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James Marsden to play Ron Burgundy's nemesis in Anchorman: The Legend Continues
Ron Burgundy has a new rival and his name is James Marsden.
That's right. In ANCHORMAN: THE LEGEND CONTINUES, Burgundy (played by Will Ferrell) with Marsden as his, "rival anchor and nemesis." Unfortunately, that's all we have right now. I wonder if there will be one central rival, or if there would be a few like in the original. I can see Marsden playing this total Ken doll like newsanchor who is charming to all the ladies. Hes like the more successful Brian Fantana who takes his news very seriously and is getting a ton of attention.
There's nothing I'm more excited for than this. Marsden is super underrated in my opinion. Did you guys see him as Rex in SEX DRIVE? He made that movie. I've added the best of that character in the video below. So f*cking hilarious.
Also, who is excited for Kristen Wiig in this as Brick Tamland's wife? I know that's still a rumor at this point, but wouldn't that be amazing? I can only imagine the sort of woman that is married to Tamland. I would give anything to go to this set visit.
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I saw a documentary years ago on Bowie and Iggy and their Berlin years (76-78 when the wall was still up for the recording of Low, Lust for Life and The Idiot). The thing that caught my attention was the studio, in particular the room and technique used for the vocals on Heroes.
My good Berliner friend Ganesha, set me up for a special Bowie tour seeing the studio and Bowie and Iggys old apartment, cafe, restaurant and favourite clubs ending with a Bowie exhibition.
Bowie nicknamed the live room in the studio the "big hall by the wall" because the room is huge and at about 400m you could see the guards in the towers on the wall from the control room window. In a huge list of other artists associated with Hansa are Depeche Mode, Nick Cave and U2.

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"I live in a State that excludes, that is racist, misogynist, hetero-patriarchal. I name myself as an identity that this oppressive State refuses to acknowledge. It does not want the political subject I am to build myself, to be autonomous, to define myself. I am striving to recover my roots and to strengthen my identity, acknowledging the external and internalized oppression, as we in Kaqla say. That is what we are doing, trying to build ourselves as political subjects, with personal leadership as a step to be able to do it at the collective level."
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This is a belated thank you note to all the lesbian feminists – older women in particular – who welcomed me with open arms when I decided to become a lesbian.
You helped me discard almost three decades of pretty successful heterosexual training, and released me from the resignation that men or isolation (most likely both, since they go together) were my future.
There were things you could have warned me about
the pain the intensity the pain the intensity fucking hell the pain and no they weren't BDSM relationships but as men don't compare and therefore provide no reference, you wouldn't have prepared me anyway.
I haven't looked back, and now it's a revelation watching other women as they leave their husbands and boyfriends, and come out as lesbians with the same mixture of excitement, shell-shock and sense of coming home that I had. This wasn't supposed…
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Political lesbianism is not an 'identity', this is queer BS talk. Political lesbianism is a process. A process of understanding the ways in which we, and our sisters, have been personally damaged by the hetero-patriarchy. It is a recognition that, on a personal and political level, we do not have to be intimately involved with a system which is deeply damaging to us and we can love other women in all ways instead of competing with them or mistrusting them.
It is not purely about sexuality (who you are attracted to). Nor is it about 'appropriating' the word lesbian while maintaining all outward appearances of being heterosexual and enjoying heterosexual benefits, such as they are. Nor will it, by itself, dismantle patriarchy, though it is a step along the way. Many women have found it easier to be radical activists without the burden of dissonance ringing in their…
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The greatest crime of the sex trade is how it drives trauma into each and every one of the prostituted.
The sex trade and its allies know this mental damage is inevitable, that if the trauma is push down deep enough it will form the ideal prostitute or "actor" in porn.
Trauma destroys memory, trauma destroys the will to believe in the future, trauma deaden the brain's access to knowing pain – trauma makes all the prostituted class into living dolls.
The prostituted class become nothing but a mass with holes and hands, for all men with money and the will to consume the prostituted to masturbate into.
Trauma makes sure that there is human left inside the prostituted class.
That is why the only solution is to completely abolish the sex trade – for we cannot live a whole class being into sex dolls and call ourselves a decent…
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A dreadful myth and the myth that many in authority use as a reason to legalise prostitution – the old myth that prostitution must be safe if it only placed indoors.
As a survivor of indoors prostitution, every cell of my body knows this is a horrific lie, a lie that is causing a genocide of the prostituted class to be hidden behind closed doors.
This is the lie that makes the UN think legalisation is a some answer to violence and disease in the prostituted class; this is the lie that allows governments to abandoned the prostituted class; this is the lie that underpins that prostitution is just sex work.
The lie that you make prostitution safe enough by just building more brothels, having more escorts and making it as invisible as possible to those who are not consuming the prostituted.
There's is the rub – it is not…
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This is a letter I received from the United Nations on why they are backing the decriminalisation of prostitution.
Dear Colleagues,
Thank you for your email messages and for your engagement in this important global challenge: how can the world reduce human rights violations while improving health outcomes in the context of sex work?
Let me start by underlining that efforts to combat sexual exploitation and human trafficking are critical to both protect human rights and to advance the AIDS response. To these ends, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) supports the implementation of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children.
We see as crucial, efforts focused on the identification and criminal prosecution of individuals and criminal networks that exploit and abuse sex workers through force…
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Transport System Planning
Different transport modes, their specific functions, logistics
networks, land use issues, funding and cooperation in the logistics
sector are included in the strategic planning of the long term Transport
System of Helsinki-Uusimaa Region.
The outcome of the Planning Process includes
- Development Objectives for the Logistics System
- Logistics and Development Strategy
- Descriptions of the Objectives for the target year
- Agreement on Intent
The planning covers mainly a period of 20-30 years, but also identifies actions needed earlier. Short term needs, projects and other actions are documented in an Agreement of Intent that guides the implementation according to a timetable agreed upon.
