantastic, subversive take on the Batman myth. Moore, renowned for many other of the genre's finest creations (Saga of the Swamp Thing, V for Vendetta, and From Hell, with Eddie Campbell) first put out Watchmen in 12 issues for DC in 1986-87. It won a comic award at the time (the 1987 Jack Kirby Comics Industry Awards for Best Writer/Artist combination) and has continued to gather praise since.
The story concerns a group called the Crimebusters and a plot to kill and discredit them. Moore's characterization is as sophisticated as any novel's. Importantly the costumes do not get in the way of the storytelling; rather they allow Moore to investigate issues of power and control--indeed it was Watchmen, and to a lesser extent Dark Knight, that propelled the comic genre forward, making "adult" comics a reality. The artwork of Gibbons (best known for 2000AD's Rogue Trooper and DC's Green Lantern) is very fine too, echoing Moore's paranoid mood perfectly throughout. Packed with symbolism, some of the overlying themes (arms control, nuclear threat, vigilantes) have dated but the intelligent social and political commentary, the structure of the story itself, its intertextuality (chapters appended with excerpts from other "works" and "studies" on Moore's characters, or with excerpts from another comic book being read by a child within the story), the finepace of the writing and its humanity mean that Watchmen more than stands up--it keeps its crown as the best the genre has yet produced. --Mark Thwaite
Question: You were tasked with drawing new illustrations of key shots from the new Watchmen film. Was it a difficult challenge to re-imagine your work in this movie format?
Dave Gibbons: I don't think that I actually did many key shots from the film. I had to actually imagine them rather than exactly recreate what was going to be in the movie. But as far as the drawings I did for the licensing purposes, accuracy was the real key so that they looked exactly like the movie. Whereas doing the graphic novel was creating stuff afresh and being very creative, this was more the case of interpreting something that already existed. So it was rather more a commercial art job than a creative thing.
Q: How many scenes from the original graphic novel did you redraw in the new "movie" format?
DG: I kind of did them piecemeal, these licensing drawings. I did do a section of storyboarding for Zack Snyder. There is a part of the movie that isn't in the graphic novel and he wanted to see how I would have drawn it, if it had been in the graphic novel. So I redid the storyboards as three pages of comic on the nine-panel grid, also getting it coloured by John Higgins so it looked authentic. But I think there were probably only 3 or 4 scenes that I drew, which were from the movie.
Q: What was your working method for producing these new illustrations from the film? And how has it changed from when you originally illustrated Watchmen?
DG: When you're producing things from existing material, you have to look at and assemble the references... you know, keep looking backwards and forwards to make sure what you're drawing is accurate to what's in the photos. I did have lots of photos from the movie and in some cases I had more or less the illustration I was going to do in photo form, which made it a lot easier. On others I had to construct it from various references: really just the usual illustrator's job of drawing something to reference. And on the original illustrations of Watchmen, I was free to come up with exactly the angles and exactly the costumes and everything that I wanted to. When you've designed a costume and drawn it a few times, you actually internalize it and you find you can draw it without having to refer to reference at all. So in some ways it's more creative and in some ways it's easier!
Q: In Watchmen: The Art of the Film, there are concept designs by other artists of their visions of your iconic characters. What do you think of their versions and did you offer any guidance while they were working on these?
DG: It's always really interesting to see versions of your characters drawn by other artists. You tend to see things in them that you hadn't noticed before. So I really enjoyed looking at those. I certainly didn't offer them any guidance. The purpose of getting those kinds of drawings done is to get a fresh perspective on what exists. I noticed actually that they really stuck more closely to my original designs than those, but I really enjoyed seeing them.
Q: Watchmen: Portraits is Clay Enos's stunning black and white collection of photos of each character from the Watchmen movie. What was it like looking through this book at all the characters you had conceived years ago now being brought to life by actors?
DG: It's rather interesting; you know if you look at the Watching the Watchmen book you can see these characters as fairly sketchy rough conceptual versions. Then when you look at Clay's book you can actually see them right down to counting the number of pores on the skin on the end of their noses! It's incredible high focus! It's like zooming in through space and time to look at the surface of some moon of Saturn or something. I thoroughly enjoyed his book... it had a real artistic quality to it that was really so good. And of course to see these actors who so much are the embodiment of what I drew, that it's a tremendous thrill to see them made flesh!
