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BOYS BASKETBALL: New Knoxville shoots 60 percent from floor in win
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NEW KNOXVILLE — The New Knoxville boys basketball team's 20-point loss to Anna simmered in the Rangers players' minds for 12 days.
"It's been a long week and a half since we got beat over at Anna pretty soundly," New Knoxville head coach Kort Fledderjohann said.
"We haven't been shooting the ball well, so we shot in practice, we shot and we shot some more."
It paid off.
All that energy boiled out in the first few minutes of the Rangers' home game against the Lima Shawnee Indians on Thursday to stake New Knoxville to an early cushion.
New Knoxville hit six of the first eight 3-pointers it attempted and shot 60 percent from the floor in a 44-34 win over Lima Shawnee on Thursday night at The Barn.
Lucas Leffel and Andrew Arnett scored 10 points apiece to lead the Rangers, who had almost two weeks off after suffering a blowout loss to the Rockets two Saturday nights ago.
The Rangers jumped out to a 16-6 in the first quarter by carving up Shawnee's trapping zone defense with four 3-pointers.
"The only way you can beat a defense that is that aggressive is to attack the basket," Fledderjohann said.
The Rangers limited the damage done by Shawnee's Seth Rosenbauer, a 6-foot-5 largebody in the paint for the Indians. Rosenbauer scored eight points, but New Knoxville forced Shawnee to try to beat them from the perimeter.
"When we came back this week we just talked about protecting the basket," Fledderjohann said. "We pulled our pressure off and went to quarter court and just wanted to protect the paint and the basket. We did a little bit better job of that tonight."
Shawnee shot more three pointers (23) than they did shots inside it (22). The Indians weren't successful from any distance, hitting just 27 percent of their shots on Thursday.
Jarrod Pughsley led Shawnee with nine points.
The one offensive jolt Shawnee received came in the second quarter when the Indians eroded New Knoxville's early lead.
Shawnee slowly but surely got back into the game, creating havoc as it extended its trapping pressure to three-quarter court.
Shawnee's 11-1 run to close the second quarter brought the Indians to within 25-22 at the half.
Shawnee briefly drew even with New Knoxville early in the third quarter at 25-25, but the Rangers' Seth Kuck made a pair of important baskets to get and maintain a lead. New Knoxville freshman Shane Topp then drained a three-pointer to give the Rangers some breathing room at 34-28.


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Samsung just unveiled the Galaxy S III superphone, the latest in Samsung's line of flagship devices. The Galaxy S III will go on sale worldwide starting in May, and apart from the traditional retail and cellular outlets, Samsung has introduced another way to get your hands on the device: glass Pin pop-up stores that will be featured throughout London and (hopefully) elsewhere.
These pop-up stores will serve as showcases for the Galaxy S III, and you will presumably be able to purchase the device either unlocked or with carrier contract from these locations. Don't expect Samsung to go ahead and open their own retail locations anytime soon, however, as these are temporary storefronts to coincide with the launch of their next flagship device. We're not convinced that a standalone Samsung store is the best way to push Samsung's products, though they certainly have enough devices to fill one.
If you're in the UK, look for these stores to come to your location a bit later this month, likely focused around the London area. Those of us outside of the UK may have to wait a bit longer, if we're to see these stores in our country at all.
What do you think? Like the idea of a Samsung standalone store for the Galaxy S III line?

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Hugh Bailey: UConn will, probably, be fine
If the goal is still to put the University of Connecticut on par with the top public schools in America, then something has to change.
Because as much as people might wish it wasn't true, UConn's rise to prominence has been directly tied to its athletic success. The 1995 women's basketball team all by itself inspired huge additional spending from the state. The championships won by the men's team brought unparalleled national recognition.
UConn President Susan Herbst often says she wants UConn mentioned alongside the best schools in the country. Playing in a second-rate athletic conference, as is scheduled to happen, could prove a serious hindrance.
The women's team has a strong enough brand that its success is close to assured. The men's team, which is a bigger deal nationally, is another question altogether. But there are factors in the team's favor.
For all their wins over the years, one thing the Huskies have never had is a legitimate arch-rival. Syracuse is close, but only recently. Duke is too far away, and UMass hasn't been on the schedule in years. Pitt tried for a while, but come on. Kevin Ollie has been UConn's coach for a month and he has as many Final Four appearances as Pitt does in the past 50 years -- zero.
But that means the team has less to lose in conference reshuffling. It needs good teams on the schedule, not specific teams.
Losing out on an invitation to the ACC last week was a blow. But it's not a death sentence. And the conference jumping is not close to over. Nor is it driven by academics -- or basketball.
For the most part, this state doesn't care about college football. There are pockets of fans around -- Notre Dame supporters, or alumni of various national powerhouses. But in general, it just isn't a priority, because for years there was no local team to root for.
UConn made its jump to big-time college football about a decade ago, and by most standards is doing fine. They're not national contenders, and the current team is often close to unwatchable, but, considering the lack of tradition, UConn can hold its own.
But though there have been a few big moments, football interest remains scarce. The lack of support makes the school less attractive to other conferences. And it's football, and the amount of money people spend on it, driving everything.
There's been some talk that the supposed bad deeds surrounding the men's basketball team have something to do with UConn's failure to earn a Big East bailout. But though academic problems and an irascible coach (since retired) can make for some negative headlines, by the standards of the college sports landscape this is nothing. Compared to the ongoing academics scandal at the University of North Carolina, UConn looks like a paragon of virtue.
Just as importantly, this isn't over. There is more conference realignment to come, and at some point, you have to believe, UConn is going to get invited somewhere. It is still a flagship state university with a big athletics budget. It's the only draw in its area, with a long record of success in every sport but football. And even the football isn't as bad as it's made out to be.
Now the battle is for perception. UConn has been passed over because it's seen as a football weakling. It could be perceived as a loser because it's been passed over. And a perception as a has-been will be a blow to the school's overall reputation.
That's the bad news. On the bright side, one phone call from the Big 10 commissioner and all the angst goes away.
Hugh Bailey is assistant editorial page editor of the Connecticut Post.


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I casted 4 good games on my stream and recorded them for YouTube. Thanks to Da_BOSS, Denisius, crab, Soulkey and White zombie for some great games!
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(Reuters) - Atleast five brokerages cut their price targets on IBM Corp shares and warned its weak earnings suggested results would also be disappointing at other hardware technology companies such as EMC Corp, Dell Inc and HP Co.
IBM's shares fell 8 percent to a three-month low of $190.56 on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday.
IBM posted on Thursday a rare quarterly earnings miss as a sliding yen hurt earnings from Japan and it failed to close a number of major deals, especially in Europe and the United States.
The company had disappointing results in certain hardware segments, such as high-end Unix and storage, Stifel Nicolaus & Co analyst David Grossman wrote in a note. He cut his price target on the stock by a dollar to $240.
However, hardware, with the exception of the mainframe business, is not core to the growth of the company, Grossman said. The services business, which accounted for 60 percent of the company's revenue, is improving, he added.
RBC analyst Amit Daryanani cut his price target on the stock to $200 from $215, but said given IBM's healthy services backlog, large annuity revenue streams such as services contracts and software licenses, which make up more than 60 percent of the company's profitability, IBM should generate "solid EPS momentum" in FY13.
"The IBM miss is a decidedly negative read through for the entire IT hardware segment and we are incrementally more cautious on the sector; particularly those with a March quarter end," Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore wrote in a note.
He cut his price target on the stock to $225 from $240.
JP Morgan analyst Mark Moskovitz named Net App Inc, Lexmark International Inc, Xerox Corp, Brocade Communications Systems Inc, Emulex Corp, QLogic Corp, Seagate Technology PLC and Western Digital Corp as the other hardware names at risk.
EMC and Xerox are scheduled to report results next week, while Dell and HP will report in May.
BMO Capital Markets analyst Keith Bachman said IBM will have to step up its software acquisitions to improve revenue performance and EPS growth.
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Capstone Turbine named MGE UPS Systems as its first multinational service provider with the ability to offer Capstone equipment customers a service network spanning all of the Americas.
"MGE's expansive service network encompasses virtually all major cities in North America and most of Central and South America," says David McShane, Capstone's vice president of quality and customer service. "In the power reliability arena, service and responsiveness are absolutely critical. MGE has the experienced personnel and the proven reputation to deliver a consistent, top-notch level of service to their customers and to Capstone's growing customer base."
In addition to many of MGE's service personnel, Capstone has factory-trained more than 300 authorized service provider technicians. The arrangement with MGE enhances that service network, providing Capstone distributors the choice of using their own trained technicians, a third-party authorized service provider, or the new option of working with MGE's network of specialists.


