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Justin Bieber's manager Scooter Braun has been inundated with offers from the likes of Eminem, Oprah Winfrey and Tom Hanks to mentor the teen superstar.
The Baby hitmaker's ill-advised antics on tour and at home in California, which have included brushes with the law and headline-grabbing incidents, have prompted big names to offer up their help and advice.
Bieber's bad behavior has included nightclub altercations, arguments with his neighbors, disappointing fans by rushing through meet and greet sessions and public urinating claims.
The incidents have prompted a slew of concerned celebrities to reach out to Braun to see if there is anything they can do to help the youngster avoid destroying his career, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
In a candid new interview with Braun and Bieber, the singer's manager reveals he has fielded calls and emails from Winfrey, singer Adam Levine, rapper Drake and Mark Wahlberg, while Hanks' wife Rita Wilson offered up her husband's counselling skills to help the 19 year old avoid the pitfalls of fame.
And Braun claims Eminem's manager, Paul Rosenberg, told him, "If you ever want Eminem to talk to him (Bieber), he would do it in a second. He cares about that kid."
Braun has yet to take up the stars' offers to advise Bieber during times of trouble as there is already one big name who is trying to keep the teen in check – Will Smith.
Braun claims Smith, whose son Jaden is good friends with the singer, once paid Bieber a much-needed visit and pulled him out of bed for a three-hour chat.
The manager recalls, "He (Bieber) said, 'Man, that makes me feel so loved. I woke up, and there's Will Smith, one of, if not the, biggest movie stars on the planet. He took time out of his day for me.'"
Smith has continued to make himself available to Bieber for weekly phone conferences, but the Independence Day actor has warned Braun the youngster will have to live and learn from his own mistakes: "He's telling me: 'Justin's got to go through it. You can't stop him from going through it. That's youth in itself. He's a young man who's growing up, and that's what makes him interesting and relatable. Otherwise, he'd be some kind of weird robot.'"
During the interview, Bieber expressed his carefree attitude towards his critics, saying, "I don't give a f**k… I don't give a f**k what they say… I know who I am and what I'm doing in my life and what I've accomplished and continue to accomplish as a performer, as a writer, as an artist, as a person, as a human being. I'm happy with the man I'm becoming."
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Khan is also a familiar name to many who follow the smartphone scene, having held a top strategy post for several years at Samsung, before leaving that post to head up mobile efforts at Citibank. Prior to joining Samsung in 2008, Khan had served as a vice president at Motorola. So, suffice it to say that he knows the mobile landscape well.
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Taking tips from 90s dance scenes, Annalisa Dunn and Dorothee Hagemann paired hooded shawls with military khakis and striped jumpsuits
The knitwear duo showed a presentation of their latest collection in a series of underground vaults just off London's Strand. The collection itself took a turn back to the original signature style of the label, with a real edge added to a slightly over sized and comfortable feel. Looking at 90s dance music culture the two designers, Annalisa Dunn and Dorothee Hagemann at Cooperative Designs, did their own take on looks from that time. Striped jumpsuits in super loose knit featured with shawls and hoods alongside bobble and beanie hats. The mainly dark tones, grey, black, browns, military khaki and rich navy blue, were accented with the occasional splash of bright colour in the form of yellows and even neon orange. The results have a defined old school urban edge to them and are definitely reminiscent of an age where white gloves and high vis waistcoats were on the dance floor.
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dare i say only a couple actually.
for the official release.
Of course, I heard about it way too late to take part in any of the fun shopping and all is gone! I would like a scarf or something, but some of the zigzag patterns really reminds of a migraine about to happen -- ziggy zaggy vision warning! Can't wait to see Caroline in hers!
I was in Target yesterday too! I was in search of orange tights for the oldest grandgirlies Halloween costume so I didn't go near the new Missoni line ... I did score the tights though! :)
Totally missed out. That's probally a good thing!
Clearly, I live under a rock as I knew nothing of this fabulous event. Sadly the closest Target is 1.5 hours away. Sigh...
I heard about it but was at work when it opened Tuesday. Sad!
Missoni has never been a designer that wowed me... That being said, I am not sure even if I did, I could have handled the crowds and chaos that ensued. Madness!!
I was there about noontime on Tuesday and they were almost totally wiped out on women's clothes. I did manage to get a black/white t-shirt, but none of the cute cardis I had seen. Also picked up a pair of socks for my daughter. Tried going online and did finally get through, had stuff in my cart, then went into a permanent wait. So sad. I was going to make some purchases online yesterday, but decided against it since all the cardis I really wanted were gone. Bummer. I had no idea it would be so huge.
I almost went Tuesday morning after dropping Kayla off at school so I would have been there at 9ish and prob. would have gotten a lot of goodies but I decided not to make the drive so today I am off after drop off and I hope to find atleast something. The candles are so cute but I really, really want a sweater which we all know is gone by now! Those crazy shopping people that buy it all ;) Have fun picking out some goodies and please come back to share with us!!
Ha! I mistakingly stumbled into Target on Tuesday morning for diapers. HAD NO IDEA about the Missoni line until I saw three woman with carts loaded. LOADED. I quickly grabbed two cardigans, which are pretty cute. Got my diapers and thought I would go back to see if there was anything else I liked. EVERYTHING.WAS.GONE! AT 8am there was only one cashier open, so I was behind one of the loaded ladies...her total was over $3000. All Missoni in her cart! Now I am thinking, that is too much zigzag for me. $3000 dollars worth. Her husband is going to kill her, either for spending that much money or from having to look at Missoni everywhere in their house and on her!
I was at Target yesterday afternoon, most things were pretty much picked over. I heard one employee say one lady had spent $5000 on stuff! Wow!
