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06-26-2013, 10:09 PM #1Member
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Flame Wakeboard Racks for 1 5/8" Moomba/Supra Towers
These racks are kept garaged and not traveled with them on. The "flame" quick disconnect wakeboard rack that you can mount on most any angle and have the rack horizontal. I kept these on my boat until I needed to upgrade to a wakeboard surfboard rack and a wake/kneeboard rack. I'm putting these on really low. One of the racks has a broken bungie, but that is a $3 fix.
These racks were on a 2002 Mobius LSV.
First $200 for the pair... plus shipping to your location... I am in Nor Cal .. so if you are in the bay area, we can arrange to meet.
Brian2002 MOBIUS LSV
I have the same exact one, they dont really make sense to me, the flames should be turned opposite so you have different levels of tightness on the bungies! You upgrading to new swivel racks?2014 Moomba Mojo- Exiled Out!!
04 XLV- 2 REV 10's & REV410- All JL Audio amps
I'm interested in the racks. Where would I get a new bungie from? How would u like payment?
07-02-2013, 05:31 PM #4Member
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PM sent Cactus - Bungie can be found on any wakeboard rack mfg site for less than 5 bucks - we can use paypal. Shipping to texas shouldnt be too expensive. Prob less than 20 but I will box and weigh this week and let you know the total ... Either UPS or USPS.
Brian2002 MOBIUS LSV


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From Hackerspace Brussels
As the build up of HSB is a constant work in progress, we also booked some results.
Here is a picture of the Mezzanine. I also don't know what it is under that name but apparently that is how you call the 1st floor in your living room. We wanted to create a separate workplace were 2-3 people can sit and concentrate on their project. I really like the result:
As an unexpected benefit: this is the warmest spot of hsb! :-)
Note: for safety reasons max 3 people on the Mezzanine.
This picture is a bit outdated already. The datarack is now already mounted to the right upper corner. Jan 31 2010

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Kenya: Businesses close in fear of electoral violence
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|8 January 2013
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|IRIN, Kenya: Businesses close in fear of electoral violence, 8 January 2013, available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/50f010282.html [accessed 22 January 2018]
|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.
With less than two months left until Kenya's general election, some business owners in the western city of Kisumu are suspending operations out of fear violence could erupt, as it did after the 2007 polls. The move leaves thousands without jobs.
"Before Christmas, our company's director told us to wind up our duties. We thought it was the usual routine where we normally close for the festive season. But this time, things were different since we were paid all our cumulative dues… The company was closing down," George Onyango, an employee at a Kisumu iron and steel company, told IRIN.
Some 2,000 employees could lose their jobs from the company if the closure is permanent. The company's management said they would resume operations after the elections in 2013, but only if the situation remained peaceful.
Onyango says the prospect of being jobless forced him to send his family back to their home village.
Rise of gangs
Fahad Abdullah, who runs a building and construction company, saw his property looted and destroyed after the 2007 election. Fearing a repeat of the violence, he has decided to close his business, leaving 1,200 employees without jobs.
"My family and friends operate a chain of businesses in this town, and already seven of them [employing about 2,300 people] have closed down." "In the previous elections, we witnessed growing hatred for the Asian communities. I don't know why. Perhaps we are seen as intruders here, and we have no choice but to flee in time. My family and friends operate a chain of businesses in this town, and already seven of them [employing about 2,300 people] have closed down," he said.
Security officials told IRIN the emergence of criminal gangs in 2012 - allegedly sponsored by politicians - have worsened these fears.
"The gangs are sponsored by politicians and use Mungiki [a criminal gang found mainly in Central Province and Nairobi] style tactics of [extortion] and intimidation to create fear," provincial police boss Joseph Ole Tito said.
The city was one of the epicentres of post-election violence five years ago, which left some 1,500 people around the country dead and 500,000 more displaced. Kisumu is home to the country's prime minister, Raila Odinga, a presidential candidate in both the 2007 and the upcoming elections.
Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto, current candidates on a rival ticket, are among several people accused by the International Criminal Court of committing crimes against humanity during the 2007-08 violence.
Eroding economic gains
Joyce Atieno, a vendor selling food to employees of some of the closing businesses, said she now struggles to feed her family. "My major buyers are employees from the [companies], but they are now closed down. I have no business. In a day, I used to make a profit of US$4. But since the company closed down, I rarely make even $2. If the situation continues, I'll be forced to close down and go to my rural home," she said.
Experts told IRIN that another round of electoral violence - or even the fear of it - could reverse Kenya's recent economic progress.
"We are making good economic progress as a country, but the fear of electoral violence and the possibility it might reoccur are real, and it erodes all the economic gains we have made as a country," Paul Akumu, an economist at Masinde Muliro University, said.
The World Bank projects the East African Community's economic growth rate for 2013 will be 6.1 percent, but says Kenya's will be 5 percent should it experience election violence.
"Historically, Kenya has also been vulnerable to election-related shocks, and there will be increased attention on the conduct of the 2013 elections, given the post-election violence of 2007-08," the World Bank noted in a recent report.
"If violence accompanies the 2013 elections, Kenya's image as a maturing democracy would be tarnished for a long time," added the report.
The police say they are working to maintain order. "We will continue to crack down on the gangs. We arrested several gang members and arraigned them in court," said the police's Ole Tito.


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If you are looking at a Las Vegas show schedule, you will see one of the newer shows is the one and only Cher. She has come back from her 2006 Farewell Tour and she is going to be doing 200 shows during the next 3 years at Caesars Palace.
Cher has a career that spans over 40 years and includes 25 albums and countless hits. Her Las Vegas show will include many of them as well as lots of dancing, drama, and special effects. Like many Las Vegas shows, hers will be over the top and include many different sets and costumes. The shows are about 90 minutes long.
Tickets are not cheap for Cher Las Vegas starting at about $90 and tickets will go fast when she is in town. She will be playing in the Colosseum that seats about 4,000 people and sharing that venue with Bette Middler. This is the same stage that Elton John used for his long stint in Vegas.


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I LOVE harry Potter and collect eeyores too.
Don't you miss school in the summer or is it just me.
Age: mine
Favorite food: that's a tie between cake and spegitti(which I probable spelled wrong)
Grade: I'm currently in the grade of summer
Fav. Color: right now I'm liking orange because i took this quiz, you probably don't care but I'm going to tell you any way, and it said that the color oragne macthes my personality.
Am i the only one out there who thinks that slash is funny? please say no. I also like Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione Ron/Harry/Draco(those are very interesting)
I don't know why you're reading this because I have no stroies on this website because they won't except my story. I honor all of you who have gotten stories posted!
Yeah...bye! *waves*


text: Nothing wrong with forty times the speed of sound as such; speed would just be a function of explosive yield, even if in a somewhat complex manner. Although a nicely spherical blast wave would be preferable to the broccoli shapes of the "gasoline explosion" we lamentably once again witness... Perhaps these gasoline explosion things are how antimatter actually behaves in high concentrations - being at first dispersed by the initial "core" annihilation, then compressing to annihilation densities again in random directions at random distances? So we get multiple overlapping spheres and wavefronts, much as with the expanding gases of classic Hollywood fireworks. I wonder if the "long term effects" here would include removal or significant thinning of the atmosphere of Vagra II, considering the dialogue of "Obsession"? We've seen how "painless" something like that is in the terms of Star Trek visuals, in "Homeward". Considering that the danger of collateral damage was less than zero (that is, if any bystanders were killed, everybody would be very, very grateful, including said casualty!), overkill sounds preferable here. Kruge's torpedo doesn't seem to be all that similar to photon torpedoes, as it causes an "electric crackling" effect rather than any of the blast types traditionally witnessed. Plus Kruge fully expects it to create disabling damage rather than destruction. Possibly he's deliberately packing the ideal weapon type for a cloaked commerce raider (that is, an evil German submarine in spaaaaace!), not so ideal in a fight against proper ships of war. But unshielded ships being just one very light misstep away from blowing up is certainly a valid concept, reinforced by the likes of "Cause and Effect". Doesn't undermine the idea that shielded ships can shrug off multiple torps in basically all situations. An assassin firing his Derringer? Chang had customized weapons for the task of damaging the ship serving as Kronos One and making it look like a Starfleet job. That'd presuppose low yield for multiple reasons: a) Real Starfleet would fire low yield torps if intending to do light damage in support of boarding action. b) Cartwright would make sure to supply Chang with the perfect low yield torps for the job, and only the perfect low yield torps... That's what I always use as an excuse for Chang's melodramatic ranting. He isn't really a crazed sadist who enjoys killing his victims piecemeal even if this means risking the total collapsing of his great plans. He just plays one over the comm lines, to hide the fact that his only weapon is a peashooter capable of nothing more than piecemeal damage. Neither before nor after Burke's mutiny did the Equinox pursue a campaign of actually wanting to destroy the Voyager. Burke himself just wanted to escape Janeway into a nebula moments before firing those torpedoes through her shields. So, disabling shots are a distinct possibility once again. That's quite a mystery, but probably related to how shuttlecraft pass through air-containing forcefields. Have we ever seen something "passive" (like a villain?) thrown through an atmosphere containment forcefield? Or can we continue to postulate that this trick requires at least a special transponder aboard the departing object, and probably some sort of intricate shield-shield interaction, in addition to brute physical force? Oops, my bad. Timo Saloniemi


