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HARTFORD, CONN. — ``Everybody would like to go out there and play a perfect game. I`m still working on it.``
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(Masterpieces of World Literature, Critical Edition)
Cocteau chose in 1922 to translate Sophocles' famous tragedy Antigon (441 b.c.e.; Antigone, 1729) into French. Cocteau himself, in his diaries, declares that he was motivated by a feeling of sympathy with the heroine, who like Joan of Arc, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Jean Genet, shares the condition of being both persecuted and inspired. For Cocteau, the persecution of Antigone will be based on her purity, which distinguishes her from the rest of corrupt society. The first production of Antigone in 1922 was staged at the Atélier in Paris with settings by Pablo Picasso, music by Arthur Honegger, and costumes by Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel. Charles Dullin and Antonin Artaud played the parts of Creon and Tiresias, Cocteau himself took the part of the Chorus, and Genica Atanasiou played Antigone. This collaboration of innovators in all fields of the arts is typical of Cocteau's productions and films.
Cocteau's text shortens Sophocles' tragedy, adapting the Greek tragedy to a unified French dramatic form, and shifts many of the psychological and verbal emphases of the ancient play. Cocteau's prose is itself shortened; it is often not only concise but abrupt, giving a feel of avant-garde modernity to the play's language. Cocteau describes his effort as a reduction and "scouring" of language to the point at which the play "hurtles toward its conclusion like an express train." At the same time that the play is accelerated by Cocteau's...
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Brother Firetribe is an Album Oriented Rock (AOR) band formed in 2002 in Finland. They describe their music as easy going rock. The band was originally called False Metal, but they changed their name to Brother Firetribe; however, the album is called 'False Metal'. They take their name from an in-joke as a perfect description for their music is 'tennis heavy' and the name of a well known Finnish tennis player Veli Paloheimo translates into English as 'Brother Firetribe'. The album title 'False Metal' comes from a slogan coined by heavy metal group Manowar, 'Death to False Metal'. Read more about Brother Firetribe on Last.fm.
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Lise Alschuler, ND shares the principles of naturopathic medicine.
Readers of this website already know that the future of healthcare is integrated healthcare. The inclination of the public, research data, and cost- and clinical-effectiveness all predict the establishment of integrated healthcare as the future healthcare. Healthcare integration occurs in two dynamics. One dynamic consists of individual healthcare practitioners who are learning about diverse ways of treating disease and optimizing health, and who are integrating various healthcare philosophies and modalities into their practices. Another dynamic consists of practitioners of different types who are learning about each other and are establishing collaborative networks of referral and interdisciplinary care centers. Both integrative practitioners and integrated healthcare practices mutually reinforce the transformation of healthcare towards integrated healthcare.
An essential ingredient in this recipe for integration is naturopathic medicine. Naturopathic physicians have rigorous training in both conventional and natural (sometimes called 'alternative') medicine, and can effectively bridge these two worlds. At the same time that naturopathic physicians (N.D.s) are bringing these two worlds together, they are also inserting the principles and practice of naturopathic medicine into healthcare.
Naturopathic medicine is a distinct method of primary health care – an art, science, philosophy and practice of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of illness. Naturopathic physicians seek to restore and maintain optimum health in their patients by emphasizing nature's inherent self-healing process, the vis medicatrix naturae. This is accomplished through education and the scientifically-based use of natural therapeutics. [The American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, "AANP Definition of Naturopathic Medicine Position Paper;" available from The American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, "AANP Definition of Naturopathic Medicine Position Paper;" available from http://www.naturopathic.org/images/bulletins/About_US/Naturopathic_Definition.pdf accessed April 8, 2008.] Naturopathic medicine is distinguished by the principles upon which its practice is based. These principles of naturopathic medicine include:
The Healing Power of Nature (Vis Medicatrix Naturae): Naturopathic medicine recognizes an inherent self-healing process in the person which is ordered and intelligent. Naturopathic physicians act to identify and remove obstacles to healing and to facilitate this inherent self-healing process.
Identify and Treat the Causes (ToIle Causam): The naturopathic physician seeks to identify and remove the underlying causes of illness, rather than to merely eliminate or suppress symptoms.
First Do No Harm (Primum Non Nocere): Naturopathic physicians follow three guidelines to avoid harming the patient:
- Utilize methods and medicinal substances which minimize the risk of harmful side effects, using the least force necessary to diagnose and treat;
- Avoid when possible the harmful suppression of symptoms;
- Acknowledge, respect and work with the individual's self-healing process.
Doctor As Teacher (Docere): Naturopathic physicians educate their patients and encourage self-responsibility for health. They also recognize and employ the therapeutic potential of the doctor-patient relationship.
Treat the Whole Person: Naturopathic physicians treat each patient by taking into account individual physical, mental, emotional, genetic, environmental, social and other factors. Since total health also includes spiritual health, naturopathic physicians encourage individuals to pursue their personal spiritual development.
Prevention: Naturopathic physicians emphasize the prevention of disease – assessing risk factors, heredity and susceptibility to disease and making appropriate interventions in partnership with their patients to prevent illness. Naturopathic medicine is committed to the creation of a healthy world in which humanity may thrive.
In states that regulate naturopathic physicians, NDs function as primary care physicians who specialize in natural medicine. Naturopathic physicians have attended four-year graduate level federally recognized and accredited naturopathic medical schools. [Holly J. Hough et al., Profile of a Profession: Naturopathic Practice. San Francisco: Center for the Health Professions, University of California, 2001.] In order to become a licensed naturopathic physician, one must obtain a degree from one of these accredited programs, take and pass a national board examination, and apply for licensure in a state or jurisdiction that licenses NDs. The number of licensed and affiliated NDs increased from 2,100 to 4,010 in the last 5 years (since 2001). This represents a growth of 91%, making naturopathic medicine one of the fastest growing healthcare professions. [Albert and Martinez, Complementary Health Practice Review, Vol. 11 No. 2, April 2006 120-122]
The naturopathic profession is represented nationally by the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians (AANP). The AANP is the only professional association representing licensed and licensable naturopathic physicians. The AANP seeks to transform the healthcare system from disease management to healthcare promotion by incorporating the principles of naturopathic and integrative medicine. The AANP supports and lobbies for federal and state legislative initiatives around consumer access to qualified integrative and natural healthcare, demonstration projects related to naturopathic medicine and wellness, public awareness projects and hosts an annual convention every year in August. The AANP website (www.naturopathic.org) also hosts a physician member directory.
Naturopathic physicians are a vital component of an integrated healthcare system. The perspectives and experiences of the naturopathic medicine profession, informed from both the position of being outside of established medicine and, at the same time, encompassing scientific tenets and specific modalities of conventional medicine, make the contribution of the naturopathic voice unique and instructive. As healthcare begins to lean heavily towards integration, incorporating the experience and perspective of naturopathic medicine can facilitate a smooth and comprehensive transformation.
*Lise Alschuler, ND, FABNO is a naturopathic physician with board certification in naturopathic oncology. In practice for over 14 years, Dr. Alschuler is the current President of the American Association of Naturopathic Physicians, member of the American Board of Naturopathic Oncology Board of Medical Examiners, and is in practice at Naturopathic Specialists in Scottsdale AZ. Her website is www.DrLise.net.
Additional articles by this author:
Additional articles from The Journal of Medical Practice Management:
- Practice Management Secrets: Get Personal with Customer Service
- 10 Ways to Give Your Office a Face-Lift
- Age to Age: Insight into Managing a Multigenerational Staff
- Better Off Alone? Why Physicians Don't Merge
- Consumer-Driven Health Plans: Latest Challenge to Practices' Cash Flow
- Educate Patients on Billing Policies to Improve Your Bottom Line
- How a Successful Litigator Decides Whether or Not to Sue You
- Self Assessment for Practices Considering Electronic Medical Record Systems
- Six Elements for Creating a Framework for Employee Motivation and Performance
- Why Your Practice Must Do Background Checks
- Working with Patients with Physical Disabilities
|To see Lise Alschuler, ND, FABNO in person, attend Breast Cancer: An Evidence-based Review of Naturopathic Supplement and Herbal Strategies, Update on Women's Health Plenary Panel and National Policy and Integrative Practice: Building the Road at the 2009 Integrative Healthcare Symposium. Integrative Practitioner members get 15% off Symposium registration when they enter discount code 7470.