I did but two composition books and some hair clips. The clothes just remind me too much of stuff I wore, and hated, in the 70's! :)
Don't hate me .. be I really don't like Missoni. The zig zags and all - just not my style. So .. obviously, I was not one of masses buying it all! ;)
Alas...the hoopla went unnoticed by me as well.....drat! would have loved to score a sweater....i am SO much like you....i am now obsessed with checking back at my Target for returns (like your friend!).....
I must be living under a rock...never heard of it. I was more a Liberty of London line when Target had it.
i was at the food pantry all morning, but read about the target hype, on my computer. i will pass on that.. but did find a nice calendar at the bookstore. ; )
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I wanted the bicycle - boo hoo :( Share pics of what you get. xo
I had tried to get online on Tuesday....Target's website had crashed! WTH?! I thought a few pieces were pretty cool, but I am most definitely not feelin the whole "zig zag" look for my entire house! I think it would make me puke.
Im guessing people were buying it all of to re-sell it to everyone that missed out....for a hefty price tag i bet!!
I think your candle scores are perfect. Just the right amount of Missoni to not puke...LOL
I posted about it too. I am kinda bothered (even though I am not really a Missoni fan) that a few greedy people ruined it for the average consumer. All these women bought $2000+++ cart fulls to re-sell on E-bay and while I know it is their prerogative, I feel bad for the person who just wanted a little piece of Missoni at a Target price.
PS. I want to add that there was not anything I personally wanted I just think the whole thing is unfair to people who did want some. If I headed up Target, i would place limits on future launches to discourage re-sale.
Sorry, not a fan of this line. My style is more classic I guess. The zig zag pattern is too much. Would love to see your though!
no..i wasn't there....
i wanted to be...and i'm still fuming.
But!!! I did head over to Walmart to make my self feel better. It was great.
There are some cute tights and jackets in that Target line for sure, but it is going to be SO familiar and overdone now . . . that well, call me snobby in my own way (and I don't think I am really a snob) that the mass frenzy of it will take away much of the charm of the designs. For me, anyway. I don't want to look like a Target/Missoni ad. That might be why I am really not into designer labels at all anyway. Not even if I had the money.
ugh! so mad i missed the madness. was there in the morning. girl in front of me had all kinds of little girl cuteness clothes and then i saw the story.
I WISH!!! I went the next day at 9 after seeing on facebook that it sold out pretty quickly...I thought...surely not in Oklahoma City...but I was WRONG! There were just a few things...Ah dinner plate, Ah scarf, Ah makeup bag, Ah package of gift tags...you get my drift. I really wanted the black & white circle rug for my bathroom but missed out on it :-( I also wanted some office supplies b/c they were soooo CUTE! Oh well...you snooze (literally) you lose!
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Q: I know that floating plants help shade my pond, but what do submerged plants do?
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A: Got plants? If you're like most pond hobbyists, you probably have plenty of growing and blooming greenery surrounding your water garden – but what about sub-surface varieties? Underwater plants, like hornwort, and red stemmed parrots feather, offer great benefits to your water feature and its inhabitants, including:
Filtration: Underwater plants naturally filter your water. How? Plants, with their copious amounts of surface area on their leaves, stems and roots, absorb nitrates and fish waste – which is actually fertilizer to them. The result is a body of water that's cleaner and clearer, thanks to Mother Nature's nitrogen cycle.
Predator Protection: Sub-surface plants also give your fish and other pond critters places to hide when predators stalk or attack. Koi and goldfish will swim into the lush growth and hide out when a raccoon stops by the pond or a blue heron circles overhead. The greenery provides excellent camouflage for your finned friends.
Aesthetic Appeal: As popular as they may be, gravel-bottom ponds are boring. And they're not very natural-looking either. Have you ever seen a wild pond or lake with no plants beneath the surface? Nope, didn't think so. Ponds planted with below-the-waterline foliage create a more realistic-looking – and aesthetically pleasing – water feature, which is something most (if not all!) hobbyists hope to achieve.
Oxygen: Underwater plants are called "oxygenators" for a reason. They naturally produce oxygen as a byproduct of photosynthesis – and oxygen is one of the best things for your pond's health and vitality. When submerged plants are used in combination with a sub-surface aeration system, you'll wind up with cleaner water that truly supports your pond's inhabitants.
Spawning Areas: The leaves, stems and root systems of underwater plants give your pond life safe places to spawn and lay their eggs. And when those tiny fry hatch, the plants provide protection, food and a comfy place to call home.
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Lady Flames bury Golden Gophers, enter Frozen Four at 3-0
March 8, 2013 | Ashburn, Va.
A counterattack goal immediately after a second-period penalty kill lifted Liberty University's Division I women's hockey team to a 3-0 lead en route to a 5-0 thrashing of third-seeded Minnesota in Friday afternoon's third round of the ACHA Division I national tournament at The Ashburn (Va.) Ice House.
The Golden Gophers mounted three serious threats during the two-minute power play early in the second, with Lady Flames sophomore goalie Samantha Rupp blocking a shot by Ellie Gleason and smothering a follow-up attempt on the third.
Rupp posted her sixth shutout of the season, dropping her goals-against average below 1.00.
"Everybody played really well, but Sam was absolutely outstanding in net today," Liberty head coach Paul Bloomfield said, noting Minnesota actually outshot the Lady Flames 33-29 for the game. "She saved our bacon in net today four or five times. She did an outstanding job."
On the ensuing faceoff, Liberty freshman defender Autumn Kucharczyk caught the puck in front of Rupp and started a fast break with an outlet to the right wing. Carrie Jickling flagged it down and skated past a defender before sliding an assist to Laura Del Monte for a point-blank putaway in the left crease.
The attacking line of Jickling, senior forward Carly Peleshok, who netted two goals, and Del Monte was nearly unstoppable in the first two periods.
"We call it the green line," Bloomfield said. "They were just firing, doing an amazing job. They're just clicking."