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It's just the parts
Really, What do the contents of a bottle of coke cost?
Apple has decent margins but it's not as easy as it looks.
Apple's iPad could cost the company as little as $229 (£147) to make. Not a bad margin, that, for a machine that will retail for $499 (£320). That, at least, is what market watcher iSuppli estimates. It hasn't had its hands on one, of course, but iSuppli takes apart most if not all of the key mobile gadgets that go on sale, so …
Really, What do the contents of a bottle of coke cost?
Apple has decent margins but it's not as easy as it looks.
>>Of course, iSuppli's estimates ignore marketing and other costs, such as distribution and dealer margin, but together these aren't going to dent Apple's iPad profit too far.
Apple has a margin typically of 30% so if they are selling it for £531 and parts and assembly cost £222 that means £159 for margin leaving £150 for marketing, distribution, dealer margin etc. per unit, even for a new product ths is high, therefore they are realistically making more than their usual 30%
Apple survives because of it's unusually high margins, for example Nokia has 35% of the phone market against Apples 2.5%, last year Apple made $1.1 billion in one quarter last year from the iPhone, but Nokia "only" made $1.6 billion in the same quarter if Apple has 25% of the market these numbers would make sense, but they have 2(point)5% this means Apple has ten times the margins that Nokia has, and Apple customers are happy with this, they don;t care that they are paying a premium for this, no doubt people who fly first class believe in it for similar reasons, they basically believe it's worth the extra.
The same is true in the PC/Mac market, although the gap is not as wide, they basically have between twice and four times the margin of a "typical" home computer manufacturer.
Apple are not ripping off their customers, because their customers are happy to pay over the odds, besides it keeps the company alive, the iPad will be bought by Apple fans and they will pay over the odds.
If people made a completely pragmatic cost v's features, bang for your buck decisions we'd all be driving sensible cars, recycle more, not smoke and consume less, but we don't do we? we still pretend a single malt is always better than a blend and a VW is better than a Skoda, things cost what they cost, but they are worth what people are willing to pay.
I'm extemely happy with my new ipod touch- purchased last Sunday and the first Apple product I've ever bought. I do think macs are a rip off but will still be interested to see what Apple make next that is as revolutionary as the original ipod. My touch is being used as an ebook reader and games player- I have a sony walkman which is a better mp3 player.
Would it be better if Apple sold the units at a loss and then recovered the money with a royalty on all software and media sold? Would this be less of a 'rip off' as the true cost is hidden? This is the model other large device manufacturers have used and I would rather pay this chunk of profit upfront than gradually over the life of the device. Do we expect companies to provide goods and services for free now?
It's not just the software developers and bandwidth that cost, what about the chip designers, electronic engineers, research fab lines etc. These things cost a lot of money to get right and its only after all this is perfect that they can hammer them out for decent margins due to scale of production.


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Argentina Praises FAO's New Direction
11 June 2013, Rome, Italy. During a meeting today with FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, the Argentine Minister of Agriculture, Norberto Gustavo Yauhar, stressed that FAO should continue to strengthen its role in raising the issue of food insecurity across the globe, as the organization works toward the eradication of hunger and malnutrition.
Yauhar underlined his country's support for the FAO's reform moves under the Director General's guidance. The Minister said Argentina supports the Plan of Work and Budget proposed by Graziano da Silva, on which FAO member countries will decide during the FAO Conference that begins Saturday, 15 June.
The Minister noted, however, that FAO programmes should be targeted at the local level, by creating solid links with national Agriculture ministries, and by ensuring that a strong system of continuous monitoring and evaluation takes stock of progress throughout the lifetimes of projects. Strategic programmes must be well devised from the outset and accurately budgeted in detail. Moreover, this approach will be key to securing concrete impacts on the lives of people working in agriculture, with a ripple effect at all levels of society. Yauhar added that FAO could help to support trainings on this sort of approach at the country level.
Yauhar said that in this vein, Argentina is working in countries such as Mozambique and Angola.
Under new proposals that would recalibrate member countries' assessed commitment levels to FAO's core budget, Argentina would be contributing more than 50 percent more than previously for the next biennium (2014-2015). The Minister underlined, however, that with these changes in approach, Argentina is pleased to support FAO.


