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Giants-Saints: Shockey Eager To Face Old MatesOctober 13, 2009
Outspoken TE Hasn't Learned His Lesson
Maybe the New Orleans Saints will buck four decades of ineptitude and finally win a Super Bowl this year.
Perhaps then, we might listen to what Jeremy Shockey has to say. That is, if he contributes.
You see, if Jeremy Shockey isn't at the center of something, he wants no part of it. The definition of a team player is just the opposite: sacrificing one's self for the good of the whole.
So, the Saints will need a different Jeremy Shockey than the world knows if they plan on beating the Giants or the Vikings en route to that Super Bowl.
From where I stand, Shockey hasn't changed. He still has a schoolboy mentality.
This week, instead of saying positive things about his time in New York, he told The Times-Picayune that he "still had a bitter taste in his mouth" about the way his Giants career ended.
"It's just something that if you cross me once—it's hard enough to gain my trust as it is—and if you lie to me and if you say something behind closed doors between that person and myself ..."
Meanwhile, the Giants, who never asked anything more of Shockey than to simply just show up, have said little.
Eli Manning, who bore the brunt of many a Shockey public barbs, was asked if he thought Shockey would come to Sunday's game with extra incentive.
"Yeah, I'm sure he's excited for the game," Manning said. "I think he gets excited for every game. I'm sure he'll be ready to play."
"Shockey was and is a tremendous player, a great talent and a great teammate of mine for a number of years," Eli said. "He scored a lot of touchdowns, made a lot of big plays for us. When he got hurt, we struggled for some time without him."
Giants' coach Tom Coughlin had this to say:
"Jeremy Shockey is an excellent football player," Coughlin said. "He was an outstanding player here. When I first came here, I don't think that the world was aware as they should have been of the quality of the player he was, in terms of the all-around player. I thought he was an outstanding blocker. We all know about his vertical abilities and the seams and all the other things he does so well. Jeremy Shockey is a heck of a football player."


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CRCC has worked in partnership with Afghan Girls Financial Assistance Fund (AGFAF) since 2010, shortly after AGFAF pioneer Shamila Kohestani arrived at Drew University. In the fall of 2011, CRCC hosted AGFAF when the the organization dedicated to helping Afghan women gain access to education held their inaugural Afghan Girls Leadership Retreat on Drew's campus. CRCC is proud to announce a new program, providing free TOEFL Exam tutoring to students in Afghanistan who are seeking to pursue university studies in the United States. For many of these students, the TOEFL represents a tremendous challenge, right at the outset of their educational odyssey. Drew University undergraduate and graduate students are employing a variety of web-based distance-learning tools – they are also donating their time – to deliver greatly needed one-to-one coaching for the TOEFL exam. CRCC is partnering with the Star Education School in Kabul and AGFAF, including AGFAF scholarship recipient, Zainab Yousofi, to help identify Afghan students with the dream of studying in America and the desire to work hard to realize this dream.
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During my college days, while taking up my major course, the food processing. I was always thinking that food friendly packaging materials are not earth friendly. Those are good in preserving food items and itself and also able to preserve itself after disposal.
Plastics are so stable that it withstand environmental degradation. They are thrown everywhere by irresponsible we causing blockage of rivers, sewers, canals and other waterways. The worse case result of this irresponsibility is flooding causing damage to properties, injuries and lost of lives.
What if a ban on plastic usage was implemented? That was my question before and I am experiencing the answer now. A ban on sando bags and styrofor products is under effect in our whole province. This never apply to factory packed products however. Piattos in its very own packaging is fine. Chicharon package in factory is fine too. Placing the Piattos chip in sando bag is punishable. If you are retailing chicharon, placing it in single thin cellophane is fine but using a brown paper bag is recommended.
Experienced undesirable effects. The unfriendliness of brown paper bags to food.
She bought some donuts. The crew placed it in brown paper bag. The paper was getting wet after few moment. She stopped by her favorite bakery and got some cheese bread. It was also packed in paper bag. It resulted to the same situated, wet paper bag after a while.
What if a total plastic ban is to be implemented? Is it goodbye to huge amount of shelf stable foods on grocery shelves?


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A coronary angiogram or angiography is a test to see if the coronary arteries, which supply blood to the heart, are flowing freely. If they become narrowed you may complain of chest pain (angina), or, if suddenly blocked, a heart attack. Your angiogram (the pictures) show the doctor how many narrowing's are present in the vessels, where they are and how tight they are.
