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Reece and Travis Robinson during a break at the Indigenous leadership camp in the Hunter Valley. Photo: Anthony JohnsonTravis and Reece Robinson are encouraging First Nation Goannas players to use next weekend's match against Newcastle to push for an NRL contract, after the twins struggled to secure their own careers.
Reece, who played 13 matches for the Broncos in 2008, had to wait another two years before getting another run in the NRL with Canberra, while Travis' journey has been even harder, and the Storm recruit admits he thought he would never make it. In fact, Travis quit the game after suffering a horrific ankle injury in 2006. He moved to Alice Springs, then returned to play two years in the local Canberra competition before getting an opportunity with Penrith in 2012.
Travis, who made his NRL debut aged 24, encouraged others who have not secured contracts not to give up, including those in the First Nation Goannas team who joined their NRL counterparts in the Hunter Valley on Saturday. "I have overcome injuries," he said. "I left the game for a bit and came back so I am just grateful that I got the opportunity to do what I am doing now.
"Hopefully the Goannas boys, who are in that situation at the moment, can do the same. This is a big opportunity for them next week coming up against the Newcastle Knights, so if anyone goes good, there will be teams watching them."
While Travis worked with schoolchildren in Alice Springs, Reece was playing on the wing for the Broncos, but he played only one season and could not start elsewhere until then Brisbane coach Wayne Bennett recommended him to Canberra.
Since 2010, he has played 67 matches for the Raiders, but it was during last season that he established himself as a star after taking over as fullback following the sacking of Josh Dugan. But he is unsure whether he will stay at No.1 under Canberra coach Ricky Stuart. "I would love to be in the No.1 jersey again but I will just be happy to be in the team," Reece said. "I love playing the game, so I just want to get on the field."
The brothers attended their second NRL indigenous players leadership camp at the weekend and said being around Greg Inglis, Timana Tahu, Nathan Merritt and Willie Tonga, among others, had given them increased confidence.
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|2009-09-28, 20:39
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12th Supernova
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Foxy arc
Graphic cards
I'm looking for a graphic card to buy, price range $150-$250.
If anyone could help me, it'd be greatly appreciated.
I'm looking to run some newer games, not as powerful as Crysis. More toward something like Prototype or those F2P games that are downloadable.
I don't want it to be a graphic card at lower than $150, because i have a feeling that it's a standard graphic card that comes with a pc, and mine came with a standard piece of junk.
Any suggestions?
It'd be better, to recommend something from This link, so I have a clear view of which one you're talking about and stuff.
|2009-09-28, 20:42
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Location: USA
Age: 30
I'd go for the GTX 275 http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2346900,00.asp
Competitive prices likely at newegg.com
|2009-09-28, 20:54
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You have to be aware that higher end graphics card tend to let off more heat and use more power. Most of the time, you will probably need to plug in a cable from your PSU so that the graphics card will have enough power. Another thing is that most OEMs computers don't come with powerful enough PSUs that can handle such a powerful card like that. As a result, you find yourself needing to upgrade your PSU that supports a higher wattage the graphics card needs.
Another thing to keep in mind... some cheaper computers may not come with a PCI Express X16 slot, so you will be out of luck if you don't have one and you are stuck with the slower PCI graphics cards. In that case, you need to replace your motherboard or computer just so that you can upgrade your graphics card.
|2009-09-29, 01:26
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Location: Vancouver, Canada
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What's the resolution of your monitor and what kind of power supply do you have?
At 1680X1050, I imagine you could get away with a $120 HD4850 even for games like Crysis. It's insane how much GPUs have outpaced games the past year or so.
|2009-09-29, 01:54
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and for gods name don't cut to fit!
I've seen pictures (Or at least photoshoped ones)
|2009-09-29, 02:08
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at 1680x1050 and futureproofing, I wouldn't go for a 4850, notice its place on this
(75.10) compared to the others it may last for a while but not as long as something that gets more frames. I'd say the 4890 (107.3) is a better bet if you're willing to shell out, more bucks, more frames, more future proofing.
|2009-09-29, 02:52
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Age: 31
Its 150~ and you get almost 4890 performance for 50-100 bucks less.
Here is a good article if you want to see which card to get.
|2009-09-29, 03:19
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Age: 30
I'm not getting any upgrades for at least another year or years and when I do it will be a whole new system so it's not an issue for me atm; but if I was thinking about it now I'd wait for a whole nother 2 gens, not just the HD58XX or what nvidia will counter that with, but at least another gen of the DX 11 cards (since first gens are teh_suxxors on hindsight). Of course technology is always move but I do believe there are optimal times to get certain parts. I'd be most likely (if I was buying) wait for another 2 gens and get the best bang for the buck after a few reviews come out for the cards, the down side is probably the prices, but when building a new system I don't want to hold back. Of course the OP's position is different so he should get it whenever he wants (as I do with general upgrades if desperate enough).
|2009-09-29, 03:33
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Location: Vancouver, Canada
Age: 31
I like the 4850 because it will handle those worst case scenarios at 1680X1050 for like $110. And if it doesn't in two years, well... just throw in another $110 card and run that for another two years. I doubt you'll get four years out of a 4890.
Besides, if he wants to future proof, he should be waiting a few weeks for the 5850 to come in stock. $260 and much faster than any 4000 series Radeon.
If he wants to future proof though, I would say he should wait a few weeks for HD 5850 cards to start shipping for around $260 - the performance increase over the 4890 should be well worth the extra.
|2009-09-29, 04:04
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Crysis sucks as a bench because of how low the frames are from even the highest end of cards, when even they can't hit 30 it's not a good indication of an ideal bench model, the game itself was made in a way that's bad for getting frames. I'd much prefer Clear Sky over it. And from what I heard the other Crysis game did a much better job on benches, an indication that it was indeed the coding itself of the first game and not the general engine or w/e.
I basically pretend that DX10 doesn't exist. That being said the 8800s were pretty freakin good later gen DX9 cards.
|2009-09-29, 04:24
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Imo the frames per second benchmarks are not quite suited to give a good advice on future proofedness (at least not them alone). Because this proofedness also comes with the support of future calculation technologies that are to be implemented in future DirectX versions. For example the support of more advanced geometry shaders. Often these shaders are not tested sufficiently with todays games (and many graphic cards simply do not support them). Since todays games - for the sake of backward compatibility and market relevance - do not realy use the most advanced features of the latest graphics cards (utilizing them requires costly development) it is hard to predict future proofedness based on FPS tests on these games. So any FPS test actually just shows what the graphics card can perform using the older calculation methods.
It says next to nothing about the capabilites of future calculation needs in games.
One of the major future improvements will be in-GPU surface subdivision/tesselation and massive texture based vertex-displacement technologies. The calculation process will then be something like this:
1st) Use a low polygon base mesh to do the boned animation.
2nd) Tesselate the transformed low poly mesh using surface subdivision. Good algorithms will smooth out all the edges in this step. This step does add lots of additional vertices and thus makes the low poly base mesh a high polygon mesh.
3rd) Since this smoothing process will make the mesh look very undefined in certain places, the texture based vertex-displacement will give it the coarse contours back where it is needed (think of this like bump mapping but on vertex level). This vertex displacement is only usefull on very high polygon meshes.
4th) For the very fine details bump mapping and all those old fashioned image manipulation techniques will be used.
Today there is no game doing this. Most games rely on the 1st and 4th step but do not use the 2nd and 3rd. They do other stuff instead, that somewhat makes use of the calculation principles used in the 2nd and 3rd step. But not enough to actually give a good picture of the performance-relevancy in the future.
|2009-09-29, 07:38
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There are other factors that can affect FPS depending on how fast your CPU is. You can still have a fast card, but if your CPU is too slow, it can bottleneck the GPU so that it won't be able to perform as fast. This isn't the case if you have a fast Core2 Duo or Athlon/Phenom processor, but if you have a lower end CPU like the Pentium Dual Core, don't expect it to run as fast.
Most older games aren't really much a problem with the newer cards, and graphics card go obsolete when the newer cards come in, so it's best just to get the highest model, but not the latest since it will be cost effective since the newer generation will eventually go down in price. You can still play the latest game with the previous generation, but it won't be as fast, but it will still be playable.
I have a Geforce 9600m on my Macbook Pro laptop which I use for gaming and still can handle all my games with good framerates although it can't handle Crysis with high settings and full resolution since mobile graphics card are only half the power of what the desktop cards are. I don't build or use desktop computers since I go to college and I don't spend that much time at home to have and use a powerful desktop computer.
|2009-09-29, 19:11
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I'm kind of new to the computer stuff =/
Can you summarize for me?
|2009-09-29, 19:43
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IT Support
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Pennsylvania , United States
Age: 29
That is a fairly old processor since the AMD you have is made in 2006. It should handle the older games, but it's not going to handle the very intensive ones.