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Drug Peramivir Could Help Horses Suffering from Flu
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Photo: Anne M. Eberhardt/The Horse
Flu season for horses can be any season. And considering that even horses vaccinated against the equine influenza virus (EIV) can still "catch the flu," this disease is cause for concern. A group of Japanese researchers, however, recently evaluated a flu inhibitor in horses and found that it could help EIV-infected animals recover more quickly.
"The flu, caused by EIV, is one of the most important respiratory diseases in horses," said Takashi Yamanaka from the Epizootic Research Center at the Equine Research Institute, operated by the Japan Racing Association. EIV is highly contagious; causes fever, nasal discharge, depression, anorexia, and coughing; and can lead to fatal pneumonia. Affected horses require time off from training and performing to receive treatment and recover. What's worse, influenza outbreaks occur even in vaccinated horses due to the fact that the vaccine is not 100% effective against all "field" strains of EIV.
Researchers have tested several EIV inhibitors in horses, but those tested required oral administration several times per day or needed to be inhaled. Neither approach is overly practical for horses and owners. But Yamanaka recently took a look at a human flu inhibitor for possible use in horses.
"Peramivir is a pharmaceutical drug that inhibits one of the key enzymes, neuraminidase (NA), on the influenza virus," explained Yamanaka. "Peramivir (has been) licensed for use in humans since 2010."
To determine whether a single intravenous injection of peramivir was effective for treating equine influenza, Yamanaka and colleagues tested the drug in laboratory viral cultures and in six horses experimentally infected with EIV, all of which had nasal discharge, a fever, and tested positive for the equine influenza virus using a commercially available kit. Key findings of the study were:
- Peramivir inhibited the enzymatic activity of NA in seven different field strains of EIV in the laboratory;
- Experimentally infected horses subsequently administered peramivir had milder clinical signs and recovered more quickly than horses that were administered only saline (control group); and
- Treated horses shed the influenza virus for a shorter period of time than the control horses.
Yamanaka concluded, "These results clearly show that peramivir may be a very useful tool for treating EIV and may also be able to help limit the spread of this highly contagious virus in the horse population during outbreaks."
Commenting on the study, Nicola Pusterla, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, an associate professor of equine internal medicine and chief of large animal medicine and section head of equine medicine and dentistry at the University of California, Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, said, "The drug is promising … (but) we don't have any safety or (pharmacokinetic) data [regarding how the horse's body metabolizes the drug]. I am expecting the drug to be expensive, especially when you compare the body weight difference between a human being and a horse."
That said, American horse owners will likely have to wait for access to this medication, as peramivir is currently only approved in Japan and Korea.
The study, "Efficacy of a single intravenous dose of the neuramidase inhibitor peramivir in the treatment of equine influenza," was published in The Veterinary Journal.
About the Author
Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc
Stacey Oke, MSc, DVM, is a practicing veterinarian and freelance medical writer and editor. She is interested in both large and small animals, as well as complementary and alternative medicine. Since 2005, she's worked as a research consultant for nutritional supplement companies, assisted physicians and veterinarians in publishing research articles and textbooks, and written for a number of educational magazines and websites.
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Cardiome to conduct conference call and webcast today, March 15, at 8:15 a.m. Eastern (5:15 a.m. Pacific)
VANCOUVER, March 15, 2013 /CNW/ - Cardiome Pharma Corp. (NASDAQ: CRME / TSX: COM) today reported financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2012. Amounts, unless specified otherwise, are expressed in U.S. dollars and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles used in the United States (U.S. GAAP).
Financial Results for 2012
The net loss for the year ended December 31, 2012 was $18.3 million ($0.30 loss per share), compared to a net loss of $27.9 million ($0.46 loss per share) for the year ended December 31, 2011. The net loss for 2012 was largely due to restructuring charges, expenditures spent on clinical development efforts and pre-clinical research projects, as well as other operating costs. The loss in 2012 was partially offset by the recognition of an $11.2 million gain on the settlement of debt due to Merck. The net loss for 2011 was largely due to expenditures incurred on clinical development efforts, pre-clinical research projects and other normal operating costs.
Total revenue for 2012 was $0.8 million, a decrease of $0.7 million from $1.5 million in 2011.
Research and development (R&D) expenditures were $6.0 million for 2012, as compared to $15.2 million for 2011. R&D expenditures consist of clinical development expenditures and research expenditures. Clinical development expenditures for 2012 were $0.9 million, as compared to $6.5 million for 2011. The decrease of $5.6 million in expenditures was primarily due to reduced costs for vernakalant (IV) as a result of the termination of the ACT 5 clinical trial. Research expenditures for 2012 were $5.2 million, as compared to $8.7 million for 2011. The decrease of $3.5 million in expenditures was primarily due to the restructuring initiatives which eliminated our internal research activities.
General and administration (G&A) expenditures for 2012 were $9.6 million compared to $11.5 million for 2011. The decline was primarily due to a decrease in wages and benefits as a result of our workforce reductions in 2012. Amortization was $1.2 million for 2012, as compared to $1.1 million for 2011. Interest expense for 2012 and 2011 was $4.3 million and $2.2 million, respectively. The increase in interest expense was due to a higher outstanding balance owing to Merck during fiscal 2012.
Stock-based compensation, a non-cash item included in operating expenses, decreased to $0.5 million for 2012, as compared to $1.9 million for 2011.
Financial Results for the Fourth Quarter 2012
Net income for the fourth quarter of 2012 (Q4-2012) was $7.7 million ($0.13 income per share), as compared to a net loss of $5.9 million ($0.10 loss per share) for the fourth quarter of 2011 (Q4-2011). The net income in Q4-2012 was largely due to an $11.2 million gain on the settlement of debt owed to Merck.
Total revenue for Q4-2012 and Q4-2011 were $0.1 million and $0.4 million, respectively. R&D expenditures for Q4-2012 were $0.4 million, as compared to $3.4 million for Q4-2011.
G&A expenditures for Q4-2012 were $2.4 million, as compared to $2.1 million for Q4-2011. Interest expense for Q4-2012 and Q4-2011 were $0.9 and $0.6 million, respectively.
Liquidity and Outstanding Share Capital
At December 31, 2012, the company had cash and cash equivalents of $41.3 million. Subsequent to year end, Cardiome paid the remaining $13 million of the debt settlement amount under its settlement agreement with Merck. As of March 14, 2013, the company had 62,351,691 common shares issued and outstanding and 5,299,909 common shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options at a weighted-average exercise price of CAD $2.76 per share.
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Webcast and telephone replays of the conference call will be available approximately two hours after the completion of the call through April 15, 2013. Please dial 416-764-8677 or 888-390-0541 and enter code 229431# to access the replay.
About Cardiome Pharma Corp.
Cardiome Pharma Corp. is a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of new therapies that will improve the health of patients around the world. Cardiome has one marketed product, BRINAVESSTM (vernakalant IV), approved in Europe and other territories for the rapid conversion of recent onset atrial fibrillation to sinus rhythm in adults.
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" Author: Tess Gerritsen / Format: Paperback / Date of publication: 01 January 2010 / Genre: Crime & Thriller / Subcategory: Thriller / Suspense General / Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd / Title: Body Double / ISBN 13: 9780553824506 / ISBN 10: 0553824506 / Alternative EAN: 9780553815030 "
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I am a big fan of Tess Gerritsen and have previously read her earlier books The Surgeon, The Apprentice, Sinner and have just finished Body Double.
Tess Gerritsen writes very strong characters and storylines, you can imagine the sort of things happening for real which is kind of scary and more compelling. Her books are thrillers but have a bit of gore to the story especially the ones centered around Dr Maura Isles who is a pathologist so the intricate details of an autopsy are often described.
Body Double has Dr Maura Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli as the main characters, with other side characters such as Detective Barry Frost who is Rizzoli's partner. We are introduced to other characters throughout the book but not too many that you have to start flicking back through the book to remember who they are and how they fit in to the story. The book itself is not a short story at 448 pages it is a fairly long book but it doesn't drag at all.
This story mainly revolves around Maura Isles and how when she returns from a trip to Paris she has to deal with a corpse that looks terrifyingly like herself. DNA tests confirm that Maura's doppelganger is in fact the twin sister she never knew she had. The story then delves into her past which is full of dark and deadly secrets which once she knows about she may wish she had never discovered.
"Dr Maura Isles stared at the corpse in the car, at the face illuminated by Rizzoli's flashlight beam.
It's me. That woman is me..."
I don't really want to give anymore away as it would ruin the rest of the story but this book has lots of twists and turns before the dramatic conclusion.
This book is probably one of my favourites out of the ones I have read. It is quite dark in it's subject matter but is a good read none the less. At the back of the book it gives a taster of the next book which is called Vanish and after reading it, I can't wait to start it!
Body Double retails for around 6.99 but I purchased my copy from Whsmiths when it was on sale at half price.
How much you enjoy Body Double may well depend upon your experience with its author. If this is your first time round, then I would expect you to find it a very satisfying, well-paced thriller, but if (like me) you have read all three predecessors in the series, you may just feel slightly short-changed - especially after the peaks reached in The Apprentice.
Provided that you can accept the somewhat far-fetched story, this is actually the most intriguing and well-structured of the four books so far in the Rizzoli-and-later-Dr Isles series. Boston pathologist Dr Maura Isles, attractive, divorced and aged forty, gets more than a shock when a woman is shot in the head outside Dr Isles' house. She has to watch a colleague carry out an autopsy on the murdered woman who is her DNA-verified identical twin, yet until this day Maura had no idea that she had a twin sister at all. Hmm. I suppose it could happen, but it's stretching the credibility muscles a little. Anyway, Maura begins an investigation into her dead sister's past, and therefore her own, aided by the very much more colourful character of Detective Jane Rizzoli - recently married and expecting her first child anytime soon.
My problem is that Maura's nowhere near as interesting a character as Rizzoli, and although Rizzoli is the other leading character in this tale, she unfortunately takes something of a back seat in the narrative while Maura tries to put together the previously unknown pieces of her family's past, in particular her biological mother who gave Maura up for adoption and whose name and whereabouts were unknown until now. The story's very good - I won't spoil things by explaining it but it's certainly dark, sinister and well crafted - but when a character as 'vanilla' as Maura Isles is burdened with the responsibility of carrying this tale virtually single-handed, it makes for less than satisfying reading when you are always aware of the more fascinating, complex and entertaining character that is Jane Rizzoli in the background. Whenever Rizzoli appears 'on-screen', she lifts the whole atmosphere a notch or two, but sadly she has deliberately been placed one or two steps behind Maura Isles in this crime thriller and the thrills are diluted as a result. Maybe that's because Rizzoli is a fighter, as might be expected given her duties as a gun-packing police detective, while Maura, already known as a vulnerable type to readers of The Sinner, continues in a similar fashion here as one who needs protection and is unlikely to be able to fend for herself. That's the one key element that was lacking in this otherwise excellent story - a strong and feisty central character along the lines of Rizzoli. Also, much as in The Sinner, the novel seems to have been aimed more at female readers due to the two female leads (and female author of course) together with a lack of any strong male characters, be they on the right or wrong side of the law, and a story very much built around pregnancy, childbirth and babies. We've had some well-drawn baddies in the past in the forms of the Surgeon and the Dominator, and some welcome good-guys in the moulds of Detective Thomas Moore (who has completely disappeared for some reason) and FBI Agent Gabriel Dean, who scarcely gets a mention in Body Double. It means that for those of us who have learned to love or hate these various characters, we feel short-changed because out of those six, four of them don't feature to any significant degree and one of them is relatively uninteresting - leaving the best of the lot, Rizzoli, to carry the whole thing alone. Many will disagree on this point but in The Apprentice the character of Rizzoli was superbly built up for the reader such that we felt that we were inside her mind and soul, but instead of that being maintained she has frustratingly taken a back seat to the inferior Dr Maura Isles and the franchise is the weaker for it. Having got that off my chest, Body Double's weaknesses are reconciled by a powerful and gripping story which had me guessing (and guessing wrong) right to the end. Vanish, number five in the series, comes next and I just hope the roles are reversed and Rizzoli takes her rightful place as leading lady. She's earned it and we want her back. Well, I do anyway.....
Following my real disappointment at Cornwell's latest offerings, I remembered I had this book on my TO-BE-READ-PILE that I had successfully swapped for some time ago on READITSWAPIT. For some reason, I had never gotten round to actually reading it until now......
Dr.Maura Isles is a female forensic pathologist (yes,another one) who returns from a conference in Paris after first visiting the famous catacombs and being a little freaked out. Her return trip has not been the best; first her flight is delayed, then her luggage lost and when she gets to her street, it is cordoned off by Police. Neighbours look at her as though she is a ghost as do Police Officers who know her and it is not untill she reaches her front door that she fully comphrends why. Somebody has been shot in a car outside her home. But more importantly, that person looks exactly like her!!!!!!
It soon transpires that Isles had a twin sister she never knew existed, having been adopted when she was younger and not knowing her birth-parents. The tragedy is that now Maura will never get to know her twin but the big question is was her sister the real target or was someone aiming for Maura and got her sibling by mistake?
As heavily pregnant Detective Jane Rizzoli investigates, both as a colleague and as a friend, complications arise in the form of one Detective Ballard who knew Maura's sister and was trying to help her disappear from an obsessive ex-lover. It also emerges that their mother could well have been a psychotic convicted serial killer, currently incarcerated, who suffers from schizophrenia and is almost certainly catatonic. Maura is faced with some of the hardest shocks she has ever had to bear as more and more revelations are revealed about a family she never knew existed. Meanwhile, someone has been abducting pregnant women and killing them after stealing their babies. How could this be related to Maura and her dead sister and could Jane Rizzoli be putting her own life in jeopardy?
A smoothly paced and very clever thriller, this is how crime fiction deserves to be written. At first I thought oh no, how many times has the twins theme been used before? But, here, Geritsen does it justice and takes a very unique approach that works magnificently. I also love the way that the novel never really goes too deeply into either of the leads' personal lives except where it is nessecary to the plot, the way the book never focuses solely on either Maura or Jane Rizzoli but cuts between the two and the way that even when you think you know what is going to happen, Geritsen still manages to throw you a little curve ball!! I am gutted I have never read anything by this author before but pleasently pleased that she lives up to the good reputation that has preceded her!!!
Although this is the eighth book by Geritsen, I didn't feel the need to have read any of her earlier works first despite the fact that an earlier novel, THE SURGEON, gets a mention and this obviously follows on. Also it is good to read something that is driven by the plot and the thrills rather than dissecting the characters for endless pages then suddenly remembering the urgent need to tie up all the loose ends in the final chapter. As a newcomer to Geritsen, I was certainly impressed- so much so that I have gone out of my way to obtain THE SURGEON, so that I can better understand the references made in this book!! Judging from the preview of the next novel, VANISH, which features in the final pages of this edition, his is another book I need to watch out for!!!
With BODY DOUBLE, I have discovered a refreshing, immensly enjoyable new author and though there is nothing immediately ground-breaking about this book or it's plot, it shows plenty of potential and besides, there doesn't really need to be anything ground-breaking here as this is about as good as it gets for crime fiction and the whole thing is a real pleasure to read. It's something of an easy read at times, I finished this in two days, but again this is no bad thing because occasionally a novel like this can feel like too much hard work and it becomes easy to lose focus and get bored. Certainly here the pace never lets up and there is no exploitive use of the gruesome, crime scenes that seem to crop up in other authors' works simply for shock value which can sometimes undermine the quality of their writing. The theme, the abduction and abuse of pregnant women, is shocking and disturbing enough and there is no need here for the gory scenario's that can sometimes put people off from tackling this genre. So if you are a bit squeamish but still like being thrilled this is definetely one for you!!
Overall, this is an excellent novel and TESS GERITSEN is an author I intend to read as much as possible of in the near-future!!! It just goes to prove once again that Patricia Cornwell may well be the self-styled Queen of the forensic pathologist novel but that there is no shortage of contenders to her throne who can do what she does bigger, better and a hell of a lot smoother. Wheras the Scarpetta books often use a nucleur bomb to crack a walnut, this book proves a gentler, softer approach that focuses more on plot and less on character-angst is much more effective!!
A most enjoyable roller-coaster of a read. Can't wait for the next one now.....
I love it when I come across a new author, especially one who writes in the medical thriller genre. So I picked up "Body Double" in a charity shop for the grand sum of £1 and what a bargain that turned out to be.
Maybe you know the author, but in case you don't, here's a brief biography. *
Tess Gerritson graduated medical school as a MD and was a practising physician until she started writing while on maternity leave. Her early attempts were quite successful, but it wasn't until the 1990's that she started writing medical thrillers and became an overnight success. Body Double is her eighth book, published in 2004. She lives in Maine with her husband and children (much like another favourite author of mine, Stephen King) I wonder if there really are ghosts up there in Maine! Readers who would like to know more about the author will love her own blog, which is humorous and sometimes painfully honest.
The Story.
Dr Maura Isles, a pathologist who works in Boston, is returning from a conference in Paris, only to find her house surrounded by all the trappings of police activity. Her first thoughts of puzzlement are shattered by seeing many of her colleagues staring at her as if she is a ghost. Worse still there is a body in a car outside her home. A body that's identical to her own, except for the bullet in the brain.
As she witnesses part of the autopsy, she sees that even hidden parts of the body are identical to hers in every way. Investigating the homicide is one of her friends, Jane Rizzoli, a feisty cop who is eight months pregnant but still working the beat.
The investigation turns up some startling facts. Not only is the dead woman Anna, Maura's sister, but they were separated at birth and both adopted by elderly couples. It's evident that Anna had just found out about Maura, but was she shot by her possessive ex-boyfriend, or is there something much more sinister in the past of both women? The story goes through more twists and turns than a series of hairpin bends, reaching a shattering conclusion.
I don't know what it is about medical thrillers, but the best ones are almost always written by women, with their heroines also women. In Maura Isles, Gerritsen has taken the virtues of professionalism and mixed them with a healthy dose of imagination and sensitivity. The passages where Maura views the body of her dead sister and the ones where she almost literally steps into her shoes, is spine-tingling as she imagines how her dead sister would feel. This is no fast-talking, witty, detached pathologist, but a real woman who does her job with compassion.
It's left to Detective Rizzoli to provide the tough cop routine, although pointers to previous books suggests that she was once a victim herself.
There's some love interest in the form of a detective Ballard who was helping the dead sister to escape from her abusive boyfriend. On the whole though, the main protagonists are female, though to describe them in any detail would be to give away more of the plot than readers like to know.
My Thoughts.
This is a roller-coaster of a book with thrills on every page. Just when you think you have some idea what is going on, the plot twists and new characters appear on the scene. I have to give away just a little of the plot because it is the backbone of the story and a dilemma that the author has obviously thought about. Though Maura always knew that she was adopted, when she finds out about Anna she both grieves for the twin she never knew in life, but starts following the trail that Anna was on. A trail that might mean tainted blood back in her past.
It's this premise, 'does evil lie in nature or nurture' that other authors have attempted, only to shy away at the last minute. I couldn't put the book down, even when it started to get dark and the book became increasingly frightening. This is not a book for the faint-hearted. The writing has been compared with Kathy Reichs, Patricia Cornwall and even Thomas Harris.
If you like your thrillers both intelligently plotted and creepy as hell, this is the book for you.
I think I was lucky with my charity shop purchase. This retails new on Amazon for £5.49, but as usual it's better to shop around. I can't wait to read more by this author.
* Biograthy based on the book and the author's own site.
©Lisa Fuller Feb 2008.