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From boilers to barbecues, what you need to know about carbon monoxide poisoning.
Gas safety is just as important in the summer as it is in the winter. Poorly maintained appliances and boilers can cause carbon monoxide poisoning, which can be fatal. Find out how you can keep safe.
Gas central heating may be turned off in the summer, but your boiler is still being used for hot water and, perhaps, you use a gas cooker.
Remember the barbecue, too, which is often gas. More than 40% of us own a gas barbecue and 30% of us use it weekly to produce simple meals to enjoy outdoors.
Carbon monoxide (CO) is a poisonous gas produced when fuel such as gas (or charcoal or petrol) burns incompletely. Inadequately installed or poorly maintained appliances and boilers increase the risk of carbon monoxide being produced.
You can't see, taste or smell carbon monoxide. The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) reported that last year 319 people were killed or injured due to carbon monoxide poisoning.
It is important to look out for the warning signs of carbon monoxide poisoning and to seek urgent medical attention from your GP or accident and emergency department.
It is not always possible to check gas appliances for signs they are not working properly, such as lazy yellow flames instead of crisp blue ones. It is better to ensure that all gas appliances are checked annually by a Gas Safe engineer.
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Irish Lighting rental company Production Services Ireland (PSI) became fully embroiled in the weekend commemorating the centenary of the sinking of the world's most famous cruise ship – Titanic.
The ship – the largest afloat at the time - was built at the Harland & Wolf shipyard in Belfast from 1909 – 1911. She sank four days into her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York on April 15th 1912, after hitting an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland with the loss of 1, 514 lives.
PSI's Belfast and Dublin operations supplied lighting, rigging and crew to three major events to mark this seminal moment in maritime history.
The first was a series of gala concerts for the Titanic 100 civic commemoration and tribute programme presented by The Port of Cork at Cobh, County Cork – the last port of call for the ill-fated ship. The second was "Titanic Sounds" for MTV, staged on the slipway at Harland & Wolf where the vessel was launched, and the third was for a live broadcast by BBC2 from Belfast's Waterfront Hall.
In addition to this, PSI also supplied lighting to three major boxing and wrestling fixtures traversing the same weekend, including WWE in Belfast and Dublin – so it proved a real brain-teaser for logistics and pre-planning.
This all instigated some cross-water co-operation with UK rental company HSL, who collaborated with PSI to supply the gear for Titanic Sounds.
Says PSI director Sean Pagel, "When all six events were confirmed to overlap that weekend, it made real sense to join forces and work with another like-minded company. It's further cemented our already excellent working relationship with HSL, and once again Mike Oates and the team were brilliant in every way".
Titanic 100, Cobh
PSI supplied lighting, trussing and rigging to this outdoor stage, a 16 metre dome roof structure located in the middle of the harbour front, into which they installed four upstage / downstage 'finger' trusses, chosen to maximise the headroom.
PSI was working directly for Cobh 100 and with production manager Mark Anderson of Creating Shows.
The lighting design was developed by PSI's Sean Pagel. The event was primarily orchestra based, so the need was for good even, non-intrusive illumination rather than multiple whizz-bang effects.
The fixtures utilised were 40 GLP Impression 120 Zoom LED wash lights, two Space Flowers to add a bit of upstage sparkly looks from the back, and one follow spot to pick out the conductor and soloists.
Joe Byrne and Darragh McAuliffe co-ordinated everyone's lighting requirements for the four show days running the lights on a Jands Vista T2 console.
Titanic Sounds
With the hugely atmospheric backdrop of Harland and Wolf and it's mighty iconic Samson & Goliath cranes juxtaposed against the new hyper-modern Titanic Signature Building (known as Titanic Belfast) designed by architects Eric Kuhne & Associates, this event was staged by MTV as part of their 'World Stage' music series in association with Belfast City Council.
The line up included Pixie Lott, Sean Paul, Olly Murs, Katy B and Rizzle Kicks, and attracted around 16, 000 enthusiastic music fans.
Lighting was designed by Eugene O'Connor working for MTV, following on from his acclaimed show for the massive outdoor gig coinciding with the MTV EMAs in the city in November.
An 18 metre wide stage was installed by the Star Events Group, under which PSI sub-hung a substantial trussing system, comprising five V-shaped trusses at different levels with their apexes downstage centre; three side trusses left and right, a back truss split into three sections and a front truss also split into three elements.
The moving lights were a mix of Clay Paky Alpha Beam 300s and 700s, Martin Professional MAC 2K XBs, Robe ColorWash 2500E ATs and ROBIN LEDWash 600s, Vari*Lite VL3000 Spots and Novalight Nova Flowers – over 100 in total.
A wide assortment of generics included Sky Pans, 4 and 2-lite Moles, PAR 64s, ACLs plus the ubiquitous Atomic strobes,
All the intelligents were controlled by Johnny Mac using a Road Hog Full Boar console and expansion wing, and all the generics were run by O'Connor on an Avolites Diamond 4. Nick Malbon controlled all the LED screens' playback material via a Catalyst media server.
The stage flaps were left open at the back of the stage for all to admire Titanic Belfast in all its distinctive shape and presence.
Four crew were supplied by HSL to work alongside two from PSI on site. In the run up, HSL's Mike Oates visited and worked out of PSI's new warehouse facility for a couple of days to ensure that it all ran like clockwork for the production period. This superlative teamwork helped create another great looking show.
Titanic Concert, Belfast Waterfront Hall
Bryan Ferry and Grammy Award winning Joss Stone were among the line up for this live telecast from Belfast's Waterfront Hall venue, which also featured top performances by Nicola Benedetti, Charlie Siem, the Ulster Orchestra, Alfie Boe, Katie Melua, and Mica Paris, all hosted by broadcaster John Humphries.
A capacity audience of 1000 caught the excitement and energy in the Waterfront Hall, while another 4000 saw the action relayed on a big screen in the grounds of the City Hall.
A fabulous and very flexible lighting design was created by Oli Richards.
PSI's client was Whizkid Productions, and on site, their four crew worked closely with Richards' lighting crew chief Stuart Pring plus four locals to fit a large amount of kit into the space.
The equipment was used to light all around the stage and auditorium. It included around 100 moving lights - Clay Paky Sharpies, Martin MAC 250+s and 250 Kryptons, Robe ColorSpot 1200s, ROBIN 300 Beams and ColorSpot and ColorWash 700s and Vari*Lite 1000TS's.
There were also 80 Chroma-Q ColorBlock DB4 LED fixtures dotted around, plus 10 Howie MR16 battens, 30 ETC Source Four Profiles and over 30 floor PARs.
All fixtures were rigged over the stage on drop arms – a protracted task which took up a lot of time and precision, but produced fabulous overall aesthetics - with no lighting bars being visible anywhere.
The moving lights were controlled via a Compulite console and the generics were run from the house ETC Expression board operated by PSI's Mark Galione.
Rigging this event was demanding because of the sheer amount of lighting and video kit – supplied by XL Video – put in the roof for the concert. There were a lot of flown projection surfaces - voiles, cloths and screen surfaces – all vying for positions in the roof and sometimes with just centimetres of clearance!
Due to the amount of flown kit, all PSI's distribution and cable management also had to be located in the roof catwalks, another task which took time to achieve neatly and efficiently …. But again, with great overall results.
These three events and the three sporting ones – WWE in Belfast and Dublin, Clan Wars at the Ulster Hall and the Tyson Fury v Martin Rogan Irish Heavyweight Boxing title fight at the Odyssey Arena on the Saturday night - left PSI's new Belfast warehouse completely bare for the weekend …..