Your CPU barely meets the minimum requirement for running GTA4 which requires a 2.4 GHz Athlon X2 and yours is 2.2 GHz, but the game should still run fine, but a little slower and you may not be able to upgrade your CPU since the newer CPUs won't support your motherboard.
However, you may not be able to play CPU intensive games like Crysis that well since your CPU is a little outdated and Crysis is very demanding on the CPU, but most games should work fine, especially the non-demanding games.
Your 4400 may be overclockable, but you have to keep in mind that overclocking will produce extra heat and can damage your hardware if you don't have proper cooling, so it's not recommended.
|2009-09-29, 19:47
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Gao~ a sound for the ages
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: I live in a relm of swirling of thought and emotion, Ever lost in the relm of infinite possiblities.
Age: 31
To be frank most games are GPU limited.
CPU is becoming less important.
There are exceptions like Supreme Commander (God that game is Epic).
Though you should really consider overclocking the CPU if you aren't able to play games with the new card.
Unless your motherboard doesn't have those options.
If you have a AGP motherboard don't even bother. Just save up and get a new computer.
|2009-09-29, 21:08
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Location: USA
Age: 30
Your Power supply wattage and amps on the 12V line, existence of a pci-express slot, cables for the 6-pin to connect to the power supply, and other stuff too.
|2009-09-29, 21:49
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Pretentious moe scholar
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Age: 31
Hmmm... my guess is your X2 4400+ can handle a great many current games, but it's pretty borderline on others. For example, Tom's Hardware benched a 2.4ghz Intel dual core at 38.5FPS in Resident Evil 5, and the 4400+ will actually be a bit slower than that. And while Grand Theft Auto IV will run on a dual core CPU, I've heard it runs much better on a quad.
A inexpensive graphics upgrade might be worthwhile if you have a really weak graphics chip just so you can handle some current games on your rig, but your CPU will hold anything high end back.
Also, as mentioned, we really need to know what kind of power supply you have... a lot of the higher end graphics boards will pull more power than a low level power supply can handle.
|2009-09-30, 01:03
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Senior Member
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Location: USA
Age: 30
for my 3800+ X2, a 7950gt is about the max I'm willing to do. With a 4400 I wouldn't think much higher before bottlenecks make their presense felt. I'd say 8800gt max for optimum performance.
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What would yield the "best" colors:
1: Video with manual white-balance
2: Video with manual white-balance + red filter
Maybe someone has a couple of examples?
Considering if I should get Mustards magic filters or something else, any other recommendations?
I am shooting with a 7D and Tokina 10-17 (in blue water) so I guess I will have to stick the filter onto the back of my lens :/
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UDS is here again. Tomorrow another week packed with content that will define the plans for a new Ubuntu LTS release will start, and this time around application development will be a prominent topic.
So for all of you interested in helping and being part of the effort of making Ubuntu a platform of choice for application developers, here's a quick list with an overview of the sessions we've got in store this week.
Remember you can register your interest in sessions you want to attend or keep up to date with by using the Subscribe link on each session's blueprint. The links in the list below will take you to the blueprints used to define the specifications for each feature or goal. You can also check out the full UDS schedule.
So, without further ado, here's the list of app development sessions:
- Software Center roadmap – the feature planning for Software Center in the upcoming release
- App developer community growth – laying out the foundations to build and grow the Ubuntu app developer community
- App developer resources section update – the plans to update the Information Architecture on the resources section of the app developer site
- App developer support community growth – defining the roadmap for a community to share knowledge and provide support between app developers
- App developer tutorial growth – an initiative to create a rich set of development tutorials on the app developer site
- App Review Board update and planning – the App Review Board roadmap for 12.04
- Quickly 12.04 Enhancements – the plans to make Quickly better and keep pace with the platform
- Qt panel – a Q+A and all-round discussion session about the Qt roadmap and other topics
- Qt integration – a session on how to integrate Qt to Ubuntu development tools and APIs
- QtQuick workshop for designers – a showcase of the tools QtQuick makes available to designers to integrate their output in the development workflow
Oh, and don't miss the Application development and the Qt keynotes on Tuesday
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Thanks for the feedback folks. I should say that I consider this technique experimental, and not 100% resolved, so I expected to see a few (more actually) error reports.
The important thing is that more people start to think "Hang on, is this something that can be done WITHOUT images?", which is a very healthy way to approach problems.
Wrtlprnft: (Good name by the way). It looks fine on Mac Opera. Judging by the screenshot you linked to, a negative top margin on .bqend should pull it up a little.
Brandon: The testimonials page on that site looks great. It was by chance that my curlies looked OK in IE – I didn't do anything special. Stay hopeful…
Mats: Ah. My stand-alone example ( which is here ) validates as Transitional or Strict. That does have the paragraph tags – which I seem to have left off this tutorial. Be sure to set paragraphs to margin: 0 and padding: 0.


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7 Tricks to Eat Less When Eating Out
For many of my clients, going out to eat feels like a mini vacation where anything goes and healthy eating goals fall by the wayside. Trouble is, many are dining out more often and the effects of those splurge meals snowball, leading to weight gain or preventing weight loss. According to one recent study, a single meal at a sit-down restaurant can pack nearly a day's worth of calories, and meals consumed away from home are higher in unhealthy fats and sodium and lower in filling fiber. But restaurant meals don't have to be dietary disasters. These 7 savvy tricks can help you enjoy dining away from home without going overboard.
Review the menu before you go
Most restaurants post menus online. Do a little recon and scope out healthy options in advance (and when you're not already hungry). Mentally pre-ordering can prevent you from feeling stressed or rushed when you're there. It may also lessen the chances that you'll throw caution to the wind and order what sounds good in the moment, rather than what will feel good later.
Forgo the extras
Some of my clients tell me they wind up nibbling on chips and salsa or tearing into a slice of bread not because they're favorites, but simply because they're there. That's easy to do when food is within arm's reach and you're hungry, but eating extras that aren't worth it, well, just isn't worth it. Next time you dine out, set a mental agenda to decline anything that isn't a favorite or worth the splurge. If you don't really love it, you won't regret passing.
Strategize your splurge
If you know you're going to splurge, plan it by choosing one special food and building your meal around it. For example, if you're going to a place with fantastic French fries, which are rich in carbs and fat, pair them with veggies and lean protein to create balance. The same goes for dessert. Ordering grilled fish and steamed veggies with a side of fries or following it with dessert may seem odd, but it makes a whole lot more sense than going all out and leaving the restaurant feeling stuffed and sluggish. Forget all or nothing: in between is the best, and sanest, place to be.
Order unapologetically
Some of my clients tell me that they end up overeating at restaurants because they're hesitant to "make a fuss" when they order. But these days, customizing your meal when dining out is the norm, so don't feel bad about asking for swaps or making special requests. For example, ask for a turkey burger wrapped in lettuce instead of a bun, trade fries for steamed veggies, order side dishes in place of an entrée, and nix unwanted toppings, sauces, or garnishes. At one of my favorite restaurants I always order the same salad, but with five changes. Each time I tell the server, "I'm so sorry to be a pain, but…" they always respond with a friendly "No problem!" and say they want happy customers who get what they want and keep coming back. Win, win.
Become the pacesetter
Recent research shows that we tend to mimic the eating rate of whoever we dining with. For example, one study found that when two women eat together, when one women's fork moves towards her mouth, the other is likely to take a bite within five seconds. This unconscious effect could trigger you to eat faster, and gobble down more overall food than you would on your own. To counter it, consciously set a slower pace. Put your fork down between bites, take eating breaks to talk or sip water, and resist picking up speed, even if your dining companion is chowing down faster. Taking it slow has been shown to result in naturally eating less, while feeling more satisfied, the perfect way to end a restaurant meal.
Stick with H2O
Not only are sugary drinks bad for your health, research shows they're not filling. So when you drink 250 calories worth of sugar, you won't compensate by eating less food, and those liquid calories just get tacked onto a meal. When dining out, stick with good old fashioned H2O, and drink a glass or two before you start eating. Studies have shown that this trick can result in taking in fewer calories without trying. Sipping water between bits can also help to slow your eating pace, and keep you hydrated, which is key for both digestion and metabolism.
Redefine value
Sometimes clients tell me they overeat when dining out because they don't want to waste food they paid for. I get it—wasting food or feeling like you're throwing money away doesn't feel good. However, if you eat more than your body needs you're still wasting food. The difference is instead of getting thrown in the trash, the surplus gets socked away in your fat cells, and you have to carry the waste around with you 24/7. When I share this analogy with clients, this powerful realization often leads to paying closer attention to their hunger and fullness levels, ordering more appropriate portion sizes, stopping when full, and quitting the clean plate club—all changes that can lead to effortlessly shedding pounds and inches, especially when dining out.