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Will Hudson never expected the simple purchase of a hot dog from a pushcart vendor on Cedar Springs to result in facial injuries and a night in jail.
On New Years Eve, Hudson and two friends did what they thought was the responsible thing to do. They rented a room at the nearby Holiday Inn on Harry Hines Boulevard and walked to the bars. After partying on the strip, they planned to take a quick cab ride back to their hotel.
The 23-year-old Drury College senior was in town visiting his parents during the winter break.
At about 10 p.m., before going into any of the bars, Hudson and his friend, Robert Fuggity of Houston, ordered a hotdog from Smoky Joe's, a pushcart vendor that often sets up in front of S4 on Cedar Springs Road. The vendor prepared a hotdog and Hudson handed him a credit card.
Hudson said that the vendor immediately became agitated and said that he did not accept credit cards. So Fuggity said he would go to the ATM to get cash. The closest one is directly across the street outside the Round-Up Saloon.
Instead, Hudson said, the vendor called over nearby police. Hudson, who is 5-foot, 3-inches and weighs 130 pounds, said he was thrown to the ground, resulting in bruising to his face, including his cheek, ear and forehead. He and Fuggity were taken into custody for public drunkenness. They were transported to the City Detention Center downtown, a facility better known as "detox."
Police may take someone into custody for public drunkenness if that person is suspected of being a danger to himself or others and can then hold that individual for six to 12 hours.
Hudson said that police did not do a sobriety test or take blood, nor did they offer to do either.
Hudson said he and his friend were held for 10 hours and released.
Both Hudson and Fuggity were given citations to appear in magistrate court. If they paid the $394 fine, the public drunkenness charge would remain on their record.
Dallas police LGBT liaison Officer Laura Martin said it was unlikely, but not impossible, that Dallas police would have been on foot on Cedar Springs at that hour. She suggested that instead, security guards employed by the bars answered the street vendor's call and, after pushing Hudson to the ground, called police. Patrol cars were in the area all evening, Martin said.
According to the city of Dallas office for restaurant inspections, Smoky Joes does have a permit and permission to sell hot dogs on Cedar Springs.
Cedar Springs Merchants Association President Scott Whittall, who owns Buli, said that Smoky Joe's is not a member of the retail group.
Rick Espaillat at Caven Enterprises, which operates S4 and several other bars in the area, said his company is not affiliated with the hot dog vendor, who operates on city-owned sidewalks, not on Caven property.
No contact information was available for Smoky Joe's to get a comment for this story.
Adam Seidel, a Dallas attorney who represents Chad Gibson, the man injured in the 2009 Rainbow Lounge Raid in Fort Worth, said, "The events described by Mr. Hudson would make this level of force totally unjustifiable and excessive."
He said that he looked forward to comparing Hudson's version with that of the officers.
"How much of a danger am I for a $4 hot dog?" Hudson asked. He wondered why that level of force was used, especially since his friend had offered to run across the street and get the cash.
"Sometimes these cases are dismissed, but usually only after the officer fails to appear to testify at trial," Seidel said. "Either way, public intoxication is a criminal offense, which, if not handled correctly, can result in a lifetime conviction on a person's record."
Hudson tried to get a copy of his arrest record. On Wednesday, Jan. 5, he went to Dallas police headquarters in The Cedars, but no records could be provided. Martin said there isn't normally written documentation for a simple public intoxication arrest.
On Thursday, Jan. 6, Hudson went to court to answer the citation. He was given a sentence of time served and had to pay no court costs.
The arrest remains on his record, however. His request for deferred adjudication was denied.
Because of the facial abrasions, Martin said her lieutenant was trying to contact Hudson. Assistant Chief Vincent Golbeck referred the case to Internal Affairs. They're interested in speaking to anyone else who witnessed the incident.
Hudson is considering pursuing legal action as a result of his injuries.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition January 7, 2011.