The Golden Gophers (14-3-1) had dominated their first two opponents (Rhode Island and Michigan) by a 10-1 margin on Thursday, but the Lady Flames didn't waste any time showing who was the No. 1 team in the nation for the last three ACHA DI polls.
"The girls really played well," Bloomfield said. "(Minnesota) was really, really strong, but our girls wanted it so bad, they kept going. It was amazing. It was an awesome game."
The Lady Flames, who beat the Wolverines 3-1 and Rams 6-0 on Thursday, established early control against the Golden Gophers when senior forward Stacey McCombe, Liberty's leading scorer, skated down the right edge and sent a crossing feed to Sarah Stevenson in the right crease. From there, she lifted a wrist shot top shelf past Minnesota goalie Samantha Balster for a 1-0 lead less than five minutes into the action. Just 42 seconds later, Peleshok recovered a loose puck in the left corner, skated in toward the left crease and snuck her shot inside the right post for a 2-0 advantage.
Kucharczyk made it 4-0 midway through the second period with a blistering wrist shot from the left circle that flipped off the glove of Balster into the back of the net. Late in the second, Jickling chased down a lead pass in the left corner and sent a beautiful crossing pass to Peleshok near the right post where she put away her second goal and the Golden Gophers in one fell swoop from short range.
The Lady Flames (28-2), seeking their first-ever national title, and the rest of the tournament's top four seeds advance to this weekend's Frozen Four. Liberty, the only undefeated team left in the field, will play fourth-seeded Robert Morris Illinois (28-7) in Saturday's first semifinal at 11 a.m. before Minnesota takes on second-seeded Massachusetts (19-5-2) in the second at 1:15 p.m. UMass edged RM 2-1 in Friday's morning game.
The winners of Saturday's semifinals will meet for the championship at 3 p.m. Sunday following the 11 a.m. consolation final to determine third place.
Liberty split two games at Robert Morris in Chicago's Edge Arena in January, losing a physical battle on the second contest after Rupp posted a shutout in the opener.
Lady Flames fans can tune in to a live webcast of the game on pay-per-view.


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How is the Indirect Power Feat supposed to work when it comes to changing the direction of the effect? Indirect's description is essentially identical in UP and core, so unless you say otherwise I'll assume the answer applies to both.
In particular, Taliesin recently made the following point:
The description for Lightning in UP's Weather Control power (pg 203) is an Indirect 2 Blast, but allows the Blast to be directed towards the ground from any point originating above the target, which appears to be beyond the explicit capabilities of Indirect 2 (any point directed away from you). Even Indirect 3 only explicitly permits directing the effect towards you, although I think most people allow it to be pointed at any direction (the way it works in HERO, which is actually what I tend to default to by habit).
I think that Indirect should perhaps be revamped slightly so that the directionality of ranks 1 and 2 could be chosen when the power is taken, but fixed once it is chosen, rather than specifically only away from the target. This appears to be the assumption for the Lightning AP in Weather Control, at least. So rank 1 is fixed direction, fixed point. Rank 2 is fixed direction, any point. Rank 3 is any point, any direction.
Clarification here is appreciated.
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Y1 = X1 + ... + Xk + e1
Y2 = X1 + ... + Xk + e2
The errors, e1 and e2, are presumed to be correlated. The correlation (rho) is estimated.
We hypothesize that the magnitude of rho is related to a categorical regressor (X1). To test this, we are fitting a separate model in each stratum defined by X1 and then testing for differences among the estimated rhos.
The above-described analyses are being performed using another statistical application. However, I believe we could use M-plus to do the work. That is, fit probit regressions to Y1 and Y2 using the WITH command to account for the correlation between the errors.
Would there be any way in M-plus to formulate a test as to whether the correlation between the regressions' errors varies with X1? It would be desirable to do this in a single estimation. However, a multi-group approach similar to what I describe above would also be reasonable.
I do not believe that we could use XWITH since Y1 and Y2 are not being regressed on one another.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Thursday, November 13, 2008 - 10:43 am
There are 2 alternatives, using ML or using WLSMV.
With ML you would use probit and capture the residual covariance by a factor that influences both y's (fix one loading and the factor mean and variance, free the other loading). The multiple-group approach would be handled via "Knownclass" using Type=Mixture (see UG).
With WLSMV you could specify a residual covariance using y1 WITH y2 and use multiple-group analysis.
Both approaches can use Model Test to get a Wald test of any assumed form for the size of the correlation as a function of x1 group membership. Neither approach, unfortunately can use the VARIABLE command "Constraint=x1;" option (because it is not available with ML in connection with numerical integration or with WLSMV).
posted on Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 5:50 pm
Is there a way to compute predicted probabilities after running a bivariate probit regression? I found a formula on this page (
) - scroll to after it presents R-square output - but I would prefer not to have to calculate them manually. Thank you.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 10:57 am
There is not an automatic way to compute them. But the formulas you see there can be expressed in terms of model parameters in Model Constraint.
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Hishammuddin Hussein told a news conference that the pilot, Capt. Zaharie Ahmad Shah, is considered innocent until proven guilty of any wrongdoing, and that members of his family are cooperating in the investigation. Files containing records of simulations carried out on the program were deleted Feb. 3, Malaysian police chief Khalid Abu said.
Deleting files would not necessarily represent anything unusual, especially if it were to free up memory space, but investigators would want to check the files for any signs of unusual flight paths that could help explain where the missing plane went.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 with 239 people aboard disappeared March 8 on a night flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. Malaysian authorities have not ruled out any possible explanations, but have said the evidence so far suggests the flight was deliberately turned back across Malaysia to the Strait of Malacca. They are unsure what happened next.