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If VR peaks your interest then you probably remember the OZO camera, announced last year by Nokia. Despite its long leave of absence from the smartphone scene, the Finnish giant is still innovating at full speed, as evident by the spherical device that came straight from the company's R&D department in Tampere.
The professional-grade VR camera has been available for purchase straight from Nokia's website, but with a eye-watering price tag of $60,000, we can't image it has been enjoying too much popularity. To try and address this, Nokia has now officially announced the names of three resellers of the OZO in Canada and the US – AbelCine, Off Hollywood and Radiant Images.
In addition to being able to pick one up from a more convenient location, all three companies are also offering the Nokia OZO for rent. This does sound like a better monetizing strategy for the still very niche technology.
Nokia OZO is the world's first VR camera designed for professionals. What this means is that it can be integrated easily into most industry work flows and even help in reducing overhead and production time. A key part in the process is the device's ability for real-time 3D viewing, eliminating the resource-consuming process of creating a panoramic image prior to playback.
The Nokia OZO boasts a total of eight lenses, each in front of a 2K x 2K sensor. Those cover a 360° x 180° viewing angle and produce a 3D image at 30fps with a 10 stop dynamic range and base sensitivity of ISO 400. There are eight mics to capture multi-directional sound too with 64dB S/N and 120dB max SPL.
The target audience for the content, created on the OZO, are head-mounted displays or any other form of VR viewing hardware available on the market.


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I just bought a 144hz monitor (BenQ XL2720Z) to connect to my Alienware 17R3 laptop. I have connected my monitor to the laptop via dual link dvi and I am running at 1920/1080p @ 60hz. My optimum resolution, as stated on monitor menu is 1920/1080 @120hz and that's what I'm trying to achieve. That's the whole reason I bought the monitor, otherwise I'd have spent $200 less and gotten a 60hz screen. The Nvidia control panel on my laptop doesn't allow for that 1920/1080 @120hz. I can get 120hz but only when I reduce screen resolution to 1024/768. That is the point at which the 120hz option becomes available in the refresh rate drop down box. Am I missing something? My dual link DVI cable is connect to laptop via an hdmi/DVI-D adapter. So my question is: is resolution output dependent on gpu, monitor, or cable connection? Is that hdmi adapter throttling the 120hz refresh that this monitor is capable of producing? Or is the gpu in my laptop simply not capable of producing that high a refresh at 1080p? I have ordered a USB-C to DisplayPort cable in hopes that will allow the high refresh and resolution but while I wait for it to arrive I'd like to know if you think I've wasted my money and that 60hz is all I'm going to get.
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Chrysler, Syntroleum to develop sulfur-free fuel
20 October 1998
Chrysler said it will team up with Syntroleum, a Tulsa, OK-based energy technology company, to develop sulfur-free fuels from natural gas that will burn cleaner than current crude oil-based fuels.
Fuels designed from Syntroleum's natural gas-to-liquids process would be able to run in today's vehicles without modification and be suitable for use with such future technologies as clean-burning diesel engines, fuel cells and hybrid electric vehicles, Chrysler said.
Syntroleum estimates the new fuels could sell for less than $1.50 a gallon. The company believes that designer fuels from natural gas could quickly become the most viable alternative fuel on the market and expects to begin making the fuel in the next few years.
The lack of sulfur and other properties will improve fuel efficiency, reduce emissions and produce quieter, smoother running engines, Chrysler said.
Sulfur free diesel fuels would also open the door for several catalyst-based aftertreatment technologies which are intolerant to sulfur and cannot be used with today's fuels.
Syntroleum announced earlier that it intends to apply for certification of its synthetic diesel fuels as alternative fuels under the EPACT.
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2015 College Fantasy Football WRs
2015 College Fantasy Football WRs:
Rankings, Profiles and Projections
The Gridiron Scholar
Summa Cum Laude
1. Keevan Lucas, Tulsa
The Golden Hurricane pass catcher kicked off the 2014 season with an eye-opening, 13-catch, 233-yard, three-touchdown outing against AAC-rival Tulane. When the season concluded, Keevan Lucas caught 101 passes for 1,219 yards and 11 touchdowns and earned Second Team All-AAC. He exceeded 100 yards receiving in five games, recorded double-digit catches in five contests, finished fifth nationally in receptions per game (8.4) and eleventh in receiving yards per game (101.6). At 5'10" and 198 pounds, the slot receiver owns the best hands in the conference and has a great work ethic. A physical competitor, he possesses good strength for his size and fights for the football. Tulsa hired coach Philip Montgomery, former offensive coordinator under Art Briles at Baylor, to upgrade the program, and he will implement a no-huddle, vertical offensive attack with a strong ground game. Montgomery's task appears daunting from the outside, but there are pieces in place to succeed. The Golden Hurricanes return four starting offensive linemen as well as quarterback Dane Evans. Of course, the offense will revolve around its elite junior juggernaut.
2015 Projections
Receiving Yards and TDs: 1,500 and 14
Total Fantasy Points: 234
2. Rashard Higgins, Colorado State
Last year, the sophomore sensation recorded a season for the ages at Colorado State, earning consensus All-American honors and being named a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award. Higgins led the nation with 1,750 receiving yards and 17 touchdowns, setting school records in both categories, and finished tenth with 96 receptions. Amazingly, his home runs averaged an astonishing 34.9 yards per score, and he logged two 73-yard touchdowns. In eight consecutive outings, Higgins topped the 100-yard barrier and totaled ten 100-yard games in 12 contests, missing the Hawaii game. He caught less than five passes only once and grabbed ten or more in five games. At 6'2" and 190 pounds, Higgins beats defenders vertically and uses speed and quickness on underneath routes. He is also an excellent route runner with terrific hands. The program underwent significant change in the offseason: The Rams lost prominent passer Garret Grayson, leading rusher Dee Hart and coach Jim McElwain as well as three starters on the offensive line. Nicknamed Hollywood, Higgins enjoys the spotlight and wants to earn the Biletnikoff Award. CFF fanatics hope that the true junior reaches his lofty goals despite the dramatic changes in the program.