Q: Watchmen: The Film Companion features some stills from the animated version of The Black Freighter. What do you think of the look and design of this animated feature?
DG: It looks really interesting! Although I drew my version in the comic book in a kind of horror-comic style, these are very much in a savage manga style. I think they work really well... they've got the kind of manic intensity, which I think that work should have and I really can't wait to see the whole feature. I've seen the trailer for it and that looks great and again they've used a lot of the compositions that I came up with but just translated them to this kind of very modern drawn animation.
Q: How much time did you spend on the set of Watchmen? Was it a surreal experience to see your work recreated like this?
DG: I was on the set of Watchmen for a couple of days and it really was surreal to walk through a door and then suddenly be in the presence of all these people in living breathing flesh! I was there for what you would call the Crimebusters meeting where they were all there in costume in the same room, which was incredible. They had obviously planned that so I would get to see everyone. It was surreal though quite a wonderful experience to see it come to life.
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Garlic and Dried Tomato Bread
Total Time
Prep 10 mins
Cook 3 hrs
A great bread to serve with your favorite soup or pasta.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 1⁄3 cups water
- 1⁄3 cup snipped dried tomatoe (not oil-packed)
- 1⁄4 cup finely chopped onion
- 4 cloves garlic
- 1 tablespoon olive oil or 1 tablespoon cooking oil
- 3 cups bread flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon crushed rosemary
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1⁄4 teaspoons active dry yeast or 1 1⁄4 teaspoons bread machine yeast
- Select the two pound feature on your bread machine and medium crust.
- Add above ingredients to your bread machine according to manufacturer's directions.
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Made this bread without a machine & ended up with two EXTREMELY TASTY 8 1/2" x 4 1/2" loaves! Used large cloves of garlic along with just a tad more dried tomato & was very pleased with the results! Along with the resemary these flavors were wonderful, & you've given me a great keeper of a recipe! Many thanks! [Tagged, made & reviewed in Healthy Choices ABC cooking game]
this is wonderful bread with soup!
This bread is a terrific addition to my recipe file! I heated the water & then followed mainbo's suggestion & soaked the dried tomatoes in it. I only needed 2 1/2 cups of bread flour. I could see that it the dough was going to overfill my machine as it began to rise, so I took it out and made a loaf & a few rolls to bake in the oven. We had the rolls last night & used the loaf today for sandwiches. Great tasting without being overpowering in any one flavor. I will make this bread again!


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According to pingdom, a typical page on my WordPress site hosted on HostGator takes over 20seconds to load.
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WBA super middleweight champion Andre Ward (27-0, 14 KOs) hasn't seen action since last November when he beat Edwin Rodriguez by a 12 round unanimous decision in a fight that was televised by HBO. Since then, Ward has been sitting out of action in part due to him being wrapped up in a lawsuit with his promoter.
Ward says he still wants to fight, but there aren't any top fighters that are showing him any interest. Ward is probably going to need to be open to moving up to 175, even if it's for a short period of time, to try and get a fight against WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev.
Ward can always move back down to 168 after he takes the fight. However, Ward is resistant to taking on Kovalev because he doesn't see it as a pay-per-view worthy fight. He's right about that, because he doesn't have the popularity right now for that to be a big PPV type of event. But by fighting Kovalev and proving himself to be better than him, Ward would be increasing his popularity tenfold.
For Ward to become popular, he's going to need to take some risks by facing guys in fights that don't bring him a lot of money. It's called paying your dues. Ward, whether he wants to accept it or not, hasn't beaten enough high level opponents to pick up a huge fan base yet. He needs more big level victories of this kind for him to win over a lot of fans because right now his popularity isn't high enough for him to be a big star.
Ward already basically cleaned out the 168 pound division in the Super Six tournament when he beat Carl Froch, Arthur Abraham and Mikkel Kessler. He also beat Sakio Bika, who is now the WBC 168 pound champion. The top contenders in the division right now, James DeGale and George Groves, haven't shown the desire to get into the ring with Ward. So while he wants to get a big fight against one of the top guys in his own division, it's simply not happening for lack of interest on the part of his potential opponents.