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Assault Gun appear to be way too good at killing cyborgs. By way too much it is at least double the fire power of Heavy Machinegun! It is so good that it is listed as an overpowered weapon in low oil maps under the official guide at http://betaguide.wz2100.net/weapons.php. Aren't convinced that Assault Gun is at least twice as good as Heavy Machinegun? I will do a bit of math to prove that this weapon needs to be nerfed.
Example #1
Lets assume it is currently 18:16 game time and everyone is perfect on their research based on http://betaguide.wz2100.net/Research.php. 18:16 is where Dense Composite Alloys Mk2 is researched and close to the 17:13 Assault Gun research time. Machineguns will be upgraded with Hyper Rapid Chaingun 14:40 upgrade and Tungsten-Tipped MG Bullets Mk2 17:57. Cyborgs will be upgraded with Cyborg Dense Composite Alloys Mk2 16:44.
Assault Gun: 47.5 damage, 277.5 rate of fire.
Heavy Machinegun: 42.5 damage, 158.6 rate of fire
Machinegunner: 925 health, 30 kinetic armor
Time for Assault Gun to destroy Machinegunner = 4.8 seconds
Time for Heavy Machinegun to destory Machinegunner = 10.4 seconds
How much better is Assault Gun over Heavy Machinegun = 2.14 times better! More than twice as good
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It gets even more unfair if the player did not focus on machine gun damage upgrades. Lets say they only research up to APDSB MG Bullets Mk3 10:13.
Assault Gun: 38 damage, 277.5 rate of fire.
Heavy Machinegun: 34 damage, 158.6 rate of fire
Time for Assault Gun to destroy Machinegunner = 7.4 seconds
Time for Heavy Machinegun to destory Machinegunner = 16.7 seconds
How much better is Assault Gun over Heavy Machinegun = 2.25 times better! Assault Gun is even stronger with less damage upgrades when compared to Heavy Machinegun.
My point is that Assault has more than twice the damage of Heavy Machinegun for only $50 more. A power spike of this big is huge against a player using cyborgs. It is a very good idea to stop making cyborgs once someone reaches Assault Gun. Perhaps Assault Gun is too strong at counter cyborgs and needs a nerf? Heavy machineguns were pretty good at killing cyborgs, but Assault Gun is on a totally different level of insanely good.


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text: Our good friend Corey Visto of Visto Themes has been out of the theme game lately, but I got a quick note from him offering up 100 free themes. He has some great stuff available for almost all devices in a variety of styles. Corey's theme sell for $7.00, but we have 100 to give away free. You can choose from BB Droid 2.0, Docked, Grayonic, BB Seven and more. To enter, just leave a comment on this post. Contest ends this Sunday at Midnight PST. Only one entry per person - so please don't leave more than one comment or only your first entry will count!


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FLEXITY Outlook – Linz, Austria
The City of Linz ordered 23 comfortable BOMBARDIER FLEXITY Outlook 100% low-floor trams. Following 33 FLEXITY Outlook (Cityrunner) trams and FLEXITY Outlook vehicles for Pöstlingbergbahn, the 2009 European Capital of Culture has once more opted for Bombardier.
The new tram on order for Linz is a further development of the 33 Cityrunners, which have been in successful revenue service in the city since 2002. Conventional wheel-set bogies and a completely stepless 100% low-floor interior ensure a smooth ride and enable passengers to get on and off easily. The 40.6 metre long and 2.3 metre wide vehicles accommodate 227 passengers, and two spacious multi-purpose areas provide plenty of room for prams and wheel-chairs. The functional interior design elements of the new vehicle integrate many years of day-to-day operational experience. The design developed by Peter Döllmann together with LINZ LINIEN GmbH received the red dot design award. The new FLEXITY Outlook trams are coloured in the corporate colours of LINZ AG and enliven the cityscape of Linz since 2011.
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Shoshauna Shy is the author of two chapbooks, Souped-Up on the Must-Drive Syndrome (Pudding House Publications) and Slide Into Light: Poems of the Brighter Moments (Moon Journal Press). Her work has appeared in Poetry Northwest, Cimarron Review, Slipstream, New Millennium Writings, and on Poetry Daily. One of her poems was selected for inclusion in the Library of Congress program, "A Poem a Day for American High Schools" launched by Billy Collins. She lives in Madison, Wisconsin.
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Since I heard the news that Blake Lively was the face of Gucci's upcoming Gucci Première fragrance, named after and inspired by the brand's red carpet collection, I have to admit I was excited to see the campaign being shot by Mert & Marcus. The first preview of the campaign, ahead of the Nicolas Winding Refn short film, which will premiere during the Venice Film Festival in September, hit Twitter this morning and I was in awe at how gorgeous it was.
Marking Blake Lively's first fragrance campaign this print ad just shows that she was the perfect face to front this new luxury fragrance as she really does have an Old-Hollywood feel about her, especially with her Veronica Lake hairstyle.
I love the styling, her fully embellished sequinned open-back gown is exquisite, team that with her undeniable beauty, and the shot into the mirror and this is just a truly gorgeous campaign and it has totally left me wanting more and even more excited about the short film.
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Hulk Hogan's ex-wife Linda Bollea was arrested on Thursday morning (04Oct12) on suspicion of DUI.
The reality TV star, 53, was pulled over by police in Malibu, California for speeding, but was subsequently booked for driving under the influence and driving on a suspended license.
She was later released on $5,000 bail.
Her representative has confirmed the arrest to TMZ.com, but has played down the incident, claiming Bollea was on her way home from an event in Los Angeles, where she had had a glass of champagne on an empty stomach.
News of Bollea's arrest emerged hours after footage from a sex tape purportedly featuring Hogan and a mystery brunette leaked online. The wrestling legend is now preparing to launch legal action to prevent the full film from being made public.
Bollea, also known as Linda Hogan, filed for divorce from her husband in 2007 after 23 years of marriage and their union was officially declared over in 2009.