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Fairfield Museum gala salutes 'Artisan' exhibit
Published 5:40 pm, Thursday, September 24, 2015
"An Artisan Evening" is the theme of the Oct. 24 fall benefit planned by the Fairfield Museum and History Center.
The gala, which starts at 7 p.m., is planned in conjunction with the opening of the museum's new exhibit, "Handcrafted: Artisans Past & Present." Proceeds from the event will benefit the museum's educational programs.
The exhibit, which runs from Oct. 25 to March 27, "explores the connection between the area's strong history of decorative arts and present-day design trends. Items and artifacts ranging from textiles to blown-glass and hand-crafted jewelry will be featured," according to the museum.
Six of the local artisans whose work is included in the exhibit will attend event, and will demonstrate their diverse crafts. They include Dylan Cotton, who runs Hotspot Glass Studio in Fairfield, will demonstrate theart of glassblowing, and Fairfield native Marnie Smith will demonstrate her textile designs and fiber arts.
Other features of the evening will be cocktails and artisanal cuisine and entertainment.
"This exhibit is the perfect intersection of art and history," Fairfield Museum Executive Director Mike Jehle said in publicity for the event. "The live demonstrations at the fall gala will be an exciting way for visitors to see first-hand how today's talented artists are continuing centuries-long regional craftsmanship."
Fairfield Museum board member Jen Hinkle chars the Gala Committee, which also includes Sally Cummings, Sharon Lauer, Ellen Gould, Andrea Hoffman, Cathy Mackay, Georgette Pascale, Finley Shaw, Patti Spaght, Gay Tice and Polly Tucker.
The event honors Tom and Mary Hodgman of Sasco Hill Road, who have supported and nurtured the arts and humanities in Fairfield, according to museum officials.
Tickets for the gala and exhibit preview can be purchased by calling 203-259-1598 or online at http://an-artisan-evening.eventbrite.com . The Fairfield Museum and History Center is located at 370 Beach Road.


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England to make it an imperfect ten for Pakistan
Pakistan (4/6) are right in the middle (but they'll hope it's the end) of a nightmare run of form and England (6/5) will hope to further compound their misery by inflicting a tenth straight defeat in all formats of the game on them.
England haven't actually played a limited overs match since the end of November, which is pretty much like a year in cricket terms, but with several players looking over their shoulder thanks to players doing well in the recent Lions match I feel a few will have points to prove and can lead Andy Flower's team to a win in Dubai.
One of those players who needs a big score is Joe Denly (4/1 top England batsman), the opener hasn't exactly set the world alight in his fledgling international career, yes he got a half century against the Aussies (in a game where Australia were probably taking pity on England after beating them in six ODI's prior to that match), but since then he's only got over 30 once in six innings, with yet another South African in Craig Kieswetter knocking on the door for an England cap he must start posting regular totals on the board if he is to hold off the threat of the Somerset batsman.
Eoin Morgan's (11/2 top England batsman) place should be secure especially after his sublime two half centuries in the Champions Trophy which helped England to unexpected wins, he then smashed an 85 in the first Twenty20 against South Africa in the recent successful tour that the Three Lions had.
Luke Wright (5/1 top England batsman) is overdue a knock after going 15 innings without a half century, and even then his last big score of 71 was only against the Netherlands (I forget how that match went), the Sussex all-rounder can quite often give quick-fire spells where he'll get 20/30 from a small amount of deliveries but it's his shot selection that sometimes finds him wanting, he helped his cause with another of those bursts against the Lions but still needs to find that level of consistency.
A player who certainly has that consistency and seems to be getting better with age is Paul Collingwood (6/1 top England batsman); the captain is one of only a handful of England players who is an absolute must in the starting XI at any format of the game and can always be relied upon to get the Three Lions out of a hole as he did time and time again in the tour of South Africa.
The skipper will hope he won't need to get England out of any bother on Friday and can lead the team to a confidence boosting win ahead of the World Twenty20 in a couple of months.
There's no reason why England can't do the business, after all Pakistan are woefully short of confidence and they are also without some of their star players for one reason or another.
The ridiculous actions of Shahid Afridi in the recent Twenty20 against Australia has seen him banned for two games; the all-rounder, for some unkown reason, bit the ball and was immediately questioned by the match referee following the game, Afridi claimed he was smelling the ball! Obviously that excuse didn't wash and he was banned straightaway.
One of the bright lights from the otherwise depressing tour of Australia for Pakistan was Mohammad Asif who took six wickets in four ODI's, but the fast bowler is barred from entering Dubai because of a drugs incident in 2008, the 27 year old was caught at Dubai airport with opium on him and was detained for 19 days, the PCB tried to overturn the ban, but to no avail.
Wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal has been dropped after some shoddy performances Down Under.
Shoaib Malik (11/2 to top score for Pakistan) will captain the team in Afridi's absence while Sarfraz Ahmed (14/1 top Pakistan bat) will stand behind the stumps, Mohammad Talha (5/1 top Pakistan bowler) could step in to replace Asif.
James Anderson is England's only noticeable absentee, Stuart Broad (3/1 top England bowler) and Ryan Sidebottom (4/1) the bowlers to lead the attack, the pitch might favour spin more though so Graeme Swann (7/2) could feature prominently.
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American brother in Kenya reburied after thieves desecrate grave
August 23, 2013
The body of an American-born Catholic religious will be reburied in the Archdiocese of Nyeri, Kenya, after thieves desecrated his grave.
The grave robbers had exhumed and then abandoned the body of Brother Dominic Jordan, the former headmaster of St. Mary's School in Nyeri; they were reportedly looking for a ring that he was believed to be wearing when he was buried. Born in New York as James Peter Jordan, Brother Dominic had died of a stroke at the age last February at the age of 71.
Archbishop Peter Kairo of Nyeri presided at a second burial service for the religious. The archdiocese also plans to reconsecrate the cemetery.
Raid on graves have become more common in Kenya, with thieves sometimes re-selling the coffins as well as taking away valuables. There is a wide belief that Catholic priests and religious are rich and may be buried with items that have gold or silver.
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Steamboat Springs, Colorado is the quintessential place for outdoors lifestyle with class and culture. It has taken Paul and his family awhile to return to Colorado but landed in Steamboat. Originally they chose Colorado as home in late 1993. His children were born in Fort Collins, another awesome community they were lucky to live in.
Paul visited Steamboat Springs for the first time in 1997 with his three-week-old daughter and family. Paul and his wife were silly, adventurous parents and camped on Rabbit Ears Pass for a night, then spent the remainder of their visit in town.
Following the path in front of them, Paul and his wife, Kristen, moved to Hamilton, Montana. Montana is awesome. Tamarack trees, Ponderosa Pines, open water rafting, big thunderstorms, and views of the Tetons from Big Sky, hot springs and campfires. They raised their kids there and returned to Colorado for the territory, communities, and great college system.
Steamboat Springs is home. It has a lot of the characteristics of Montana, with steeper mountains, abundance of rivers, and smiling people. Few places lend themselves to having three National Wilderness Areas in less than an hour's drive. Steamboat Springs is one of these places in Colorado. My family has visited these wilderness areas often, taking kids, a granddaughter, and enjoy mountain life further.
Steamboat Springs also has great opportunities for Paul. New rafting areas, tall mountains to climb, and great sunsets. Continuing his real estate brokering career, focusing on out of town real estate buyers, Paul finds himself helping many people who are new to town and many good friends.
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Is it Thursday ALREADY?? This weeks Think Thin Thursday post is brought to you by Tyson Fully Cooked Chicken Breast and Steak Strips!
In order for me to stay on track (which has REALLY been hard the last few weeks), I absolutely MUST be prepared for the week and have EASY dinner recipes on the menu. You know that FAST does NOT always equal EASY, so I struggle to find a happy medium.
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Chicken Parmesan Casserole (serves 4, prep time=30 minutes)
1 pound whole wheat pasta
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Pinch salt and ground black pepper
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- Cook whole wheat pasta according to package directions. Drain and set aside.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Ontario has shown "steady progress" on reaching wage-freeze deals with public sector workers and is the lone province ahead of its budget targets so far this fiscal year, says a major credit rating agency.