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Relatives of passengers on the missing airliner have grown increasingly frustrated over the lack of progress in the search, in its 12th day on Wednesday. Planes sweeping across vast expanses of the Indian Ocean and satellites peering on Central Asia have turned up no new clues in the hunt.
"It's really too much. I don't know why it is taking so long for so many people to find the plane. It's 12 days," Subaramaniam Gurusamy, 60, said in an interview from his home on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. His 34-year-old son, Pushpanathan Subramaniam, was on the flight heading to Beijing for a work trip.
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This post originally appeared in National Journal.
Congress is captive to the calendar.
Deadlines dictate action.
There is no regular order, only regular disorder.
Disorder is here to stay, and we'd better start understanding where it came from, why it persists, and how to adjust to what will be an ever-tighter cycle of budget stalemates, flirtations with default, and high-stakes budget haggling.
That means shedding clichés about national consensus or national mood as it relates to Congress. No one in Congress wins or loses reelection based on national polls or generic-ballot comparisons. Especially not in October of an odd-numbered year. Democrats hold a 47 percent to 39 percent generic-ballot advantage over Republicans in the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, for example. Just for some historical context, let's look at the same poll taken a month before House Democrats lost 63 seats to Republicans in 2010. That survey showed Democrats leading Republicans 46 percent to 44 percent in the generic ballot. What's more, the same poll in October 2009 gave Democrats a 46 percent to 38 percent generic lead over Republicans.
Not only do things change in politics, national numbers obscure district-by-district truths and gloss over individual members' calculations about legislative votes.
At this stage of any congressional year, if members sift any national polling data, it's to find out how incumbents are viewed. Anti-incumbency waves are indiscriminate. Just ask former Democratic Reps. Jim Oberstar, Ike Skelton, and Gene Taylor (2010) or Republicans Nancy Johnson, Jim Leach, and Anne Northup (2006).
The incumbency news is not very good. When asked in the NBC/WSJ poll, "If there were a place on your ballot that allowed you to vote to defeat and replace every single member of Congress, including your own representative, would you do this, or not," 60 percent said yes. That same poll right before the 2010 election registered 45 percent.
Similarly, the Pew Research Center detects record-high anti-incumbent sentiment. Seventy-four percent of respondents now say they would like to see most members of Congress defeated, and 38 percent oppose reelection of their own representative. In 2010 and 2006, Pew's numbers were never higher than 57 percent on defeating most members of Congress. In 2006, only 25 percent opposed reelection of their representative. In 2010, that number was 29 percent.
When anti-incumbent sentiments are building, partisans get right with their base. That improves their chances of winning a primary, should there be one, and the general election, because their base will be focused and more motivated.
This matters very much in the House just now because the partisans are having their say. Back when defunding or delaying Obamacare was part of the shutdown saga, Pew found 77 percent of Republicans thought President Obama ought to agree to changes in his health care law. In the same survey, 75 percent of Democrats thought Republicans should agree to a deal that left Obamacare untouched. Even when respondents were asked if the only way to end the shutdown was to compromise, 58 percent of Democrats said it would be unacceptable for Obama to accept cuts or delays in Obamacare, and 54 percent of Republicans said it would be unacceptable to take any deal that didn't cut or delay the health care law.
Put another way, majorities in both parties would take a government shutdown over compromising on Obamacare.
Now, let's turn to the potential of default.
Sixty-three percent consider it a serious problem. But after two weeks of apocalyptic rhetoric about what default might mean for the U.S. and global economy, a small majority still fear raising the debt ceiling to avoid default more than they fear default itself.
In the NBC/WSJ poll, 41 percent said they were more concerned that Congress "will raise the debt ceiling and that federal spending will increase and the government will go further into debt as a result." By comparison, 37 percent said they were more concerned the government would default and not make "payments to Social Security recipients and government workers." This is in a poll with a 9-point split in Obama supporters over Mitt Romney supporters (44 percent to 35 percent). How do you think those questions poll among tea-party Republicans or in most GOP-held House districts?
Just for good measure, let's look at the same survey's take on Obamacare. Thirty-percent of respondents (remember the +9 Obama voter advantage) said they found the law to be a "good idea" while 43 percent thought it was a "bad idea."
This is not a commentary on tactics or legislative strategy on the shutdown or the looming default. It's abundantly clear there is no strategy. Legislative tactics are ad hoc. No one can count enough votes to move a bill in the House or the Senate.
This paralysis is a symptom of a deeper condition: polarization. The country disagrees on big issues. Even the trauma of a government shutdown isn't dislodging partisans. That means the lawmakers who represent these disparate points of view are not going to move voluntarily.
They have to be forced into compromise. What is the forcing mechanism? The crisis vise--a looming and politically frightening crisis that applies equal external pressure to entrenched partisans. The crisis vise forces compromise. It also creates enough public concern/anxiety that compromise is not considered an act of surrender.
The crisis vise is the common denominator in every budget saga.
Fear of a government shutdown led to nominal budget cuts in April 2011.
Fear of default led to passage of the Budget Control Act in August 2011.
Fear of the so-called fiscal cliff led this January to the first income-tax increase since 1991.
The vise is the only thing that has worked. There is no coming together. There is only external pressure.
Those compromises averted crises but did not please the partisans. If anything, partisans are more resistant to compromise than ever. The crisis vise may have limitations, just like antibiotics.
Fear of default is applying maximum pressure on the system right now. What we are seeing now--this week--is the potential limits of this pressure. That's the biggest story of the year, possibly of this entire era of divided government.
The specter of a government shutdown forced a compromise in April 2011. It didn't this month.
The shutdown is now 16 days old.
The threat of a government default yielded a debt-ceiling and deficit-reduction compromise in 2011.
Default is a day away.