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In the messages log I can see that my system clock was changed. This was recorded in the log happening at 4pm and the change was to move the system clock to 3.58pm. However, in the next lines of the log they are still recorded as happening at 4pm and not the new time the system clock was changed to- surely the events following should be recorded at the new system clock time?
As far as I know the system clock is adjusted with small incremental updates until the correct time is reached.


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Glossy Privet
What other names is Glossy Privet known by?Aligustre, Chinese Linguster, Chinese Ligustrum, Chinese Privet, Dongqingzi, Chinese Wax-leaf Privet, Joteishi, Ligustro, Ligustro Ceroso, Ligustrum, Ligustrum Fruit, Ligustrum lucidum, Nu Zhen, Nu Zhen Zi, Nuzhenzi, To-Nezumimochi, Tree Privet, Troène, Troène de Chine, Troène à Feuilles Brillantes, Trueno, White Waxtree, Yojungja.
What is Glossy Privet?Glossy privet is a plant. The ripe fruit is used to make medicine. Be careful not to confuse glossy privet (Ligustrum lucidum) with other species of privet such as Japanese privet, border privet, Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense), common privet, golden privet, and others.
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Coconut Cream Pound Cake
Total Time
Prep 10 mins
Cook 1 hr
This recipe is from a dear friend of mine. It is delicious. Anyone who has tasted it states it is the best cake they ever tasted as far as coconut goes. It is filling and easy to make. I hope you enjoy as much as my family does.
Ingredients Nutrition
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 3 cups white sugar
- 6 eggs
- 1 teaspoon coconut extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 cups flaked coconut
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and cream cheese until well blended.
- Add sugar, and beat until light and fluffy.
- Blend in the eggs, one at a time.
- Stir in coconut extract.
- Mix in flour and baking powder until just moistened.
- Stir in coconut.
- Spoon batter into prepared pan.
- Bake for 1 hour and 20 minutes in the preheated oven.
- Insert knife and if comes out clean, cake is done.
- Allow to cool in the pan for 10 minutes before inverting onto a cooling rack.
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It is the BEST DAM POUND CAKE I ever tasted!!!! *hahaha* Hey Melanie!!!!!!!!! How are ya hon? Long time no see.!!!!
This was very good. Super sweet. My DH and Kids loved it. Served it with a dollop of vanilla cool whip. Thank you for a great recipe.
What a treat! I made this yesterday afternoon...very good. Excellent coconut flavor and oh so moist with a nice "crust". This one's a keeper. :-)


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Uninsured in Vt. drops nearly a thirdBy DAVE GRAM
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Green Mountain Care Board Chairwoman Anya Rader Wallack, left, and board member Al Gobeille look over documents at a meeting Thursday in Montpelier.MONTPELIER A new survey by the state of Vermont finds the number of residents without health insurance has dropped by nearly a third in the past seven years, mainly due to growth in government programs.
Results made public Thursday at a meeting of the Green Mountain Care Board show more than 61,000 Vermonters were without health coverage in 2005, or 9.8 percent of the population. The number dropped to 42,760, or 6.8 percent, by 2012.
Those with private, unsubsidized health insurance dropped from more than 369,000 residents to fewer than 346,000.
Meanwhile, Medicaid recipients were up by nearly 21,000, and there were more than 10,000 more residents on Medicare.
Those with military coverage grew by nearly 6,000 and a new state-backed program called Catamount Health had more than 10,000 subscribers.
The survey was done in August by the Market Decisions firm for the Department of Financial Regulation. Surveyors interviewed 4,610 households by cellphone and landline.
It was the fifth time since 2000 the state had commissioned such a survey.
Other findings included: Young adults were more likely to be uninsured than their elders; the median age for the uninsured was 32; the median age for those with insurance was 42. Of people 65 and older, 100 percent had insurance, thanks to Medicare. Most likely to have insurance were the poorest, who get Medicaid, and those with household incomes higher than $92,200 for a family of four.