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Aviva Premiership
Sale aim to continue run against Quins
ESPN Staff
February 22, 2013
Mark Cueto will be out to add to his record Premiership try tally, against Harlequins © Getty Images
First meets last in the Aviva Premiership on Friday night with league leaders Harlequins set to travel to Salford City Stadium to tackle bottom-placed Sale Sharks.
Victory over fellow strugglers London Welsh last weekend took Sale to within a point of 11th-placed London Irish and another win would see them climb off the foot of the table. But Harlequins are also in form having beaten Leicester Tigers last time out to return to the top of the table.
"Everyone has something to play for and anyone can beat anyone on their day," Harlequins director of rugby Conor O'Shea said. "Sale are scrapping away and they've won their last four in all competitions and are at home, but we know it is important for us and our aspirations."
Karl Dickson will start at scrum-half for Quins after Danny Care returned to the England squad and he will line up at half-back alongside Ben Botica, who continues in place of the injured Nick Evans. Nick Easter meanwhile returns to the back row, where he will play alongside Luke Wallace and Maurice Fa'asavalu. Danny Cipriani retains the Sale No.10 shirt while Kiwi flanker Dan Braid is also included having agreed a contract extension earlier this week.
Elsewhere on Friday night, Mike Tindall will captain Gloucester on the occasion of his 150th appearance for the Cherry and Whites with Worcester set to provide the opposition at Kingsholm in front of the ESPN cameras. "It's fabulous in the modern era, to play 150 games is a big landmark and also he's probably playing some of his best rugby at the moment," Gloucester director of rugby Nigel Davies said. "You can't fault him really, his form is excellent, and he's as fit as anybody in the squad and age is not really relevant when you are that fit."
Worcester are aiming for their first victory of 2013 and director of rugby Richard Hill makes four changes to the side. No.8 Blair Cowan makes his first start of the season, while centre Josh Matavesi, hooker Ed Shervington and wing Chris Pennell return to the team.
"It's a very tough place to go Kingsholm, a big derby under lights, but we normally perform well in these evening games," said Hill. "The players have been in good spirits despite the defeat to Northampton last weekend; they have come in and worked very hard and it all starts for us on Friday. We need a couple of wins to get us away from that bottom area of the table and we will have to work very hard on Friday to try and get the first of them."
Leicester slipped to third place in the table following their loss to Quins with Saracens' victory over Exeter lifting them into second and adding further fuel to a rivalry that is set to resume at Welford Road on Saturday - once again on ESPN. "We weren't far away at Quins last week, we defended well and scored two good tries and this is another important game against another good side, who are just above us in the table," said Leicester director of rugby Richard Cockerill, who welcomes Geordan Murphy and Tom Croft back into the team.
Sarries welcome back Chris Wyles and Schalk Brits after missing last week's victory over Exeter. Rhys Gill also returns to the front row and Alistair Hargreaves starts alongside Steve Borthwick in the second row.
London Irish will try and find some consistency at home to London Wasps having won three and lost two of their league matches since the start of the year. However, they will find themselves up against a Wasps team that are enjoying their best form for a number of years and who go into the match following wins over Harlequins, Gloucester and Bath. Dai Young's team need to win to keep Gloucester and Northampton Saints at bay in the race for the fourth play-off place and he expects to face an Exiles' side desperate to avoid slipping further away from the clubs above them.
"I have no doubt they are targeting their home games hard and the fact that they beat Saracens there last time out highlights that," Young said. "I think they have quality players across their team and I am surprised they are where they are in the table. We know that they are desperate for points and we know what that feels like after last year."
Northampton host Bath at Franklin's Garden with both sides seeking to find the form to make a late-season assault on the play-off places and both with players away on England duty. The Saints are without Courtney Lawes, Tom Wood and Dylan Hartley, while Bath, who are captained by hooker Rob Webber, are missing props David Wilson, who is on the bench for England, and Paul James, who is among the Welsh reserves for their trip to Italy.
"We're looking forward to this weekend and taking on Bath," Saints hooker Mike Haywood said, "but we know that Bath is going to be a really big challenge for us. We want to get a win on our home pitch and keep the momentum going, and hopefully we can take the good things from last week into tomorrow's game."
Exeter Chiefs will be out to banish memories of their early season loss to London Welsh, when the two sides meet at Sandy Park on Saturday. In round three the Chiefs became the first side to lose to the newly-promoted Exiles when they went down 25-24 at the Kassam Stadium - and the visitors will be eager to grab their first win of 2013 following losses to Northampton, Sale and Saracens.
"We're pretty keen to get our campaign on track and get a bit of momentum until the end of the season," Chiefs centre Jason Shoemark said. "It starts here and both teams will be looking for a win so it should be a good game. "Our philosophy has always been one game at a time but after you lose a few games on the trot it hurts a little bit and training gets a bit more intense."
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At age 39, Australian Rachael Weiss takes a hard look at her life. On the plus side she's published one book; on the negative side, she works temp jobs, has no husband or significant other, and is just scrapping by. Though school counselors deemed Rachel the "gifted" one as a child, her younger sister is a very successful dentist who teaches fitness classes on the side. She's also raising a concert violinist and a miniature Beckham. Her brother achieved partnership in a law firm and has three beautiful, talented kids of his own. What's a gal to do? Rachel decides that a year hanging out in a Paris garret will help her pen the great Australian novel, plus find a handsome foreigner with high cheek bones. But alas, Paris does not fit her budget.
Before you know it, Rachel finds herself in the bland suburbs of Prague. It turns out her father just happens to own an apartment there--he grew up in Bohemia. The floors leak, the sheets are ironed and folded, and when she takes one out, she can never get it back to its former folded glory. To say nothing of the fact that she is hand washing heavy bedding until she finds a distant laundromat. She then hauls them by tram miles away to Prague.
The supermarket checkout ladies treat her with utter contempt. At first, she decides this is because of her weak grasp of the language, but eventually, she realizes it's the Prague character--treat your customers with contempt. Alternatively, a Prague friend will do anything for you.
The food is fatty and potatoey and full of cream and butter, but the beer is the nectar of Heaven. Rachel learns to love the food. She practices Czech with her elderly neighbor, takes language lessons, and finds an expat community.
Soon she takes up the national sport, hiking. A visit to relatives in the country teaches her a lot about her past and about relationships between the sexes today. Apparently the Czech women work full-time, then cook, clean, and fold laundry another eight hours a day.
During the course of the year, Rachel learns much about her adopted country and even more about herself and her own family history. Her light, engaging style draws you in and makes you want to tackle a foreign country on your own. Want to read more about immersing yourself in another culture? If so, try Dreaming in Hindi: Coming Awake in Another Language by Katherine Russell Rich and A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle, and Rita Gelman's Tales of a Female Nomad: Living at Large in the World.