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The problem with all this is that all the female character is saying is that she is bitter that today's new paleontologists are only into it because it is cool (or was, 15 years ago...) and that she was into it before it was cool. The pun is supposed to be that when they were not popular ("underground") they were also literally underground. And that only makes if paleontology is no longer about digging up bones (false, as far as I know) or if the Jurassic Park mania were still going on (certainly not the case). So it all adds up to basically just a tired and lame pun, and it's that kind of pun that gives the others a bad name.
I don't like Randall acting like he's an expert on all sorts of random fields. Obviously he can make plenty of computer science references because that's his thing but to get into details of paleontology seems kind of pretentious to me.
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Photographed leaving Los Angeles yesterday – Caleb, Nathan, Jared, Matthew, also known as Kings of Leon. This is the summer they became mainstream and very popular. Now everyone is a KoL expert, everyone knows enough to claim that Because of the Times is better than Only By The Night, Sex On Fire is the new cougar anthem, and the MiniVan Majority can't wait to play it after the kids go to bed.
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ST. PETERSBURG -- Center fielder Desmond Jennings got a critical pinch-hit RBI single in the seventh inning of Friday night's win, then was lifted for a pinch-runner.
Jennings did not start again on Saturday night because of a lingering groin problem.
"He's the same today, coming off the bench, and we'll probably have to pinch-run for him again," manager Joe Maddon said. "It's kind of like a sore groin area. We don't think it's anything serious, but I don't want to push him right now, especially on this turf."
Maddon allowed that head trainer Ron Porterfield does not think the injury to be too serious.
"The fact we were willing to pinch-hit him yesterday speaks to that, too," Maddon said. "I honestly don't believe it's horrible. I'm not getting that from Ronnie. [We'll] go with him lightly this weekend, give him a day off [when the Rays are off on Monday] and see what he looks like on Tuesday."
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— Niggaz Don't Want It
[mr. cheeks]
Back up off of dat speed
Yo, back up off of dat speed
Queens most wanted
Yo, back the fuck up
Chorus x3: niggaz don't want it over here, niggaz gettin blunted over here
[mr. cheeks]
Spiggy nice, field jackets and I keep my jeans saggin
You use the ? ? ? , see it's ? ? ? sense the dragon
It's lost boyz crew in 96, sometimes queen's mother fuckas
Bring the ruckus, clear the floor
I try to maintain, but niggaz they be fuckin wit my brain
Kid I've in this game ever since 13
It's your worst nightmare cause I'm far from a dream
Some niggaz wanna scream, I keep it quiet when I scheme
They called us on the humble, me and freekie tah got stuck
Now it's time for me and freekie tah to blow the fuck up
For real I'd rather puff a l in my act
Or creap thru the streets with my seats layed back
Or now I'm the versatile tile
They keep it to my now, my made style is runnin wild
I run with crews of individuals that break backs
Cause know a-days niggaz fake jacks
Fuck all your crews and your individuals
Who refuse to use mics as tools, kid ya lose that
To violate the lost boyz that's a warnin', keep it real in 96 shit is on it
Chorus x4
[freekie tah]
You done made the wrong move
That'll get in ya
Ima bust it in with this ill type of beat
Cause you know freekie tah got this ill technique
Style, I'm buckwild
I gotta flip some shit, the flip, the flip
The flippin the script
But let me bounce now, back in the game
Freekie tah leakin no shame to my name
Niggaz know my style, niggaz lookin now
Niggaz don't wanna hurt me that's word to my pow
They don't know what, what the fucks goin' on
What the fuck get outta here
Let me go and do this by myself
Got my 4-4 from my fuckin shelf
I stay with my gun, I roll with my gun
I never lose my gun, but yo I'm on the run now
Chorus x3
Interlude: [mr. cheeks]
We do this everyday, yo brin g the drama
[mr. cheeks]
The year is 84, it's time for me to enter with the ill shit
Freekie tah got my back, watch him kill shit
Lost boyz representi south side, jamaica, queens one time for your mind
I wear my jeans cuse kid I got the horror, and if I die tonight bury me in
My jeans tomorrow
Nigga, you wanna battle me but first face reality
Cause when I'm done with you I'm doin' jacks fatality
On you and your bullshit crew, kid I thougt ya knew how us lb's do
We comin thru, a 1000 ghetto men
We creap, so don't sleep
I'm stayin out of sight, only at night is when I creap
I ? ? ? to wonda put em on him, I tried to warn him in my session
I put this to his brain, I'm crazy insane at this confession
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And I got warrants, I fuck all the cops
They get the middle finga
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North Timpanogos Climber's Log
Pfeiffer75 - May 9, 2010 10:34 pm Date Climbed: Apr 14, 2010Climbed via CFC
Climbed via CFC with the WMC. Very good snow climb. The cornices on the summit looked very dangerous
ZeeJay - Apr 17, 2010 8:10 pm Date Climbed: Apr 17, 2010CFC
WMC hike up Cold Fusion Couloir led by Moogie737. Beautiful day, beautiful conditions, and a great group of people. Near the summit, I commented to Moogie737 that if I stepped just a couple of inches over to my left, off of the rocks, onto some snow, that I thought I'd really be walking on air since there was a deep crack and I couldn't see the bottom. Sure enough, two seconds later it all tumbled away down a thousand feet in a very dramatic fashion.
builttospill - Jan 27, 2010 4:54 pm Date Climbed: Jul 1, 2008Grunge Couloir
I had attempted Grunge couloir once before, but went into the wrong couloir in my haste and got cliffed out.
This time I climbed the couloir without incident (though the brush getting into the cirque to the couloir is AWFUL and I will never go back because of it), and then traversed Bomber Peak over the saddle with Main Timpanogos. Unfortunately, just below Emerald Lake I slipped near the end of a snowfield and sprained my ankle badly. I had to walk 7 miles out on a sprained ankle and spent a couple of weeks on crutches. I managed to recover just in time to go on a succession of Tetons trips in August, but it was a rough walk out.
