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"Glee" has already drawn some controversy this season, what with show stars Lea Michele, Dianna Agron and Cory Monteith appearing in a racy photo spread in GQ. Now the teen comedy-drama is about to draw a little more heat by toying with the image of one of America's most beloved actresses.
Gwyneth Paltrow, who is set to appear on the Fox blockbuster in two weeks, will sing rapper Cee-Lo Green's current hit tune, "F--- You," as part of her guest turn, reports Entertainment Weekly.
Green's hyper, gospel-tinged tune, which has a very singable - if vulgar - chorus, will be sanitized to "Forget You" for the airwaves. The song, which is sung from the perspective of a bitter ex-boyfriend, contains irreverent comparisons between Xbox's and Atari's and comments about the woes of not being able to afford a Ferrari, commentary that might sound a bit off coming from Paltrow, a member of Hollywood royalty.
But the actress is not coming to the singing gig with no experience. In December, she plays a washed up country singer in the film, "Country Strong," and she performs all of her own songs. She also sang with Huey Lewis in the 2000 film, "Duets."
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People on Medicare who spend one or two nights in the hospital are finding out, and often too late, that they weren't really "admitted" to the hospital. This can be a costly discovery.
Even though they were in a bed in a hospital room, the hospital may have categorized them as being there for "observation," rather than being formally "admitted."
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For example, Medicare might not pay the tab for a rehab facility or a nursing home, even if a physician releases the patient to an outside facility to recover from a fall or stroke. Or Medicare might not pay for a visiting nurse when the patient goes home.
The problem: to get full benefits from Medicare after hospitalization, patients must be admitted as "inpatients" for at least three midnights (this is called the "three night rule") and any nights spent under observation do not count.
"If you're in the hospital more than a few hours, you or a family member should always ask your doctor or the hospital staff if you're an inpatient or an outpatient," Medicare warns on its website. "Make sure to ask each day during your stay." (Read more here: 1.usa.gov/1jhXfo1.)
The idea of hospitals admitting someone for observation isn't new.
The reasoning behind observation was to make sure that patients too ill to go home would be watched closely for a period of time. In most cases, there was a good chance they would be discharged within 24 to 48 hours, but doctors thought it would be safer to monitor them for awhile. For example, some Medicare patients lived alone and a short observation stay became a safety precaution.
Today, however, the theory and the reality seem to be very different.
Hospitals' use of observation status is rising. The Center for Medicare Advocacy, Inc. reports that between 2006 and 2011, the number of patients held for observation for more than 48 hours rose by more than 400 percent (from 27,600 in 2006 to 112,000 in 2011).
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The hospital stands to be penalized in reduced reimbursement if a patient is admitted for certain conditions (for example, a heart attack, heart failure or pneumonia), discharged and then readmitted soon afterward for the same problem. Patients in observation status have not been formally admitted in the first place, so if they go home and return soon for further care involving specific ailments, the hospital can escape a likely financial penalty.
Another monetary advantage for hospitals is that they aren't required to pay for prescription and over-the-counter medications that patients usually take at home but that aren't part of their observation treatment. Patients may be billed for those medications. If patients are admitted, the hospital has to pay for the drugs.
Today, complaints about high out-of-pocket costs for Medicare patients have "attracted the attention of the media, courts and policy makers," said Keith Lind, Senior Policy Advisor for the AARP (formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons).
"There are conflicting findings about the advantages of observation that suggest two distinct models of observation care may coexist," Lind told Reuters Health.
One model of observation care is the dedicated observation unit, which improves efficiency by briefly monitoring patients who aren't sick enough to be on a regular patient floor but who can't safely go home yet. The other model is care delivered in inpatient areas, which represents merely a change in billing status without changes in the way health care is delivered.
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The Man Who Shouldn't Be Alive: US Army Soldier, Blown Up 7 Times, Still on Patrol
Staff Sgt. Chad Joiner continues to risk his life for country, family.
GHANZI, Afghanistan July 4, 2013 -- He remembers each and every one.
The shockwaves, the sulfur penetrating his nostrils, the thick, toxic smoke sifting into his lungs, and the burning desert sand flying into his vehicle.
He remembers the sudden jolt -- fully alert one second, then panic-stricken and deaf the next. He remembers the pain, the smell of burned flesh mixed with metal, and the frantic search -- with his hands, in the dark -- desperate to find fellow infantrymen in the hail of gunfire.
But most of all, while he is out on patrol in Ghazni, Afghanistan, 31-year-old Staff Sergeant Chad Joiner remembers one thing:
"I'm still here," he said, smiling. "I'm enjoying life."
In America's longest war, Joiner has a singular distinction -- and it's not his purple heart. Over the course of his four deployments -- three in Iraq and the current one in Afghanistan -- Joiner has survived not one, not two, but seven improvised explosive device blasts.
In other words, he's been blown up seven times. And he's still alive.
"For the normal person, it's mind blowing," he admitted. "People don't understand it."
In each case, he was driving in a vehicle when the bomb exploded directly underneath him.
"I can remember the first night that we got hit, and nobody knew what was going on. We were going through a palm grove just outside of Ramadi, in Iraq," Joiner said.
"It was just a huge explosion, nobody knew what it was. Everything on the radio was confusion, everybody started firing in all directions because nobody knew what it was. It was just crazy."
ABC News travelled to a remote region in Eastern Afghanistan, close to well-known Taliban strongholds, to tell the stories of American soldiers who aren't part of the war's drawdown, soldiers who continue to risk life and limb every day to keep the Taliban at bay. Although NATO's role in the war has officially shifted away from active combat towards advising and training Afghan soldiers, thousands of Americans are still in harm's way.
Americans like Joiner.
Joiner's story is resoundingly all-American, if not slightly cliché. Born and raised in Cody, Wy., a small town with a population of just 10,000, he married his childhood sweetheart straight out of high school.
He had never thought of a career in the army, but enlisted in the days following 9/11, intent on doing something to avenge, in his words, the "sucker punch" felt by millions of Americans.
Within two years, he was on his first deployment to Iraq, when the first IED exploded.
"It's nothing like you see in the movies," he said. "You see the flash, then you hear this loud, hollow boom. It shakes your whole body. It shakes you to the core. You feel the compression, you feel the shock wave. Dirt flies, rocks fly, all kinds of stuff fly around. It sucks all the air out. You're deafened for a time period, confusion, ears ringing. You get that sulfur, that smoke smell."
