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London: Roberto Mancini`s side secured all three points despite making the match a lot tougher for themselves than it needed to be, with Samir Nasri receiving a straight red card.
Manchester City ended 2012 with three points after narrowly beating Norwich City 4-3 at Carrow Road in a fantastically entertaining encounter.
City raced into a two-goal lead thanks to two Edin Dzeko goals, but Anthony Pilkington pulled one back before Sergio Aguero got the Premier League champions` third before half-time.
Samir Nasri received a straight red card and Russell Martin another back for the hosts, and later got a second of his own after Mark Bunn had put the ball into his own goal as City claimed all three points.
Despite losing to Chelsea last time out, Norwich only made one change, which saw the much-maligned Steve Morison start in place of Grant Holt, who picked up a late injury.
Roberto Mancini, however, was understandably annoyed with his side`s performance against Sunderland with four players suffering in particular. Kolo Toure, James Milner, Javi Garcia and Carlos Tevez all dropped to the bench as Gael Clichy, Gareth Barry, Nasri and Dzeko replaced them.
Last season, Norwich lost 5-1 and 6-1 at the hands of Mancini`s side and from the first five minutes it looked like being a similar scoreline.
In just the second minute Sergio Aguero and Dzeko combined well down the right before floating the ball over to the left for David Silva, who in turn cushioned it into the area and the Bosnian fired it past Bunn for the opener.
Norwich looked stunned and found themselves even further behind on the visitors` very next attack. Vincent Kompany powered through the middle, riding a challenge from Bradley Johnson before picking out Aguero, who took his time and picked out Dzeko to double his tally.
After the champions` impressive start, the match threatened to calm down, but Norwich had other ideas. Robert Snodgrass` mazy run resulted in a controversial free kick on the edge of the area, and thanks to a deflection from the wall, Pilkington`s low effort beat Joe Hart.
Despite the Norwich goal, the champions continued to dominate and almost got a third through Yaya Toure before things turned sour right at the end of the first period as Nasri reacted angrily to a strong challenge from Sebastien Bassong and received a straight red card.
The second period saw the visitors soon grab their third of the day thanks to Aguero. Toure played a great pass over the Norwich defence, but Bassong failed to deal with it and the Argentine forward delightfully lofted it over Bunn and into the net.
It did not take long for Norwich to hit back, however, and they did so through a well-worked corner. After the kick was taken short, Snodgrass produced an excellent cross that Bassong headed back across goal and Martin put it into the top corner.


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Kozma, Beltran lead Cardinals over Giants
San Francisco, CA – Pete Kozma went 3-for-4 with an RBI and Carlos Beltran had two hits and three RBI, as the St. Louis Cardinals downed the San Francisco Giants, 6-3, on Saturday at AT&T Park.
Matt Carpenter had two hits, plated one run and scored two runs and Matt Holliday had one hit and RBI for St. Louis, which evened the best of three series.
"It's a good team. We have a good lineup," Beltran said. "We have guys from top to bottom that can do the job."
Shelby Miller (1-0), who made just his second career start, tossed 5 1/3 solid innings, giving up two runs and four walks on four hits while striking out four in the victory.
Hunter Pence and Pablo Sandoval each hit solo home runs for the Giants, who saw starter Ryan Vogelsong (0-1) allow five runs on nine hits and strike out six over 5 1/3 innings.
San Francisco's first four starters of the season had combined to give up just two unearned runs and 12 hits over 26 innings, but Vogelsong broke the earned run streak in the first inning alone.
The Giants took the first game of the series on Friday, 1-0.
With two outs in the fifth and St. Louis trailing 2-1, Holliday singled to left scoring Kozma. Allen Craig then reached on an infield single which moved runners to second and third.
Beltran then capped the three-run inning when he hit a line drive through the hole to right field, plating both runners for a 4-2 advantage.
Daniel Descalso helped add to the lead by opening up the sixth with a single and a stolen base. Kozma followed with a single to left which scored Descalso and made it 5-2.
Sandoval led off the eighth with a solo shot to dead center off of Edward Mujica.
Carpenter plated Shane Robinson in the bottom of the frame to provide some insurance before St. Louis reliever Mitchell Boggs secured the win in the ninth with his first save of the season.
"We're not quite clicking offensively, but we stayed in the game and had a good couple chances there," San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy said. "You always go with the history and track record of these guys. They're getting into the flow of things."
Beltran singled to right field in the first scoring Carpenter to make it 1-0 in the first. Pence added his solo blast to center in the second to put the Giants on the board. Sandoval made it 2-1 in the third with a single up the middle scoring Angel Pagan.
Game Notes
The 1976 Milwaukee Brewers were the last MLB team with a longer earned run streak. That team saw its starters go 31 2/3 innings before giving up an earned score ... Vogelsong was 14-9 with a 3.37 ERA last season ... San Francisco catcher Buster Posey was honored prior to the game for his 2012 NL MVP award.

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Best Kids Parties: Lumberjacks & Jills
Names: Baxter (1) & Tallulah (3)
Location: Austin, TX
How does one create a Little Lumberjacks and Jills birthday party? I'm here to tell you that you can't run down to the local Party Pig and pick up supplies. Oh no. You have to put on your crafty hat and make your own.
I thought a lumberjack party was the perfect unisex theme for my kids' recent party. We served a lumberjack breakfast (pancakes with maple syrup ice cream and candied bacon crumbles in place of cupcakes. Goodie bags were mini paper bag log cabins with pancake mix inside. I made centerpieces of moss, logs and axes along with custom red buffalo plaid party hats.
Thanks Jennifer! Readers, see many more photos of this fun party (especially the cardboard log cabin playhouse!) here and check out Jennifer's blog posts (here, here and here) on Naughty Secretary Club for more details.
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Prisoners promise not to run off after voting
Fears that prisoners in the UK will simply run off after posting their voting slip in the ballot box have forced the Government to re-think proposals to give inmates the vote. 'We have concerns that some prisoners may not be entirely trustworthy,' said Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke. [read...]


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 26th Jun 2012 22:38 UTC
"It wasn't quick or easy, but we are extremely proud of this release and what it represents for us as a group. The jump from 2.3.7 to 4.0.4 in many ways was a fresh start for this project, and as much as the code changed, the structure and organization of CM as a whole changed as well. It meant a lot of hard work, and late nights, but also a ton of fun. We are in this for the challenge, and the reward is always the satisfaction received when we release it to the masses as a 'stable' product. This RC1 brings us a step forward toward that payoff." CyanogenMod is an absolutely amazing project, an amazing piece of software. Been running CM9 on my SII for months, virtually without issues. It absolutely baffles me OEMs don't just use this instead of their own Sense or TouchWiz crap. This is so much better it's just not funny anymore.
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Kanye West Has a Sex Tape With a Kim Kardashian Look-Alike!
It was only a matter of time before it was announced that Kanye West has a sex tape. He is dating Kim Kardashian, after all. It's like they can smell it on each other. Ew.
Anyway, the tape, which we'll now refer to as KanyeGate from now on, runs about 20 minutes, and features a Kardashian look-alike, which just means he's been kind of obsessing about her all along... which is creepy and just like, ew. Filmed in a hotel room, Kim 2.0 makes it very clear that she's of legal age in the beginning of the tape -- jailbait is just not okay.
"My husband and I don't have sex anymore… that's why I'm here!" confesses Kim 2.0 during KanyeGate, because when in doubt, make a sex tape with a rapper. We really hope her husband never saw the vid, and actually kind of wish we knew more information about all of that. It's just as juicy!
RadarOnline viewed KanyeGate in its entirety and confirms that it is indeed West, and also mentions that he's aware he's being filmed, as he's the one who set up the camera and stares into it just before shutting it off! Maybe he has being a director in his future?
A San Fernando sex industry insider (apparently that's a thing) offered insight on the vid, and says it was filmed shortly before West got with Kardashian. "The sex tape is being shopped right now and there's a lot of interest, but Kanye is freaking out! He doesn't want this tape out and will do anything to make sure it stays private," said the insider. "If this were to hit the market it would be worth a fortune… there would definitely be a lot of people wanting to see this! In my expert opinion Kanye's performance far outweighs Kim's!"