AjaxHiker - Sep 28, 2009 5:21 pm Date Climbed: Sep 26, 2009N. Summit to S. Summit Ridge Traverse
From the Timpooneke TH, this was a spectacular day. 300+ people had signed the main summit register that day, but I didn't see a soul off the main route & not more than 25 people had signed in at the North Timp summit all year.
Somehow I have bumbled my way into climbing all of the Wasatch 11'ers, except for North Peak just north of Nebo. Trying to get there before the snow comes...
craghag - Jul 18, 2009 11:31 am Date Climbed: Jul 17, 2009North Timp
Grizz-Lee route.......with the iconic duo!
apachedino - Jul 5, 2009 2:50 pm Date Climbed: May 25, 2009Coldfusion
Fantastic glissading. Not as tough as I thought. Monster cornices on top with tons of ladybugs.
ericwillhite - Jun 28, 2009 4:17 am Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2009South Ridge
Did a traverse from the normal trail up the mountain, most of the ridge has a climbers trail making it easy. Left late around 4 which put me on the summit at 7:30pm. Back to car at 10....no breaks. Now I hurt. Pics and report at http://www.willhiteweb.com/wasatch/north_timpanogos/timpanooneke_194.htm
Scott Wesemann - May 28, 2009 1:03 pm Date Climbed: May 27, 2009Amazing!
Climbed via the Cold Fusion couloir with Matt Van Horn and Sean Peckham. The conditions were perfect and we had a great time. Had a niiiiice glissade, although I did have to self arrest once to keep from getting dumped onto a steep snow slope full of rocks. The views were fantastic. What a perfect day.
6/9/10- Via The Grunge Couloir with Apachedino and Matt Van Horn. This might be the best snow climb in the wasatch. (see trip report)
Also there is a video of our climb here:
vanman798 - Jun 2, 2008 1:03 am Date Climbed: Oct 26, 2012Five Years in a Row.
Traversed Timp Oct 26, 2012 from Aspen Grove up to South Summit, over to main summit, on to Bomber and N. Timp and down the Cold Fusion Coulior. Took 12 hours 15 minutes.
April 21, 2012 - Fifth year in a row. This year climbed via the Cold Fusion Coulior. The snow was soft, and there was a lot of natural slide activity from the warm day before. We started at 2:30 am, and reached the base of the coulior by 5:28 am (slow). The coulior which in the past has taken as little as 2 hours to climb, took more than 3 hours, and then 15 minutes to the true peak from the false one. Nice Sunny day. It took under 2 hours to descend the coulior, and we were back to the car by 1:30 pm.
May 16, 2011 - Fourth year in a row, and second year in a row up the Grunge Coulior.
June 15, 2010 - Third year in a row, so this time I used a different route, The Grunge Couloir. Great route, but be mindfull of falling rocks.
May 9, 2009: Climbed via the Cold Fusion Couloir as part of a group of eight from the Wasatch Mountain Club. Made much better time than last year. Round trip was just over 8 hours.
May 31, 2008 : Sean Peckham and I reached the base of the cold fusion couloir before sunrise at 5:30 am, and had nice hard snow, and clear weather, all the way to the peaks. Amazing views from the peaks!
seanpeckham - Jun 1, 2008 1:50 pm Date Climbed: May 31, 2008Route Climbed: Cold Fusion Couloir
First time, May 31, 2008 with vanman798. Tough route, not just because of the 5-mile approach! Especially with such an early start that I didn't sleep a wink the night before, and carrying the extra weight of skis for the descent, which was worth the effort. We had perfect snow conditions: hard on the way up, and for the descent, a bit choppy but very edgeable at the top, creamy corn in the middle, and near-slush only at the very bottom. The snow was patchy near the top of the couloir so I had to downclimb a bit before putting on skis, but my first several turns were in very narrow bands of 45º snow between bare talus. North Timp is a beautiful and awesome mountain; I loved the summit, and this route deserves its status as the trendy thing to do this spring. I had a great time.
Second time, May 27, 2009 with Scott Wesemann and Matt Van Horn. More filled-in in the couloir this time, but less snowy on the summit ridge. Got a later start this time and made better time in total. The skiing was even more perfect this time, started higher, dodged fewer rocks, and had really good corn the whole way.
marauders - May 16, 2007 12:05 am Date Climbed: May 12, 2007Route Climbed: Cold Fusion Couloir
Nice route! Fun terrain and beautiful scenery. I love to travel the Timpanogos massif this time of year. The snow provides an alpine feeling and the mountain is totally void of visitors. We didn't see anyone else on the mountain.
Travis Atwood - May 12, 2007 11:50 pm Date Climbed: May 12, 2007Cold Fusion Couloir
This route was absolutely amazing and has the best glissade of any route I've ever been on. Climbed with Marauders and Ammon Hatch.
Ammon Hatch - May 12, 2007 6:10 pm Date Climbed: May 12, 2007Cold Fusion Coulior
May 16, 2011 - Climbed via Grunge Couloir and descended Cold Fusion. Did both the upper and lower couloirs on ascent, rather than the normal approach, which made for a great route. Highly recommended. Awesome conditions kept the rockfall minimized and made for great cliombing. Unfortunately we were also socked in and had poor vosibility. More unfortunately, the descent was terrible and we weren't able to glissade.
