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Duffy steals show in Howard's rehab
Veteran singles twice, plates three; Phils prospect walks off
By David Heck / Special to MLB.com | June 28, 2012 9:38 PM ET
"I was on deck and he went up to bat," Duffy said. "He goes, "'Duff, be ready to win this game.' I said, 'Yes, sir.'"
Howard hit a sacrifice fly to draw within one and then Duffy came through with a two-RBI walk-off single to give the Class A Lakewood BlueClaws a 7-6 win over the West Virginia Power.
Duffy finished the game 2-for-4 with a homer and four RBIs. Howard, who tore his left Achilles tendon in the final game of last year's National League Division Series against the Cardinals, also went 2-for-4 and knocked in three as the team's designated hitter.
The victory marked the first time this year that the BlueClaws won a game in which they trailed after eight innings (1-42).
"Whenever you come back in a game, in any game, that's what you play for," Duffy said. "It's the attitude and the mentality that you have to never give up and always try."
After going 0-for-2 in his first two at-bats, Duffy hit a homer in the eighth before his game-winner in the ninth. Howard, meanwhile, singled on a line drive to center in his second at-bat and followed with a two-RBI ground-ball single through the left side in his third.
In his media session after the game, Howard said he couldn't put a percentage on his health.
"What percent? I couldn't really tell you," he said. "I don't know. I'll have to see how it feels tomorrow. I don't think it will feel too much different, but I do expect there to be some soreness, but not a lot.
"I'm not worried about my Achilles -- it's just a matter of getting back into game shape physically."
Duffy, for his part, said Howard looked strong in the box.
"His swing looked good," he said. "He made solid contact with the ball. ... He looks like he's on his way back. Hopefully he'll help the Phillies win and continue to have success."
Duffy is now batting .322 with five homers and 31 RBIs between Lakewood and Class A Advanced Clearwater. The 24-year-old first baseman has had the opportunity to play with both Howard and Jim Thome this year, picking up whatever tips he could.
"I went up to both and asked them to tell me their secret," Duffy said. "I talked to Jim Thome for about 20 to 30 minutes, it was unreal. You could really tell that he and Ryan Howard, they feel it. They don't just talk about hitting, it's a feeling inside them. I can relate to what they're going through and what they're saying. It's pretty cool."
Howard is expected to start again for the BlueClaws on Friday, this time at first base. After missing the entire season up to this point, he's being careful not to push too hard.
"It's not hard to not rush -- I've been patient for eight or nine months now," Howard said. "Another week or two weeks isn't going to kill me. You want to be back up there as soon as you can, but you have to make sure you take the proper precautions. I'm not going to rush myself just to get back there. I have to make sure I'm good and ready to go."
David Heck is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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There's a chill in the water of the pool contrasting the dry heat outside. Above the surface, there is chaos, the sounds of playful screams and splashing echo off the walls of the old hangar.
Beneath the water, there is a sense of solitude leaving a swimmer alone with only her thoughts. Swimming laps requires constant focus – keeping the body streamlined, pushing muscles further as fatigue sets in, even breathing requires thought. Each stroke brings her closer to the wall of the pool – it's a chance to stop, catch her breath – but she does a flip turn, pushing away and starting another lap. She doesn't stop.
Not stopping is a theme for Senior Airman Megan Stanton, and it's an underlying factor in her passion for triathlon and dedication to living healthy.
In June, Stanton competed in her first half-distance Ironman. Finishing eighth in her division at an event in Boise, Idaho, requiring athletes to swim 1.2 miles, bike 56 miles and run 13.1 miles. It took Stanton 5:50:58 to complete the course after training for close to a year.
During that year, Stanton typically completed four 3,000-meter swims, five hours of running and 10 hours of cycling each week. She also incorporated yoga into her training to improve her core strength.
She said the biggest challenge was finding the time to train more than 20 hours a week while serving as an aeromedical technician working overnight shifts in the 366th Medical Group's urgent care center at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho.
"The schedules I have encountered in my job so far have been varied and sometimes erratic," Stanton said. "It's hard to have a consistent training plan, so I've found that flexibility is key. The big challenge is finding that balance where you can be really good at your job because you have a drive and genuine desire to excel, and you can still be successful in your training. I think all it takes is a little motivation and a lot of perseverance."
Stanton finds time during the quiet moments of her shifts to stay active. She created a gym in a small office at work, where she does push-ups and pull-ups, and uses a foam roller to relax tight muscles.
While many people may think this much training is excessive, Stanton says, "it's my favorite thing to do."
To stay fueled during the stress of training and working long hours, Stanton chooses to eat a plant-based diet to provide the nutrients her body requires.
"I have tons of energy eating this way," she said, "I sleep great and am really alert at work, even after starting the day with a two- to three-hour workout, sometimes before a 12-hour shift. I also notice that I recover from workouts quickly."
Stanton said she would like to complete a full-distance Ironman – an event with a 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike and 26.2-mile run, perhaps one day racing in triathlon's marquee event, the world championships in Hawaii.
Watching coverage of this event is what introduced Stanton to the sport, as she watched pro triathlete Chrissie Wellington win the event.
"I remember thinking, 'What is this?' because it was some grueling super-long endurance thing – people looked like they were dying and (Wellington) came across that finish line with the biggest smile on her face like it was the best thing ever," she said.
Stanton's admiration of Wellington is understandable as she's known for her mental fortitude and grit. She won her forth Ironman title in 2011 after sustaining serious injuries – including a torn pectoral muscle – during a bike accident two weeks before the race.
Wellington's ability to overcome challenges has inspired Stanton, who's own drive is furthering not only her athletic endeavors but her career as well. This fall, Stanton will begin an intensive training program to become a military physicians assistant – a goal that drove her to join the Air Force in 2009.
Enlisting in the military isn't most direct or common way into a PA program, but after completing her degree in biochemistry Stanton said she knew she needed practical experience to get accepted.
"Looking at PA school, you have to have a competitive background for that, like patient care, which I had no experience with," she said. "Military medics are one thing people do to get into those programs, so I thought I'll join the military."
Stanton said she has enjoyed her time in the Air Force and finds it rewarding working with military patients who often have positive outlooks despite experiencing severe trauma. It's these experiences that motivate her to make the Air Force a career that she hopes to continue to serve.
Stanton may be several months away from achieving her goals, but she isn't worried about losing focus.
"Perseverance makes me unique," Stanton said. "I can take something that is way off in the future and stay focused on it for a long period of time, and that's helped me be successful in a lot of things – knowing that everyday is working towards that goal."

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Hey guys. It's been a while since I did one of these but my hand has been forced. We run across this all the time and normally it's just part of this business, but recently, there seems to be a huge increase in folks not proof reading or editing their comics before they submit them to us.
I don't know if some super, secret, chemical company or some spiteful aliens from another world have been messing with our drinking water but, it's gotten a bit crazy around here with page substitutions. There is a page substitution fee for all these changes we have to make but, we don't want you putting the kids through college with them either!
I've said this elsewhere but it deserves repeating. Get as many people as you can to proof read your comic before you gift-wrap it. Get your mom, your best friend, your dog, your senile aunt…anybody! It really works and the more eyes you can get to look at your work; the less chance there is of running into us having to stop the flow of production on your book.
One trick that is very helpful and is something that is used by professional proof-readers is reading your book backwards. This way, your brain doesn't get caught up in the flow of the story and it's just reading words. As awkward as it may seem…it really works. Our brains tend to follow patterns and despite how much you think that you're concentrating on spotting errors, your brain is marveling at your cool as all-hell storytelling. You need to mess with the brain and read that baby backwards!
We here at Ka-Blam completely understand the last minute decision to make it to a convention and the need to push the envelope to get your book printed in time but, you still need to get some eyeballs on those pages. We can do our best to be accommodating for last minute requests yet,we can't break the laws of physics to get your book to you on time if we have to stop the flow of production.
We're all comic creators here and we completely understand how the adrenalin and excitement takes over as you are ready to get your baby printed but, you really need to make editing and proof reading your book a very important part of the process.
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MASTERY INTENSIVE SEMINAR Jim Britt's Power of Letting Go-- Jim Lutes's Mind Masterpiece
Jim Britt & Jim Lutes
Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 10:00 AM - Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 5:00 PM (PDT)
Event Details
One simple word could
change your world, so
Please Read Carefully
Have you ever felt any of the following…Be Honest now
- Anxious about money or success…
- Emotionally exhausted…
- Stressed…
- Time pressure…
- Worry…
- Depressed…
- Controlled by other people or circumstances…
- Unfulfilled relationships…
- Not sure about purpose…
- Impatient about success…
- Financial freedom beyond your reach?