Joiner's tone grows serious as he describes the various experiences, outside Baghdad, near Ramadi, and in Iraq's famous Sunni triangle. One blast was so serious it put him in rehab for six months, as doctors diagnosed him with Traumatic Brain Injury or TBI.
Through it all, Joiner never lost sight of his goal -- to serve his country. There were many times when he could have called it quits, but he kept signing up for new deployments.
He said there is a reason why he's still alive, "God has a plan for me."
"There's an obvious reason why I'm still here," Joiner said. "I don't know what it is yet, but there's a reason why He is keeping me around."
"Nightline" was with Joiner in Afghanistan, gearing up for another mission: To find and remove all roadside bombs from Highway One, a key thoroughfare that links Afghanistan's two biggest cities: Kabul and Kandahar. As the war winds down, thousands of American troops will rely on this highway for safe passage out of the country.
"They realize that when they get out of that truck," Captain Clinton Winland explains, "Every step could be their last."
As Joiner climbs into an armored vehicle, part of the 20 or so vehicles forming a convoy that will travel several hours on the road, it's easy to think he's crazy -- some kind of adrenaline junkie with a death wish.
But he's about as normal as you can get. On the road, he admits there are days he'd rather be at home, walking the dog and having a barbeque.
"But we've got a job to do out here," he said.
So how does one of the luckiest men in Afghanistan continue to stay alive, even after being blown up seven times?
"Nightline" travelled with Joiner on the mission, where coalition troops discovered a massive, roadside bomb. An explosives disposal team sent in a robot to dismantle it, but before the robot could, the bomb exploded, just meters away from where Joiner stood.
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WebProNews published an announcement about the search engines Google and Yahoo agreeing to work on a common sitemaps standard and the launch of sitemaps.org at the WebmasterWorld Pubcon conference in Las Vegas last year.
The new open-format autodiscovery allows webmasters to specify the location of their sitemaps within their robots.txt file, eliminating the need to submit sitemaps to each search engine separately. The updated Sitemap protocol has benefits for site publishers, the search engines as well as searchers. Ask.com is also supporting manual submissions of sitemaps via a ping url.
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Vin Diesel is the latest in a string of stars to accept the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge — and he nominated a very unlikely new candidate to continue the trend.
Diesel, who posted his video to Instagram, challenged Michelle Obama, Angelina Jolie and, strangely enough, Vladimir Putin to either do the same or donate $100 to fund amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research projects.
David Beckham also stripped down recently to accept Ryan Seacrest's ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Before he got showered with a bucket of ice water, he asked Leonardo DiCaprio, Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan to participate.
LeAnn Rimes accepted CMT host Cody Alan's challenge Monday. Before she got wet, Rimes revealed that she'd already made a donation and vowed to make one on a fan's behalf if he or she completed the challenge and sent her a link to the video. Eddie Cibrian and his sons then doused the country crooner.
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Neither of their videos compare to Hugh Jackman's enormous effort, though. After Russell Crowe challenged his Les Misrables co-star, Jackman recruited the cast and crew of "Pan" — including Garrett Hedlund, Levi Miller and Rooney Mara — to join him. As dozens of people got wet 'n wild, colored smoke filled the air. They challenged Tom Cruise and the cast and crew of "Mission: Impossible V," all of William Morris Endeavor's staff, plus Oscar Isaac and the cast and crew of "Star Wars: Episode VII" to follow suit.
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"Guardians of the Galaxy" director James Gunn put the movie's heroine, Zoe Saldana, to the test. "Obviously I can't do it myself," the pregnant actress said while rubbing her baby bump, "so I nominate my husband [Marco Perego] to take on the challenge and get rinsed with an ice bucket of ice water."
Saldana nominated Ron Burkle, James Cameron, Eileen Getty and Salma Hayek.
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Jeremy Renner earned his first Oscar nomination this year, and he's going to share his big night with someone special – his mom.
"I'm taking my mom," "The Hurt Locker" star, who's nominated for Best Actor at Sunday's Academy Awards, told Access Hollywood at The Hollywood Reporter's inaugural "Nominees' Night" in LA on Thursday.
And he's not just taking her to the Oscars – Jeremy's mother joined him for the lunch event, too.
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Pond owners are intrigued by the prospect of being able to ditch chemical treatments for a natural means of algae control. While it is true that barley straw is capable of helping your pond fend off algae it still comes with advantages and disadvantages.
Studies have shown that as barley straw decomposes it releases agents that inhibit algae growth with no adverse effects on your water garden plants or decorative pond fish. Originally customers would place bales of Barley Straw in their waterfall filter boxes, skimmers or waterfall areas where they would decompose over time. As barley straw treatments continue to grow in popularity new types of barley products have been made available. Barley Straw Pellets are available for a cleaner and easier way to implement barley treatments into your pond or for even faster results, Barley Extract. Barley Extract is basically barley straw already broken down into its beneficial byproducts.
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I'm Cara, and I live in Coldstream, in the Scottish Borders As well as writing and illustrating books for children I have recently been painting on canvas, in my octagonal studio (aka The Tardis) which inhabits a corner of the vegetable garden. My work for children has been published in several countries, and translated into different languages. My favourite form at the moment is the picture book, but I have also had published poetry, children's novels, and illustrations for the work of other authors. I go out most days with my camera and create blog entries from the results. Some of the pictures I take will be used as background material for the picture book which I am working on at the moment. My son Matty set up this WordPress blog for me, and it has added a dimension to my life which surprises me. It is also interesting and inspiring to read the blogs of other people from different parts of the world, and to look at their sometimes fascinating pictures.
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HI, Cara! I am if the Cheviots this week, visiting elderly family. I was thinking of you as I passed through Coldstream yesterday on the way from the airport!
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City of Miami Police have released a recorded interview with Ronald Poppo, whose face was mauled off over Memorial Day Weekend.
In the interview, Poppo tells police when 31-year-old Rudy Eugene approached him, he was in a "glad mood" but turned "kind of vicious after a minute or two and then started to rip me apart."
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Since I upgraded to PM 220.127.116.1110, I noticed a decrease in the filtering precision. Although most of the spam was caught, some unquestionable spam messages (with straight, non-masked spam words in the subject, for instance) would be passed as legitimate. What was even stranger, checking these messages with Junk Mail Filter > Apply and Test would score them as totally acceptable (although they did mark the banned spam word in the subject).
After some poking around, I saw that the contents of these messages were immediately added to DBGood.ini as legitimate words and PM misled itself into thinking that they were all right. So, the workaround I found was to put 1001 lines of a single unimportant entry like aaa=1 into this file (PM expects to see at least a thousand words to activate the learning filters) and set it to read-only so that Poco cannot modify it. Not being able to collect good words doesn't seem to harm the precision of the filtering and it seems to do away with these problematic cases.