May 12, 2007 - Went up with Marauders and Tatwood. It was a strenuous climb to be sure. It took 3 1/2 hours to get up the col from the Timpooneke road, and 15 minutes to slide back down on my butt :)
Lubos - Nov 6, 2006 4:52 am Date Climbed: Nov 5, 2006Timp, Aspen Grove
I just came back from Timp. Great weather, no soul around all day and about 2 feet snow. Just another wonderful day on Timp.
deafutahhiker - Aug 30, 2005 5:10 pmRoute Climbed: Unsure, from Sundance area Date Climbed: 30 August 2004
One of the longest hike for me ever... 12 hours total
Boy, were we tired! The views were awesome, and once arriving at the saddle, we noticed some people turning around back because they could not cope with the sheer dropoff on the western side. It was a great hike!
lpollock - Aug 21, 2005 12:58 pmRoute Climbed: Massif Traverse Date Climbed: August 20, 2005
Nice and easy...but it sucks having to lose and then regain all the elevation coming from the southeast along Timp's main ridge.
GlennMerrill - Jul 8, 2005 4:07 amRoute Climbed: Grunge Couloir Date Climbed: July 2, 2005
The Grunge is a great route. We started late so the snow was soft and we could kick steps, so we didn't need pro.
I plan to go back when the snow is more icy.


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Clinical evaluation of an asymptomatic individual in the general population aimed at identifying abnormalities which might signal the presence of a specific medical condition. The intent is to find diseases at the earliest possible stage in their development in order to improve the chances for cure or reduce morbidity.
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Checking for disease when there are no symptoms. Since screening may find diseases at an early stage, there may be a better chance of curing the disease. Examples of cancer screening tests are the mammogram (breast), colonoscopy (colon), and the Pap test and HPV test (cervix). Screening can also include checking for a person's risk of developing an inherited disease by doing a genetic test.
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Automated Parts Cleaning
To maintain its high standards—less than 1 ppm and 97 percent on-time delivery—without increasing operating costs, the company recently replaced aqueous parts-cleaning machines that it had used for more than 10 years. Solvent systems were ruled out from the outset, due to previous experience and environmental concerns, but Weiss-Aug did evaluate chlorinated-solvent vapor systems, fluorohydrocarbons and other methods.
Environmentally Friendly Cleaning
Thorough analysis led the company to an environmentally friendly non-chlorinated hydrocarbon cleaning system rom German manufacturer Dürr Ecoclean—the 80C. Hydrocarbon cleaning, widely used in Europe due to strict environmental laws, has become more popular in North America. After outperforming every other process in extensive tests, according to Weiss-Aug officials, the 80C was installed in mid-2006 by Dürr Ecoclean's U.S. operation based in Wixom, MI. It immediately achieved reductions of 70 percent or more in operating costs, cycle time and floor space.
"The Dürr system has a superb level of cleanliness compared to other methods," says Tom Sheridan, Weiss-Aug manager of stamping. "It's better in throughput—our cycle time has been reduced by 80 percent —and requires less maintenance. Also, it's environmentally friendly, more compact and simple for the operator to use."
Completely Automated
With the completely automated cleaning system, part batches arrive in baskets via conveyor and enter an enclosed chamber, where they are twice flooded with a nonhalogenated hydrocarbon fluid to remove oils, grease, emulsions or swarf. The parts are rotated and/or oscillated to ensure that cleaning fluid reaches all surfaces of every part. Also, a vacuum pump reduces pressure in the work chamber so that the cleaning fluid will flow into blind holes and cavities. Vapor degreasing follows, then vacuum drying to vaporize the cleaning fluid and remove any remaining residue. Following the cleaning process, which takes only minutes, a conveyor carries parts out of the chamber for packaging.
Weiss-Aug programs the system to clean stampings of various sizes, configurations and materials. Via the new system, the company typically cleans as many as 12 different small parts per day, ranging from 0.004 to 1.5 in. long. One medical component has an ID of only 0.0967 in., and Weiss-Aug's IC contacts for PCB connectors are "like grains of sand," according to Sheridan. Part materials include stainless steel, beryllium, copper, and copper- and nickel-based alloys.
Although some cutting oils are thicker and more difficult to remove, the Dürr system removes them as efficiently as the thinner ones, according to company officials. Despite such variety, Weiss-Aug has found that all customers' parts can be cleaned by one of the five programs entered into the system when it was originally installed. The machine can store as many as eight individual programs.
"It's very easy to operate," says Sheridan. "The operator pushes a button and the basket loads onto the conveyor, goes in, comes out and cools off. That's another advantage over aqueous cleaning, which is very labor-intensive."
Drastic Cut in Cycle Time
Adding to efficiency, Weiss-Aug recycles the cleaning fluid, collecting it with the cutting oil in an onboard distillation system. The mixture is heated to evaporate the cleaning fluid into vapor, which can be used for vapor degreasing or condensed into fresh cleaning fluid and reused. Meanwhile, the cutting oil automatically discharges to a 55-gal. waste drum. The hydrocarbon fluid —more economical than the aqueous solutions previously used—also gets recycled. This, along with the system's energy efficiency and labor savings, adds to cost savings.
"We've reduced operating costs for parts cleaning by 70 to 75 percent per month," says Sheridan, "and the new system occupies 75 percent less floor space."
The footprint of the Dürr system measures 13.5 by 5 ft., not including the load/unload conveyor. This opened up space for other operations and simplified moving the system into Weiss-Aug. Installation and startup was aided by the fact that the system's performance had been pre-approved by customers based on test runs at Dürr's Wixom facility.
Though Weiss-Aug has been able to achieve significantly lower operating costs while maintaining quality and delivery commitments without environmental compromises, the best reason for employing the new cleaning system, according to Sheridan, was obvious.
"Our customers get a better, cleaner part," he says. "It's brilliantly clean, and the difference is easy to see." MF
Information for this article provided by Durr Ecoclean, Inc., Wixom, MI; Tel. 248/960-4630; www.durr-ecoclean.com.
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Eggs: trade regulations
Regulations for marketing and trading of eggs, registration, egg marking and inspections, salmonella and egg quality.
This guide is for businesses involved in the production and packing of hen eggs for human consumption, including hen laying establishments and egg packing centres.