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I'm 3/4 fil and 1/4 Spanish
I laugh alot
I Love my family (including my bros even if they're so annoying)
I'm SUPER friendly
I can easily get jealous
I'm amazed with screaming/ growling girls
I'm in love with Singing (some one even told me to join some singing contests)
I'm very loving (sacrificing everything > a 3,000 peso telephone bill)
I'm currently in love with flip flops ( i'm allergic to rubber)
I love traveling
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1. the thought of scrapping metal on teeth scares me
2. i find it hard to look at ppl when i talk to them
3. i like them white sweet buns with meat in them, think they're called Cha siu baau?
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1. I'm not really 11.
2. I don't watch anything from crunchyroll. I used to.
3. I don't like anime or drama anymore,
4. I post for fun because I have nothing better to do.
1. ducks give me the creeps
2. have good memory for useless trivia
3. have insomnia since birth
4. like reading a book when tube riding
5. both parents were graphic designers
6. have no intention to learn to drive
7. can be too competitive when playing street ball games
8. hate peas
9. am obnoxiously confident in real life, but shy online
10. have five brothers and one sister (including a half-brother and a half-sister)
20th Century Boys
1. During my Oscar Wilde class I have a reoccuring fantasy in which I throw my 1,216 pages hefty Complete Works of Oscar Wilde at my teacher's face. The idea makes me very happy.
2. My room could be a museum for half-emptied water bottles.
3. Most people never notice a difference, but I will forever have my baby canines (the teeth) because they stole the adult ones out of my face. Sadface.
4. And I love my ketchup packets. = 3
1. I hate leeks
2. I'm vietnamese
3. procrastinate
4. fascinated with aliens
5. fascinated with ghost/horror stuff
6. way into egl
7. Asian
8. I dislike sweet sweets
9. illogical
10. I like flying donkeys
Eating Papaya, while landing my space ship
1. I love pizza with lots of hot sauce
2. I'm good at drawing and painting...pretty good (been the vice president of art club)
3. drinks a lot of coffee
4. Left handed here...
5. I love saying jokes...but no one tends to laugh...sigh
6. Collects old money from different countries...
1. singaporean
2. quiet in real life but real talkative in msn
3. have a scar behind my ear due to a training accident during my army days
4. practices taekwondo (got a silver for the last competition.. )
5. likes slping too..esp in lectures..
6. unfortunately..coffee has no effect on me..none at all..
1. I'm weird
2. I'm thinking about becoming a vegetarian, though I don't know if I can give up KFC :(
3. I LOVE ice cream & shopping
4. I hate waiting, but I'm always late for class
5. I wear glasses
6. I can be annoying as hell if I want to be ^__^
7. I'm asian (vietnamese)
1. im a filipino
2. i like to waste time
3. i like to play
4. i like to sleep even during class
5. i dont like to do nothing even though im lazy
6. i like to be evil
7 i want to raise my CR points
1. Im 5' 7"
2. I'm the only one among my anime fanatic friends who really HATES CardCaptor sakura
3. I'm a seiyuu hunter
4. Im a BSN graduate
5. I'm a filipino, part chinese, part spanish
6. Im very lazy
7. I frequently go to comfort rooms
8. I can speak English, Filipin, Cebuano, minimal Japanese, least chinese and spanish
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1. I'm very impatient at times.
2. I'm fine being around 2-3 people but any more annoys me.
3. I cook alot
4. I eat healthy.
5. I workout a LOT
6. I love doing yard work =/
7. I have a thing for thin girls with long hair.
8. If your ugly I'll still date you if your not fat (thats my biggest turn-off)
9. I only wear t-shirts and jeans.
10. I'm defiantly a gentleman.
11. I hate sitting around doing nothing.
12. I drink a lot (mostly whiskey)
13. I like to spend money =(
The old guy
1. I'm nearly 19 and still haven't lost all my baby teeth. :)
2. I hate being touched. I especially hate having my hair touched.
3. Speaking of my hair, I haven't seen my original hair color since I was 12.
4. I hate pizza, chocolate, & swedish fish.
5. Other than David Bowie & Journey, all the music I listen to is in foreign languages.
6. I taught myself to read when I was three years old & since then knew I wanted to be an author.
7. I've been wearing glasses since a few months before my 2nd birthday.
8. I can see/hear/feel/smell spirits.
9. I hate drinking [as in water, pop, etc] and can go for days without doing so.
10. I'm obsessed with cults, secret societies, conspiracies, etc.
11. My eyes are two different colors & appear to change shades depending on my hair color/clothes. They're normally brown/green [one eye is brown, the other is green] however, if I'm wearing pink/my hair is pink, my eyes look grey. Purples make my eyes look green, etc.
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4. Left handed here...
:D I'm left-handed also.
1. Love sweets. I can go days on just eating only dessert.
2. I really really hate superficial females and their use of the word "like"
3. I procrastinate as well to the extreme at times.
4. I have my crazy moments of OCD (maybe 85% of the time)
5. I love yellow!
6. I do not like flowers.
7. I owe my mother at least $2,000 in lost jewelry. And a thousand more in
borrowing for school.
8. I only have one true friend.
9. I do crazy things that result in hurting myself or those around me
10. And the best part is that I really enjoy painting and creating all of my artwork!.
Ku~ ku~ ka!
here goes.
1. i'm a huge worrier
2. i'm the youngest in my year [and hating it]
3. i'm scared of almost everything [if you want the complete list then PM me]
4. if you start a bitch sesh with me i can go on for hours.
5. i'm apparently really blunt with the things i say and the questions i ask [so my friends say anyway]
6. i'm crap when it comes to money
7. i'm really [embarrasingly] materialistic.
8. i eat so much but i'm horribly picky.
9. i'm extremely organised. my friends say i'm OCD about it or i'm too much of a perfectionist
10. once i start laughing i find it really difficult to stop
11. i'm constantly singing even though i'm really really bad at it [but i'm making it fashionable ]


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Wyoming Cowboys Avoid Sting in 79-65 Victory
Five Wyoming Cowboys scored in double figures, and the Pokes held off a pesky Black Hills State Yellow Jacket squad 79-65 Monday night at the Arena-Auditorium. Larry Nance, Jr. led the way with 16 points and 7 rebounds. He scored 8 straight points to help UW pull away late.
Wyoming (6-2) led 61-55 when Josh Adams connected on a 3-pointer. Nance then scored the next 8 for UW, before a Jerron Granberry lay-up made it 74-62 with 3:35 left. The Yellow Jackets failed to rally after that.
Black Hill State opened the second half on an 8-0 run and took their first lead of the game at 37-36. A Riley Grabau 3-pointer gave the Pokes the lead back. After a tie at 39, four straight points from Adams put UW ahead 43-39, and they never trailed after that.
The teams traded baskets over the next five minutes before Wyoming got a little separation. Over the next seven minutes the Pokes out-scored the Yellow Jackets 18-10, which included the spurt from Nance.
After Nance, Adams added 15 points and 6 assists, which tied his career high. Nathan Sobey scored 12, while Riley Grabau and Derek Cooke, Jr. chipped in 11 points apiece. Wyoming shot 60.8 percent (31-51) from the field, were 6-15 (40%) from 3-point range and 11-16 (68.8%) at the line. They out-rebounded Black Hills State 36-27, but did have 12 turnovers.
The Yellow Jackets hit 38.1 percent (24-63) on field goals. They shot 7-26 (26.9%) from deep and were 10-11 (90.9%) at the stripe. They were led by Myles Henry with 13 points. Former Wyoming prep standouts Tommy Earl (Natrona) and Riley Ryan (Sheridan) added 10 and 9 points, respectively. Black Hills State scored 14 points off UW turnovers and also had 14 second chance points.
The Cowboys got off to a sluggish start, but managed an 11-point lead, at 33-22, with 2:16 left in the first half. Black Hills State hung around, and UW held only a 36-29 advantage at the break.
Wyoming returns to action Saturday when they face the South Dakota Coyotes for the second time this season. The Pokes won the first meeting on November 22, 70-53, in Laramie. This game will be a neutral site game in Rapid City, South Dakota. The game is set for a 7:15 p.m. start.


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FDA's Thomas Arista and Rick Friedman Confirmed as Keynote Speakers at 23rd Annual ISPE Aseptic Conference
Jan 23, 2014, 04:57 ET
TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 23, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Thomas Arista, Investigator/National Expert-Biotech, FDA/ORA/ORO/DDFI, and Richard Friedman, Associate Director, Office of Manufacturing & Product Quality, FDA/CDER/OMPQ have been confirmed as keynote speakers at ISPE's 23rd Annual Conference on Barrier Isolation, RABS and Aseptic Processing Technology. Mr. Arista and Mr. Friedman will join honorary chair Charlotte Enghave Fruergaard, PhD, Partner, Global Consulting, NNE Pharmaplan to open the two-day conference highlighting significant issues related to barrier isolation – RABS and aseptic processing technologies and disposables. The event will take place 24 – 25 February 2014 at the Marriott Wardman Park in Washington, D.C. USA.