2015 Projections
Receiving Yards and TDs: 1,550 and 13
Total Fantasy Points: 233
3. Josh Doctson, TCU
The top QB-WR duo in the nation may very well be Trevone Boykin and Josh Doctson: The Horned Frogs arguably employ the most explosive offense in the nation and begin the season favored to win the BIG 12. Leading the club in receptions (65), yards (1,018) and touchdowns (11) last year, the game breaker established a single-season school record in receiving yards and averaged over 15 yards per catch. Against Oklahoma State, Doctson illustrated his incredible play-making skills when he scored on 77- and 88-yard touchdowns. He finished the afternoon one-yard shy of the school record with 225 on seven catches. At 6'3" and 195 pounds, the redshirt senior employs long strides to create separation and has reliable ball skills with a large catch radius. Doctson utilizes his lanky frame to body up defenders, easily corralling high throws, and is nimble-fingered in the end zone. CFF owners underrate the TCU receiver, and he may be available at a discounted price compared to other wideouts over the summer.
2015 Projections
Receiving Yards and TDs: 1,470 and 14
Total Fantasy Points: 231
4. Corey Davis, Western Michigan
Third-year coach P.J. Fleck guided the Broncos to a seven-game improvement last season, and Corey Davis unquestionably contributed to one of the top offenses (33.8 ppg.) in the nation. The All-MAC First Teamer set personal highs in all major categories: catches (78), yards (1,408) and touchdowns (15). His touchdowns tied for third-best in the nation, and he exceeded 100 yards in eight contests. Davis reached the end zone in every game except one. At 6'3" and 205 pounds, the blazing Bronco is clearly an NFL-level prospect and will want to catch the attention of pro scouts across the country this season. Davis runs crisp crossing patterns and can beat defenders vertically with subtle moves and underrated speed. He also has nice hands and fights for the football. Retaining a terrific set of triplets (QB Zach Terrell, RB Jarvion Franklin and Davis) at Western Michigan, yards and points should be prolific in Fleck's spread attack. The junior wideout ranks among the elite CFF prospects at the position in 2015.
2015 Projections
Receiving Yards and TDs: 1,500 and 15
Total Fantasy Points: 240
5. Tajae Sharpe, Massachusetts
Last year, Tajae Sharpe passed New York Giants star Victor Cruz on the all-time UMass reception and yardage lists and needs 22 more catches and 726 yards to become the career front-runner in both categories. After being overlooked during CFF drafts last summer, the senior wideout catapulted to a starting position on fantasy squads when he corralled 85 passes for 1,281 yards and seven touchdowns. He ranked ninth nationally among FBS players in receiving yards per game (106.8) and eleventh in receptions per game (7.1), earning First Team All-MAC for his labors. With 239 receiving yards against Ball State, Sharpe set a personal high and tied the single-game program mark with 13 receptions. At 6'4" and 200 pounds, the Minutemen playmaker has abundant football speed, great leaping ability and note-worthy hands. A long strider and glider, he fights for catches and ventures over the middle to make difficult receptions. With QB Blake Frohnapfel throwing the pigskin, Sharpe replicates last season's stellar numbers for CFF coaches.
2015 Projections
Receiving Yards and TDs: 1,440 and 11
Total Fantasy Points: 210
6. Nelson Spruce, Colorado
The Buffaloes have only won four PAC-12 games since joining the conference in 2011. Despite the poor play, the aerial assault finally got off the runway last season, finishing 20th in the FBS with 284.6 yards passing per game. Wide receiver Nelson Spruce ignited the Colorado air attack, earning Second Team All-PAC-12. The fifth-year senior caught 106 passes for 1,198 yards and 12 touchdowns. He explored the possibility of leaving for the NFL after the season, but decided to return to school. Not a speed merchant, Spruce is a savvy-route runner and a catch-and-run competitor with pass-guzzling mitts. During the offseason, he has worked on beating press coverage and being quicker in-and-out of breaks. Teaming with junior QB Sefo Liufau, Spruce is one of the nation's top playmakers, and coach Mike MacIntyre expects the 6'1", 195-pounder to be a team leader. Colorado's defense does not have the athletes to slow down PAC-12 passing attacks, and the Buffs will surely be in weekly shootouts, foretelling success for Spruce and CFF managers in 2015.
2015 Projections
Receiving Yards and TDs: 1,250 and 14
Total Fantasy Points: 209
7. Tyler Boyd, Pittsburgh
Whenever someone is compared with Larry Fitzgerald, CFF fanatics must take notice. After two seasons on campus, Tyler Boyd has mirrored the production of the former Panther and first-round pick: Boyd has surpassed 1,000 yards receiving in back-to-back campaigns and scored 23 touchdowns. He became the first player in conference history to compile 1,000 yards receiving as a freshman and sophomore and named First Team All-ACC after last season. The aptitude to excel in a run-heavy offense with sub-par quarterback play has impressed NFL scouts and college football observers. At 6'2" and 190 pounds, the junior game breaker has an electric mixture of speed and agility and quickly accelerates out of his breaks. With magnificent hands and body control, Boyd has exceptional vision and an innate ability to track the ball. With offensive talent at the skill positions on the roster, including the ACC Player of the Year and an experienced quarterback, opponents will be hard pressed to blanket Boyd. New coach Pat Narduzzi unquestionably highlights the future first-round pick in the game plan, and CFF owners benefit from weekly production.