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Fashion As a Second Language
I posit fashion and art are committed partners.
Sometimes the people in my life query about the the root of my fashion affinity (dare I say, fashion obsession?). I had to stop and ask myself the same question. My dad was indeed a snappy dresser. And my mom definitely has a sense of style.
But we never sat around the dinner table and discussed Coco Chanel's modernist philosophy nor did we herald Prada's originality; I certainly don't remember my parents lauding Ralph Lauren's influence on the world of fashion.
But now that I think about it, as I child it often seemed to me that my parents spoke a second language. While learning how to add and multiply, I was also learning a vernacular that would later supply and shape my own artistic views.
As a child, I usually used context clues to decipher words such as hounds tooth and tortoiseshell. I knew camel to be a lovely neutral hue, beyond being a hoofed, humpbacked mammal. I now understand fashion as a second language. This doesn't make me a fashion expert, but this I know for sure: I love fashion as an art.
I once had a professor in a Communications class explain that every morning when we dressed we made a decision. We were communicating something about ourselves to the world around us. We were expressing ourselves.
Really? I had to wonder: did my outfit that day scream, I am juggling three jobs with a full load of classes so I picked up the first sweatshirt I could find on my dorm floor when my alarm went off – oh, and it's my roommates?
Today, when I observe the people around me, I often think that, like me, many moons ago, perhaps they are not choosing to share anything at all. That black t-shirt? No underlying message. Just the first thing they reached for this winter's morning.
But what about that guy on Marion Street I saw walking past with the Ghostbusters t-shirt on? Does he consider the movie a cinematic classic or is he just a Bill Murray fan? Was he trying to encourage me to see the movie? Perhaps it was just a gift from his mother-in-law?
What about that young man with the Save Darfur t-shirt on? Does he know and care about the genocide? Is he a survivor? Perhaps he is an activist hoping that we'll be galvanized to action.
Often I perceive a deliberate statement – a visual expression of one's self: I am an artist; I am the man in black; I am a nonconformist. I admire and respect the designers who conceive and conceptualize the apparel that allows us to be comfortable, feel glamorous, to be conscientious shoppers or to share who we are.
Fashion can most certainly be an expression of ones individuality: a platform for ingenuity and imagination. I consider it an opportunity to articulate myself creatively. While I love to paint, and I love to write, I was thrilled to find there exists yet another creative outlet: a wonderfully tactile way to tell a story.
And so when I acquired my first sewing machine, over twenty years ago, I came to understand, with great satisfaction, that I could tell a fantastic tale of teal or an inspired tale of tulle without ever uttering a word. And yet another way to express myself.
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Posted: March 14th, 2011 3:06 PM
We are creatures of habit! It might be that you've found the perfect design for your body type, and you are comfortable in the style you've been wearing. Sometimes, it takes time to warm up to new designs or to exit our comfort zone. Other times, introducing a new, inexpensive (and practical!) accessory, like a scarf, can relieve our wardrobe doldrums.
Posted: March 13th, 2011 12:23 PM
I totally agree that what we wear says something about us, but I'm not sure what it is. I've noticed over the years that even when styles change most of us buy the same type of clothing. I will try on a new style and it may look nice but I say to myself, "This is not me". What does that mean?
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NASA's Robot Surgeon
NASA has been testing a remote-controlled robot surgeon in an undersea laboratory off the coast of Florida. For one exercise, surgical researchers 1,250 miles away sent commands to the robot, which managed to successfully suture a badly damaged vein in the wounded arm of a "patient simulator." With the possibility of human injury on future Lunar and Martian outposts, NASA is hoping that the use of surgical robots and "telemedicine" will delay the need for medical doctor astronauts. The article states that the robots should eventually be able to perform "most operations." I hope "most operations" includes "the surgery required to repair an unfeeling robot doctor's horrible mistakes." Oh, and hopefully collagen injections too.
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Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel admitted that "the trust has been broken" between the White House and Congress following the Obama administration's decision to skirt U.S. law and release five top Taliban leaders without first consulting with lawmakers.
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Linked by David Adams on Fri 16th Jul 2010 17:59 UTC
In a move that should surprise nobody, Apple has sort-of admitted to iPhone antenna problems in their press conference this morning, claiming it affects a small number of users, but they claim to be working hard to fix the problems that they have confirmed. They've offered free bumpers (that have until now been a $30 accessory) to all iPhone buyers, and are offering to waive any restocking fees for anyone who wants to return their iPhone 4. Whether or not there's going to be a hardware fix for future iPhones, Steve Jobs says he doesn't know yet whether that will happen.
