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On a 2005 1200rt,why does the clutch splines have to be lubed,when our trucks have the same type clutch and never needs to be lubed. Thanks Gary
On a 2005 1200rt,why does the clutch splines have to be lubed,when our trucks have the same type clutch and never needs to be lubed. Thanks Gary
Paul Glaves - "Big Bend", Texas U.S.A
"The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution." - Bertrand Russell
How many hexheads have had spline wear issues? I know of one bike that needed a new input shaft... the cause was thought to be a broken transmission mounting tab which put extra load on the transmission input shaft such that it wore at an angle.
Beyond that I don't have any facts, just a general feeling that clutch/transmission input spline wear on hexheads is not the issue it was on earlier bikes.
What is the recommended service interval?
Kevin Huddy
Tm Pterodactyl MT Outpost
Here we go again.
BMW does not specify a required service interval for clutch spline lubes. They didn't on R1100s. Didn't on R1150s. Didn't on R1200s. They also didn't on the rear driveshaft splines on monolever classic K bikes, and those will disappear in 20K miles if not lubricated.
Some spline wear can be traced to misalignment. That is usually easy to spot due to the short period to failure and the wear pattern. Shame on BMW. But I have also taken apart several bikes where the wear was straight along the splines and just wear.
We were told by internet experts that the 1100s didn't need it. Balderdash.
We were told by internet experts that the 1150s didn't need it. Worse balderdash because the spline is shorter and only partially engages.
We are told that the 1200s don't need it. Time will tell for sure but if I had a 1200 I personally wouldn't believe it till I had taken a few apart and found unworn splines with grease still in place and no fretting corrosion.
The last time somebody halfway convinced me I was wrong about a 40K mile interval I let a bike go 60K and it cost me almost $2,000 in parts and transmission work after I removed (and later reinstalled) the transmission and clutch. And that was on a bike that had absolutely no alignment problem whatsoever.
As an aside, maybe, have you ever read Motorcyclist, or MCN or another publication when they do a comparison of scheduled service costs over 100,000 miles between different makes and models. It gives me a good guess why BMW might somehow fail to mention $4,000 or $5,000 worth of spline lube service when they do required maintenance schedules. Nah, that couldn't happen.
Paul Glaves - "Big Bend", Texas U.S.A
"The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution." - Bertrand Russell
Thank you.
So Paul, what are you doing about 15,000 miles on my R1200R from now?
Kevin Huddy
Tm Pterodactyl MT Outpost
Not to contradict Paul - but for some additional info.
I'm fairly plugged into R1200 forums. There is one specific for the R1200R, and there is one that centers on the R1200RT, but has all the different R1200XX hexhead bikes represented. And I'm usually here since I'm a moderator for this forum. I pretty much scan these forums daily, and am somewhat active in a number of them.
I have heard of one clutch spline failure on the hexhead bikes that I can remember. While one might think that's because they are low mileage - the bikes have been available for almost 10 years now, and there are ones running around with well over 100k miles on them, with no failures I can remember reported on the forums I frequent. I have heard from people who had the clutch apart for other reasons (failed seals oiling the clutch, or a failed slave cylinder) that they haven't seen significant wear on the splines, even on ones that appear somewhat rusty. It could be they aren't really seeing wear that is there, or it could be there is no significant wear.
Most of the spline failures I was familiar (from forum reports) with on the R11 series bikes appeared to be due to an offset between the transmission input shaft and the clutch center. The cause of this appeared to the posters in the forums to be due to a machining error on the part of BMW. The clutch spline failures certain klassic-K bikes are prone to are almost certainly due to a misalignment problem, and the root cause of it may finally be understood (thanks to a K bike owner/machinist who found a really interesting machining flaw.)
Could I have missed some hexhead/camhead spline failures? Sure is possible. I'm not everywhere (despite what it sometimes looks like), and I don't remember everything (SWMBO claims that's "anything..") But so far I'm not concerned about doing a spline lube on my R1200R. The clutch/shift action remains as smooth as it was when I bought it, and it's now closing in on 62,000 miles.
YMMV, and certainly Paul's cautionary route is probably the wise route to take if you have any concern about the splines. I may well go for a ride this afternoon (getting near 60F!) and have the splines go kablooey on me, but I'm not too worried about it.
Will splines last forever? Probably not, and regular lubrication may make them last longer. Metal to metal contacts - especially sliding/rotating contacts - wears - all you can hope to do is slow down the rate of wear with lubrication, you won't eliminate it.
BTW - Gary, please read: http://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php?t=46055 - I'm adding that info to the thread title.
Don Eilenberger http://www.eilenberger.net
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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica— Issues with the lighting system at C.S. Cartaginés' home stadium forced the match into the sparking and cavernous Estadio Nacional, but although this may hurt the locals, the LA Galaxy are excited to play at the sparkling venue.
Following training on Tuesday's training session; I spoke to several players about the stadium conditions.
Their thoughts are below…
RAFAEL GARCIA: "It's a big stadium with a beautiful field that is not too much different from ours. If it is wet the ball will move fast and it's a great field that we can't complain about."
JACK MCBEAN: "It's a cool stadium with a really nice field. It's brand new and we're excited for the game tomorrow. We'll see if it benefits us. Last year, we went into El Salvador and played in a really rough stadium and got the result, so we'll see."
BRUCE ARENA: "The field is in good shape. We're obviously looking forward to the game. The fans won't be too close to the field, which is good."
LANDON DONOVAN: "It should be exciting for our guys to play here. Generally you play in small stadiums with bad fields or turf, old stadiums that are weathered and worn. This will be an opportunity to play in a nice stadium, but we expect that they'll still have a raucous crowd and it will look like an away game in CONCACAF. That has to be the mentality, and we need to do our best to get three points."
MARCELO SARVAS: "It's beautiful. It's really nice and the grass is in good condition. It's always hard to grow because it rains a lot, but it's in great condition. It'll be a beautiful place for a game tomorrow. I think the stadium will help them because it's better for soccer and it's good for a beautiful game and to try to do things right."

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Fields is a very solid defender, while JJ was apparently a bad locker room guy and was often risky on defense
I think it's pretty clear they got better individual defenders, especially at point guard. Fields can't be any worse than JJ, and Gray was terrible on both sides of the floor. Can you honestly say you were expecting this much of a regression because of the loss of JJ and taking minutes away from Gray? Not to mention taking Jose out of the starting lineup. And ross doesn't play nearly as much as Pietrus/Fields/Anderson/Mcguire who are all at least decent defenders.


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CIA Won't Give Ex-Agent a Copy of the Book He Wrote Because It's Classified
Former military intelligence officer Anthony Shaffer is suing the Pentagon and the CIA over their extraordinary attempts to censor Operation Dark Heart, the book he wrote recounting his days as a military spy in Afghanistan and elsewhere. One problem he's run into: The government has the original unredacted manuscript he wrote. And it won't give him a copy. Because it's classified.
Operation Dark Heart was actually published in September, after the Pentagon's classification review board—which signs off on books written by staffers with high security clearances—initially gave Shaffer the OK. But at the last minute, the CIA, Defense Intelligence Agency, and other intelligence agencies freaked out and withdrew permission, citing more than 200 passages revealing allegedly classified information (among them, for some reason, a reference to Ned Beatty). But by that time, the book had already been printed, and dozens of review copies sent out. So the Pentagon took the extraordinary step of buying all 10,000 copies of the book directly from the publisher and destroying them. Shaffer's publisher then released a redacted version.
Of course, that didn't prevent copies of the original, unredacted book from leaking out. The Federation of American Scientists published excerpts, and a complete copy is for sale on eBay. But when Shaffer sued the Pentagon and the CIA, claiming that the censorship violated his First Amendment rights, the government resolutely refused to hand over its copy of the manuscript that Shaffer initially submitted for review—which he needs in order to write a declaration for the court explaining why none of it is actually classified—because Shaffer no longer had a security clearance.
To review: The guy can't have the book he wrote, which is available online, because he can't be trusted to read the contents of his own mind.