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CARSON, Calif. -- The high-powered LA Galaxy offense got yet another weapon this week with the addition of dynamic winger and Swedish International Christian Wilhelmsson.
Among those impressed with the move is Galaxy captain Landon Donovan, who expects to be on the receiving end of several crosses by the Swede once he returns from a nagging left hamstring strain. Donovan spoke to the media about the Swede and his own health following Thursday's training session.
Below are Donovan's thoughts on the Swede...
DONOVAN: "I've only seen him train once now and we all know his resume speaks for itself, but I think that it's low risk and potentially really high reward for us. We're fortunate at this club that we get a number of players that reach out and want to play here. It's a big advantage for us and if he can help us along the way then it will be great."
(On the depth that Wilhelmsson adds…)
DONOVAN: "We saw our depth last week, we were able to put really our second team on the field and really hammer Puerto Rico here. So that's going to be important, we know that's important, we learned that last year and you never know what happens. Robbie's gone a couple games, David wasn't training today, I haven't been training so guys need to be ready to step in and that's been a really good quality in this team over the last couple years since Bruce has been here.
(On MLS' perception in Sweden…)
DONOVAN: "I think that Sweden is an underrated national team in the world, I think that they have some very good players and we're hopeful that one of them can help us here. I think that it's good that they want to come and play here and I think that you're going to see more and more of that."
(On Wilhelmsson proving that MLS is an underrated league…)
DONOVAN: "It's probably similar to the Swedish league, I think when you don't know a lot about it, you just assume that it's not very good. So, I think that the more high quality, high profile players playing here the better because it helps spread the word about how good this league is."
(On Wilhelmsson giving LA their first true wide player…)
DONOVAN: "It gives us an added element that maybe we haven't had as much. I think that Hector [Jimenez] does a good job of providing that when he's playing. He gives us an ability to get wide and to get crosses in front of the goal for a long time, we had Eddie Lewis and Chris Klein here who were more typical wide players, but we've kind of gone away from that. Our style of play is a little more different and if you can have players that can provide that it's really helpful because you can't just clog the middle and worry about the guys in the middle. You need to pay attention to the guys wide and that'[s something that can be helpful down the stretch."
(On whether he'd be playing more at forward because LA has that wide presence…)
DONOVAN: "Probably, the good thing now is that we're getting Edson [Buddle] back in the fold. Jose [Villarreal] played well, [Jack] played well in the game against Puerto Rico so we do have some depth at forward, but there's a lot of players in the midfield vying for minutes and my guess is that I'll be primarily used up top."
(On the team developing more dimensions and perhaps more than last season…)
DONOVAN: "I think that the early part of the year, as bad as it was, was really helpful and I think that it made it really clear, how to be successful and if we don't do things the right way, then you're not going to be successful. And now we're in a really good groove where we understand what it takes. We were talking about how much impact our young players have had this year and it's really impressive that we have probably 25, 27 guys who could probably play in most teams in this league. It's a credit to Bruce and what he's done and Curt with the reserve guys