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If you don't have the phone or haven't been affected by the issue, do the internet a favor and STFU.
This has truly been one of the most overblown things ive ever seen in my years in technology and living in general. Bought something, doesn't work, take it back, get your money back, duh! Ranting on the net wont solve the problem, will it?
The problem affected .55% of people, less than 1 percent of 3MM affected. What company wouldn't love those numbers, imagine the ratio of people that eat at McDonald's and what their complaint rate is. Guys, please go outside once in a while, there is a world out there. And if you are outside, get of the damned computer.


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Courtney Garnett Commits to Texas: Longhorns Land 12th Commit for Class of 2014April 8, 2013
The Texas Longhorns keep rolling through the 2014 recruiting cycle.
Mack Brown's program is arguably one of the hottest on the recruiting trail right now, and that momentum is certainly paying off in the form of commitments.
Last weekend, the Longhorns had a very impressive orange-white game weekend that saw them land a few 2014 and 2015 recruits (via Jeff Howe of 247Sports. Note: Howe also tweeted about the commitment of 4-star Jake McMillon).
This weekend, the Longhorns have picked up commitment No. 12 for the 2014 class, represented by 3-star defensive tackle Courtney Garnett. William Wilkerson of ESPN.com reports on the commitment:
Well, visits to Ole Miss and Mississippi State came over the weekend and, in his eyes, they didn't compare to Texas. So Garnett went ahead and committed to the Longhorns.
"I think it is just a great fit. I think it's going to be a great fit for me and my family," Garnett said. "I have some family in Austin there already. It's going to be great for me to go out there and take my talents to Texas and be coached by [defensive tackles coach Bo [Davis]. He is a great coach and will elevate me to where I want to be."
The momentum keeps building for Texas recruiting, and that's huge considering the slight drop in prestige that the Longhorns have experienced. If Coach Brown and his staff want to get the program back on track, it's going to start and end with recruiting, so regaining some of that "swagger" is crucial.
Also, consider the fact that out of Texas' 12 current commitments, six (including Garnett) are linemen of some sort. It's an old cliche but it rings true on a yearly basis: The game of football is won or lost in the trenches, so focusing on building up talented linemen, plus depth, is without a doubt a smart way to approach this rebuild of sorts at Texas.
For all intents and purposes, Garnett has good potential.
He's 6'2'', 285 pounds, so he has good size as just a rising senior. He's very proficient at taking on blocks, shedding them and making the tackle against the run. He uses his hands well to extend and disengage, and he does a good job of coming down the line in pursuit and making a play. Garnett is strong and big enough to take on double-teams, but he's also quick enough to rip away and chase. He projects to be a good interior lineman, though he does have the speed to move outside if need be, but only situationally.
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PENDER COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — Pender County will introduce its new manager later this week. The County Commission will appoint Dr. Michael N. "Mickey" Duvall of Franklin as the new county manager Thursday morning. Duvall currently serves as the county manager in Graham County.
Pender Commissioners started searching for a new manager in September last year when current County Manager Rick Benton announced his retirement. The Commissioners plan to make the appointment Thursday morning at the beginning of their planning summit.
Duvall will start his new job on Monday, February 13. The county will pay him $105,000 plus a $10,000 annual travel allowance for use of his personal vehicle in conducting county business.
Benton says his last day is January 31. He says he plans to stay involved in the county, while also taking time to do some traveling.
Duvall has served as Graham County Manager since 2010. He also serves as economic development director. Before becoming Graham County Manager, Duvall served as Senior Economic and Community Development Director and Director of Tribal Grants for the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation from 2005-2010. In that role he was responsible for direction, oversight and implementation of tribal projects and initiatives, including management of the Cherokee Business Development Center and overseeing a variety of business, grant development, and other business and economic related programs.
Duvall served as a Professor of Public Administration at Western Carolina University from 1999-2005 and served as the Associate Director of the Public Policy Institute there. He served a term as a County Commissioner in Macon County from 1996-2000, and has taught political science and public administration at Southwestern Community College in Sylva and at Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in Asheville.
Duvall earned a BS in Political Science/Public Administration from Western Carolina University in 1987, a Master's Degree in Public Administration from Western Carolina University in 1991, and a Doctor of Theology from Gulf Coast Seminary/New Orleans Baptist in 1993.