While its rating of Ontario's finances did not change from AA (low), Dominion Bond Rating Service said Monday that revenues are expected to come in at $445 million higher than expected thanks to higher corporate and personal income tax.
"What stands out is Ontario is the only province tracking somewhat ahead of their budget targets," said Travis Shaw, vice-president of public finance with Dominion.
Given Ontario's projected $14.4 billion deficit, those increased revenues are "quite modest" and there are still some "considerable challenges," Shaw added.
Premier Dalton McGuinty's minority Liberal government got a pat on the back for negotiating wage-freeze labour deals with a number of public sector workers such as doctors and well as unions, such as the Ontario Public Service Employees Union, CUPE and Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association — some of which are yet to be ratified by union members.
The rating agency noted it had identified the labour deals as a "significant implementation risk."
"It's certainly been encouraging that there have been agreements reached," said Shaw, saying that with wages forming the bulk of the province's costs that the deals "increase the likelihood that spending targets can be achieved."
Dominion did not refer to the turmoil caused by imposing contracts on public elementary and secondary school teachers under the controversial Bill 115, which froze wages at the top end of the grid but allowed junior teachers to move up the salary ladder while limiting their collective bargaining rights.
Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Hudak, who has been critical of the government for not imposing an across-the-board wage freeze, said Monday that the province has a long way to go, with an unemployment rate higher than other provinces and more than 600,000 people jobless.
The rating agency is now waiting for the Liberal leadership convention the week after next and a budget, which will set a direction for the government moving forward.
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Sebs Sensei has a higher handicap rating than the four-year-old Awattan but has had plenty of chances and one of the less exposed types may well improve past him here. Both Bishan Bedi and Sand Stormer fit into that category with the former just preferred on his latest third over track and trip to Swivel, a subsequent handicap winner. But the vote goes to James Tate's filly ZAMRA, fourth here last Saturday and expected to show further progress today.
Amelia George Avonbridge filly out of Tamara.
Awattan 11-1 (9-4) Carried right start, held up in touch, weakened over 2f out, soon eased, last of 6, 50l behind Mister Fizz (9-10) at Wolverhampton 1m 4f hcp 0-70 (5) pol in Oct.
Bishan Bedi (IRE) 3-1fav (9-5) Dwelt, held up towards rear, headway to chase leaders over 1f out, soon one pace, 3rd of 9, 6l behind Swivel (9-5) at Lingfield 1m 3yo mdn auc stks (6) pol in Jan.
Captain Mo 4-1 (8-10) Led early, chased leader over 1f, remained handy until lost place halfway, no chance after, 7th of 10, 19l behind Unscripted (8-10) at Wolverhampton 7f mdn auc stks (6) pol in Jan.
Norman's Star Tiger Hill gelding out of Canis Star.
Sand Stormer (IRE) 8-1 (9-5) Tracked winner, driven over 2f out, lost place over 1f out, kept on same pace, no impression final furlong, 5th of 10, 5l behind Excellent Royale (9-5) at Lingfield 7f 3yo mdn auc stks (6) pol in Jan.
Sebs Sensei (IRE) 7-1 (9-5) Tracked leaders, ridden and effort over 1f out, kept on same pace, no impression with front pair inside final furlong, lost 3rd post, 4th of 10, 4l behind Excellent Royale (9-5) at Lingfield 7f 3yo mdn auc stks (6) pol in Jan.
Glace (IRE) 10-1 (8-11) Settled behind leaders, 6th halfway, ridden 2f out, no extra 1 1/2f out, 10th of 11, 12l behind Exogenesis (9-2) at Fairyhouse 6f 2yo mdn aut gd in Jun.
Last Echo (IRE) 4-1 (9-0) Started slowly, always behind, 10th of 11, 12l behind Cornish Path (9-0) at Kempton 7f 2yo mdn fll (5) pol in Jul.
Pouncing Tiger Tiger Hill filly out of Ipsa Loquitur.
Zamra (IRE) 10-1 (8-2) Held up towards rear, headway on outside 2f out, ridden and kept on inside final furlong and closed on 3rd but no impression on leading duo, 4th of 10, 4 1/2l behind Secret Pursuit (7-9) at Lingfield 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Jan.


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LAKEWOOD, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — New Jersey politicians on Monday called for more help from both the U.S. and Israeli governments for a student who went missing during a hike in Jerusalem last week.
As CBS 2's Lou Young reported, yeshiva student Aaron Sofer's neighbors also gathered Monday night, praying for his safe return.
Sofer, 23, of Lakewood, has been missing since Friday when he went on a hike with a friend on a rocky, wooded slope in the Jerusalem Forest. Sofer and his friend apparently became separated, and Sofer never emerged.
"This area is bordered by Jewish communities and by Arab communities, so it is very concerning," said Lakewood Council member Meir Lichtenstein.
U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) and other local officials in New Jersey were planning a news conference for Tuesday in Lakewood to seek help in finding Sofer.
We have seen the worst the Holy Land has to offer this year. The burned body of a Palestinian boy was found in the same woods last month, in an apparent reprisal for the murder of three Israeli students – Naftali Frankel, 16, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Eyal Yifrach, 19 – in June.
All of it has come against the backdrop of searing tensions between Israel and Hamas militants that have erupted in open warfare.
"It's scary to think what possibly could be the ramifications," said neighbor Tzvi Meth. "Great fear is that he was accosted; he was taken away, kidnapped."
Sofer's parents live on Fifth Street in Lakewood. They rushed to Israel to wait for word and on Tuesday morning Israeli time, they demanded the army there get involved in the search.
"(Sofer is) a very fine boy, very normal, very healthy boy," said Sofer's rabbi, Binyomin Isseeman. "His mind is clear. No problems at all."
There have been five prayer vigils in this close knit community since news of Sofer's disappearance broke and the end of Sabbath Saturday evening. CBS 2's Young is told the vigils will continue until he is found.
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|01/12/2015 - 2:21pm
|Chris McCullough on ACL tear: 'I knew it had to be something because it hurt real bad'
|Syracuse Post-Standard/Donna Ditota
|01/12/2015 - 10:54am
|Madison Academy 75, Sparkman 70 (OT): Langford's monster night lifts Mustangs to OT win
|AL.com/Chris DePew
|01/12/2015 - 10:47am
|Dejounte Murray's off-the-backboard poster highlights this week's awards
|USA Today/Jason Jordan
|01/12/2015 - 10:18am
|Hoops and Life: Basketball trainer is an architect for dreams
|The State/Bob Gillespie
|01/12/2015 - 8:41am
|Talent on display at Timberwolves Shootout
|Rivals.com/Eric Bossi
|01/12/2015 - 8:33am
|Jim Boeheim on status of Syracuse freshman forward Chris McCullough: 'There is no update'
|Syracuse Post-Standard/Donna Ditota
|01/12/2015 - 8:31am
|Seton Hall's Whitehead to Undergo MRI Tuesday
|Zags Blog/Adam Zagoria
|01/12/2015 - 8:30am
|Kentucky, Kansas Ramping Up Efforts to Land Alkins
|Zags Blog/Chris Barca
|01/12/2015 - 8:16am
|2015 SG Brandon Sampson commits to St. John's
|The Times-Picayune/Jerit Roser
|01/12/2015 - 4:38am
|New Zealand prospect a 'bully' around the rim
|Lexington Herald-Leader/Ben Roberts
|01/12/2015 - 4:37am
|Three takeaways from Roselle Catholic's victory over Patrick School
|Newark Star-Ledger/Jeremy Schneider
|01/12/2015 - 4:36am
|Thon Maker reclassification decision soon
|Louisville Courier-Journal/Steve Jones
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|Oregon State Beavers show how far they've come in 58-56 win over No. 7 Arizona
|The Oregonian/Connor Letourneau
|01/11/2015 - 7:06pm
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|NBC Sports/Scott Phillips
|01/11/2015 - 6:08pm
|Forget Chris McCullough; What's the NBA Draft buzz for Rakeem Christmas?
|Syracuse Post-Standard/Mike Waters
|01/11/2015 - 6:03pm
|Syracuse basketball forward Chris McCullough goes down in first half of Florida State game
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|Gainesville sweeps past East Hall in pair of thrillers
|Access North Georgia
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|Rutgers attacks the paint, scores big upset over No. 4 Wisconsin, 67-62
|Newark Star-Ledger/Andrew Garda
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|Wisconsin's Frank Kaminsky (concussion) out vs. Rutgers
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Thousands of visitors flocked to the annual Cuerden Valley Park family fun day on Sunday – and as the sun shone, they were treated to a whole host of entertainments.