2015 Projections
Receiving Yards and TDs: 1,350 and 12
Total Fantasy Points: 207
8. Corey Coleman, Baylor
Coach Art Briles guides the only team in the country with two 1,000-yard receivers returning: Corey Coleman and K.D. Cannon. An elite athlete, Coleman has logged a 4.38 40-yard dash, 45-inch vertical and recorded a notable 6.62 in the three-cone drill. Last season, the fourth-year junior caught 64 passes for 1,119 yards with 11 touchdowns. The speedster averaged 17.5 yards per catch and delivered 100 yards receiving in five contests. Even more impressive, he produced those gaudy statistics while missing three games. With speed and explosion, Coleman blows by defensive backs on deep patterns, and he is dangerous with great body control and shake-and-escape ability on catch-and-run routes. Despite being categorized as a speed demon, Coleman is a robust competitor and ESPN's Trevor Matich described the Baylor Bears playing style as "savage and vicious." One of the favorites for the Biletnikoff Award in 2015, Coleman shouldn't miss a beat despite a new signal caller (Seth Russell) behind center.
2015 Projections
Receiving Yards and TDs: 1,350 and 12
Total Fantasy Points: 207
9. William Fuller, Notre Dame
Last year, William Fuller etched his name in the record books at Notre Dame: The speedster tied the single-season record for touchdown receptions (15) and led the team in receptions (76) and yards (1,094). Eight touchdowns were scored beyond 20 yards, and he scored in 11 of 13 games. The junior wideout posted unprecedented totals in school history for a sophomore. Despite the remarkable campaign, Fuller did not receive many accolades and is overlooked on most preseason award projections. Only eight returning players recorded more receptions than the junior wide out last season. With five catches over 40 yards, his big-game speed confronts defenses weekly and during the Blue-Gold Game in the spring, he scored on a beautiful 68-yard, over-the-shoulder bomb from QB Malik Zaire. Through two seasons, Fuller's production mirrors former Notre Dame star Golden Tate and the Irish faithful believe that their star wideout deserves national attention. Expectations are soaring at South Bend and in the CFF community on the eve of the 2015 crusade.
2015 Projections
Receiving Yards and TDs: 1,270 and 13
Total Fantasy Points: 205
Magna Cum Laude
10. JuJu Smith, USC
During the past five seasons, an impressive group of CFF pass catchers have put on the Cardinal and Gold uniform: Nelson Agholor, Marqise Lee and Robert Woods. As a first-year freshman, JuJu Smith started 12 games and registered 54 catches for 724 yards with five touchdowns. A versatile athlete, the Long Beach product made the Second Team All-PAC 12 as an all-purpose/special teams player and was awarded the John McKay Award (team spirit). Smith is a natural leader with a fantastic attitude, and stupendous work ethic. With pronounced size at 6'2" and 215 pounds, the rising star has good body control, above average hands and runs well after the catch. The USC offense is loaded with fifth-year QB Cody Kessler and a veteran offensive line, including All-PAC 12 center Tax Tuerk. Coach Steve Sarkisian's up-tempo, passing attack highlights explosive home run hitters, and the extraordinary sophomore will surely enjoy the spotlight in the City of Angels this season.
2015 Projections
Receiving Yards and TDs: 1,150 and 12
Total Fantasy Points: 187
11. Pharoh Cooper, South Carolina
At 70-years old, the old ball coach, Steve Spurrier, might be commencing his final season on the sideline and would surely like to ride off into the sunset on a positive note. If the Gamecocks hope to reach double-digit victories, the club will surely need a repeat performance from its First Team All-SEC receiver Pharoh Cooper, who made 69 catches for 1,136 yards and nine touchdowns last year. A gifted and versatile athlete, Cooper excels with the pigskin in his hands. During his campus tenure, he has gained 402 yards rushing, scoring three times, and has also returned 24 punts and 16 kickoffs for Spurrier's squad. A game breaker, he can score from anywhere on the field and gained 1,411 all-purpose yards, averaging 12.7 yards per touch last year. The junior Gamecock has stunning speed, excellent elusiveness and marvelous hands. He also has the running skills of a ball carrier, turning quick screens into long runs. Spurrier has always devised game plans to feature his explosive playmakers at receiver, and Cooper will surely be heavily targeted this season.
2015 Projections
Receiving Yards and TDs: 1,250 and 10
Total Fantasy Points: 185
12. Artavis Scott, Clemson
Coach Dabo Sweeney orchestrates one the foremost talented and youngest offensive units in college football led by quarterback Deshaun Watson and receivers Artavis Scott and Mike Williams. Scott was named to the First Team freshmen All-American squad by USA Today and earned several Second Team All-ACC accolades. He nabbed a team-leading 76 passes for 965 yards and eight touchdowns. At 5'10" and 190 pounds, the smooth competitor is dangerous with the ball in his hands on handoffs, reverses, screens and vertical routes, scoring four times beyond 50 yards. A long strider, he deftly weaves through traffic, bursting into the open field. The sophomore receiver illustrated his remarkable skill set during spring practices to the Tigers fans: swiftly releasing from the line of scrimmage, high-pointing the pigskin in flight and demonstrating incredible body control. Since arriving on campus in January 2014, the Tarpon Springs, Florida native has impressed Sweeney with his work effort, and the coach believes that Scott is going to be even better this year. And astute CFF fanatics concur with the Tigers leader.