Duvall and his wife Katie have four children, Tanner, Michael, Wyatt and Abigail. He is an ordained minister and is actively involved in family activities, community service and particularly ministries focused on teens.
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The EGE is a framework. It provides definitions of plug-ins (building blocks) which can be used in combination to perform a series of operations. There is also the API that can be used by other applications utilizing EGE. The image below presents the overview of the EGE architecture.
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What, it's a surprise that Tony Stark prefers Trump?
Stark is first and foremost a business man, a self made business man(yeah, he did build that). A big proponent of the 2nd Amendment (and whatever gadget he designs that makes a loud boom and kills bad guys), he wants the freedom to run his company the way he wants with as little government interference as possible. And when all is accomplished he would like to pass on his wealth to the little Iron Men in his brood without Hillary's 55% death tax staring him in the face. Comic book heroes understand freedom and the American way, they exhibit qualities of character, honor, and courage Hillary only reads about in books, while whispering under her breath ,"Suckers".
So the big debate tonight. No doubt it will get huge ratings, but for me, I'm a bit MEH. It was tantalizing when Trump was Trump, but now that he has official handlers and wants to act all presidential, I suspect Snooze City. The first 15 minutes will tell the tale. If he does not hit her hard (something McCain and Romney were too scared to do) over the oceans of possibilities, I will probably switch over to football. If we don't get the bombastic Trump, the guy that verbally destroyed all the other GOP contenders, if we don't get hair pulling and eye gouging, why bother?


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My daughters like to tell me about how wonderful other mothers are. They go on and on about the mothers who pack the best food in lunch boxes, who arrange for manicures and go to great lengths to make their children happy. I hear tales about moms who do extraordinary things, on a daily basis.
Lucy tells me about a friend whose mother goes out every morning for fresh baked goods.
"Every day, Mom," she tells me, "she gets up early and brings home muffins or bagels."
"Wow," I say.
"Yeah," she says and adds for emphasis, "every. day."
Then she sighs and eats the eggs I made her. Eggs with no freshly baked muffin. Just eggs.
Zoe tells me about her friend who lost a sweatshirt at school. The big expensive kind of sweatshirt.
"Her mother took her out that very night to get her another one," Zoe tells me.
"Wow," I say to this.
"Yeah," she says and adds, "she didn't even have to wait for her birthday or anything."
They tell me these stories because I'm just not that kind of mom. I'd rather sleep a little later than go out for muffins. And if you lose a sweatshirt, yeah, you're waiting until your birthday for another. Every once in awhile, though, I feel like maybe I could be that mom. The one my kids would brag about. So I try, in my own way.
A few weeks back, on a chilly Monday morning, Zoe sat at the kitchen counter, head in her hands.
"I can't find my towel," she moaned, "I just want my Zoe towel for swimming and I can't find it."
I knew the towel. It was a gift from her grandmother a few years back; the kind of towel that you love to wrap around your cold body after swimming. It's thick and squishy and has her name embroidered on the end. I didn't blame her for wanting to bring it to school.
So while she slowly drank her smoothie, I ran down to the basement to look for it. I set my coffee on the dryer and dug through the laundry piles. I pulled out the wet laundry in the washer and the dry laundry in the dryer. No towel. I had to go back down after I came up because I left my coffee on the dryer. Then, while she still sat eating her breakfast, I went upstairs to the linen closet. There is a shelf near the bottom where all the beach towels are, and I set my coffee down to pull them out. I thought perhaps the Zoe towel had fallen behind the others, but it hadn't. Miraculously, I found another towel with her name embroidered on the end. It isn't nearly as nice and thick as the favorite, but I triumphantly carried it downstairs anyway.
Zoe looked at it and shook her head. She wasn't happy with the replacement. I folded it up anyway, and put it in the bag with her suit and goggles. And yes, I had to go back up because I had left my coffee on the floor next to the linen cabinet.
I wonder and reflect on these things as Mother's Day approaches because though I've been a mother for nearly 14 years, I still wonder if I'm good enough. I look around and think perhaps another mom's way of doing things are a bit better than mine. And I do something silly like try really, really hard to make my daughter happy on a cold Monday morning. And it just doesn't work. The ending to that story? Here it is:
Noticing the time, Zoe picked up her backpack and raced out to catch the bus. I told her how much I loved her as she dashed out the door. Then I noticed the swim bag still sitting on the table. The one with the other Zoe towel and her swim suit. I picked it up and raced out after her, calling her name. She was just stepping off the porch as I opened the door.