Organisers reckon it is their best attended fun day since they began nine years ago.
Events manager Les Cryer said: "It went very, very well. We're guessing up to 4,500 people came. We think it's the biggest, and we've had nothing but positive feedback from everyone."
Attractions included zorb balls, birds or prey, Lostock Hall Brass Band, Newfoundland working dogs, Infinity cheerleaders from Whittle-le-Woods, North West Reptile Club and the Rare Breeds Survival Trust.
"The birds of prey were very well received, very popular," said Les. "They did two flying demonstrations involving the public."


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Blackburn Rovers are selling Vince Grella to Galatasaray.
The Lancashire Telegraph says Rovers have accepted an offer for their Australian midfielder of in the region of £2million and have given Galatasaray permission to open talks with Grella.
Grella himself has declined to comment publicly on the situation as he prepares for Australia's World Cup campaign in South Africa but is believed to be keen on ending his Premier League nightmare.
Aussie team-mates Harry Kewell and Lucas Neill are already playing for the Turkish outfit and are understood to have persuaded Grella to join them, just two years on from moving to Rovers from Torino for 4million euros.


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Canucks-Predators PreviewNHL.com @NHL
The Vancouver Canucks began a dismal two-week slide with a loss to the Nashville Predators at the end of October. But thanks to the play of their veterans, the Canucks are back on track and poised to avenge that defeat.
Vancouver goes for its fourth straight win Thursday when it visits Nashville for the third meeting between the teams this season.
The Canucks lost 3-2 to the Predators on Oct. 31 - the first of six defeats in seven games. Vancouver (11-10-1) has bounced back with a season-high three straight wins, including a 4-3 overtime victory Wednesday over Detroit.
Veteran center Brendan Morrison entered the contest with just four goals and five assists, but tied the game with a third-period power play goal and scored 3:01 into overtime for the win.
"I'm really happy for Brendan. Things haven't gone the way he would have wanted it to go," Canucks coach Alain Vigneault said. "He stayed focused. By his hard work he was able to give us two huge goals tonight."
Markus Naslund began the Canucks' rally from a two-goal deficit with his third-period tally. The veteran right wing has four goals in his last three games to boost his team-leading total to 11.
"We got a great forecheck going and I had a chance to get a shot on net and Naslund put it upstairs," said Canucks center Henrik Sedin, who assisted on Naslund's goal to improve his team-high point total to 22. "It was a goal scorer's goal."
Naslund has also scored plenty of goals against the Predators, recording 13, along with 17 assists, in 30 career games. He will try to help Vancouver extend its winning streak, while Nashville (13-5-2) is hoping to rebound from its second shutout loss of the season.
The Predators had a 4-0-1 point streak snapped Wednesday with a 1-0 loss to the Dallas Stars. Nashville has suffered just two regulation losses in its last 17 games - both by shutout - after starting the season 0-3.
Nashville registered a season-low 17 shots Wednesday, when it was outshot 10-3 in the final period. Goaltender Tomas Vokoun is 10-4-1 with a 3.60 goals-against average, but couldn't stop Jeff Halpern's third-period goal.
"It came off the boards and right back out to (Halpern)," said Vokoun, who is 7-6-1 with a tie and a 2.46 GAA in 20 career games versus Vancouver. "It's something you really can't prevent. Sometimes you get a good bounce and sometimes you get a bad one. It was just a bad break, but sometimes that's part of hockey."
The Predators suffered one of those tough breaks earlier this week when center Jason Arnott, who has seven goals and nine assists, hurt his left knee and is expected be sidelined three to six weeks after arthroscopic surgery.
Nashville struggled in its first game without Arnott, but will try to get back on track Thursday against Vancouver netminder Roberto Luongo. He made 27 saves Wednesday to improve to 11-9-1 with a 2.44 GAA, but is 2-4 with three ties and a 2.51 GAA in nine lifetime games against the Predators.
Luongo and Vokoun have been between the pipes for both meetings between these teams this season, and each has won on the road.


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Barkley 'must stay with Blues'
Everton manager Roberto Martinez believes the next 12 months are "crucial" in the development of Ross Barkley and that is why the youngster has to stay at the club.
After an impressive season the 20-year-old was named in England's World Cup squad and there will no doubt be interest in the player during the summer transfer window.
Martinez, however, is confident he can hang on to one of his prize assets and continue the progress Barkley has shown since being given a pivotal role by the Spaniard when he arrived at Goodison Park almost a year ago.
The Toffees manager's comments that Everton is the right fit "for the next 12 months" sparked some debate but Martinez clarified his meaning by telling the Liverpool Echo: "It was about Ross' development and how the next 12 months are crucial.
"This is a vital period for him to fulfil his potential and the environment where he will be is everything. The only place is Everton.
"We want him for the long term but these 12 months are crucial."
Martinez said he would not consider selling Barkley even if a huge offer came in.
"It would be wrong for him. As manager you develop a relationship with players and you're always honest with that," he told several national newspapers.
"Ross is a phenomenal talent, probably the best English talent I have ever seen, but he is not the finished article yet and you need to be very careful.
"It's our duty to protect him and I know Everton is the perfect place for him for the next 12 months.
"In football obviously you can never speak about the future.
"Obviously we need to come along and try to get into the top-four positions to offer players like Ross the next stage of their development.
"Ross is delighted at Everton and feels very much that he is in the right place at the right time of his career."
Barkley's current contract, signed in December 2011, does not expire for another two years but he will be offered a new, improved longer-term deal this summer.
Barkley's team-mate Leighton Baines will, fitness permitting, start England's opening game of the World Cup against Italy.
The fixture is a repeat of their Euro 2012 quarter-final encounter two years previously which Roy Hodgson's team lost on penalties.
However, Baines does not believe there will be any thoughts of revenge in Manaus on June 14.
"I wouldn't have thought so," he told evertontv.
"At some point in a tournament, unless you are going to win it, you will get beaten by someone and we did well to be unbeaten until we got knocked out on penalties so I don't think there will be any extra spice to it.
"There is a lot of experience (in the squad): some of the boys have been to a lot of tournaments and know what it is about and we have the element of youth and exciting players so hopefully the two will blend together."
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|Reviews for In A Time Before War
| Kievsky chapter 13 . 2/24/2003
This is a brilliant epilogue to the series. And the hawk?the perfect image and symbol to close the work.
| Kievsky chapter 12 . 2/24/2003
This is my favorite poem of the set. We can't go forward and make important decisions for the future without looking to the past, and you show the end of the Great War very well here. Although dark and forlorn, especially here:
"there are men who play at war-
and they do not know they are playing,"
and the "desert that has come again and again" because that's how war is too, even though it may be significant and necessary. And since this does show the dismal nature of the aftermath, I assume this is in direct response to France's position on the current approaching war, because this displays part of what has happened to their country and their attitude in the later years and explains their pessimism surrounding the US's future exploits.
| Kievsky chapter 10 . 2/24/2003
Wonderful description. The use of color and the life there?the dogs, the men, even the city itself are vivid and idealized into something greater than that one city.
| Kievsky chapter 7 . 2/24/2003
World-weary and real. This is more immediately lifelike than some of the others, it's like I'm just listening to someone talk (granted someone very intelligent and perceptive) and thus, it's a very sharp observance of things at hand.
| Kievsky chapter 6 . 2/24/2003
I love this one. I don't have anything constructive to say, because I think it's perfect, in the imagery and your language and that one string of monologue. If not my favorite, it's very, very close to it.
| Kievsky chapter 3 . 2/24/2003
I want to review the poems in here that made the most sense and had the greatest effect on me, because I like them too much to not say anything-
This one is short but every word is a singular description of the entire scene; great imagery. With the introduction of detail it creates that effect of waiting for something, and when the bird finally appears it's almost in slow-motion, like a much-anticipated signal. I liked the "dark and black"/"drops of oil" comparison; it holds up the natural world to the planes and mechanized workings of the base wonderfully.
| makkenjii chapter 13 . 2/24/2003
Chillingly beautiful. The ending is sublime. Thus ends my review of "In a Time Before War" by Rose of Dresden (unless of course you add more to it).
| makkenjii chapter 12 . 2/24/2003
Another fantastic piece of work! The constant shifting of location works really well here, and I think the mood is very well established.
| makkenjii chapter 11 . 2/24/2003
It's almost prose, I think. Very beautiful and engaging, though. I would like to meet such a person.
| makkenjii chapter 10 . 2/24/2003
This is really beautiful. very luscious words. Nothing more to say.
| makkenjii chapter 9 . 2/24/2003
Hm. This one feels almost.. incomplete, maybe? The descriptions are lovely, but it seems kind of insubstantial (this coming from me, who scarcely writes anything but description).
| makkenjii chapter 8 . 2/24/2003
I love the way you described the changes in the man and the way he was perceived. Quite excellent.
| makkenjii chapter 7 . 2/24/2003
I think the fact that I am listening to Enya right now is slightly affecting my reviews, but there you go.