Release of the data came as the Green Mountain Care Board continued its work to prepare Vermont for the health care overhaul under the federal Affordable Care Act. Under the new law, Americans will be able to choose from various levels of care. The lower the monthly premium, the higher the co-payments and deductibles the consumer will pay. Premiums will be subsidized with federal tax credits at many income levels.
Anya Rader Wallack, chairwoman of the Green Mountain Care Board, said monthly premiums for the various levels of coverage have not been set yet.MORE IN Vermont NewsPHILADELPHIA Vermonts delegation to the Democratic National Convention took center stage... Full StoryNORTHFIELD A Norwich University professor has been awarded a research fellowship to support her... Full StoryDemocratic Gubernatorial Candidate Peter Galbraith released a proposal Thursday to quash the... Full Story
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Arena is a British television documentary series, which has run in occasional seasons on BBC Two, and latterly BBC Four, since 1975, debuting on Wednesday 1 October that year. It was conceived by the producer Alan Yentob, who also did on-camera presenting and interviewing work for the programme.
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Good morning! If you need a little shock to the system to wake you up, how about this: Lindsay Lohan has given an interview in which she was described as "quick witted with a bright sense of humour". No really, read it for yourself here.
Other stuff we find hard to believe today is Helen Flanagan's actual bravery on I'm A Celeb. She ate the inside of testicles and a rotten egg - and didn't have a breakdown... well, not much of one anyway.
There's going to be more stars (in quite an old sense of the word) joining the show too - find out who here.
And while we're on the topic of jungle life, let's have another perv at the only Tarzan in the whole place, David Haye, and see why he's making the other men well jel.
The stars of that other reality show on TV right now - X Factor, you might have heard of it - went to Disneyland and had what looked like rather a lot of fun.
Just in case you missed this on last night's I'm A Celeb - presenting David Haye and his beautiful body.
This is what Peter Andre's Mysterious Girl video should actually have looked like...
Kristen Stewart is in full interview mode this week, pushing Twilight all over the place. Saying that, it sounds like she's sick of talking about the final vampire flick and ready to get back on the set.
She said: "I'm kinda desperate to get a job right now. I'm itching to go back to work."
And when asked whether a sequel of Snow White and The Huntsman - you know, the movie directed by the man she had an affair with, is on the cards, she said: "No one's positive or anything, but I think there's a strong possibility".
Justin Bieber was snapped getting pulled over by the police in West Hollywood yesterday after cruising through town in a pretty sweet looking white Ferrari.
TMZ claims that the police checked his documents and gave him a ticket but 'it's unclear what law he allegedly broke'.
Catch Justin when he cruises into the UK next year, with tickets on sale now.
District3 may have been voted off The X Factor, but all is not lost - they've been given the honour of switching on the shopping centre's Christmas lights in Tunbridge Wells.
Have you watched the latest episode of Just Sayin'? Featuring Helen Flanagan's latest trial, a big One D announcement and Kim K falling over...
The Killers had to halt a gig in Manchester last night after lead singer Brandon Flowers lost his voice. The singer apparently tried to use some medicine on stage before announcing "this has never happened before" five songs in. They wrote on Twitter afterwards: 'Both Manchester shows (scheduled for the 13th & 14th) have been cancelled. We will have info about the rescheduled dates very soon.'
The band added on Facebook: "Manchester, we started something we couldn't finish and we're so, so sorry. Working on rescheduling tonight and tomorrow's shows. Will let you know new dates ASAP."
They're all over the social networking sites, these boys.
Rebecca Ferguson has announced that her new single will be Shoulder To Shoulder - here, let's watch her singing it.
Out on December 16, Rebecca said: "I wanted to make the listener think about love and relationships. So many times we lose track of what's important in love, and I've written about the classic dysfunctional relationship where you have two people in love, they just don't know HOW to love."
Hmm, bit soppy.
Niall off One Direction is basically having the same day as most stay at home mums.
He tweeted: "Just got back to the house!good to be back... it's sooo cold what the hell. Plumber in fixing the heating today! Watchin a bit of Jezza Kyle too."
Have you heard the new Girls Aloud single? It's another new one called Beautiful 'Cause You Love Me and it's pretty amazing.
It's a slow one, so prepared to sway...