I can't yet post real statistical data but my accuracy has been dropped to 97.12% and I'll report back if it climbs back to higher values where it used to be before. Also, I'd be interested to hear your experiences if some of you would be ready to try it out (by simply backing up the file before overwriting it would make it easy to restore the previous functionality).
Actually, I've been using a variation of this technique for many years now, with a custom made utility to strip down DBGood.ini upon quitting PM. But as I keep the program running all day long, this was a help but not the perfect solution. I can't really say without first hearing about your experiences but based on my earlier and current experiments, I tend to think that the many problems mentioned in these topics about Poco's junk mail filtering is attributable to the handling of good words. With this feature removed or at least switched off, I would expect a drastic improvement.


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The sins of Sarah Palin
Sarah Palin is a sinner. She has violated several commandments and thoroughly deserves the savage beating that she is now getting from political mandarins and media elites.
If it were not for one simple fact, I would say she was through in politics. And that fact is that if the Republicans were picking a nominee today, they would pick Sarah Palin.
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No? Don't believe me? Who would beat her? Tim Pawlenty? Bobby Jindal? Haley Barbour? Mike Huckabee? Mitt Romney?
All of these men might build credible, attractive, even powerful political operations by 2012. But right now? Today? Today, Sarah Palin would be the winner, because more than anyone else, she has won over the hearts and minds of the Republican rank and file. (And tell me that a Sarah Palin-Newt Gingrich ticket would not set conservative hearts aflutter.)
She has done this by sinning, however. Let us list just some of the political commandments she has recently violated:
Thou shalt not surprise the media.
Palin announces she is quitting her job as governor of Alaska, and she catches everybody by surprise. What is up with that?
Where were the leaks and the trial balloons? Why weren't the media alerted so they could have predicted it?
When you do what the media have predicted, you are "savvy." You are a "skilled" and "adept" politician.
If you surprise the media, however, you are "out of control" and "bizarre" and even "egotistical." (Though I have always believed that accusing politicians of being egotistical is like accusing ballerinas of dancing on their toes.)
How badly do some in the media take to surprise? Here is CNN's Rick Sanchez on Palin's announcement that she was leaving office prematurely. "Is there anything going on with her that perhaps may lead her to want to make this decision, and the one thing that's still left out there is, hey, could she be pregnant again?" Sanchez asked.
Could be, Rick. Or maybe it was just her time of month, because, hey, that's why woman politicians make the decisions they do, right?
But you can see why some in the media were shocked and dismayed. Imagine abandoning your office! Imagine quitting and deserting the voters who elected you!
Though this is what Bob Dole did in 1996, didn't he? Dole resigned his Senate seat to run for president. I remember it. I was standing right there when he did it. And I don't recall anybody accusing him of being a quitter. Or of being pregnant.
Thou shalt not upset the pooh-bahs.
The Republican Party likes to nominate the next guy in line. John McCain in 2008, George W. Bush in 2000 and Bob Dole in 1996 were all the next guys in line. They had "earned" their place in the party hierarchy. (Or, in the case of George W. Bush, his father had earned it for him.)
Today, it is hard to see who the next guy in line is, but the party mandarins, the pooh-bahs, are agreed on one thing: Sarah Palin ain't it.
She is a dumb hick, a nobody from nowhere. She hunts moose with a chainsaw from the back of a snowmobile or something. Just listen to her resignation speech. It was not slick or polished or written by somebody else. She appeared to deliver it off the top of her head as if she were a real person. What a doofus!
Doesn't she know that the highest form of political communication today is to exactly regurgitate a speech written for you by a speechwriter who has crafted, vetted and polled every phrase, line and word?


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Why bother designing a whole website when you can just pack everything you need into an awesome Google Maps based user interface?
Uniqlo Undercover is
Sure, you can use the map to find Uniqlo stores around the world but there is so much more to this map than finding your nearest retail outlet. For example check out the 'Looks' map view. This loads custom map tiles of photographs of The Uniqlo range alongside some historical information about the company.
If this has got you intrigued to view the stores clothing range you can then select 'Products'. This map view allows you to use the Google Maps zooming and panning tools to view Uniqlo's products.
By this time in your exploration you will want to tell all your friends about the Uniqlo map. Luckily the map also contains a 'Social' map view. Here you can view the Twitter thumbnail portraits of all those who have shared the map on Twitter and you can of course make your own Tweet.
Uniqlo have a long history of using the Google Maps API in innovative ways to promote their range. In 2009 Uniqlo created a stunning synchronised video and Google Map. That map is now dead but I did manage to capture some video of the map in action:


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You have to upload the pictures somewhere else. I use this: http://www.directupload.net/index.php?mode=upload
Then you can put the link it'll show you in here.
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JGE 1998 - Volume 46
JanuaryA Cooperative Learning Exercise Using Glacial Gravels
Daniel Rolf Tucker, University of Southwestern Louisiana
Melinda Riddler Tucker, University of Southwestern Louisiana
William Albert Rieck, University of Southwestern Louisiana
The importance of hands-on, minds-on analysis of data in science-education programs has been emphasized in various reform efforts. Cooperative learning in small groups also has become integral to reform education, where students must practice interdependence. The small group size assures that each student will have a significant role in the process.
Gravels deposited as a result of continental glaciation can be used to teach introductory-level earth-science students the application of the scientific method in a cooperative learning mode which utilizes hands-on, minds-on analyses. Processes that involve erosion, transportation, and deposition of pebble- and cobble-sized clasts are considered by students in formulating and testing hypotheses. The wide variety of represented rock types forces the students to consider regional and local provenances (source terranes) as well as what general type of sedimentary mechanism(s), that is, running water, moving ice, or wind, was involved in formation of the deposit. Each student group is required to present an oral report on its findings. An optional written laboratory report of the experience analyzing glacial gravels helps students to organize what they have learned and synthesize a general conclusion.
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/1998.html#v46p41
SeptemberA Modular Earth-Science Curriculum
Richard Joseph Diecchio George Mason University
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/1998.html#v46p337
The Zen of Research
Leon Emry Borgman University of Wyoming
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/1998.html#v46p346
Inquiry Teaching and Its Effects on Secondary-School Students' Learning of Earth Science Concepts
Song-Ling Mao and Chun-Yen Chang National Taiwan Normal University
James P. Barufaldi University of Texas at Austin
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/1998.html#v46p363
A Demographic Survey Relevant to Earth-Science Teachers as Mentors and Role Models for Minority Students
Louis E. Zappo Central Middle School
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/1998.html#v46p368
A Simple Exercise About Awareness And Analysis of Error
Neil Andrew Wells Kent State University
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/1998.html#v46p421
NovemberHands-On Laboratory Exercises for an Undergraduate Hydrgoelogy Course
Ming-Kuo Lee, Auburn University
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/1998.html#v46p433
Can Earthquakes Be Predicted?