The fact is, for most people about 90% of their time and energy is spent dealing
with non-productive feelings, beliefs and emotions.
Take a quick inventory of how you spend your day.
If you're like most, you'll be absolutely astounded at how much time you spend on feelings, emotions and non-productive actions that don't lead you in the direction
you want to go.
And if you're like most, you've probably already tried different ways to tackle the problem.
- Attended personal growth seminars
- Gotten Motivated
- Read self-help books
- Participated in encounter groups
- Affirmed the positive
- Listened to subliminal tapes
- Sought spiritual truth at retreats
- Followed a guru
- Pulled your own strings
- Walked on fire
- and more
If you've read this far...the odds are you've tried one or more of the above.
And they probably didn't work otherwise you wouldn't be here.
Maybe you've tried all of them and discovered that even though these programs worked to a degree there was always something that seemed to be missing.
The Reality is that most of us continue to struggle for what we want in life because we're literally pulled in two directions at the same time. Our desire for success and happiness moves us forward. We feel productive, that sense of "aliveness." And then, without a moments notice our non-supportive feelings and beliefs creep in and take over, causing us to unconsciously buy into fear, worry, doubt, scarcity etc., pulling us right back down again.
Mastery Intensive Seminar
You'll be able to BREAK FREE of Self-imposed Limitations and
Discover the Secret to Creating the Life You Want!
Considered by many as the most powerful self-empowerment
seminar offered in the country today.
Letting Go
Jim Britt has spent the last 35 years personally guiding ten's of thousands of individuals step-by-step through powerful letting go processes that will touch every area of your life. He'll show you how to let go of anxiety, let go of negative beliefs, feelings, emotions and behaviors that keep you stuck.
Jim Lutes, Master Hypnotist and highly skilled subconscious re-programmer has the unique ability to create performance change in an individual in a fraction of the time.
Combining Jim Britt's Power of Letting Go with
Jim Lutes's Mind Masterpiece subconscious re-programming
individuals can reach new levels of achievement and fulfillment
in all areas of life rapidly. The results are at times nothing short of amazing.
Mastery Intensive is not about motivation, therapy, positive thinking or personal development.
Motivation is a wobbly ladder that you climb to try to see over the wall.
You think it works, because it lets you see what's on the other side...
but it actually leaves you stranded on top of the wall because it doesn't
show you how to get down the other side, and eventually you come crashing
back down.
Therapy assumes that there's something wrong with you and/or the wall and tries to help you fix the wall with more bricks and cement...the last things you need!
Personal development is simply self-addition. While it may be beneficial, it will not and cannot get to and fix the core problem.
Positive thinking is simply a quick-fix cover-up for reality...a form of suppression.
Letting go AND reprogramming is the key. In fact it is the ONLY key if you desire permanent change.
Letting go of your attachments to things, people, or outcomes removes the wall. The wall simply vanishes because it only exists in your mind, in your emotions, in your self-limiting beliefs.z
Then and only then do you have the capacity for re-programming for what you want in life.
We BOLDLY ASSERT that we can quickly teach our simple empowerment building secrets to YOU…We'll show you how to instantly let go of the blocks holding you back, re-program your subconscious for success, eliminating the factors holding you back from a lifetime of accomplishment, and launching a bullet proof path to creating the life you want!
Jim Britt is an internationally recognized leader in the field of peak performance and personal empowerment training.He has served as a success counselor to more than 300 companies and trained more than 1,000,000 people in his seminars.
He was recently named as one of the top 20 living success coaches and received the Best of the Best award out of the top 100 contributors of all time to the direct sales industry, as trainer of the year award.
Jim is author of 16 best selling books and programs including, "Power of Letting Go","Rings of Truth," "Do This Get Rich-For Entrepreneurs, "Unleashing Your Authentic Power," "Freedom," "The Law of Realization" and "Cracking the Rich Code," to name a few.
He is more than aware of the challenges we all face in making adaptive changes for a sustainable future.
Say the name Jim Lutes and chances are a top performer in your company has attended one or more of his dynamic training programs.
In his early twenties Jim made a decision that entrepreneurship was the only direction for him and never looked back. As one of the worlds experts on hypnosis and the human mind, he took his skills regarding the human mind and combining it with the power of influence, persuasion, communication and proven success strategies he launched Lutes International in the early 1990s.
He is the author of best selling programs Mind Masterpiece ans Life Masterpiece Experience. Celebrities, Athetes, and individuals from all walks of life have used Jims techniques to rapidly change and transform themselves and their lives.
The Others Say About Jim & Jim's Work:
"Dear Jim,
Several years ago, my life was in complete shambles. I had just gone through a divorce. My children lived in another part of the country. My profession of fifteen years had gone completely upside down. I was unhappy, and no longer sure of my purpose in life. My life was what you might call, "the pits." I went from thinking I knew who I was and why I was here, to feeling that life was empty and without meaning.
For years I felt completely lost, I literally gave up until I was introduced to the Power of Letting Go. WOW! What an experience. During your program I felt something shift inside. I can't really explain it, but I felt changed.
My life has changed forever! I don't feel tense or stressed out anymore. I actually love myself. It is just amazing what some simple changes in the way I look at life have done. I still have a some to go but, but with the use of the tools you provide I am actually enjoying my life and what I have right here, right now.
I know it sounds strange but I almost feel that I am no longer here on earth. I feel like I had been transformed through some kind of time warp into another place and time. I feel totally connected to life in every way. Nothing on the outside matters anymore…no problems, no stress and no games to play. Everything is just natural and beautiful. It's really hard to put into words the type of connection I feel as a result of your program.
Thank you. From the bottom of my heart, thank you! You have literally saved my life!
I plan to tell everyone I know about what I've discovered…and about your work!"
Molly P---Seattle
Mastery Intensive is about discovering and dealing with the root cause of your problems…whatever they may be…personally, financially or professionally….and then reprogramming your subconscious for the life you want
Most often we approached an issue like having a flat tire on your car.
You fixed the tire. Makes sense, right?
But what happens if you keep "driving down the same road" with the same pot holes and nails. You end up with another flat tire, right?
Your "flat tires" always feel familiar.
See, everyone... has these "programmed" beliefs, thoughts and emotions that keep us going down the same road, changing or replacing the same tires, and generally repeating the same mistakes.
It becomes literally an addictive cycle just like being addicted to a drug.
And all the self-help, "think good thoughts" programs you try don't work in the long run because they're just ways of patching the tire without ever getting off that same road.
It's like taking a drug to get rid of the addiction. It feels right when you take it because it temporarily eases the pain...
I think you see how this goes. It's crazy-making, isn't it?
Fortunately, it DOESN'T have to be this way
for YOU, because you are here right now...
Once you let go of the obstacles and inner barriers and re-program your subconscious for success you'll unlock the power that will allow success and happiness to flow to you easily and naturally.
So, if you're ready to finally get things "handled"… and say "GOODBYE" to the problems and issues that have sabotaged you with money, relationships, career, and happiness your entire life… I have some fantastic news for you…
SPEND TWO DAYS WITH US IN ORANGE COUNTY, CA. ON DECEMBER 15th & 16th AND WE GUARANTEE YOUR LIFE WILL NEVER BE THE SAME AGAIN
Tuition Just $497
Imagine being able to let go of self-imposed limitations and to live virtually stress free.
How would you like to remove the blocks that stop your success in every area of your life and add new foundational programs that support your success?
How would that feel?
Let me ask you...
What would it be worth to discover the secrets to letting go of the baggage you've been carrying around for years…Baggage that has kept you from having the success, money, health, fulfillment and happiness you've always wanted?
Take a few seconds right now... what would that be worth to you?
Just imagine what your life would be like if the barriers that have held you back, vanished!
Can you think of an obstacle that's holding you back?
What if it disappeared and a new program took its place?
Here is your chance to change your life... and it's 100% Moneyback Guaranteed!
If you are not completely satisfied, you don't feel like you got your time or money's worth, at the end of the event see us or one of our staff and we'll refund every penny.
At Mastery Intensive You'll Learn How to:
- Patch up the holes in your self-esteem FOR GOOD and build a rock-solid foundation of confidence that will help you in any situation...
- Overcome your "bad programming" and start living the life you were born to live.
- Figure out YOUR exact blocks... and eliminate their influence on your life.
- Stop giving your life away to others. You'll let go of the DEEPER ROOTS of your need to please others and come away feeling stronger and more powerful than ever.