The insider also mentions that West was near tears when he heard the video was being shopped around. It's okay, though, because we're sure mama Kardashian will find a way to make bank off of it.
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Remember Packie's brother Gerry, one of the guys from the bank heist? Well, if you go and visit him at his place off of Bunker Hill Avenue in Dukes, you'll be able to get some missions from him. The first mission he asks you to get (as he chugs half a bottle of whiskey before your very eyes) involves some dirty work. Some really dirty work. Gerry has located a car bomb that will be placed on the car of a rival crime syndicate. It will be detonated in such a way that another syndicate, and not the Irish guys you're currently dealing with, are blamed for the attack.
The first leg of our journey involves retrieving the bomb Gerry procured. It's located in an alleyway in between Inchon Avenue and Dukes Boulevard, which is pretty close to Gerry's place. Boost a car and follow the GPS along the brief route to the alleyway, and grab the bomb marked by a turquoise arrow hanging over it. Once you grab it, Niko will then call Gerry, and the next leg of our adventure will begin.
Your destination isn't in Dukes or Broker, so you're going to have to take the East Borough or Algonquin Bridges to head to Algonquin, where the car we have to rig is located. Either way, the GPS will take you to where you need to go. Once you arrive at your destination, which is located off of an alleyway attached to Garnet Street near the southern end of Algonquin, the fun will begin. Get out of your car and approach the car targeted on your HUD. Head to the back end of the car and follow the on-screen prompt to place the bomb, and then make way to your car and head out of the alleyway before the gangsters return to their vehicle.
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CRESTVIEW � Yvonne Wood wants to give needy children abroad something many people take for granted: shoes on their feet.
CRESTVIEW � Yvonne Wood wants to give needy children abroad something many people take for granted: shoes on their feet.
The military spouse and mother of two seeks votes so she and others may provide footwear on behalf of TOMS Shoes, a charitable retailer.
The contest
The company, which donates a pair of shoes for each pair it sells, will send its top 50 �Ticket to Give� candidates to deliver new shoes to children abroad. The company � which has sent volunteers to Honduras, Argentina and Peru � reportedly has donated more than 2 million pairs of new shoes.
Wood hopes she�s among this year�s volunteers and humanitarian organizations aiding the effort.
"This is something I really want to be a part of," she said. "It would be an honor to work with them."
Voting is underway and will end at midnight April 11, Wood said. You can vote for Wood�s entry at bit.ly/YmtpRu.
So far, 298 voters have supported Wood�s entry, and the top candidate has 2,348 votes, as of press deadline.
"Right now, I am not in the top 50, but there is still time left," she said.
This will be no vacation getaway, the contest�s website, toms.com/ticket-to-give, states. Winners will take long bus rides on curvy roads and must kneel on concrete surfaces while placing shoes on needy children�s feet.
The trips will take place between July and December. Five groups of 10 will visit one of the countries for a week. An official announcement regarding winners and locations will be made in late April, according to the company�s website.
A giving habit
Regardless of the election�s outcome, Wood wants to continue spreading the word about the charitable shoe company, which has stores in Fort Walton Beach, Destin and at toms.com.
"They don't advertise; they really go by word of mouth,� she said.
Supporting charitable causes is nothing new for Wood.
"I have been involved with fundraising from the American Cancer Society; I have also worked for the Fisher House (Foundation)," Wood said. The foundation provides housing so families can be near a military member receiving hospital care.
While working with the organization, Wood recognized her calling to work with non-profit organizations.
"It has opened my eyes," she said. "In the future I want to continue to work with non-profit organizations."
�I know, without a doubt, that non-profit work is my destiny,� her �Ticket to Give� profile reads. �I have never had the opportunity to participate in something so amazing.
�Please help make it my first!�
Want to participate?
See bit.ly/YmtpRu to vote for Crestview resident Yvonne Wood�s entry to deliver footwear to needy children in the TOMS Shoes �Ticket to Give� contest.
Facebook users can follow Wood's "Ticket to Destiny" group at http://on.fb.me/ZE8J9k.
Contact News Bulletin Staff Writer Matthew Brown at 850-682-6524 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @cnbMatthew.


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NEWLY elected Labour councillors have pledged to remain approachable and accountable after winning seats on Dudley Council as part of a landslide victory that has ousted the ruling Tory group.
The Labour party has been celebrating turning a proportion of Amblecote and Wollaston ward red for the first time in more than a decade and, to stay true to their election pledges, new councillors Christine Perks (Amblecote), Chris Hale (Wollaston) and Ian Marrey (Wollaston) have promised to hold monthly surgeries for residents to raise issues of concern.
Christine Perks, who beat sitting Conservative councillor Colin Banks to the ballot box on May 3, said: "Residents in these areas will have the opportunity to meet their councillors on a regular basis at these monthly surgeries.
"They will also give councillors the opportunity of keeping in touch with matters that concern our neighbourhoods.
"We never want to be accused of being out of touch with the electorate."
Surgeries for Amblecote residents will be held at Amblecote Holy Trinity Church Hall from 6pm to 7.30pm on Thursday June 7 and the every first Thursday of the month afterwards.
They will also be held at Withymoor Primary School Community Room from 6pm to 7.30pm on Tuesday June 12 and every Tuesday of the month afterwards.
And for Wollaston and Stourbridge Town residents, surgeries will take place at The What Centre, Coventry Street, Stourbridge, from 10am till midday on Saturday June 2 and then the first Saturday of every month afterwards.
The party already holds regular surgeries in Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood and in Lye and Stourbridge North at Lye Community Centre from 6pm till 7.30pm on the first Thursday of every month and at Anwaral Quran Educational Centre in Talbot Street, or Ghosia Mosque in Lye High Street from 2.30pm to 4pm on the first Friday of every month. Surgeries are also held at the Sunshine Club, New Farm Estate, from 10am to 11.30pm on the first Saturday of every month.
For more details and to keep up to date with the councillors check out www.stourbridgelabour.wordpress.com or call Christine Perks on 01384 259979, Chris Hale on 07968 145156 or Ian Marrey on 07918 741029.


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By Abha Bhattarai
By Abha Bhattarai
The Washington Post
Michael Sunder was lured away from his Thanksgiving dinner by a 40-inch television.
The 19-year-old and 41 million fellow bargain hunters, or about 17 percent of the population, were expected to forgo holiday traditions, if not the entire turkey, in search of bargains. Sunder, an Ellicott City, Md., native, parked in a lawn chair outside the Best Buy in Elkridge, Md., with six friends at 7 a.m. Thursday.
Retailers used to open at dawn on Friday, slashing prices so low on flat-screens that who could resist? Then, just a few years ago, it was suddenly midnight, a kind of slumber party of shopping. Last year, Black Friday crept stealthily into Thursday as the biggest big-box stores threw open their doors at 10 p.m.
And this year, stores facing the dual challenge of a slow economic recovery and the proliferation of new online shopping tools have boldly invited themselves into the dinner hour — 8 p.m. — mingling some of the oldest of American rituals: giving thanks, eating turkey and hunting bargains.
Shopping on Thanksgiving is here to stay, and though many people are unhappy about it, consumers have only themselves to blame, the stores say. Just as much as we want to watch football, gather with family and succumb to tryptophan on Thanksgiving, more and more we want to shop.
"Evening sales will absolutely continue — customers love it," said Kit Yarrow, head of the psychology department at Golden Gate University in San Francisco.
The scene outside Washington-area malls and shopping centers largely confirmed retailers' predictions that consumers were willing to give up a family dinner — or at least dessert — for a deep discount. By 4 p.m. Thursday, there was a line of more than a dozen people outside the Best Buy in the DC USA shopping center in Columbia Heights, Md. Many sat on milk crates, while a security guard was stationed at the front door to look out for line jumpers.
In parking lots and strip malls across the country, Thanksgiving was celebrated leaning against brick buildings or in a tent. Some, such as Gloria Maldonado, 39, from El Salvador, who spent hours outside a Best Buy in the District of Columbia in search of a cheap iPad, brought the turkey dinner and pumpkin pie with them.