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"Preventing contamination of injectable drugs is critical to patient safety. ISPE is dedicated to advancing industry and regulatory understanding and collaboration on issues related to aseptic drug manufacturing processes through our signature Aseptic Processing Conference," said ISPE President and CEO Nancy Berg. "This year's event builds on the conversations from previous conferences to encompass the most up-to-date industry thinking on technology solutions, best practices and lessons learned in real-world case studies."
In addition to Mr. Arista and Mr. Friedman, the 23rd Annual Conference on Barrier Isolation, RABS and Aseptic Processing Technology will feature top aseptic processing experts from FDA, Merck, Merck Vaccines, Genentech, Novartis, BiogenIdec, AstraZeneca, Boehringer-Ingelheim and Eiasi, among others, as speakers and discussion leaders.
The Conference will consist of presentations, discussions and case studies related to two distinct tracks:
- Aseptic Processing Technologies and Disposables, led by Jörg Zimmermann, Director, Process Development and Implementation, Vetter Pharma Fertigung GmbH Co KG, Germany, and Klaus Ullherr, Product Manager, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany
- Barrier Isolation and RABS, led by Jack Lysfjord, Principal Consultant, Lysfjord Consulting LLC, USA and Ryan Hawkins, Vice President of Operations & COO, Cook Pharmica, USA
The conference will also feature an "Ask the Regulators" panel discussion, which will ensure that all delegates have an opportunity to have their regulatory questions answered before the conclusion of the conference.
For a full list of conference sessions, speakers and registration details, please visit www.ISPE.org/2014AsepticConference. Members of the media may obtain credentials to cover the event by contacting email@example.com.
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Medical spas are growing by more than 500 percent per year according to recent spa and medical studies. What does this mean for your spa? The answer depends on your current focus, long-term growth plan and your willingness to embrace differentiation. While the category of medical spas is a cash cow that also seems to be a magical wild card, the possibilities for growth are endless. Here are some examples:
- Wellness
The obvious relationship between a club and a medical spa is a natural connection to health. By offering various hydrotherapy options, members experience the vascular benefits of plunge pools, the healthful benefits of herbs and supplements, and the educational benefits of preventative care. Wellness spas comprise a variety of themes from guided imagery to acupuncture to herbal apothecaries with aromatherapy blending bars. The fit with wellness depends on the type of club and how the many options of wellness embrace the core components of a club's current program.
Besides the obvious connection of health and wellness, options abound from hypnotherapy, naturopathy, biofeedback, soft movement modalities and more.
- Cosmetic
Depending on a club's targeted demographic market, cosmetic enhancements can enhance and round off a club's offerings. Everything from Botox to surgical enhancements is allowed as a strategy. However, some spas also offer non-ablative skin rejuvenation or intense pulsed light (IPL) resurfacing, microdermabrasion, chemical and enzymatic peels and a host of other services that are more aggressive, yet not quite physician prescribed. Often times the athletes who frequent a fitness facility will not venture to a plastic surgeon simply because it doesn't occur to them. However, some will opt for minor revisions to their natural beauty and features.
Clubs have found that the trick to offering cosmetic enhancements is to focus on the various demographics within the club. Moms, professionals, young up-and-coming professionals and men are all distinct groups with different needs and budgets. Clubs can develop programs that fit each category and market accordingly by offering demonstrations and giving away samples.
- Personal coaching
The next big thing is lifestyle enhancement and personal growth. This type of programming is offered individually or in groups. Instead of a quick fix, this type of programming offers a real change in one's mind and body functioning. Guided imagery, soft movement, nutrition, lifestyle coaching, sound and light therapy and water therapies such as hydrotherapy and floatation tanks combined with similar modalities allow the participant to reach inside themselves to empower and improve their essence and everyday approach to living. This type of work is appreciated by all types of people from the professional athlete to those who simply want more from their lives. Personal coaching delves in neatly with a fitness and nutrition program while enhancing the results achieved during workouts. Furthermore, mind and body conditioning when combined with more traditional spa therapies such as facials and massage can take a member to the next level of joy and fulfillment.
- Sports medicine
While sports medicine in its various forms is a no-brainer, the mixture of spa and sports medicine may offer an upgraded approach to servicing those types of members. Many clubs already have whirlpools and steam rooms, but a walking pool, plunge pool, saline tank or floatation tank can increase results far more rapidly than massage, chiropractic and traditional therapies alone. Further, an herbal apothecary, acupuncturist, traditional Chinese medicine practitioner or similar entity elevates the diagnosis of those in need of pain relief, immune support or strength training. Energy balancing techniques like Reiki and chakra readings are also an option to increase the level of mind and body focus not to mention recovery time and overall performance.
Spas are here to stay and are quickly becoming the next cash cow of wellness, health, beauty and entertainment. Over time, members are expecting and demanding increased spa services that fit their needs and lifestyles. Clubs that have looked at their culture and mapped out their spa success story are on the leading edge.
Melinda Minton is a spa consultant and a certified massage therapist, esthetician and cosmetologist with a MBA in marketing. A past spa owner, she founded The Spa Association, which is dedicated to enriching the industry through self-regulation, education and sound business practices, and The Spa Foundation, a non-profit organization. In 2004, she launched Spa Secure, an international licensing program for salons, spas, medical spas and wellness centers.


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Send pictures in e‑mail
[This content is preliminary and subject to change.]
If you want to share your favorite digital pictures with others, you can send them as e‑mail message attachments. Make sure the pictures you want to share are on your computer, and then follow these steps.
Click to open the Pictures library.
Open the folder that contains the picture you want to send in e–mail, and then click the picture.
To select more than one picture, press and hold the Ctrl key while you click the pictures.
On the toolbar, click E‑mail.
This command only appears if an e‑mail program is installed on your computer.
In the Attach Files dialog box, select a picture size from the Picture size list, and then click Attach.
Windows opens a new e‑mail message and attaches your picture to the message using your preferred e‑mail program.
When you have finished writing the e‑mail message, click Send.
To send pictures as an attachment to an e‑mail message by using the steps in the procedure above, you need to have an e‑mail program installed on your computer.
It's a good idea to optimize your pictures for e‑mail by making them smaller before you send them so e‑mail systems don't stop them. Some e‑mail servers impose a limit of 1–2 megabytes (MB) per message. Optimizing your pictures for e‑mail doesn't affect the size or quality of the original pictures on your computer; it simply resizes the e‑mail versions. Pictures are automatically resized when you send pictures in e‑mail by using the steps in the procedure above.
If you want, you can drag picture files directly into an open e‑mail message. However, if you do it this way, you won't have the option to automatically make the picture files smaller.


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This item was first introduced over a hundred years ago and is still popular today. The bird cage is hand-crafted in brass, and plated in a gleaming silver finish. You can produce several of these bird cages from a standard production prop. In their collapsed stage, each cage occupies a space of less than 5" square and two and half inches in height. When produced each cage is about 5" square and 6" high, standing rigid on its base. The cages can safely hold small live birds like canaries.
For production you simply lift out the cage by the ring on top. Gravity does the rest!
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Shelby White and Leon Levy Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior
Brain and behavioral disorders, including drug and alcohol abuse, afflict about 50 million Americans, and psychiatric illness accounts for approximately 20 percent of all hospitalizations in the United States. Real progress in the prevention and treatment of neurological disorders will depend on major breakthroughs in understanding the brain's basic biology. Laboratories in the center exploit the latest technological developments to explore questions about the mind and brain that were virtually out of reach just a few years ago. The center encompasses the work of laboratories studying neural systems, neurogenetics, neural development and neurochemistry. In addition, the center's Leon Levy Fellowships, funded by a generous grant from the Leon Levy Foundation, provide outstanding young investigators with the opportunity to conduct innovative research projects.
Mary E. Hatten, Ph.D.
Torsten N. Wiesel, M.D.
Cori Bargmann, Ph.D.
Robert B. Darnell, M.D., Ph.D.
Winrich Freiwald, Ph.D.
Jeffrey M. Friedman, M.D., Ph.D.
Charles D. Gilbert, M.D., Ph.D.
Paul Greengard, Ph.D.
Nathaniel Heintz, Ph.D.
A. James Hudspeth, M.D., Ph.D.
Mary Jeanne Kreek, M.D.
Daniel Kronauer, Ph.D.
Marcelo Magnasco, Ph.D.
Gaby Maimon, Ph.D.
Bruce S. McEwen, Ph.D.
Fernando Nottebohm, Ph.D.
Donald W. Pfaff, Ph.D.
Vanessa Ruta, Ph.D.
Shai Shaham, Ph.D.
Sidney Strickland, Ph.D.
Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Ph.D.
Leslie B. Vosshall, Ph.D.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – In the final night of competition, MIT swept all six swimming events helping it capture its third consecutive New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) Men's Swimming and Diving crown. With their sixth conference team championship, the Engineers tied the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's record for league titles. MIT touched the wall first 16 times out of 18 races en route to a total 1,153 points while Coast Guard finished as the runner-ups with a tally of 822. Springfield College rounded out the top three with a tally of 540.