- Make a simple change that puts you in the drivers seat of your life.
- Break the yoke of depression or sadness by getting to the heart of your feelings... realizing that it's "old stuff" and letting it go once and for all.
- Conquer your emotional energy and give yourself the ability to turn any uncomfortable feeling into positive energy that motivates you and those around you.
- Conquer anxiety and never again be a slave to your emotions.
- Build your "Letting Go" muscles so that you won't have to read another self-help book.
- Break your stubborn destructive habits quickly, easily, and permanently… and replace them with constructive habits.
- Eliminate all possibility of another person "pulling your strings" and take total control…no matter what the situation.
- LASER IN on the REAL reasons that you can't make the money you want or need and re-program for abundance.
- Quickly get over the pain of any bad situation and stop letting it affect your current actions NOW.
- Transform stress, anger and anxiety into SELF-ESTEEM.
- Forgive yourself for past mistakes and bad experiences and instantly turn them into learning experiences.
- Eliminate the "up and down" rollercoaster of success and failure that usually comes with learning a new skill and create a path of CONSISTENT results.
- Stop beating yourself up over things you KNOW you should let slide off your back.
- And you'll create a change in thinking that will instantly put you back in control of your life… and… turn your life into an exciting adventure that keeps getting better and better!
Network to Improve Your Net-worth
Meet and mingle with top professionals. They say "it's not always what you know but who you know that can make all the difference." Meet Jim Lutes and Jim Britt at the Friday evening mixer, and throughout the two-day experience you'll meet and get to know top professionals from a variety of industries. They'll share information, tips, strategies and referrals that will help you in achieving the level of success you desire...personally and financially. It is networking at the highest level. The mixer alone could well be worth the price of admission.
How Can You Know If The Mastery Intensive Is Right For You?
If you're living the life you want... no worries, no cares, no frustrations... all the money, love and happiness you need... then you might not need it.
If you don't have any anxiety, lack of self-esteem, or fear what other people think of you…then you may not need it.
If you don't have any problems when you are "in the moment"… and you always do the right thing when it counts…then you probably don't need it.
If you are already the success you desire to be…then you probably don't need it.
However… if while reading through this list below you realize that you have experienced more than one… you NEED to attend Mastery Intensive immediately:
If you've ever been in a situation where you knew exactly what to do… but in the moment, your emotions took over and you messed it up…
If you feel that if you stop working so hard, you'll never get what you want... or, that you'll never get what you want no matter HOW HARD you work at it...
If you can't seem to break out of the "debt cycle" and every time you take one step forward, you fall two steps back...
If you thought that having a ton of money was the answer... got it... and STILL felt afraid of what "might" happen...
If you feel like you are "almost there"… but you just can't get it completely together…
If you've tried all the "think good thought" and affirmation techniques, but little has changed...
If you KNOW that an argument is coming, but can't keep it from happening...
If you feel resentful, angry or disappointed in someone... and THEY won't change or apologize... leaving YOU feeling even more angry...
If you have ever felt like nothing you did would fix the problems you have… because they're just bigger than anyone can imagine…
If you've ever felt like you couldn't share what's REALLY going on, because you were worried that anyone that you told might laugh at you…
The bottom line is this:
I don't need to tell you whether or not you need the information that is imparted Mastery Intensive. If you need it, you already know it.
We don't want you to believe us. All we ask is that you try it for yourself. We'll let you be the judge. It's worked for tens of thousands and it will work for you too!
So what do you have to lose?
Why not stop the short term motivation that only lasts for a few hours or days, and replace it with principles and guidance that will help you achieve long-term success in managing your life...personally, financially and professionally…and permanently!
When people ask us why we're so passionate about this program…all we can tell them is that "it works!" That's why we're passionate about it…it works!
You'll see results the first time you use it…guaranteed
Tuition for Mastery Intensive is affordable for everyone
Two days for $497…and it is 100% money back guaranteed
If at the end of the event you don't think it was worth your time and money see us or one of our staff and ask for a refund
Mastery Intensive is the gift of FREEDOM...
FREEDOM to start living the life you want...
One year from now you'll be
saying one of two things…
"I wish I had" or "I'm sure glad I did."
Why not you…don't you think
it's your turn to succeed…
to be financially successful and stress free?
Why not now?
We sure hope you Join Us. You'll be glad you did.
Tuition $497
Register NOW.
Seating is limited
When & Where
Orange County, CA
Hilton Hotel
Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 10:00 AM - Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 5:00 PM (PDT)
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JAY Z's 'Magna Carta Holy Grail' certified double platinum
Listen to JAY Z on iHeartRadio
JAY Z is seeing platinum for the second time in less than two months. On Thursday, the Recording Industry Association of America announced that they've certified Jay's recent album Magna Carta Holy Grail double-platinum, after selling two-million albums.
According to XXLMag.com, this marks the eighth time one of Jay's albums has topped the two-million mark. The RIAA awarded Magna Carta Holy Grail a platinum certification immediately upon its wide release on July 7th after Jay teamed up with Samsung Mobile to give away one-million copies of the album.
Jay Z recently announced that he will bring his "Magna Carta World Tour" to the North America. Jay will embark on the European leg of the tour on October 29th.


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British physicist Prof. Stephen Hawking claims God was not needed to create the Universe! More details of Hawking's claim that the law of gravity was all that was needed to do the big bang, and gravity alone could make a universe from nothing was reported in the Telegraph
Editorial Comment: You need to remember we have access to an eyewitness account which tells us Stephen Hawking was not needed to create the universe. (source: God, Genesis 1, John 1)
What has truly concerned us is that the media commentators or interviews with physicists or churchmen show few have been brave enough to ask Hawking about the obvious flaw in his system as to where the 'Law of Gravity' came from so it could do its thing to create (sorry - evolve) us all?
What a fool Hawking is going to be shown for (as are all the church leaders not brave enough to call Hawking's statement for what it is) when they all appear before the Creator Christ for judgement.
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2014 Chicago Urban Race for CHD Research
The Chicago Urban Race (benefiting The Children's Heart Foundation)
Saturday, April 26, 2014 from 11:30 AM to 5:00 PM (CDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Join us in our second year of experiencing the excitement and thrills of a Chicago version of the Amazing Race that is one part trivial pursuit and one part urban adventure--all to raise funds and awareness for congenital heart defects (CHD) research.
In this urban scavenger hunt, teams of 2-4 individuals band together to use clues that lead them to various destinations throughout the city to perform a task or challenge while navigating the lively streets and neighborhoods of The Windy City on foot or via public transportation. Teams will each get a list of 10 challenges and each will be different and could be a puzzle, a physical task, or a scavenger hunt. The goal is to be the first team to complete at least 9 of the 10 tasks with the first three teams to do so receiving a prize (and bragging rights, of course!). Participants are allowed to bring and use items including cell phone/smartphone, laptop, tablets, GPS, etc. with the only stipulation that they can only walk, run or use public transportation during the race.
We are proud to bring you the Chicago Urban Race in its second year by partnering again with California-based CitySolve Urban Race. 100% of all proceeds from this event benefit the Illinois Chapter of The Children's Heart Foundation to fund the most promising CHD research.
Want to learn more about the Chicago Urban Race?
Visit our website at www.ChicagoUrbanRace.com.
The Children's Heart Foundation (CHF) is a national 501(c)(3) non-profit organization created to fund the most promising research to advance the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of congenital heart defects (CHD). As the country's leading organization solely committed to CHD research funding, CHF dedicates itself to bringing health, hope and happiness to children and families impacted by a CHD.
In the U.S., a child is born with a CHD every 15 minutes. Children undergo surgeries and sadly, some die every day from CHDs. Since its founding in June 1996 to 2012, CHF has funded over $5.3 million toward 52 revolutionary and life-saving basic science, translational, and clinical CHD research at leading research centers across the United States and Canada.
We need to understand what causes CHDs, how to prevent them, and how to detect and diagnose CHDs as early as possible. While much progress has been made, we need your support to help develop new treatments for CHDs so that children undergo fewer invasive surgeries and to improve the long-term prognosis for children with CHDs.
Since its inception, CHF has published and distributed 35,000 English and 3,000 Spanish copies of It's My Heart, a patient and parent resource book on CHDs and has established 13 State Chapters with volunteers in many U.S. states.
When & Where
Lucky Strike
322 E. Illinois Street
Saturday, April 26, 2014 from 11:30 AM to 5:00 PM (CDT)
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My primary care physician recently switched to a program called MDVIP. You'd better pray it doesn't come to your local doctor's office unless you have a good deal of free cash lying around at your disposal.
