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Everybody loves an underdog. Society is enraptured by these heroes, with their diligent struggles, unwavering perseverance and faultless commitment to success; these David and Goliath stories have been kept within easy grabbing distance of our storytellers for thousands of years now, and contemporary creations like the peppy, zeitgeist-riding phenomenon Glee remind us there's no chance of these little guy tales subsiding anytime soon.
In 1977, underdog movie extraordinaire Rocky won three Oscars: Best Director; Best Film, for which it was up against Taxi Driver - seriously, Taxi Driver; and Best Film Editing. The movie was nominated in seven other categories, including a Best Actor nod for Sylvester Stallone, and has remained in contemporary pop culture for over three decades despite a glut of largely inferior sequels. It has an incredible training montage.
Fight Night Champion, bafflingly, does not. For what is an almost shameless riff on the same notes which made Rocky so successful, it is bizarre that the game's headlining Champion mode opts to go without the quintessential moment of hitting the gym and then running up the steps and then "Rocky! Rocky! Rocky!" and so forth.
Judged as a narrative, told through a procession of ham-fisted cutscenes, Fight Night Champion is about as delicate as being hit in the face by Tyson. All of your favourite clichés make an expected appearance. Tick them off the boxing movie register as you go along: the up-and-coming amateur hero who believes in truth, justice and a good face-smashing; his unremittingly evil rival; a carbon copy of steadfast trainer Mickey Goldmill who never gives up; the villainous tycoon promoter who uses the sport for evil; the wayward brother; the father who never quite made it; and the virtuous love interest.
Andre Bishop is your lead man, rising up the ranks of the amateur league and on the cusp of turning pro. Wedged in the middle of cutscenes where Bishop's resolve never wavers are the boxing matches, most of which take on the form of themed brawls where you're either not allowed to perform a particular move, such as body blows, or where you're encouraged to focus on a particular attack. Long-term fans of boxing games will notice how it's like the distilled essence of Punch-Out!! has been squeezed through a blood-stained canvas.
A brief jaunt in the middle of the game has you thrown in prison for seven years - because the game is dark and gritty now, and this is conveniently the best way to show off the new blood effects - where you engage in a few rounds of bare-knuckle boxing against some Aryan bruisers, and then it's back out to walk the long path to redemption and a whopping great title belt. Despite it only taking about twenty minutes in real life terms, you know Andre's been in prison for a while because he puts on 60lbs of muscle and grows a beard.
While Champion mode is the game's headline feature, there's simply not that much substance in it. The campaign barely pushes two hours of fights, although you probably spend a fair chunk of additional time watching its cutscenes. The mode functions as a rather brief distraction, although beginners will find the disguised bits of advice helpful to understanding some of the finer aspects of the game.
Series veterans will probably skip straight to the other modes, though not until they've weighed in on the undying buttons-versus-sticks debate. After their notable absence at Fight Night Round 4's launch, button controls sheepishly find themselves returning to the mix by default, though EA still clearly favours the analogue-stick batterings dished out by their spangly new analogue input method - dubbed Full Spectrum Punch Control by the suits in marketing.
In a bid to satisfy everyone at once, EA now accommodates both the stick and face buttons on the same controller mapping, shifting Round 4's button commands to the d-pad. While the buttons will always win for precision, it's still easy to queue up devastating flurries of blows when fighting with the stick, though the age-old problem of imprecision often rears its head when you find yourself swinging three or four times accidentally.
Whereas Rounds 3 and 4 had more demanding punches mapped to increasingly complicated analogue movements, Champion gives each type of swing a particular direction - diagonally upwards to throw a jab, straight across the middle for a hook, and diagonally downwards to bust out the heavy uppercuts.
Buttons also give you access to left and right jabs, hooks and uppercuts, with the latter executed by hitting jab and hook together. Sticks, however, get a few extra moves; push it in a half-way direction between a hook and an uppercut and you'll get the ridiculously titled hookercut, known as a shovel hook in actual boxing. Meanwhile, go between a jab and a hook and you'll get a straight flare.
While making combination punching far more accessible, Full Spectrum controls rob the more advanced blows of some of their complexity and satisfaction, and in doing so ensure the legions of online big-hitters will have an even easier time spamming their constant uppercuts. Other changes include a dialling back on Round 4's heavy emphasis on counter punching (although these blows remain devastating), and automatic switching between blocks for head and body shots. The fighting feels faster as a result, and you're left to focus squarely on the punching, as opposed to the rock-paper-scissors mentality of previous games.
Elsewhere there's the returning Legacy mode, where you either create a boxer from scratch or pick from a stable of boxing legends and then juggle your personal calendar until you've gone toe-to-toe with enough rivals to be declared the Greatest of All Time. Progression here is handled by a new XP system, with you snapping up experience from the myriad of training games and then doling it out into your boxer's various attributes. Every now and then you'll unlock a perk which confers additional bonuses, such as a greater chance of stunning your opponent when you lamp them in the chops.
Most returning players will simply choose to focus their attention to local versus and online modes, with the netcode performance appearing identical to Round 4. XP also carries over to online play, which should suitably compel everyone to put down Call of Duty for half an hour and instead focus on grinding some more levels in this.
Mirroring the communal tendencies of boxers in training, online gangs can now also form their own boxing gyms and compete with each other over the course of a season - the top candidates squaring off in an elimination match to decide the overall champion. Rival gyms can also go toe-to-toe and compete for status, leaderboard honour, and juicy wads of XP. Note that while these features are clearly in place, they were unavailable for testing at time of review.
Round 4's silky smooth 60fps has been chopped in half here, yet in spite of this the game plays faster and the expert application of post-processing effects takes off some of the former game's vacuum-packed look. The law of diminishing returns is starting to kick in, however. Champion would have been a more significant update if it had some more robust changes to its core engine, as matches still feel like they take a bit too long to load, commentary tracks repeat far too often, and punch animations still occasionally look slightly wonky.
There's just not quite enough meat on Fight Night Champion's bones to recommend it to owners of previous games, however, and Champion mode itself is little more than a brief diversion you can bash through in an afternoon. The core mechanics still do a good job of imitating the sweet science, but EA could have done with a longer rest before getting back in the ring.


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The Estherville Rental Housing Committee continued its task of working to create a minimum set of standards for rental housing on Wednesday.
The committee was formed earlier this year and consists of city officials, including city administrator Penny Clayton and councilmen Dave Seylar and John Wittneben, landlords and a representative from Emmet County Public Health.
As the proposed rental housing ordinance draft reads, the purpose is to establish minimum requirements for residential rent structures to be fit for human habitation occupancy or se. It should also protect, preserve and promote the physical health and social well-being of the people and to prevent and control the incidence of communicable diseases, to reduce environmental hazards to health, to regular rental dwellings for the purpose of maintaining adequate sanitation and to protect the safety of the people.
Once the committee has a complete draft of these minimal rental housing regulations, they will submit it to the city council for its approval.
But that step is still in the future as the committee continues to work up a document that is fair to all.
On Wednesday, the committee reviewed language regarding infestations.
Clayton submitted a copy of Ames city ordinance language on exterminations that the committee agreed would work for Estherville.
For any insect and rodent infestations in a structure prior to renting, the owner is responsible for extermination.
In multiple occupancy units, the owner is responsible for extermination in the public or shared of the structure and exterior property. If infestation is caused by failure of an occupant to prevent such infestation in the area occupied, the occupant is responsible for extermination. The exception is when the infestations are caused by defects in the structure, and then the owner is responsible.
One contentious issue is inspections.
Committee members have debated how often inspections should take place and who should do them.
During Wednesdays meeting, the committee discussed having the landlord and a tenant each complete a checklist to determine any concerns every three years and at the beginning of any rental agreement.
The checklist would be turned into the city offices and any discrepancies would have to be addressed.
Ideally, the discrepancies would be resolved by the landlord without any action needed by the city.
Otherwise, city officials will require that a certified inspector examine the rental unit, paid for at the landlord's expense.
The committee will continue its discussion about inspections and revising the rental housing ordinance draft at its next meeting, tentatively scheduled for 4 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 2.