At the conclusion of the session, MIT's Colby Dunn was named the NEWMAC Rookie of the Year. He registered first-place finishes in the 400 medley relay, 200 freestyle, 800 freestyle relay, the 100 freestyle, and the 400 freestyle relay. Dunn earned an automatic NCAA qualification standard in the 200 freestyle while provisionally qualifying four times. He also picked up points for the Engineers in the 50 freestyle courtesy of a third-place finish.
Brooks Farrar of Springfield College was honored as the NEWMAC Diver of the Year after earning a pair of All-Conference accolades. Farrar ranked first on the 1-meter board and just missed a second title by 1.4 points on the 3-meter board.
The Engineers received their second major award of the evening when Wyatt Ubellacker was tabbed for NEWMAC Swimmer of the Year honors. He placed first and earned NCAA "B" cuts in the 50 freestyle, 400 medley relay, 200 medley relay, 100 butterfly, and 400 freestyle relay. Ubellacker also captured third place in the 100 freestyle for his sixth NCAA provisional qualification.
In the first event of the night, MIT's Carlo Biedenharn just missed the NCAA "A" cut for the 1650 freestyle as he logged a time of 15:50.40 to secure first place. Coast Guard's Marco Tinari came in next and met the provisional qualifying standard by clocking in at 16:02.45.
MIT's Tim Stumbaugh paced the field in the 200 backstroke with a time of 1:51.97 while Ryan Garr of Clark University clinched second place in 1:52.15. Both performances were NCAA "B" cuts.
Dunn and Craig Cheney provided MIT with its first All-Conference sweep of the night in the 100 freestyle. Dunn led the way with a NEWMAC meet record and NCAA "B" cut time of 45.40 as Cheney touched the wall .22 seconds later, yielding another "B" cut for the Engineers.
The 200 breaststroke championship final saw MIT's Michael Liao establish a new NEWMAC meet record with a time of 2:03.03 which was good for an NCAA provisional qualification. Coast Guard's Michael Carman also earned an NCAA "B" cut by finishing second in 2:06.16.
In the 200 butterfly, MIT's Toomas Sepp took down a pair of records set by Coast Guard's James Connor at the 2003 championship. Sepp clocked in at 1:05.15, establishing new meet and NEWMAC open records by 1.58 seconds while also earning an NCAA "A" cut. Timothy Wall added to the Engineers' All-Conference tally with his second-place finish and NCAA "B" cut time of 1:52.30.
On the 3-meter diving board, Springfield's Brian Sobel inched ahead of teammate Brooks Farrar on his final dive to win the event by 1.4 points. Sobel (570.50) and Farrar (569.10) both met the NCAA provisional qualification standard.
In the final event of the weekend, MIT established a new meet record in the 400 freestyle relay as the quartet of Dunn, Cheney, Tony Chen, and Ubellacker clocked in at 3:02.83 for an NCAA "B" cut. Coast Guard's Daniel Alley, Johnson Knox, Brian McGuiness, and Dan Beshoar collaborated for a second-place finish with a time of 3:05.66.
Final Team Standings
|2. U.S. Coast Guard Academy
|3. Springfield College
|4. Wheaton College
|6. Clark University
|7. Babson College
2011 NEWMAC Men's Swimming and Diving All-Conference Teams
(Event Winners Earn All-Conference First-Team Honors)
|First Team
|Second Team
|200 Freestyle Relay
|Coast Guard - 1:23.93
(Brian McGuiness, Johnson Knox, Daniel Alley, Dan Beshoar)
(Lee Chiang, Mason Ruffing, Alford Green, Andrew Lybarger)
|500 Freestyle
|Carlo Biedenharn (MIT) - 4:34.74 B
|Nick Cosenza (Coast Guard) - 4:35.29 B
|200 Individual Medley
|Brendan Deveney (MIT) - 1:53.84 B !
|Ryan TerBush (MIT) - 1:55.03
|50 Freestyle
|Wyatt Ubellacker (MIT) - 20.85 B
|Johnson Knox (Coast Guard) - 20.98 B
|1-Meter Diving
|Brooks Farrar (Springfield) - 524.00 B
|Brian Sobel (Springfield) - 521.45 B
|400 Medley Relay
(Ryan TerBush, Michael Liao, Wyatt Ubellacker, Colby Dunn)
|Coast Guard - 3:27.49
(Bryan Andrews, Michael Carman, Daniel Alley, Johnson Knox)
|200 Medley Relay
(Ryan TerBush, Michael Liao, Wyatt Ubellacker, Craig Cheney)
|Wheaton - 1:35.43
(Ben Sabol, Sam Dean-Lee, Zach Fichman Klein, Emerson Jenkins)
|400 Individual Medley
|Brendan Deveney (MIT) - 4:02.59 B !
|Tim Stumbaugh (MIT) - 4:05.61 B
|100 Butterfly
|Wyatt Ubellacker (MIT) - 49.15 B !
|Toomas Sepp (MIT) - 49.86 B
|200 Freestyle
|Colby Dunn (MIT) - 1:39.69 A
|Tony Chen (MIT) - 1:42.45
|100 Breaststroke
|Michael Liao (MIT) - 56.53 B
|David Parrell (MIT) - 58.09
|100 Backstroke
|Ryan Garr (Clark) - 50.99
|Josh Ernst (Springfield) - 51.69
|800 Freestyle Relay
(Brendan Deveney, Carlo Biedenharn, Andrew Pierson, Colby Dunn)
|Springfield - 6:56.85
(Nolan Manley, Scott Peters, Jason Scotto, Josh Ernst)
|1650 Freestyle
|Carlo Biedenharn (MIT) - 15:50.40 B
|Marco Tinari (Coast Guard) - 16:02.45 B
|200 Backstroke
|Tim Stumbaugh (MIT) - 1:51.97 B
|Ryan Garr (Clark) - 1:52.15 B
|100 Freestyle
|Colby Dunn (MIT) - 45.40 B
|Craig Cheney (MIT) - 45.62 B
|200 Breaststroke
|Michael Liao (MIT) - 2:03.03 B !
|Michael Carman (Coast Guard) - 2:06.16 B
|200 Butterfly
|Toomas Sepp (MIT) - 1:50.15 A @ !
|Timothy Wall (MIT) - 1:52.30 B
|3-Meter Diving
|Brian Sobel (Springfield) - 570.50 B
|Brooks Farrar (Springfield) - 569.10 B
|400 Freestyle Relay
(Colby Dunn, Craig Cheney, Tony Chen, Wyatt Ubellacker)
|Coast Guard - 3:05.66
(Daniel Alley, Johnson Knox, Brian McGuiness, Dan Beshoar)
A - Denotes NCAA Division III National Championship qualifying A standard (automatic)
B - Denotes NCAA Division III National Championship qualifying B standard (provisional)
! – Denotes NEWMAC Meet Record
@ - Denotes NEWMAC Open Record


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Ch 41: All I want for Christmas is..Boxing Day!
>> Monday, December 17, 2012 – food, joys, keep calm carry on, past, Relfections, smiles
We are one week away from Christmas Eve. It's here, the final week before the fat man and his reindeer embark on one very tiresome journey around the globe delivering Christmas cheer.
Now I'll be honest with you because at Christmas time you tell the truth. So I'll admit that I have a love hate relationship with Christmas.
One moment, I'm Mrs Claus busy baking sugary goodies in the kitchen, Bing Crosby on the wireless, flashing Christmas tree earrings dangling from my earlobes, occasionally guzzling a glass of bubbles.
The next, I'm Ebenezer Scrooge. Well Scrooge McDuck to be exact..you know like Donald Duck's old man, or Uncle I think? Counting pennies, groveling about the latest electricity bill and generally being an unhappy duck with too many people to please, too much to do in so little time and wishing for December 25 to be over...all with a black lump of coal in hand.
How sad. But then I mix up another batch of sangria and within no time I'm belting out Here Comes Santa Clause with Bing and kicking that coal to the curb. Happy as.
So upon reflection of my two festive seasonal personality extremes, here are my best and worst of Christmas festivities.
Obsession with the pre-Christmas catch up.I've got to see you before Christmas! I must! Yes, it HAS to be before Christmas.
We've all heard and probably said it before, right?
This obsession with seeing every person you have Facebook friended, unfriended, friended again, occupied a work cubical with, played sport against or perhaps shared a house with.
You HAVE to see them between 1 December and 24 December. You must. Because apparently the world ends in January.
But even more importantly, unopened Christmas presents self-destruct at 12.00am on 26 December.
Exterior decorationsIf you weren't already aware of the upcoming festive season by the fact that Christmas cards hit the stupidmarkets in October, you have been hiding under Santa's sack. So just in case you missed it, we've taken the liberty of mixing electrical wires, flashing bulbs and plastic Santa lookalikes with bricks and tiles to showcase to the neighbourhood that Christmas is indeed here.