Michelle Hall-Wallace, University of Arizona
Modeling fault behavior with a simple slider-block apparatus can provide students with valuable insight into the difficulty of earthquake prediction and the complex behavior of Earth systems. I have developed an open-ended activity in which students are challenged to design an experiment that models fault behavior and to determine which variables in the Earth might affect the number or magnitude of earthquakes that occur. I have used the activity with secondary-school science teachers and their students, but it is also appropriate for undergraduate geoscience majors. Students are provided with materials to construct a fault model, but few instructions are given. Their investigations are guided by curiosity and a few key questions that I suggest they investigate in their experiment. Working in groups, the students design the apparatus, develop an experimental procedure, determine what to measure, and analyze their data. In the process, they learn how science is done and increase their level of scientific literacy (NRC, 1996).
The activity provides many opportunities for graphing and basic statistical analysis. In addition, students are introduced to the complexity of scientific problems and to the value and limitations of models. Data collected from a simple mechanical model correspond well with the observed behavior of real faults and can be interpreted in terms of basic models for earthquake prediction.
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/1998.html#v46p439
The Godzilla Syndrome—Scientific Inaccuracies of Prehistoric Animals in the Movies Howard Ross Feldman Touro College
Jeffrey Wilson Sarah Lawrence College
URL for this article: http://nagt-jge.org/doi/pdf/10.5408/1089-9995-46.5.456
Natural Disasters as a Unifying Theme for an Interdisciplinary Science Course
Patrick Leon Abbott San Diego State University
Ernest Zebrowski, Jr. Pennsylvania College of Technology
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/1998.html#v46p471
Slide observations; promoting active learning,landscape appreciation, and critical thinking in introductory geology courses
Stephen Reynolds and Simon M. Peacock Arizona State University
URL for this article: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/abstracts/1998.html#v46p476
A Critique of the "Research Basis" for the National Science Education Standards and the AAASBenchmarks for Science Literacy
Stan Metzenberg California State University Northridge
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Georgia Tech, UNC combine for 118 points
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- North Carolina running back Giovani Bernard needed proof -- hard evidence confirming what his eyes had watched over the past three hours.
A reporter shared a box score on a sheet of paper. Georgia Tech 68, North Carolina 50
Bernard, the ACC's leading rusher, pointed and scoffed at the numbers: Fifty-one first downs. Three-hundred-eighty rushing yards for the visiting Yellow Jackets. A 44-point third quarter.
And 118 points, the most ever in a game between two ACC teams, topping Clemson's 82-24 win over Wake Forest on Oct. 31, 1981.
Bernard's coach, Larry Fedora, was perhaps even more upset, considering what he called a "really good" week of practice.
"I don't have the answers right now," Fedora said. "If I would have seen that coming, I probably wouldn't have shown up today. I had no idea."
On a highlight-reel day, Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson struggled to point out any one outstanding play. There was Georgia Tech's 100-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Jamal Golden, then there was Bernard's 78-yard catch and run for a score. But who can recall one touchdown when it's followed by another near-identical gallop only minutes later?
The third quarter alone included six touchdowns in a 14-minute span.
"I don't know about any one play that sticks out,"Johnson said. "I think anytime we got a stop it was big. I know that."
North Carolina (6-4, 3-3) passed for 350 yards in defeat, but failed to score in the fourth quarter as Tech piled onto its lead. UNC quarterback Bryn Renner reached 350 passing yards for the second week in a row in his second season as starter and first in Fedora's spread offense.
Georgia Tech (5-5, 4-3) ran the triple option with near impunity, racking up 380 yards, seven rushing touchdowns and 28 first downs,completing just seven passes for 208 yards.
"We never got the feeling that we couldn't stop these guys," said UNC linebacker Kevin Reddick. "It's just that one guy who misses or one guy who messes up. That's all it is."
Georgia Tech quarterback Vad Lee was the main contributor on an infuriating day for both defensive coordinators. He rushed for 112 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries and also passed for a score, only his third this season.
"They're known as a running team," said North Carolina cornerback Tim Scott, "but when they're running, running, running, they're going to give you a couple play action passes. When they did so we were unprepared for it, and it really hurt us."
Even when the offenses weren't clicking, the defenses were upping the ante: Lee was intercepted by Scott early in the fourth quarter for a 34-yard touchdown return. A few minutes later, Georgia Tech's Orwin Smith cruised for a 22-yard touchdown run to set the conference single-game combined scoring record.


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Ski in Dubai? Yes, you read it correctly. While you may be able to fry an egg on your car bonnet outside, there's nothing stopping you from remaining cool as ice in Ski Dubai, the world's largest Snow Park (22,500 square metres). Hop on the chair or button lift to take you up to the top, and choose from four runs, including the first ever indoor black run. You could also stop on your way down at Avalanche Café and sample delicious hot chocolate and crepes.
At Ski Dubai, there are classes for skiers of all levels, and you can hone your skills on the Monday Freestyle and Thursday Slalom nights. Weekends and holidays are packed at Ski Dubai - skiing is one of the most popular Dubai sports.
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Cover Reveal Celebration + Giveaway: The 57 Lives of Alex Wayfare by MG Buehrlen
It's time to PAR-TAY!
Today we're celebrating the cover reveal for THE 57 LIVES OF ALEX WAYFARE by MG Buehrlen with a giveaway! I've been bffs with MG for years, and I read this book before it was finished and LOVED it with a passion that even eclipses my love of Sherlock and Benedict Cumberbatch. I'm so proud of MG and of this book, and I love the cover! It perfectly captures the dark, twisty plot. Ready to see what this book is all about? Let's do this!
BONUS POINTS: Mention you saw the cover on my blog (when you fill out the giveaway form below) and you can earn extra entries!
Ready to see the cover? Here it is!
The 57 Lives of Alex Wayfare
by MG Buehrlen
US Release Date: March 4, 2014
UK Release Date: March 6, 2014
Publisher: Strange Chemistry / Distributed by Random House
UK Release Date: March 6, 2014
Publisher: Strange Chemistry / Distributed by Random House
About the Book
One girl. Fifty-seven lives. Endless ways to die.