I think my favourite thing about this is the offhand way that certain statements are rationalized ("I knew no one who did," "it was / requested of me"). Anyway, good stuff. I'm halfway through!
| makkenjii chapter 6 . 2/24/2003
This is really good. Really good. The characters just seem so real.
| makkenjii chapter 5 . 2/24/2003
Hmm, some very interesting imagery here. The second stanza confuses me a little, perhaps because it is so straightforward. Excellent work!


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My latest for Cif:
They ambushed him, the rotters, blocking his path as he approached them on his bike, sun-kissed and carefree in an open-necked shirt. This sartorial detail proved to be about half fitting: the encounter was informal, though rather less than casual thanks to the fervour with which the campaigners for London rape crisis centres chanted "Boris, keep your promise!" and skewered him on the spot.
Read the rest here.


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Six front-rank candidates for Mayor of New York, a city that leads the nation in pot busts, have smoked marijuana at some time in their lives.
The candidates for Gotham's highest office, who admitted getting high, include New York City Council president Christine Quinn, the city's Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, and former New York City Comptroller Bill Thompson, according to a survey by the New York Observer.
The three Democrats are locked in a tight race for their party's nomination. The Republicans' front-runner, former Metropolitan Transit Authority boss Joe Lhota, has also fessed up, as has fellow GOP candidate and Doe Fund founder George McDonald.
Adolfo Carrion, Jr., former Bronx Borough President and an independent candidate, has also smoked marijuana.
Several of the candidates, notably de Blasio, insisted that their pot smoking days were in college and ended long ago.
Former Congressman Anthony Weiner, subject of such sexual exposure, declined to tell the Observer whether or not he has smoked the forbidden weed.
The admissions come days after a federal judge's withering opinion about New York's controversial stop-and-frisk law. She found that random stops have overwhelmingly involved African-American and Latino teenagers. She named a monitor to oversee enforcement of the law.
Incumbent Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a supporter of medical marijuana, has defended the law and credited stop-and-frisk with lowering the city's crime rate.
But pot possession arrests have soared. More than 440,000 New Yorkers were arrested for marijuana possession during the first decade of the 21st Century. The city recorded 50,684 pot arrests in 2011.


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Juventus visit Livorno today and Coach Davide Nicola points out "we know we can do well against stronger teams."
It kicks off at 14.00 GMT, click here for a match preview [12].
"We are playing against a side that has the most quality in Serie A, so it will be an opportunity for us to test our progress," said the tactician in his Press conference.
"We know that we can do well against teams that are stronger than us on paper, even though we still have to find our balance.
"Juve have a precise identity and an excellent Coach, but we will try to limit them by playing as a team unit."
Livorno were shaken this week when captain Andrea Luci announced his six-year-old son is suffering from a rare genetic disease.
"Andrea revealed this situation with a noble gesture aimed at raising funds and awareness for research into the disease. He is a public figure and made the first step, now it is up to the media to treat the news in the right way.
"We stand by Andrea. His problems are our problems."
The Livorno fans will hold a fund-raising drive during today's game.
Livorno squad for Juventus: Anania, Bardi, Lambrughi, Gemiti, Emerson, Piccini, Ceccherini, Mbaye, Rinaudo, Coda, Decarli, Valentini, Luci, Mosquera, Duncan, Greco, Belingheri, Benassi, Biagianti, Schiattarella, Borja, Siligardi, Emeghara
See the latest Serie A predictions and betting tips with Eurotips.co.uk [13]


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"To every thing there is a season," wrote the Teacher, "and a time to every purpose under heaven" (Eccl. 3:1, KJV).
As I watch the seasons change here in Ethiopia, I am reminded of the new season of life into which God is leading our family. It feels like yesterday when we booked one-way tickets for our family of five to Ethiopia. Now almost three years later, it's overwhelming to say that we have one-way tickets for our family of seven back to the US in less than two weeks.
Where do we even start…well it's impossible to give you a simple answer. We have looked at about every scenario we can think of at least a dozen times each but when we walked into God's plan for our family to move to Ethiopia we knew it was going to challenge us unlike ever before. We have had to spend a lot of time differentiating between feelings and our faith. Our feelings have been all over the place, and constantly changing, but it's been our focus on God's promises that have secured us and given us confidence but not without a battle.
Every moment of our time here in Ethiopia has been worth it. We couldn't begin to share all that God has allowed us to partner with him in here, but some of the best moments have been in seeing lost people find Jesus and flourish. We have encouraged and walked along side mothers to keep unwanted children, prevented more orphans, discipled leaders to transform their communities, created sustainable jobs, helped women through pregnancy, seen women delivered from prostitution and trafficking…and it's hard to express but as we think of continuing this list it puts tears in our eyes because it's truly amazing all that God has done and that He would use us in this time to do these things.
Before moving we told everyone that we would make sure our family was always the first ministry and this is at the heart of why we are moving back. As many of you know our sweet Selah was recently diagnosed with Hypothalamic Hamartoma (HH). HH is basically a benign tumor-like malformation that causes a syndrome characterized by seizures, developments and cognitive deficits, behavioral problems, including rage, and even early puberty. We have tried two medications for her seizures so far and they have been ineffective, and behavioral issues have increased. Her tumor location that causes the seizures is really rare. We are waiting to hear back from a hospital that specializes in it to see if they would even be able to remove it. Selah also just needs more therapy and less chaos in her life and Ethiopia does't come close to providing the medical needs of Selah.
On top this, our other kids schooling needs are becoming increasingly more demanding. Most important is the help we need with Abby's education. Even though Abby is 10 years old, she is still at about a 2nd grade educational level and requires a lot of attention to help bring her up to pace with other kids her age. We placed the kids in a new school here in Ethiopia starting at the beginning of September but quickly realized that it wasn't meeting our needs or expectations. So we started homeschooling them again, and while they are learning a ton, it is just too much. Selah is very emotional and demanding and we just can't give her the attention while homeschooling the other three.
So what does all this mean… Well we believe that's important to continue the work in Ethiopia for at least the next 12 months, I, Ian, will be making at least 4 trips back to Ethiopia in 2015. We feel there is more to help with at Ellilta Products and Woman at Risk as things have expanded significantly over the past few years. One of our hopes is to continue the work we have been doing for the Kingdom in Ethiopia but from a base back in the US.
We are also trying to see if we can schedule Selah for surgery soon when we get home. We are currently in a dispute with our International insurance company that is trying to deny our coverage for Selah, but hopeful to have some progress on this soon. In February our baby is due, and that's very exciting for us.
We love Ethiopia and we could see ourselves here a lot longer, but we feel peace with this changing of seasons. Would really
appreciate your prayer and support as we prepare for this transition.
Over our time here in Ethiopia, one of the hardest parts has been that many of the incredible things we have shared publicly as victories have almost always been met with private battles. We probably underestimated the attack that would come for stepping out of the ordinary to follow God into something extraordinary to advance His Kingdom, but still we remain steadfast in knowing His strength is abundant and enough for anything, everything.
Moving forward we will take things step-by-step. Looking at 2015, other than our trips back to Ethiopia, we will be based in the US and don't expect our family to be moving back to Ethiopia. Beyond that we just don't feel we can say for sure, but we are thankful to have such amazing people behind us and supporting us.