MDVIP is a program that focuses on preventive care. It puts your doctor at your beck and call via his pager. You can call him or one of his partners any time, day or night. If you call for an appointment you will get a same day or next day appointment. The appointments can last up to an hour or more. Your medical files all get archived on a mini-CD.
In order to provide this level of care, your doctor has to cut his practice down from 2,000-3,000 patients to 600 patients. What is the criteria for selection? The simplest criteria there is: money. MDVIP costs $1,500 to join. No, that's not a one-time fee to join. That is an annual fee to maintain your membership in the MDVIP program as well as stay a patient of your doctor. This comes out of your own pocket and goes on top of all your insurance payments to your doctor.
MDVIP is simply the next step in the HMO health care model. Get more money out of your patients and do less medical procedures. Offer the best care for those with the most money. Leave those with shallow pockets out in the cold to find their own way. Long time patients politely shown the door because they don't have $1,500 per year to pay directly to their doctor. Since when did belonging to a primary care physician's practice become the equivalent of being a member of a country club, dues and all?
Doctors claim that they are doing this because they want to practice better, more in-depth medicine. I don't buy it. The hefty up-front annual fee is what points me in the direction of the motivation for the doctors. They get more free time because they are dealing with 20% of the patients they used to see and they get $900,000 in dues straight away not counting any money they collect from your insurance provider. Who wouldn't like more vacation time and a raise?
I think that this goes against what doctors are pledged to do which is to help people. The most helpless, those with the least money, get left by the wayside. The rich who have many avenues to seek out medical care get a doctor that is dedicated to them 24-7 because it is more profitable to be the lap dog of 600 wealthy people instead of 3000 people with mostly average monetary means. I think MDVIP is a shameful program that goes against what doctors have pledged to do. This is just another symptom of a society where the wealthy have been in control for too long and have put their own needs ahead of all others.


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In all seriousness, I don't get the issues people are having. We may not get 7MBPS on 3g, but I do consistently get 2-5, depending on the time of day. Even at 2 (or slightly less), I can't want much more speed on my mobile.
Actually what apple needs to do is allow cutomization like android has with there software to keep up with the times we need to be able to customize without jailbreaking
If you talk in terms of 5 megabytes to 7 megabytes per second, that's a 50Mbps fiber optic internet speed in a residents home. You're downloading 1-2 songs PER second at v0 quality with that speed.
In my area with 3G (Los Angeles), I'm lucky if I get a consistent 3-5 Mbps on my 3G with AT&T. I'm really looking forward to 4G LTE as I will have to rely less on Wi-Fi connectivity for a fast connection.
What will be nice is Apple have the 4G in place so then ATT can enable it when ready. My buddies has Moto Atrix and they did that with him, we were driving and he got a update for enabling 4G. He ran the update and sure enough he restarted his phone and BAM there it was So i guess some of this 4G stuff isnt all hardware like some were claiming in other threads/postings there is some software involved.
Also to the other people that say 3G is terrible in the US so why setup 4G.. Well wouldn't that be the reason to use 4G? With the lower band frequency you get better distance and faster speeds which to me sounds exactly the reason to move to 4G and on another note here in Australia we have a new 4G LTE network being built by our largest telco and they have tested speeds at 88mbs which is amazing and would be more of reason to drop the ADSL and tether more often at home.
Apple put a micro sim in the iPhone 4 out of necessity to save space. The misuse of MB and Mb in general gave me a nice laugh
Oh and in case anyone cares...
1 GB (Gigabyte) - 1024MB (Megabyte)
1MB = 1024 Kilobyte (kb)
1 kilobyte = 8192 bits
The basic is 1 byte = 8 bits , 1 kilobyte = 1024 byte
When companies advertise speed they LOVE to do it in bits instead of bytes so it inflates the number. For example I get up to 30Mbps at my house which equates to about 1.8MBps.


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An effort to make it easier for telecommunications companies to stop offering landline phone service appears to be succeeding in Michigan.
Legislation that would amend the Michigan Telecommunications Act to streamline the process companies have to go through to discontinue basic local exchange or toll service passed through the Michigan Senate and is now being evaluated by the state's House of Representatives. If signed into law, the bill's provisions would go into effect after Jan. 1, 2017.
Sponsored by Sen. Mike Nofs, R-Battle Creek, Senate Bill 636 has been categorized by some as a death knell for traditional hardwired phone service. But Nofs and some providers feel the bill protects landlines for those that need them, at the same time giving companies the flexibility to transition to a more cellular-based platform of services, or Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) systems.
In an interview with the Detroit Free Press, Nofs described the problem as a matter of companies supporting multiple systems and whether it is right to require them to keep investing in "antiquated technology." In addition, the Free Press reported that FCC data indicates the number of landline customers in Michigan dropped from 6.7 million in 2000 to 2.6 million in 2012.
"The Internet has changed the way the world works, and it has already changed how millions of people talk on the phone," Nofs said in a statement. "This bill ensures our constituents are protected while delivering new and improved technology. It's the best of both worlds."
Not everyone is buying that rationale, however. The Michigan Sheriffs' Association issued a statement urging members of the Michigan House of Representatives to vote "no" on SB 636 or delay its passage until further amendments could be made to ensure public safety. Robert Stevenson, executive director of the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police felt the bill would remove the availability of a reliable and affordable means for people to contact law enforcement.
AARP of Michigan also opposes SB 636, citing concern for older adults who likely rely more on landlines for social contact along with health and safety. The organization also noted that residents with home security systems or medical monitoring needs that run through landlines might be in jeopardy.
"AARP is fighting to ensure that its members and all Michigan families have reliable, affordable phone service they can count on, especially during extreme weather or other emergencies," said Eric Schneidewind, former chairman of the Michigan Public Service Commission and a member of the AARP National Board, in a statement. "This legislation puts reliable phone service at risk for all Michigan consumers."
If SB 636 becomes law, Michigan will join a large number of states that have passed legislation that eliminates or reduces state commission authority over telecommunications. According to a story by Governing magazine that cites a National Regulatory Research Institute (NRRI) report on the topic, if Indiana, Nevada, Tennessee and Wyoming all pass similar bills by the end of their respective 2013 legislative sessions, approximately 70 percent of the U.S. will have enacted laws that curb commission power over retail communication services.
Governing and Government Technology are both owned by e.Republic, Inc.
What it Changes
According to the Michigan Telecommunications Act, currently a telecom provider that offers local or long distance landline service can't cut the service unless one alternate toll service provider or two basic exchange providers are available in the area for customers to obtain comparable voice service. In addition, there is a litany of public notice requirements to be satisfied and the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) must make a determination whether discontinuing landline service is authorized under the Act.
According to a summary of SB 636 by the House Fiscal Agency, a nonpartisan branch of Michigan's House of Representatives, starting on Jan. 1, 2017, a provider could discontinue basic phone service by meeting these conditions:
- At the same time it files a petition for discontinuance with the federal government, the provider must also:
- File a notice of the proposed discontinuance of service with the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC).
- Publish a notice of the proposed discontinuance in a newspaper of general circulation, provide notice to its customers, and provide notice to any interconnecting telecommunications providers.
- Upon approval of the FCC to discontinue the service, the provider must do all of the following for at least 90 days before ending landline phone connectivity:
- File a notice of discontinuance of service with the MPSC.
- Publish a notice of the discontinuance of service in the newspaper, provide notice to customers by mail or within a bill and provide notice to any interconnecting telecom provider.
SB 636 also strips the MPSC of making a determination on its own. Under the bill, a customer of the provider that is seeking to discontinue service can request that the MPSC investigate the availability of comparable voice service with reliable access to 9-1-1 and emergency services. In addition, unlike current law, only one comparable voice service provider need be present in the area. The House Fiscal Agency noted that "comparable voice service" is defined by SB 636 to include any two-way voice service through any form of technology, including VoIP and wireless services.
Looking Ahead
In an interview with Government Technology, Greg Moore, Nof's legislative director, categorized the bill as something that makes the process that companies have to go through to disconnect service "a little bit quicker." He explained that discussions in the House of Representatives are now focused on tweaking the bill's language so that 9-1-1 services are fully accessible and other technologies such as fax machines can still operate without difficulty.
Moore added that Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and Attorney General Bill Schuette also have concerns about how access can be protected for local carriers that use copper networks to deliver landline services.