"Zoe! Zoe! Your bag! Don't forget your bag!" I held it up for her to take. She stopped then and looked up at me. The sun was just peeking through the clouds and it shone on her beautiful grey eyes.
"Oh, mom," she said, "swimming doesn't start until next week." And then she was gone. I was left holding the bag with the other Zoe towel in one hand and my coffee in the other. It was too absurd to be angry about. And I knew then that I am not that mother. I am not the mother who runs around the house trying to find a towel for her daughter. I'm the mother who tells her daughter where the towels are and lets her figure it out herself. Yup, that's me.
I have to be at peace with being the mother who might not do the things her children will brag about. I am at peace with being the mother who gives foot rubs after soccer practice. Who is always willing to bake and eat cookies. Who will play lacrosse and baseball in the yard (though I rarely catch the ball) and is always up for a game of cards.
I'm also the mother who cooks green food – lots and lots of green food. Salads, vegetables and especially green pesto. Nah, not the kind of food to make my kids brag about me to their friends. That's okay though, because this pesto is good enough that I really don't mind who else eats it. I save the leftovers and slather it over sandwiches, eggs and dip carrots in it. It tastes like summer.
As we celebrate Mother's Day this weekend, it's important for me to look around and acknowledge all the strong, beautiful women and mothers in my life. I'm also going to try very hard to celebrate the mother I am. Not the one I think is better. Just me. I hope you look around and celebrate the mothers in your life, and the mother in you.
Arugula Pesto
very good on chicken, steak, fish, pasta or vegetables
1 lb fresh, young arugula
3 fat garlic cloves (see note)
1/3 c. raw almonds
1 small handful fresh basil
juice of 1/2 lemon
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Combine the arugula with the garlic, almonds, basil and lemon in a food processor. With the motor running, pour in the olive oil until the pesto is a smooth paste. Add salt and pepper. Keep sealed in the refrigerator for a week or so. Freezes well.
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Skip to comments.CA: New bridge phase sees old questions - MTC will take control with costs still unknown
Posted on 07/26/2005 7:04:16 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
Wednesday opens a new chapter in the 16-year Bay Bridge saga, when regional politicians take the reins to oversee the project amid unanswered questions about why the public will pay twice at unknown cost for the same work.
Specifically, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission will be asked to approve freshly repackaged bids to build the bridge's tower. Caltrans is expected to advertise the project the next day but has not released an official cost estimate.
MTC's new role results from lengthy negotiations in the Capitol this year and the new law they produced. It means the Bay Area will pay more in the form of $4 tolls but will havemore say in controlling costs.
Among MTC's first decisions is what to do about a canceled $177 million contract to build the foundation of the now on-again tower. Caltrans decided in January to tear out a critical part of that work, meaning California taxpayers will pay for the work twice.
The Oakland Tribune requested in late March documents showing who ordered the removal and what it would cost. Two weeks ago, after insisting it had divulged all public records, Caltrans released documents that showed the decision cost more than it had suggested.
The agency still cannot document who was responsible for the decision that resulted in the destruction of one of two huge steel casings, which are used to guide pile-driving.
Initially, in interviews a Caltrans spokesman said the agency's project manager made the call. But other sources within Caltrans told the Tribune and other newspapers at the time that the project manager first learned from newspaper reports that one of steel templates was being chopped up.
In June, Caltrans Director Will Kempton told the Tribune he "signed the termination orders" for the contract as the Schwarzenegger administration pushed to change the bridge design to one without a tower. Kempton said it was up to the contractor, KFM Joint Venture, to decide how to stop the work.
"We thought that given the potential for an early decision (about the bridge design) the most prudent course of action to save money was to terminate the contract," Kempton said.
But none of the newly released documents bear Kempton's name. Instead, most of the Caltrans documents are signed by a subordinate of the project manager.
They allude to a Jan. 5 Caltrans letter terminating the contract, but the letter itself was not released. On Jan. 7, Caltrans directed KFM to remove all temporary structures and provide full estimates of the cost to store steel and the value to scrap it.
On Jan. 18, Caltrans requested KFM "track costs incurred after" the cancellation date "separately." Caltrans did not provide that tally but said in an e-mail that removing the template cost $20,000 to $30,000.
But an inch-thick stack of invoices from KFM's subcontractors and individual cost summaries from KFM appear to show costs much higher.
One shows a $495,000-a-month cost to halt steel fabricators, another shows $5,000 a day in overhead expenses, and a third shows Caltrans paid KFM $458,000 by March and was billed $232,000 more.