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I've been fantasizing about this for a long time—the day I'd get to share this news with you. After nearly two years of trying to conceive our second baby, about a year-and-a-half of fertility treatments and 10 months of chronicling this difficult journey, we're finally pregnant! I'm just entering my second trimester—excited, nervous, sick, tired as hell, thrilled, a little terrified, but supremely grateful.
There is so much I've been wanting to write about; so much we've been through over the last few months. I'll be going into all of it—and much more—over at "Project Pregnancy," starting on Wednesday. I've been looking forward to writing about being pregnant, long before I even was.
But first, I want to thank everyone who's been following my story at the "Fertility Files" since the beginning of the year—everyone that's lent a kind word or personal story, either through reading, "liking," commenting, or emailing me directly. I've reconnected with old friends from grade school, high school, camp, college...friends of friends, family from all over the world. I've gotten such amazing, heartfelt advice—real advice that's helped me get through this. It's overwhelming how caring and kind people have been to me, and it's because of all your support that I had the courage to keep writing about it.
If you've been reading my blog for the last year then you probably know I went through IVF last September. We tried just about everything to conquer an uncertain diagnosis of "unexplained infertility." I already have a healthy child that was conceived naturally in 2008, so this has always been a big mystery to us. But as scientific as this process is, I believe now there's also an art to this science—and being in the right hands has everything to do with your chances of success. So does understanding your diagnosis, the options you have to treat it, and what they mean.
When I started writing this blog I was naively optimistic about my infertility diagnosis—one of the reasons I decided to write about it was because I thought I'd only have to go through it for a short time until we'd get pregnant. I never imagined it would take us this long, and be this hard. I thought I'd have one IVF and—voila—I'd skip right along to the positive pregnancy test. I didn't anticipate all the twists and turns, like OHSS, how sick I'd get each cycle from all the medications and procedures; how emotionally draining failed embryo transfer after failed embryo transfer would be.
I also considered the possibility that this process would simply not work for me. I became convinced of it. Until I met Colleen Coughlin, the amazing embryologist who changed everything for me.
Going through infertility isn't a walk in the park, but had I not had the opportunity to write about it, I'm not sure I would've known as much as I do about it, and made the important decisions that got me here. I'm sincerely grateful I got to share the experience because it opened my eyes to not only the best REs and embryologist in the country, but also women who've given me more strength than I realized I had.
When I started writing about this in January, I was already in deep, having started seeking fertility help back in May 2011. I figured I could write about the past, as I was still going through it, and by the time I caught up to the present I'd be pregnant and could share the outcome. When the past caught up to the present, it became very difficult to write about—I didn't have the perspective yet.
I can't stress enough how important it is for anyone going through this to talk about it. A lot of women who reached out to me confessed that I was the first person they'd told about their struggles with infertility. It's such a tough thing to go through—I can only imagine how much harder it is suffering through it alone and in silence. Find someone in your network of friends or family—or ask your OB to help find you a therapist. Infertility is nothing to be ashamed of, and talking about it (or writing about it in my case) can be incredibly therapeutic.
I'm praying for each and every one of you who've shared your stories with me—I hope you'll continue to share them and keep me updated on your progress. I don't know if there's an "other side of infertility"—once you've been through it, do you think it's something you ever really overcome?
Starting this Wednesday, I'll be chronicling my second pregnancy three times a week over at Project Pregnancy—and exploring the events that got me here on my road down infertility.
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Ian Clark's On Hockey: Nolan returns to lineupBy IAN CLARK
New Hampshire Union Leader
November 24. 2012 10:20PM
Jordan Nolan is back, if not quite back to form.
Nolan returned to the Manchester Monarchs lineup Friday night after missing every game since opening night. Nolan injured his pinky finger in a fight in that game. Manchester will host Portland today at 3 p.m. at Verizon Wireless Arena.
"I felt all right. I felt comfortable being back out there," Nolan said of his return. "It's going to take a little while to work back to 100 percent."
Nolan scored a goal in Friday's 4-3 overtime loss to Worcester and provided a noticeable spark. He skated well and looked sharp playing on a line with captain Marc-Andre Cliche and leading scorer Brandon Kozun.
With the injury being what it was, Nolan was able to skate and keep himself in good condition, but there is no way to replicate actual game-speed without playing.
"He's worked hard off the ice. It's just going to take a little while for him to establish himself again," said Monarchs head coach Mark Morris of Nolan getting back into game shape.
Nolan wasn't aware that the injury occurred during the fight with Bruin Bobby Robins. It wasn't until he got to the bench that he took a look at the mangled digit.
"At first, it was a little scary," Nolan said. "I could tell it was in bad shape."
Nolan said the injury was a bit frustrating because he could do everything but grip a hockey stick.
Nolan's return comes at a good time for Manchester (8-6-2), which played at Springfield last night. The Monarchs have been hit hard by injuries and are still without Andrei Loktionov, Robbie Czarnik and Dwight King up front while defensemen Andrew Campbell and David Kolomatis are out as well.
The Monarchs have four Stanley Cup winners on the team in Nolan, Loktionov, King and Slava Voynov but have not been able to get all four into the lineup in the same game due to injuries.
Additionally, rookie Tyler Toffoli, who recorded a hat trick against Portland last week, missed Friday's game to attend the funeral service for his grandmother. Toffoli was expected to join the team Saturday night.
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Today's game with the Portland will have the Pirates looking for revenge after a 5-1 Monarchs win in Maine last week. The Pirates (7-7-2) entered Saturday's game at Worcester just two points behind Manchester in the jam-packed Atlantic Division race.
The game is the third in the VIP Cup series between rivals Manchester and Portland this season. Manchester is 2-0 in the series thus far.
Backup goaltender Peter Mannino was slated to start in Springfield last night, with starter Martin Jones the expected netminder for today's game. Mannino should get more playing time going forward as the three-games-in-three-days weekends start to pick up.
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If you're a SiriusXM Radio subscriber and you're missing all the NHL action you would usually be able to hear at this time of year, the AHL will continue to fill in the gaps.
The league announced that more AHL games would be made available on SiriusXM. Manchester's game with Portland on Dec. 2 will be one of the available games.
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Those Who Cherish Liberty Must Fight the Government Bubble
(Note: Following are the edited remarks of Joseph G. Lehman, president of the Mackinac Center, at an April 15, 2009, TEA Party on the steps of the Midland County Courthouse.)
Some elite commentators, including Paul Krugman in The New York Times, have been making fun of you, and the TEA Parties happening around the country. They've compared what we're doing to peasant revolts. (I see some of you brought your pitchforks and torches. Be careful with those, don't hurt anybody.)
Stay Engaged
Just a few days ago they were ignoring the TEA Party phenomenon altogether. When they have to stop ignoring you and start making fun of you, you know you're making progress!
Are we taxed enough? In 1900, government at all levels took about 5 percent of what people produced. Today, it's close to 40 percent, an eight-fold increase. What will it be after we pay for the current binge of federal and state spending?
Don't we need government to bail out companies that employ people, some may ask? How many of the top 50 companies from 1900 still exist? Nobody bailed out those companies that failed, but the country grew stronger anyway.
Politicians are inflating a government bubble with taxpayers' money. That's right, a government bubble. This crisis was triggered by the bursting of a real estate and credit bubble. They would have us believe the cure for THOSE bubbles is a government bubble of taxes and debt that is so big, even they admit many taxpayers won't live long enough to pay their share. This is what happens when people lose control of their government.
But you already know there are serious problems with our government. The point is to fix those problems.
It starts by recognizing that good government is limited government. Larry Reed, my long-time colleague at the Mackinac Center, has said any government big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take everything you've got.
Government can get what it wants only by taking it from the governed. As government grows, the lives of the people shrink.
Defenders of big government say taxes have to be high to help people in need. But does anybody really believe that? Do you know anyone at all who, if he wanted to help the poor, would send a check to Washington, D.C.?
Every politician will tell you he or she has an idea for how to get us out of this economic mess. Here's the one question we should be asking each one: when your idea is in place, will government be bigger, or smaller, than it is now?
At my organization, the Mackinac Center, we're for limited government even when free markets aren't fashionable. We try to match the ideals this country was founded on to careful analysis of what the Legislature is doing and could be doing.
One thing we try to do is make it easy for citizens to monitor their elected officials, and see if their deeds match their words. The best way I know to do that is through our free newspaper, Capitol Confidential. We make no distinction at all between Republicans and Democrats. And neither should anyone when it comes to defending our freedom and limited government. You can subscribe to Capitol Confidential free by going to our Web site.
The current problems are no reason to be discouraged, because anytime liberty HAS won, it has won AGAINST the odds. Sam Adams of course was a great instigator of the Boston Tea Party. He said, "It does not take a majority to prevail ... but rather an irate, tireless minority keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men."
Thomas Jefferson said, "The natural order of things is for government to gain ground and liberty to yield."
And our own experience tells us that even when liberty gains, it's OFTEN two steps forward and one step back.
Individual liberty, and the economic freedom that goes hand-in-hand with it, has never had a golden age, even in this nation best known for freedom and free markets.
There has never been a time when free people did not have to defend their freedom. If freedom could be easily gained, or easily held, America would not have become the one last, best hope for liberty in the world for so long.
Our founders gave us a heritage of freedom. We must not give our posterity a heritage of debt and virtually limitless government. If we hold our elected officials accountable to their oaths and to the ideals of our founding, we won't consign our grandchildren to a country where no one any more knows the myth, of the echo, of the memory, of a people who once loved, cherished and fought for freedom.
Joseph G. Lehman is president of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a research and educational institute headquartered in Midland, Mich. Permission to reprint in whole or in part is hereby granted, provided that the author and the Center are properly cited.
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Rumors are starting to swirl about Microsoft's next console, the Xbox 720, and where phrases like "it seems like only yesterday" and "do we really need a next generation console already?" were being doled out like playing cards last time a video console announcement hit the Internet, I think the timing is just right this time around. After all, the Xbox 360 released all the way back in 2005! We're huggin' the end of 2012, people! That's a heck of a cycle!
The 720′s speculative list of features is already drool-worthy, too. A Blu-ray disc drive, touch-screen controllers, quad-core processor architecture, 8GB of RAM..and Kinect 2.0 – with better voice recognition, four-player tracking, and, of course, higher accuracy.
But the part that's going to make the grand kids go gaga? Future augmented reality integration. That means some day you'll be able to put on a pair of glasses hooked to your Xbox 720 and a graphical overlay will actually change your surroundings to put you into the game! Next stop, the Matrix!
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June 6, 2013, Richmond, B.C. – It was a night of glamour for a great cause at yesterday's River Rock Resort ITM-NSR Model Look North America 2013 Gala Dinner & Finale Show benefiting the BC Cancer Foundation.
The top three winners are: First Place Winner Dennika Wheat (#1, 25 years old, from Nanaimo), Second Place Winner Jessie Li (#2, 25 years old, from Vancouver) and Third Place Winner Jennifer Liu (#3, 18 years old, from Vancouver). Dennika will receive an all-expense paid trip to represent ITM and North America in China's largest and most prestigious modeling competition– the New Silk Road Model Look contest.
Recruitment for ITM 2013 contestants began in February and after the semi-final interviews at the end of March, 10 finalists were chosen. These 10 continued on to almost two months of intensive training from industry professionals, culminating in the Glamour Finale Show at the River Rock Show Theatre on June 6. The Finale opened with Tai Chi performance, accompanied by a Guzheng, and was followed by a fashion show featuring 10 finalists and 6 past winners wearing traditional Chinese costumes with a modern twist.
Other fashions featured at the Finale were collaboration and celebration of Chinese fashion industry talents. The models showcased daywear by OZZO. Next, the models featured China's swimwear, then local designer's daywear JAC and Jacqueline Conoir, Vancouver's fashion Je Vis Couture collection concluded the evening's fashion.
In addition to the top three model winners, awards were also given in a number of other categories, Most Photogenic Award Victoria Ediger(#7), Best Presentation Award Dee Wang(#8), Best Catwalk Award Jessie Li (#2), Glamour Model Web Vote Award Joanna Jiang (#5) and Tourism Ambassador Award Sydney Campbell (#9). The fundraising Glamour Gala Dinner benefiting the BC Cancer Foundation was held immediately preceding the Finale.
The 5th Glamour Gala Dinner benefiting the BC Cancer Foundation, was held immediately preceding the Finale show. All proceeds from the dinner, as well as ticket sales from the Finale Show, will help support leading-edge research at the BC Cancer Agency.
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Selloffs in Europe, Emerging Markets Keep Investors Wary
After last year's big rally in U.S. stocks, many investors thought it would only be a matter of time before the market ran into a rockier stretch.
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Gov. Sam Brownback says creating a new rural housing program may be on Kansas legislators' agenda next year because communities see it as important to attracting new workers.
Brownback said during a meeting of economic advisers Wednesday that as he's traveled across the state, he has advised rural lawmakers to get together to deal with housing issues.
The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that the meeting of the economic advisers focused on rural housing needs. The group heard multiple cases of rural communities having housing shortages.
Cohen-Esrey Real Estate Service CEO Lee Harris called the state's $2.3 million low-income housing program "paltry." He suggested that the state use some of the taxes paid by insurance companies on the value of premiums for tax breaks for rural housing developers.