This weekend is a critical one for big-box retailers, which count on holiday sales for 40 percent of their revenue every year. As consumers continue to hold their purse strings tight, retailers are jockeying for a bigger portion of a shrinking retail pie and pulling out all the stops.
Still, the idea that shopping was encroaching on family fellowship rubs many people the wrong way. After Target announced it would open at 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving, employees launched an online petition urging the retailer to stay closed.
Starting late Thursday, just as shoppers descended on local Wal-Mart stores, which began offering holiday deals at 8 p.m. this year, advocacy groups planned to hold protests to call attention to what they say are unfair labor practices at the mega-retailer.
"For workers, it means that we no longer have a holiday," said Jackie Goebel, who has worked at a Wisconsin Wal-Mart for 25 years. "Thanksgiving has been taken from us."
"I really don't think we'll see stores opening much earlier than this."
And the strategy may not be enough to secure the holiday sales boost that retailers are hoping for. The sales that stores racked up on Thanksgiving could eat into purchases that typically take place on Black Friday and the rest of the weekend.
Still, for retailers facing a tough holiday shopping season, it may be better to secure sales early rather than risk losing them to a competitor.
Retailers believe they have found a new pocket of holiday shoppers: young people not willing to wake up early Friday for the traditional discounts but willing to forgo Thanksgiving dessert.
To nab those younger midnight shoppers, Macy's planned to have DJs performing at many of its stores, while Old Navy promised copies of a new Wii game, Super Mario Bros U., to its first customers.
But this year's big discounts left some shoppers disenchanted. Felicia Hammond, 51, arrived at the Best Buy in Elkridge at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday anticipating that the line would wrap around the corner, as it did last year.
Instead, she said, the crowds were much thinner this time around. She and her grown children could have slept at home in bed and still managed to grab a spot in line on Thursday afternoon that would guarantee them one of the limited number of products on sale.
"Needless to say, my family is not happy that I am missing being with them another year," Hammond said.
An unemployed single mother, Hammond said the steep discounts allow her to buy big-ticket electronics that might otherwise be beyond her budget. But this year the deals were less impressive, she said. The television she purchased last year, for example, was bigger and only slightly more expensive than the one she intended to buy this year.
"I see nothing in Best Buy that was worth me giving up my holiday for and sitting out here for 24 or 25 hours," said Hammond, bundled up in a white winter coat and matching hat. "All I'm getting is two laptops and two Toshiba TVs."
"This will be my last year," she added. "I regret doing it this year."
Some retailers held out against the intrusion of the holiday shopping season into the holiday itself. Despite struggling to turn around sales, JCPenney didn't budge from its 6 a.m. Friday opening time.
In fact, about 81.5 million shoppers were expected to hold out for traditional Black Friday shopping, twice as many as were expected for Thanksgiving Day shopping, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers.
And some — such as Dawn Rivers, who arrived at the Kmart in Fairfax, Va. on Thursday morning at 6:15 to buy, as she said, "whatever's on sale—" were planning a shopping marathon that spanned both days.
Rivers, who lives in Vienna, Va., said she planned to go to Wal-Mart, Macy's and Bed Bath & Beyond on Friday.
"Maybe I'll go tonight, too," she said. "It depends on how Thanksgiving goes."


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Shannon Brown, founder of Brown Marketing Strategies, was among six individuals and organizations recognized with honors during the 22nd annual South County Economic Development Council (SCEDC) Summit recently.
Brown, a Point Loma resident whose company is based in Ocean Beach was named the winner of the Corky McMillin Companies/Best of South County Award during the summit.
The summit was held to discuss some of the San Diego South Bay and Baja region's latest business development and economic outlook news.
The Corky McMillin/Best of South County Award, sponsored by the Corky McMillin Companies, is presented to a business that has a history of consistent excellence in products/ services, customer satisfaction and overall performance.
Brown Marketing Strategies was also recently named as the Ocean Beach Business Improvement District business of the year. She has worked in both volunteer roles and strategic business development roles to support the growth of numerous South Bay businesses including Neighborhood National Bank, Kid Ventures and the Border View YMCA, to name a few.
Local teens take on star roles in 'Funny Girl'
Point Loma teen Rebecca Myers and University City teen Joshua Shtein – both High Tech High International students in Point Loma – will take on the lead roles in the hit comedy "Funny Girl," the latest production of the award-winning J*Company Youth Theatre set to run from Oct. 19-28.
The theater group, a program of the San Diego Center for Jewish Culture at the Lawrence Family Jewish Community Center, Jacobs Family Campus, is presenting a musical theater tribute to Barbra Streisand for its 20th anniversary season.
The role won Streisand her first Oscar for her portrayal of Fanny Brice. Myers will take on the role of Brice while Shtein will assume the role of character Nicky Arnstein. Both teens are J*Company veterans. Shtein first appeared as a Munchkin in the "Wizard of Oz" and had been in more than 20 J* Company shows. Meyers' premiere was in "Bagels, Lox and Broadway" at the age of 4. The pair has also worked together in shows with San Diego REP and are good friends.
The artistic director is Joey Landwehr and noted local choreographer David Brannen will provide the choreography. All productions take place at the David & Dorothea Garfield Theatre, 4126 Executive Drive..
For ticket information, show dates and times, call the JCC Box Office at (858) 362-1348, or visit http://tickets.lfjcc.org.
Point Loman elected to head local ASID chapter
Point Loma resident Robin Wilson Carrier has been elected president of the San Diego chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) for the 2012-13 term. Carrier, principal of Robin Wilson Interior Design of San Diego, is an award-winning interior designer who specializes in the design of custom residences, restaurants and clubhouses. Before establishing her own firm in 1995, she enhanced her expertise by working at an architectural firm, model home and residential design firms, and a hospitality design firm.
Her work has been published in numerous national, regional and local publications, including Better Homes & Gardens, Forbes.com, Log & Timber Style, Luxe Interiors + Design, Professional Builder, Ranch & Coast, San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles, San Diego Magazine, and UT San Diego.
Carrier has been honored with seven ASID Design Excellence Awards, including one unprecedented Grand Award, which was created for her renovation of the historic Point Loma home she shares with her architect husband, Gordon Carrier, FAIA. She also won the People's Choice Award for Best Interior Design at the Tour d'Elegance, and the Best of Las Vegas Award for the Allegro at La Entrada Clubhouse.
Carrier earned a BA degree from the Design Institute of San Diego and a bachelor of business management degree from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
For information on ASID and chapter events, visit ASIDSanDiego.org, or call (858) 274-3345.


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The room erupted in cheers and applause as the votes poured in and State Representative Democratic candidate for District 23 K. Joseph Shekarchi realized he won the election against Republican candidate John Falkowski.
"I am very grateful and humbled by the results," he said to a crowd of about 30 of his supporters. Everyone united at his campaign headquarters on Jefferson Boulevard. "I've been involved in politics for a long time and winning campaigns doesn't just happen – they happen with a lot of hard work and a lot of team work. I had the best campaign staff and the best volunteers. This was a total victory for everybody."
Shekarchi, a lifelong Warwick resident, has been a practicing attorney in the city for more than 17 years. In that time, he has helped bring businesses to Warwick, such as Panera Bread, Trader Joe's, ScrubaDub Car Wash, Balise Motors and Washington Trust.
Now, he is excited to be fulfilling another accomplishment through earning the seat.
"This is something I've wanted to do for a long time," he said. "I'm very happy and proud. What makes it special for me is that I share this with my family and friends."
"You deserve it," his friends shouted in unison. Shekarchi earned 67.8 percent of the vote to Falkowski's 31.8 percent.
Despite hostility that erupted during the campaign, as Falkowski questioned the credibility of Shekarchi, saying that Shekarchi recently moved into a foreclosed home within the district simply to run for the seat and "get his name out there," as well as accusing him of illegally posting signs promoting his campaign, Falkowski extended a congratulatory phone call shortly after the results came in.