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ORLANDO, Fla. - Universal Orlando began a major Harry Potter-themed weekend on Thursday with a webcast surrounding the expansion of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter.
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The theme park hosted the webcast for registered guests at 10:30 a.m. Universal gave details on the Diagon Alley shops, where fans can gear up with wizarding swag, as well as the all-new, multidimensional ride "Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts."24073878
"I'm a die-hard Harry Potter fan, kind of reluctant to admit that, but when we were choosing a vacation my family really likes Harry Potter. We came to Universal, this was an unbelievable surprise," said Frank Roland, who was visiting the park on Thursday.
Universal Orlando Resort released new details on what you will experience in "The Wizarding World of Harry Potter: Diagon Alley."
The new land will bring more of Harry Potter's adventures to life, with the breakthrough Gringotts thrill ride, unique shops and restaurants.
"After the huge success of the first Harry Potter land, it was a quick decision to say bye bye Jaws ride, hello Harry Potter and the second theme park," said Ken Pilcher, writer of the Local 6 Theme World blog.
Pilcher said though Universal is trying to attract millions of more muggles with Diagon Alley, the new land will also bring more money to the competition.
"People who come to universal to see Harry Potter are going to go down the road to see Mickey, they are going to see Shamu. It does help all of the attractions when something especially something of this scale -- that really is expected to draw so many more people to Universal it will help all of them," he said.
Diagon Alley undoubtedly means big bucks for Universal, in addition to wands, robes and quidditch gear.
Guests will have to pay to jump on the Hogwarts Express to get from Diagon Alley to the original Wizarding World: Hogsmeade at Islands of Adventure.
To do that, they'll have to pay for a two-park pass, an extra $35, though universal promises it will be a unique experience with surprises.
Thursday's webcast came one day before the start of "A Celebration of Harry Potter," a three-day event at Universal Orlando.
The festival starts Friday night with a "wand master class." Guests will get wand combat training from choreographer Paul Harris and "a special guest."
The weekend also includes the Harry Potter Expo, which will have interactive activities like "The Sorting Hat Experience" and a vignette of movie costumes.
Fans can also participate in Q&A sessions with cast members from the Harry Potter films and panel discussions with graphics designers from the movie.
Cast members expected to attend include:
- Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood)
- James Phelps (Fred Weasley)
- Oliver Phelps (George Weasley)
- Matthew Lewis (Neville Longbottom)
- Mark Williams (Arthur Weasley)
The Wizard World of Harry Potter: Diagon Alley is expected to open in the summer of 2014. It will include a ride based on Gringotts Wizarding Bank, the Hogwarts Express train and new shops.
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Bay goes for third straight All-Star Game
A representative last year, Sanchez on ballot as voting begins
By Jim Molony / MLB.com
Joining Bay are second baseman Freddy Sanchez -- the 2006 National League batting champion and the only other Pirate to make the All-Star team last season -- first baseman Adam La Roche, third baseman Jose Bautista, shortstop Jack Wilson, catcher Ronny Paulino and outfielders Chris Duffy and Xavier Nady.
All 30 Major League teams will have 25 home dates to conduct balloting. In-stadium balloting at PNC Park will begin on May 1 and end on June 17.
Fans can cast their votes for starters up to 25 times with the Monster 2007 All-Star Online Ballot at MLB.com and all 30 club sites until Thursday, June 28th at 11:59 p.m. ET.
Fans around the world will again have the opportunity to select the final player on each All-Star team via the Monster 2007 All-Star Final Vote. The vote will begin immediately following the 2007 MLB All-Star Game Selection Show Presented by Chevrolet, which will be televised by Turner Sports on Sunday, July 1.
Selecting the rosters isn't the end of the fun in 2007, either. Concluding the All-Star balloting process, fans will have the opportunity to participate in the official voting for the Ted Williams Most Valuable Player Presented by Chevrolet at the All-Star Game via the Monster.com 2007 All-Star Game MVP Vote at MLB.com.
The All-Star Game will be televised nationally by FOX Sports and televised around the world by Major League Baseball International. ESPN Radio will provide exclusive national radio coverage, while MLB.com will offer extensive online coverage and MLB Radio will have exclusive play-by-play coverage of the game on the Internet.
Bay, who also made the team in 2005, will be trying for a third consecutive All-Star appearance. Wilson is the only other Pirates position player to appear in an All-Star Game. The shortstop made the team in 2004, and came to bat twice in the Midsummer Classic at Houston's Minute Maid Park that year.
Pitcher Shawn Chacon, who won a Colorado franchise-record 11 games before the All-Star break in 2003, was an All-Star that season and, along with Mike Hampton, became the first Colorado pitchers ever named to an All-Star team. But Chacon did not pitch in the All-Star Game at Chicago's U.S. Cellular Field because of injury.
Jim Molony is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Signalion test supports dual-mode LTE
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LONDON The Sorbas eNodeB test software from Signalion GmbH (Dresden, Germany) provides support for the March 2009 release of the 3GPP LTE standard including frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD), the company said.
"This flexibility enables our customers to use our Sorbas system for both kinds of LTE developments worldwide. That offers cost efficiency and it shortens development time considerably by reusing test frameworks," said Matthias Stege, head of marketing at Signalion.
Signalion is a member of the LTE SAE Field Trial Initiative (LSTI). Such customer trials for LTE mark the final stage in testing the technology before it is commercially rolled out.
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2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil or canola oil
1 tablespoon soy sauce
3 tablespoons smooth peanut butter
3 tablespoons ketchup
8 pieces boneless chicken
Place all ingredients into a 1-gallon freezer zip lock bag. Lay flat in freezer. To thaw and cook: Lay completely flat place in the refrigerator to thaw overnight. Remove from freezer bag when ready to cook. Warning: never thaw out chicken on counter top, as raw chicken can become contaminated.
Try these other freezer marinades:
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Italian style lemon lime chicken marinade
Hawaiian marinade
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Discussion in 'Hardscaping' started by alldayrj, May 15, 2012.
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Sorry to bring up an old thread. I never saw this thread before.
There is this big conglomerate (they have branches all up and down the West coast) called Systems Pavers that offers a 25 year warranty on their paver patios and also a 30-day money-back guarantee. All they are is a sales company. The only employees they have is a branch manager and a few estimators. They have no installers, no shop, no office, nothing. Every time they land a job, they sub it out to someone else in the area who does pavers. And since none of the reputable, more established companies in the area would ever work for them, they get sort of the bottom of the barrel in terms of installers and experience. They get these companies who sort-of know how to install pavers. They never use edge restraint (just pour a few bags of concrete around the edges to keep the pavers in place). They never install geo fabric. They will install steps right over siding, etc. and without any flashing, vapor barrier, etc. I've seen a number of their installs where they didn't even install a border (e.g. sailor course or soldier course) when one was really sorely needed.
The Portland branch gets mixed reviews on Angie's List. Some F's and D's but also a fair amount of A's, B's and C's too. The main complaint seems to be that the customer didn't understand that they used subs and they were unhappy with the subcontractor. Other complaints involve the wrong variety or color of paver installed or poor communication.
But their big selling point is their 25 year warranty. It's really all they got going for them. I hate going against them on bids. Fortunately, we know their weaknesses and have learned to capitalize on that. So when we hear we're bidding against them we will emphasize strengths that we have that we know they are weak in. But I still hate that damn 25 year warranty. It's freakin' ridiculous! What I hate most about it is when people actually fall for it. And they do!
See, the Angie's List ratings can be misleading, in terms of paver installation as it takes approximately 3 years to see the effects of a paver install done wrong. I could build a patio today and purposely do everything incorrectly - and the customer will give me a good rating because it just looks so beautiful! Yeah, they always look beautiful when they're new. Infact, when I provide prospective clients with references, I try to use jobs that are at least 3 years old, I almost never use a job we recently completed as a reference.
I'm wondering how those people came up with a 25 year warranty. I mean, what products / services are out there that are warrantied for that long? Ok, roofing shingles have 30 to 40 year warranties. Craftsman tools are warrantied forever. But just typing off the cuff I can't think of much else that has such a warranty. It seems like a huge risk for the contractor.
3 years for hardscape and irrigation (install and new parts only; repairs for 90 days to 1 year--lots of factors)
1 year for plants (not all apply)
For us is a matter of what type of work is being performed.
We tend to give about 1 or 2 years of warranty is the norm here in Maryland. Although, if after that time, a customer has called us saying that they had an issue, we have always fixed the problem for free.
If the work was a repair, we do not offer a warranty. Only on new or fully rebuilt projects.
I dissagree with Dvs about "always looking beautiful when new" I see so much crap and poor designing that it boggles my mind how these guys even pick up the job to start with. An extended warranty to anyone but a fool is not worth a damn. This company gives 5 yr warranties. It needs to be fixed now and its not done yet.
Andy you're getting a little carried away with analyzing what I write.
Naturally there's new jobs that look like crap. You, I, and all quality veteran contractors know that. It goes without saying.
When I say "all jobs always look beautiful when they're freshly completed", I'm speaking in general terms. Because its true.
Just like new employees always work wonderfully for the first two weeks.
Just like new boyfriends or girlfriends are always so nice and easy to get along with at the beginning.
Asphalt is only as good as what's underneath it. So - new asphalt jobs always look nice.
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The engineered foundations and structural framing of a house here in SC must be warranted for 10 yrs. Cosmetics are 1 to 2 years.