"That's been kind of the sticking point – should we or shouldn't we continue to protect that, and if so, for how long and under what mechanism," Moore said. "Obviously some of the Frontiers and AT&Ts would rather see the federal government take over that responsibility exclusively, and right now the MPSC has a role that people are thinking they might want to keep around. So it's been a debate on how the new frontier is going to look for telecommunications."


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Cubs trade Barney to Dodgers
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Chicago, IL (SportsNetwork.com) - The Chicago Cubs have traded infielder Darwin Barney and cash considerations to the Los Angeles Dodgers for a player to be named later.
Barney was designated for assignment on July 22 after batting .230 with 10 doubles, two home runs and 16 RBI in 72 games for the Cubs this season.
The 28-year-old Barney has a career batting average of .244 with 88 doubles, 18 home runs and 146 RBI in 542 games with the Cubs. He won the 2012 National League Gold Glove after tying a major league single-season record with 141- consecutive errorless games at second base.


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Rock Hill, S.C.- The Brevard College baseball team has been picked to finish 4th in the 2013 South Atlantic Conference preseason Coaches' Poll, the league office announced on Tuesday.
Catawba, Tusculum and Wingate precede BC in the coaches' poll.
The Tornados rattled off a 12-game winning streak spanning March and April of last season to finish 3rd in the conference regular season standings in 2012.
Three Tornados were named to the preseason All-SAC team, headed by Champ Stuart's selection as a First Team outfielder. Stuart led the conference with a .419 batting average last season, and finished 5th with a .494 on-base percentage.
Also returning for the Tornados is Chad Funkhouser, the 2012 South Atlantic Conference Freshman of the Year. Funkhouser was named to the All-SAC Second Team after hitting .346 with a .425 on-base percentage for the Tornados in 2012.
Rounding out Brevard's All-Conference selections is Eric Renegar, who was named to the Second Team as a third basemen. Renegar finished 9th in the SAC with a .379 batting average.
The Tornados look to build on last season's success as they open the 2013 campaign at Young Harris on February 8th.
1. Catawba
3. Wingate
4. Brevard
5. Carson-Newman
6. Newberry
7. Lincoln Memorial
8. Mars Hill
9. Lenoir-Rhyne
10. Anderson
C Josh Clark, WU
1B Brian Yeung, WU
2B Andre Rodriguez, LMU
SS Tripper Crisson, TC
3B Cade Stallings, TC
OF Ethan Satterfield, CAT
OF Champ Stuart, BC
OF Cody Baker, LMU
DH Garrett Furr, CAT
SP Nick Lomascolo, CAT
SP Taylor Rakes, TC
SP Adam Sigmon, TC
RP John-Austin Shepard, TC
C Nick Pressley, LMU
1B Chris Dula, CAT
2B Chad Funkhouser, BC
SS Curt Fuqua, LMU
3B Eric Renegar, BC
OF Thomas Spitz, WU
OF Wesley Camp, NEW
OF Ivan Vieitez, L-R
DH Erick Sanderson, AU
SP John Tuttle, CAT
SP Olen Little, WU
SP Zeke McGranahan, TC
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By Robert Horton Herald Movie Critic
And you thought political campaigns were bad. This year's Oscar race has been a gross spectacle of full-page ads and tearful talk-show appearances, along with allegations that historical films might not be entirely factual, which I'm sure comes as a shock to us all.
Most of this media noise can be easy to ignore, which I hope you have. But it all has an impact on the winners of the Academy Awards, because voters are notorious for swaying with the prevailing breezes, especially because they don't actually have to see the movies themselves to be able to vote.
This year's prognostication is difficult, in part because of this. Even though the year has what should be an obvious front-runner — "Lincoln" pushes all the right Oscar buttons — we've been told it's a wide-open race, which is why the studios are spending huge amounts of money to impress the academy members.
Best picture is a puzzler, especially. Conventional wisdom holds that "Lincoln" no longer leads because it's a little too wordy and serious. More importantly, the much-loved "Argo" did not get a nomination for director Ben Affleck, and there is now a sympathy vote developing for "Argo" because of that.
Could be: Affleck and "Argo" have been hauling in those sub-Oscar awards. How can you not have sympathy for someone rich and handsome and famous and married to Jennifer Garner? Poor guy.
But wait, "Zero Dark Thirty" was hailed as a great film, at least until it was rumored that the movie approves of torture. Of course, that didn't stop the Oscar win for "Chicago." (Kidding! That movie was merely an enhanced interrogation.)
Plus, "Zero" director Kathryn Bigelow didn't get nominated in her category, either. Meanwhile, watch out for "Silver Linings Playbook," a movie that's been putting on a full-court press in recent weeks, positioning itself as a film about mental illness in order to get some of the Oscar weight it needs.
That's because Oscars don't go to comedies, which "Silver Linings Playbook" most certainly is. Wonderful movie, and in fact it does some very nice things around the subject of mental illness, but this is shameless campaigning for Oscar gold.
Nevertheless: Once a year, we must predict the winners. Why? Because we can't help it, because it's fun and because some of us have been compulsively doing this since the age of 9 or so.
So let's welcome Seth McFarlane to the hosting duties, and settle in for the 85th annual Academy Awards.
Don't bet the farm, but here are the picks from here. As always, these aren't my preferences, but my guesses about what and who will actually win:
Best Picture
"Argo." Everybody seems to think the momentum is behind this enjoyable account of a hostage escape from Iran, although it's very unusual for a movie to win this award without its director being nominated (last time it happened was 1989 for "Driving Miss Daisy").
"Lincoln" has a strong shot at the prize, and so does "Silver Linings Playbook." "Zero Dark Thirty" is out for the stated reasons, "Django Unchained" (which also depicts torture, you know) is a little too wild for Oscar prestige, and "Les Miserables" has a few too many negative reviews in its column to strike gold.
"Life of Pi" is an Oscar kind of movie, but didn't ignite audiences, "Beasts of the Southern Wild" fulfills the indie slot but no more than that, and the French "Amour" has to be given at least an outside shot at winning.
Best Actress
Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook." A terrific turn, and commentators seem to be leaning toward her, although 86-year-old Emmanuelle Riva ("Amour") has won a few awards of late.
I thought Jessica Chastain ("Zero Dark Thirty") was the one to beat a month ago, but not so much now. Also in: Quevenzhane Wallis ("Beasts of the Southern Wild") and Naomi Watts ("The Impossible").
Best Actor
Daniel Day-Lewis, "Lincoln." I still don't understand why they left out the vampire hunting, but Day-Lewis' turn as the 16th president is eerie and indelible. This one's probably a lock, but some serious consideration should go to Joaquin Phoenix's frightening work in "The Master."
Also in there: Bradley Cooper ("Silver Linings Playbook"), Hugh Jackman ("Les Miserables"), Denzel Washington ("Flight").
Best Supporting Actress
Anne Hathaway, "Les Miserables." That seems to be the consensus, thanks to her takedown of the show's big song. It wouldn't be a complete surprise if Sally Field snuck in and grabbed her third Oscar for her excellent work in "Lincoln," however. The others: Amy Adams ("The Master"), Helen Hunt ("The Sessons"), Jacki Weaver ("Silver Linings Playbook").
Best Supporting Actor
Robert De Niro, "Silver Linings Playbook." Everybody in this category has already won an Oscar, and De Niro did his best work in years.
Pretty stiff competition here: Tommy Lee Jones tore it up in "Lincoln," Christoph Waltz has scored a few awards for his work in "Django Unchained," and Philip Seymour Hoffman actually gave a leading-role performance in "The Master." Only Alan Arkin ("Argo") is really out of it.
Best Director
Steven Spielberg, "Lincoln." The category's up for grabs, but Spielberg would be a logical choice if "Argo" gets the top prize.
A close vote could tip the balance toward David O. Russell for "Silver Linings Playbook," if that movie has the mojo, or even toward the respected Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke ("Amour").
Can't see it going to previous winner Ang Lee ("Life of Pi") or newcomer Benh Zeitlin ("Beasts of the Southern Wild").
Best Original Screenplay
"Zero Dark Thirty," Mark Boal. A consolation prize for a strong film.
"Django Unchained," by Quentin Tarantino, is floridly written, and this is the kind of category in which a foreign film (namely "Amour," by Michael Haneke) has a legit chance to win.
Probably out: "Flight" (John Gatins) and "Moonrise Kingdom" (Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola).
Best Adapted Screenplay
"Lincoln," Tony Kushner. It would be a deserving award, but if it's an "Argo" night then maybe Chris Terrio wins.