-Ian & Brittany Bentley


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Suspect Intentionally Crashes Into Rockford Police Car
On September 4, 2016, members of the Rockford Specialized Community Oriented Police Enforcement Team were on patrol in the area of 6th Avenue and 11th Street when they observed a vehicle driving recklessly. Officers attempted to stop the vehicle however the driver did not initially comply. Upon reaching the intersection of 6th Avenue and 14th Street, the driver stopped his vehicle in the middle of the intersection. As the officers pulled in behind the vehicle to effect the traffic stop, the driver suddenly put the vehicle in reverse and collided with the squad car. Both vehicles sustained minor damage.
Officers made contact with the driver, who was identified as 21-year-old Chaz A. Liendo. Neither Liendo nor the officers suffered any injuries. Liendo was found to be in possession of a switchblade knife. Liendo was charged with the listed offenses:
Unlawful Use of a Weapon
Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol
Numerous traffic offenses
Liendo was lodged in the Winnebago County Jail.
This is an active investigation and no further information is available for release at this time. Additional information will be released as it becomes available.
All charges are merely allegations and parties are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law.


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|Sweet Moses, the breechshot is the shizzle. Getting headshot after headshot on free for all.
Gears of War: Judgement • Page 59
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Ooooooh Christian Benteke.
Wow. 6-1.
I would not have seen that coming. Hope you Villa peeps enjoyed watching that/ the highlights!
Pepsipop wrote:I love the breechshot too. A map pack should be coming tomorrow. Buy the game, you know you want to
Sweet Moses, the breechshot is the shizzle. Getting headshot after headshot on free for all.
@Vortex808 - Fucking awesome. Going to be downloading the highlights to watch on my journey to work
Edited by Jono62 at 22:17:06 29-04-2013
Jono62 wrote:Morning jono
Pepsipop wrote:I love the breechshot too. A map pack should be coming tomorrow. Buy the game, you know you want to
Sweet Moses, the breechshot is the shizzle. Getting headshot after headshot on free for all.
6-1 to the villaaaaa,6-1 to the villa...and so on. Needs to be sung in the tune of "1-nil to the Arsenal"
Re map pack, you got me excited then, then the penny dropped, you mean the maps we VIP's are playing dont you
I will try and get on tonight, if any of you chaps/chicks are on
I should be around pending a decent start from Real Madrid.
So judgement is set around emergence day or just after yes?
So why do the characters all know about the locust and all the types of them and how come paluk? Has experience battling the general??
I can only assume they have completely changed the lore is emergence day originally was this big surprise that guess what you have monsters living underground.
Also in 3 was it suggesting the human government knew about the locust before e day and had been working with them? And the queen looks human....???
Any gears boffins here?
Duff is the Gears nut, I mean boffin around here
Cool, will wait for boffins reply.
Edited by HairyArse at 14:49:40 30-04-2013
I think... Judgment was set just after E-Day when it was a big surprise. I don't remember many of the characters knowing that much about them really. There's also the fact that the Retro Lancer was originally the Lancer before the Mk II (or the chainsaw lancer) so in theory, that shouldn't have been included in Judgment either but Rod and Cliff (before they left) said that at the end of the day it came down to fun. In terms of canon, it's pretty difficult to make a sequel like that so you have to take it with a chunk of salt. For example, why are there no Ragers in Gears 1,2,3?
The whole thing with the Locust is that Marcus' Dad and the locust Queen, who is a human, did know about the Locust. They also knew about the Lambent and this is what forced them to the surface. Fenix Snr couldn't come up with a cure for the lambency and so the Queen had no choice but to make the Locust come to the surface (E-Day) in order to get rid of the humans and continue living. (At the end of Gears 1, you hear the Queen saying something like - "They don't know why we came here or why we will continue to fight" - Answer: Lambent.)
Pretty soon after E-Day, the COG (Prescott) torched the planet with the HOD as a last stand against the Locust and I think that's why Paduk is saying that the COG's weapon burnt his face. It must have been between E-Day and the HOD strikes that he met Karn.
As I said, I think that's how at least some of the canon fits.
His scars are from light mass bombs and he had battled the general and lost his battalion. None of that makes sense as he also choose to fight in the cog army to defeat the locust but they have only just emerged? Plus in the streets there are the party floats etc celebrating cog victory in the pendulum wars?
So the pendulum wars ended, the other army already battled the locust, paduk joins cog squad and e day all in 24 hours?
I think Super Mario World made more sense than Gears.
I sort of assumed Paduk's lot were lightmass-bombed to end the pendulum wars. Hence the floats etc.
However, I also thought the pendulum wars were supposed to have happened quite a while before E-day, so it really doesn't make sense, but then I have not really paid that much attention.
As far as I recall the retro lancer was apparently a pendulum war relic.
Edited by Vortex808 at 15:21:05 30-04-2013
The war ended 6 weeks before E-Day, however come on Duffman WE NEED INTEL!
Jono62 wrote:
The war ended 6 weeks before E-Day, however come on Duffman WE NEED INTEL!
I think you are getting me confused with Spank or Trout, they are the Gears masters...
Now ask me about the action figures ( they are not dolls ) and I can help you.
I know that e-day was in the aftermath of the pendulum wars, literally as people were still putting the pieces back together, that's why e-day was even more crippling. I guess that explains the victory parade. I never considered the timeline of between that and when Paduk was supposed to have signed up.
Can't believe you collect dolls duff, you should have spent that on dolls for your children.
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Can't believe you collect dolls duff, you should have spent that on dolls for your children.
200+ Simpsons figures and a loft full of memorabilia
50+ Futurama figures
50+ Family Guy
30+ Southpark
Spinal Tap 12" figures
20 Gears figures
Beatles action figures
I am the 40 geard old virgin, except I'm not.
James and Phoebe have all they ever need
Edited by DUFFMAN5 at 17:29:31 30-04-2013
Phoebe, love that name....but you still collect dolls.
Since the world is all PC to death wouldn't the correct term be male dolls or Mr barbie lolz
Couldn't resist. Out of curiosituly Duff how much on average would one cost?
Simpson's �15 each, some were a lot more. I have a 3ft Dracula Burns for example and BNIB nuclear Homer.
All others prices from �10 - �30 approx, worth more now.
Pepsipop wrote:If he started shooting the retro cancer like that, he's likely to knife himself in the face.
DUFFMAN5 wrote:Not too bad. Especially if a few would get you a healthy return
Simpson's �15 each, some were a lot more. I have a 3ft Dracula Burns for example and BNIB nuclear Homer.
All others prices from �10 - �30 approx, worth more now.
I have around 75 firgures etc that would be worth �100-�150 each to the right person. The whole collection cost many, many hundreds of pounds, but I started collecting in 1990, and up until around 2005 I bought almost everything I could get my hands on.
The idea is to put a lot of them on display in the "games/man room*" at the moment 99% of the whole collection is in the loft!
*the frontroom of my house, I share it with 3 guitars, 3 consoles (1 being a Gears 3 ltd edition of course), a Minidisc stereo ( old school ) some Gears action figures...and our dogs.
Yeah so four player co op on judgement isn't as good as I had imagined. You having fun enjoying the battle then...game over someone has died...this seems to happen a lot too, you can't choose who you play with.
I also discovered my first two amazing survival games were lucky as in I was teamed with good people. Ever since then everyone seems to be Cole or everyone Baird! You need the balance people.
Finally competitive mp is fun but a couple steps back from 3.
Edited by Pepsipop at 23:21:23 30-04-2013
There is an achievement where you have to do 10 waves on hardcore as a team of Cole only. The best balance is 2 Bairds and 2 Cole's; one on each side, a Paduk to dubuff in the early stages and Sofia to revive in the latter stages.
Tried insane on my own again. Got up to wave 6 so an improvement of 2 waves. It's doable but the Locust are so accurate.
Campaign, on insane anyway, is best played solo. The AI can't die and occasionally will go a mad spree of killing everything in sight, especially Paduk. The more humans you have the harder it is. BFG and I managed to 'complete' it in co-op but it was crazy tough.
I prefer the style of MP in Judgment. No active reloads means more skill is required. I just wish they kept the Lancer buffed as the Gnasher is too powerful and more maps are needed!
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(Dec. 7) -- Not thrilled with the Transportation Security Administration's new touchy-feely pat down techniques and full-body scanners? Now there's a line of underclothes that offer a friendly reminder of the Fourth Amendment during controversial searches.