Questions about true bridge costs are nothing new; it's one of the main reasons MTC now oversees the $6.3 billion Bay Bridge project.
In December, the state auditor blasted Caltrans for failing to notify state and federal authorities of rising costs.
In January, the Oakland Tribune uncovered Caltrans documents written two months before it opened bids on the bridge tower. In one, an executive summary, the first sentence states "this report serves as notice to the Legislature that ... actual costs exceed the amounts" identified in state law. The document, and others stapled to it, were never sent to lawmakers.
State transportation Secretary Sunne Wright McPeak said in testimony to the Legislature and ever since that she had never seen the documents and never knew the cost of the bridge until the lone bid came back in May 2004.
"It is a description that has never wavered, not one word," McPeak's spokesman Chris Nance said Monday.
But on radio station KQED's Forum show last week, McPeak said: "When we inherited this problem and began looking at the cost increases, consulted the Metropolitan Transportation Commission in February of 2004, and said, 'We are concerned that we're likely to get a bid in May of that year that is going to exceed the budget,' we were even told, 'Well, perhaps we are overreacting to that concern.'"
In a June 30 letter to the Tribune, Nance repeated McPeak's claim that an internal investigation turned up "only a loose compilation of eight separate documents regarding alternative scenarios, as confirmed by the alleged author of this nonexistent report."
The alleged author, Caltrans bridge program manager Dan McElhinney, said in a memo to Kempton the documents were "discussion materials" prepared as contingency planning for the bid.
In a January memo obtained under public records laws, McElhinney stated that the materials were prepared for an April 2004 meeting for the governor's staff. But, now, in a June 29 memo sent to the Tribune, McElhinney said he had "no personal knowledge" of such a meeting until after the bids were opened.
So Kiewit got paid to build it, got paid for the 'stop work', got paid to tear it up,
and now taxpayers will pay again to rebuild it?
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Stefan Olsson of Sweden and Sabine Ellerbrock of Sweden have won the men's singles and women's singles titles respectively at the 4th Open Memorial Santi Silvas, part of the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Tour, at the Club Natacio Olot.
Top seed Olsson remained unbeaten in the ITF 2 Series tournament since its inception in 2009 as he claimed his fourth straight men's singles title on Sunday's last day of play after a 62 76(5) victory over Argentinean second seed Agustin Ledesma.
On Saturday's penultimate day of play world No. 4 Ellerbrock won her first women's singles title in Olot when she dominated the final to beat Walraven 62 62 to secure her second win this season over the world No. 8.
In the men's semifinals world No. 6 Olsson maintained his bid for a fourth successive title as the 25-year-old defeated French third seed Frederic Cazeaudumec 62 62. In the other semifinal Ledesma faced a strong challenge from 2011 runner-up Fabian Mazzei of Italy, but the world No. 2 ranked junior player managed to edge to a 64 75 victory.
Dan Wallin continued the Swedish success when he paired up with Italy's Fabian Mazzei to win the men's doubles title as Ledesma had to be content with runners-up honours. Wallin and Mazzei defeated Alvaro Illobre of Spain and Ledesma 63 63 as Mazzei avenged his singles semifinal loss.
While going head-to-head in the women's singles final, top seeds Ellerbrock and Walraven proved much the strong in the doubles final and went on to beat Elena Jacinto of Spain and Maria Antonieta Ortiz of Chile 62 63.
Aside from the semifinals and finals, the penultimate day's programme also included a clinic led by tournament director Tommy Robredo.
Meanwhile, the final day brought a visit from former Barcelona FC player Bojan Krkić, who joined ITF Wheelchair Tennis Ambassador Robredo to entertain the crowd with an exhibition of tennis football.
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INDEPENDENCE –– Trailing by a point midway through the third quarter Friday, Grayson County ramped up the pressure defensively and exploded for 28 points in the final 16-plus minutes to run away from Narrows 49-21 in a Mountain Empire District game at Bill Strong Field.
As per Virginia High School League rule, once a 35-point lead is taken in a high school football game, the clock shall run continuously through incompletions, out-of-bounds plays, touchdowns and the like. Occasionally, time seems to just creep by anyway.
Friday couldn't get over with quickly enough for Narrows.
BLUEFIELD, W.Va. –– When Steven Peoples of Galax set the state single-game rushing record of 502 yards against Graham in 2013, it came as part of a 54-7 cakewalk. Charles Harris threatened that record Friday at Mitchell Stadium before coming up 38 yards short.