2015 Projections
Receiving Yards and TDs: 1,100 and 11
Total Fantasy Points: 176
13. K.D. Cannon, Baylor
The splendid sophomore is the other member of possibly the best wide receiver duet in college football. A smooth and speedy athlete, Cannon established six school records for freshmen last year while logging 1,030 yards receiving on 58 catches and scoring eight times. For his efforts, Cannon earned freshman All-America honors and All-Big 12 honorable mention. The ultra-talented Bear also competes in track at school and was named the sixth-fastest player in America by Bryan Fischer, College Football 24/7 writer. In the Baylor offense, Cannon soars on vertical routes and takes advantage of the spacing in coach Art Briles' high-flying passing game. In the Cotton Bowl, the speedster demolished the acclaimed Michigan State secondary, corralling eight passes for 197 yards and two touchdowns. Despite a change at quarterback, the Baylor offense will remain among the premier units in the nation, and Cannon exceeds last year's numbers.
2015 Projections
Receiving Yards and TDs: 1,200 and 9
Total Fantasy Points: 174
14. Kenny Lawler, California
California finished as the 11th most productive offense in the nation last year, scoring 38.3 points per game and accumulating 495.2 yards per contest. Triggerman Jared Goff masterly executed coach Sonny Dyke's up-tempo passing attack, and for the first-time in school-history, three receivers caught over 50 passes. By the conclusion of the campaign, Kenny Lawler, Jr., a redshirt junior, ascended to the top of the pecking order in the aerial assault, recording 54 passes for 701 yards and scoring nine touchdowns. At 6'3" and 195 pounds, Lawler is a budding star and his progression as a pass catcher continues to impress onlookers and fans. A physically gifted athlete, Lawler has breathtaking hands and unbelievable body control. As the starting Z-receiver, he presents mismatches on the gridiron with an uncanny blend of leaping ability, breakaway speed and arm length. Entering the upcoming season, Lawler is a national honors candidate in the classroom and escalating VIP on the gridiron. In 2015, CFF owners can't wait for the swelling on-field performance.
2015 Projections
Receiving Yards and TDs: 1,120 and 10
Total Fantasy Points: 172
15. D'haquille "Duke" Williams, Auburn
The Auburn club presents a perplexing paradox for fantasy owners: Tremendous talent litters the roster but the starters are inexperienced. Also, a new quarterback and three offensive linemen foretell a learning curve in the strongest conference in the nation. Despite the changes, the Tigers are favored to win the SEC West and have an explosive receiving corps led by D'haquille Williams. The JUCO transfer led the team in receiving last year with 45 catches for 730 yards and five touchdowns. He paced the team in targets and should see more with a change in offensive philosophy with Jeremy Johnson calling signals. With great height, size and leaping ability, Williams, 6'2" and 224 pounds, has climbed to the summit of NFL prospects at the position. The Louisiana native has been timed at 4.40 in the 40-yard dash and is a physical competitor and compact runner. Merging tenacity and quickness to gain separation, he reminds scouts of Dez Bryant and Terrell Owens. Williams becomes a household name by the end of the 2015 crusade.
2015 Projections
Receiving Yards and TDs: 1,060 and 9
Total Fantasy Points: 160
16. Sterling Shepard, Oklahoma
After a disappointing 8-5 season, coach Bob Stoops fired offensive coordinator Josh Heupel and hired Lincoln Riley from East Carolina to implement the spread offense. Riley has the skill-position players to succeed, but is there a triggerman on the roster? One of the foremost priorities will be to get the pigskin into the hands of Sterling Shepard for whoever wins the quarterback battle. Shepard, a semifinalist for the Biletnikoff Award, captured the Disney Sports Spirit Award and was named Second Team All-Big-12 last year. The sleek senior caught 51 passes for 970 yards and five touchdowns. His numbers were even more astonishing considering that he missed three games due to a nagging groin injury and barely played against Oklahoma State. At 5'10" and 191 pounds, Shepard is lightening quick and appears to be headed for a career-best crusade from the slot in the new passing attack. The senior rates among the cream of the crop prospects for CFF managers in 2015.
2015 Projections
Receiving Yards and TDs: 1,110 and 8
Total Fantasy Points: 159
Cum Laude
17. Victor Bolden, Oregon State
18. Devonte Boyd, UNLV
19. Dom Williams, Washington State (Sleeper)
20. Hunter Sharpe, Utah State
21. Roger Lewis, Bowling Green
22. Michael Thomas, Ohio State
23. Byron Marshall, Oregon
24. Jordan Villamin, Oregon State
25. Leonte Carroo, Rutgers
26. Gabe Marks, Washington State
27. Mitch Mathews, BYU
28. D.J. Foster, Arizona State
29. Tyler Winston, San Jose State (Sleeper)
30. Mike Williams, Clemson
31. Braxton Miller, Ohio State
32. Josh Reynolds, Texas A&M
33. Jakeem Grant, Texas Tech
34. James Washington, Oklahoma State (Sleeper)
35. De'Mornay Pierson-El, Nebraska (Sleeper)
36. Isaiah Jones, East Carolina
37. DaeSean Hamilton, Penn State
38. Robert Foster, Alabama (Sleeper)
39. River Cracraft, Washington State
40. Teldrick Morgan, New Mexico State
41. Cayleb Jones, Arizona
42. Corey Smith, Ohio State
43. Laquon Treadwell, Ole Miss
44. Speedy Noil, Texas A&M
45. MeKale McKay, Cincinnati
46. De'Runnya, Mississippi State
47. Jared Dangerfield, Western Kentucky
48. Jaydon Mickens, Washington
49. Trent Taylor, Louisiana Tech
50. Carlos Harris, North Texas
51. Jordan Atkins, UCF
52. Daniel Braverman, Western Michigan
53. Donovan Harden, Georgia State
54. Dezmon Epps, Idaho
55. Charles Nelson, Oregon
56. Devin Lauderdale, Texas Tech
57. Dominique Reed, Arkansas
58. Austin Duke, Charlotte
59. Alonzo Russell, Toledo
60. Darius Joseph, SMU
61. Demarcus Robinson, Florida
62. De'Anthony Arnett, Michigan State
63. Robbie Rhodes, Bowling Green
64. J.T. Thorpe, Virginia
65. DeDe Westbrook, Oklahoma
66. Bryce Williams, East Carolina
67. Corey Jones, Toledo
Receiving Yards = 1 point for every 10 yards
Touchdowns = 6 points
Projections are based on the assumption that the prospect stays healthy all season.