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"I remember watching Temuri all of the time for Newcastle and dreaming of playing for such a big club like him," Khizanishvili said. "He was one of the first big names to make it in England and we all supported Newcastle because of that.
Related ArticlesNewcastle sign KhizanishviliChampionship tableDennis Wise: don't blame me for Newcastle slumpTelegraph player raterChampionship fixturesBlackpool 2 Newcastle 1"Temuri is a very good man, a little bit crazy, but a good man who is now one of my best friends. I played with him for the national team and then for a short time at Dundee, he was a great player and a strong character.
"If I can be half as popular as him then I'll be happy. I spoke with him this week; hopefully he will come and watch me play.
"I'm really happy, and looking forward to playing games for Newcastle. Sometimes a dream comes true - Newcastle is a massive club.
"I know they're in the Championship, but it doesn't matter, to be honest. It's a great club, and I'm sure they're going up."
Khizanishvili is hoping to make his debut for Newcastle against Championship strugglers Plymouth at St James' Park this weekend after being allowed to leave Ewood Park in a three-month loan deal by manager Sam Allardyce.
The former Rangers centre-half added: "All players want to play in this kind of stadium, and I hope for the best for myself and my team tomorrow. It' s a great game, and I'm looking forward to it.
"I think I'm too young to sit on the bench â " I'm 27. That's why I decided to move to the club. When Newcastle came it was a really big honour for me.
"It's for the manager to decide whether I play or not - he's the boss. I'm ready, and I can play any time, no problem."
Newcastle caretaker manager Chris Hughton will be banking on Khizanishvili to sore up his defence following the promotion-chasing club's first defeat of the season at Blackpool on Wednesday night as they try to regain pole position from West Bromwich Albion.
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Hairstyles for Women Over 40
Hairstyles for women over 40 are seem to be focus on any short and simple hairdo. However, some of 40 years old Hollywood women celebrities are still look trendy with long and messy hairstyle. Michelle Pfeiffer is one of them. She's sexy 49 years old woman that still able to keep her long wavy blond hair healthy and look fantastic. But Michelle Pfeiffer is only one over very few woman succeeded. You would better do not take any risk unless you intend to make your face look older.
If you want to look a little bit classy, you can use Penelope Anne Miller short curly hair. She has very good taste by create the retro hairstyle that helps her look charming in her 43 year old face. She looks fresh, fun yet, formal. Layered bob hairstyle will full bangs also can be the best hairstyles for women over 40. Allison Janney has proved this by using this beautiful hairstyle on red carpet. This short bob hairstyles with full bangs also followed by Rihanna, Janie Garth, and many more; it is simple, beautiful, and practice.
Short wavy hairstyle also can be the most suitable hairstyles for women over 40. Marcia Gay Hayden seems to be one over many mid-aged women who stick to this hairstyle. This style definitely effective to reduce age from your appearance by add more sophisticated look. Yeardley Smith has another way to look elegant and young in her mid 40 ages. She smartly chooses the stylish wavy fringe as her hairstyle which perfectly make her look a lot more attractive, feminine and beautiful.
And don't forget Halle Berry's famous extreme short hairstyle that definitely always makes her look glowing and shining. This extreme short hair also will ease you do the treatment and daily maintenance.
You can always choose shorter hairstyle when you turn 40. Longer hair are allowable if you really have healthy and regular treatment.


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Women's basketball escapes with 71-67 win over Wisconsin
The Michigan State women's basketball team held off Wisconsin on Thursday night for a 71-67 victory at the Breslin Center. The Spartan (14-7) remain alone in second place in the Big Ten at 6-2 at the midway point of conference play. Five Spartans scored in double digits in the balanced offense attack. Read more at msuspartans.com.