This time, the Maroon Tide needed every inch of Harris' enormous yardage total.
PEARISBURG –– A handful of little things in the first two quarters allowed Giles to squeak through to halftime with a one-point lead. A handful of big things early in the second half helped the Spartans race away into what would prove to be an insurmountable lead.
The threat posed by Hurricane Joaquin has resulted in the cancellation of Friday's football game between Carroll County and Salem. It will not be rescheduled.
The contest had been originally scheduled to be played in Hillsville but the decision was made Wednesday to move it to Salem Stadium and its artificial surface, which would be better suited to handle what is expected to be heavy rains Friday evening.
HILLSVILLE –– The first Carroll County homecoming parade in recent memory culminated Thursday night with a bonfire robust enough to roast a marshmallow from a first down marker away. Friday night the Cavaliers were dealing with an entirely different manner of heat.
For a team on the verge of going down in straight sets, Galax did a pretty good job of turning its Mountain Empire District match with Fort Chiswell into a runaway.
Having dropped the opening two sets by three points each, Galax found a spark and dominated the final three sets to stun the Pioneers 22-25, 22-25, 25-14, 25-15, 15-8 Monday at GHS.
Thirty years ago, the Bluefield College men's basketball team finished one win shy of a national championship, runner-up in the National Little College Athletic Association (NLCAA) National Tournament. That same year, 1985, the BC golf team earned a national title as winners of the NLCAA National Tournament.
In baseball terminology, Carroll County spent the weekend swinging the weighted bat.
Two days removed from going 1-1 in a Saturday tournament against Jefferson Forest and E.C. Glass, and evidently still keyed up to the pace of those Conference 24 foes, the Cavaliers were able to get around on the proverbial fastball in a Monday match with Galax, bolting to a 12-2 lead in the first set and coasting to the 25-9, 25-15, 25-21 nondistrict win on the Maroon Tide's home floor.
RADFORD –– Thirty-two and three-tenths seconds is barely enough time to microwave a hotdog, view a lame auto insurance commercial or brush half your teeth. A little more than half a minute stands between Galax being winless and being a very impressive 2-0.
And one whale of a good football team is going to finish the season as only the third-best club in the Three Rivers District.
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This movie was really good. I liked how everything looked and the plot was understandable. I had a little problem with the dialogue, but that's dubbing for you :/
I missed the end though, but I'll probably catch it tomorrow.
"Strong Pokemon. Weak Pokemon.
That is only the selfish perception of people.
Truly skilled trainers should try to win with their favorites."
...I just remembered..
I hate what they do the movie credits.
We don't want to see more commericals!
We want to see the credits!..We could hardly see it,and we couldn't hear it at all.
What else did you expect from a network that literally shows the same damncommercials about TEH CLONE WARS 1 HOUR PRIEMEERE!!!!!!!, POKEMOON BAATTTLEE DIMENSION EPISSSOOODES! with the movie going into commercial every 10 minutes.
Marluxia the level 5 Cherrim!
Yay for Marluxia
Ugh, I HATED the frequent commercials. I just wanted the movie for Christ's sake! Maybe there will be less in the encore presentation tomorrow, no need to advertise more Clone Wars any more, God. Other than that, I enjoyed it very much (although I would've liked it more if the credits were full screen and audible).
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I hated the commercials too. They always have ommercials but it felt like they had them too frequently throughout the movie.
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Never mind the commercials! How did Shaymin's dub voice sound? After all, Shaymin's Japanese voice was very specific to him/her(?) and I wouldn't want DuArt to have squandered her squeaky peaky sass.
B.T.W., I didn't watch the broadcast; Destiny Deoxys trained me to not trust these.
Honk if you prefer the Japanese version to the English dub!
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They didn't keep the way shaymin's lines were. in the japanese version shaymin didn't have correct grammer, the english version did. I think that the movie could have gone better if they put more effort into it.
I'm the type of gal who loves cosplaying and watching anime. I don't enjoy shoujo with the exception of 2 which are Full Moon and MeruPuri. I usually stick to shonen manga. I own a volume of KashiMashi and that is probably the closest thing to yuri I'll ever get. I grew up on Pokemon and Sailor Moon sense the age of 4, so yeah, I've been a dork for most of my life
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^Shaymin Land Forme seems to have a female voice, while Sky Forme seems to have a more male voice. Guess it depends on the voice actor? Talk about bisexual.