For as long as 17-year-old Alex Wayfare can remember, she has had visions of the past. Visions that make her feel like she's really on a ship bound for America, living in Jamestown during the Starving Time, or riding the original Ferris wheel at the World's Fair.
But these brushes with history pull her from her daily life without warning, sometimes leaving her with strange lasting effects and wounds she can't explain. Trying to excuse away the aftereffects has booked her more time in the principal's office than in any of her classes and a permanent place at the bottom of the social hierarchy. Alex is desperate to find out what her visions mean and get rid of them.
It isn't until she meets Porter, a stranger who knows more than should be possible about her, that she learns the truth: Her visions aren't really visions. Alex is a Descender – capable of traveling back in time by accessing Limbo, the space between Life and Afterlife. Alex is one soul with fifty-six past lives, fifty-six histories.
Fifty-six lifetimes to explore: the prospect is irresistible to Alex, especially when the same mysterious boy with soulful blue eyes keeps showing up in each of them. But the more she descends, the more it becomes apparent that someone doesn't want Alex to travel again. Ever.
And will stop at nothing to make this life her last.
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One winner from each participating blog (10 total) will receive signed bookmarks and stickers.
One grand prize winner will receive a copy of the book (once available) as well as the Mega 57 LIVES Character Prize Pack (each item pertaining to a significant character in the book):
- A pair of black Wayfarer glasses, like Alex wears
- A pack of chocolate pudding cups, courtesy of Jensen
- Vintage piano sheet music for the song Star Dust, the song Nick plays for Alex
- An orange Baltimore Orioles cap, like Porter wears
- A pair of engraved Polygon game piece stones (You'll have to read the book to find out how these come into play!)
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This giveaway is open internationally. Winners will be chosen and notified by email within 30 days of the giveaway end date.
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KANEOHE, Oahu - The Lipscomb Lady Bisons golf team finished 15th in the Dr. Donnis Thompson Invitational at the Kaneohe Klipper Golf Course in Hawaii.
The 54-hole tournament was completed Wednesday. The Lady Bisons finished with a team score of 980, 116 strokes over par. Arizona won with a team score of 875.
Miriam Parker paced the Lady Bisons with a three-round score of 244 (83, 78, 83). She tied for 67th place. Sami Khan finished in tie for 69th with a 245 (82, 80, 83).
Mackenzy Carter placed in a tie for 73rd with a score of 246 after shooting 82 in each of the three rounds. Also tied for 73rd was Danielle Grace with scores of 80, 81 and 85.
Savanna Schubert was tied for 79th with a 252 (86, 81, 85).
Playing as an individual was Sabrina Ferreri at 89th place with a 271 (100, 86, 85).


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A bit of a foreword before I continue: A long time ago, Tam brought up an interesting note that if I ever wanted to see a movie about Starcraft, Starship Troopers was pretty close. I agreed having seen it many times before. But now we've reached a discussion point.
Today the comparison was made by Tam that the movie resembled the last level of the Terran campaign in that when the UED force captured the overmind, it resembled the Federation MI capturing the brain bug of planet P.
After agreeing on some points I put out that it wasn't exactly like the Overmind since... well this is basically the debate. So I'll let Tam go first. Remember our subject: Does the last level of the Terran campaign in Starcraft resemble Starship Troopers in its entirety? Let us begin.


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Scientists from NOAA Fisheries Service's
Advanced Survey Technologies-Benthic Resources Group
NOAA Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research
participated in a six-day (November 1-6, 2010) research cruise aboard NOAA's newest Fisheries Survey Vessel (FSV), the
Bell M. Shimada
, to investigate deep-water sponges and corals between San Diego, CA and Seattle, WA. Remotely operated vehicle (ROV) surveys were conducted in
Sur Canyon, south of Monterey Bay; on The Football, a bank north of San Francisco Bay; on Coquille Bank off the OR coast, and two sites within the
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary (OCNMS).
Underwater video and high-resolution still photographs were collected using the
Southwest Fisheries Science Center's Phantom ROV. A video of our encounter with several Humboldt squid (Dosidicus gigas) can be viewed
here. 'Fly-along' with the researchers in your browser by clicking on one of the five virtual tours below (Google Earth browser plug-in required).
Toggle the boxes above the map to turn on/off the various features. Zoom in on the map and click on individual photos to see larger images
and additional information. Or,
download the KMZ file
to view the tours externally using Google Earth.
NEW: The NOAA Tech Memo by Stierhoff et al. is now available for download
Stierhoff, K.L., P.J. Etnoyer, D.W. Murfin, and J.L. Butler (2011) A survey of deep-water coral and sponge habitats along the West
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So, Spencer decided that mommy having had a baby 72 hours ago meant it was TIME TO HAVE THE STOMACH FLU.
I know, right?
I swear if I'd had Ezra at the hospital, I would've refused to come home. Maybe I can go check in now.. what do you think?
I am MOSTLY kidding.
Kind of.
But seriously, I mean, like vomit? Really??
Anyway, I've been mulling over HOW to convey to the world Ezra's birth day. How can I explain to people, to the INTERWEBS, to anyone exactly how it all went down without sounding like a whiny, spoiled brat?
I dunno. So, I'm just gonna put it out there and ya'll can do with it what you want. How's THAT?
Hang on to your hats folks.
Let's start on Friday, December 3rd, shall we?
Kim, my good friend and fantastically talented midwife was flying in from Vegas on Friday. I knew when we moved to Utah that I *could* find a great midwife here, but I didn't want to. Plain and simple. Kim knows me, she knows my family, she knows my kids. She was available. So, she came.
Derek had to teach ALL day on Saturday and so I wasn't allowed to go into labor. I knew this and declared that then Saturday NIGHT would be the NIGHT!
It wasn't. We went to Temple Square with Kim to see the lights and that was a disaster of epic proportions thanks to a little Mister we call Oliver. He screamed, he cried, we went home. So, my plan to walk the baby out of me failed.
I was getting bummed only because Kim was staying 10 days and I really didn't want to be pregnant for 9.5 of them. Not to mention I (being spoiled) have never made it to my due date and really really REALLY didn't want to start now.
So, Sunday morning, I was awakened after a bizarre dream, at 6:00am, to the smell of pork. I had put it in the crock pot the night before for Sunday dinner and the smell was suddenly nauseating. I mean like, HORRIBLE. So I got up and turned off, checked on the kids who (miracle!) were all still asleep. I decided that today was the day we'd be having a baby.