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Hot Cuts Volume One
- Artist: The Green Marbles
- Genre: Folk
- Release Date: 6/24/2003
Guitar & Vocals Hi everyone - My name is Frank and I'm the lead singer and song writer of The Green Marbles. Our music is simple, upbeat, positive, and I'd like to think enjoyable. The group as a whole came together for three main reasons, one - to have some fun doing something we loved to do, two - to encourage others through music, and three - center our lives and others around something larger than ourselves, 'God.' Peace - : ) Frank Bass My name is Don Allen (Lt. Marble). I'm currently single (although sharing a nice relationship with a cute blonde. Ha Ha!). I have a 6-year-old son that is my best buddy. I hope to pass on what musical talent I have to him. He already has perfect pitch on his own. I have many years as a musician mostly self-taught, I've played bass and guitar both in bands and churches I've attended. It's hard to choose a band or solo mentor. My tastes can be pretty diverse. I do take a good interest in Sting and Vertical Horizon. They share positive lyrics and good grooves. As a musician I have concern to iterate positive themes to the public. Who wouldn't want to be recognized as a musician, but giving people something to think about has great perks. I've been through many of the same struggles that many are going through. I hope that through the venue of music we can share the solutions to ease some of the pain in a cruel hurting world. Drums Hi. My name is Eddie Stanko and I'm the drummer for the Marbles. I tend to be a little on the quiet side, so I let my drums do the talking for me. I have never been content to just listen to music. I always felt like I wanted to be a part of it. When I was little, my dad and I would get out coffee cans and pencils and play along with records . At age fifteen, I decided to take lessons and learn how to play properly. I enjoy playing and listening to all kinds of music - jazz, metal, blues, classical, it all depends on my mood. Some of my other interests are playing and watching hockey (I'm a big NY Ranger fan). I love cars (especially ones from the fifties), Formula One racing, hanging out with buster, my ol' slobbering brown dog. Being married to my wife is one of the highlights of my life and I'd be lost without her. I thank her and my parents for all their support, sacrifices and encouragement throughout the years. Above all, I have to thank God for all that he has given me and hopefully, I can give something back by playing my music.
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*Potency expressed as oxiconazole
OXISTAT Cream and Lotion formulations contain the antifungal active compound oxiconazole nitrate. Both formulations are for topical dermatologic use only.
Chemically, oxiconazole nitrate is 2',4'-dichloro-2-imidazol-1-ylacetophenone (Z)-[0-(2,4-dichlorobenzyl)oxime], mononitrate. The compound has the empirical formula C18H13ON3Cl4•HNO3, a molecular weight of 492.15, and the following structural formula:
Oxiconazole nitrate is a nearly white crystalline powder, soluble in methanol; sparingly soluble in ethanol, chloroform, and acetone; and very slightly soluble in water.
OXISTAT Cream contains 10 mg of oxiconazole per gram of cream in a white to off-white, opaque cream base of purified water USP, white petrolatum USP, stearyl alcohol NF, propylene glycol USP, polysorbate 60 NF, cetyl alcohol NF, and benzoic acid USP 0.2% as a preservative.
OXISTAT Lotion contains 10 mg of oxiconazole per gram of lotion in a white to off-white, opaque lotion base of purified water USP, white petrolatum USP, stearyl alcohol NF, propylene glycol USP, polysorbate 60 NF, cetyl alcohol NF, and benzoic acid USP 0.2% as a preservative.
The penetration of oxiconazole nitrate into different layers of the skin was assessed using an in vitro permeation technique with human skin. Five hours after application of 2.5 mg/cm2 of oxiconazole nitrate cream onto human skin, the concentration of oxiconazole nitrate was demonstrated to be 16.2 µmol in the epidermis, 3.64 µmol in the upper corium, and 1.29 µmol in the deeper corium. Systemic absorption of oxiconazole nitrate is low. Using radiolabeled drug, less than 0.3% of the applied dose of oxiconazole nitrate was recovered in the urine of volunteer subjects up to 5 days after application of the cream formulation.
Neither in vitro nor in vivo studies have been conducted to establish relative activity between the lotion and cream formulations.
Oxiconazole nitrate is an imidazole derivative whose antifungal activity is derived primarily from the inhibition of ergosterol biosynthesis, which is critical for cellular membrane integrity. It has in vitro activity against a wide range of pathogenic fungi.
Oxiconazole has been shown to be active against most strains of the following organisms both in vitro and in clinical infections at indicated body sites (see INDICATIONS AND USAGE):
Epidermophyton floccosum
Trichophyton mentagrophytes
Trichophyton rubrum
Malassezia furfur
The following in vitro data are available; however, their clinical significance is unknown. Oxiconazole exhibits satisfactory in vitro minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) against most strains of the following organisms; however, the safety and efficacy of oxiconazole in treating clinical infections due to these organisms have not been established in adequate and well-controlled clinical trials:
Candida albicans
Microsporum audouini
Microsporum canis
Microsporum gypseum
Trichophyton tonsurans
Trichophyton violaceum
OXISTAT Cream and Lotion are indicated for the topical treatment of the following dermal infections: tinea pedis, tinea cruris, and tinea corporis due toTrichophyton rubrum, Trichophyton mentagrophytes, or Epidermophyton floccosum. OXISTAT Cream is indicated for the topical treatment of tinea (pityriasis) versicolor due to Malassezia furfur (see DOSAGE AND ADMINISTRATION and CLINICAL STUDIES).
OXISTAT Cream may be used in pediatric patients for tinea corporis, tinea cruris, tinea pedis, and tinea (pityriasis) versicolor; however, these indications for which OXISTAT Cream has been shown to be effective rarely occur in children below the age of 12.
OXISTAT Cream and Lotion are contraindicated in individuals who have shown hypersensitivity to any of their components.
OXISTAT Cream and Lotion are not for ophthalmic or intravaginal use.
OXISTAT Cream and Lotion are for external dermal use only. Avoid introduction of OXISTAT Cream or Lotion into the eyes or vagina. If a reaction suggesting sensitivity or chemical irritation should occur with the use of OXISTAT Cream or Lotion, treatment should be discontinued and appropriate therapy instituted. If signs of epidermal irritation should occur, the drug should be discontinued.
The patient should be instructed to:
1. Use OXISTAT as directed by the physician. The hands should be washed after applying the medication to the affected area(s). Avoid contact with the eyes, nose, mouth, and other mucous membranes. OXISTAT is for external use only.
2. Use the medication for the full treatment time recommended by the physician, even though symptoms may have improved. Notify the physician if there is no improvement after 2 to 4 weeks, or sooner if the condition worsens (see below).
3. Inform the physician if the area of application shows signs of increased irritation, itching, burning, bulering, swelling, or oozing.
4. Avoid the use of occlusive dressings unless otherwise directed by the physician.
5. Do not use this medication for any disorder other than that for which it was prescribed.
Potential drug interactions between OXISTAT and other drugs have not been systematically evaluated.
Although no long-term studies in animals have been performed to evaluate carcinogenic potential, no evidence of mutagenic effect was found in 2 mutation assays (Ames test and Chinese hamster V79 in vitro cell mutation assay) or in 2 cytogenetic assays (human peripheral blood lymphocyte in vitro chromosome aberration assay and in vivo micronucleus assay in mice).
Reproductive studies revealed no impairment of fertility in rats at oral doses of 3 mg/kg/day in females (1 time the human dose based on mg/m2) and 15 mg/kg/day in males (4 times the human dose based on mg/m2). However, at doses above this level, the following effects were observed: a reduction in the fertility parameters of males and females, a reduction in the number of sperm in vaginal smears, extended estrous cycle, and a decrease in mating frequency.
Because oxiconazole is excreted in human milk, caution should be exercised when the drug is administered to a nursing woman.
OXISTAT Cream may be used in pediatric patients for tinea corporis, tinea cruris, tinea pedis, and tinea (pityriasis) versicolor; however, these indications for which OXISTAT Cream has been shown to be effective rarely occur in children below the age of 12.
A limited number of patients at or above 65 years of age (n = 508) have been treated with OXISTAT Cream in US and non-US clinical trials, and a limited number (n = 43) have been treated with OXISTAT Lotion in US clinical trials. The number of patients is too small to permit separate analysis of efficacy and safety. No adverse events were reported with OXISTAT Lotion in geriatric patients, and the adverse reactions reported with OXISTAT Cream in this population were similar to those reported by younger patients. Based on available data, no adjustment of dosage of OXISTAT Cream and Lotion in geriatric patients is warranted.
During clinical trials, of 955 patients treated with oxiconazole nitrate cream, 1%, 41 (4.3%) reported adverse reactions thought to be related to drug therapy. These reactions included pruritus (1.6%); burning (1.4%); irritation and allergic contact dermatitis (0.4% each); folliculitis (0.3%); erythema (0.2%); and papules, fissure, maceration, rash, stinging, and nodules (0.1% each).
In a controlled, multicenter clinical trial of 269 patients treated with oxiconazole nitrate lotion, 1%, 7 (2.6%) reported adverse reactions thought to be related to drug therapy. These reactions included burning and stinging (0.7% each) and pruritus, scaling, tingling, pain, and dyshidrotic eczema (0.4% each).
When 5% oxiconazole cream (5 times the concentration of the marketed product) was applied at a rate of 1 g/kg to approximately 10% of body surface area of a group of 40 male and female rats for 35 days, 3 deaths and severe dermal inflammation were reported. No overdoses in humans have been reported with use of oxiconazole nitrate cream or lotion.
OXISTAT Cream or Lotion should be applied to affected and immediately surrounding areas once to twice daily in patients with tinea pedis, tinea corporis, or tinea cruris. OXISTAT Cream should be applied once daily in the treatment of tinea (pityriasis) versicolor. Tinea corporis, tinea cruris, and tinea (pityriasis) versicolor should be treated for 2 weeks and tinea pedis for 1 month to reduce the possibility of recurrence. If a patient shows no clinical improvement after the treatment period, the diagnosis should be reviewed.
Note: Tinea (pityriasis) versicolor may give rise to hyperpigmented or hypopigmented patches on the trunk that may extend to the neck, arms, and upper thighs. Treatment of the infection may not immediately result in restoration of pigment to the affected sites. Normalization of pigment following successful therapy is variable and may take months, depending on individual skin type and incidental sun exposure. Although tinea (pityriasis) versicolor is not contagious, it may recur because the organism that causes the disease is part of the normal skin flora.
In studies where geriatric patients (65 years of age or older, see PRECAUTIONS) have been treated with OXISTAT Cream or Lotion, safety did not differ from that in younger patients; therefore, no dosage adjustment is recommended.
OXISTAT Cream, 1% is supplied in:
15-g tubes (NDC 0173-0423-00),
30-g tubes (NDC 0173-0423-01), and
60-g tubes (NDC 0173-0423-04).
Store between 15° and 30°C (59° and 86°F).
OXISTAT Lotion, 1% is supplied in a 30-mL bottle (NDC 0173-0448-01). Store between 15° and 30°C (59° and 86°F). Shake well before using.
The following definitions were applied to the clinical and microbiological outcomes in patients enrolled in the clinical trials that form the basis for the approvals of OXISTAT Lotion and OXISTAT Cream.
1. Mycological Cure: No evidence (culture and KOH preparation) of the baseline (original) pathogen in a specimen from the affected area taken at the 2-week post-treatment visit (for tinea [pityriasis] versicolor, mycological cure was limited to KOH only).
2. Treatment Success: Both a global evaluation of ≥90% clinical improvement and a microbiologic eradication (see above) at the 2-week post-treatment visit.
Two pivotal clinical trials of OXISTAT Cream in tinea (pityriasis) versicolor involved 219 evaluable patients in the q day OXISTAT and vehicle arms of the trial with clinical and mycological evidence of tinea (pityriasis) versicolor. Patients were treated for 2 weeks with OXISTAT Cream once daily, or with cream vehicle. The combined results of these clinical trials at the 2-week post-treatment follow-up visit are shown in the following table. These results are based on 207 patients (110 in the OXISTAT group and 97 in the vehicle group) with efficacy evaluations at this visit.
Patient Outcome
|OXISTAT Cream
|Mycological cure
|Treatment success
Only once a day was shown in both studies to be statistically superior to vehicle for all efficacy parameters at 2 weeks and follow-up.
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Pittsburgh, PA 15230
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Happy Halloween: FREE pumpkin stencils!
Happy Halloween! We've made a list of a few of our favourite FREE pumpkin carving templates.
Finally a Halloween treat that won't rot your teeth!
- Game of Thrones Halloween stencils: House Stark
- Minions Halloween stencils
- Hunger Games Halloween stencils: Katniss Everdeen
- The Dark Knight – Batman Halloween stencils
- Wolf howling at the moon
- Where the wild things are
- Angry Birds' pig
- Doctor Who
- Grumpy cat
- Storm Trooper
- Monsters University
- Darth Vader
Have a safe and fun Halloween everyone!
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As part of Max Hunter's work at the Seattle Pacific University John Perkins Center, he has helped organize a book club of SPU faculty and staff members and other Seattleites to read and discuss issues of race and reconciliation. Over the summer of 2010, the book club discussed The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in an Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander, a civil rights litigator and associate professor at the Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law.
When people who have finished serving time in prison re-enter life on the outside — often in the heart of America's cities — they may not be able to vote, apply for food stamps, live in public housing, or receive government financial aid for education, depending upon the state in which they live. Indeed, says Alexander in her 2010 book, they may be rendered "permanently unemployable in the legal job market," within a system that "seems designed to send people right back to prison." Furthermore, she argues, these penalties disproportionately affect ethnic minority communities, especially African- American men.
This January, the Perkins Center partnered with The Bush School, Starbucks, Seattle Public Schools, the Clowes Center at the University of Washington, and Mt. Zion Baptist Church to bring Alexander to Seattle for a series of lectures to coincide with Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
"Professor Alexander's book brings together scholarly and practical work," says Tali Hairston, director of the Perkins Center. "When I read it, I realized that as the church we needed to wrestle with this issue or we would be guilty of ignoring the prisoner, which we are taught not to do in Scripture."
"Jesus was so concerned about prisoners and the oppressed," echoes Kerry Dearborn, SPU professor of theological studies and participant in the summer book club. She used the book as a textbook in her "Introduction to Christian Reconciliation" course in Autumn 2010. "We could be blind and indifferent to the larger harsh realities that some people experience every day of their lives. But as Christians, this isn't a viable option for us."