It explains regulations on the marketing and trading of eggs, registration, egg marking and inspections, sampling requirements under the Salmonella National Control Plan and egg quality standards.
The regulations apply to eggs from laying hens sold for human consumption. They also cover hatching, farmyard poultry chicks, and in shell for human consumption, hen, turkey, goose, duck, and guinea fowl eggs.
Nearly all laying hen establishments must be registered and allocated a distinguishing number, and almost all eggs sold at retail and catering outlets within the EU must be marked with a code identifying the establishment, country of origin and method of production.
Registration of laying hen establishments
The Registration of Establishments (Laying Hens) Regulations 2003 require all laying hen establishments with 350 or more laying hens to be registered with the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA). This includes caged, barn, free range or organic egg-producing hens.
You must also register with APHA as a producer if:
- you have 50 or more hens and any of your eggs are marketed at a local public market
- any of your eggs are marketed to registered packing centres
If you sell eggs to shops or catering outlets, you must be approved and authorised as a packing centre by APHA so you can grade them as Class A eggs.
Registration is free. Your establishment will be allocated a number which is made up of:
- a digit (0, 1 , 2 or 3) indicating the farming method
- the country of origin code
- a unique identification number for the establishment
This number must be stamped on all eggs graded as Class A.
Guidance and forms
- Egg production site: registration
- Egg packing centre: registration
- Egg packing centre: application for designation
- Egg hatchery and chick breeding premises: registration
- Guidance on the regulations for the production and marketing of hatching eggs and poultry chicks
Great Britain Poultry Register
If you keep more than 50 poultry of any kind, and of any mix, these must be registered on the Great Britain Poultry Register.
Find out how to register your poultry.
Egg marking
All Class (Grade) A eggs sold at retail outlets and public markets within the EU must be stamped with a code which identifies the:
- method of production - eg organic, free range, barn or cage
- country of origin
- hen laying establishment
There are a few exceptions. The regulations do not apply in full to hen eggs sold directly to the consumer for their own use:
- by the producer on their own farm
- by the producer through door-to-door selling
- by the producer in a local public market
In these circumstances, the producer cannot make any use of the quality or weight grading terms.
Stamping eggs tells the consumer where the eggs have come from and their level of quality. It can also help egg marking inspectors to trace eggs and enforce EU egg marketing regulations. This can be particularly useful in the event of an infectious disease outbreak.
If you have fewer than 50 birds and sell at a public market you do not have to mark your eggs with a producer code. However, you must display your name, address, the best before date and advice on how to keep eggs chilled after purchase. You should also be aware that individual markets still may have their own rules which require the stamping of a producer code on hen eggs.
If you have 50 or more hens you will need to be registered and stamp eggs with your producer code along with the best before date and advice to keep eggs chilled after purchase.
Assurance schemes
Assurance schemes provide information to consumers on the conditions of production and origin of particular foods. They are voluntary organisations, developed by the poultry industry to ensure that standards of welfare, traceability, husbandry, storage and other aspects of production are met to increase consumer confidence.
The British Lion Mark indicates that eggs are produced to a code of practice operated by the British Egg Industry Council. Around 85 per cent of UK eggs are stamped with the British Lion Mark accreditation.
The Laid in Britain Scheme is a consortium of independent egg producers and packers which markets locally and regionally with traceable produce.
The egg marketing inspectors (EMIs) are part of APHA and are responsible for enforcing the legislation which covers the production and marketing of eggs up to, but not including, retail and catering level. However, EMIs can carry out inspections at retail and catering premises if required.
EMIs work in England and Wales, wherever hen eggs are produced, graded, packed, imported and marketed in any way and at hatcheries. Scotland and Northern Ireland have their own inspectors.
To contact your local EMI, telephone or email your nearest APHA Field Services.
Salmonella control
Salmonella infection in eggs is a common cause of food poisoning in humans and can cause serious illness. In the case of poultry, there is a possibility of transmission of infection in or on eggs from both breeding and laying flocks. However, the industry has done a lot to minimise risks, and the introduction of regulations has further helped to improve the control and prevention of Salmonella.
The Eggs and Chicks (England) Regulations 2009 introduced salmonella-related controls on the use of eggs intended for human consumption, in line with the Salmonella National Control Programme (NCP) for laying hens.
The requirements of the NCP apply to all operators producing eggs on a commercial basis, except where:
- all production is for private domestic use
- the holding has fewer than 350 hens and supplies direct to the consumer or via local retailers
All flocks on premises with more than 350 laying hens must comply with the Salmonella NCP. Official sampling is done by APHA egg marketing inspectors, except for producers in the British Egg Industry Council Lion Code.
You must not market eggs for human consumption which have originated from flocks:
- infected with Salmonella enteritidis or Salmonella typhimurium
- of 'unknown health status' (not tested according to the NCP) unless those eggs are heat-treated (pasteurised) to eliminate the salmonella
Keepers of laying flocks are also required to follow a sampling and testing programme set out in the NCP to assess whether Salmonella is present on-farm.
For more information, see poultry farming: health regulations.
Disposal of poultry waste
You must dispose of any waste or surplus eggs in line with the Animal By-Products Regulations, which control any eggs that are not sent for processing within the food or non-food industries.
Every part of an egg is considered at least as Category 3 waste (low risk). In some cases the high risk Category 2 may apply to eggs from hens showing signs of transmissible disease which places further restrictions on disposal options.
Find out how to safely dispose of poultry waste
International trade
There are EU regulations to follow if you are exporting or importing eggs.
Eggs and egg products for import and export need to be classified with a commodity code.
Find out how to register as a trader to export agricultural products
Find out how to apply for a licence to export/import agricultural products
Find out how to apply for an export health certificate.
The European Community publishes a list of countries from which EU member states may import eggs for human consumption. You are not allowed to import eggs from countries not on the list.


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