"I received a call from John Falkowski and I thanked him for it," Shekarchi said during an interview Tuesday night. "Even though I had issues with his campaign tactics, I thought it was a very classy move on his part and I greatly appreciate it. He was nothing but a gentleman all day."
During a phone interview yesterday afternoon, Falkowski said that while he offered his praise, he said he'll be keeping a close eye on Shekarchi.
"I told him that I'd be watching," Falkowski said. "If he does something that I don't agree with, I'll definitely be letting him know."
Further, Falkowski said while he didn't get the results he was hoping for, he's proud that he gave it his best shot. Also, he believes he made a difference in the state through his campaign, as he initially decided to run because he was unimpressed by the poor voting record of current District 23 State Representative Bob Flaherty.
"I didn't think he was working for the district, so I think [Tuesday was] a better day for the people of the district," Falkowski said. "I'm glad there is somebody new in there that I think will work for the people. It's not all about me. Although I didn't accomplish my goal of being elected, I did make an impact for the better. It's not all bad. I'm coming away with a good feeling."
In the future, Falkowski, who was the only Republican challenger for the position during the last decade, said he "absolutely" plans to run again for office. He said right now it's too early to say what office he would seek, but running again for District 23 is an option.
"I'm leaning towards State Rep again, but we'll make that decision down the road," he said. "This was my first attempt and it was definitely an education that I enjoyed. I feel that I've got some unfinished business, so I'm not one and done as far as running for office."


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Hello there
I really love SublimeText 2, the clean concept, the ways to customize it etc.And for HTML / CSS / Text it's already my favorite Editor.
But if i want to go in some more serious programming Stuff I miss to much productivity stuff from other IDE's like Eclipse, Netbeans, Aptana... I hate to go back to those bulky, mostly ugly and oversized programs, but they save me a lot of time and frustration in some ways:
I think this are my two main-points that I miss so much in Sublime2 right now.
Is there a possibility that SublimeText could get Features like this in Future too?
I still use Eclipse for larger Java projects.The problem with getting that kind of code insight in Sublime is that it requires Type Introspection.And I'm not sure how easily that could be accomplished using the current API of Sublime.
I agree it would be super awesome to have in Sublime, and if someone can point to a good starter I might be interested in helping out with this for Groovy objects or Java I guess.
All that functionality is available through some plugins such as SublimeCodeIntel. The easiest way to find, install, and keep these plugins up to date is with Package Manager (wbond.net/sublime_packages/package_control).
But CodeIntel doesn't have context related help... While I appreciate It, a more robust feature complete solution would be great indeed.
The API is missing the kind of functionality needed for this kind of thing.
We need some kind of tooltip to show documentation in, we need to control the list of suggestions etc.
Yes, I already tryed out this one and it is definately heading in the right direction!But this Extension gives me serious Problems, for example it makes very weird autocomplete behaviours in HTML.And sometimes it's working sometimes not. I'm sitting on a Windows machine here
So this is exactly my point:
And it would be SO great if Sublime2 would have something (maybe even just basic and extendable) like this "in core".
If you want IDE features, use an IDE. Using Java as an example, if you are a Java developer, you should be using Eclipse, or similar. Yes Eclipse is heavyweight, but it is so for a reason. Eclipse has millions of lines of code, with hundreds of developers, working for many years. To think that Sublime could even approach this level of sophistication is completely unrealistic, even if we wanted it to be so. But we don't. We want Sublime to be a lightening fast text editor; that is all.
If you think that Eclipse, etc. are simply glorified text editors, then you probably aren't utilising your IDE to its full potential. Likewise if you think that with a few plugins, Sublime would make programming in Java so much better.
The example of showing Javadocs is a perfect. There is a lot of code and configuration that goes into that view. First it has to know what the classpath is for the given project, then it has to know how to resolve this classpath, then it has to parse the Java source, then it has parse the javadocs, then it has to render it in some html hybrid kind of view, then it has to provide a browser like UI to allow navigation. Then it has to do this continuously in the background to keep it in synch with recently edited code, or recently modified classpath. In short, Sublime can not do it, and its unfair to ask.
There is of course always scope for plugins to add useful features here and there, and for many scripting languages that don't really require fully fledged IDEs, e.g. Python, this might be enough. (Although since I started using an IDE for Python, I wouldn't go back to using just a text editor for that either).
He had put IDE under '' ... 'IDE". .I guess we all don't want.... or better.. we wouldn't like SublimeText to be an IDE. SublimeText will be what his creator will want it to be. ( Sorry for my Eng.)Imho this editor is near to be perfect. Is fast, lightweight, beautiful and powerfull.
Maybe here we are just asking a context documentation that seems to be more related to SublimeCodeIntel.... in this case. While is might sound good to have those features built-in, I would like Sublime to be more a modular app.
ok we got code completition from library.. if we can get context docs, the better.. if we could have a debugger too ( I'm thinking of Komodo Edit/IDE, just for 2 features).. even better.If we can't.. SublimeText is still my editor of choice and I'm happy I paid for it.
@qwerty1when you say: "We want Sublime to be a lightening fast text editor;" - I agree.. but that is NOT all.
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Aloha guys my name is Kyle and I'm getting stoked on surf photography more everyday... Just found this forum the other day and I wanted to share some of my shots I've taken. Winter is approaching along the north shore and I'm excited to share shots/experiences and to learn from others' experiences. Looking forward to meeting people with similar passions. If you want to go through my entire album you can check it out at http://www.exposurefish.smugmug.com
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Sclerosing cholangitis refers to swelling (inflammation), scarring, and destruction of the
Alternative Names
Primary sclerosing cholangitis; PSC
The cause of this condition is usually unknown.
The disease may be seen in patients who have:
Autoimmune disorders Chronic pancreatitis
- Inflammatory bowel disease (
Crohns diseaseand ulcerative colitis) Sarcoidosis
Genetic factors may also be responsible. Sclerosing cholangitis occurs more often in men than women. This disorder is rare in children.
Sclerosing cholangitis may also be caused by:
- Infections in the liver, gallbladder, and bile ducts
The first symptoms are usually:
- Fatigue
- Itching
- Yellowing of the skin and eyes (jaundice)
However, some people may have no symptoms.
Other symptoms may include:
Enlarged liver Enlarged spleen
- Loss of appetite and weight loss
- Repeat episodes of
Exams and Tests
Some people do not have symptoms, but blood work shows that they have abnormal liver function. The doctor will look for:
- Diseases that cause similar problems
- Diseases that often occur with this condition (especially inflammatory bowel disease)
- Gallstones
Tests that show cholangitis include:
Abdominal CT scan Abdominal ultrasound Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography(ERCP) Liver biopsy
- Magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP)
- Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiogram (
Blood tests include:
- Liver enzymes (
liver function tests)
Medications that may be used include:
- Cholestyramine
- Ursodeoxycholic acid (ursodiol)
- Fat-soluble vitamins (D, E, A, K)
- Antibiotics for infections in the bile ducts
- Medications that quiet the immune system (prednisone, azathioprine, cyclosporine, methotrexate)
Surgical procedures:
- Inserting a long, thin tube with a balloon at the end to open up narrowing (
endoscopicballoon dilation of strictures)
- Placement of a drain or tube for major narrowing (strictures) of biliary ducts
Proctocolectomy(for those who have both ulcerative colitis and sclerosing cholangitis)
- Liver transplant
Outlook (Prognosis)
How well patients do varies. The disease tends to get worse over time and sometimes patients develop:
Ascitesand varices
- Biliary
- Liver failure
- Persistent jaundice
Some patients develop infections of the bile ducts that keep returning.
People with this condition have an increased risk of developing cancer of the bile ducts (cholangiocarcinoma). They should be checked regularly with a liver imaging test and blood tests. Patients who also have inflammatory bowel disease may have an increased risk of cancer of the colon or rectum and should have periodic colonoscopy.
Possible Complications
Bleeding esophageal varices
- Cancer in the bile ducts (
cholangiocarcinoma) Cirrhosisand liver failure
- Infection of the biliary system (cholangitis)
- Narrowing of the bile ducts (strictures)
- Vitamin deficiencies
Gordon FD. Primary sclerosing cholangitis. Surg Clin North Am. 2008;88:1385-1407.