It's called 4th Amendment Wear.
Metallic ink printed on shirts spells out the privacy rights stated in the amendment and is designed to appear in TSA scanners.
Creators Tim Geoghegan, 34, and Matthew Ryan, 28, both advertising professionals, designed the clothing as a conceptual art piece but ended up selling out of their limited stock shortly after launching their website last week.
They initially came up with the idea after removing their shoes while going through airport security on a business trip -- before the current TSA privacy debate erupted.
"I realized the tops of socks were a good canvas," Geoghegan said. It was a perfect place to print the Fourth Amendment and make a statement.
"It's not that I'm against searches, because I think they're something we have to do," Geoghegan told AOL News. "It's just to raise the issue of privacy, the things we have to go through now. I figured the Fourth Amendment raises those questions but doesn't really take a side on the issue. It gets people to re-read the amendment and brings it up for discussion."
When the TSA began employing more aggressive body searches, Geoghegan and Ryan evolved the idea to take advantage of the scanner technology.
"I figured if we could create metal type that would appear in these scanners, it would be pretty awesome," Geoghegan said.
"We're giving people a voice when they don't have a voice at all," Ryan added.
Mixing iron powder with ink, each letter of the amendment has about as much metal as a standard rivet on a pair of jeans.
"We had been talking to some of the manufacturers of the body scanner machines and got advice on what would show up the best," Ryan said.
Yesterday they received test results confirming the ink is effective and that the shirts function as desired.
The 4th Amendment Wear line also includes non-metallic options, including underpants for both adults and children. Should a passenger be stripped down, instead of the full amendment, they'll receive a more direct message: "Read the 4th Amendment Perverts."
"If you're getting that close to kids' underwear, you have license to say something a little tongue-in-cheek," Geoghegan said.
Sponsored Links With a quick sellout on the first run and bloggers abuzz about the concept, Geoghegan hopes it might attract a company with the infrastructure equipped to handle growth.
"I'm not looking to get into the T-shirt business," he said. "But it suddenly has a lot of equity; someone might be interested to take it on."
And while passengers might appreciate the cleverly passive-aggressive way to say something during a search, Geoghegan hopes TSA workers won't take it personally and emphasized it's only meant to raise questions.
"I think if they saw the Fourth Amendment stuff on there, depending on the environment of the day and where they are, they would probably appreciate it," he said. "I only hope this doesn't end up getting me a body-cavity search."
Awesome! And soon to be confiscated, at an airport near you.
Right on with metallic ink on my underwear. Suck it, TSA.
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mmmm I can think of lots of things to put on those shirts... for instance a hand with the middle finger extended... for those who are concieted "God's Gift" and many other things like "Go To H3ll" its a good concept that needs development.
I am surprised that Trey Parker and Matt Stone did not come up with something like this. Who knows? They will!
How long before this "speech" is ruled illegal because it's offensive?
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NEW ORLEANS — There are players you expect to be in the NBA All-Star Game, such as LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Chris Paul and Paul George. Guys who have been key for teams who are competing for the title this season.
James said he should be on the NBA's version of Mount Rushmore. George told USA TODAY Sports that he "did expect to be one of the best."
Those guys expected to be here.
But when Joe Johnson got the news he was selected for Sunday's game (8 p.m. ET, TNT), the Brooklyn Nets guard was awaken. Not expecting his seventh All-Star selection, Johnson was asleep when the reserves were announced.
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"It never gets old, never gets old. You know what, each and every year you really appreciate these moments, you appreciate this weekend and have the most fun possible and relax," Johnson told news reporters at Friday's media session. "When you get here, you get so overwhelmed with so many activities and everything, and next thing you know within two or three days you've only had five or six hours of sleep.
"It's so much fun. Every year I've enjoyed it."
The activities mount. There are charity events to attend.
And interviews. Lots of them.
"Yeah, I mean, they told me this week was a lot of media and a lot of activities and things to do," said first-time All Star Anthony Davis of the host New Orleans Pelicans. "It's definitely what I expected. First time being an All-Star, so I'm just trying to have fun with it. Definitely make sure I take a lot in."
Davis, in his second year in the league, also is in Friday's Rising Stars Challenge.
He's the lone representative of the host city. That doesn't mean for added pressure to show out, he said.
"I don't think about playing well," He said. "The All-Star Game's about having fun, you know, go out there try to make somebody fall or do some crazy dunks. It's all about fun, but at the same time you're doing work."
GALLERY: Friday at All-Star Weekend
Davis might have the home fan base, but there will be a block in the crowd cheering on a guy from one of New Orleans' rival cities.
Fellow first-timer Paul Millsap of the Atlanta Hawks will have his own cheering section.
"I have the opportunity to play in front of my whole family and with it being my first one it's an amazing feeling," said the Monroe, La., native who played at Louisiana Tech. "I'm just taking it all in, that's the main thing. I'm trying to enjoy myself. It's not the ideal vacation, but still get out here and have fun."
But it's not just the young guys who are happy to be here. The battle for spots in the Western Conference pushed out an elder statesman in Tim Duncan of the San Antonio Spurs and a rising dominant big man in DeMarcus Cousins from the Sacramento Kings.
Hometown guy Davis and popular star Dirk Nowitzki got the nod.
Playing in his 12th All-Star Game, Nowitzki echoed Johnson's sentiments of never getting tired of the invite.
"It's an honor still to be named, so I wouldn't miss it if I can," he said. "That's something for your legacy and I'm trying to enjoy it. I've enjoyed the 11 before that and as you get older I think you try to find a good mix of rest and still having fun. When you're young, it's all about having fun and now it's also looking forward to the second half of the season. So, I'm going to try and get my sleep and not get too crazy, and hopefully be ready to go after Sunday."
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A Lobster Treatise
by Joe George
Examining the guilt and the pleasure of crustacean cookery
A few nights ago I killed a lobster. A lot of lobsters, actually—10 dozen to be exact. I didn't carry out this gruesome task alone, a few cooks helped me, but they mostly cut and cracked the lobster's shells after I had sent them to their boiling demise.
I'm not bragging; it had to be done. It's part of my work. It's not that I enjoyed doing it, either, and I have to admit that I've become somewhat desensitized. I also have to qualify these sentiments by stating that I am not a vegetarian and am keenly aware that something often dies before it reaches my plate.
In this age of hyper-packaging, I think it's easy to disassociate food with life, that all flesh was once part of an actual living animal and not simply a glistening piece of shrink-wrapped protein on a supermarket shelf. Cooks, I also believe, can be less removed from this than the layperson, but still it's easy to forget…though not when you're doing the killing.
I'd never really thought of this much until about 10 years ago. I was visiting in-laws in the Midwest and the host was grilling burgers. He lives in a rural area and there were free-range cows wandering about, who sometimes would come within arm's length. This is exactly what happened as I was handed a bloody-rare burger. As I bit in two cows stared and mooed at me. I truly doubt if they knew I was eating beef, but nonetheless I couldn't finish the burger. It was an epiphanic moment.
Recently I toured at a heritage hog farm. The animals were beautiful and impressive. I was impressed by how pridefully the farmer spoke of them and touched them as he talked, pointing out prized cuts of meat that were still on the animal, hidden under hair and skin. Then out came a trail of little piglets, oinking behind their enormous and somewhat scary mother. The piglets were so cute and cuddly looking; their motions and snorts reminded me very much of my two pet pugs. I'll never eat pork again, I thought. But shortly thereafter the smell of sizzling bacon lured me back. Bacon does not resemble an animal in any way, so it's easy to be in denial.
Before I began dropping lobsters into 20 gallon pots, I did what I do every year at the beginning of this annual lobster dinner. I gave a moment of silence, quietly asked God for forgiveness, and then apologized to the first victim as I held it in my hand. And as I held it, looking into its beady eyes, I wondered aloud why I didn't just eat vegetables. Then I dropped it headfirst into a pot, then another, and another after that. Soon I was dropping them a half-dozen at a time. Some of them were docile as I picked them up, accepting their fate—or possibly just stunned from being in a refrigerated box. Others moved in a sloth-like manner, making a final and futile attempt at escape. And a small percentage were fiery and feisty until the very minute they hit the boiling liquid, flipping and flopping as I tried to pick them up and attempting to catch me with their claws, even though they were bound with rubber bands. These were the ones who bothered me—the ones who fought until the very end.