Liam Payne met one of his heroes before he left New York this week - the one and only Jay Z!
He was all excited as he tweeted: 'Alssoooo my biggest news todayy i met one of my idols and couldnt even look him in the eye'
Do you like skin? And products? Cheap ones at that? Well, we're only 7 buyers short of the RoC-bottom price of £39 in our amazing skin care deal. Get your RoC bargain here!
Simon Cowell has spoken out about One Direction's upcoming 3D film, which will show the boys performing, plus offer backstage footage of the lads larking about.
The X Factor boss said: "I'm delighted we're making this film and Morgan is the perfect person to give that access-all-areas, behind-the-scenes look into what it's like to be One Direction today. What the band have achieved is incredible, they and their fans have made history around the world – this is for them."
Got tickets for One Direction's UK tour yet? Get them here...
The official Guinness World Records team just came to the 3am office and challenged us to doing a record - eating three chocolate gold coins in 30 seconds. 'Pfffft, easy!', we all thought... before we all stepped up and FAILED.
Sigh. Linford Christie would be ashamed.
Can YOU do it?
Eva Longoria tried to kid us all into thinking that she'd had a dramatic haircut done by pal Ken Paves this morning!
Lots of people bought it and told her she was a FOOL for losing her long locks, but it turned out that the whole thing was a big old joke.
Eva was simply wearing a wig - what a goofball!
Dougie off McFly has revealed he thought he had a brain tumour... after his mate told him so.
Speaking about getting migraines recently, Dougie said: "I've been supressing it with Nurofen.
"I woke up the other morning, took some tablets and then threw them up 10 minutes later. Then I started to panic: 'Oh f***, it's a tumour.'"
Fortunately, Dougie was told by the doctor that you don't get headaches from tumours and all was fine. Phew!
He explained to The Sun: "I think it's because I've got a really small head and my brain is getting bigger because I'm just far too intelligent."
But bandmate Tom added: "I think it's the opposite – it's because your brain's so small, it's just rattling around in there."
We can't work out whether this Lindsay Lohan's new film is a joke or not!! Apparently it isn't, but surely....
We very much enjoyed this new Miley Cyrus interview with Ellen's little helpers Sophie Grace and Rosie - those kids are AMAZING. In a somewhat concerning way.
They did manage to get her to chat about her wedding dress though...
If you're getting ready to fight for tickets to the JLS tour, well, don't. We've got pre-sale tickets here!
Forgotten all the dates? No sweat, you lot, no sweat at all.
- Nottingham Capital FM Arena, Wednesday 4th December
- Aberdeen AECC, Friday 6th December
- Glasgow Hydro Arena, Saturday 7th December
- Liverpool Echo Arena, Monday 9th December
- Sheffield Motorpoint Arena, Tuesday 10th December
- Newcastle Metro Radio Arena, Thursday 12th December
- Birmingham LG Arena, Friday 13th December
- Manchester Arena, Saturday 14th December
- Brighton Centre, Monday 16th December
- Bournemouth International Centre, Tuesday 17th December
- Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, Wednesday 18th December
- Leeds Arena, Friday 20th December
- London 02 Arena, Saturday 21st December
We've already given you all the goss for One Direction's interview on Loose Women (see that here), but you can see the interview live on ITV now!


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I have an old HP ProLiant DL145 G3 server I'm now using mostly as a budget 3D rendering node. Right now it has two Opteron 2218 processors (each is dual core). I'm looking at picking up a couple cheap Opteron 2425 HE processors for it (hex core) to speed it up.
Both of these processors are Socket F. The TDP on the 2425 HE is lower, so I shouldn't need to worry about heat. However, HP only ever officially supported up to the Opteron 2220 for this model server, which is a "Santa Rosa" model processor instead of "Istanbul" as in the 2425.
My concerns would be:
I don't know if the OS starts up cores by itself or if it depends on the BIOS to enable them first - if the BIOS has to enable them, chances are it won't enable all six, since the system was only designed for dual cores (for instance the BIOS won't enable AMD-V even though the 2218s support it).
The 2218 uses a 1 GHz HT link whereas the 2425 uses 2.4 GHz HT. However, I've read that HT autonegotiates with a controller on the motherboard, so I'm guessing this isn't a problem but I'm not sure.