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With summer's biggest three-day music fests, Lolla and Pitchfork, behind us, it's time to clear your calendar for a new three-day adventure.
Welcome to A Jangleheart Circus, which kicks off Thursday with 95 acts and more than 400 performers playing on three stages simultaneously, music festival-style. Its creators—Alex Honnet, Walt Delaney and Caitlin Stephan—have been producing small-scale shows in Upstairs Gallery, their Andersonville space, since 2010.


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Chris Coleman's side have moved up 12 places after their 1-0 European Qualifiers win over Belgium in Cardiff last month, while England have risen six places from 15th.
Wales' victory over Belgium was their sixth win in 11 matches, and they have lost only once – in a 2-0 friendly defeat to Holland – in that sequence.
It caps a remarkable rise for a team which was languishing at 117th on the list less than four years ago under previous manager Gary Speed.
They were the sixth-lowest European nation at that stage but now sit in front of former world and European champions Spain, Italy and France.
Results against Belgium and Israel in particular have played a part in the Welsh surge, given wins otherwise in recent times have come against Macedonia, Iceland, Andorra and Cyprus.
Their good form and consequent latest placing means they will be in the pot of top seeds for the 2018 World Cup qualifying draw when it is made in St Petersburg on July 25.
Elsewhere, Argentina are the new highest-ranked nation despite their Copa America final defeat to Chile, who are 11th directly behind Wales.
Germany drop to second while Scotland, their European qualifying rivals, also slip a place to 29th. Northern Ireland are 37th and the Republic of Ireland are 52nd.