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A heavy downpour Tuesday triggered some mud and rock slides along the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park, trapping about 10 vehicles and requiring at least one visitor to be taken to a hospital.
After the slides the road was closed between Avalanche Creek and Logan Pass, according to a park release. The closure was expected to last at least through the night as crews worked to clean up the debris.
Word of several mud and rock slides along approximately 5 miles of the Sun Road above The Loop to an area near Triple Arches reached Glacier National Park Dispatch about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Park rangers, road contractors, and other Park Service employees responded to the incident. Two visitors sustained minor injuries and were attended to by park rangers, and a visitor with diabetic needs was transported to a medical facility by Three Rivers Ambulance.
Park officials say one of the vehicles trapped needed to be towed out of the area.
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Prosecutor Cody Hiland said Friday that Richard Conte, 62, will be allowed to live with his mother in Wisconsin until his Jan. 8 trial. He will remain under house arrest and will have to wear an electronic monitor.
Conte faces two counts of capital murder in the 2002 deaths of 49-year-old Carter Elliott and 25-year-old Timothy Wayne Robertson in Conway.
He was charged in 2011, days before he was released from a Nevada jail sentence for kidnapping his ex-wife.
Conte's attorney, Jack Lassiter, argued he should be released because the speedy trial law requires a defendant to be freed if he's not tried within nine months of being charged.


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Fruits. I heart Bananas and egg whites for breakfast. For lunch fiber crackers and tuna or
bananas and apples or a rice meal with veggies. For dinner Sometimes I eat a rice meal with
veggies or meat or no meal at all then green tea to finish it. No sugar for me but I do drink a lot of water
to keep myself hydrated. Yeah I don't eat anything before a run.
Wow I inspired you? that's good to know cause you inspired me too, to develop my running. That's still not
not bad Sami. Still way better than my time. Well I'm increasing my distance to 10k, I started yesterday.
I need to slim down more, if I ever want to beat your time.
Yesterday I was doing bicycle crunches and I noticed that my legs have insanely hard muscles and my thighs are getting really toned.
How's your job treating you? Are you coping well there in Washington?


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Frelinghuysen Arboretum Gesneriad Society
Program: "Wild Vietnam: Leeches, Vipers, Bat Boys and Gesneriads" – Join Stephen Maciejewski as he takes us on a journey into Vietnam with a group of Chinese and Vietnamese botanists. You'll see plants never seen before, birds, snakes, frogs, butterflies, Hmong people, a Vietnamese wedding, memorable food, beautiful buildings and also spend a night with the Forest Rangers.
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The London 2012 Olympics start July 27, but it's not too early to start learning the names of the Americans who likely will make big news. Here's a guide to a few of the most prominent members of Team USA.
Jordyn Wieber
Wieber, 16, was beaten by Gabby Douglas at the Olympic trials last week but is still the world's top female gymnast and the favorite to win gold in London. She has a nearly perfect résumé, including top finishes at the American Cup, Pacific Rim Championships and the U.S. championships this year and the 2011 all-around world title. She is the undisputed leader of the women's Olympic team, which is also expected to win gold. In fact, the high expectations could be the only thing to trip Wieber up; the next few weeks will test her ability to stay focused.
John Orozco
The expectations aren't quite as high for Orozco, the all-around American men's champion, who, like Wieber, was edged out by a teammate at the Olympic trials – in this case, Danell Leyva. Orozco, 19, heads to London as the the team's best shot at gold, but the competition from other countries – mainly Japan's Kohei Uchimura – is a lot more daunting.
Allyson Felix
Felix, one of the world's top sprinters, is known primarily for her prowess in the 200-meter, where she is expected to have another showdown with Jamaican Veronica Campbell Brown. That pairing is considered one of the Games' biggest rivalries. But lately Felix is better known for her dead-heat finish with Jeneba Tarmoh in the 100-meter at the Olympic trials. After agreeing to a Monday night runoff, Tarmoh backed out at the last minute, allowing Felix to compete in a second individual event in London.
Michael Phelps
Much – very much – has been made of Phelps' rivalry with his younger teammate Ryan Lochte. But four years after winning a record eight gold medals in Beijing, Phelps remains the king of swimming. He and Lochte went head to head in four events at the trials, and Phelps took three of them. Phelps will compete in a total of seven events at the 2012 Games, giving him a very good chance at setting the Olympics all-time medal count mark. He needs three medals of any kind to beat Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina's record of 18 medals.
Missy Franklin
Franklin, 17, is widely considered one of the world's top young swimmers. She aims to prove it in London, where she will compete in seven events, the most ever by an American female swimmer. At the trials she won the 100-meter and 200-meter backstroke and came in second in the 100-meter and 200-meter freestyle. She will also race in three Olympic relays.
Lolo Jones
Some rivals consider her overrated, but Jones will no doubt be one of the most closely watched athletes in London. The Olympics drip with stories of redemption, and Jones stands out because of her tragic performance in the 100-meter hurdles in Beijing. Cruising toward what appeared to be a sure gold medal, she stumbled over the second-to-last hurdle, finished seventh and crumpled to the track in tears. She has since endured several injuries and an excruciating procedure to repair a "tethered spine" and has become a media darling. She barely qualified for the 2012 Games, with a third-place finish in the Olympic trials.
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings
The two-headed monster of beach volleyball. May-Treanor and partner Walsh Jennings are gunning for their third straight Olympic gold medals. The pair hasn't lost a match in Olympic play, going 14-0 in Athens and Beijing. After the 2008 Games, Walsh Jennings took time out to become a mother, and May-Treanor recuperated from an Achilles tendon injury, so they didn't start playing together again until last year.


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Grand Canyon University in Phoenix Extends Transfer Scholarship Program to California Students
The private Christian university also continues on-campus tuition freeze
Jul 20, 2011, 18:43 ET from Grand Canyon University
PHOENIX, July 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Grand Canyon University (GCU) is extending its transfer scholarship program to California students who transfer to its Phoenix campus from community colleges and public universities, at the same time that many other educational institutions are raising tuition prices.
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Any California student transferring to GCU this fall with at least a 3.0 GPA qualifies for an academic scholarship ranging from $3,000 to $7,000 per year. These scholarships are offered in conjunction with a host of other academic, athletic and program scholarships, ranging from $1,000 to $10,000.
For example, a California transfer student with a 3.5 GPA qualifies for an automatic $7,000 per-school-year Transfer President's Scholarship. If that student wants to study secondary education, he or she will also receive a College of Education Scholarship of $4,000 per school year. The student's tuition cost for the year: $5,500, rather than GCU's published $16,500 tuition price.
GCU is a 60-year-old private, accredited Christian university that is best known for its education, nursing and health sciences programs. The University is currently undergoing a $200 million expansion of its campus, which features full-time faculty and small class sizes with an average of 17 students per class, as well as an exciting, engaging atmosphere – all at a cost that is as affordable or more affordable than attending a state university.
In fall 2010, nearly 75 percent of all on-campus students received institutional scholarships at an average of $5,500 per student. Total scholarship dollars awarded exceeded $10.5 million.
In addition to these scholarship programs, GCU is continuing a tuition freeze instituted in 2009 for current and incoming students attending classes on campus.
"These scholarship programs, in addition to our extended tuition freeze, make a private education very accessible – particularly in light of tuition increases at many state universities," said Grand Canyon University CEO Brian Mueller. "We are seeing tremendous growth in enrollment as many top-notch transfer students are taking advantage of enhancements to our academic programs, on-campus housing, recreation, and classroom and athletic facilities."
In September, GCU will welcome approximately 2,300 new students, bringing its on-campus enrollment to 4,400.
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Grand Canyon University was founded in 1949 and is Arizona's premier private Christian university. GCU is regionally accredited and emphasizes individual attention for both traditional undergraduate students and the working professional in six colleges: the Ken Blanchard College of Business, the College of Education, the College of Nursing, the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Fine Arts and Production, and the College of Doctoral Studies. GCU offers traditional campus-based programs, as well as online bachelor's, master's and doctoral degree programs. The University's curriculum fuses academic and clinical rigor with Christian values to prepare its students to be skilled, caring professionals. For more information about GCU, visit www.gcu.edu
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text: .... I know that this is a bit of a distance from most but the weather in Nova Scotia is particularly wonderful this year. Next Monday I head off to Cape Breton for a few days....(Baddeck: Steve, Paul, Ron know this place) ... temps are anticipated to be about 45F. Riding over Mt Thom will be colder. Locally, most think I'm nuts but with the prolonged temps at speed that might not be able to be determined Anyway, my last significant ride of the season. A Rounder in will and attitude but when the salt hits I pack it in. We should be living in..... Arizona?... Nevada?.... Florida?.... this time of year. (BTY we are looking for winter habitation). Intend to post some photos. -Bob


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Are Science and God Incompatible?
A barrage of recent books, newspaper and magazine articles, videos, public lectures, and even a widely-viewed documentary will have you think that science has by now disproved the existence of God. And some of the people making these claims are well-known scientists, such as the British biologist Richard Dawkins, who has made a career of arguing that modern science makes religion obsolete. But in fact, these pronouncements are premature, and the last time that science won decisively against religion was as far back as the 19th century.