The trick to house Christmas decoration is to humbly outdo your neighbours and to gain as many oohs and ahhs from passing children dressed in their pyjamas doing the neighbourhood round after dark. If your house is really special, you might get a photo in the local paper. Joy.
So if that means stuffing a giant sized inflatable Santa half way down your chimney rocking to the gangnam style tune, choreographed with flashing lights and break dancing reindeers, then do it. It's for the children. And the local paper.
Christmas trees and what we put on them
Oh and there's a Christmas ball hanging from his furry ear. You know, just because he can.
This has been my tradition (abandoned by my four siblings years earlier..shame on all of you) since I was a teenager when our antique Christmas angel's head fell off one year. The only alternative when you have limited access to shops (we lived on a farm out of town) was my beloved bear. I'd say it was quite creative. Don't you? And doesn't he look dashing..
Christmas Eve Mass
You see, Christmas mass is like getting the good car park early so you can get to Myers with enough time to be at the front of the line in time for the Boxing Day sales.
If you don't get there at least half an hour early, you won't get a park in the church grounds, then you won't get a good seat unless you have a preference for sitting up on the altar with the seatless, hyperactive kids (the only time the Priest ever lets kids sit there is on Christmas). Now a good seat at Christmas mass is towards the back of the church, but not too far back because that can look quite rude if you're there too early, and preferably on the end of the pew.
It's all about the ability to breathe and the quick getaway. So if you don't get there early enough to get the good car park and the subsequent good seat then you risk being in the position of being caught in the swarms of elderly pedestrian traffic upon conclusion. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the see ya later...!
It's all about the ability to breathe and the quick getaway. So if you don't get there early enough to get the good car park and the subsequent good seat then you risk being in the position of being caught in the swarms of elderly pedestrian traffic upon conclusion. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the see ya later...!
Fruit cake and plum pudding
It pulls at my heart strings so much that I can't even talk, or should I say write, about it.
Overconsumption of meatOn a normal day, my lunch tends to consist of a salad sandwich. Pretty simple really. Occasionally I will add ham or chicken and usually finish with some fruit.
Yet on Christmas day we are expected to shovel the following forms of meat into our gobs in record breaking time:
Turkey. Ham. More Ham. Little more turkey please. Chicken. Beef. Lamb. Lamb? Why not. It's Christmas. Chicken. Small slice of Ham. Burps. More turkey to finish off. Oh the pork. We forgot the pork. Can't forget the pork, I made apple sauce. More pork please. On the fork..yes that's enough. Apple sauce.
And then the conversation over the meat comprised dinner table revolves around how Dad has been coping with his latest episode of gout.....need I say more.
Christmas movies
Unfortunately my dear husband, at times doesn't quite share the same sense of humour. He does, however, laugh at me giggling continuously at the TV, glass of wine in hand over the following Clark W. Griswold legendary moments:
The most enduring traditions of the season are best enjoyed in the warm embrace of kith and kin. Thith tree is a thymbol of the thspirit of the Griswold family Chrithmath.
Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas, kiss my ass. Kiss his ass. Kiss your ass. Happy Hanukkah.
I'm gonna burn some dust here. Eat my rubber!
Where do you think you're going? Nobody's leaving. Nobody's walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family Christmas. No, no. We're all in this together. This is a full-blown, four-alarm holiday emergency here. We're gonna press on, and we're gonna have the hap, hap, happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap danced with Danny fu*king Kaye. And when Santa squeezes his fat white ass down that chimney tonight, he's gonna find the jolliest bunch of assholes this side of the nuthouse.
To Clark W. Griswold – thank you. So much.
Sad stuffFrom Griswold giggles to reality. Life. Sad stuff.
I find Christmas difficult. I think about those who are alone at Christmas. Those who are unwell. Very unwell. Parents who can't afford to give their children presents or Christmas lunch. Those who have lost loved ones. I think of my best friend who I lost suddenly ten years ago. I think about his family and what he would be doing today if he was still with us. I think about my mother. Where is she, is she alone? I hope not. I think about sick kids in hospital and those who are homeless. I think about the pressures Christmas brings and for many this happy festive season is the hardest time of year.
As it is the season of giving, please give to those who are less fortunate. I have and hope you will too.
Childish smilesThis is the little master's first Christmas. Although at 11 months old he really has no idea what is going on, I look forward to seeing his and his cousin's smiles and hearing their squeals of joy on Christmas morning. I look forward to seeing his eyes gaze into Christmas lights, his persistent action of throwing the Santa hat placed on his little head onto the ground, his giggles at our buddy dog dressed up in a Santa suit and the endless array of cuddles from friends and family.
So there it is folks. These are the things I laugh, cry, cringe and burp about in December.
And to reiterate the words of Clark W. Griswold:
We're gonna have the hap hap happiest Christmas since Bing Crosby tap danced with Danny fu*king Kaye.
Merry Christmas!


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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Nazareth College has agreed to be the new host for the 2013 NCAA Division III Men's Volleyball Championship, taking place at Kidera Gymnasium in Rochester, N.Y.
The championship, April 26-28, was originally scheduled to take place on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). However, due to the recent events in Boston, it was determined to be in the best interests of all involved for the championship competition to be moved to a new location.


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Chimpanzees introduces children who are beginning to read alone to these wonderful primates. It includes facts about habitat, families, and behavior. Children can discover how baby chimps grow up, learn to use tools, and how similar they are to us.
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Umm, let's see: The energy bill recently birthed by Congress and signed with much fanfare by President Bush calls for:
· $13.5 billion in handouts for the administration's Big Oil cronies. As if they are in desperate straits and really need an ongoing subsidy from taxpayers. It's not like the largest five oil companies haven't racked up record-breaking profits (more than $315 billion), are sitting on nearly $60 billion in cash, and are so flush they've bought back $140 billion of their stock.
Doubtless you will shed a tear for their plight each time you fill your tank.
(It would be churlish, of course, to note that since 2001 the three dozen or so senators opposing elimination of the subsidies are reported to have accepted some $7 million in campaign contributions from oil companies, their political action committees, and company executives, or that the president threatened a veto if the subsidies were axed.)
· An increase in the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standard to 35 miles per gallon by 2020.
"In the end," one news report said, "auto makers and oil companies praised" Congress for enacting the increase.
Resisting the urge to barf, one can only wonder why Congress fiddle-faddled for 32 years before finally mandating a change, why the standard doesn't begin to take effect until the 2011 model year, and why the auto makers, who have fought CAFE increases tooth and nail for the past three decades, are allowed until 2020 to accomplish the full increase?
The three decades-old 25 mpg standard has saved millions of gallons of gasoline, but incremental increases over that period could've saved even more — it's not like automotive technology stood still all that time (many cars in Europe get 50 mpg or better).
And lest one think this spells the end to the high-profit gas-guzzler SUVs and big pickup trucks, the measure has provisions to allow auto makers to trade fuel economy "credits" when they exceed the CAFE goals, and to borrow against future gains for up to three years.
While U.S. auto makers congratulate themselves on having basically dodged the CAFE bullet, it is interesting that five years ago China decreed that every car on its streets and highways get 38 mpg, increasing to 43 mpg in 2008.
No end-run fleet average stuff like the U.S., but every car.
· Massive increases in biofuels production, with a goal of 36 billion gallons in 2022, more than five times current production.
Most of that (21 billion gallons), after 2015, would come from non-food cellulosic sources such as switchgrass, wood chips, etc. — this, despite the fact that cellulosic ethanol production technology is more complex (and costly) than from corn (ethanol from corn would be capped at 15 billion gallons), and that only low volume demonstration plants are now in operation in the U.S.
Even if the 36 billion gallon goal could be achieved, it will do precious little good if only a relative handful of the driving public can buy the stuff because there's no distribution infrastructure.
Little wonder many are calling it the "no energy plan."
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Granny Gone Wild: 96-Year-Old Woman From Florida Accused Of Murdering Her Nephew! (Oldest Lady Ever Charged With Murder)
"A 96-year-old woman is in jail without bond, accused of murdering her nephew. Amanda Rice Stevenson was arrested Sunday night. It's not known why Stevenson shot John Rice, 53. Investigators say Stevenson shot him in a bedroom with a .357 magnum. Investigators say Rice's wife said she left the couple's home on John Street around 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Neighbors say they heard a car door slam around 6 p.m. Rice returned home before 9 p.m. to find her husband dead and Stevenson in another room. Stevenson does have two prior arrests in 1995 and 2007. It's not know what she was arrested for." - 13 News
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2019 Best Public Middle Schools in Melshire EstatesAbout this List
William B. Travis Academy
272 Best Public Middle Schools in Texas
- Dallas Independent School District, TX
- 6-8
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Freshman: Overall, my experience at Travis was fairly good. Most teachers were dedicated to their work and wanted to teach and challenge you, and the downtown location provided opportunities for fun activities. The school desperately needs more space, but the proximity to one another results in a close-knit bond between classmates.