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In certain circles, "getting work" isn't about landing a barista gig at Starbucks. It's about erasing that latticework of lines under your eyes or that marionette thing around the mouth that gives you an unfortunate Howdy-Doody look—like a permanent frowny face.
Help is just a laser beam away. Our area has many cosmetic surgeons who are using the latest techniques. And don't think Joan Rivers on the red carpet. Folks who just want to feel good or even improve their chances in a bad job market are opting for cosmetic procedures.
WHEN I VISIT DR. GIL ALTMAN at his office in Englewood Cliffs, he sends a car service to pick me up. A courtesy more for carless writers than clients, it's still a classy move that seems to fit the image of the cosmetic surgeon. I somehow can't picture the colorectal guy sending a Town Car for the colonoscopy story.
I'm glad it's a sunny day. It gives me an excuse to hide my eye wrinkles behind sunglasses without looking like a Blues Brother. The car makes its way upriver, sometimes hugging the Palisades. Soon we arrive at a modest and functional looking Altman Aesthetics Center.
The waiting area is empty of patients at the moment with lots of brochures and "products" on display. The staff is friendly. The entire setup seems designed to put the visitor at ease. Altman escorts me into his office, which is sunny and comfortable. He sports green scrubs, a really crispy white lab coat, and the smoothest skin I've ever seen on a homo sapien. He's 40.
To say that he has a great bedside manner or is polite and gentlemanly is an understatement. It would be unthinkable for him to say, "Ya know lady, you could really use some work." Still… you get the impression that he's not just looking—but seeing.
But Altman insists he never suggests any procedure not already proposed by the patient. "I don't want to have a woman come into my office and leave being bothered by something that was not bothering her when she came in," he says. "If she comes in for rhinoplasty, I would never say get your eyes done, too. I would never do that to somebody."
I ASK WHAT THE HOT PROCEDURES are these days. "It's changed," he says. "We used to do many more breast augmentations. It was a very popular thing, but now procedures are directed much more toward the face and contours of the body." When I check back with Altman a couple of months later, turns out that breast augmentations are back. Apparently breast size fluctuates with the economy.
And in fact some patients seek face and body work, Altman says, because "they want to look young and competitive for the workforce."
The age of Altman's patients ranges from the 20s to the 70s. I'm shocked that someone in her 20s would want cosmetic surgery and wonder aloud if some people are just into cosmetic surgery—like Joan Rivers.
"She's had way too much," he smiles. "A patient in her '30s who's had 10 procedures, the last thing she needs is another procedure, she needs a good therapist." In a case like that, Altman says, "I talk to them about it. You want to maintain your standards. I'm a human first, doctor second, plastic surgeon third. It's important to do things that make them better."
The benefits need to outweigh the risks. "Once operating, whether it's a breast augmentation or cardiac bypass, there is the potential for risk," he says. "The patient must understand and take it seriously."
Ninety percent of Altman's patients are women. "Men," he says, "come in for Botox or liposuction for their flanks. They want to lose the love handles." Altman says he always apologizes "when the needle goes in." At one point, he wanted to see for himself what it was like so he injected some into his forehead. "It wasn't too painful and I saw that it worked."
As a surgeon, Altman describes himself as "very conservative." Even Botox he considers invasive because it involves a "needle below the surface of the skin. The least risky are lasers, injectables, and topical cosmetics and medications." A whole bunch of the latter are on display and for sale in cabinets in the waiting room. If I wanted to wisely spend a stimulus check, I would definitely spring for the topical cosmetics.
"I don't do facelifts on 40-year-olds," he says. "The youngest would be 55."
He can do a lot with what he calls "injectables for facial rejuvenation," banishing fine lines, crow's feet, sunspots, wrinkles, and rosacea, which are red veins.
ALTMAN KNEW WHEN HE ENTERED MEDICAL SCHOOL that he wanted to be a plastic surgeon because it combines medicine and artistry. "I enjoy painting, sculpting, working with wood, stained glass, photography" he says. "It was the only thing I considered. It's most rewarding to deal with the traumatic or congenital. It's extremely rewarding to repair a child's cleft palate. Being disfigured is not easy. It's unfair but society judges us by how we look."
But sometimes all his years of surgical training come down to a recommendation of diet and exercise. "When someone comes in who is morbidly obese and wants a tummy tuck or liposuction, I recommend a trainer."
To be a good plastic surgeon, you need to talk to patients, listen to them, and be part shrink. "I love that part," he says. It's "what's going on inside" that's important. "It comes from within."
During our conversation Altman has been playing with a silicone breast implant as if it were a kind of worry bead. He molds it, tosses it from hand to hand. I eye a pile of them on his desk, and he suggests I try it.
It's better than popping bubble wrap.—Kate Rounds
Dr. Gary D. Breslow
"During the recession, I've seen people opting for less costly and invasive cosmetic procedures, such as Botox," says Dr. Gary Breslow, a Paramus-based cosmetic surgeon.
"Some patients are not ready for surgery but can look and feel good with injectable skin fillers once or twice a year." Others, he says, "want to have surgery and be done with it."
Breslow says that cosmetic work is no longer just for the wealthy. "I heard a lot of people take out loans," he says, "and it's a lot more affordable and commonplace. There are financing options for all these things, and women and men who aren't upper class are getting a wide range of procedures. It's acceptable to a wider population."
"The stigma is gone," he says, especially with the not-so-recent proliferation of TV shows like Dr. 90210, Extreme Makeover, Nip/Tuck,and The Swan.
Breslow's main message to prospective patients? "Aging is a chronic, progressive, treatable condition that is not curable."
He says, "Certain features in the 30s progress and become more obvious in the 40s and 50s. You can't cure these things but you can treat them. If you have rhinoplasty for a bump on the nose when you're 40 it's not coming back, but you need upkeep with rejuvenation procedures to combat the aging condition."
Patients, he says, often ask how many treatments they need. Do you go to a gym, he responds, and ask how many times you have to go to the gym to stay in shape?
To keep expectations in check, Breslow keeps a wizard hat and wand in his office. He says, "I impress on them that surgery is not magic. There are indications, risks. You can't wave a wand and magically improve the condition. It doesn't work like that."—KR
Dr. Robert Zubowski
"There's been a resurgence of breast augmentation—number one, up from liposuction, which held the title for many years," says Dr. Robert Zubowski. "I think the safety of implants has been established by FDA studies. People are savvy, aware of information, and have the comfort level to proceed."
Zubowski, who has a Paramus practice, says that women come in for "natural augmentation, not large," meaning that they're not aiming for the Dolly Parton look.
He says that nonsurgical procedures were on the incline even before the economic downturn. But, he says, "given the economy, people who may have been ready for a facelift" are opting for "less invasive procedures."
Though he sees more women than men—from the mid-40s to the 70s—he's now seeing more men than he has in recent years. "The workplace is more competitive now," he says. "Men want to look competitive. They may feel youthful and healthy but they want to look like they can compete with younger counterparts." He says they get Botox injections as well as surgery on their eyelids, liposuction, and rhinoplasty.
His philosophy? "Realistic expectations are the biggest thing," he says. "Our obligation is to educate the patient to do their homework. You can't suction down from 200 pounds to 130."
Liposuction, he says, won't make you "look like Twiggy."—KR Want Work? Here's a partial list to help you in your research. Dr. Gil Altman
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Flanger TonePrint by Grand Baton
For this TonePrint, Grand Baton asked for a very slow modulation, so the effect would be pronounced but not overwhelming, something that's perfect for strummed guitar parts. This results in a very natural sounding and subtle effect. Recommended settings: set all knobs to 12 o'clock for the standard TonePrint and then adjust to taste.
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TC: Who inspired you over the years when you were creating your own personal guitar tone? Grand Baton: It's very difficult to answer this. The guitar technique that I've developed over the years is now very unique. I always say that I think more like playing a "percussion with notes" when I play. My introduction to guitar was through heavy rock though I was born in the Caribbean and Eddie Van Halen has always been one of my favorites. I love his sense of rhythm. But I guess that soon after that, I've been very much influenced by bass players starting with the funk guys and Jaco Pastorius. Maybe that's why I like a lot to play to low strings of the guitar. I guess I've never been any good at trying to reproduce somebody else's tone. Some friends of mine were much better than I in doing this.
TC: What are the main ingredients in your tone in terms of effects? Grand Baton: Any kind of effect that I will use will serve a purpose in a song. Nothing is good at all times, even for solos, I don't always put a delay or reverb on. If I do, it will affect my choices in terms of rhythm and notes.
TC: Have you ever been so inspired by a tone you created that you ended up writing a tune based on that specific tone? Grand Baton: That's exactly it! A tone inspires a riff which can inspire a song. Most of the time, even if I have a precise idea of the guitar part that I want for a song, and start looking for the right tone for it, I will end up changing that part because the tone I came up with inspired me to play something different.
TC: Do you work on developing your tone continuously, or do you feel that you have found a fundamental tone that will last throughout your career? Grand Baton: I have a few ideas of what will work for my playing and what won't. But around my 'safe-zone' there are still tons and tons of tonal options that I like to visit every now and then.
TC: What inspired you when you created your TonePrint? Grand Baton: Trying to get settings for sounds that will stimulate my imagination and open doors to future ideas.
TC: You had access to a lot of tweakable parameters. Did any new ideas for future tones pop up in the process? Grand Baton: Not so much for future tones, but maybe for future songs, who knows? Working with these pedals definitely kickstarted some inspiration.
TC: Normally, do you prefer having access to many parameters, or do you like simple pedals with just a few knobs better? Grand Baton: I go for simple. I always say the best tools are the simple ones.
TC: How come you signed up for creating your own personal TonePrint(s)? Grand Baton: Well, the project sounded very cool; I was excited by the opportunity to try something new. I also knew the quality TC Electronic stands for and that made me want to sign on even more.
TC: In your opinion, what is the single coolest thing about TonePrints? Grand Baton: It is very useful and inspiring to just download a complete, readymade TonePrint and be able to instantly try settings that you otherwise wouldn't have come to without tweaking for hours. On the TonePrint maker side, it's really cool to have all these options but the pedals allow you to keep it simple for live situations - not to mention that the pedal has a small footprint, which our pedalboards will appreciate!
TC: Did a specific song or album inspire this specific TonePrint? Grand Baton: No, not really. It's more the other way around; some TonePrint sounds might inspire songs!
TC: How does this TonePrint fit into your current sound and gear set-up? Grand Baton: Well, to quote Larry David (from HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm): "Pre-tty good".
TC: How did you go about creating this specific TonePrint? Grand Baton: I just started jamming and tweaking knobs until I hit a tone that made me stop in my tracks - that's when I knew I had a keeper.
TC: How long did it take before you were satisfied with the result? Grand Baton: It actually didn't take me long. I instantly got good basic sounds and the process with adjusting sounds and stuff was very quick.
TC: What type of sound did you set out to achieve with your TonePrint, and did you succeed? Grand Baton: I wanted to capture sounds that inspire me to make more music. I'd definitely say I achieved that.Read more about Grand Baton


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NEW YORK—New York-based Time Equities Inc. and New Jersey-based Bergman Real Estate Group have acquired 155 Passaic Avenue, a four-story office building in Fairfield, N.J. for $5.6 million.
Originally acquired by Bergman Real Estate Group in 2001, the 88,000-sq.-ft. building will be refinanced as part of a plan to reposition the property with the financial backing of Time Equities.
Prior to the closing, 155 Passaic Street was 57 percent occupied, but because of a pre-leasing effort during negotiations, occupancy was brought up to 82 percent. New tenants at the building include healthcare marketing firm Daniella Koren Inc., mortgage company Mortgage Master Inc. and public accounting firm Weinberg Lieberman & Co., among others.
Situated on nearly four acres, 155 Passaic Avenue is comprised of four stories and includes an atrium, on-site building management and renovated common areas. Located nearby is the Essex County Airport, as well as access to Interstate 80 and Routes 23 and 46.
The purchase of 155 Passaic Avenue is the second transaction the two companies have partnered on within the last several months. In April, Time Equities Inc. and Bergman formed a joint venture to purchase the loan for 51 Haddonfield Road, a 100,000-sq.-ft. office building in Cherry Hill, N.J.


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Anna Paquin will return to work after the birth of her twins by reuniting with her X-Men castmates for the next movie in the superhero franchise.
The Oscar-winning actress became a first-time mother last summer (12), and subsequently put her movie career on hold, postponing work on a film project called Black Wings Has My Angel with Tom Hiddleston.
However, X-Men director Bryan Singer has now revealed Paquin has agreed to reprise her role as Rogue in his new blockbuster X-Men: Days of Future Past.
Ellen Page, who appeared in X-Men: The Last Stand, and Shawn Ashmore will also return to the franchise in the new film alongside regulars Hugh Jackman, Sir Patrick Stewart and Sir Ian McKellen.
Singer announced the casting news in a post on his Twitter.com page, writing, "Very excited to welcome Anna Paquin, Ellen Page + Shawn Ashmore to X-Men: Days of Future Past - thank you (X-Men: The Last Stand director) Brett Ratner for letting them live!"
The original castmembers will be joined by X-Men: First Class stars James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender, who played younger versions of Stewart and McKellen's characters, as well as Jennifer Lawrence and her rumoured ex-boyfriend Nicholas Hoult, who met on the set of the superhero sequel.