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MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. - A Macomb County man is being credited for saving the life of a newborn after he was flagged down by a hysterical father near Garfield and 22 Mile Roads in Macomb Township March 16.
21-year-old Ryan Cornelissen said he was driving down the road, on his way to the bank, when he was flagged down by a frantic driver.
On the 9-1-1 tapes Cornelissen can be heard telling the dispatcher, "A guy stopped me, I think something's wrong with his wife. He doesn't speak very good English. He stopped me on the side of the road."
Cornelissen said, "The mom was sitting in the front seat, she had a blanket and all I saw was the top of the baby's head."
It turns out the man and his wife were on the way to the hospital to have a baby. They didn't make it in time and the woman gave birth in their car. The new dad flagged Cornelissen down after the couple discovered the baby wasn't breathing.
Cornelissen said, "The mom was sitting in the front seat, she had a blanket and all I saw was the top of the baby's head."
The 9-1-1 dispatcher walked Cornelissen through how to give the infant CPR.
"Oh, yes! The baby is whimpering," Cornelissen said after several minutes of performing CPR. "He's breathing!"
Cornelissen said, "I remember the baby's face. I will never forget."
The baby is doing fine but will stay in the hospital for several weeks.
Cornelissen is a Macomb County Community College student who wants to become a police officer. He may be waiting for the badge, but he is already protecting and serving.
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As this years high school season has come to an end, the AAU/Grassroots season is gearing up as the class of 2008 moves on and the class of 2009 steps to the plate.
The Top New York players of 2008 such as Kemba Walker, Sylven Landesberg, Kevin Jones and Mookie Jones are now preparing for their respective college careers, which will begin in just months. NYCHoops, the officially licensed partner of the Rivals.com network, will now start to track the top rising seniors of the class of 2009.
The criteria for ranking a player is not simply based on scoring ability, stats or individual accolades but also on their impact on a team, a game, their ability to make teammates better and the possibility of having substantial impact at the D-1 level. Here are NYCHoops Top Ranked players in the class of 2009:
Lance Stephenson
Lance "Born Ready" Stephenson of Abraham Lincoln H.S. in Brooklyn, NY is unquestionably the top rising senior in New York. The 6'6" 195lb shooting guard can seemingly score at will. Gifted with a college ready physique, Stephenson is adept at penetrating past an opponent or pulling up for a 15 to 18 foot jump shot.
In addition, Stephenson is a superb passer coupled with an undeniable will to win. Lance Stephenson also has a natural feel for the flow of the game.
Stephenson currently plays with Raising Champions and occassionally with the Juice All-stars during the summer.
Omari Lawrence
Omari Lawrence is a 6'3" 175lb shooting at St. Raymond H.S. in the Bronx. Lawrence is a relentless individual who powers his way to the rim by any means necessary. Although he does have a reliable mid range jump shot he tends to prefer attacking the rim, usually scoring the basket and picking up the foul.
Lawrence is also a good rebounder, getting many of his points from offensive rebounds or off fast break created off defensive rebounds. Lawrence like Lance Stephenson can and will take over a game if necessary. He also tends to inspire teammates.
Lawrence sometimes tends to force shots but rarely. Omari Lawrence plays for Coach Oz Cross and the NY Panthers Juniors.
Sherrod Wright
Sherrod Wright is a 6'4" 190lb shooting guard for the Mt. Vernon Knights.
Wright has flown under the radar as his teammate West Virginia bound Kevin Jones received most of the shine. This season, however, Wright emerged as a force to be reckoned with and making impressive waves on the AAU/Grassroots circuit. His inside power game is superior to most and now that he has extended his jump shot range, his impact on a game have substantially increased.
Wright sometimes tends to force shots. Sherrod Wright now plays for Coach Jimmy Salmons Playaz Club Juniors out of New Jersey along with Dominic Cheek and Tamir Jackson.
Durand Scott
Durand Scott is a 6'4" 180lb shooting guard from Rice H.S. in Manhattan.
Scott has excellent inside and outside game along with a high basketball I.Q. Scott can score from anywhere on the floor and has a never say never attitude which has resulted in his spearheading and orchestratiing many come from behind wins.
He is a natural team leader and has a no quit attitude. Injuries have hampered Scott early in the spring or he would probably be ranked higher but expect his stock to continue to rise. Look for Scott to improve his skill set as the summer progresses but he will have to put on a more muscle mass to compete successfully in College
Scott plays for the NY Gauchos during the summer.
Kevin Parrom
Kevin Parrom is a natural scorer. The 6'6" 195lb small forward who played for St. Raymond during the regular season but will be transferring to South Kent School in Connecticut. This will unfortunately make him ineligible for NYC rankings in the fall.
Parrom is a quick, smart and relentless pursuer of the "bucket" who will rebound, drive and run up and down the court all game long. He has an impressive offensive range and scoring diversity and the ball handling skills to get where he wants on the court. While Parrom, who is even tempered, is unbelievable aggressive at times, other times he is not. That being said, Parrom's upside is unlimited as he has shown sighs of being more consistent in recent weeks.
Kevin Parrom plays for the NY Panthers during the summer.
James Padgett
James Padgett is the only true big man in the rankings. A position that New York is usually criticized for not having enough of.
The 6'8" 230lb undersized center plays for Abraham Lincoln and was an integral reason why they won the State championship. During the regular season, Padgett scored 9 points and 9.5 rebounds per game. In the playoff he increased his stats to 13 points per game while maintaining his rebound stats. A strong rebounder who gets all the garbage points is one reason why he has an impact on a game.
Padgett plays for the Juice All-stars during the summer.
Chaz Williams
Chaz Williams is the human blur. The 5'8" 155lb point guard for Bishop Ford in Brooklyn is lightning in a basketball uniform.
Williams, who already committed to Hofstra, is an unbelievably quick, feisty and crafty guard who forces defenders to play him honest. Regardless of his stature, Williams can get to the rim at will but also has good range on his jumper. Those coupled with arguably the best handle in the business and passing skill to match make Williams hard to guard. Sometimes his superior penetration ability gets him in trouble when he drives too deep into the paint to be effective but nonetheless Williams is a leader.
Chaz Williams plays for the MetroHawks during the summer.
Brandon Triche
Brandon Triche is a strong, solid 6'3" 210lb shooting guard who plays for Jamesville-DeWitt.
What hold Triche hampers Triche's exposure is the fact that he isn't really seen until the playoffs. That coupled with playing for a summer team that doesn't travel extensively.
The undersized shooting guard led his team deep into the NYS playoffs with a strong inside and midrange game partnered with impressive defensive skills. Triche has a high basketball I.Q. but will need to focus on becoming a combo guard to be effective in College.
Triche currently plays for the Upstate Ballers during the summer.
Russ Smith
Russ Smith, one word. Fearless. At only 5'10" and 150lbs soaking wet, Smith has impact on a game from the second he steps on the court.
Playing for Archbishop Molloy in Briarwood, NY during the regular season, Smith's talent often get overlooked with only glimpses of his brilliance emerging when Molloy would win games that they weren't suppose to. Smith is simply a natural leader who "Gets it done." Russ Smith has a streaky but long range jump shot, nice handle and the ability to get to the rim at will. That mixed with a no-fear attitude regardless of the size or hype of an opponent makes him an impact player. Smith is a loose cannon, who can give coaches fits but once he learns to harness his skills and emotions and learn to pass more and better will become even more impressive. He also needs to hit the weight room.
Smith plays for the NY Gauchos during the summer.
Sean Johnson
Sean Johnson at 6'2" 175lbs has been the silent assassin for Christ the King H.S. in Middle Village, NY. Up until now, Johnson has remained in the shadows of his prominent teammates Ryan Pearson and Erving Walker.
Now that they are graduating, look for Johnson, who his Coach Bob Oliva says is now, "The best player on the team," to become more assertive. Johnson is a smooth under control player who has the ability to run off screens and score inside and out. Next season will be his first year in a leadership role and will need to become more of a combo guard.
Johnson currently plays with the NY Gauchos AAU team.
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Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by Mary Ann, Aug 10, 2012.
That phrase alone sounds like something a Tamarian would say.
Had to run out to Home Depot last night, I'm on a quest to change all the lightbulbs in the house to LEDs. So a few bulbs were out in the garage, perfect time to replace them all. When I came our of Home Depot this is what the sky looked like. Rather ominous and foreboding…
I forgot to say this earlier, but the pictures of Aaron were darling. He's a really cute little boy and he looks so happy too! You and your wife must be very happy.
As someone who enjoys watching storms (but certainly does NOT enjoy the destruction they can cause), thank you for sharing these pictures. Hope everyone was safe.
Shaka, when inhibitions fell.
I like where this is going.
Sokath, their shirts removed!
Sounds like this show's gonna be on HBO ...
"Shameless and RoJo in the Morning -- Nights!"
Picture Post: After Hours.
Come for the awesome jet fighter photos. Stay for the even more awesome innuendo.
Or it could be just a really bad morning TV talk show...
"On the next episode of Shameless and RoJo In The Morning, we'll learn why it isn't possible to climb a disco wall using only your lips. Plus, RoJo explains how he powers his own home using used pinball machine parts, and Shameless goes karaoke!"
I'd watch it.
^ If it turns out like "Wake Up And Smile" from SNL, I'd watch it.
Also, I just adore your smile.
Here is my nephew. He wins the Cutest Person in this Thread. I proclaim this, and I am not biased at all:
Even in this forum, The Order of the Hand will rule.
We have had some severe thunderstorms over the last month, we have lost power three times for several hours. We have only lived in the house for two months. So looks like we're going have to put in a whole house generator.
"A Shameless Rogering."
Stop it. Stop it right now.
Oh, all right...
I like storms, but not that much. Sorry to hear that Mother Nature is giving you too much excitement.
Insert American Dad! reference about aliens and roofies here.
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A Boost for Solar Power
Solar power isn't something you would expect to find in Alaska, where some cities can be cloudy 280 days a year. But for scientists trying to conduct research in remote areas of Alaska, there aren't many other ways to power the instruments they need.
A Southwestern student, professor and graduate recently teamed up on a research project that might help make more power available to researchers working in these remote areas.
The project began when Bill O'Brien, associate professor of physics, noticed that the yachting community was using a new type of device to boost the output of electricity from solar panels.
Charge controllers are devices about the size of a deck of cards that make sure batteries connected to solar panels don't get overcharged or over discharged. While a new generation of charge controllers with more advanced functions are being used by some industries, they have not been used in remote areas because no information was available on their reliability under harsh conditions.
"If a charge controller doesn't work, researchers might lose weeks worth of data," O'Brien said.
O'Brien has a former student who conducts research in one of the harshest environments there is – the Juneau Icefield in Alaska.
Matt Heavner, a 1993 Southwestern graduate who earned a Ph.D. in geophysics, is involved with the Southeast Alaska Monitoring Network for Science, Telecommunications, Education and Research (SEAMONSTER ) – a NASA-funded project that is using a web of "smart" sensors to collect a variety of data on the icefield.
O'Brien visited Heavner in Alaska during his sabbatical in fall 2008 to discuss the possibility of testing a new type of charge controller on the icefield. The companies that manufacture the new charge controllers claim they can boost the efficiency of solar panels by 30 percent, and O'Brien wanted to see if this was true.
The project continued in the summer of 2009 when O'Brien returned to Alaska with senior physics major Connor Hanrahan, who took up the research for his capstone project.
"Without Matt, it is unlikely that we would have found such a neat research project, and even if we had, we would not have felt at home in Alaska," Hanrahan said.
Hanrahan said Heavner got him in a helicopter the second day he was in Alaska to fly up to one of the sensor-web sites on top of Lemon-Creek Glacier. Later in the summer, Heavner took him up to Haines, Alaska, to ride with his team in the Kluane Chilkat International Bike Relay. He also had him and O'Brien, along with others from the SEAMONSTER project, over to his house for home-brewed beers and burgers.
"It was great to work with a Southwestern alumnus, "Hanrahan said. "There was a common respect based on the understanding that we were both scholars here."
Unexpected circumstances prevented Hanrahan and O'Brien from completing their research in Alaska, so they finished it with solar panels placed on top of the Fondren Science Building last fall. They found that new charge controller delivered 10-25 percent more power. It was especially more effective in cloudy weather, which should bode well for use in Alaska.
"Twenty five percent more power during the year would be a significant increase," Hanrahan said.
Hanrahan and O'Brien presented their research at a meeting of the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco last December. Since then, O'Brien said researchers in Alaska have bought one of the new controllers to test.
"The work that Connor and Bill did up here is of huge help to Alaskan researchers and polar/glacier researchers," Heavner said. "Many Alaskans live 'off the grid' and make use of alternative energy sources. I've encouraged Connor and Bill to share their results with the Alaska Center for Energy and Power."
Heavner said the project helped "a great deal" with a glacier research project that a University of Alaska undergraduate just completed.