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|Screen Size
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|Screen Resolution
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|Pixel Density
|Display Type
|IPS capacitive touchscreen
|Mediatek MT6735
|Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7
|Rear Camera Resolution
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|Autofocus, Flash, Geo-Tagging, Touch Focus, Panorama
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|143 grams
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- Mediatek MT6735 Efficiently handles different types of workloads. It delivers extreme computing performance with unmatched power efficiency.
- Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 More cores result in better multitasking. More tasks can be processed in parallel without slowing down the User Interface. Multiple apps can be operated simultaneously.
- Lots Of RAM - 2 GB More RAM means faster loading of apps and simultaneous execution of multiple tasks.
- Mali-400MP2 Graphics Processing Unit: enables smooth processing of 3D Games and HD Videos sharing the load of processors and saves battery.
- Single SIM You can use only one SIM in the phone.
- 13 MP Rear Camera Average Resolution camera captures less vibrant images without focusing much on details.
- 5 MP Front Camera A Camera with higher resolution snaps sharp & detailed photos, and offers good video calling quality.
- Has Flash For Camera With Flash bright Selfies / Pictures can be captured even in low light.
- Has Autofocus For Camera With Autofocus, the camera of the mobile is able to focus on the subject automatically.
- Heavy Weight - 143g Holding a heavy weight mobile phones in hands for long time can make your wrist tired.
- Limited Storage Capacity - 16 GB Less internal storage: Limits the installation of more apps, storing songs, images, videos, etc.
- Supports Memory Card - microSD, up to 32 GB Having no Memory cards restricts extra storage capacity. You cannot store more songs, photos and videos.
- High Battery Life - 2500 mAh Higher Battery capacities means a longer battery life runs atleast for a day or two. The Battery life also depends on screen size, processor, OS, personal usage and other factors.
- Supports 3G 3G Enabled Handsets give you more download speed and a faster internet experience. 3G enables fast internet access, high speed downloads and access to lot other internet features.
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Video: Actor John Hurt urges people to support the Norfolk at the Pictures project at Cinema City
PUBLISHED: 14:25 20 February 2014 | UPDATED: 18:03 20 February 2014
Archant Norfolk.
Actor John Hurt is encouraging people to get behind an appeal to raise £50,000 for the Norfolk at the Pictures project at Cinema City.
Wide range of people to benefit
A wide range of people are set to benefit from the new facilities planned for Cinema City.
Maggie Wheeler, Norfolk and Suffolk Dementia Alliance chairman, said: "Going to the cinema can be therapeutic as well as fun. It may enable people with dementia to unlock their memories and talk about things they may not otherwise be able to talk about."
She said that there were plans for special dementia resource packs to support cinema visits and that the increased accessibility would be a huge benefit.
Equal Lives Youth Forum, a group of young disabled people who work together to develop skills, become more independent and have fun, will also use the new facilities. Forum member Ruth Cordle, 22, from Mattishall, said the lift would help the forum members who have wheelchairs, and she said she was looking forward to being able to use the centre's computers and technology.
The Oscar nominated star and north Norfolk resident was at the Norwich cinema today to launch the fundraising campaign which aims to help pay for new accessible education and community facilities within the planned Screen Heritage Centre.
A decision is also due next month on a much hoped for £500,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant and this would also be used for the project.
Mr Hurt is patron of the charity Cinema Plus, the education arm of Norfolk and Norwich Film Theatre Ltd which founded Cinema City in 1978 and which is leading the Norfolk at the Pictures project.
"All we are trying to raise is £50,000, it's not a lot, it really isn't a lot, particularly if people understand the importance of it," he said.
"The money is going towards the facilities that are kind of here but they need quite a lot of things doing to them in order that you can get wheelchairs in and that sort of thing. It [the building] needs a lift and the floor is being changed as well. It's actually quite a big job. It won't look as though there's been a huge amount done when it's finished, because it will still have the same really beautiful feeling about the building, but it will be considerably more useful."
When asked why it was important to give as many people as possible the chance to enjoy cinema, he said: "Cinema has become very much a part of our lives and it's an educational tool apart from anything else as well as being something which is a pleasure and something you can enjoy."
Norfolk at the Pictures seeks to involve cinema-goers in a programme of events and activities to capture and share cinema history. The Screen Heritage Centre is key to the project and will transform an outdated and difficult to reach education space into a hub for learning, exhibitions and community use. A new entrance and lift in the Cinema City courtyard, together with better facilities and equipment, will enable Cinema Plus to hold more activities including education workshops, film discussion groups, training sessions for community groups and reminiscence sessions for people living with dementia, as well as show exhibitions exploring Norfolk's cinema heritage.
• To donate funds visit www.norfolkatthepictures.org.uk
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The appointment of Monica Marquez to the Colorado Supreme Court moves the state past a couple of ethnic and sexual-orientation milestones.
But as he pondered his choice among three qualified candidates, history wasn't important to Gov. Bill Ritter.
"It is not because Monica is a Latina or because she is gay," he said. "I chose her because of her analytical ability and her keen intellect."
On Wednesday, as Ritter announced that Marquez — currently deputy Colorado attorney general — would become the state's next Supreme Court justice, the Capitol erupted in cheers from her colleagues and family.
Marquez also got support from Colorado's GOP AG John Suthers:
"She is just terrific," Suthers said. "She is warm, kind and generous. I think he picked the absolute best."


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Erin Heatherton : Lingerie Overload
Erin Heatherton (Twitter) is one of those models who doesn't mind being photographed in her bra and panties. Although she probably wouldn't take too kindly to it if you showed up in her bedroom with a camera. Victoria's Secret pays her for that privilege, so you'll just have to live vicariously through this amazing photo set. Heatherton, still just 23, has been a Victoria's Secret Angel since 2008 and has appeared in their fashion show every year since. That means she has a catalog of literally hundreds of lingerie photos, of which we've selected 280 to share with you from the past few years :