The 2218's voltage is listed as 1.30/1.35 .. I'm not sure which that is, but the 2425 is listed as 1.15V. I think the mobo negotiates the voltage with the CPU, but I'd hate to be wrong and have the new procs burn out.
(There's also the matter that the 2425's per-core cache is actually smaller (512k vs 1M,) which could have an impact on performance but I'd probably have to test them to see what works better.)
EDIT: I know off the bat that not all Socket F Opterons are interchangeable, since various models have different limits on the number of processors. In this case that is not a problem since both models considered are designed for dual processor.


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"As this comment indicates, I am assuming that this volume is going to assume a key place in the literature on this vast subject." (Ecclesiastical History, 1 January 2014)
"Julia Lamm has assembled a valuable collection of forty articles by leading scholars in this treasury of studies of (mainly) Christian mysticism. A lengthy and expert introduction by Lamm leads to the first section: five articles on "Themes in Christian Mysticism." (The Catholic Historical Review, 1 January 2014)
"Together they open a rich world of creative, inspired writing to contemporary students and fellow scholars. Summing Up. Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above; general readers." (Choice, 1 September 2013)
"The Wiley-Blackwell Companion remains a treasure-trove of scholarship that will delight anyone interested in the academic conversation around Christian mysticism." (Carl McColman, 24 May 2013)
"There is much to praise about this book, from its well-judged contents to the beautiful presentation and typeface. This is a must-have for any library, and for any student or disciple of the mystical tradition." (Church Times, 24 May 2013)
"The result is a compelling and engaging volume drawing on the best of recent cutting-edge scholarship, and providing insights into an ancient but important Christian tradition." (Eastern Christian Books, 17 December 2012)
"The past quarter century has seen an unprecedented outpouring of studies on mysticism, both in Christianity and in other religious traditions. While welcome, this proliferation of literature can also induce confusion—in the midst of so much to read, what will be most helpful for the general reader, and even enlightening for the specialist? The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Christian Mysticism does much to mitigate this problem. In this volume we have a superior survey of the course of Christian mysticism presented by excellent scholars in no less than forty-two essays. The coverage of the main themes and the historical development is impressive, the scholarship is sound, the balance among the sections and treatments is admirable. This Companion will set the standard for the study of Christian mysticism for years to come."—Bernard McGinn, University of Chicago


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For some reason the moderator thought this topic should have been closed.... SO let me reopen it.
To be more clear with my problem. The menu does not push down all the way on first load. You must click the menu item once close the menu and open it again then the sub menus will push down. I think i know where you can find the source of this problem...
I noticed that the div containing the class "nav-collapse in collapse"
has a style of height set to a specific number when close it is at 0, when first opened it is assigned another specific number i.e. 288px. This is where the problem is because its set to a specific height.
However, when i close the menu and open it back up this height is now set to AUTO. Can you please look into this? Seems like a javascript error.
ANYWAY--- my hack to fix this problem was to add this bit of code to the min.css file
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John Thomas Lambert was born in 1822 and died 1909. John was born in Georgia and died in Pontotoc, Ms. His father was William Lambert, his grand-father was George Lambert. John Thomas married twice and had 22 children. First wife was Mary Ann Cole and second was Sarah Caroline Foster.
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There's a fine line between working too hard and having a
stress-free life.
For Michelle Henderson, the line looks more like a rope tied
between two trees, and she tries to walk on it as often as
she can.
The 21-year-old University of Otago anthropology student has
been busy studying for exams for the past month, and is
preparing for her final exam tomorrow.
But the warm weather yesterday was too distracting to stay
indoors with books, she said.
So she set up a tightrope between two trees alongside Dundas
St on the North Ground yesterday, to help relieve some
"It's a study break. This is a great way to relieve stress."
Despite the fact she had only been tightrope walking for the
past year, Miss Henderson has developed enough skills to be
comfortable and competent on the rope.
Earlier this year, she walked on wires suspended about 60m
off the ground.
"You have a harness on, but when you look down, it's still
pretty scary."
Though not as scary as her looming final exam, she said.
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