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On Mon, 2012-02-27 at 20:09 +0000, Jeni Tennison wrote: > Hi, > > It sounds to me as though there are some people here who would very > much favour a procedural-style specification which spells out exactly > how to implement an XML-ER parser to create a DOM, and others who > would very much favour a declarative-style specification which > describes the outcome of error recovery in a more generic way. Part of it seems to be whether the intended use is in a Web browser for display (avoiding the "yellow screen of death"), primarily (it seems) of faulty XHTML and RSS feeds... or whether it's intended as a front end to a more general XML stack, e.g. for an editor. Anne's approach seems a good fit for the Web browser use case, which is not surprising :-) As soon as web browsers start accepting non-wf input as XML, people will start creating it... and then we'll need to process it elsewhere. So a long-winded (sorry) +1 to Jeni's idea. Liam -- Liam Quin - XML Activity Lead, W3C, http://www.w3.org/People/Quin/ Pictures from old books: http://fromoldbooks.org/Received on Wednesday, 29 February 2012 03:06:22 UTC
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Question for the RAID guru... Fernando 1
virtualrain replied to virtualrain's topic in nLiteThanks Fernando! How can I verify that the files I need have indeed been copied to the folder used to create the image? What do I look for?
Question for the RAID guru... Fernando 1
virtualrain posted a topic in nLiteFernando, I owe you a great deal for saving me countless headaches installing RAID onto my current nForce4 system. However, I am now building a new system for a friend which is an Intel 975x chipset with ICH7R. I need to slipstream the chipset and Intel RAID drivers onto my XP SP2 install CD. For RAID... Is it a simple matter of expanding the Intel Storage Manager package and adding the inf files as text mode drivers? Do I need to do anything else for them to work during the GUI part of setup? For Chipset... Do I add all the INF files (there are a ton for different southbridge chips) in the chipset software package as PNP drivers? Thanks!
Cmon guys... I can't be the first one to be slipstreaming Intel RAID and chipset drivers with nLite?! Can someone please confirm my approach and/or offer any tips? Thanks.
Hi can anyone with some experience doing an nlite install on an Intel RAID array and chipset comment please?
Help with Intel RAID/Chipset Slipstream...
virtualrain posted a topic in nLiteHi, I'm about to package a slipstream for a new Intel Motherboard (Asus P5W DH Deluxe) which uses the Intel 975x chipset. The OS install will be onto a RAID array managed by the Intel chipset. I've got some questions: Chipset INF Package: 1. The Chipset INF package includes an XP folder which appears to have INF files for every chipset Intel makes... I believe my system has an ICH7 so what INF files do I need? IIRC nLite will load every INF and file in the whole subdirectory... so maybe this question is irrelevant... just use them all? 2. Furthermore, within the XP folder for the INF package, there is an "SP" folder with additional files like ich7id2.cat and ich7id2.inf... I assume I need those as well? RAID Drivers: 3. I've expanded the storage manager package and there are two INF files in the driver folder... iaahci.inf and iastor.inf... are these all that I need to get the RAID array recognized for installing Windows? Is there anything else I should know or consider?
Integration of NVIDIA's nForce RAID and AHCI drivers
virtualrain replied to Fernando 1's topic in nLiteIf someone knows how to install the NVRAID Windows tool after slipstreaming the driver install, I would be keen to know.
Integration of NVIDIA's nForce RAID and AHCI drivers
virtualrain replied to Fernando 1's topic in nLiteHere is my experience slipstreaming 6.66 SATA RAID drivers on XP SP2 Install CD... First let me say that Fernando, you Rock for figuring this out. I think it is worth pointing out (assuming I am correct) that the integration of drivers in nLite (which is the first step) is really only to address the Text Mode portion of Windows Install. This is what saves you from having to use a floppy and F6 during initial setup. For whatever reason (lack of WHQL certification I believe) it does not then use these same drivers later for Windows GUI mode installation. The first time I tried this process, for some reason, nLite did not grab the file nvatabus.sys for inclusion in the install. As a result, half way through loading the text mode drivers, it said "nvatabus.sys file not found" and halted. I redid the process and this time verified that nLite had grabbed the file by checking in the I386 folder for nvatabus.sy_. It worked fine the second time. The second part of your process where you are copying files to the OEMDIR folder is for the Windows GUI mode install. After doing some research this is a common technique for installing non WHQL certified drivers during Windows GUI mode install. Overall, it worked well for me the second time. I not only integrated the RAID drivers but also used nLite to integrate the rest of the nForce drivers. Note that when integrating other nForce drivers you only need to select one INF in each of the relevant subdirectories you want to integrate... nLite grabs everything in that directory regarless of what INF file you select for integration. Good luck to others.
Integration of NVIDIA's nForce RAID and AHCI drivers
virtualrain replied to Fernando 1's topic in nLiteThat explains it... Thanks!
Integration of NVIDIA's nForce RAID and AHCI drivers
virtualrain replied to Fernando 1's topic in nLiteThis is confusing (sorry if I'm an id*** but this really is not clear)... You've clarified that nvatabus.inf must come from PATARAID folder (even for a SATA RAID array which makes no sense but I will trust you on this)... What about the other two files (idecoi.dll and nvatabus.sys)? Does it matter where they come from? Also, When you say "integrate the latest NVIDIA Sata/Raid drivers as textmode drivers" ... What freakin directory are you integrating in nLite? - \PATARAID or \SATARAID? Why are you using PATARAID drivers to setup a SATA RAID Array?
Integration of NVIDIA's nForce RAID and AHCI drivers
virtualrain replied to Fernando 1's topic in nLiteHi, Thanks Fernando for your work, but can you clarify something... nvatabus.inf is only found in this nForce4 folder... IDE\WinXP\PATARAID I want to install SATA RAID which I assume should come from... IDE\WinXP\SATARAID where the only INF file is called nvraid.inf (not nvatabus.inf) Can you clarify what INF and directory I should be using to slipstream drivers for a SATA RAID drive array? Thanks.


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Absolutely Terrible Apr 19, 2011
Other than the fact that this hotel was conveniently located near the main train station, and was reasonably cheep by mumbai standards, this was the worst hotel I have ever stayed in.
The walls are like temporary wall, perhaps 1cm thick. Also the top 2 feet of the walls dont exist and have been replaced by chicken wire.
This hotel is like someone tried to build a hotel out of lego, and made a huge mess of it. The rooms were dirty, noisy, the beds uncomfortable and the staff not helpful in the slightest.
This was the last place i stayed in India, and the worst.
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|Nine Inch Nails - The Slip
|Music Download Reviews Rock
|Written by K L Poore
|Sunday, 01 June 2008
Except for a few record companies in the '80s who'd actually ply you with crapola to listen to their incredibly lame artists, you can't find a better deal.
Now, to hit all the clichés up front: "there's no free lunch" (actually I think there are, but sometimes you have to buy a beer), "just because it's a bargain doesn't mean it's worth anything" (but it doesn't mean it's not, either) and "you get what you pay for" (no, actually you get what you can carry away… whether you pay for it or not is another matter).
That was just to get the whole financial aspect of Nine Inch Nails latest, The Slip, out of the way because debating Trent Reznor's motives for releasing it in this manner means very little. He's done it, it's out for everyone to experience, and that's it.
What I can say is, if you're a fan of NIN's mix of dark emotions and intense electronics, you'll love The Slip. If you don't, you probably bailed long before I've typed this line, which is a shame because The Slip would be a perfect introduction into Reznor's world.
NIN hasn't shortchanged their listeners with The Slip. It rocks in its own way, it's moody to the edge of alienation, and the production is crisp and everything you'd desire. From "1,000,000" (the distance in miles Reznor feels from his own existence) to the closer "Demon Seed," he fills this release with the musical and lyrical flourishes you'd expect while changing them up enough so that it doesn't sound like he's giving away stuff he's recycled . There's not a bad cut on The Slip and there's no filler, except maybe the 1:25 introduction "999,999," which leads into "1,000,000," get it?
My favorite tracks are "Discipline," where the protagonist shows a decided lack of discipline by coming in too soon on one of the verses, "Echoplex" with its dreamy guitar line and whispered coda, and "The Four of Us are Dying," which reminds me of Brian Eno's ambient music, but way better.
I believe that beyond the obvious merits of its music, and the immediacy of an artist completing something and getting it into the hands of the public quickly and easily, the release of The Slip as a "free download" from the NIN site (www.nin.com) also raises an interesting point for discussion.
Will a future filled with "downloads only" result in artists putting out massive amounts of product? As imperfect as the LP/tape/CD system is, and was, it did place a baffle on the volume of recorded music that could be shared. And, with the built-in time constraints of the medium as well. I'm not saying it's good, or that anyone with a musical vision shouldn't be able to get their recordings out into the public, I'm just wondering what will happen when everything is available to everyone all the time. Personally I'm looking forward to it, but with a very minor caveat.
Given the full blown danger zone "I'm a golden God" egos of some artists, and the never ending, ever deepening greed of the music industry, I see a distinct possibility that the public will be bombarded by multiple daily releases by some semi-talented flavor of the day, and distracted away from meaningful and potentially important music. I can envision a not-too-distant future when a mega-music monolith releases "Mariah Farts After Lunch" and promotes it until all the kids believe it's what is happening. Or some super-self-important gas bag (think Bono but with less ego) will put out hours upon hours of him learning how to play bag pipes while kicking a cat and yodeling "Danny Boy." The truth is we'll have to take the excess along with the access, but the world needs to be warned. The glut is out there! Luckily, with The Slip Trent Reznor has shown an infinite amount of taste, restraint and maturity as an artist.
"Corona Radiata" goes from being an interesting soundscape to a trip through the heavens. The grand piano on "Lights in the Sky" is woody, deep and resonant, and you feel as if you're laying beneath it listening to Reznor play a song for the first time. The buzz of "Head Down" smacks your nervous system like Keith Richard's guitar solo on "Sympathy for the Devil."
And, reconsidering, maybe it's wrong to merely think of The Slip as being "free," because labeling it as such diminishes everything that is great about it. Perhaps it's better to look at it as a gift from a talented artist who appreciates his audience. "Thank you," Trent Reznor writes on the NIN home page, "for your continued and loyal support over the years -- this one's on me." And for us all. Go get it.
One of the most wonderful aspects of NIN's generosity in giving people free access to The Slip is the bonus of being allowed to download different versions of the release. It's available in MP3, higher quality M4A Lossless or FLAC files (via a bit torrent program), or in a 24/96 WAVE audiophile version, and the differences between the MP3 and higher quality versions are amazing. I downloaded The Slip from the NIN website, twice, once in MP3 format @ 216 kbps(vbr), 44.1 kHz, and then again using Bit Torrent software @ 519 kbps, 44.1 kHz. It's a clear example of what a better format will do for sound. Whereas with some releases the differentiation between various downloads is minimal (all you audiophiles can trash me at avrevforum.com if you so desire), the extremes between these two versions was easily evident. I was stunned by how full and immediate each song sounds. I recommend you get some freeware, download one of the higher bit rate versions, and enjoy.
I burned a copy and gave it the old car test and it sounded really really good. It caused me to drive a little too fast and drift off into "the twilight realms of my own secret thoughts" (thanks FZ) a couple of times so I'd recommend you listen to it at home, not steering a ton of moving metal. With the lights out. On headphones. That's where I got the full impact.
Extra Features
The download includes a pdf booklet with all the relevant information and an interesting graphic for each song. Funny how NIN can gift this wonderful music to its fans and be savvy enough to include information and things to looks at, whereas a majority of the artists selling on iTunes, Amazon or other download sites can't be bothered to supply something as rudimentary as liner notes. Dorks.