text: Cool Down MSVALEO, TOMNeurology Now: May-June 2007 - Volume 3 - Issue 3 - p 40–41 doi: 10.1097/01.NNN.0000279082.45443.87 Department: Eye on Therapy Abstract Author Information Article Outline It's cheap, it's refreshing, and it's a bona fide treatment for the symptoms of multiple sclerosis. Tom Valeo is a science and medical writer whose articles have appeared in Scientific American and WebMD. Abstract NERVES IN HEAT PSEUDO FLARE-UPS HOW TO BEAT THE HEAT Gear Up: Cooling Products for MS Now that she has multiple sclerosis (MS), Rebecca Fitch makes an unusual pit stop when she cuts the grass on her riding lawn mower. Every few passes she pulls up to a branch draped with a hose and sprays herself until she's soaked. Then she continues cutting the grass. "If I soak myself two or three times while I'm mowing, I have enough strength to get off the lawn mower," Fitch says. Back to Top | Article Outline NERVES IN HEAT Like all MS patients, Fitch's immune system attacks the fatty coating of myelin that surrounds her own nerve fibers. When myelin is damaged, nerve transmissions have difficulty getting through. If the damage affects nerves that link the brain to muscle fibers, the muscles become weak. If myelin on one of the optic nerves is damaged, vision may become blurred or disappear altogether. Any nerve in the brain or spinal cord is vulnerable to attack, which is why MS produces such an array of symptoms. Fortunately, myelin often regenerates, but not completely—it tends to be thinner than normal at the site of the scar. Most of the time this doesn't matter: Although nerve transmissions move faster and more reliably along fibers wearing a thick coat of myelin, these thin spots don't usually impede the flow enough to produce symptoms. But heat slows down nerve transmission, so when an MS patient experiences so much as a slight rise in core body temperature due to exercise, a fever, or even a hot cup of coffee, those thin patches of myelin may disrupt the flow enough to cause problems such as muscle weakness, fatigue, and vision loss. Figure That's what happens to Fitch when she gets too warm. "I lose strength and can't move my legs," she says. "I drag my feet and have trouble walking, and I can't get my feet into the car. I keep a coat hanger in the car, and if my legs aren't working I slip the hanger under my feet and pull them into the car. It's better than sitting there feeling sorry for myself." Fitch lives in Cleveland, where humidity produced by nearby Lake Erie can make the summers downright steamy. The humidity reduces the ability of her body to dissipate heat through the evaporation of sweat, but she has trouble in winter too. She can walk from her car into the supermarket with no problem and shop for 15 minutes or so, but as she warms up, her legs get weak. "I have to sit down," Fitch says. "I've found good places to sit—in the dog food section, for example, where they keep those 25-pound bags of dog food. After a few minutes of cooling down, I gain a little strength and can walk down another aisle." Back to Top | Article Outline PSEUDO FLARE-UPS When MS patients experience symptoms due to overheating, they may think their immune system is attacking their nerves again, causing a recurrence or exacerbation of the disease. Sometimes their doctor may come to the same conclusion and prescribe powerful corticosteroids to suppress the inflammation that damages the myelin. But symptoms caused by heat are the result of Uhthoff's phenomenon, named for Wilhelm Uhthoff who, in 1889, published a paper describing transitory vision problems in patients with optic neuritis, which sometimes occurs in MS. "His patients would tell him, 'I've lost my vision,' or 'I can't see color,' or 'I have pain in my eye,'" says Elliot M. Frohman, M.D., Ph.D., professor of neurology and ophthalmology and director of the MS program at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. "They'd recover, but they'd come back and tell him that if they exercised, or took a hot bath, or got an infection, or got really angry, they'd lose the vision in one eye again. It would last only an hour or so, until they cooled down." While Uhthoff focused on vision problems, the phenomenon that bears his name can apply to any pathway in the brain or spinal cord with damaged myelin. When body temperature rises, those nerves may malfunction, but the heat is not causing more damage, according to Robert Fox, M.D., a neurologist at the Cleveland Clinic. And while the resulting symptoms may be distressing, they pose no danger. "Some patients are concerned that the heat is causing an injury, but it's just unmasking a scar that was already there," Dr. Fox says. "I tell my patients, 'If you like to go in the hot tub, go in the hot tub. If you get transient weakness or numbness, that's fine. You just may have a temporary increase in symptoms.'" Other neurologists are more cautious, however. Before the invention of the MRI, doctors would place patients suspected of having MS in a hot bath so their symptoms would flare up and confirm the diagnosis. Most of the time these symptoms would disappear when the patients cooled off, "but every once in a while a symptom would not go away, so a pseudo-exacerbation would turn out to be a real one," says David Matteson, M.D., director of the Indiana University MS Center and professor of neurology at Indiana University School of Medicine. "We used to be very paranoid and tell patients to avoid overheating," adds Dr. Matteson, "but I say everything in moderation. If you like the hot sun, or the hot tub, or training for the marathon at noon, well…it makes me nervous, but if you've done it before and it's not a problem, who am I to say don't do it?" Back to Top | Article Outline HOW TO BEAT THE HEAT To avoid symptoms, MS patients need to chill out whenever possible. According to MSLifeLines.com, an online support community for MS patients, that means three things: adapting your lifestyle to avoid overheating; drinking fluids to prevent dehydration; and, when necessary, wearing a cooling vest filled with frozen gel packs or cooling tubes. Also, at the first sign of a fever, MS patients should take an analgesic such as acetaminophen, ibuprofen, or aspirin to bring their temperature down. Or they can just soak themselves with a garden hose like Fitch, who has experimented with several novel ways of keeping cool. "I used to work in catering, and I'd do golf outings where I'd grill steaks," Fitch says. "The heat from the grill was really hard for me to take, so I would soak a towel in ice water and put it around my neck, and I'd get my strength back. I used to spray myself with a misting bottle too." Recently, while shopping at Wal-Mart, she found an attachment for the garden hose that produces an extremely fine mist. Now, if she wraps the hose around the sun umbrella on her patio, she can sit comfortably outside if she stays in that misty cloud. "That fine mist," says Fitch, "really helps." Back to Top | Article Outline Gear Up: Cooling Products for MS The Multiple Sclerosis Association of American (MSAA) provides cooling equipment free of charge to people who have MS. "We've consolidated most cooling products into kits," says Peter Damiri, program director of the MSAA. "Each kit contains a cooling vest, a collar, and a set of wrist bands." The products employ four types of cooling methods: ice packs, gel packs, evaporation garments, and cooling therapy, which consists of a specialized vest containing cooling tubes. This vest, which has a pump to circulate water through the tubes, is considered a form of therapy because it can lower the body's core temperature by up to a degree. "They require a doctor's prescription," Damiri says. "The doctor specifies how often the patient can wear it, and for how long. Usually it's no more than three times a day for 30 minutes." Other vests contain pockets for ice packs or frozen gel packs, which prevent the body from overheating. Evaporation garments, which include bandanas, skullcaps, and vests, are soaked with water, which cools the body as it evaporates. They don't work as well, however, in areas with high humidity. "These products enable MS patients to go to a family picnic or outing," Damiri says. "One woman said she can cook dinner for her husband when she's wearing a cooling garment. Otherwise the heat of the kitchen would prevent her from doing that. The cooling devices help improve quality of life." For more information, visit msassociation.org.Copyright © 2007, AAN Enterprises, Inc.