Next logical choice would be David O. Russell for "Silver Linings Playbook"; less likely are "Life of Pi" (David Magee) or "Beasts of the Southern Wild" (Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin).
Best Animated Feature
"Wreck-It Ralph." I actually have no sense of the front-runner here, so I'm going with the warmest, most likable nominee. The other titles are "Brave," "Frankenweenie," "ParaNorman" and "The Pirates! Band of Misfits."
Best Foreign-Language Film
"Amour," Austria. With its other nominations, this study of an elderly couple dealing with the realities of age would seem to be a prohibitive favorite to win. Also up: "Kon-Tiki" (Norway), "No" (Chile), "A Royal Affair" (Denmark), and "War Witch" (Canada).
Best Documentary
"Searching for Sugar Man." It's almost impossible not to love this movie, but Oscar voters tend to lean toward important subjects, so perhaps the others will actually have an edge: "How to Survive a Plague," "The Invisible War," "5 Broken Cameras" and "The Gatekeepers."
Best Song
"Skyfall," from "Skyfall." Right? Or will it be the new song written for "Les Miserables," "Suddenly" (there's a long tradition of adding new songs to established musicals just so they'll get an Oscar nomination in this category)?
And "Everybody Needs a Best Friend," from "Ted," has lyrics by Oscar host Seth McFarlane, so maybe that's an edge. But it probably won't be "Pi's Lullaby" from "Life of Pi," or "Before My Time" from "Chasing Ice."


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[Intro: Dr. TC]
And this is the end of this session, let's anything else you've gotta say?
[Verse 1]
Mom is getting jealous I see my manager more
Than I see her before, I go on tour and it hurts
I miss the days when this was fun but now it turned into work
And getting legal, so now I got to watch the shit that I blurt out
My friends are turning into opposites
Because my life is turning into opposite of sloppy wrist
And all the bitches who forgot about me want to ride my dick
Harder than the white kids that copy shit
Ending it is all I fucking think about, that's the shit I think about
All alone, bawling 'til my mothafuckin' eyes bleed
See, he's a leader in person and smile, shit gets disgursting
When there's no person around, talking discussion shit, man
Fuck, I'm putting myself at a distance
For instance, my best friend is now my fucking assistant
Niggas saying "Free Earl" without even knowin' him
See, they're missing the new album, I'm missing my only friend
When I say Odd, y'all say Future
Odd.. Uh-uh, that shit's corny as fuck
(Tyler, you're doin' good. You have a cult following, you're-)
To these white kids?
[Verse 2]
Charbroiled nigga on these dark beats
Nauseous with the Nazis but it's normal what the cops see
Awesome at his concert, but he never had a pop, see
Mommy was a living single queen with a lat ti
So while my wallets piling with some symbolic colored paper
I lace her, cause she gave me such a lot at such a young age
20, why didn't she get that abortion?
Probably cause that motherfuckin embryo was morphing
Into a Grammy winning schizophrenic fucking orphan
Oops, I mean bastard, a skinny ass disaster
Mom works hard, still working on her masters
Son lies about, taking classes at community college
Just to record some bullshit he calls Bastard
Start a fuckin cult, clash his talents in a brash way
Before he even had a mustache and cash
And all I got was a fuckin' shitty article in Thrasher
Alright, just calm down (That ain't shit, man)
Now don't- don't- don't make yourself seem
Guilty. That- that article was great (No fuck that, nigga-)
Your beating yourself up and your living the fuckin'
Life right now, okay? When I was your age, I would have
Loved to be fuckin' doing the things that your doing right now
(Fuck that…fuck all this shit-)
You- you- you act like I'm not here
(Your not!-)
(You aren't) I'm exactly who you're supposed to be talking to
You don't fuckin' help me with shit
You don't help me with shit! FUCK!
(mumbling) Yeah, you get that- that- you wouldn't do that-
FUCK YOU!– you wouldn't- FUCK YOU!– you wouldn't shoot their friend
OH FUCKIN' FUCK! (That's fine, it's not your fault)
I'm gonna need security in here, and…uh- (gunna need some…inaudible)
I'M A FUCKIN TABLE! (Yes, come quick. He's losing it.) I'M A FUCKIN' TABLE NO
I'm not crazy, I'm a fucking table, I'm a fucking table!
Fuck this shit (Tyler, calm down!)
[Verse 3]
I'mma grab the Nina and find a nice arena
Cause I can't even choose between Ortega or Sabrina
And I'm not even human, I'm a body shaped demon
With some semen in my sack and some problems in the back
And a life that's fill with crap, and a finger filled with hate
And a gat that's filled with love, now let opposites attract
I can finally be one like a marriage in a church
But this marriage has a hearse and the parents of the one
That's getting married has a curse and it's made up inside of him
Too late to reimburse but, wait it gets worse
All the guests that's in the church, all decided to disperse
So there was nobody who could stop the wedding with converse
So they tied the knot, now it's too late to reverse
This arrangement (Yes it is) and the nurse is amazed at the hurt
That he was painting but it was obvious in all the photos
He was paining, now a bunch of whispering immerse
And then the nurse blurts
(What the fuck is his problem, here, we have two doses to give him, here)
Why didn't anybody ask him first? (I've been asking you this whole time)
Because nobody gave a fuck
[Outro: Dr. TC]
Someone gave a fuck Tyler
And, uh, the person that gave a fuck was me
See, you're not, going crazy, it's me, I'm your best friend Tyler
I know everything, I know everything about you
You've been helping yourself this whole time
Your friends, they're just figments of your imagination
Dr. TC, see Tyler, I'm your conscience
I'm Tron Cat, I'm Ace, I'm Wolf Haley, I'm... (Me)
This is the last track on Goblin, Tyler, The Creator's second solo album. Like "Inglorious", the ending track of Bastard (his first solo album), Tyler spends it talking to Dr. TC about how his life isn't how he wants it to be and ends up threatening to commit suicide.
At the end, Dr. TC reveals that he is all of Tyler's alter egos and is Tyler himself, showing that Tyler has been helping himself this whole time. The album ends on this "cliffhanger".


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Benelli Super Vinci, Camo Version
Benelli Super Vinci, camo version. The standard Super Vinci comes with a black synthetic stock and forearm with a matching matte finish on the metal. Realtree MAX-4 or APG camo patterns that completely cover the gun are optional. Barrel lengths are 26 or 28 inches with screw-in chokes of cylinder (C), improved cylinder (IC), modified (M), improved modified (IM) and full (F). The stock detaches from the receiver with a simple turn of a lock to allow installing an optional tactical grip or a turkey/slug hunting Steadygrip stock. With the stock removed, it's easy to adjust drop and cast with the standard shim kit. When you just know another rooster is going to tear out of the corn stubble the Super Vinci is quick to reload by dropping a shell in the open ejection port and hitting the release lever to chamber the shell. An oversized and beveled loading port helps guide shells into the magazine, allowing you to keep your eyes peeled for the anticipated flush.
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In many parts of Eastern Europe, eating cabbage rolls for New Year's is considered very lucky. Laura Kelley, author of The Silk Road Gourmet (iUniverse, 2009), says: "My mother said that cabbage rolls were considered lucky because the leaves looked like paper money. The New Year's connection was to roll ingredients that symbolized different things — chestnuts and walnuts look like brains, so they signify intelligence; tomato is about health and transformation, etc. — into the leaves to bring these things to the family who ate them in the new year."
According to Rabbi Issamar Ginzberg, the cabbage rolls, with cabbage on the outside and meat on the inside, are as a home should be: "Inside should be nice and comfy, but the outside? Don't make the neighbors envious!" He says that in keeping with Hasidic Jewish tradition, the rolls are eaten on Jewish holidays like Rosh Hashana and Simchat Torah.
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-Breath Awareness
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-And Fun!
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On 19 September, 2007, daily Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger (KSTA), published in the German cities of Cologne and Bonn, carried a report concerning Atlas of Creation. Under the heading "The Truth about Harun Yahya," the report by Helmut Frangenberg said:
The 800-page Atlas of Creation, weighing approximately 7 kilos, has been sent to teachers of biology and philosophy in Cologne. The sender of this expensive gift is Adnan Oktar, who wishes to turn the world onto the true path through his books and documentary films and who writes under the pen name Harun Yahya. The message in the author's "Invitation to the Truth" is this: The theory of evolution is a deception, whereas Creation is an absolute fact.
Adnan Oktar is one of the proponents of anti-evolutionary Creationism who has the most destructive impact [on evolution].