With his Masters in history and professional experience as an educator, John Laub is uniquely qualified to research, analyze and discover new insights and trends in college and professional fantasy football. He truly is The Gridiron Scholar.
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As soon as I saw the images of Cara on the FRow at Chanel's Couture Show I knew I wanted to re-create it. I'm an avid wearer of a dark vampy lip, and loved how clean and glamorous she looked. It is the perfect look for this time of year, it can even be worn on casual days, with a cream knitted jumper and ripped bleach wash jeans.
The one struggle I had with re-creating this look is that Cara has such beautiful, flawless skin. She probably doesn't need a heavy make-up base. Me on the other hand, my skin has a very pink/red tone to it and I do suffer from break outs. In order to get that 'flawless' look, I used Benefit's Pore Professional as a primer, and then Estee Lauder's Double Wear in 'Cool Bone'. I applied this using my fingers as I find that it keeps the product warm, and much easier to blend.
I then used Collection's Concealer in Shade 1, the lightest shade, and applied it under my eyes and on any red areas that needed more coverage. Afterwards I gave myself a slight contour to mimic Cara's gorgeous bone structure, I used Benefit's Hoola Bronzer to do so.
I finished the base with a tiny hint of mauve blusher, Cara doesn't appear to be wearing blusher in the photo, however, I find it gives my face more dimension.
For her eye make-up, Cara kept it very simple. No eyeliner, just a stunning peach toned shimmer for eye shadow and a thin coat of mascara. This kept the look very fresh despite the dark lip. In order to achieve a similar look I used Urban Decay's Gwen Stefani Palette. I used the shade 'Blonde', a light creamy tone, in the corners of my eyes and under the brown bone to create a natural looking highlight. I then used 'Baby' all over the lid, which is a mid-tone peachy champagne colour, which I gave some definition to by using 'Steady' in the crease, which is a more warm toned peachy orange. To finish I took 'Punk' on an angled brush and lined the outer lower lash line.
I then applied a thin coat of Catrice Jet Lash mascara, in Black, on both the top and bottom lashes. I also attempted to fill in my brows Cara style using Catrice Eyebrow Stylist, however, in all honesty, mine are in definite need of some TLC, and are certainly not eyebrows on fleek!
For the lipstick, I have been trying out a new range called Freedom. The option I went for is a lovely deep burgundy, and very similar to the shade that Cara was wearing. The lipstick has a glossy sheen to it and is very long lasting, meaning it would be perfect for day and night wear.
I really enjoyed re-creating this look, it's definitely something I would sport myself on a daily basis, and I look forward to hearing what you think!


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Most of the details of the Canadian Contingent Package to the 2013 International Cup in Almere, Netherlands have been finalized. The Hotel Worksheet and Traveler Payment Forms have been posted - these can be submitted at any time, but no later than the Contingent Meeting after the IC Qualifier.
The attached document outlines the various components that are included in the Canadian Contingent Package. Questions should be directed to the IC Contingent Coordinator at ic2013 [at] cbtf [dot] ca.
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Those of you who know me know that I don't care for soccer. I don't follow it either. But I do follow good stories. So I had my eye on the Blackpool Football Club when they were promoted to the Premier League in May.
For those who are not familiar with the idea of promotion, it's basically when minor league teams — if they play well enough — can become major league teams and vice versa.


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Yayha Khan Kammukutty is being considered as a prize catch for the investigators both in Karnataka and Kerala.
A software engineer by profession and the president of the banned Students Islamic Movement of India (Karnataka unit), this man had been carrying out operations both in Karnataka and Kerala and his main objective was to strengthen SIMI in both these states apart from carrying out strikes.
The question now is what the police want out of this man.
First and foremost they will try and bust the terror network operating between Karnataka and Kerala.
Khan is alleged to have a lot of information regarding the terror modules in both states and is also aware of all the training camps, which exists in both states.
The police would also like to know the number of youths he has recruited in the past and also their whereabouts.
It is said that Khan had recruited several youths working in the IT sector especially from Kerala.
Khan believed that the future of terrorism depended heavily on the educated youth. They could spread their ideology and carry out strategic attacks effectively only if more and more professionals from various fields were recruited.
Apart from this, the police will also try and track down Adnan, a resident of Hubli in Karnataka who is suspected to be the mastermind behind the entire Karnataka terror plot as was planned by Nasir and his two other accomplices.
All the three are now in police custody and during the course of investigations they had revealed that Adnan had planned the entire operation.
A major worry for the cops is that Adnan, who gave the slip after the entire plot unfurled, has in his possession several explosives and AK-47 rifles.
The police believe that Khan who has been staying in Bangalore since the past five years was in touch with Adnan and the duo together could have planned several more strikes in Karnataka and Kerala.
How Khan was trapped: Khan studied at the Regional Engineering College in Kozhikode in the year 1996. The police say that Khan started thinking like an extremist after his visit to Saudi Arabia. He came in contact with several radical groups over there and was allegedly coaxed into taking the terror route.
On his return to India, he applied for a job at Bangalore and worked with Tata InfoTech Ltd for a couple of years and later joined GE Healthcare where he worked till the year 2007 before he was asked to quit due to suspicious behavior.
All this time he attended secret meetings conducted by SIMI.