I went back to bed and contractions started almost immediately. I had slept great all night, so I was happy to not be too tired. I texted Derek and said, "Totally in labor, just so you know." Yes, he was laying six inches from me in our bed, but I didn't want to wake him up!
The kids got up and crawled all over us, and Derek went to make muffins. (For some reason, the muffins were vitally important to me!) Alice was called to tend the kids, and Derek went to set up the birth pool.
Fourth baby, I figured, it's 7:30am, we'll have a baby in a couple of hours TOPS. I was worried Alice wouldn't make it in time.
Alice arrived in plenty of time (being 90 minutes away) and I was STILL laboring. And I was shocked and irritated by that fact. I should have been DONE by then.
Now, to be clear, I realize I was being irrational. I have attended a lot of births, I know you can not predict or plan how they will go.
But when every single account of a fourth baby you EVER hear/see/read is like, "I sneezed and oops! There was baby!" It is VERY difficult to not simply assume that will the case. Which is what I did.
Which was a mistake.
Alice took the kids away (upstairs) and Derek filled the tub. I was completely unable to decide what I needed or wanted at this point, so I was gently prodded by Derek and Kim into the tub, which, of course, was wonderful. I was feeling weird, and kind of pushy at the end of contractions, sometimes and other times like pushing was NOT my thing, and like it was all too much, and why was it taking so long? And why wasn't I done yet, and the water was too cold, then it was perfect, then too cold (poor Derek literally boiled pots of water for me while we waited for the dumb-butt water heater to reheat). And why? Why was I still pregnant????
Oliver's birth took two hours from the time I was "in labor" until "had a baby." The tub never had a chance to get cold.
Are you getting that I was extremely frustrated?
At this point, like always, my legs, hands and face totally lost all feeling. It is a really not fun part of my baby-having experience. I could barely make out words, much less really relay what I was feeling.
Then, the cramping. As if LABOR isn't enough, my legs (thanks to the walking on Saturday night, most likely) tied themselves up into knots that made it seriously unbearable to be ALIVE much less in LABOR. So, I'm totally freaking out about that, trying to explain to Kim and Derek, (They did get it, and started massaging them!) and trying to convey that I was starting to panic about the baby and labor being too long (four hours at this point).
So, I declared I was done. I made Derek literally lift me out of the tub (*Derek is my super hero, didjaya know?*). I soaked him entirely, while I just stood there and waited for feeling to come back to my limbs. It did, which is good. I went to the bathroom, and finally decided to have Kim check my progress. I really had no intentions of EVER having a check, but at this point, I was done, and if "done" meant 3cm, then "done" meant TRANSFER FOR DRUGS in my mind.
But I wasn't a 3. I was 10, with some lip. She kindly (and generously) offered to hold the lip out of the way, while I pushed the baby's head passed it, assuring me it would hurt "like hell," (her words). I consented. Because, remember, I was done.
Well, it didn't hurt, at all. I was like, "OH! YAY!" It felt so good to push (like my body had been TRYING to do) and not have a barrier there.
TMI? Sorry.
Anyway, I feel I should inform you that at this point, I had wedged myself on our tiny $30 Ikea couch and refused to get off of it. I let both Derek and Kim know I would be pushing the baby out right there. They were surprised to say the least.
Weird! I LOVED both my water births and really disliked having Spencer on dry land. Anyone who talks to me about water birth knows I.LOVE.IT.
Except not this time. The tub had been comfortable and roomy and wonderful, and I wasn't getting back in it for all the tea in China. No sir.
So, Kim and Derek protected the couch valiantly with chux pads (Kim is also a super hero, don't forget.) And I pushed and chatted and laughed and pushed. I was a whole new woman.
The Great Labor Freak Out of December 5th was over. I was almost done, I had feeling in all my extremities, I had decided my couch was my boyfriend, and I was GREAT!
Contractions were slow, and unpleasant of course, but I got really nice breaks in between. I asked Kim if SHE had ever encountered a fourth-timer take so fraggin' long and of course, she said she had not.
SEE? This is why I was so frustrated with the experience. I was a weird anomaly, and this bothered me.
Anyway, so once I finally resolved to just shut up and push, his head was out! RELIEF! Then, oh, then, the shoulders.
How I hated those little shoulders. In fact, I yelled (loud enough for Alice upstairs to clearly hear) "I HATE THE SHOULDERS!" The baby just didn't rotate fully and they sort of shot up and out at an *unpleasant* angle.
Not my favorite.
But holy hot dog, I had a baby. I grabbed him and pulled him up. SO SO SO relieved to be DONE and to have my baby, I promptly burst into tears... not something I have ever done before. (This birth was weird.) I was SO glad to be done, and SO glad he was here, and SO glad that Derek and Kim had protected the couch.
It was beautiful. He was beautiful. The WORLD WAS BEAUTIFUL!
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Very shortly after he was born, Kim discovered a funny little something that seems to be cause of the slow, putzy labor. At some point in utero, Ezra had tied up his cord into a tight knot. Kim said she's seen three in eight years, and for some reason (blood or oxygen flow maybe?) it causes labors like mine, kind of not "text book." He was healthy and his heart rate was fine all during labor, but somehow between he and myself, he knew just how he needed to come. I didn't, of course. But he did.
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Pretty incredible.
So, we slowly made our way upstairs, I showered and Derek introduced the boys to the newest member of the family. And we eventually weighed and measured. As I mentioned before, we were SHOCKED at how teeny he is. 7lbs of baby is small to a girl who births toddlers normally. He looks very much like Spencer did but he is all his own person.
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Ezra Lee, my little Ez. He's just a doll. Days and nights? Huh? What are those? Just nurse me all night long, and we'll be friends. Hold me all day, and I'm a peach.
I'm so glad that home is where we decided to have him, with Kim, someone who is so wonderful and calm and just so totally who we needed there. It was awesome.
I have been to many births and I have seen what seems like "it all" which is of course ridiculous. Every birth I go to, I see something new, something I hadn't encountered, something out of the "ordinary." And yet, in our world, we insist upon trying to control it all, with our own powers of intellect, or technology or drugs, when in reality, it just is what it is. I couldn't let go of my *own* preconceived notions, regardless of the fact that I know better.
Birth is the beginning, it's life, it's real, it's not pretty, and it just is.
Medicine and interventions have their place, and you will NEVER hear me say otherwise. But for me, I'm glad to have the chance to let it unfold the way I didn't know it needed to be. That was difficult. It was literally one of the hardest physical and emotional experiences of my life, those short SHORT six hours.