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After months of buildup, press tours and cryptic insults from network suits, Ashton Kutcher has finally begun the actual work of filming "Two and a Half Men."
The former "That 70s Show" star, the heralded replacement for an off-the-rails Charlie Sheen who was fired after epic rants against the show's creator last season, plays Walden Schmidt, a broken hearted internet billionaire. Kutcher has received nothing but praise from the show's producers, who, in addition to plotting out the new character, have been hammering out a vengeful funeral for Sheen's Charlie Harper character that will take place in the first episode.
According to TMZ, Harper will have suffered a brutal death by falling off a Paris subway platform and getting hit by a train in the time between last season's early end and this season's premiere, allowing the producers to hold a star-studded funeral for the womanizer who helped the show reach number one in the ratings. For details on that funeral, including guests and set photos, click over to TMZ.


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Shastri Sisters 25th July 2014 Written Episode Update
Shastri Sisters 25th July 2014 Written Episode, Written Update on TellyUpdates.com
The Episode starts with two goons seeing Anushka. One of them come to her and teases her. She runs inside and bumps into Shastri ji. She lies to him and hides her fear. She takes Devyaani inside and the goons wave bye to her and leave. Neil is with his friends standing there. They like the sisters and tease Neil. Neil says Devyaani is very sharp, all of them are war fighters. Neil gets his mum's call who calls him for having food. He says I m not hungry, and till you send the girls out, I won't come. Minty says I should have not come back, everyone is just putting their demands on me. Sareen asks her to cook food early.
Anushka asks can she help her. Minty says no, I will do it myself. Minty self praises herself again and says she made many dishes. She asks where is Alka. Alka is busy
Shastri asks his daughters did they fight with him, and takes their class. Minty says they fought with him in train, by mistake Neil sat on their side, otherwise he is very well mannered. Devyaani says no, he is not, do you know what he did. Shastri asks him to be friendly with Neil. Sareen tells about Rajat, his son, and Minty loves him a lot. Sareen jokes and does PDA. Minty gets shy and asks about Alka. Devyaani says she came, there she is. Alka says I m not hungry and Shastri ji scolds her. Shastri ji says children here may not listen to parents, but not children of Kanpur. Minty takes this as a taunt and gets annoyed.
Minty tells Sareen why did they come to Delhi, if Shastri ji thinks Delhi is so bad and Kanpur is so nice. Sareen meditates. She says Shastri ji told everything indirectly, does he think I m a fool. He says he was scolding his daughter. She says no, he was pointing on our upbringing. Sareen says don't tell this, anyone can hear it. He puts cotton in his ears. Alka is in loo and everyone ask her to come out. Devyaani tries to cheer her up. They think why did dad get so angry. They think how to cool Alka now. Anushka says bring Kanpur in Delhi, come I will tell you.
Anushka says we will change the getup of this room and takes the other's help. Alka thinks about Rajeev and feels she did a big mistake coming Delhi. Peeya says we had set all the house, now it looks like Kanpur right. They try to cheer her up. Alka gets angry and throws all things, saying she won't stay here. Anushka says Papa will feel bad. Alka says what about me. Devyaani scolds her asking her to think about them. Alka and Devyaani have an argument. Shastri ji comes and scolds them for not respecting elders. He leaves being annoyed. Anushka asks Shastri why did he not notice. He asks what. She closes his eyes and takes him inside. The goons find out that they are four sisters and one old man, their dad, so it won't be tough to reach them.
She shows him the house and he gets very happy seeing him. He says we have three daughters missing here. Anushka says yes. Shastri calls the others and asks them not to be afraid and come to him. They run and hug him. Everyone gets happy. They sleep at night and the men enter the house . Anushka coughs and wakes up. She wants water and goes out to take. She is shocked seeing the shadows and asks who. She hides.
Alka leaves Peeya alone and goes to talk to Rajeev. Peeys gets lost. Alka looks for her.
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A Saudi Prince has invested $300 million in social network giant Twitter.
Saudi Prince Walid bin Talal announced Monday that he would invest in the San Francisco company through his Kingdom Holding Company and that the investment would "reaffirm our ability in identifying suitable opportunities to invest in promising, high-growth businesses with a global impact."
The investment appears to be an acknowledgement that Twitter and Facebook have played an increasingly larger role in Middle Eastern politics and society the last year.
Nearly 100 million active users throughout the work tweet some 250 million tweets per day.
Arabic-language tweets are the fastest-growing category on Twitter, according to the data company Semiocast. The volume of Arabic messages increased almost 2,100 percent in the year ending Oct. 31.
"We believe that social media will fundamentally change the media industry landscape in the coming years," said Ahmed Halawani, executive director of private equity and international investments said in a statement. "Twitter will capture and monetize this positive trend."


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| Originally Posted by MexicoBeachBride2010
Hey Girls...
Thanks for this thread! I have been trying to get a hold of Lori and Lincoln because I really want to book them for my wedding but I got an email saying they were out of town until the 10th. Anyone know about how long I can expect to wait to hear back from them? I think they do amazing work! Anyone have packages from them that you could post?
In the meantime I could send you the prices I received from them if you PM me your email address, but I don't know if anything will have changed with them so you should make sure to email them too.
I am anxious to see more of their work because I love what I have seen so far and they are so affordable that it seems too good to be true for me!


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The week looks set to reach a record total 1,700 events, the majority of which will be free to attend. For updates on events see heritageweek.ie.


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I saw the bum on a bridge or' Truckee rapid
ice-tattered battered freezin' below thirty.
This veteran horror-able story isn't vapid
but painful lessons learned down and dirty.
but painful lessons learned down and dirty.
Where's shelter mister to stretch and lay.
I'm hungry cold and tired of searching
in protest conscientious anarchy's way
for a better world caring and nurturing.
Shelters are cheap suits the vagrant declared
they give false hope with no opportune time anew.
As white light glares human nature's never cared
will those suff''rin' know where you come from too?
Therefore if you're searchin' for a warmer season
follow observation and drop the deductive reason!