Impressed with his work and dedication, he was asked to take over as the president of the state unit from Dr Nyamatulla Khan.
The police say that he lived in Whitefield, which is in the outskirts of Bangalore and held most of his meetings there.
His main area of operation was in Bangalore and Kozhikode and he had managed to recruit several youths from Kerala and Karnataka.
Most of the youths in Karnataka were recruited from Bijapur, Raichur and Davangere in north Karnataka.
How SIMI operates: After recruiting youths, SIMI directs these persons to attend meetings which discuss issues pertaining to Islam more moderately.
After two years of attending such meetings, they are selected for the next round called radicalism, where the training is more harsh.
From here they are sent on to the field where they would have to mastermind operations and also involve themselves in the recruitment of youths.


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Controlled Expression and Functional Analysis of the Iron-Sulfur Cluster Biosynthetic Machinery in Azotobacter vinelandii
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A system was developed for the controlled expression of genes in Azotobacter vinelandii by using genomic fusions to the sucrose catabolic regulon. This system was used for the functional analysis of the A. vinelandii isc genes, whose products are involved in the maturation of [Fe-S] proteins. For this analysis the scrX gene, contained within the sucrose catabolic regulon, was replaced by the A. vinelandii iscS, iscU, iscA, hscB, hscA, fdx, iscX gene cluster, resulting in duplicate genomic copies of these genes, one whose expression is directed by the normal isc regulatory elements (Pisc) and the other whose expression is directed by the scrX promoter (PscrX). Functional analysis of [Fe-S] protein maturation components was achieved by placing a mutation within a particular Pisc-controlled gene with subsequent repression of the corresponding PscrX-controlled component by growth on glucose as the carbon source. This experimental strategy was used to show that IscS, IscU, HscBA and Fdx are essential in A. vinelandii and that their depletion results in a deficiency in the maturation of aconitase, an enzyme that requires a [4Fe-4S] cluster for its catalytic activity. Depletion of IscA results in null growth only when cells are cultured under conditions of elevated oxygen, marking the first null phenotype associated with the loss of a bacterial IscA-type protein. Furthermore, the null growth phenotype of cells depleted for HscBA could be partially reversed by culturing cells under conditions of low oxygen. These results are interpreted to indicate that HscBA and IscA could have functions related to the protection or repair of the primary IscS/IscU machinery when grown under aerobic conditions. Conserved amino acid residues within IscS, IscU, and IscA that are essential for their respective functions and/or display a partial or complete dominant-negative growth phenotype were also identified using this system. Inactivation of the IscR repressor protein resulted in a slow growth phenotype that could be specifically attributed to the elevated expression of an intact [Fe-S] cluster biosynthetic system. This system was also used to investigate the extent to which the two [Fe-S] biosynthetic systems in A. vinelandii, Nif and Isc, can perform overlapping functions. Under normal laboratory growth conditions, no cross-talk between the two systems could be detected. However, elevated expression of Isc components as a consequence of inactivation of the IscR repressor protein results in a modest ability of the Isc [Fe-S] protein maturation components to replace the function of Nif-specific [Fe-S] protein maturation components. Similarly, when expressed at very high levels the Nif-specific [Fe-S] protein maturation components could functionally replace the Isc components. Oxygen levels were also found to affect the ability of the Nif and Isc systems to perform common functions. Nevertheless, the lack of significant reciprocal cross-talk between the Nif and Isc systems when they are produced only at levels necessary to satisfy their respective physiological functions, indicates a high level of target specificity with respect to [Fe-S] protein maturation.
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text: While some confusion still exists around what the final product name will be, new details emerging from the BGR camp are clearing up the specifics on the NEXUS PRIME (or Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Droid Prime, Droid Nexus). Claiming a trusted source, a new report gives us an almost complete look at the spec sheet of Google's Ice Cream Sandwich flagship. Here's the dirt on the next Nexus: Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich 9mm thin 4.65-inch 1280 x 720-pixel Super AMOLED HD with curved glass TI OMAP 4460 dual-core Cortex A9 processor clocked at 1.2GHz 1GB of RAM 32GB of built-in storage 5-megapixel camera on the back, 1.3-megapixel in the front 1080p HD video capture support LTE/HSPA depending on carrier Wi-Fi a/b/g/n NFC 1,750 mAh battery The Samsung Galaxy Nexus name is strongly attached to this rumor, and while it is a slight departure from the nomenclature established with previous releases, tying the device more strongly to the Galaxy S brand could have positive benefits. The phone is said to be a pure Google Experience device (as expected) and is once again confirmed to be a Verizon exclusive in the US. Also, Thanks to ArkBird for the first thread, and to Trusstopher for the original tip! Update: Oh, snap -- things are starting to get real now. This morning, BGR broke some exclusive info on the Nexus Prime that they obtained from a "trusted source." Now, GSMarena is reporting that they also have exclusive info on the upcoming device, but there's one problem: the latter strongly disagrees with the former. In fact, about the only thing the two sources are in agreeance about is the display --a 4.65-inch Super AMOLED HD running at 1280x720. So, let's have a look at what GSMarena's source is saying the Prime will be packing: 1.5GHz dual-core processor, most likely Exynos PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU (the same one that's in the iPad 2) 8MP rear shooter with 1080p video capture 2050mAh battery Global-ready I have to say, that sounds more like a Nexus device to me. With all of the contradicting specs, though, there's only one thing we can do: wait until October 11th and get the deets straight from the source. Source: AndroidPolice Update by Wozzy SOURCE: Samsung Galaxy Nexus full specs revealed; Verizon Wireless exclusive


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Faculty, staff members to host second free Repair Clinic for students
February 20, 2018
The second free Repair Clinic will take place February 22.