And after 72 hours with this little dude, I can say that I feel like before Sunday, I knew nothing about ANYTHING and I have grown and stretched a little further from the whole experience.
How's THAT for a birth story?
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Baja/TSR Records Recording Artist David Correa has been entertaining audiences since 1999 with its passionate and distinctive blend of instrumental Latin Guitar World Fusion. Blending the Spanish guitar with Afro-Cuban and Latin rhythms from Old Mexico & Central America with a hint of middle-eastern influenced melodies.
David Correa has toured throughout the west coast, northwest & southwest regions of the U.S. and have won numerous accolades and awards. Including 3 NORBAY awards for best Latin band in the San Francisco North Bay area three years in a row from 2005 through 2007.
Between 1999 and 2003 Correa released three independent CD's on Zocalo Records. "Cascada" in 1999, "Alas del Viento" in 2001 and "Incidents of Travel" in 2003.
Signed to prestigious Baja/TSR Records in '06 and releasing "Rumba de la Selva" in 2007. in 2008 "Gypsy Spice" Best of New Flamenco compilation CD was released and featured the track "Linda" from "Rumba de la Selva" along side artists such as Ottmar Liebert, Jesse Cook, Shahin & Sepehr, Govi, Armik, Young & Rollins, Behzad, Luis Villegas, Novamenco and Benise.
In 2011 Correa's 5th CD "Eterna Primavera" was released on Zocalo Records which features 10 new tracks.
On April 16, 2013 "Guitar Greats - The Best of New Flamenco Volume III" was released on Baja/TSR Records. This compilation CD features one of David Correa's tracks entitled "Amistad" alongside artist such as Johannes Linstead, Jesse Cook, Incendio, Armik, Luis Villegas, Pavlo, Behzad, Oscar Lopez, Lawson Rollins and many more. This will be the second major CD compilation that Correa has appeared on.
June 16th marks the release of David Correa's 6th recording entitled "New Moon" on Baja/TSR Records.
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Picture: Kevin Jonas and Danielle Deleasa - Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2013 - Pamella Roland - Front Row at New York Fashion Week -...
Pop star Kevin Jonas has welcomed his in-laws into his marital home as they await the completion of construction on a new property.
The Jonas Brothers star and his wife, Danielle Deleasa, have been living in a quiet suburb of New Jersey since marrying in 2009, but they are currently a little cramped for space after his mother and father-in-law moved in with their daughter Katie.
The couple has been struggling to adjust to the new living situation, which has been documented in the upcoming second season of its U.S. reality show Married to Jonas, which premieres on Sunday (21Apr13), and the 25 year old admits things have been quite chaotic at home.
Jonas tells the New York Daily News, "It happened really fast and unexpectedly. We have mum, dad and (Danielle's sister) Katie upstairs, plus four dogs, which created an interesting family dynamic."
The Burnin' Up hitmaker jokes the only down side is "trying not to eat everything under the sun" because of the constant smell of his mother-in-law's Italian cooking, but the situation has prompted the pair to begin thinking about filling their house with their own kids.
He adds, "Family is something we both want. We just want it at the right time."
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July 18, 2005
By Lisa Eskey
SCU Athletic Media Relations
Santa Clara University's men's and women's soccer programs are well-established among the nation's elite.
The women have made appearances in the national polls for 16 consecutive years, and have advanced to the College Cup on 10 occasions. The men's team has been equally impressive, posting 15 straight years of national rankings while advancing to the College Cup five times. In addition, Santa Clara is the only school in NCAA history to twice have both its men's and women's soccer programs ranked No. 1 simultaneously, as the Broncos reached the top in 1990 and again in '99. So what makes the heart of the Silicon Valley a hotbed for the world's most popular sport? Men's head coach Cameron Rast and women's leader Jerry Smith recently described the building years, the seasons of successes and factors that address just how great the Bronco program can become.
The numbers are staggering: 31 NCAA appearances, 15 College Cups, 2 national championships, 46 All-Americans, 21 National Team members, and 60 student-athletes moving on to the professional ranks. By any standards, SCU Soccer has developed into a powerhouse, full of driving forces that create energy and success.
"I'm not sure powerhouse is the right word, but if you looked at the programs that are most successful in the country, I think you'd have to include us amongst them," Rast said of his men's program, which has advanced to the final four in three of the last seven seasons. "What we've always tried to do is prepare ourselves for a run at the national championship. I think it is a challenge for us to not accept just earning a berth; we want to prepare ourselves to be playing our best at the end of the season."
According to athletic department records, the men's program began NCAA participation in 1967 and the women followed in 1980. With only 11 winning seasons in the first 20 years of the men's program, the face of Santa Clara soccer changed with the addition of Steve Sampson as the men's coach in 1986 and the hiring of Smith as the women's leader the following season. Sampson joined the program after winning a national championship as a UCLA assistant and went on to lead the U.S. National Team to the 1998 World Cup. Rast said that Sampson brought credibility to the young Bronco program, and both Sampson and Smith had a solid approach to the emergence of collegiate soccer. He added their passion for the game added new dimensions to the mission campus.
Since Sampson's hiring, the coaching staffs have shared an interwoven network of preexisting relationships, which have developed into solid support between the programs. Sampson and Smith attended the same high school and both coached at Foothill College prior to Sampson recommending Smith for the Bronco job. Smith had coached Rast while also serving as a men's assistant in his first few years on the mission campus. In between Sampson and Rast was Mitch Murray, Smith's former youth coach and best man at his wedding. The two staffs also shared goalkeeper coach Eric Yamamoto for nine seasons.
"We've continued with that, as we never set our sights on just getting better; our goal annually is to be the best," Rast said. "Santa Clara has been able to recruit players who are goal-oriented, committed and passionate about the game, as well as bring great character to both the university and the program. We've always challenged our players to be better, and it's a credit to having that mentality that we've been able to translate those energies to the field."
Smith remembers to the exact date the first defining moment for the women: September 13, 1989. Santa Clara University had yet to advance to the NCAA Championship in any women's sport and the Broncos were facing the University of California in Berkeley, a team that had advanced to the College Cup the previous season. "I'll never forget that date, as it thrust our program into the national spotlight," Smith recalled. "We beat Cal 3-2 and that win broke a psychological barrier for our team, in that `yes, we can play a top-10 team and beat them.' We started to believe that in that moment." Santa Clara continued to create milestones through the season, and earned a top-four seed in the playoffs.