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Choosing a college is no easy task, so I am here to assist you throughout the admissions process. If you are a transfer or international student, I am also prepared to "go the extra mile" for you. I'm here to help you find information on our Academic Programs, Athletics, Internships, Scholarships and much more.
As a liberal arts graduate myself, I know the critical thinking skills I developed in college have helped me throughout my career, and I relish the ability to share my enthusiasm for the liberal arts with students like you. However, I am most proud of my special connection to "WC" through my wife Lauren, a 1991 graduate of the school. Upon obtaining a Ph.D. in 1997, her desire to work with top quality undergraduates in a hometown setting lured her back to her alma mater to teach Psychology. Since our arrival, I have come to appreciate the unique qualities of the college and its talented student body.


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Get the Recipe
A Bakewell tart is an English confection consisting of a pastry crust spread with a layer of jam and topped with an almond-based filling. Sweet updates a classic with more exotic flavors: here, lime marmalade makes up the jam layer, and a shot of rum is added to the almond filling. The topping, either toasted almonds or coconut shavings, is a nice little twist. The overall effect is dense and sweet, cut through with citrus.
Tips: Lime marmalade, the main flavor of the filling, can be found at specialty foods stores, or in a well-stocked supermarket's jellies and jams section, or its international aisle. The book suggests a substitution of mango jam instead of lime; anything tropical would work well.
Tweaks: Pouring cream, a pourable cream with an approximate 35% fat content, is called for when serving slices of the tart. It's a rather heavy addition to an already pleasant dessert. We recommend skipping it.
As always with our Bake the Book feature, we have five (5) copies of Sweet to give away.


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Nokia ships E61 'BlackBerry beater'
E70 coming later this month
Nokia's would-be antidote to Research in Motion's BlackBerry, the E61 smart phone, has started to ship, the handset giant said today. Initial units went out late last week, the company admitted, as it begins to ramp up global shipments.
The revelation, made in a Reuters report, follows a deal struck between Nokia and iPass to equip the E61 and other members of the E series with access to iPass' worldwide Wi-Fi hotspot network.
The two firms said Series 80 and Series 60 versions of iPass' Connect client-side application will ship this summer and at the end of 2006, respectively. The Series 60 version targets Nokia's 9300 and 9500 Communicator devices.
According to a Nokia spokesman cited by Reuters, the E60 candybar handset shipped last month. The other E series machine, the E70, which sports a fold out keyboard, 75MB of memory and a two megapixel camera, will ship later this month.
The E61 is a 11.7 x 7 x 1.4cm BlackBerry-like device with a micro QWERTY keyboard, quad-band radio with EDGE, Bluetooth 1.2 and 802.11b Wi-Fi. It too has 75MB on on-board memory, expandable using MicroSD cards. It supports VoIP calls and ships with a variety of third-part email tools, including BlackBerry Connect.
The 144g unit contains a 1,500mAh battery, enough for between four and seven hours' talk time and 9 to 11 days' operating in stand-by mode. ®


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Seventh and eighth graders on the Island are consuming alcohol, smoking marijuana and having sex at rates far higher than middle schoolers from two years ago.
The latest data on risky teen behavior - released last night to Vineyard school leaders - shows that while cigarette smoking among Island teens may have decreased, the use of alcohol and drugs remains almost unchanged overall despite various community efforts aimed at curbing such behavior.
But among the Vineyard\'s youngest adolescents - the seventh and eighth graders - the trend is markedly upward. Two years ago, just two per cent of seventh graders and six per cent of eighth graders reported having had sex, according to results of a risk behavior survey.
This year, based on a survey taken in February, that figure jumped to 11 per cent of seventh graders and 14 per cent of eighth graders who say they\'ve had sexual intercourse. In raw numbers, that translates to 39 students out of 331 surveyed. Sixth graders were not asked about their sexual experience.
Not surprisingly, survey results show a similar increase in alcohol and drug use, even among sixth graders. While the raw numbers are small, use of marijuana tripled from two per cent to six per cent in two years. That\'s 30 middle school students saying they smoked pot in the last 30 days.
Sixth graders, according to the survey, also appear to be drinking more than their counterparts from two years ago. Rates of current alcohol use went from four per cent to nine per cent.
The use of alcohol and drugs directly affects sexual behavior, said Kathy Perrotta, a health educator from the Oak Bluffs School who was scheduled to present survey results to the all-Island school committee last night.
While health educators in Island schools encourage abstinence among young teens, the real issue comes down to parenting, according to Mrs. Perrotta.
\"I attribute it to community involvement and parent education or lack therof,\" she said.
West Tisbury police chief Beth Toomey said yesterday she\'s not surprised to hear that teen drug and alcohol use is on the rise.
\"I don\'t have any question in my mind that use is up. I\'m hearing names of teens involved with [drug] dealers that I didn\'t hear a couple years ago,\" said Chief Toomey.
A total of 1,147 Island students in grades six through 12 took the survey, sitting down for about 45 minutes to answer a battery of questions, ranging from drug and alcohol use to violence and suicide.
Two years ago, when school officials released results of a similar survey, the reaction was profound. Peg Regan, principal of the Martha\'s Vineyard Regional High School, called for family planning counselors to set up a counseling clinic inside the high school to help students who were struggling with sexual issues.
A community forum was held at the Whaling Church, but it was mostly teachers and counselors who attended. Only a few teenagers and parents bothered to come.
Then, Rob Doyle, a counselor at Martha\'s Vineyard Community Services, invited a social worker from Maine to spend two days working with students, school staff and parents to build a consensus about how the community could reduce alcohol and drug use among Island teens.
Other initiatives followed - alcohol-free dances, more parent meetings at the high school and a revamping of the health curriculum.
\"It\'s been a way to keep talking about it,\" said Chief Toomey. \"We\'re a nation in denial about alcohol. Kids not learning how to socialize without substance use is not easy, especially when we\'re around adults who don\'t know how to do it.\"
Indeed, among middle school students, 28 per cent reported that their preferred way for obtaining alcohol was to take it from their own parents or a friend\'s parents without their consent. About one-fourth of high school students said friends gave them alcohol or they simply asked someone of legal age to buy it for them.
Cocaine use - while low - is also showing up on the radar in higher numbers. Five per cent of high school students who took the survey, 32, said they\'d used cocaine in the previous month. That\'s up from two per cent two years ago. Students were also questioned for the first time about the use of ecstasy, and four per cent said they\'d used the drug.
Marijuana use overall remained at levels that exceed usage compared to teens statewide. Among high school students surveyed, 44 per cent reported current use of marijuana, one-and-a-half times higher than the 31 per cent of high schoolers who said in a 1999 survey that they had smoked in the previous 30 days.
Binge drinking was also reported at rates higher than the statewide results. In this year\'s study, 42 per cent of Vineyard high school students said they went on an alcohol binge in the last 30 days, compared to 33 per cent in the state survey from 1999.
The survey also queried students about thoughts of suicide and concerns about weight. The results were virtually the same as two years ago. About 14 per cent of those surveyed had seriously considered suicide and about four per cent had attempted to take their own life.
As for body weight, about one-fourth of the students perceived themselves as overweight. Despite that figure, roughly 60 per cent of high school students had attempted to lose weight.
About the only promising data to come out of the latest survey results is the drop in cigarette use by teenagers at the high school. Cigarette smoking among high school students fell from 30 per cent to 20 per cent.
That statistic makes Mrs. Perrotta hopeful. She reasons that if cigarettes are a gateway to drug and alcohol use, then the reduction in smoking could have a domino effect.
Still, among middle school students, cigarette smoking remained at about the same level.
But Mrs. Perrotta is looking for positive signs wherever she can find them. And counselors such as Mr. Doyle have also pointed to the campaign against smoking that could make headway in the fight against drugs and alcohol.
Budget cuts at the state level, though, could hamper efforts on the Island to raise awareness among both teens and their parents. Mrs. Perrotta, who coordinates health grants Islandwide, said that a number of state grants are at risk.