The movement has set up a whirlwind in America, too… Adnan Oktar takes extracts from the Qur'an and strives in the name of Islamic Creationism.
Atlas of Creation is Adnan Oktar's masterpiece. It is a rather costly book printed on glossy paper consisting of stunning illustrations of fossils. The English-language edition of the magazine Science referred to Atlas of Creation as "the most gorgeous-looking attack on evolution seen in a long time…" The marketing of the book has been perfectly planned. So much so that the book reached all the teachers in Cologne on the same day.
... It is a fact that if children and young people turn over the pages of the book they will inevitably be influenced by its magnificent presentation. The wolf skulls, fish, insect or hyena fossils in the Atlas all send out the same message: They have remained unchanged for millions of years and evolution never happened.


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The Weather MenBy Valerie Miles
The life, times, and meteorological theories of Josep Pla.
"I've attended the procession of my country with a match in hand. Not an altar candle, not a torch, not a candlestick, but a match."
Josep Pla (1897–1981) is a controversial figure in Catalan letters, and a well-kept secret of twentieth century European literature. If Barça is more than just a football club, then Pla—a political and cultural journalist, travel writer, biographer, memoirist, essayist, novelist, and foodie, whose collected works clock in at more than thirty-thousand pages and thirty-eight volumes—was more than just a writer.
Now that his deceptively simple, earthy prose and mordant sense of humor are available to American readers, the best way to read Pla is to curl up with a crisp glass of cava and a few spears of white asparagus. It's impossible to read Josep Pla and not fall in love with his Mediterranean landscape. His native Empordà, with its mushroom-laced winds and its hint of burnt cork, mesmerizes.
Pla's most important work, The Gray Notebook, is out now in a graceful translation by Peter Bush; the Daily published an excerpt yesterday. In the spirit of a bildungsroman and the form of a diary, the narrative chronicles 1918 and 1919, two crucial years in young Pla's life. It captures the raucous energy of a precocious country boy who falls on his feet in the city, full of the spit and vinegar of youth. These were ebullient years in turn-of-the-century Barcelona; the city saw the first roiling curls of the belligerence that would lead to the Spanish Civil War, giving The Gray Notebook a tang of dramatic irony. But Pla's masterpiece wasn't actually published until 1966, after he had rewritten and reworked the material from his earlier diaries—a process similar to that of Proust, who returned to material written during Swann's Way to fashion Time Regained. Read More


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Carl Icahn reiterated his interest in owning Dell Inc and said the $5.2 billion in financing he's putting together to back his bid for the company continues to move forward as planned. The comments came in a telephone interview Tuesday, echoing statements he made earlier in the day in an open letter to Dell shareholders.
"Nothing has changed regarding the financing," Icahn said. "We expect to have $5.2 billion in the next couple of weeks. Our investment bank is already committing $1.6 billion and my affiliates and I would provide $2 billion, if necessary."
Icahn's letter to Dell's shareholders comes on the heels of a series of reports that Icahn could exit the Dell race after struggling to raise the $5.2 billion in debt he needed to back a leveraged recapitalization he proposed to Dell's board on May 9.
In May, Icahn initiated talks with banks and asset managers to line up financing to back a leveraged recapitalization of Dell as an alternative to an existing buyout offer led by Dell and Silver Lake Partners for $13.65 a share, or $24.4 billion. Jefferies & Co, which has already committed $1.6 billion, is leading the deal.
Icahn's time is ticking. Next month the company's shareholders are expected to vote on whether to accept the Silver Lake bid. In order to prove his commitment is legitimate, Icahn needs to have the financing ready by then.
Though the letter offers little additional details about the progress of the financing, it signals a change in the activist investor's strategy.
Under the May 9 leveraged recapitalization plan, Icahn proposed giving shareholders the option of receiving either a distribution of $12 per share in cash or $12 per share in stock valued at $1.65 per share. Now, Icahn is asking that Dell shareholders agree to a tender offer for 1.1 billion shares at $14 apiece in a stock buyback.
Icahn and Southeastern, which together own about 13 percent of Dell stock, have argued that the Dell and Silver Lake offer of $13.65 undervalues the company and that the recent numbers reported by the company are understated.
"Despite the company using scare tactics concerning the company's health, you cannot get away from the fact that their own consulting firm, BCG, believes the company would earn $3.3 billion for 2014," Icahn said. "This means the 670 million shares left outstanding after our tender will earn $3.72 per share."
Dell's proposed take-private sale price has undergone several iterations starting at $11.22 to $12.16 per share, a pricing proposed by Silver Lake in October during the early stages of the take-private conversations.
In the letter, Icahn revealed he is now Dell's second-largest shareholder after Michael Dell. This, after he purchased half of Southeastern's Dell shares for $13.52 apiece, bringing Icahn's total ownership to 152 million shares, or 9 percent of company shares.
Icahn's lack of a firm financing commitment and Southeastern's reduction in holdings has caused some to wonder whether Icahn's offer is workable.
In a statement, Dell's special committee of independent directors said Icahn's latest proposal is incomplete.
"Mr. Icahn's concept is not, in its present state, a transaction that the special committee could endorse and execute - there is neither financing, nor any commitment from any party to participate, nor any remedy for the company and its shareholders if the transaction is not consummated," said the committee in a written response to Icahn's letter.
A spokesperson for Dell's special committee declined to comment beyond the statement issued Tuesday. A spokesperson for Michael Dell declined to comment.
Other investors wonder if Icahn is truly committed to buying the computer maker and not just seeking to drive up the price of the stock.
"Icahn is historically known for looking for dislocations," said a Dell shareholder. "This could be him trying to get Michael Dell to sweeten the $24.4 billion deal. Perhaps he does want to own the entity because the numbers do work. But our expectation is that we get a revised deal at $14 or higher," the shareholder added.
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Whether you're a family history newbie or a seasoned genealogist, you'll need to get "organized" — that is, tap into the resources of research organizations. We've compiled this state-by-state directory of libraries, archives and societies to speed your search for helpful institutions. For each state, you'll find the facilities responsible for safeguarding historical materials such as government records, photographs, books and oral histories. The listings also point you to the statewide genealogical and historical societies you can call on for assistance.
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My Name Is Asher Lev
In Hebrew, the word lev means "heart," and the name Asher means "blessed" or "happy." Those do not go together easily for the title character of Aaron Posner's starkly moving family drama, adapted from Chaim Potok's 1972 novel. Asher (Ari Brand) is an artistic prodigy whose (God-given?) talent conflicts with the values of his Hasidic Jewish upbringing in the 1950s. But he has little choice; there is "a scream in him fighting to get out," and although Asher remains an observant Jew, the "goyishe and pagan" world of art—with its long line of nudes and crucifixions—tugs him toward apostasy. As his mentor informs him from the start: "You are entering a religion called painting."
My Name Is Asher Lev is often blunt. It relies heavily on narration, and its treatment of artistic individuation is not unfamiliar; Asher's internal conflict might be more resonant if his drive were not so frequently cast in terms of undeniable genius. (Wisely, the play lets the audience project its own ideas of his art onto blank canvases and pages.) But Gordon Edelstein's production gives the play a spare, forceful elegance. Brand's Asher conveys a convincing balance of confusion and determination; Mark Nelson brings graceful depth to his multiple roles (including Asher's stern father, candid teacher and world-weathered rabbi). And Jenny Bacon plays Asher's nervous mother with piercing tenderness and sorrow. Perhaps even more than her son, she is caught between the two worlds Asher tries to straddle, and his talent becomes her cross to bear.—Adam Feldman
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New York Giants head coach Tom Coughlin confirmed that second-year running back David Wilson will handle goal-line duties while RB Andre Brown recovers from a fractured leg.
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The good news keeps rolling for David Wilson owners. Wilson has steadily climbed up draft boards since early spring. The former Virginia Tech back was praised by Coughlin, "He runs in there hard. I don't have a problem with [Wilson working the goal-line] at all. He's powerful, he's compact, he has tremendous leg strength, which is his forte." Wilson looks like an excellent RB2 across all formats.


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The Amherst Recording Council can always use the help of students of the College. Even if you don't have all the time in the world (or even hardly any time at all), just a little work on transcribing a lecture, or letting us know about an upcoming event can make things a lot easier for us.
The text at right should explain everything you need to know to help us in any of a number of ways. But if your suggestion or offer isn't explicitly discussed at right, or even if you're just too lazy to read everything at right, what's important is that you email us: arc at amherst dot edu.