- 278 Students
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Harry Stone Montessori Academy Junior High School
292 Best Public Middle Schools in Texas
- Dallas Independent School District, TX
- 6-8
- 14
Alum: I went to Harry Stone for 10 years so that is the only school I had known before I went to high school (Townview Business) This school prepared me for just about anything that life could throw at you and I will always cherish the days of that school.
- 198 Students
- 11:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
George Bannerman Dealey International Academy
301 Best Public Middle Schools in Texas
- Dallas Independent School District, TX
- 7-8
- 2
Alum: I attended Dealey for 5 years. My last year at Dealey was 2014-2015. The teachers were very aware of the different ways students learn, and they did their best to include them all throughout the year. They made learning fun for the students and rewarded them for working hard. The students were very diverse and, because the school was so small, became so close that they knew each other's last name. Dealey prepared me well for high school and college by teaching me discipline, time management, and ways to learn new information.
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Middle School Student: I love DC! I am in 8th grade and have been here one year. I went to school in Rockwall, which is a good district, but I am so glad I moved here. I have made mostly A's and a few B's and my classes have been more challenging here than at my previous school. There are fewer kids in my classes and the teachers take the time to go over everything in detail. In my last school, there were ALWAYS kids acting horribly in class, but that does not happen at DC. We get rewarded for good behavior instead of just being punished for being bad.
I have been able to play every sport this year and next year I get to add baseball. I also get lots of playing time in each sport, which is awesome!
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Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership Middle School
312 Best Public Middle Schools in Texas
- Dallas Independent School District, TX
- 6-8
- 20
High School Junior: My overall experience at Rangel has been really great, I wouldn't want to choose any other school to go to. Rangel has really opened my eyes to things I would have never been able to see if I went to any old regular school. The whole school feels like one huge family, very supportive of one another and invested in each student's future. I really feel comfortable at my school and am very proud to wear our plaid skirt and say that I am from Rangel!
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- 20:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy
320 Best Public Middle Schools in Texas
- Dallas Independent School District, TX
- 6-8
- 5
Middle School Student: My experience at this school has been very interesting. They have great teachers, who prepare you for college. At our school we all are different from each other. We have different interests. The teachers could improve by punishing a group based on one person. The food could improve by making it healthier and making it taste greater. "We want sports!", I hear this so much. We barely have any sports that are interesting. Our school is very unsafe because of the location and school size. We need a bigger school. During a fire we all trip over each other because it is too crowded. Our school doesn't have a gym. That is a BIG problem. When it is cold outside, during gym we can barely go outside during the winter. The administrative team is very good. They could improve by giving a little bit more freedom. sometimes it is like prison. The parents are somewhat involved, but could be involved more.
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Dallas Environmental Science Academy
324 Best Public Middle Schools in Texas
- Dallas Independent School District, TX
- 6-8
- 1
Sophomore: This school. What can I say? It took the best and worst out of me.
The school itself was good in a sense. The teachers were, for the most part, all kind. I learned a lot in my years there, but I was tested and tried the whole way through. A few teachers had me up a wall, but I managed to survive.
Would I recommend the school? It depends on who asks. This school is not for the faint of heart, and by that, I mean that most days your mental state will be tried. Despite its alright and open culture, most the kids I graduated with I no longer talk to, but the ones I do talk to, we all came out messed up from the stress and hours of work we went through.
At the end of the day though, I don't think regret attending this school because it's helped me a lot. But oh god if I had known how to deal with stress and school anxiety then a lot of heartaches could've been avoided.
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- 14:1 Student-Teacher Ratio
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- Dallas Independent School District, TX
- 6-8
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Madison Area Community Betterment met Monday night (July 15) at the Madison Area Community Center.
Among the old business discussed was a Fish Fry and Talent Show scheduled for Friday, Sept. 13. Proceeds will go towards purchasing a generator for disaster preparedness, to be used at the Madison Area Community Center. A separate account at the bank in Madison has been set up for this project, and all donations are welcome.
MACB is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Donations are tax deductible.
The group also voted to purchase $250 in school supplies this fall for Madison School students. They will be donated to the school, to be distributed by teachers as needed.
Madison Area Community Betterment invites all locals businesses, organizations, and individuals to join in this effort with donations to the Community Center by Monday, Aug. 12.
Persons can drop off donations to the Community Center Monday through Friday, from 1:30 – 5:30 p.m., or they may call 660-291-5478 or 660-651-6765. Supplies will be purchased and delivered before school is in session.
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Having equipment that allows you to apply nitrogen (N) late in the season is well worth having — even if you don't use it every year, says Clay Mitchell, Buckingham, Ia.
"Adding late-season N can be like putting on a booster rocket for corn production in a wet year, when it's needed," says Mitchell, who farms approximately 2,800 corn and soybean acres with his great-uncle Philip near Waterloo, Ia. "In dry years, you can save a lot of money by holding off on early-season N applications that don't pay off."
Mitchell's strategy is to apply N in a way that ensures little, if any, will be wasted. "Typically, we split-apply anhydrous ammonia N applications," he says. "We start with some preplant and then apply more as an early sidedress. If it's been warm and wet, like last year, we use our high-clearance sprayer to apply a third N application."
In 2011, Clay's dad, Wade, helped equip the farm's John Deere 4700 self-propelled sprayer with drop tubes that ensures the Mitchells can safely apply urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) to corn up until tasseling stage. They welded oval, stainless-steel screw-thread links to the spray boom where they could hang chains connected to 5-ft. stainless-steel tubes that attach to the nozzle couplers.
"Having the tubes hang on the chains makes it easier to take the tubes on and off," Mitchell says. "The drop-nozzle tubes get the UAN product closer to the roots, so they don't burn the leaves."
For farmers who use sprayers with drop tubes to apply liquid N, the tubes need to be long enough to go well below the ear, says Peter Scharf, University of Missouri Extension soil specialist. "Avoid spraying the ears or the leaves near the ears, or you'll hurt yields, not help them," he advises. "Farmers should also avoid broadcasting UAN solution on corn larger than the V7 growth stage."
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Cornfields typically need late-season N applications only if soils lost their N earlier in the season, due to excessively wet conditions or if the field didn't receive enough N early on, Scharf says. "There is nothing wrong with an early N application that can supply the crop's needs all the way through the season," he says. "The only problem with that approach is if you lose N after it's applied and you don't get back in the field later on to apply more."
When relying solely on spring preplant or sidedress anhydrous applications, farmers may be unable to complete operations on all their acres, if conditions are wet. "Sometimes it can be mid-June to early July before the ground dries up enough to get in the fields, and by then the corn might be too tall to do so," Mitchell says. "That's where a high-clearance sprayer is a really good risk-management tool to be able to apply N when it's a challenge to put it on by any other means."
Having the high-clearance sprayer gives his family's operation "a third backstop for putting on N during the season," Mitchell says. "We always have a window, sometime between the V6 to tasseling growth stage, when ground conditions are dry enough to allow us to make these high-clearance N applications. We also try to time our applications to when we know rain is coming so that the N is made available to the roots."
The biggest concern in a rain-fed system, which includes most of the Midwest, is not having enough moisture after a supplemental application to move the N into the root zone, says Fabian Fernandez, University of Illinois Extension soil fertility specialist. "A half-inch of rain or more is typically needed to do this," he says.
For late-season applications, the supplemental N also needs to be in a readily available form, such as urea or UAN, Fernandez adds. "Either liquid or granular N is fine, as long as it's not in a slow-release form," he says. "Irrigation can also make a huge difference in the success of late-season supplemental N applications, because with irrigation, farmers can make sure to move the N into the root zone, where plants can use it."
Still, sometimes the soil will contain enough moisture that only minimal rainfall is needed to move N into the root zone, Scharf says. "If you throw a handful of dry N on the ground and it disappears overnight, that shows there is enough moisture in the soil to dissolve the product and wick it into the soil," he says.
Late N needs are predictable
"A successful, late-season N application is very, very weather dependent, and that's exactly what makes it attractive," Mitchell says. "You can predict when it will be an effective practice and when it won't be. If it's been warm and wet during spring, it will more than pay for itself. In a year like last year, we would easily see a 1 bu./acre yield increase per unit of N applied."
Late-season N applications can be particularly valuable in places with inconsistent rainfall, such as on the fringes of the Corn Belt, Mitchell points out. "In these areas, if you apply all the N upfront, either prior to or soon after planting, then you risk throwing it all away or losing a lot of money if it turns out to be a very dry year and the corn can't take it up," he says. "In a very wet year, unless you're able to apply N later in the season to make up for lost N early on, you risk not having enough N available to the crop to optimize yields. So, especially on marginal corn-growing areas, this is a great way to deal with the uncertainty and risk over weather."
Farmers who can raise a fall cover crop after corn would still benefit from a late-season N application, even if dry conditions prevail, Mitchell adds. "The cover crop will take up the N and release it in the future," he says. "So the late-season N application is a really good option. It's much better than putting a whole bunch of N on upfront and taking a risk that it might be wasted."