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For former Akron manager Mike Sarbaugh, it was a fun ride and a joy to be part of such a special team last year. Be it the minor leagues or the major leagues, championships are rare, and Sarbaugh made it a point to tell his players to cherish what they had accomplished as a team and how hard it is to come out at the end on top.
"As I told the guys after we won it, I got them together [in the locker room] and I told them they should sit back and appreciate what kind of year we had because they don't come along that often,
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On Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 1:51 AM, Jean-Claude Dufourd <firstname.lastname@example.com> wrote: > On 13/6/12 07:38 , Greg Billock wrote: >> >> Can you elaborate? The risk the language about intent delivery is >> addressed to is not a security concern, but to maintain a specific >> model of registration within the UA -- that it not silently register >> services and then dispatch to them without user involvement. For >> explicit intents, though, the client is specifically directing the >> user to a particular service -- there's no registration involved. >> >> Do you think the same thinking ought to apply here, though? That is, >> any dispatch, even explicit, to a particular service ought to be >> approved by the user? > > JCD: The people I work with in the webinos project looked at the > registration of the intent as the place in the process where they will > insert security/policy checking. > They are concerned about the explicit intents and the lack of this > registration check. > So our first reaction was to try to impose the registration check also for > explicit intents. Explicit intents are intended to provide a way for the invoking context to deliver an intent directly to a particular service. That is, there's no security difference for a "transferFunds" intent whether it is invoked explicitly or dispatched by the user. If the service providing this functionality has the right mechanisms in place to protect the user from unauthorized transfers (and they should!) then those mechanisms will work the same way for explicit intents. > > After trying to write a scenario about a pirate page using an explicit > intent "transferFunds" provided by a banking site, I realize that the intent > registration may not provide for enough checking. > If such a sensitive intent existed, then I would not authorize its > invocation from just any page, so at the intent registration time, I cannot > "approve" it in general. > So the intent provider may need to do additional checking, but it has no > information on who is the invoker, right ? If you mean restrictions on which pages may invoke intents, I'd need to hear more about the security threat model you're thinking about. I don't see yet how it's a real threat to allow any page to invoke any intent. > I believe there is something missing, the possibility of imposing more > checks, depending on the sensitivity of the intent. > How would you "install" a security policy for intents on top of the current > spec ? For non-explicit intents, the security policy is very open-ended -- that is, the UA is free to dispatch the intent in a way that can be very responsive to the preferences of the user (and that's the whole idea, after all). One goal for explicit intents is that they can be used for intra-app transitions. (That is, an app could be built of different intent handlers, and the transitions in the app corresponding to good integration points with other apps.) For that use case, app developers need to have predictability in the way those invocations get handled. If there's a good justification, interposing a registration step there is needed, but I don't see that being needed at this point. -GregReceived on Monday, 18 June 2012 19:19:09 UTC
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(written on tuesday. posted now! :D)
As I am flying back to Austin with an hour and twenty minutes of flight time left, I have just finished reading through some articles in Women's Running in an attempt to waste time. I picked up this magazine as one of the freebies at the Disney Half Expo this weekend and it is just now hitting me that I CAN read a running magazine (something I NEVER thought I would EVER do) because I just ran my first race. Some people aim for a 5k or even a 10k for their first race. But not me. For some reason,when Monica called me up in October and semi-seriously/semi-jokingly told me that it would be SO FUN to run the Disney Princess Half Marathon with a bunch of our girlfriends,I JUMPED on the idea. I have no idea what possessed me to do so.
My running history is as follows-
Junior Year of College(2006/7) : attempted running for 3 blocks (failed)
Summer of Junior Year : attempted a half mile of running, ended with ankle in air cast and needed an MRI
Summer of 2009 : second real attempt at running, MAYBE struggled through 2 miles (still had ankle issues)
Fall 2009 : decided to run HALF MARATHON, threw on an ankle brace and started running
I am not sure if my logic is always this flawed, but for some reason I decided that I needed a non-musical, anti-academic, physical goal - even one that seemed completely impossible to achieve. And of course it was greatly helped by the fact that girl time at Disney is an inspiration too strong for me to resist.
All of that to say - I called the necessary girlfriends to see who would be interested, and after we all decided to go for it, I started looking at training programs and decided on the one my sister-in-law used. I must admit that I didn't do an ounce of strength training and only made it through the 3 major runs per week. Although next time, I would like to train a little harder (YEAH, NEXT TIME!!) the fact that I increased my mileage like I was supposed to was a miracle. And I have to say I am pretty darn proud of myself for working through each road block that was put in front of me. I struggled with pretty much every ailment known to female runners, and somehow (mostly by coaching of my marathon running friend and the sound advice of other runners:) was able to push through and make it to race day.
After my last long run, which was wildly unsuccessful, I resigned myself to the idea that I just might not finish on race day. But lo and behold when it came to 3 am Sunday morning, I threw on that race bib, my tiara and stuffed immodium in my bra and set off for the shuttle. I have to admit that I have always believed that Disney was the most magical place on earth and even the happiest, but the start of this race was less than that. Smelling like a port-a-potty, freezing in the back fields where Disney keeps the broken ferry boats, and facing the possibility of injury and illness, isn't such a good time. But when the sun came up and the fireworks went off, the overwhelming flood of tutus, tiaras and glitter was enough to get anyone and everyone (14000 people) moving. Perhaps early morning races are the best because you are delirious for about the first 8 miles :D Not to mention the occasional Jack Sparrow, every prince known to mankind and running under Cinderella's castle provided some motivation. With each mile, it was so hard to believe that I was still running, was not in any way in jeopardy of being anywhere near too slow, and that I felt no real physical pain until mile twelve. What a miracle! I was so happy about the whole thing that I shed a little tear at the finish line. Or maybe I was just super excited about the shiny medal :D Either way, I am so glad I had this experience and that I have now been thrown into the running world and can't wait to keep going. If I can do this - SERIOUSLY - anyone can. SO GO RUN :D


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Vitamin E Shows Decline In Alzheimer's - John Gever
Taking vitamin E supplements may delay declines in daily functioning experienced by patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease, a new study revealed in the Journal of the American Medical Association, published on January 1. Study co-author Mary Sano, PhD <http://www.mountsinai.org/profiles/mary-sano> , Director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, said that study results were robust enough to warrant a recommendation that patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease start taking vitamin E supplements. She pointed out that the results, in addition to demonstrating a functional benefit for vitamin E, also indicated that it was safe, at least in terms of mortality -- in contrast to a 2005 meta-analysis <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15537682> that suggested higher death rates for people taking vitamin E supplements.
- Dr. Mary Sano, Associate Dean for Clinical Research, Professor, Psychiatry, Director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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Shocker! Another rainy Memorial Day
Published 2:59 pm, Monday, May 27, 2013
A long-running joke around here goes: "What do you call three straight days of rain in Seattle?" Answer: "A holiday weekend"
But whoever first penned that punch line must have been of the many getting dripped on at Folklife Festival because rain on a Seattle Memorial Day weekend is about as traditional as music and barbecues.
2013 marks the 9th time in the past 12 years that it has rained at some point on the four days of the festival (if we count in Fridays too since a lot of people take an extended holiday and the festival does begin on Friday afternoon.) Eight of those times have rain on at least two of the days, and this year marks the fifth time since 2002 to have rain on three of the four weekend days (Saturday was a trace so we were close to all four.)
But surely we would never get all four days wet, right? Well, it is Seattle, and sure enough, in 2010, it rained significantly on all four days.
Even the recent years when it didn't rain had some wild swings. In 2005, it was 89 on the Friday, but rapidly cooled to 76 for Saturday and 63 for Sunday as a monster marine push moved in. And last year, which I counted as one of the three recent dry years, even had two days with a trace of rain that don't officially count as a measurable rain day.
No, really we've had just one picture-perfect Memorial Day weekend since 2002 and that was in 2009 when each day had plenty of sunshine and highs of 70, 71, 71 and 69. It was enough for this writer to declare it the "Nicest Memorial Day of all time". Guess we're still paying for that one.
Now, I realize the forecasts we wrote last week for Memorial Day weekend were a bit more optimistic than what transpired. An upper level low that was forecast to fizzle on Friday and stay south instead did its best horror-flick villain act and managed to come back around for another round of showers around Western Washington. That gummed up Sunday morning.
Then, Monday's storm which was consistently pegged to move in well to our south decided to make a more direct approach and Monday's forecast for rain to stay south of Olympia was the only thing to go south instead. (Kudos to Seattleites though for maintaining city etiquette. Informal poll out the window here around Seattle center found out of 38 people walking around, only 7 had umbrellas.)


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ESPN's Buster Olney reports that the Pirates have contacted the A's about a possible trade for Josh Willingham.
Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports writes that Collin McHugh could be available in a trade.
An MRI taken Thursday on Jeff Samardzija's right shoulder showed a strained pectoral muscle.
Bartolo Colon turned back the clock with a masterful showing on Thursday, allowing just three hits over 5 1/3 shutout innings in the Rangers' Cactus League loss to the Mariners.
Michael Conforto (shoulder) will DH in Friday's Grapefruit League game against the Cardinals.
Steven Souza has been diagnosed with a right pectoral strain.
Angels optioned RHP Parker Bridwell to Triple-A Salt Lake.
Paul Blackburn's MRI cleared him of any structural damage.
Cody Bellinger (leg) is back in the Dodgers' lineup for Thursday's Cactus League game against the Angels.
Tim Beckham tweaked his groin in Thursday's Grapefruit League game against the Red Sox.
Jake Odorizzi has been named the Twins' Opening Day starter.
Nelson Cruz (quad) is back in the Mariners' Cactus League lineup on Thursday night.