Ross AS, Kowdley KV. Sclerosing cholangitis and recurrent pyogenic cholangitis. In: Feldman M, Friedman LS, Brandt LJ, eds. Sleisenger & Fordtrans Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease. 9th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2010:chap 68.
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Brooklyn, N.Y., Oct 31, 2013 / 12:07 am (CNA/EWTN News).- A parish in the Diocese of Brooklyn marked the first anniversary of Hurricane Sandy with a Mass said in thanksgiving for healing and support received in the year since the storm hit.
"During the first two weeks after the storm, we were isolated," reflected Fr. Fulgencio Gutierrez, pastor of St. Mary Star of the Sea, located in Queens' Far Rockaway neighborhood, about half a mile from Long Island's Atlantic coast.
"There was no electricity and no transportation, but people came anyway to help clean, and distribute food and clothing to our brothers and sisters."
The Rockaway Peninsula was the hardest-hit portion of the Diocese of Brooklyn. Two other parishes in the Rockaways, St. Camillus and St. Virgilius, were also heavily damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
Catholics and non-Catholics alike flocked to St. Mary Star of the Sea parish to seek refuge from the devastating storm that left many in need of such basic necessities as food, clothing and shelter.
Fr. Gutierrez said the Mass served as a celebration to help alleviate "the psychological trauma of the past year" and offer gratitude "for the generosity of so many who responded to not only our physical needs but also to our spiritual anguish."
After the storm, thousands of residents came to St. Mary Star of the Sea for relief.
Fr. Gutierrez said that in the year following the storm, the parish has helped those in need with paying rent and providing children's clothing. A large number of parishioners at St. Mary Star of the Sea are undocumented immigrants, and therefore do not qualify for federal relief programs such as FEMA.
Eventually the parish served as a pickup location for shuttle buses to take Sandy victims to the Human Resources Administration registration center in Brooklyn where residents, including undocumented immigrants, could apply for benefits from the Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the evening of Oct. 29, 2012 with flooding that reached 14 feet in some areas, causing an estimated $65 billion in property damage and killing over 180 people in the Northeast United States.
The storm had killed at least 67 in Caribbean nations before hitting New Jersey and the surrounding area.
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Feast (UK - DVD R2)
Leigh Riding looks at the long overdue UK release of this 2005 comic gorefest
A little history lesson for UK readers; Hollywood buddies Ben Affleck and Matt Damon created a reality TV series in which budding writers and directors all compete for their chance to work on a genuine feature in the Hollywood studio system. The show ran for three seasons, with the first two series focusing on arty 'coming-of-age' dramas, which both failed miserably at the box office. For the third series, Affleck and Damon decided to back a more audience friendly feature, and ended up with the film Feast, a troubled production if there ever was one. Of course, as the UK never ran the series, we get to view the film through a different prism from our American friends, as a standalone film. The plot is pure genre; people trapped in a bar, beasties, a gallon of blood and pus, and a boy in a wheelchair. Much mayhem ensues.
When it comes to horror, I'm a meat and potatoes kinda guy. I'm not interested in elaborate death traps, American remakes of Japanese ghost stories that constantly fail to realise the plot is specific to another culture, so leave the point of the movie out, and I'm certainly not a fan of movies where killer weeds trap victims by making noises that sound like their mobile cell phones. I want genre staples, dammit! Creature features! Vigilante zombie cops! Slug aliens disguised as Kyle Maclachlan! That's not too much to ask for, is it?
Feast is a throwback to the old 'monster siege' movies, a particular favourite of mine. Although it's been said that this riffs on From Dusk Till Dawn far too much, it's closer in spirit to the underrated Demon Knight. Feast has no delusions of grandeur; there is no hip dialogue or crime elements to make the horror more palatable. This is gore, slime, and unexpected deaths, and is all the better for its back to basics approach.
In the making of feature, Feast's director John Gulager makes a statement that tells you where he's coming from: 'the first Project Greenlight project was a coming of age film. The second project was a coming of age film. So in Feast, anybody that even looked like they were coming of age—we ate.' When each character's introduction is accompanied by a freeze frame and a statistics sheet containing nicknames, occupation, and their character's life expectancy you know this movie will be a fun ride. The one thing that the film has that makes it that ride is the exuberance and giddy abandon Gulager has brought to the table.
The energy of the film is something to behold. Even with a miniscule budget, Feast has more zip and kinetic pace than any number of Saw sequels. For instance, in the space of a minute heads are bitten off, chests are punched through, faces ripped away, legs severed, and all capped by a midget demon furiously humping a wall mounted moose head. This is one of the more sedate scenes.
The abundance of energy makes up for the fact that while the script is perfectly acceptable genre fodder, the dialogue is either derivative and one note, or exposition without any important information. People don't have conversations in Feast, they quote clichés back and forth. The script did make me laugh like a drain at times; for instance Judah Friedlander's character is slimed about ten minutes into the film, an act that proceeds to make the character literally become a running joke through the whole film, with a payoff that made me shoot tea out of my nose with laughter. Although not given a lot to work with, the actors are all game, despite the fact that Henry Rollins is totally wasted.
Let's be honest, we're not here to laugh, we're here for the monsters, and there's no denying Feast delivers the gore. The monster designs are solid, and the kills are well designed and executed. Even the film's biggest detractors have to admit that this is one bloody movie, and will definitely satisfy the old school gore fans (our very own Gabe Powers would probably nod in approval). For a film with a budget this low, the action sequences and kills are very impressive, and look better than some films with twice the expense.
The low budget is well hidden by the style of the piece, which is quite slick and colourful. The camera never stops moving, and the sheer velocity of the piece reminds me of Braindead era Peter Jackson, married with the hyper real colour scheme of Sam Raimi circa Darkman.
Feast is as derivative as they come, and it's easy to dismiss it as a low budget Dusk Till Dawn rip-off. However, it's miles ahead of true dreck like 7 Mummies, and really holds its own. Films like this aren't meant to change the world. They are designed as prime Saturday night entertainment that makes you alternately laugh and turn green while uttering 'sweet...' under your breath as you wait for the pizza to be delivered, and Feast fills that gap better than any horror film since at least Planet Terror.
Bearing in mind that Feast had a very tight budget, it isn't surprising that the transfer here is of variable quality. Grain is often evident in the picture, particularly in special effects sequences and under-cranked shots. Colours in the film are generally of a comic book quality, and are presented fairly well. The schemes are visually strong, but occasional colour bleed tends to catch the eye. Although technical problems arise with the transfer, the viewer isn't taken out of the film too much as a result, and the film still has a look that belies the small production values.
Despite a middling DVD transfer Feast is a visually strong movie, and it is complimented by a textbook horror audio track. The all important surrounds are well utilised, with the constant bangs and scrapes of the beasties attempting to get into the bar even when attacks are not happening, which is actually creepier than the film probably deserves. Bass levels are very strong during the early attack sequences, but when the larger monsters appear later in the movie, the results are window rattling. Gulager gets kudos for realising that one of the strongest elements of a monster movie is sound design, and this impressive track gives the film a kick it might not have had before. I for one would like to hear the Blu-ray version.
Unfortunately, this Optimum disc is stripped of the US version's audio commentary, so any real information on the creation of Feast is left to the main making of featurette, which is at times baffling as on one hand it references the Project Greenlight element of Feast, which very few (if any) people in the UK have seen, and yet skirts over the problems the production had as a result of the Weinstein's involvement in the series, leaving the featurette frustratingly vague. Why sugar-coat the documentary when millions of people saw the production problems on TV?
In contrast, 'The Blood and Guts of Gary Tuncliffe' is a great little special effects feature. Although it is fairly short at nine minutes, it gives a great oversight on the film in general, and a nice look at Tuncliffe's roots and early career. It's also great to hear genre veteran (and the director's father) Clu Gulager praising '1980s retro instead of CGI', and you can't help but agree with him.
A small collection of bloopers and extended scenes round out the disc.