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University and Doctors hospitals say the state was wrong to deny them permission to put a free-standing emergency department in Evans. Getting to make that case at a hearing is likely many months away, a University official said.
Both hospitals have notified the Georgia Department of Community Health that they plan to appeal the denial of their applications.
University had planned a $9.6 million, 18-bed facility on its Evans campus on North Belair Road. Doctors had submitted plans for a $9.8 million, 12-room center on the same road on property across from Marshall Square. The state rejected the applications Jan. 25, saying there was no need for new facilities in Columbia County because of the abundance of ER facilities nearby.
The next step will be to get a hearing with an administrative law judge to make their case, said Ed Burr, University's vice president for legal affairs.
"Essentially, the issue is the agency got it wrong when they said there was no need," he said.
Both hospitals say their emergency rooms are full and they will find it difficult or more expensive to expand on their existing campuses.
"The strongest argument on our behalf is just how crowded our emergency room is," Doctors CEO Doug Welch said. "We need to add more beds. And we think adding those beds makes sense in Columbia County … to be closer to that population base. And it is a little bit less expensive to do it there versus here. So it makes sense. Better access for patients and a lower cost."
Burr doesn't expect to have a hearing soon.
"We probably would be lucky to get an administrative law judge hearing done this year," he said. "It's possible but it would be late in the year, if it happens."
Eastside Medical Center in Snellville, Ga., was blocked from opening a free-standing ER in neighboring Walton County in mid-December, and its appeal hearing was scheduled for the end of May, Burr said. The state has never granted permission for a free-standing ER, though South Carolina and many other states have.
The administrative law judge has 30 days after the hearing to issue an opinion. That opinion will be sent to the commissioner of the Department of Community Health or his designee, who can uphold or reverse the decision to deny the certificate of need.
If the denial is upheld, the hospitals can file suit in Superior Court, likely in Columbia County if past cases are an example.
"If it is an issue of agency policy, then the courts are going to give deference to the agency," Burr said.
"The chance of success they've told us is small, but there's a chance," Welch said.
The appeal could give the hospital a chance to bolster its case, Burr said.
"We know that there was a lot of support for the idea" in Columbia County, he said. "We thought we had done a pretty fair job of making that case in the application. Maybe we can do a better job in the hearing."
If nothing else, Welch said, perhaps the appeal will lead the state to set out more specific rules for where free-standing ERs can go and give health care facilities a better chance to plan for them.
"At this point in time, for us to maintain our efficiency, we're going to have to do something," he said. "And I don't want to invest multimillion dollars here on campus if potentially in a year or two or three I might be able to do that in Columbia County."


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Check out my new plugin!github.com/SublimeText/Origami
It can do some cool things. With the keyboard you can:
travel to an adjacent pane
carry the current file to an adjacent pane
clone the current file to an adjacent pane
create an adjacent pane
destroy an adjacent pane
It's like magic. Let me know what you think.
Awesome! Great job, it does seem like magic how well it works
Good job dude, you hit a nice sweet spot of functionality/simplicity
Awesome! I'll check it out. BTW, you should have named it origami
Dang, origami is a much better name... Is it too late to change it?
EDIT: I hope it wasn't too late cause it's Origami now. You three will have to check it out again.
how do you even come up with that?
What can I say? I have a gift.
Looks cool. I will have to give this a try. Thanks!
I tweeted this hard. Nice one!
Thanks! I'd been thinking about making this for a while because I really wanted it, and then one day things just reached that point where I had to do it and couldn't sleep until I got it done. Glad you like it!
Very nice! If you made it a WindowCommand, rather than a TextCommand, then it'd work in panes that don't have any files. Currently, if you create a pane, and then focus it immediately, you aren't able to move back.On the nitpicky side of things, there's a few print statements still in the code, and your readme still mentions the old name
Edit: Apparently I'm foolish, and was looking at the wrong repo
Awesome plugin I have a few requests;
Seriously though this is brill
Not so foolish, except for the readme, it looks you're right
Luckily those two things have just been fixed! (by a pull request from someone else!) And I think I'm just gonna delete the old repo.Thanks!
Didn't know about chaining keybindings i'll take a look at that
Lets says you have one pane open with two tabs (HTML & CSS), we then create a new pane and move the CSS file over to it so we can compare HTML & CSS. I then wish to go back to a single pane but keep all files open, so I would like to destroy the selected pane while moving its files to the last active one.
Isn't it how it works currently ?Closing a pane never close the files it contains, ST2 move it to another pane. I don't know if it is the last active one or the previous one.
Sounds like he wants a command that will close the pane of the active view, rather than one in a specifiable direction from it.
Oh, I see. This is actually more difficult because if you have more than two panes, where do you and your files end up? That's why you can only destroy a different pane. If you've got two panes, just destroy the other one and everything should work...?
where do you and your files end up?
I think you'd still key in a direction, it would just mean destroy current pane, move in the direction specified, drag the views, making the currently active view active in the group dragged to.


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It looks like a trade has never been more likely. What are your thoughts ?
By the end of the week
Before Xmas
At trade deadline
He'll be a raptor for the whole season
It looks like a trade has never been more likely. What are your thoughts ?
With the whole "Colangelo not looking to trade Bargnani" thing, I give it till the trade deadline (when I think the team knows more about what they need, and when Bargnani's value is a bit higher, unless Casey doesnt play him)
Whenever/if ever it happens, it won't be soon enough. I voted he'll be here for the whole season.
Just one year away... Bruno is almost here!
I hope before Xmas. If Toronto wants to salvage the season...and I don't even mean playoffs, I mean maybe winning 35 games. I know people want to tank, but we have no pick in what seems to be a shitty draft. I say try to get Pau as soon as possible, see if you can develop chemistry with him and our young pieces. There's nothing to tank for this season, and we don't have any reason to try and get capspace in a pretty shallow FA field, so we may as well get a quality vet who can help move us away from the Bargnani era.
Note: I'm not stuck on it necessary being for Gasol, but a 32 year old big with tendinitis and a huge contract sounds like the best we could get in a Bargs-centered deal.
voted deadline. unless d'antoni can convince nash it's the best move i don't see l.a. moving gasol quickly.
We'd be like the pacers when they signed David West. Probably better when Valanciunas develops
By the end of the week, Jim Buss is bluffing, and BC is desperate.
with the way he's been playing, I'd trade him right now for a steak burrito from burrito boyz...and maybe a drink too.
I doubt it happens until Dec 15th atleast...at that point other players who were signed in the off season can be included in trades.. that is ofcourse IF bargs isnt shipped for Gasol.
I say as early as the 15th but no later than the Christmas. If BC is trying to salvage this season than he knows he has to get Pau acclimated by January. That's when are biggest chance of saving this season begins. Starting with that 6 game home stand.
I voted that I expect Bargnani to be traded before Christmas, but by this I mean before the end of January. It would not shock me if it took place in the next two weeks, but I think the most likely trade still involves Pau (whether directly, or hopefully in a three team deal) and that won't be rushed too quickly.
It really does seem like the writing is on the wall for the first time...the fact that there is a concrete rumour (if there is such a thing) that Bargnani has been presented as a trade option by BC is significant.
Yeah, I agree with Shantz. Somewhere after Christmas and well-before the trade deadline. Though I hope it's tomorrow, because I'm wasting so much time checking various NBA rumour sites.
Who are you guys kidding? He's staying for the season, why would we trade him when his value is at his lowest? They're going to keep playing him in crunch time until he shoots his way out of this slump, too bad that won't happen this season, or before the trade deadline.
I'm optimist, for rest of the season.
I think the only reason Bargnani hasn't been traded yet is because LA is unwilling. Colangelo can't afford to wait until the deadline to "asses" the team first. His job next season is literally on the line. If he waits until February, the season will already by in the toilet (if it isn't already). Colangelo needs to make a move fast, and I'm sure he knows this. But the problem is that nobody wants what he's selling.
As Raptor fans, the best we can do is hope for more Laker losses, and pray they get desperate.
I voted whole season. and if there was an option for "never", id probably vote for that instead. I hope i'm wrong.
All indications point to Bargnani going nowhere. If BC is worried about his job, he wouldve traded Bargnani 3 years ago. BC's never worried about his job. I think we all forget that he is not just the GM, he is the president of the organization as well. He has more pull than what we are all thinking.
I think its been fairly obvious that the organization regards Bargnani as the Raptors' franchise player, and thats where i think the problem is. They probably want more in return than what Bargnani's real value is.
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How To Play Valleri by The Monkees (Guitar Lesson)
Picking Songs Videos helps you with the Monkees' "Valleri". Here are three things to keep in mind: 1. Learn the seven main scales (called modes). 2. Learn to do hammer-ons and pull-offs. 3. Learn it by going very slow, at first. "Valleri" is a song written by Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart for The Monkees, who had a #3 on Billboard Hot 100 and #1 on Cash Box with it in early 1968. The song also rose to #12 in the UK. Session musician Louie Shelton performed the flamenco-esque guitar solo. Responding to Screen Gems president and music supervisor Don Kirshner's early-morning request for a "girl's-name song" to be used in the Monkees's television series, Boyce and Hart improvised "Valleri" on their way to Kirshner's office, after pretending over the telephone that the song was already finished. Nonetheless, Kirshner was pleased with their work, and "Valleri" took its place on the Monkees recording schedule, with Boyce and Hart producing the original sessions in August 1966.


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Fall 2010 Trend Report: Red Velvet
Fall 2010 Trend Report: Red Velvet
From Left: Alexander Wang, Zac Posen, and Ralph Lauren fall 2010
Velvet—especially red and oxblood colored—was all over the New York runways for fall 2010. Alexander Wang draped the deep red fabric into asymmetric mini dresses with black lace detailing, Zac Posen used vampy reds for pleated bustier dresses and seventies style trouser suits, and Ralph Lauren kept it classic with velvet mutton sleeved tunics and floor-length evening gowns.
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