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In 1948, Sir Ludwig Guttmann organised a sports competition involving World War II veterans with a spinal cord-related injury in Stoke Mandeville, England. Four years later, competitors from Holland joined the Games, and the international movement, now known as the Paralympic Movement, was born.
Olympic-style games for athletes with a disability were organised for the first time in Rome in 1960. In Toronto in 1976, other disability groups were added and the idea of merging together different disability groups for international sports competitions was born. In the same year, the first Paralympic Winter Games took place in Sweden.
The Paralympic Games have always been held in the same year as the Olympic Games. Since the 1988 Seoul Summer Games and the 1992 Albertville Winter Games, they have also taken place at the same venues as the Olympic Games.
On 19 June 2001, an agreement was signed between the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee aimed at protecting the organisation of the Paralympic Games and securing the practice of "one bid, one city", meaning that the staging of the Paralympics is automatically included in the bid for the Olympic Games. The agreement addresses the general scope and organisation of the Paralympic Games, with the aim of creating similar principles for the organisation of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. This agreement came into effect with the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games, followed by the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games.
Since the Salt Lake 2002 Games, one organising committee has been responsible for hosting both the Olympic and the Paralympic Games. Athletes from both Games live in the same village and enjoy the same catering services, medical care and facilities. Ticketing, technology and transport systems for the Olympic Games are seamlessly extended to the Paralympics.
Immediately following the end of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, important transformations took place to prepare for the 2002 Winter Paralympics, held from 7 to 16 March 2002. Four hundred and sixteen athletes from 36 nations competed in Alpine and Nordic skiing and ice sledge hockey at the Salt Lake City Paralympics.
The last Paralympic Summer Games were held in Beijing, China, from 6 to 17 September 2008. A total of 3,951 athletes from 146 countries competed in 20 sports in the state-of-the-art venues at the 2008 Paralympics.
The Canadian city of Vancouver hosted the Paralympic Winter Games from 12 to 21 March 2010. A total of 502 athletes from 44 countries took part in the following five sports: Alpine Skiing, Ice Sledge Hockey, Cross-Country Skiing, Biathlon and Wheelchair Curling.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement. The IPC organises the Summer and Winter Paralympic Games, and serves as the International Federation for nine sports, for which it supervises and coordinates the World Championships and other competitions.
The IPC is committed to enabling Paralympic athletes to achieve sporting excellence and to developing sport opportunities for persons with a disability from beginner to elite level. In addition, the IPC aims to promote the Paralympic values, which include courage, determination, inspiration and equality. Founded on 22 September 1989, the IPC is an international non-profit organisation formed and run by 162 National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) from five regions and four disability-specific international sports federations (IOSDs). The IPC headquarters and its management team are located in Bonn, Germany.
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In a surprising move, Microsoft has announced that its Robotics Developer Studio, or RDS is now available to anyone for free!
The big package of programming and simulation tools for robotics has previously been available in 3 different versions with various limitations and costs. By offering its new release with all capabilities bundled at no cost, Microsoft hopes to grab a share of the robotics software market. Microsoft's announcement follows a move by French company Gostai to make their URBI software available for free and the success of Willow Garage's Open Source Robot Operating System ROS.
Some background reading:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robo ... lable-free
http://www.botjunkie.com/2010/05/25/mic ... tJunkie%29


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A child may be born with a kidney condition or acquire one through disease or infection. Our pediatric nephrology (kidney care) specialists evaluate and treat a wide range of kidney (renal) problems in children, including urinary tract infection, high blood pressure and kidney damage caused by diseases such as acute glomerulonephritis, lupus nephritis and chronic kidney disease.
Some of the kidney problems we evaluate include:
- hematuria: blood in the urine
- proteinuria: protein in the urine
- kidney stones
- urinary tract infections
- bedwetting: called enuresis
- dysfunctional voiding: a group of bladder symptoms that may occur together and include frequent urination during the day, urinary accidents during the day, the urge to urinate and an inability to sense when the bladder is full
- high blood pressure: referred to as hypertension
- nephrotic syndrome: a group of symptoms that occur together and include edema or body swelling, protein in the urine, low blood protein levels and high blood cholesterol
- polycystic kidney disease: a hereditary disorder in which multiple cysts, at least two or more, form in both kidneys
- renal tubular acidosis: a condition that involves an accumulation of acid in the body due to the kidneys' failure to filter urine properly
- glomerulonephritis: inflammation of the glomeruli, the structures inside the kidney that help to filter the blood
- effects of structural birth defects on the formation of the urinary tract: hydronephrosis (swollen kidney), obstruction (blockage), vesicoureteral reflux and renal agenesis (born with one kidney)
- multicystic kidney disease: abnormal fetal development that leads to the development of multiple cysts in the place where a kidney should be
- Fanconi syndrome: a disorder of the small kidney tubes in which certain substances normally absorbed into the bloodstream by the kidneys are released into the urine instead
- acute renal insufficiency: a rapid, sudden decrease of kidney function due to damage, inflammation or injury
- chronic kidney disease: a slow worsening of kidney function over time due to disease
- end-stage renal disease (ESRD)/chronic kidney disease stage 5: when chronic kidney disease has progressed to the point that the kidneys are completely or almost completely unable to remove water and clean the blood of toxins
- systemic lupus erythematosus: autoimmune disease (when the body's immune system reacts against itself) associated with kidney problems such as hematuria, proteinuria, hypertension and/or glomerulonephritis


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Tacos & Beyond: 15 Dinners Inspired by Latin America
We love Latin American food, and it's been a constant source of inspiration to us here at The Kitchn. From quick bean burritos, to 30-minute chicken posole, to vegan corn tamales, here are 15 Latin American-inspired recipes from our archives.
• 1. Goat Tacos - Never tried goat meat? You should — it makes wonderful tacos.
• 2. Enchiladas Verdes - A family recipe from Yvette of Muy Bueno Cookbook.
• 3. Chili-Lime Steak Fajitas - Such a great dinner party recipe.
• 4. Potato Tacos (Tacos de Papa) - Potatoes in tacos? Oh yeah!
• 5. Tex-Mex Migas - A Tex-Mex breakfast that's also very good for dinner.
• 6. Marina's Chile Relleno with Pecan Cream Sauce - From our Quick Weeknight Meals contest last year. These stuffed peppers are fresh and different (quinoa!) but also beautiful and delicious.
• 7. Hannah's Huevos Motuleños - Another Quick Weeknight Meals entry. Quick and tasty!
• 8. Bean Burritos - Very basic, but utterly satisfying.
• 9. Heatwave Carnitas - You can make splendid carnitas in the slow cooker.
• 10. Grilled Cactus and Corn Salad - This nopales dish makes a good filling for burritos or tacos.
• 11. Vegan Corn Tamales - With fresh corn and beans.
• 12. Chipotle Chicken Fajitas (Grilled Indoors!) with Creamy Black Bean Spread - No grill necessary.
• 13. Mexican Sprout Slaw - Another great vegetarian burrito filling. Or just top with an egg and eat for dinner.
• 14. Pumpkin Tortilla Soup - Warm and filling. (And orange.)
• 15. 30-Minute Chicken Posole - One of our favorite quick dinners.
What's your favorite Latin American quick dinner?
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New tactic tries to save Watervliet church
Opponents of plan to raze St. Patrick's turn to city panel after court setback
WATERVLIET — A judge's decision appeared to clear the way Friday for razing St. Patrick's Church until opponents opened a new legal front.
Acting State Supreme Court Judge Kimberly A. O'Connor found that Citizens for St. Patrick's "have not established a likelihood of ultimate success" in suing the city to stop plans to replace the church with a Price Chopper supermarket and two smaller commercial buildings.
Facing defeat in Albany on zoning issues, Citizens for St. Patrick's returned to Watervliet City Hall to file an appeal with the city Zoning Board of Appeals to overturn the demolition permits. The move is allowed under city law.
Rosemary Nichols of the citizens group said the appeal to the ZBA would stop demolition until the board rules.
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She said the citizens group also will review the judge's decision.
"We're investigating whether it's legal. We really want to move ahead," said John Nigro, president of Nigro Cos., after learning of the newest action.
Nigro had halted most preparation work for razing the church, rectory and school while awaiting the judge's ruling. The city issued a demolition permit to take down the three buildings. The citizens also held off on their latest tactic until the judge ruled.
Nigro plans to build a 40,200-square-foot Price Chopper and two smaller stores on the 19th Street site of the historic church.
The judge rejected each issue raised in the grass-roots group's lawsuit to overturn the City Council's rezoning of the church property to business from residential. O'Connor pointed out that Paul Goldman, the city's counsel for the project, addressed the issue of spot zoning in the findings adopted by the City Council.
"The court decision went the way we thought it would go," Mayor Michael Manning said.
As to the newest appeal, Manning said, he has not had a chance to review it.
Nigro and members of Citizens for St. Patrick's conferred briefly at a conference held Thursday at the Carey Center for Global Good in Rensselaerville on the future reuse of closed religious buildings. Nigro co-sponsored the conference.
Nigro offered to hold future discussions with them, but said he intends to move ahead with the redevelopment of the St. Patrick's site as planned.
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