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SYCAMORE – Frosty the snowy owl likely didn't want to come to DeKalb.
The young owl, which bears a striking resemblance to the delivery owls in the Harry Potter movie series, was found severely dehydrated and malnourished Nov. 20 on the ground near the intersection of First Street and Lincoln Highway in DeKalb. He also might have suffered a concussion.
DeKalb County Animal Control took him to Oaken Acres Wildlife Center in Sycamore, where operations manager Christy Gerbitz just about fell over when she saw him. A staff member's child named him Frosty.
"They're not common animals in this area, so it's been a privilege to work with this one," Gerbitz said. "... Something pretty critical happened out there to bring him here and put him in the condition he was in."
Snowy owls generally live in Arctic regions – Alaska, Scandinavia, Greenland, Canada and Russia, according to the Lincoln Park Zoo's website. If prey is scarce, they'll fly south in the winter in search of small mammals, such as voles and lemmings, and can be seen in New England, southern Canada and Illinois, said Sunny Nelson, zoological manager of birds for Lincoln Park Zoo.
Snowy owls are territorial, so Frosty could have been among the younger males in his clutch.
"If the males are pushing the younger males out, the younger males have to go further and further south looking for food," Nelson said.
Last year, there was an eruption of snowy owls from Canada, during which unheard of numbers migrated south, Gerbitz said. It's believed that Frosty was a part of the "echo" – a smaller group of owls that migrated earlier this year.
Gerbitz estimated Frosty to be 1 or 2 years old, or as she put it, "old enough to migrate but not old enough to be an experienced migrant." Gerbitz said it's not uncommon for birds to injure themselves or die during their first migration.
Gerbitz said the center has the necessary state and federal licenses to rehabilitate birds such as the snowy owl.
Compared with other owls, Frosty has been particularly docile, Gerbitz said. He has taken aggressive postures but has never lashed out against Gerbitz or other workers.
"His talons could take the flesh off my body, but he's never been aggressive," Gerbitz said.
Wildlife staff members are tentatively thinking about releasing him sometime in the spring, although they haven't decided yet, Gerbitz said. If they have the funds, they'll transport him north before releasing him.
His chances after that depend largely on the prey and other predators in the area, Nelson said. He'll need to figure out how to find food in the area and perhaps compete with others for territory.
"It depends on the care and the individual, and also the location and what's going on in the season," Nelson said.
The Lincoln Park Zoo has a pair of snowy owls that were hatched in captivity. Stanley, 11, was hatched in the St. Louis Zoo, while Freya hatched last year at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle.
How to help
Donations toward rehabilitating Frosty the snowy owl can be sent to Oaken Acres Wildlife Center, 12140 Aldrich Road, Sycamore, IL, 60178, or made through www.oakenacres.org.


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The Human Be-In was a gathering in Golden Gate Park on January 14, 1967 in which the world was invited to join in spiritual togetherness. A prelude to the San Francisco Summer of Love, the gathering promoted key ideas of the counterculture. Music, dance, and spoken word conveyed these messages. Timothy Leary, set the tone for the Human Be-In with his famous phrase "Turn on, tune in, drop out."
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The hearing with civil society and the private sector was held in Geneva on 29 September 2005 and chaired by the outgoing President of the Trade and Development Board (TDB) Ambassador Mary Whelan.
Economic growth and poverty reduction in the 1990s:
Participants expressed their concern that, for many countries, the situation had worsened in the 1990s rather than the contrary and that the period was characterized by stagnation and that many countries had experienced reversals in development terms. The gap between rich and poor had also increased, highlighting the need to re-examine the policies that had been pursued.
Poverty reduction was still a major challenge for many developing countries, despite the good progress that had been achieved in a number of other policy areas. Participants added that judging from past experience, the market would not solve the problem of the poorest segment of the population and that market forces and economic growth alone would not serve to alleviate poverty.
The EU initiative to increase the levels of ODA it would make available was to be welcomed. However, it was still not clear how these higher levels of ODA would be financed; ideally, ODA financing should come from general budgets rather than through additional taxes that could have detrimental effects.
Gender and trade:
Many participants expressed concern about the gender imbalances that still hamper the development prospects of many developing countries and LDCs, despite the contribution made by women in economic activities in many other countries. Concerns were also raised about the lack of recognition for women's activities. Participants called for a holistic approach to addressing issues of concern to women and also expressed the need for gender to be mainstreamed into economic development strategies. UNCTAD was called upon to play a role in strengthening gender in the trade agenda.
Interdependence and global economic issues from a trade and development perspective:
The debate focused on the need to look at alternatives to the development model of world financial capitalism. Participants drew attention to the asymmetry in international trade between countries. Rich countries tabled their own proposals, but had not been open to developing fair policies that would also benefit poorer countries.
Civil society participants raised the question of how to protect the informal economy which had been adversely affected by exclusive development. They argued that countries should take joint responsibility for this and that the problems of inequality and poverty should be approached by different sectors.
Participants pointed out the absence of legal support for illegal immigrants on remittances; this was important as immigrants were key players in their economies when they remitted money to their countries of origin, and also contributed to the economies of developed countries. This was a reality for all regions in the South. Participants argued that specific measures had to be developed to protect these workers and sustain remittances. A debate had take place in the WTO on related issues, but poor countries tended to remain marginalized. All countries should form part of the debate and their views should be respected.
Review of developments and issues in the post-Doha work programme of particular concern to developing countries:
Civil society participants stressed that the Doha work programme had been adopted as an agenda for development to address the concerns raised by developing countries. Development should therefore be at the heart of the commitment to help integrate developing countries into the multilateral trading system, in the absence of an alternative to a broad-based development strategy.
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The outcome of the hearing with civil society and the private sector was summarized by the secretariat and submitted as an input to the Board discussions. A representative from Third World Network presented the report to the TDB on 11 October 2005.
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Sounders 4, FC Dallas 2
Eddie Johnson scored twice, including the winner early in the
62nd minute, and the Seattle Sounders ended FC Dallas' nine-game
unbeaten streak in MLS play with a 4-2 victory Saturday night.
Johnson's second goal of the game and fourth this season came
just one minute after Dallas completed a comeback from a 2-0
deficit when Michel drilled a corner kick from the right side into
the upper left roof of the Seattle net to tie it.
The Sounders (4-3-3) stretched their unbeaten streak to six
games (4-0-2) after a franchise-worst 0-3-1 start.
"For the first couple games of the season, my body was beat up,
and it was frustrating, because there was a time that as a team, we
faced a really difficult challenge," Johnson said. "But it was
just getting that rhythm and getting that confidence, and staying
true to myself and believing in my teammates."
League-leading Dallas (7-2-3) hadn't lost since a 3-1 setback at
Chivas USA on March 10 in the second game of the season.
"You never want to squander a two-goal lead, but we knew they
were dangerous on set pieces," Sounders coach Sigi Schmid said.
"The timeliness of our third goal was vital, and we continued to
get opportunities."
Johnson put the Sounders on the board in the 16th and Lamar
Neagle made it 2-0 in the 30th. Second-half substitute Obafemi
Martins added an insurance goal in the 83rd minute as Seattle
racked up four goals for the second straight game.
Johnson's winner was set up by Lamar Neagle, who sent a through
ball toward the top of the penalty area. Johnson took it around
onrushing goalkeeper Raul Fernandez and, from 10 yards in front of
the net on the right side, sent a shot across the goalmouth and
into the far side of the net.
"We had opportunities in the first half, but we just had to be
more composed, show more composure in the box when we got our
chances, and stick the ball in the back of the net," Johnson said.
"We got the chance in the second half, and Oba and myself, we made
it count."
Kenny Cooper got one back for Dallas early in the 54th before
Michel's equalizer in the 61st.
"Being able to measure ourselves against the first-place team
in our conference is important," Schmid said. "Being able to show
that once all of our weapons are healthy we can score goals is
important, as well."
Midfielder Osvaldo Alsono set up Johnson's first goal on a
counterattack. Johnson took the long pass from Alonso, went into
the penalty area and fired into the back center of the net from 16
yards in front, getting his shot past onrushing defender Matt
That was just the second time in 12 games this season that
Dallas has allowed a first-half goal.
Neagle scored on a wide-open breakaway 14 minutes later after
taking a through-ball from Brad Evans.
FC Dallas cut it to 2-1 when Cooper, playing near the penalty
spot, headed in a free kick that Michel drove into the box from 40
yards out.
Michel's dramatic game-tying goal came on a corner from the
right side that went just over the outstretched fingers of Sounders
keeper Michael Gspurning.
"They created a lot of chances, a lot of breakaways, a lot of
counterattacks," Dallas coach Schellas Hyndman said. "It seemed
like the only time Seattle really put their foot on the ball is
when we were down a man. The rest of the time, it was very
fast-paced. I think probably the bigger thing that mattered was I
think our guys lost their composure and emotions when they
considered some of the calls that weren't being made, and then,
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