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Respite for Rafa as Blues progress
It may have been a throwaway line at the end but, in uttering it, Rafa Benitez inadvertently revealed more than anything he had said in the preceding press conference.
"Let me enjoy today and then we will think about it," the Chelsea boss declared after watching his side reach the FA Cup fifth round.
"It", of course, could have been any one of the number of issues or controversies that Benitez was asked about it following the Blues' ultimately impressive 4-0 win over Brentford.
To begin, there was Roman Abramovich's presence at the game and what that meant for Benitez's own future. Once again, there was Frank Lampard's contract situation. Most contentiously, there were the morning reports of a bust-up with John Terry and, most recently, there was David Luiz's ugly challenge on Jake Reeves.
Benitez had batted away questions on all of them in typically flat fashion, other than when he emphatically denied the Terry reports, describing them as "totally rubbish". As such, it was somewhat surprising that the most understandable response of all - about just enjoying a fine win - came after the most innocuous question of all, regarding whether on-loan Josh McEachran will be allowed play for Middlesbrough in the fifth round against his parent club. Indeed, the very fact that Chelsea's passage to the next stage was almost overlooked sums up the club at present: there is always another issue set to dominate.
But that's also always going to be the case when qualification is as routine as this. By the end, there were no alarms, no surprises for Chelsea. Consequently, though, it also means that the real value in performances like this - beyond actually reaching the next round and remaining on course to retain the FA Cup and win a trophy this season - is how such a win brings the team on and enhances cohesion and confidence.
Certainly, Chelsea were playing with plenty of both by the final 20 minutes. It wasn't, however, always like that. In fact, at isolated - but relatively frequent - occasions throughout the first half, it genuinely seemed like an upset might be on. The game certainly had some of the elements of one, with Brentford manager Uwe Rosler later saying: "We gave it all, we forced them to also give it all. The scoreline doesn't reflect the game."
The League One side brought the focus and intensity of the first match into this replay at Stamford Bridge and, although the home side were actually playing at impressive pelt themselves, it meant there was almost no freedom around Brentford's box.
"We were very good denying [Juan] Mata this space to control," Rosler said later. "At periods, Chelsea was running out of ideas."
When the hosts came up with some, though, it was luck that seemed to desert them. An illustrative moment came on 25 minutes. The effervescent Victor Moses flicked on excellently for Mata, he touched the ball on for Oscar but the Brazilian's shot hit the wrong side of the post. Even minutes before that, when the box suddenly seemed to open for Oscar, another effort was deflected wide.
Worse, if not quite to the confident levels of the first game, Brentford did occasionally look threatening on the break. Most controversially, a free-kick was given rather than advantage played when they had the ball in the net, but Rosler admirably refused to make an issue of it later. Chelsea, meanwhile, refused to let any frustration get to them. Instead, in order to finally break a lower-league side, they resorted to that most elementary cup upset tactic: route one.
On 54 minutes, Petr Cech launched the ball forward, Demba Ba flicked on and Mata picked his spot. Rather appropriately, the excellence of the playmaker's finish lifted the level of the goal as a whole. Because, from then on, the rest of the team rose to Mata's level.
"We knew that scoring the first goal would be the difference," Benitez said.
"They would be more open, there would be more space. It was a question of time," Rosler concurred. "They were working very hard in the first half and keeping that intensity against a team like Chelsea would be very hard. At some stage, [playing like that], you get tired; first and foremost probably mentally. Again, they used one of those moments. The only thing is, after the first goal, we got too loose too early. They punished us." And how.
On 67 minutes, substitute Eden Hazard picked up a loose ball, used his lightning feet to create more space and fed Branislav Ivanovic to set up Oscar. The fact his inventive but still rather soft flick went in so easily illustrated how much the game had changed.
Three minutes later, Mata changed it further by lifting the ball through for Lampard to get even closer to the club scoring record. And, nine minutes from the end, Terry followed his long-time team-mate by completing the scoring and a good day for Chelsea all-round. Indeed, there was a curious innocence to Terry's celebration. In short, he seemed to greatly enjoy it.
Chelsea are back in the fifth round and, after a few recent ructions, back on track with three wins in a row in all competitions. For Benitez, that's certainly much more enjoyable than questions about the future.
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It was a long day at Wrigley today, to Chris Volstad the six and a half hour day was nothing compared to the over year-long wait to get back in the win column. Twenty-four, that is how many times Chris Volstad made a start on a big league mound between wins. For the majority of the day it didn't look like this game would get played at all as the Cubs and Rockies sat through a two plus hour rain delay before getting underway just before four O'clock local time. Volstad was on right away as he was locating on both sides of the plate and keeping the ball down consistently for really the first time all year. Volstad avoided the big inning which is usually his downfall, he finished his day after 6.2 innings giving up no runs on three hits while walking three and striking out three to get the win. The Cubs offensive attack was finally just that, an attack, as they pounded out nine hits and scored five runs in the victory. Anthony Rizzo, who has been showing some fatigue of late had a solid day at the plate going 2-for-2 with two walks. Starlin Castro also had a good day at the plate going 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, and three runs scored. Brett Jackson continued his solid series today as well as he was 1-for-2 with two walks and a run scored, he finished the series 4-for-8 with two home runs, three RBI's, and three runs scored.
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Volstad's Great Outing
DeJesus' RBI Single
Great Catch by Jackson
Castro's Slick Play
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Welcome to our Best of the Rest: Miami Art Week 2014 Pic Fest. Hopefully you've seen our impassioned (jk) Miami Art Basel roundup (you can always bounce back over to it by clicking on the magic 'here').
This smorgasbord of pictures is culled from the fairs we really enjoyed this year, including the new Latin American fair- PINTA. I try not to take pictures wantonly at the fairs, knowing how mind-blowing it is to come home and sift through thousands of images. Even then, I round down the amount of artists I think you'd like to know about.
So if it's here, it was amazing to look at, I had the gallery owner help me explore the background of the piece, or it simply talked to me in that way (you know what way).
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Sunday 28th October 2012
London Tap Jam will be celebrating it's 6th birthday on Sunday 28th October 2012 and to help us celebrate we have a very special guest tap dancer attending from Barcelona, the fantastic Guilliem Alonso.
As usual, the night will be hosted by our very own ace hoofer Junior Laniyan. Our fantastic live band, The Michele Drees Trio, will be joined by tap dancers from across the country. Join in on an instrument or taps, or just sit back and enjoy. The jam starts at 8pm featuring improvised tap dance hosted by Junior Laniyan. Musicians and tap dancers are welcome to play – just tell Melody what you want to dance to.
Guillem Alonso
Barcelona-born Guillem studied tap dance in New York, where he was taught by famous dancers such as Brenda Bufalino, Barbara Duffy, Savion Glover and others. He has toured across the USA and Europe with several of the best American tap companies, the American Tap Dance Orchestra, Manhattan Tap, Tap Collective from New York and Steps Ahead from Los Angeles.
Guillem has worked in various shows such as Keatoniana, New Orleans Jazz & Tap, and Sax Tap. In 1999 he was invited to perform at the Goya Spanish film awards. He also performed and created numerous works for El Nas Vermell show and the Scandal tap dance company. Further credits include choreography for the show That's Jazz, created for the opening of the new theatre Scenic Barcelona. Whilst at home, Guillem organizes and leads weekly tap improvisation sessions, Tap Jam at the Cova del Drac. He is also the founder and director of Barcelona Rhythm Tap company.
As a leading member of the tap community Guillem has introduced and motivated a new generation of tap dancers in Barcelona
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I remember being a kid learning about dinosaurs and the different eras and pre-historic animals and civilizations. I'll be honest I wasn't a big fan {lol}. I think that if the information had been presented to me in a fun, interactive way then I would have enjoyed it a lot more. That's why I am loving the evolution toys from Charlie's Playhouse! They sent me the Giant Evolution Timeline Playmat to review and they sure aren't kidding when they say GIANT. It is huge! When the entire play mat is open, it is 18 feet long. That's 18 feet of learning fun for kids. They can literally "walk" through the history of the earth and life with the playmat. The cool part? When closed, it is the size of a book.
Inside the book, you literally have millions and millions of years of information, including:
- 67 strange and wonderful creatures from the fossil record, arranged on sea, land and sky
- Animal names with pronunciation guides
- Bubble quote for each creature
- A time "ruler" measuring from 600 million years ago to today in 20 million year steps
- 12 geologic periods with pronunciation guides
- Six mass extinctions
- Storybook narrative of major events during each geologic period
- Simple thoughts about evolution from "Charlie" Darwin throughout
- Footprints for kids to follow, walking through time at 40 million years per step.
The back of the book has 20 activities for boys and girls ages 4 to 10. Plus, you'll find a lot of information that will be helpful for educators and parents, such as FAQs and a Glossary of terms with easy to understand definitions. The actual playmat itself is extremely durable–as in kids CAN PLAY AND HAVE FUN without moms worrying that it will rip or tear. It is made from an environmentally friendly synthetic paper called Polylith(tm) and is printed in the US. It actually just won the Dr. Toy Green Products Award!
I think the Giant Evolution Timeline Playmat would be wonderful for homeschoolers or to augment what children learn at school. Plus, for kids that already love dinosaurs–the playmat will be a real treat and help expand their knowledge! Other products to check out at Charlie's Playhouse–the Ancient Creature Cards and Timeline Poster.
About Charlie's Playhouse {from the press release}:
Rhode Island-based Charlie's Playhouse LLC makes the first-ever games and toys that teach children about evolution, natural selection and Charles Darwin. The company was founded by scientist and mom Kate Miller, Ph.D., after she was unable to find fun, educational products for her two young sons that addressed evolution. Dr. Miller is a consultant to the Evolution Readiness Project at Concord Consortium in Concord, MA. Funded by the National Science Foundation, the project is creating a computer-based curriculum to teach fourth graders about evolution, to be tested in a dozen schools in MA, TX and MO. Prior to founding Charlie's Playhouse, Dr. Miller researched women's reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa and the United States. She holds a Ph.D. in demography from the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters of Public Health from Columbia University.
Want It: The Giant Evolution Timeline Playmat is recommended for ages 4 and up. The Playmat retails for $49 and can be purchased online at CharliesPlayhouse.com.


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This week is like a return to the 1980s with both Madonna and Lionel Richie topping the Billboard 200 album chart with their latest albums. Madonna chalked up her eighth No. 1 album with MDNA, and Richie ranked number two with his countrified Tuskegee, a collection of his classic tunes performed as duets with some of today's hottest country stars.
But there was no rivalry between the two as they battled it out for the top spot, only love, as demonstrated through yesterday's Twitter exchange.
The former neighbors created a lively discussion showing genuine affection and familiarity with each other.
@MadonnaMDNAday There is no one I would rather be on top with. Congratulations!! I am so happy for you.
— Lionel Richie (@LionelRichie) April 5, 2012
@LionelRichie congrats on a successful record. To the other ritchie in my life….
— Madonna MDNA Day (@MadonnaMDNAday) April 5, 2012
@MadonnaMDNAday I wouldn't have it any other way!!
— Lionel Richie (@LionelRichie) April 5, 2012
@MadonnaMDNAday Do I remember?!?! … The only problem I had is when I came out of my house the fans would ask me where you live? (cont'd)
— Lionel Richie (@LionelRichie) April 5, 2012
@MadonnaMDNAday I was the tour guide for the street. The neighborhood was never the same after you left.
— Lionel Richie (@LionelRichie) April 5, 2012
@MadonnaMDNAday Hell no!! I moved out right behind you. The street wasn't exciting anymore…
— Lionel Richie (@LionelRichie) April 5, 2012
Madonna's most recent number one album was Hard Candy from 2008. Richie's last time topping the charts was in 1986 when his song "Dancing On The Ceiling" spent two weeks at No. 1 on a different chart, the Hot 100 singles chart.
–Brad Haynes, 1059 Sunny-FM
album charts, Billboard 200, Madonna, Lionel Richie, MDNA, Tuskegee, Twitter
Artist: Lionel Richie
Photo attached. Photo credit: (Photos by Christopher Polk & Ethan Miller/Getty Images)