We can always use help. The few of us who have committed enough to be called official members of this council have classes too, and it can be hard to keep up with what lectures need to be recorded, how to schedule equipment and people to record them, in addition to editing the audio, transcribing the lectures, and finding related links and files. So if you can help with any of this, you can help us, and we'd appreciate your help.
You should help us because you like what we're doing here. Or because you'd like to have your name in the credits here. Or because you'd like to possibly make some money for work you're doing for us.
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One of the most time consuming jobs, but one of the most enjoyable, is the process of transcribing lectures that we've recorded. We don't absolutely need full text representations of these talks (that is why we're making the audio recording in the first place), but we think it adds some considerable value. It means that you can search talks for just the parts that you're interested in. It makes pieces of the lectures much easier to quote or otherwise reference from other works, and it also lets people get something from a talk even if they decide that they don't have time to listen to the entire thing.
It can be a lot of fun to transcribe. It makes you really listen to every word of a spoken lecture, and you get your name on the website right after the link to the transcription, so it'll make you famous too. If you're interested in transcribing, email us which lecture you want to transcribe (arc at amherst dot edu). It's important that you email us first so that we can keep track of who is doing which lecture and two people don't end up wasting their time transcribing the same lecture. If you're interested in transcribing a really long event or a number of events for which we need transcripts, we might even be able to pay you for your time. In that case it's even more important we talk to you first -- don't type something up just assuming that we'll be able to find the money to pay you.
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A helicopter hike on a New Zealand glacier. Witnessing priestled rituals in an Indian Hindu temple. Attending a calligraphy lesson in Japan. Some of the most extraordinary experiences can be had only with the help of a well-connected travel agent. In Travel + Leisure's 15th annual A-List, we showcase the 137 best specialists in the business—destination authorities, honeymoon planners, family-reunion whizzes, cruise experts—to help take your trip to the next level.
How Travel-Agent Fees Work
For the most part, agents make their money on commissions paid to them by the travel companies they book with. Some also charge clients a fee (separate from trip expenses) as a security deposit that's either returned to you at the end of the planning process or, more commonly, applied to the cost of the trip itself. In other cases, agents charge for services like booking airline tickets, making hard-to-get restaurant reservations, or securing rooms in smaller independent hotels that, unlike large international chains, don't pay commissions to agents. When in doubt, though, it's perfectly acceptable to ask for clarification.
Travel + Leisure's Travel Advisory Board
The Travel + Leisure TAB is a select group of owners and operators of the country's most important agencies. They share with T+L their expert opinions on the latest developments in the travel industry and their read on ever-evolving consumer trends. They are ultimate travel planners (typically for high rollers only) and can refer you to one of the many top-notch specialists they've trained.
Marcus Barlow
The vice president of sales for American Express Travel & Lifestyle Services oversees a team of some 1,500 counselors across North America who provide bespoke travel-concierge services and help card members get the most out of their rewards points. 602-537-4245; firstname.lastname@example.com
Betsy Donley
This 22-year industry veteran's agency, Camelback Odyssey Travel, is a specialist for clients seeking exotic adventure experiences such as fly-fishing in the Seychelles or the Andes, and even space travel with Virgin Galactic. 602-889-5909; firstname.lastname@example.com
Julia P. Douglas
Douglas, who founded Jet Set World Travel in 2005, has road tested countless hotels, resorts, and villas with her two children in tow. Her agency excels at planning honeymoons and experiential family travel. 312-574-1181; firstname.lastname@example.com
Jack S. Ezon
Ezon, who is an advisor for brands like Fairmont and Sofitel, has an eye for new talent, which has helped his company, Ovation Vacations, meet the demands of younger luxury travelers when organizing destination celebrations and group travel. 212-329-7237; email@example.com
Gail Grimmett
Grimmett leads a team of 1,500 agents in 70 branches across the U.S. and U.K. as head of the Travel Leaders Group Elite Travel Division, composed of the Protravel International and Tzell Travel Group brands—both known for their deep relationships with top hotels, airlines, and cruise lines. 212-651-2103; firstname.lastname@example.com
Marc Kazlauskas
As president of Frosch's leisure division and U.S. branches, Kazlauskas, formerly of Tauck, fosters relationships with airlines, cruise lines, and rail services in order to craft seamless itineraries for business and pleasure trips. 212-784-0383; firstname.lastname@example.com
David Lowy
Those with sky-high budgets trust Lowy and his Vancouver-based team at Renshaw Travel to deliver extraordinary experiences like private jets and hard-to-get tee times at the world's finest golf courses. 604-733-1010; firstname.lastname@example.com
Tom Marchant
Marchant is the co-founder of the Black Tomato Group, a London-based collection of travel and lifestyle brands known for bringing bespoke adventure trips up a notch through immersive activities. 646-558-3644; firstname.lastname@example.com
Jani Miller
On T+L's A-List since 2004, this golf-loving CEO has firsthand knowledge of courses, resorts, and fitness experiences around the world. She regularly circles the globe herself on adventure trips to places like Antarctica. 800-633-5577; firstname.lastname@example.com
Steve Orens
Because Orens has more than 25 years of industry experience and serves on boards for some of the biggest luxury hotel brands, he and his agency, Plaza Travel, can get their predominantly business-travel clients special treatment anytime. 818-990-4053; firstname.lastname@example.com
Shawna Huffman Owen
Owen, who manages offices in Dayton and Chicago in partnership with her father, Tony Huffman, shines at planning educational family vacations, romantic getaways for couples, and celebration trips for groups. 312-257-2988; firstname.lastname@example.com
Mary Ann Ramsey
Cruising is among the many specialties of this former ASTA Agent of the Year and president of Betty Maclean Travel, which treats clients like lifelong partners by addressing long-range travel goals. 800-865-8111; firstname.lastname@example.com
Sandy Schadler
Schadler is the marketing strategist for Travelink, an agency whose partnership with American Express Travel allows its network of advisors to provide the best rates and packages for clients. 615-367-4900; firstname.lastname@example.com
Wido Schaefer
The employee-owned TravelStore, begun by Schaefer in 1975, is now California's largest independent travel agency. He also sits on the advisory boards of hotel companies like Four Seasons. 800-343-9779; email@example.com
Anne Morgan Scully
President of McCabe World Travel and an expert in hotels and cruise lines, Scully leads her team in creating one-of-a-kind itineraries packed with thoughtful gestures. 703-762-5055; email@example.com
Jim Strong
Accessibility, attention to detail—especially in hotel selection—and an unabashed penchant for luxury are what drives Strong, who, together with his mother, Nancy Strong, customizes trips that focus on cruising and five-star stays. 214-361-0027; firstname.lastname@example.com
Kathryn Sudeikis
Voted among the "100 Most Powerful Women in Travel" by Travel Agent magazine, Sudeikis and her team at Acendas are pros at organizing large family reunions. 913-671-7700; email@example.com
Liz Sadie Sutton
President of Alabama World Travel and an advisor to companies including Royal Caribbean International, this cruising expert knows about everything from the comfort of the beds to the best excursions in various ports of call. 334-260-2482; email@example.com
Kimberly Wilson Wetty
The copresident of Valerie Wilson Travel, one of the largest privately owned full-service travel consulting firms in the U.S., Wetty puts a heavy focus on families and top-shelf hotels. 212-592-1218; firstname.lastname@example.com
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To talk of adding lustre to the name of Wollaston by their medal, is to talk idly.
Its progress was slow, and accidents detained Whitney's and Wollaston's vessels.
On the day of the funeral the belated ships of Whitney and Wollaston arrived.
Wollaston had then come on as fast as possible to rejoin us.
These dark lines in the solar spectrum had already been observed by Wollaston.
Like Franklin, Wollaston saw Reason as "the great law of our nature."
Dr. Wollaston, in 1802, as we have seen stood upon the threshold of spectroscopy without knowing it.
Wollaston never could have been a poet; Davy might have been a great one.
Wollaston appeared to take great delight in showing by what small means he could produce great results.
She wondered if Wollaston would ask leave to walk home with her.
British chemist and physicist who discovered the elements palladium (1803) and rhodium (1804). In 1805 he devised a process for producing malleable platinum that could be used to make various utensils and apparatus. Wollaston was also one of the first scientists to realize that the arrangement of atoms in a molecule must be three-dimensional.


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Just because a man or woman can run fast, throw a baseball hard or accomplish some other athletic feat by no means suggests that this same person knows how to tweet, use a smartphone or otherwise employ the latest technologies without getting in trouble. Here's a sampling of 2012's dumbest and craziest sports technology moments, and we're afraid the list will grow throughout the rest of the year.
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