Besides, commercials are the main reason CN even played the movie! So it could get money off the amount of people watching the stupid commmercials. Like I always say, if you don't like the capitalism, BUY it on DVD, for the Distortion World's sake!
I didn't watch the whole movie, though. It was on very late for my schedule.
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Hey just wondering, when in the time line of the anime is this meant to be watched? As in what battle dimension episode does it follow? Thanks!
I only caught the last... third of the movie. I was dragged along to pick my brother up from a late-night playdate and when we got home it was 7:46. O -O Hopefully I'll catch the entire thing (and hear more of Zero's awesome one-liners) tonight...
The thing about giving Shaymin two different voices was to show a distinct difference between the two forms. Shaymin's Land Form voice was a little more whinny and complainy, fitting well with her character. Sky Form was a little stronger and more determined, showing a transition in her attitude when in Sky Form.
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i loved shaymin in this movie it was soo cute and funny
this is my fav pokemon movie now
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This is my favorite Pokemon movie by far. ^^ Actually, the anime in general has been on a pretty good streak for a while now (ignoring Fantina's voice... ugh).


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So.. As folks following this blog may remember, I've been trying to finish up a new tesla coil.. This one will eventually be able to play music, run on 120V, 220V or 12v car batteries. It's turning out to be a very. very complicated build.. the toughest thing I think I've ever built (except perhaps, our kids) .. I've had a bunch of missteps on the way.. I've blown out diodes, transient suppressors, capacitors… luckily, nothing more expensive than 17 bucks .. Anyway.. today.. it all started to work.. beautiful long blue sparks, a deep throaty roar as I turned up the juice.. I reached for my camera.. Oh.. shoot.. I dropped it on my hike up Camels Hump this Wednesday.. so grabbed the only camera I had.. my droid.. Now.. electronics and high voltage don't really mix very well.. event though I was 2 meters away, my droid camera started going completely crazy as I tried to photograph the spark.. I thought I got a couple of movies.. but then the screen started to freak out.. Now as I sit to enter this blog.. I realize I fried my phone.. all the videos and pictures are gone.. ad the camera app is flipping out completely. The fields that a tesla coil put out can mess with electronics.. over the years I've managed to fry a variety of cordless phones, garage door openers, alarm systems, light dimmers.. but .. until tonight.. never a cell phone..
.. So.. I count that failure as a success..
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A showdown between the world's two highest paid athletes took a step forward Thursday when Manny Pacquiao appeared on ESPN2's "First Take" and publicly agreed to take a smaller share of the revenues in a potential mega-bout with Floyd Mayweather. Pacquiao said: "I don't know what's the reason why that fight has not happened. ... It's OK for me if he gets a higher percentage than me." Pacquiao then reiterated that he would accept a 45-55 split with Mayweather drawing the larger share
Sports fans are tired of hearing about a potential fight between Pacquiao and Mayweather, as the two fighters have sparred outside the ring on everything from purse split to drug testing to the timing of the bout. Ultimately, it comes down to money and Pacquiao's willingness to take a smaller share puts the onus on Mayweather to make the fight happen. Pacquiao also told ESPN that drug testing is not an issue for him, which Mayweather has made a condition of any fight.
The economics would be staggering for a bout between the two best pugilists of their generation. The record pay-per-view audience in boxing was for the 2005 fight between Mayweather and Oscar De la Hoya that generated 2.4 million buys. A Mayweather-Pacquiao fight would likely attract at least 3 million PPV buys and as much as $250 million if you also include ticket receipts and sponsorships. It would be the biggest paydays for both fighters, who earned $85 million (Mayweather) and $62 million (Pacquiao) in the 12-months between June 2011 and June 2012.
Mayweather deserves a bigger percentage of the gross as he is clearly the biggest star in the sport right now. His past six fights have averaged 1.4 million pay-per-view buys, while only one of Pacquiao's fights has ever reached that threshold. Pacquiao is coming off of a controversial loss in June to Timothy Bradley. Pacquiao also has a dangerous December fight date with Juan Manuel Marquez. It will be the fourth bout between the two with Pacquiao narrowly edging Marquez in two fights after their first bout in 2004 ended in a draw. A loss by Pacquiao would severely diminish interest in a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight.
Mayweather, who promotes his own fights, has offered Pacquiao a $40 million flat fee in the past to fight. That is not going to get it done. A 55-45 split of the revenues would seemingly be enough revenue to satisfy all of the parties. Pacquiao's admission that he'd take a smaller cut puts the spotlight on Mayweather to make this fight happen.
Your move Floyd.