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Finding aid for the David Piper papers relating to British museums and art institutions, 1916-1990
Scope and Content of Collection
Container List
Series I. Correspondence, ca. 1916-1985
Scope and Content Note
Baker, Collins, ca. 1916-1935
Baker, Collins, ca. 1936-1938
Burlington Fine Arts Club, ca. 1925-1928
Christ's College, Cambridge, ca. 1966-1968
Clark, Kenneth, ca. 1930-1938
Cooper's and Lybrand/National Heritage, ca. 1985
Fitzwilliam, ca. 1972
Holmes, Charles, ca. 1927-1934
Leeds Castle, 1986-1989
Royal Fine Art Commission, ca. 1970-1984
Miscellaneous A-D
Miscellaneous E-H
Miscellaneous I-L
Miscellaneous M-P
Miscellaneous Q-T
Miscellaneous U-Z
Unidentified Correspondence
Series II. Notes and writings, ca. 1928-1989
Scope and Content Note
Leeds Castle Foundation, ca. 1989
Waterhouse, Ellis, ca. 1972-1989
Miscellaneous, 1928-1986
Miscellaneous, n.d.
Series III. Ephemera, ca. 1925-1989
Scope and Content Note
Burlington 1925
Christ's College, Cambridge, ca. 1959
Cooper's and Lybrand/ National Heritage
Fitzwilliam, 1968-1969
Leeds Castle Foundation Publications, ca. 1976-1983
Oxbridge, ca. 1970-1986
Parnham House, ca. 1982-1986
Royal Fine Art Commission, 1978
Royal Fine Art Commission, 1979
Royal Fine Art Commission, 1980
Royal Fine Art Commission, 1981
Royal Fine Art Commission, 1982
Royal Fine Art Commission, 1983
Royal Fine Art Commission, 1984
Royal Fine Art Commission, 1984
Royal Fine Art Commission, 1985
Royal Fine Art Commission, n.d.
Tradescant Trust, 1984-1985
Victoria and Albert, 1987-1989
Waterhouse, Ellis
Watts Gallery, ca. 1985-1986
Miscellanous Ephemera
Series IV. Clippings, ca. 1926-1990
Scope and Content Note
Oxbridge, ca. 1966-1985
Victoria and Albert Museum, ca. 1987-1989
Victoria and Albert Museum, n.d.
Miscellaneous Clippings, 1926-1938
Miscellaneous Clippings, ca. 1966-1979
Miscellaneous Clippings, ca. 1980-1987
Miscellaneous Clippings, ca. 1988
Miscellaneous Clippings, ca. 1989
Miscellaneous Clippings, ca. 1990
Miscellaneous Clippings, n.d.
Series V. Art postcards, n.d.
Scope and Content Note
Postcards, arranged alphabetically by artist, institution, region or subject