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ATHENS, Ohio -- An overzealous approach to fitness can be harmful, says Dana Heller Levitt, Ph.D., assistant professor of counseling and higher education at Ohio University, who has found new information on eating disorders, and a new approach to look at the problem.
"Someone who is obsessed with spending four hours a day in the gym to build muscle is no better off than someone who is obsessed with dieting. In other words, being obsessed with being "healthy" is actually not healthy, and can lead to larger problems," said Levitt.
Levitt said that many times, the disorder is not about food, but other reasons. "A disorder could marked be a drive for thinness, or a fear of being fat; one being a goal, and the other being driven by fear/avoidance. Eating disorders may be about control, depression, anxiety, stress, or numerous other issues that may not have anything to do with one's appearance or weight." Levitt says that it is also important to note that eating disorders have an increasing prevalence in men.
Levitt has spent her career studying the characteristics of eating disorders, what is involved and how the disorder is maintained.
From a study Levitt conducted with the Ohio University Eating Disorders Task Force, she found that, contrary to popular belief and research, college student athletic participation at the varsity level resulted in lower levels of eating disorders. This may be attributed to the athletes' finding more support in a team setting, or having more education on the topic and health issues surrounding eating disorders. "Students who are working out on their own, without the benefit of support and education, may be at increased risk for eating disorders."
Levitt primarily studies college-age women with eating disorders. "Approximately 70 percent of college women have some type of symptomology of a disorder, if not the actual disorder. Students who have these disorders in college either come to college with a disorder, are pre-disposed to them or develop them as a result of social influences," Levitt said. She is currently working on finding prevention strategies in middle schools, as cases of anorexia and bulimia and other forms of disordered eating and body image concerns have been increasingly found in younger children. Levitt hopes to find what some preventative factors are, and what helps to give those at risk a healthier sense of self.
According to Levitt, it is important to take a continuum approach to eating disorders. She said, "You can't look at these disorders as purely clinical problems. Less than 2-3 percent of the population suffers from the actual clinical disorders, but there are other who may begin suffering problematic symptoms that no one else notices."
Levitt stresses the importance of being educated about eating disorders. She said, "The eating disorders task force and efforts made by other professionals and offices on campus are impressive ways that Ohio University takes a proactive approach to helping students who may be experiencing symptoms of an eating disorder."
The Ohio University Multi-Disciplinary Eating Disorder Task Force is a group that addresses clinical needs and outreach, as well as education about eating disorders. The group participates in National Eating Disorders Awareness Week and brings speakers to campus to help educate students.
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text: India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य Bhārat Gaṇarājya;), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world. Mainland India is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal on the east; and it is bordered by Pashtunistan and Balochistan to the west; Tibet and Uyghuristan to the north; and Burma to the east. In the Indian Ocean, mainland India and the Lakshadweep Islands are in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share maritime border with Thailand and the Indonesian island of Sumatra in the Andaman Sea. It is currently the only country in the Indian subcontinent.


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What does fair weather mean?
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fair weather, sunshine, temperateness(noun)
moderate weather; suitable for outdoor activities
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Fair Weather was a British rock band formed in 1970 by former Amen Corner guitarist and vocalist, Andy Fairweather Low. They are best known for their track, "Natural Sinner".
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The numerical value of fair weather in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
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The numerical value of fair weather in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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The architecture of the euro zone doesn't make it easy to provide the radical policy solutions that depression requires, i can't see supply side reforms delivering enough in the short term to help. That means the ECB, a fair weather central bank, is going to be tested in a storm.
Only during the challenging phases in life, we realize the subtle difference between an acqaintance, a fair-weather friend, and a true friend. An acquaintance is around you merely to enjoy your company; a fair-weather friend flatters when all is well; but a true friend has always your best interests at heart, and the guts to tell you honestly and frankly what you must hear, whether you like it or not.
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'Victory Through Faith'
Christ the King is located in North Rocks and draws on students from North Rocks and parts of Oatlands, Carlingford and Baulkham Hills. It serves the parish of Christ the King, North Rocks.
The school, established by Fr Eric Burton, officially began on 31 January 1973 at St Gerard's Hall, Carlingford. With forty pupils from K-2, the school commenced with very little equipment but a lot of enthusiasm. The motto 'Victory Through Faith', coined by Sr Catherine and derived from a mandate of the founder of the Holy Faith Sisters, Margaret Aylward, still drives the school today.
Christ the King is blessed with a strong reputation for faith development, academic excellence and for the 'partnership in education' between home and school. Our enrolment is approximately 400 boys and girls in seven learning spaces from Kindergarten to Year 6.
Christ The King Primary aims to develop the whole child through all Key Learning Areas. This includes specialist teachers in Music, Physical Education and a strong learning support team focusing on meeting the needs of the students in our care.
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The Ravens are rolling up their sleeves and digging into examining the 2014 junior draft class.
It's a big one.
This year, there's a record 102 juniors that were granted exception by the NFL and thus allowed to enter the draft early. Last year, 73 juniors declared early for the draft. The year before, 56 did.
The first round is expected to be dominated by the underclassmen.
Some pundits and Senior Bowl Executive Director Phil Savage have raised concerns over the swelling number of juniors, but Ravens Director of College Scouting Joe Hortiz doesn't see it as a problem.
"I think it's just a trend that's started and grown every year," Hortiz said at the Senior Bowl.
"It's not like there was a spike and then a dip. More and more come out. Eventually they'll hit a tipping point when there are too many and guys won't get drafted and they'll be more apprehensive about coming out. We may find that this year, and we may not."
For the Ravens, more juniors simply means more work for the scouting department and coaches.
When the team's scouts go to schools during the fall, they're specifically watching the seniors, knowing they could be in the draft. While doing that, juniors stand out and the team takes notice. Sometimes a college coach will recommend watching an underclassman he thinks may enter the draft.
The Ravens' first scouting reports are due in December when the college regular season ends. It's about that time that buzz spreads about which juniors may enter the draft. At that point, the Ravens start more intently studying the juniors.
"We get at least one look on them, hopefully two, by the time we get into meetings in February," Hortiz said. "It's not the years' worth of background of developing a profile on a player. It's a more condensed time frame."
Since the Ravens – and all NFL teams – have less time to study the juniors, they have to shift into overdrive to develop a full profile on them.
"It's more hours of work," Hortiz said. "In a good way, the draft is two weeks later, so maybe that's your built-in time for the juniors."
The Ravens don't have a problem with drafting underclassmen high. In last year's first round, they took junior safety
Often times, especially for juniors at the top of the draft, they have just as much experience as the seniors because their talent got them on the field sooner. If a senior and junior both have three years starting experience, what does it matter?
"I think it's a case-by-case scenario of who the player is," Hortiz said. "If you get a one-year starter as a junior, you probably wish he stayed in another year."
Those are the players that Savage is concerned about. The juniors that could be hurt by coming out early are the ones projected to be taken in later rounds.
"I thought it was bad to see 100-plus juniors come out into this draft," Savage said at the Senior Bowl. "I'm not talking about Johnny Manziel and Jadeveon Clowny. I'm talking about the guy that's going to go in the fifth, sixth, seventh round. Had he stayed in school, he'd go in the second or third round the next year."
Savage has an invested reason to want more seniors. He oversees the senior All-Star game and wants as many good players as he can get. For those in NFL personnel offices, the influx of juniors in the draft is simply a fact of life.
"Obviously you like the guys that have completed their career and gained as much experience as they can," Hortiz said. "But it's a reality and you just deal with it when it happens."