There's no looking past the fact that Feast is totally derivative and quite ham fistedly written, but it's also true that it's one of the most fun, sticky, bloody and entertaining horror comedies I've seen in absolutely ages. The news that Gulager has shot Feast 2 and 3 back to back and ready for release this year is surprisingly welcome. It's due in no small amount to the talent of the director that he can take a misshapen and flawed script, a tortuous production and a miniscule budget, and make a film as kinetic and stylish as this. Wait until the weekend, get the boys round (bringing beers of course), take the phone off the hook, phone for a pizza and enjoy. Feast is simply fun; no more, no less.
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I've not heard/seen this film before but the review and words like 'Darkman' and 'Braindead' means i'm heading off to my local HMV at lunchtime!
Great review Leigh and a couple of fantastic screencaps to boot.
I can't tell you how many movies I've watched only because Rollins has a roll in them.
Roll on parts 2 and 3 loved this one.
Suitable only for persons of 18 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 22nd September 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: No
Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dilby Digital 2.0 English
Subtitles: N/A
Extras: Horror Under the Spotlight: Making Feast, The Blood and Guts of Gary Tuncliffe, Blood on the Cutting Room Floor, A Small Feast of Outtakes
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: John Gulager
Cast: Balthazar Getty, Henry Rollins, Clu Gulager, Jason Mewes, Eric Dane
Genre: Horror
Length: 83 minutes
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DRV Inc., the Howe, Ind., manufacturer of relatively high-end fifth-wheels, is offering nine 31- to 38-foot floorplans in the 2010 Select Suite series, an entry-lvel line that's priced beneath the company's Mobile Suites and Elite Suites. Built on a drop-frame with up to four slideouts standard and an optional fifth vanity slide, fiberglass-and-aluminum Select Suites is available with full body paint, a distinctive front cap, Corian countertops, hardwood cabinet stiles, frameless jalousie windows, 6-foot, 6-inch front bedroom ceilings and a large amount of exterior storage. Also standard is the "Level Up" leveling system. " You can level front to back and side to side with the push of a button," said Mike Golden, regional sales manager. MSRPs start at $57,900.


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OpenSolution necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 140 diseños de 21 diseñadores freelance.
We are a new start up website company, the website we will launch will focus on Event and fun around the local city.
We need a brand new logo for our site.
Our website is a mix between facebook.com, eventful.com and yelp.com.
Our audience is mixed. From 7 to 70.
People who love having fun online and offline, when they are looking for something to offline such as concert, movies, bars or clubs, etc.. and online such as games, friends, listen to music, watch video clips..chat etc....
So a clean professional logo is needed to make us stand out from the rest. !
We need a hot modern dynamic logo..
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Randy Travis has been hospitalized in Texas in critical condition, his rep said Monday.
The country singer, who entered an unnamed hospital Sunday, is suffering from complications of recently acquired viral cardiomyopathy, according to his rep.
The Grammy winner has a new album due out this fall and recently recorded a tribute song to George Jones, who died in April. That tune is set to be the first song on the album.
"It was an honor when I received a request to record this tribute to George Jones," Travis said in a recent post on his website, "and after I heard how well Keith Gattis had written 'Tonight I'm Playin' Possum,' I was excited to record it."
Cardiomyopathy is a disease that weakens and enlarges the heart muscle, the Mayo Clinic says. Depending on the nature of the condition, it can be treated with medication, devices implanted in the heart or, in extreme cases, a heart transplant, the website says.
The severity of Travis' condition was unclear Monday.
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East Lansing, MI — Michigan Supreme Court Justice Bridget Mary McCormack will present the Michigan State University College of Law spring commencement address on Friday, May 10, 2013. The Honorable Justice McCormack will speak to Class of 2013 graduates and their guests at the MSU Auditorium at 11 a.m.
Justice McCormack was elected to the Michigan Supreme Court in January of 2013. Before her election to the court, she was a law professor and dean at the University of Michigan Law School. She is a graduate of the New York University Law School, where she won the Anne Petluck Poses Prize for Advocacy. She spent the first five years of her legal career in New York, first with the Legal Aid Society and then at the Office of Appellate Defender. In 1996, she became a faculty fellow at Yale Law School.MSU Law Board Chairman Clifton E. Haley, '61, and Dean Joan W. Howarth will preside over the Law College's 122nd commencement exercises, conferring law degrees on 297 spring graduates. Another 30 graduates from the fall 2012 class and 18 from summer 2013 will also participate in the ceremony.
Professor Robert M. Filiatrault, '70, will receive the Honorable George N. Bashara, Jr., Distinguished Alumni Award at the ceremony. Filiatrault earned his Juris Doctor degree from Detroit College of Law in 1970. After graduating, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Fred W. Kaess, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. He joined the Law College faculty in 1971 after engaging in private practice. He is a Fellow of the Michigan State Bar Foundation. The award will be presented by Bryan Melvin III, '77, president of the MSU College of Law Alumni Association.
The faculty speaker for commencement will be MSU Law Professor Clark C. Johnson. Professor Johnson joined the Law College faculty in 1973 and served as associate dean from 1984 to 1985. He teaches Equity, Contracts, Equity, Insurance Law, Medical-Legal Problems, Mortgages, Property, and Secured Transactions.
Graduating student Marco C. Masciulli was selected to be the student speaker for commencement. Haley McCall, another member of the Class of 2013, will sing the national anthem. Class President Alyssa J. Doster will present the class gift.


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The group welcomed two new members to the SAFG, Meghan Lord from the SERC Reading Room and Linda Zuckerman from Alexander Collection Services.
Rose shared Megan's updated emergency contacts form with the group. After sharing the form in the last Coordinators meeting some suggestions were made. Megan will update with preferred check boxes for email addresses and phone numbers.
Rose will be meeting with Nita and Andy to review job description details and to go over standard qualifications and or requirements for Collection Management, RDS and Branches. The group would like to see the draft phase of this project completed by the end of May.
Marc informed the group on the current status of the desktop directory. Since this project has significantly progressed since the group last saw the project, Rose has asked Marc to make the desktop directory available to view for both the next Coordinators meeting and SAFG meeting.
Rose distributed an email from Bill Puglisi on a new payroll policy implemented the previous payroll cycle. RUL payroll needs to be made aware of all work-study students running low on funds. It is up to student supervisors to keep track of each work-study students award and how much is paid out on their award each pay period. RUL payroll wants to know the exact date to switch a work-study student onto our voucher accounts. We can no longer charge a credit to the work-study student's award.
Rose will distribute an excel spreadsheet used to calculate and keep track of work-study award expenditures for each pay period to anyone who requests the program.
The group shared their plans for student appreciation week (April 10th to April 16th).
Kilmer Access Services and Media Services are throwing a joint party to honor their students on Thursday, April 14th. LSM will also be having a party on Thursday, April 14th inviting all departments in LSM as well as branch libraries on the Busch campus. <>Douglass is having a pizza and ice cream gathering for their student employees on Wednesday, April 13th. Alexander Library is throwing a large building party for all student employees at Alexander on Tuesday, April 12th in the Pane Room.
Collection Services at Alexander is having an all week celebration where snacks and treats will be left for the students throughout student appreciation week.
Rose would like the group to start thinking of training quizzes they would like to implement in the fall for student training. The group will be developing standard call number quizzes as well as work on training quizzes for RDS, Circulation and Reserves.
Several group members suggested coordinating with the RDS, Circulation and the Reserve functional groups on developing questions for training as well as outline exactly what is required of a student worker in each of these areas at each unit.
Next Meeting - Wednesday, May 4th 2:30pm


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By Jeffrey Klineman
Sure, 5-Hour Energy gets all the attention.It should: the company is one of the new millennium's most impressive meatspace success stories, taking the rising tide of energy drinks and rethinking them into a smaller package. If energy drinks are the mega-version of the soda, then 5-Hour Energy is almost a reimagining of the very same morning espresso that has powered Europe for centuries – a tiny shot that, rather than coming hot and bitter, is in a sweet, portable, oh-so-American package.