I've read that lobsters have such primitive nervous systems that they are incapable of feeling pain. But this knowledge doesn't make the slaughter any easier, at least not for me. Apparently I'm not the only one who feels this way because the Internet abounds with people sharing this same sentiment. There's even a company in Great Britain that produces a machine they call the Crustastun, a machine that electrocutes lobsters, which they claim is the swiftest and most compassionate way to kill a crustacean.
I've also read that splitting its head in half with a sharp knife is more humane. Supposedly, if done correctly the blade immediately severs the lobster's brain, thus killing it more quickly than hot water. I have used both of these methods, and while I find the splitting method more gruesome, I do believe it more humane. But neither is easy for me. If I personally were given only those two choices for my own finish, I'm not sure which I would choose. Both are hideous.
I'm don't know if lobsters do feel pain—I truly hope they don't—but one thing's for sure: They don't scream. That's a fallacy. After cooking hundreds—possibly thousands—throughout my career I've never heard one scream, or make any sound for that matter. I've asked other chefs and none has ever heard a lobster scream.
The guests at the banquet enjoyed their meal, and not surprisingly, the same co-workers who only hours before thought we were cruel picked and nibbled at the lobsters now that they were dead and cut up, so that they no longer looked like living crustaceans. I still enjoy eating lobster, though I couldn't that night.
What I find interesting is the history of lobster eating in our country—how exceedingly expensive it is today, considered to be the crème de la crème of meals. This wasn't always the case; it was the opposite. At one time lobster was considered poor people's food and so lowly that it was used as bait with which to catch cod. According to the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, lobsters were at one time so plentiful they were used as fertilizer by Native Americans. In colonial times lobster was mostly served to prisoners and servants.
Nonetheless, lobster is a delicious food and is considered pure luxury by many, and is in fact healthy and low fat. Unfortunately for the lobster, they really do taste better when cooked live. If you're going to do this, here are few pointers to aid both you and the lobster. If you're boiling your lobster, make sure that the pot is at a full rolling boil, and that it has a tight-fitting lid. (This isn't to keep the lobster from jumping out; it's to keep heat in.) The pot should be large enough to easily accommodate the lobster. A large amount of boiling water will stay boiling and do the deed rather quickly. And when submerging the lobster, do so headfirst—I've read that this will kill it quicker than tail-first.
If you're going to split the lobster with a knife while it's still alive—and some recipes actually require this—then you may require another person present for emotional support. Place the lobster on a cutting board. If you are right-handed have the head facing to your right; if you are left-handed, to the left. Locate the markings on the top of the shell near the head that makes a sort of cross. Hold the knife vertically and place the tip of the blade (which should be heavy and sharp) at the cross, the blade facing its face. With one fell motion, force the knife down until it hits the cutting board and at the same time bring the blade down horizontally through its face. Quickly reverse the knife and cut the back half down the middle, severing it in two. (Don't be shocked to see that it continues to move.) It's ready to grill at this point. To further prepare it for sautéing, cut off the claws and legs and crack them with the back of the knife, and then cut the tail portions from the body.
For more information, both for and against cooking live lobsters, visit the following websites. And before you cook them please don't forget to apologize.
• Cooking-Lobster.com: cooking-lobster.com
• Crustastun: crustastun.com
• Gulf of Maine Research Institute: gmri.org
• Lobster Liberation: lobsterlib.com
• Maine Lobster Council: lobsterfrommaine.com
• The Lobster Institute: lobster.um.maine.edu
How To Boil a Lobster
Bring a very large pot of salted water to a rolling boil. Quickly but carefully lower the lobsters headfirst into the boiling water. Simmer for about 10-12 minutes. Serve with fresh lemon and melted butter.
Corn and Lobster ChowderServes eight
2 cups of cooked lobster meat, diced
3 slices bacon, diced
1 small onion, peeled and diced
1 red bell pepper, diced
2 medium potatoes, peeled and diced
3 cups corn kernels
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
2 cups chicken broth
2 cups clam broth
1 cup heavy cream
3 tablespoons flour
1 teaspoon sweet paprika
1 bay leaf
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
2 scallions, sliced
1/4 cup flat-leaf parsley, chopped
DIRECTIONS: Melt the butter in a soup pot and add the bacon, onion, and bell pepper. Cook this over low heat for abut five minutes. Stir in the flour and paprika; cook for another few minutes while stirring. Add the chicken broth, clam broth, bay leaf, salt, and pepper; whisk to remove any lumps. Increase the heat to a boil, then lower it to a simmer. Add the potatoes and corn; simmer for about 10 minutes. Stir in the cream and lobster, return to a simmer, and cook another 10 minutes. Stir in the scallion and parsley just before serving.
Lobster à l'AméricaineServes two
2 live lobsters
4 ounces butter, divided
1 clove garlic, peeled and minced
1/2 cup brandy
1 cup white wine
3 tablespoons flour
salt and pepper
2 shallots, peeled and minced
1 cup fish stock or clam juice
2 tomatoes, seeded and diced
DIRECTIONS: Prepare the lobster for sautéing by splitting, quartering, and cracking its claws. Heat two ounces of butter over medium-high heat in a heavy skillet. When the butter bubbles, add the lobster and sauté it for a minute or two. Add the flour, shallot, and garlic; sauté for another minute. Remove the pan from the heat and add the brandy. Return the pan to the stove and flambé; cook it until the flame burns out. Add the wine and simmer for five minutes. Stir in the fish stock and tomatoes. Cook it until it reduces by half and thickens slightly. Arrange the lobster on a warmed platter while keeping the sauce simmering. Season the sauce with a little salt and pepper, and then swirl in the remaining two ounces of butter. Pour a portion of the sauce over the lobster. Serve remaining sauce on the side.
Lobster Salad with Fresh TarragonServes four
4 live lobsters
1 shallot, peeled and minced
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1/3 cup mayonnaise
|2 tablespoons chopped fresh tarragon
Boil the lobsters, then refrigerate until completely cooled. Remove the meat from the lobsters, saving the tomalley and shells for lobster stock (these may be frozen). Dice the meat and mix with the remaining ingredients.
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The sale netted the QIA a war chest of £615m. Traders speculated that this could go towards bumping up the sovereign wealth fund's existing 26pc stake in the Sainsbury's.
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Last Thursday, Sainsbury's shares rose by as much as 20pc on speculation that the QIA was looking to increase its holding to 29.9pc before bidding. On Tuesday night Sainbury's shares closed up 17.7 at 347.8p.
However, many observers said they doubted that a bid would materialise. Sam Hart, analyst at Charles Stanley, said that he is "sceptical". "I expect that the QIA made an extremely good profit in Barclays and now is the time to reduce their holding. It has 26pc of Sainsbury's but it would still need £7bn to take over the remainder. That is one hell of a lot of money," he said.
Mr Hart added that QIA declined to take part in a £432m equity and bond issue back in June and as a result saw its stake diluted. He said that this raised questions over its commitment to the supermarket and added that a bid pitched at 520p a share would be a "perfectly credible" level.
"I am sceptical but you should never rule anything out," he said. The QIA abandoned plans to bid for Sainsbury in 2007.
The QIA could not be reached for comment.


text: In article <330B0B72.1BBB at box-d.nih.gov>, Darren Natale <dnatale at box-d.nih.gov> wrote: > >You can use GCG's PILEUP program. For an easy way to read GCG >documentation, >point your web browser to: > >http://molbio.info.nih.gov/molbio/molbio_docs/gcg/ > >I find this easier than using GENHELP. Unfortunately, this link does not appear to work outside of the nih.gov domain... I get the following: 403 Forbidden Your client does not have permission to get URL /molbio/molbio_docs/gcg from this server. Beyond the NIH (if there is such) try any of the following for GCG documentation of version 8: http://www.neb.com/gcgdoc/GCGdoc/Doc.html http://NICK.MED.USF.EDU/GCGdoc/Doc.html or sites listed on this page: http://www.gcg.com/elsewhere/tutorials.html Best of luck, _____ Jerry Learn Research Associate Dept. of Microbiology | Learn at u.washington.edu University of Washington | Phone: (206) 616-4286 Box 357740 | Seattle, WA 98195-7740 USA | FAX: (206) 616-1575