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Ex-chief's son wins settlement in alleged Ohio police brutality case
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. -- The son of Brattleboro's former police chief will receive $110,000 from the state of Ohio after the Court of Claims there approved a settlement in a lawsuit that began nearly nine years ago with a traffic accident on Interstate 75 in Ohio.
"We had a long road," said Cary Cooper, of Marshall and Melhorn in Toledo, who represented Eugene Wrinn Jr. for nearly a decade. "It was a lot of hard work for most of those nine years."
Eugene Wrinn Sr. had been a police officer with the town of Brattleboro from 1987 until July of this year, when he retired as police chief.
Wrinn Jr., a graduate of Brattleboro Union High School, was in Ohio attending school when, on Sept. 16, 2005, he and two friends were driving along a rainswept highway. Wrinn lost control of his truck, spinning around and eventually facing into traffic with a stalled vehicle. Before he could restart the truck and get out of the way, a tractor-trailer hit the vehicle, pinning it against Jersey barriers running along the center of the road.
Wrinn lost consciousness in the crash. After he regained consciousness, he left his vehicle, even though police officers told him to remain inside.
In court documents, Wrinn, who is now 27, contended he was disoriented by the crash and didn't understand orders issued to him by police officers to remain in his vehicle.
When he began to wander onto the highway, police struck him with a flashlight, stunned him with an electronic device and sprayed him with pepper spray. He was also medicated on the scene by emergency personnel at the request of police to "knock him out." When he was taken to the hospital, Wrinn arrived with seven sets of handcuffs on him. He was also tied up with a tow strap. His 12 head wounds required 40 staples.
In their responses to the lawsuit, officers claimed Wrinn was combative and acted in a menacing and threatening manner. One officer described him as having "super-human strength." Toxicology tests showed he was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the crash.
A police recording of the incident documents cries of pain coming from Wrinn and comments made by police that included "you're a (expletive) idiot," "you're unbelievable" and "Taser the mother(expletive)."
"The circumstances here were shocking," said Cooper. "He went through a lot that night. It was pretty brutal."
Police officers were cleared of any wrongdoing and Wrinn was eventually cited with a motor vehicle infraction, but never charged with resisting arrest or any other crime.
Following the incident, Wrinn was in a coma for three days. Wrinn's lawsuit alleged he was hospitalized for five days with injuries including head trauma, running up more than $30,000 in medical bills. The lawsuit filed in the Court of Claims contended Wrinn received severe, debilitating, and permanent physical and mental injuries.
In a 2006 interview with The Lima Times, Eugene Wrinn Sr. contended the officers almost killed his son.
"I understand law enforcement. There is a time and place that you have to use force. There is a time and place that you have to use constraints. This is an accident victim that they almost killed."
Cooper told the Reformer the settlement that was announced on Tuesday was only one of many settlements reached in this case. Prior to the settlement with the state of Ohio, he said, settlements had been reached with the Lima (Ohio) Police Department, Allen County in Ohio, the Ohio Highway Patrol and individual law enforcement officers.
Cooper could not reveal the monetary amounts of those settlements because they were covered by confidentiality agreements and he would not say whether he felt the settlements were adequate compensation for the injuries his client received.
"From a lawyer's point of view, there are a lot of factors that go into saying whether a settlement is adequate or not. But we thought this was a good thing to do considering all of the circumstances. This most recent settlement is indicative of the state taking some responsibility for what occurred."
Cooper said while Wrinn had a difficult year recovering from his injuries and the trauma of the incident, he has recovered "remarkably well" since then.
"He landed back on his feet, returned to school and got an accounting degree. He seems pretty well adjusted."
Cooper said Wrinn is now working as an accountant for General Electric, but would not disclose where he now lives.
Neither Eugene Wrinn Jr. nor his father were available for comment.
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Sizing up early birds
According to new research from the Universities of Bristol and Sheffield into the Paraves, the key characteristics that allow birds to fly, their wings and small size, arose much earlier than previously thought. The first birds and their closest dinosaurian relatives lived 160 to 120 million years ago. Mark Puttick from the University of Bristol and colleagues investigated the rates of evolution of the two key characteristics that preceded flight: body size and forelimb length. In order to fly, hulking meat-eating dinosaurs had to shrink in size and grow much longer arms to support their feathered wings.
"We were really surprised to discover that the key size shifts happened at the same time, at the origin of Paraves," said Puttick of Bristol's School of Earth Sciences. "This was at least 20 million years before the first bird, the famous Archaeopteryx, and it shows that flight in birds arose through several evolutionary steps."
Being small and light is important for a flyer, and it now seems a whole group of dozens of little dinosaurs were lightweight and had wings of one sort or another. Most were gliders or parachutists, spreading their feathered wings, but not flapping them.
"Out of all these flappers and gliders, only the birds seem to have been capable of powered flight," said co-author Mike Benton, Professor of Vertebrate Palaeontology at Bristol. "But you wouldn't have picked out Archaeopteryx as the founder of a remarkable new group."
The study applied new numerical methods that calculate the rate of evolution of different characteristics across a whole evolutionary tree, and identify where bursts of fast evolution occurred.
"Up to now you could only have guessed roughly where the major evolutionary transitions occurred," said Dr. Gavin Thomas of the University of Sheffield, "but the new methods pinpoint the size changes. The small size of birds and their long wings originated long before birds themselves did."
Birds owe their success to their flight, wings and feathers. Until the 1990s, when the first feathered dinosaurs were found in China, birds were thought to have originated rapidly, marking a major transition from dinosaurs. Now, we know that Archaeopteryx was only one of a large number of small, flying dinosaurs.
"The origin of birds used to be seen as a rapid transition," said Puttick, "but now we know that the key characteristics we associate with them arose much earlier."
Read more at the University of Bristol.
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Family Nutrition Education Program (FNEP) Guidance
Local WIC providers in Missouri sometimes partner with FNEP Educators (sometimes referred to as Nutrition Program Assistants or NPAs) in the Family Nutrition Education Program from University of Missouri Extension to provide nutrition education for WIC participants.
Family Nutrition Education Program (FNEP) Guidance
Family Nutrition Education Program (FNEP) Lesson Plans for Local Agency WIC Nutritionist
Get Moving
Plan, Shop, $ave
Vary Your Veggies…Focus on Fruit
Make Half Your Grains Whole
Build Strong Bones
Go Lean With Protein
Make a Change
Celebrate! Eat Smart and Be Active
Family Time - Active and Fun
Eating Smart and Being Active During Pregnancy
Eating Smart and Being Active: Feeding Your Baby Solid Foods
Family Meals - Easy, Tasty, and Healthy! (Loving Your Family Feeding Their Future)
How Much? Food and Physical Activity (Loving Your Family Feeding Their Future)
Vegetables and Fruits - Simple Solutions (Loving Your Family Feeding Their Future)
Show Me Nutrition Education displays and handouts may be used in local WIC agencies that do not provide FNEP group classes. Displays are unmanned. Displays may not be counted as a WIC nutrition education contact. The mini posters and handouts reinforce WIC nutrition messages.
Family Nutrition Education Program (FNP) mini posters
Posters may not be copied. The posters are available only from FNEP educators.
Consumer Smarts
Drink To Your Health
Eating on a Budget
Family Meals
Family Time Active and Fun
Fill the Gaps with Healthy Snacks
Food Safety
Get the Facts on Fat
MyActivity Pyramid for Adults
MyPyramid: Meat and Beans
The Supersizing of America
What's In A Label?
Whole Grains
Family Nutrition Education Program Handouts
Handouts may be copied.
Balancing Fats
Breakfast (Spanish)
Fight Bac!
Fight Bac! (Spanish)
Food Thermometers
Food Thermometers (Spanish)
Fruit Group
Fruits and Vegetables
Fruits and Vegetables (Spanish)
Grain Group
Make the Most of Your Food Dollars
Milk Group
Milk: Health Benefits and Nutrients
Milk: Tips for Making Wise Choices
MyActivity Pyramid - Adults
MyActivity Pyramid - Adults (Spanish)
MyActivity Pyramid for Adults (Spanish)
MyActivity Pyramid for Kids
Portions to Fit Your Health
Portions to Fit Your Health (Spanish)
Read the Label to Eat Better
Read the Label to Eat Better (Spanish)
Shopping Smart
Stocking a Healthy Kitchen
Storing Foods at Home
Storing Foods at Home (Spanish)
The Supersizing of America
The Supersizing of America (Spanish)
Think Your Drink
Tips to Help You Make Wise Choices from the Meat and Beans Group
Vegetable Group
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I'm a king bitch, really though, I mean really though
Kushed god signs everywhere he go
You don't know, ask around maybe Siri know
Royalty, everywhere he go
One man band but the nights on deck
Coming through with the semi, no Arsenio
I got many flows, they semi-pro
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Something that the game missing
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Low mug, and I pour up in it
I'm a marijuana activist but this Activis got me leaning like slow up nigga
Take caution talking cause I'm made
Niggas never caught a fade
If it ain't ? then this the spades
Tip a hundred to the waiter cause a nigga getting paid
[Hook: Smoke DZA]
Right, right, right
I heard these niggas wanted weed raps
So here's another weed rap, right
Heard these niggas wanted weed raps
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Heard these niggas wanted weed raps
So here's another weed rap, right
[Verse 2: King Chip]
Yeah, King Chip in this ho swagging on them
Styling on 'em, straight whylin' on 'em
I ain't want to have to get violent on 'em
But they bitch ass should have stayed silent homie
Know a nigga burn that frosted bush
Got a ounce for the next two hours
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Nigga roll up them frosted flowers
Damn right we gon' floss with ours
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She said what's your name boo?
I said whatever I say it is
Call me King Chip, my son the prince
'For I give him Ritalin , then I give him kush
Doctor prescribed it so it's alright
If they hating then tell them shush
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Showing up on red carpet shit
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Always valet, never parking bitch
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All this money I got to get
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So...have you heard?... your MOA is sponsoring a Weekend Getaway April 20-22 hosted at the Courtyard Marriott off exit 188 in Oxford, AL...You can read all about it here;
Scroll down past he Gettysburg event to the Oxford details...(of course if you are interested in the Gettysburg event which will be a good one too, you could do that one and ride on down to Aabama the next weekend...right?)
The plans are coming together for a great time in Oxford. The rides and the menus have been planned so there will be something to do and something to eat...
So ride on your own...ride to the Barber's Museum or to the Talladega Superspeedway & Museum.....or take a scenic ride in the Talladega National Forest behind non other than our own Ian Schmeisser! (sorry Ian)
The MOA Foundation is bringing along the Smart Trainer for us and we will have a host of nice door prizes too!
Registration is limited so get yours in today! Easy sign up is available online or by calling the office....
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By Grahm Long
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (UTC/The Loop) — From their polished vocals to their seamless integration of jazz and folk rock, The Concerning Lions are emerging as a bright spot in Chattanooga's independent rock scene.
As their Facebook biography page states, "Split between Nashville and Chattanooga, Concerning Lions is a quintet divided geographically, but united by writing songs they enjoy performing together."
The group's formation goes back to a childhood bond between leader singer and UTC student Brian Beise and multi-instrumentalist Jonathan Durham.
After a couple of years playing various gigs in downtown Chattanooga with Beise, Durham discovered lead guitarist Chase Gamble and banjoist Daniel Hallum. Through Gamble, the band acquired drummer and fellow UTC student, Nathan Miller.
The fall of 2008 marked the quintet's debut at The North Chatt Cat, a bar located on Frazier Avenue in the downtown area. Click here to listen how the Concerning Lions got their big break.
While the band generated buzz among music enthusiasts in the region, it also captured the attention of the Sodium Glow record company in Nashville, TN.
David Terry, one of the producers at Sodium Glow, had previously worked with Beise under an internship during high school. However, it was Durham's connection to Terry that sent them to Nashville.
The meeting with Terry produced the band's five song EP album titled A Movement Back and Forth, which released in the fall of 2009.
"On the first track of Concerning Lions' debut EP, A Movement Back and Forth, singer Brian Beise implores: 'Meet us,'" says Paste Magazine columnist, Rachel Bailey. "Canon" offers a salutation of acoustic strumming and stretchy electric yawns, punctuated by banjo interjections and the occasional tambourine jingle, suggesting the Tennessee mountains from whence these Lions hail."
The band's first time in the studio was not only a rewarding experience but also a learning one as well.
"Recording the drums in the studio was interesting, sometimes your hands and feet are not on the beat they should be, but it was good – it made me a better drummer," says Miller. "It allowed me to listen to things that I never knew that I did before, either good or bad. It was pretty tough at times, because I had to redo things over and over again."
Beise says the process of composing music has made the band "more intentional about exploring and listening to music." Brian Biese tells how the Concerning Lions made him a better musician
Recently, the Concerning Lions released a live-in-studio, full length, sophomore album titled The Winter Set.
"Every time we get to do a gig, I try to remember that standing up in front of people and playing songs is kind of a ridiculous thing to do," says Beise. "And to ask them to take it seriously and clap at the end of the song, it's obscene in a lot of ways and sort of audacious, so you have to be really grateful."


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One of the Most Popular Photo Apps in the iTunes, Google Play and Windows Stores Doubles Downloads in Just Two Months
— 10/3/2013 — FREMONT, Calif. —
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|The Luxemburg Court: Conductor for a Disharmonious Orchestra?
|Hungarian Helsinki Committee
|Gábor Gyulai
|Publication Date
|2 May 2012
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|Asylum-seekers | Refugees | Right to seek asylum
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|Hungarian Helsinki Committee, The Luxemburg Court: Conductor for a Disharmonious Orchestra?, 2 May 2012, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4fce01332.html [accessed 24 January 2018]
|Project co-financed by the European Refugee Fund
|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.