There's no arguing with energy as the key to the success of the shot format – just as most of the functional beverage category has been driven by interest in energy, as well. The simple need-and-efficient-fulfillment of that need exchange that takes place from caffeine ingestion has proven to be, in some ways, format agnostic, just so long as the key ingredient is present.
But the shot format is also lending itself to the array of other functionalities and need states, and they are matching the same universe of functional beverages, only it's a… smaller universe. So you see bite-sized versions of many wellness products: high-antioxidant juices; protein supplements; probiotics and kombuchas; sleep aids; and, of course, hangover fighters.
What's the reason behind the interest in ingesting these products as shots rather than other food and drink formats? That's the wrong question, actually. Consumers are looking to ingest these kinds of products any way they can – it's just that the format itself is slightly more mature than some, and slightly less mature than others, according to a recent report by the food and beverage consulting firm Sloane Trends, which compared shots to formats like pills, gummy bear-like "jellies" and other delivery methods.
Then the question becomes, which consumers are going for the shots, and that's an easy one to answer: according to the Sloane Trends report, shots are gaining plenty of traction as a delivery device; they hold certain advantages (easy to swallow, easy to carry) but haven't fully filtered their way all the way up. For instance, while 1/3 of consumers 18-24 said they had consumed an energy shot in the past month, according to another report, by retail information firm Symphony/IRI, that number dropped way down when the average age was 55 or older.
But that's bound to change, as well – for one thing, consumer trends often start young and grow into older demographics organically. For another, 5-Hour is reaching out to that older demographic deliberately, as well, targeting golf shops and NPR with merchandising and sponsorship. No heavy metal concerts here, but as the format becomes more familiar, it extends to other types of products.
So if the delivery device is moving to provide functions, where are those particular deliverables in terms of their development? Here's a summary to think about as you assemble your shelf set:
Rising Tide: Probiotics and Kombuchas
Products like Goodbelly and Hain Celestial Kombucha Energy Shots are aimed at the rising tide of probiotic interest in the U.S. Both take the "live" probiotic qualities of their larger bottles and cartons and reduce them down to the quick-consumption model of the shot format. It's interesting that more kombucha makers haven't tried this to date, although given the difficulties of processing kombucha into a RTD format, maybe that isn't too surprising. Still, a move into shots by a major marketer like GT's could be a slam-dunk in the natural channel, which has proven to be surprisingly supportive of shots like Guayaki (see below) and I AM. That would certainly seem to be the thought behind the Hain release, as well as others like Karvana.
Muscling In: Protein
Manufacturers started employing shots as a protein delivery system fairly soon after they broke out in energy, but they didn't become much more than an occasional oddity until recently, when technology began improving the taste and concentration of large amounts of protein in a small package. Protein's profile as a functional ingredient – for satiety and fitness uses – has become part of mainstream RTD and mixes, and now many athletes and bodybuilders are looking to protein shots as convenient ways to fulfill their ever-expanding protein requirements (after all, lugging a jug of powder mix around all day isn't practical). There have been endorsements in this space – both NASCAR driver A.J. Allmendinger and eternal pro wrestling champ Ric Flair have affiliations with BYB Brands' Fuel in a Bottle, for example – and even mainstream involvement, with the Sunkist growers' collective backing an innovative multi-shot bag format of daily protein shots. Still, there are issues: a recent recall of protein shots by supplement company Protica indicates that, like all functional products that can trace a direct line to the supplement world, sourcing is key.
40 Winks: Relaxation and Sleep Aids
The relaxation shot market is fairly mature at this point, having basically co-evolved with the relaxation drink market, but achieving a certain amount of legitimacy early on behind the success of products like Dream Water. That brand, and a few others like it, have taken a fairly straightforward approach to the category, mostly skirting around the "party time" aura that early category entrants adopted while also finding a way to avoid FDA concerns over misrepresenting themselves as beverages. Instead, consumers who pick them up are nonplussed by the use of melatonin – the products seem to be sleep aids through and through.
For Before the Party: Antioxidants
Sure, it was a rough ride for Bazi, a highly concentrated "wellness" shot that combined some of the highest ORAC-value fruits and vegetables around into a package that ultimately didn't click with consumers on a retail basis. But there have been positive signs for antioxidant shots as well: while Guayaki shots are marketed primarily behind their energy benefits, they are well known for the high-antioxidant value of their key ingredient, Yerba Mate. FRS has innovated with shot versions of its quercetin-laden products, even suggesting that the shots can be diluted in water to make – yep – an actual beverage. Other high-ORAC score products, like coffee fruit extract brand Kona Red are also offering their antioxidant-rich drinks in a shot format, as well.
Again, this is a functionality where products are in early stages of category development across the board: just as there has only been a true runaway in the recovery drink arena via products that are hitched to energy drinks like Rockstar or Monster, so too have hangover remedy shots faltered when it comes to the manufacture of a category leader. That's not to say there aren't interesting plays: Rebootizer, for example, takes the shot format and combines it with a mix-to-drink package, selling two-stage pouches that consumers can mix themselves. Meanwhile, fading media titans Playboy and Penthouse have both offered libido enhancement shots – products that are likely trumped by the existence of actual prescription libido enhancement.
Meanwhile, as more and more companies have tried to take on the energy shot business, the company that started it all is starting to move into a different set of products: it just committed more than $100 million to the development and marketing of an appetite suppression "nutrition bar." Once again proving that there's more than one way to deliver functionality – and, possibly, profits, as well.


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Hi, thank you for taking the time to read my post. This is how I made my Nightingale Armor and prop weapons. There are many ways to make this armor set, this is how I did it. I believe in sharing skills and abilities so I complied this set of photos with as much of a description as possible. I just learned how to sew and I don't know a lot of proper sewing lingo, so forgive me as I try to explain what I did as best I can.
Why I chose the Nightingale Armor from Skyrim: I love this armor set. I play Skyrim and when I got the armor as a quest reward I nearly peed my pants. "I'm Batman!" I yelled. I had not cosplayed in about a year so I decided late last summer to start planning and buying materials.
Materials I used:
3 metres of black linen
3 metres of stretchy pleather/faux leather
1 metre of hard vinyl (I bought cheap white and blue materials because they were on sale. Do yourself a favor and just buy the black material that you need.)
4 spools of black thread
2 packs of hot glue
2 tubs of black acrylic paint
1 can of silver spray paint
Model Magic
6 buttons
1 "liquid leather" body suit
black gloves
countless small snaps and hook and eye sets
1 adult sized bamboo halloween costume bow
duct tape
paper mache
craft foam
1 pack of Model Magic
1 can of verathane spray wood laquer
1 can of silver spray paint
1 halloween costume sword
1 pack of Model Magic
1 can of verathane spray wood laquer
1 can of silver spray paint
wood doweling
Model Magic
black feathers
hot glue
black paint
Tools I used:
sewing machine
sewing pins, scissors and such
hot glue gun
wood saw
Making the Armor
Reference Images
|Screenshot I found online of the Nightingale Armor
|The Nightingale Symbol
|This appears to be a modified version of the armor which adds golden details. These details are black in the original vanilla game.
I bought all my materials and asked my mom to help me figure out how to compose the pattern for the top. She used to make a lot of costumes for me as a kid. Mentally I broke down the top part of the torso armor into 2 pieces, a collar and a corset style bodice. They would be connected by a series of straps that snapped on. Then scales would be individually added in a symmetrical layered formation.
Mom suggested making a tube for the base of the bodice and then making each scale individually and sewing them on the tube top. I cut out each scale in paper first giving it a half inch extra width for the seams. I cut out 2 pieces of each scale from the stretchy pleather and sewed them front to front down 3 sides. Then I turned them right side out and tailored the edges. Every scale was mirrored so that I would end up with a symmetrical pattern on the other side.
|Me wearing the body suit with my costume progress over top.
The collar is really just 2 half circle shapes that I joined at their straight edges with a hole in the middle for my head. I added 12 straps and an additional scale to the collar to connect it to the now scaled bodice. White chalk was handy in marking sewing spots on the dark pleather.
|The top after I sewed all the scales onto it. Here I was marking where the straps would be snapped into place.