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My daughter thinks Toronto is the ugliest city in the world.
"Toronto's main tourist attraction is the CN Tower, which is the ugliest thing I have ever seen," she said the other night after dinner. "And then next to it is that Rogers Dome or whatever, which is equally ugly."
The topic came up because I mentioned plans by Downsview Park to bulldoze a neighbourhood of early 1950s bungalows, nestled in a forest — which were once houses for officers of the Downsview Canadian Forces Base — and replace them with condos. She sat there for a long time, her Chinese takeout growing cold, with a faraway look in her eye, before declaring sadly: "Toronto is nothing but condos and suburbs."
Now granted, to put things in perspective, the person who spoke these words is 13 years old, just got back from Paris, and enrolled in an arts summer camp.
Even so, she raises a point. Toronto is not a particularly attractive town, and in the 18 years since I moved here, the main change has been that crews demolish historic buildings — particularly old factory and warehouse buildings, and buildings from what we'll call the modern era, which ended in perhaps 1970 — to replace them with uninspired tall glass-clad condo towers. Sometimes people do nice stuff, such as the Radio City condos on Jarvis Street and the 11-storey co-op building that Toronto Community Housing helped finance on Richmond Street East, to house hotel workers. But mostly we get very tall towers; from the looks of the requests for rezoning that litter vacant lots around downtown these days, developers don't get out of bed anymore for fewer than 50 stories.
"Toronto," I said to my daughter, in our home town's defense, "is a city where you can buy shirts with the sleeves already rolled up." By which I mean to say, it's a place where people come to study, to create, to make money: it's a good town in which to work; perhaps a less good town in which to stroll, enjoying the scenery, or to picnic by the river while reading poetry.
Toronto has been very good to me (and to her). That said, there is always room for a good discussion about how to make our city better — and more beautiful.
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Acer lol
Acer huh? There is sure a name I haven't heard in awhile except in profit warnings. The smartphone/tablet revolution has not been kind to them. I thought the ultrabook revolution was going to save them.
Google has reportedly forced Acer to cancel the launch of a phone that used an Android rival as its operating system. In an embarrassing U-turn, Acer cancelled a launch event for the smartphone so late that journalists were left milling outside the doors of the venue in Shanghai this afternoon. Acer had been collaborating …
Acer huh? There is sure a name I haven't heard in awhile except in profit warnings. The smartphone/tablet revolution has not been kind to them. I thought the ultrabook revolution was going to save them.
They seem to be doing ok out of the Nexus 7
Except for one small tiny problem. Asus make the Nexus, not Acer, so I doubt they are doing that well out of it.
Don't you mean ASUS?
"...Register attempts to contact Alibaba, Google and Acer have so far received no replies. We will update this article as and when we hear more..."
Does anybody actually talk to you guys?
Oh no! It seems like they're all copying Apple. We know where this is heading!
That sounds a bit anticompetitive.
I really don't get why people think Google are nice people. They talk about open source and freedom, but they're still interested in world domination and reducing competition just like any other big company.
For a very long time, I've had Google's "Don't be evil" thrown into the same bullshit bucket as Apple's "It just works"
People don't think Google are 'nice'. Just because they had good intentions way back in the mists of time, when they were small and spritely doesn't mean they can continue with that wonderful thought now that they're a huge megacorp.
Basically, nice guys don't get the girls and this applies in business as much as real life.
Time for a merger - Microogle or Googosoft?
Wait, I thought Google were the good guys, do no evil and all that. My understanding was that the definition of open is "mkdir android ; cd android ; repo init -u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git ; repo sync ; make". There must be some aspect I'm missing here.
There are at least two aspects:
1) Early access to pre-release Android source code, otherwise Acer will still be porting old versions by the time others have had the new one. Android is not really a true open source project in the sense that you can download the latest HEAD version from their website. Google restricts pre-release code to preferred partners.
2) Stuff like the Play store, Maps, Gmail apps are closed source which Google only licenses to devices they approve. Selling an Android device without any of those things is very hard, unless you're Amazon and have the resources to fill in all those gaps.
3) The name 'Android' is copyrighted by Google. If you want to release a phone, and call it Android, you need google's approval, or only sell in China.
That only showed part of the script, the commands before were "rm -rf <competitor>".
Is there someone else waiting for Ubuntu (debian would be even better) or some other big shop to release a truly open source phone OS ?
I dream of a day that I could have one source for laptop / tablet / phone and hopefully that those three devices (and maybe a smart tv thrown in the mix too) could be synchronized.
I dream of such a day, but don't believe it will happen.
Even if it does happen, it will have only limited traction, since most of the porting to specific devices will have to be done by the users, not manufacturers.
The closest would be Jolla ( the successor to Meego, the successor to Maemo). If Nokia hadn't kept changing partners and strategies every year and not jumped into bed with Microsoft then you might have had your wish.
The biggest challenge is binary drivers. If open source drivers existed then it would be relatively easy to upgrade the phones. The same problem exist for Android.
Tizen is another.
I'm waiting for a phone OS that doesn't piss away all your data to anyone who asks. Linux would be ideal. But there's no advertising money in that.
"Linux would be ideal."
Depends on what you mean by "Linux", if you mean the kernel, which IS Linux, than you already have your wish. Android uses a modified Linux kernel. If you mean the OS commonly known as Linux then see the post by SD2 above for some of the problems involved with such a project. That's not to say that it might not happen, just rather difficult.
I'm waiting for a phone OS that doesn't piss away all your data to anyone who asks
I have my phone locked down so that it doesn't send anything I don't want it too, and "AppTraffic" (inter alia) to detect sneaky apps. But you have to root the Android, Null all the Ads, and be ever vigilant. But isn't the same with any computer OS?
But if you want to use Twitter and Facebook (etc) then you are totally out of luck...
The people that subsidise the Operating System is an *advertising company*. How fucking secure do you think it can be? Really?
...and the other major contender is Apple. Entering the ring is Microsoft, possibly. There is no platform there that I would want to keep personal data on; let alone holes...deliberate or otherwise.
This looks "Tortious interference" to me.
IANAL but jumping into what must have been a contract between Acer and Alibaba must mean that Google have left themselves open to yet another bout of litigation.
It will be interesting to see, if such a lawsuit does come about, where the complaint might be lodged. If in China, no contest, Google gets its arse kicked. If in the US, Google gets its wrist slapped or Acer et al are taken to the cleaners by one of these wonderfully informed juries they have over there.
Not a chance. Both Google and Facebook appear to be the IT version of Wall Street's version of how to deal with the law: something to ignore and any convictions are just the cost of doing business..
Here's a post from Google's Andy Rubin :
" Hey John Spelich -- We agree that the Aliyun OS is not part of the Android ecosystem and you're under no requirement to be compatible.
However, the fact is, Aliyun uses the Android runtime, framework, and tools. And your app store contains Android apps (including pirated Google apps). So there's really no disputing that Aliyun is based on the Android platform and takes advantage of all the hard work that's gone into that platform by the OHA.
So if you want to benefit from the Android ecosystem, then make the choice to be compatible. It's easy, free, and we'll even help you out. But if you don't want to be compatible, then don't expect help from OHA members that are all working to support and build a unified Android ecosystem."
The trouble is, that whole "OK, it's not actually copying us, but it's piggybacking on all our hard work and our ecosystem" sounds a lot like Oracle's argument against Google ... I'm sure Google remember how that one ended, does Alibaba or Acer?
Nuke, because threatening your own best customers/partners really doesn't make for best friends in future.
So much for 'Don't be evil'.
Maybe Mozilla should start an open source phone.
Why should Google treat Acer as a preferred partner when Acer aren't doing the same in reverse.
They can still build an Android phone and an Alibaba one they will just cease to get assistance from Google and I can't blame them.
Still - its always good to put the boot in on Google isn't it... condemning them before any of the information became available...


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Daily Mail publisher DMGT is the latest listed company to axe its final salary pension scheme for existing members to reduce costs and shareholder risk.
Earlier this month, household goods group Unilever dropped its final salary scheme in a move that will affect more than 5,000 staff.
Geoffrey Staines, DMGT pensions director, said: "Changes are being made so the company is better able to deal with future projections of life expectancy, and other risks that create cost pressures for DMGT. Under the new approach, risk is shared between the company and its employees."
Changes do not affect entitlements to members prior to 1 April 2011, but current employees must sign up to a system that blends defined benefits and defined contributions. The Mail, which has 3,000 workers in its regional and national newspapers, closed its final salary scheme to new recruits in 2009.
DMGT said the new structure is safer than a defined contributions scheme as it does not expose current employees to the full risk of investing in the stock market.
Staines said: "The company is on the hook for investment risk up to retirement." But after retirement, an accrued cash pot will be used by scheme members to buy an annuity on the open market, with an insurer of their choice.
Analysts said the move to water down DMGT staff pension benefits could ease the path for the sale of its Northcliffe regional newspaper arm. In March, Northcliffe revealed it had seen a 6% decline in advertising revenue in the three months to 2 January, and confirmed it could be open to offers for its regional operations.
A recent report on pensions said private sector employers are closing down their final salary schemes at a record rate, with huge numbers of existing staff, as well as new employees, losing out.
The National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) said the end game for generous final salary pensions was approaching as employers shifted staff into cheaper retirement plans. NAPF's annual survey showed that 17% of schemes have now shut their pensions to both new and existing members.
NAPF, which represents schemes with about £800bn of funds under management, said its findings pointed towards "a new phase in the decline of final salary pensions", as schemes that have already closed to new entrants block existing members from building up benefits.
Unions have criticised the government and its predecessor for allowing Britain's once widely admired private pension system to collapse. While some, mainly older workers, have kept their guaranteed benefits, employers have made dramatic cuts in contributions for younger staff.


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The Scantlands welcome alumni, friends and family from the Earlham community for an Earlham Day party. Food and drinks will be provided. This is a family-friendly event.
Earlham Day: Wednesday, April 12, 20175:30 - 8:00 p.m.
The home of Alan `74 and Peggy Kral `74 Scantland3636 Hilliard Cemetery Rd. Hilliard, OH 43026
Due to limited parking on site, complimentary valet parking will be provided.
Registration is now open; please register online by Monday, April 3, 2017. If you have questions about your event, please contact the alumni host directly.