An All-American defender on the 1988 squad, Rast selected that season as one of the program's defining moments. The team posted a 12-2-5 record in Sampson's third season, with victories over traditional men's powers UCLA and Indiana. "Indiana was the defending national champions and ranked No. 1 in the country, and when we defeated them in overtime, I think our team finally realized we could be among the nation's best. Ever since, the big games are the ones we play for, rather than just settle competing in. We always look forward to testing our game against the best teams in the country." The following season, the Broncos went undefeated and earned a share of the national championship behind the attacking pair of Jeff Baicher and Paul Bravo.
A number of great players have come through since then, and the success Bronco players find in the professional ranks and with the National Team will continue in the future. In fact, 15 of 18 classes that have come through the men's program can boast participation in the College Cup, a great recruiting tool for Rast, as he can provide perspective to prospective student-athletes that "you have a solid chance to play for a national championship if you choose to come here."
SCU is one of only six schools in NCAA history to have both programs reach their respective College Cups in the same season, and the only school to accomplish the feat three times (1989, '98, '99). The women boast 21 straight winning seasons, and in three of the last six years, SCU has produced the best player in the women's game. The success breeds upon itself, as the next generation of Broncos have MLS stars as mentors, as well as endless replays of the 1999 Women's World Cup final when alumna Brandi Chastain scored the decisive penalty kick to give the United States a World Championship.
"Outside of being a soccer player, past Bronco athletes are just good people and have always been open to helping us recruit future players," Smith added. As an example, he cited Leslie Osborne, who told Smith at 10 years old, she saw Santa Clara play and wanted to be a part of the program. "When you have recruits on campus, they see the videos, awards and pictures, and that gets them excited about that being their future as well. Our success has a powerful influence."
"I'll keep going back to the fact that it's the people that make the difference in this place," said Rast, echoing Smith's sentiment. "There's been a great group of players that have come through and developed friendships. They are really attached to the program, feel strongly about it and love to come back and visit. There's a real sense of family; you can reach out to another and always be a part of something special."
"Both Jerry and I feel very fortunate that the university supports us as well as they do," Rast concluded. "They gave us an opportunity to be successful and we take that very seriously. There's a lot of quality people on campus, from professors to classmates to fellow coaches... you can walk around campus and feel like this is a great place to spend four years and make life-long friends. SCU is competitive and challenging, as the curriculum will push you, but there's also a healthy sense of learning. It's more experiential, where you interact with classmates and professors provokes thought. In addition to the great location, you are given a chance for success, and it just fosters a real positive time in your life. That's what keeps me coming back. I love this place. I'm sure you can find it elsewhere, where people have passion for the places they work, but it's rare you get to do what you love and work with talented people. I'm very fortunate to have been here for a long time."


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I am currently taking a Java course (introduction) and have a limited exposure to programming. I have found that when I am stuck, it's impossible to get help from the professor outside of class and standard office hours because it can take some time for him to respond, e.g. I ask a question at midnight. Many of my classmates find the solutions and simply copy/paste, but due to the fact that my career field will require adequate (at the very least) programming knowledge, it doesn't help me to take the easy way out.
Other programming languages I am learning are Python and html.
It is very frustrating. I have a mathematics background and at times I feel so stupid. Sometimes I get so frustrated I have to walk away, as I am not used to being unable to solve problems.
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After being overwhelmed with fancy bottled water at every turn, my family still chooses to drink tap water. The decision was reached from a financial and environmental standpoint, as well as basic convenience. After realizing the impact that disposable water bottles are having on the environment, and learning that the average American family spends nearly $100/ year, per person on those bottles and knowing that I can walk to my kitchen faucet for free, it was really a no-brainer for us.
These days, when you admit to drinking tap water, you must be ready to defend yourself. In addition to the common sense aspects mentioned above, you must also know indisputably that your water is clean and healthy. Contaminates in drinking water are no joke. Our first priority should always be to keep our families safe. One thing we can do is determine what exactly is coming out of your tap. The easiest way to accomplish this is with a home Water Testing Kit.
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The take away is this; don't be afraid to drink your tap water. Be proud to drink it! The money savings, the environmental impact, the hassle of dealing with a ton of plastic bottles… the list goes on. But, do be smart about it. Test your water with an at home drinking water testing kit. They are inexpensive, easy to use and will provide peace of mind which is priceless.
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Honolulu, Hawaii 96813, USA
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We are architects for several residential projects at Ocean Pointe, a master-planned community in Ewa Beach, Hawaii.
We are architects for some Outrigger Hotels and Resorts projects, including the major renovation of the Outrigger Reef on the Beach, and the transformation of two Ohana Hotels towers at the Waikiki Beach Walk project to into the guestroom towers for the new Embassy Suites Hotel Waikiki Beach Walk.
Reflecting our interest in IT in all aspects of our practice, we have leveraged our architectural roots to design, program, maintain and host web sites for the management of building facilities. We provide customized facilities management software catering to medical facilities and hotels, using Microsoft Server 2008 technologies and SQL Server 2008 for back-end data storage. We are currently responsible for the Queen's Medical Center's private computer-aided facility management (CAFM) system.
Our portfolio also includes a number of retail and office projects, community centers, recreation areas, and hotel renovations.
Thank you for your interest in our firm.


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FORT COLLINS Larimer County officials say higher humidity and rain and snow have helped firefighters efforts to contain a wildfire that has scorched up to 1,000 acres in the foothills west of Fort Collins.
The sheriffs office says that gusty winds were an issue Saturday, but the wet weather prevented the fire from growing much Sunday. No injuries or damage have been reported.
Officials say they are mapping the fire, and expect the size will likely be larger than previously reported.
At its height, the fire forced hundreds of residents from their homes Friday. Evacuees were allowed to return Saturday night, but were told to be prepared to leave again.
It is burning west of Horsetooth Reservoir, near the site of a large wildfire last summer that burned 259 homes and killed one person.


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Politics Returns to Ustream Tonight with several Republican candidates streaming live during and after the CNN/Youtube Debate. One noted is Governor Mitt Romney who is picking up steam in the Republican polls.
Also tonight, Congressman Dennis Kucinich will stream his Town Hall On The Constitution starting at 8pm EST.
We continue to believe strongly the impact of live video on the political landscape. Bringing more information to voters, more interaction with candidates and more live events allows you to make a more informed decision.
See this recent Mashable article on Ustream and politics: Youtube And Ustream Go Political
Also, Senator Barack Obama streamed his Open Discussion On Foreign Policy yesterday. If you missed it, check it out here:


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Winchester is the perfect choice for the small group of 20 or the corporate golf tournament of 144. Let us take care of your next Banquet event.