The skirt panels were sewn the same way as the scales of the bodice. Once I had them pinned in their correct order around my waist I just ran them under the sewing machine along the top.
The mask, arm, shoulder, and leg pieces were also cut from the stiffer white vinyl. I used little d-rings to be able to tighten the straps and make them adjustable.
|Testing one of the leg pieces. They fit!
|The leg pieces being laid out for sewing.
|This mask ending up being too small. I have since made a new one more akin to the original design.
The mask was super easy. I want to make more! I cut out a birdlike shape from the vinyl and slit it halfway down the middle. Then I overlapped the sides so the mask bent and fit my face. A little triangle was hand sewn to the top of the bridge to make it W shaped.
Once all the sewing was done I used hot glue to outline and create raised details all over the armor. I
used white chalk or markers to help with my lines.
**A note about the hot glue: It stuck to the vinyl and the pleather. But when I made a new mask out of a new black vinyl, the glue constantly peeled off. Test this technique out before you buy 3 metres of expensive vinyl.
|Without a body suit this armor looks pretty cool.
It's so versatile. I'm looking forward to photo shoots with
different versions of the costume.
I had to paint EVERYTHING black when the I was finished with the hot glue. Once I realized it all needed 3 coats on the front and back I regretted not buying black vinyl and pleather. But it was so cheap, I got it on a super discount!
After the black paint finally dried it was time to spray paint. In our garage I laid all the armor out and sprayed silver spray paint onto a piece of paper towel and immediately rubbed it onto the armor. This gave the armor a tarnished look. The darkest black was in the recesses and any protruding details had a polished look to them. I also went back over the silver with more black paint to tone it town a little.
**Something I should mention: The chemical combo of painting vinyl with spray paint and acrylic never actually dries. It remains sticky forever. I dusted my armor with powdered cornstarch to fix the issue but it slightly alters the look of the armor. It becomes less glossy and more matte.
After some touch ups the costume was complete. Naturally I wore it around the house for hours and played Skyrim while wearing it :D
|A rare photo of what the back actually looks like.
Making the Bow
The bow took me months! Is was so big I had to clear off my whole work table to be able to work on it which couldn't happen very often as I had numerous other projects going on.
I had no idea what to make the base of the bow out of so I waited for halloween and bought an adult toy bamboo bow. I cut out pieces of cardboard to shape it onto the Nightingale bow and used duct tape to adhere them on.
I used a small cardboard tube for the handle.
Then I made a batch of paper mache mix and applied newspaper strips all over. This was a very long process. It needed 3 overall coats but couldn't do the whole bow at once or it would stick to whatever was holding it up. Cracks started appearing about 4 days after it was placed somewhere to dry. These had to be patched with more paper mache and in waiting for the patched areas to dry more cracks would appear! Drove me crazy! I put Elmer's Glue in my paper mache mix and that seemed to have stopped the cracking.
My paper mache recipe: 1 cup of all purpose flour and just a little bit of water. You want the consistency be of a thick pancake mix. Less water the better. I put a lot of Elmer's Glue in the mix to make it stronger
Once the paper mache madness was over and the bow had been drying for about 2 weeks I drew all the detail lines on with marker. I then applied strips of Model Magic to the lines to raise them up. The little nightingale symbol was cut out of craft foam and adhered with Elmer's Glue.
Model Magic doesn't need any glue, its like playdough that self adheres to anything! Super handy. Its also very lightweight once dried.
After 2 days the Model Magic dried and I sprayed a coating of Verathane wood sealer onto it. Once this had also dried it had sealed and glossed the Model Magic so that it wouldn't be porous anymore and the spray paint would sit better on it. I'm not sure if I am explaining this correctly but without a sealer the Model Magic absorbs the spray paint and it still looks like foam. I wanted it to look like metal.
The spraypaint took a few days to dry. Once it was done I painted everything black except the Model Magic parts.
For some reason I decided to braid 3 lengths of stretchy rainbow bracelet cord for the bow string. I don't know why I didn't just get a black stretchy cord. I wanted to make things harder for myself I guess. After stringing the bow it was done.
The Sword
Reference Picture
|The Nightingale Blade
Compared to the bow I'm glad the blade was so easy. I bought an adult sized halloween sword and hacked off it's hilt with a saw. Then I simply formed Model Magic around the pommel in the shape of the Nightingale symbol. I used hot glue for a few details on it. Verathane and silver spray paint were used on it as well.
I made a Daedric quiver using the crappy quiver I got with my bow when I bought it. The added details are made from craft foam, Model Magic and hot glue. The quiver was treated in the same way as the armor; black paint, and silver spray paint. Arrows were made from hot gluing black feathers to doweling and painting them black. I made one really big epic arrow for photos. The tip is made of fired porcelain. I tried making the arrow heads out of Model Magic but they all broke off.
For all the work I put into this costume I will enjoy cosplaying as a Nightingale for the next few years.
Wow if you read all the way to here THANK YOU for your time and I hope this blog was informative. Thanks you and keep on cosplaying!


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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Stephen McCarthy wasn't particularly enthusiastic about his preseason move to central defense.
"I hated center back before this season started," McCarthy said after a recent training session.
See? Not so enthusiastic.
McCarthy's animosity toward the position wasn't entirely without justification. His whole life he'd been a central midfielder, but periodically throughout his playing career, his size – conservatively listed at 6-foot-5 – convinced coaches to try him out as a center back. Even former Revolution head coach Steve Nicol used McCarthy on the backline in a preseason match in 2011 before handing him 18 regular-season starts in midfield.
The problem, according to McCarthy, is that he wasn't a very good center back.
That didn't stop first-year head coach Jay Heaps from experimenting with the move once again this past preseason. With only three center backs on the roster, Heaps – a former defender himself – needed additional cover and decided to convert McCarthy, whom he'd watched closely as a member of the Revolution's broadcast team in 2011.
The difference this time was that Heaps stuck with the decision despite McCarthy's reservations and initial struggles. McCarthy trained exclusively with the center backs and made six preseason appearances in central defense, showing vast improvement along the way.
McCarthy's improvement continued straight into the regular season as he started the opener against the San Jose Earthquakes and never looked back, making 28 appearances on the backline en route to earning Revolution Best Defender honors.
"They screwed that up," McCarthy joked when asked about winning the award. "I can't believe it. I've never been a defender before so I'm happy. I'm really happy. I'm sure a lot of the credit goes to the guys around me because they helped me more than I probably helped myself some games. It was a learning process and I feel blessed to have gotten that award."
McCarthy reserved particular praise for fellow center back and 2011 SuperDraft selection A.J. Soares, whom he rooms with on the road and leans on for support both on and off the field. But credit also goes to Heaps, who had the foresight to stick with McCarthy even when the player himself questioned the move.
"[Winning Best Defender] shows that he's fully committed to the position, he's fully committed to learning and playing," said Heaps. "Macca's a smart soccer player. The transition isn't easy because it's a hard position to play, but I thought he adapted well. For him to play this well in his first year, I just hope that he continues to grow so we're talking about this in his second and third years; that he just continues to get better."
Progression requires commitment and belief, which McCarthy now has in spades. The player who "hated" center back 10 months ago now has a hard time seeing himself playing anywhere else.
"I'm all in," McCarthy said. "It's hard to see myself as a midfielder now; it's weird … Now I enjoy [center back] and I think I could have a good future there. I want to do big things there and be the best defender in the league. I don't want to just be a good defender; I want to be the best."


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jaystore wrote:Yes, the basic package comes without a complete DYNABAR but with DYNABAR pad so you can replace your old V6-V7 pad and have a brand new solution.flyingweasel wrote:Yep, saw all that on your site good stuff! what I like is the replaceable
spreader bar straps hook knife pouch etc. etc..
Here is the big Question though, do I understand right? .... The XT basic package is containing harness, shorts, pad and straps???? just add our existing Dynabar!
Mine is a Blue size medium if this is the case hang onto one for me and I will sort it out immediatley.
I remind readers that shorts/legstrap can be used with any harness by attaching leg strap webbing to harness hook.