Photo Credit: courtesy of Monica Johnstone
Posted on February 20, 2018
During the hustle and bustle of a busy semester, accidents happen and it is not uncommon for students to rip their jeans, lose buttons, break their eyeglasses or bust a zipper or backpack strap.
An upcoming Repair Clinic will offer students a free opportunity to have all of the above scenarios and more mended by Grand Valley faculty and staff members.
The free Repair Clinic will take place Thursday, February 22, from 6-8 p.m., in the Holton-Hooker Learning and Living Center's Multipurpose Room.
The clinic is a collaboration between the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Housing Department, and volunteers will be on-hand from multiple campus departments, including Human Resources, Kirkhof College of Nursing, TRiO Student Support Services, University Libraries and more.
Monica Johnstone, director of communications and advancement for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, said it is her hope that these clinics repair more than material items.
"These clinics model a kind of resiliency and allow faculty, staff and students to come together in a casual setting and make something better right away," said Johnstone. "It is a way of caring for the campus community in a little way that is symbolic of our desire to support our social fabric."
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The cousins were united & it felt so good! The dynamic duo of Cameron & Mikayla were apart for three whole months!!
Since then, Cameron has continued to shed more teeth, although he actually went a long stretch without losing any.
The boy has definitely been on a growth spurt lately & he'll be taller than me before you know it. As he now asks for 2 sandwiches for dinner, I know he must be growing quickly!
Then there's my sweet, little Reese! I got her signed up for pre-K in the Fall... where has the time gone?! I'm so glad she's a November baby because I so wouldn't be ready for her to start kindergarten!
The kiddos were ready to find their baskets & go on an egg hunt when they woke up Easter morning!
This little boy was looking rather dapper in the outfit his Grammy bought him before she headed to Chicago.
Although the kids have seen my mom several times since Christmas, my dad's been working a lot so he hasn't been able to come up to our house. It was so great to have the whole family back together again!
Even though Reese is getting older, the other kids have a much greater advantage, so we gave Reese a fifteen second head-start in finding eggs. Not that they hadn't been on the pool deck all morning, scoping out the backyard ahead of time!
Reese was sporting a new dress that her Grammy bought too!
Handsome boy!
The girls! And that's Easter in a nutshell... lots of catching up, hanging out, cooking & just enjoying each other!


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These illustrations by Yuta Onoda will both horrify and amaze you at the same time. Based in Toronto, Canada, Onoda is originally from Japan, where he currently is developing his talent as an illustrator and a painter.
By using complex shading and backgrounds that are busy and filled with movement, the illustrations by Yuta Onoda become action-packed. The colors are vibrant and the themes he uses are relevant to the times. Elements such as fast food, relationships and cars are used within this particular series of illustrations.
Brights colors are also observed in order to draw the eye in -- although your gaze will be bouncing all over the page as there are many objects redirecting your attention. Onoda will continue to wow us with his skills as an illustrator and produce work that is relevant in both media and culture.
Exhilarating Explorer Illustrations
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Dripping Liquid Illustrations
Vibrant Celestial Illustrations
Modern Rock Icon Sketches
Comic Character-Infused Illustrations
Surreal Hybrid Illustrations
Yuta Onoda Wows You With His Eye-Popping Illustrations
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Dates can be the best or worst times you will ever have. Hopefully they are the best and we have a few ways to make sure that happens! Nothing starts a date off better than doing something super unique and fun and maybe even in designer swimwear. If what you are doing together is cool there is a greater chance that the two of you will get along better and have an overall better time. One celebrity who is notorious for dating around is Taylor Swift.
Taylor has been all over the media with different hot Hollywood men such as Harry Styles, Joe Jonas, and John Mayer to name a few. We know Taylor has been on her fair share of dates and we want you to get out and date too! One awesome summer date would be to go play mini golf. The fun competition will bring you together and make for a great memory. Taylor clearly loves stripes and wears them all the time. We think our American Girl luxury swimwear bikini would be a perfect suit for her.
One of the best parts about watching Taylor's love life unfold before our eyes is guessing which guy each of her songs is about. Many of her songs are named after a guy or have very strong hints within the lyrics about what that guy did to mess up the relationship and sometimes even their name! Another super fun date idea is a picnic at a beautiful location such as at the top of a hike that has a view of the ocean! The setting is romantic and will surely be one to remember. Taylor looked incredible in purple on her album cover and we think that our Hot Stuff bikini is a gorgeous color.
Though we sometimes use Taylor's relationships as entertainment we do wish her the best of luck in her future relationships. We know that one day she will find a guy who she doesn't have to write a break up song about. Our last summer date idea is to go wine tasting! The experience is so much fun and unique than any other date you have been on. Taylor is always stunning but looked especially beautiful in all white on the red carpet. We think that our Red Hot bikini in white is an essential white suit.


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Four special squads formed to probe Bangalore blast
Four special squads have been formed to probe the terror attack apparently targeting the BJP office in Bangalore that left 16 people injured, a top police official said.india Updated: Apr 18, 2013 17:51 IST
Four special squads have been formed to probe the terror attack apparently targeting the BJP office in Bangalore that left 16 people injured, a top police official said.
A team from National Investigation Agency (NIA) and National Security Guards (NSG) bomb disposal squads are assisting the state police in the probe, Director General of Police Lalrokhuma Pachau told reporters.
The state police also announced Rs 5 lakh as reward to anyone who would provide "credible and reliable" information resulting in the arrest of the accused.
Chief minister Jagadish Shettar held a review meeting with deputy chief minister and home minister R Ashoka, the state DGP and Bangalore Police Commissioner Raghavendra Auradkar.
"It could be a terror attack. Hectic investigation is going on," Pachau said, adding that four special squads under the supervision of joint commissioner crime Pranab Mohanty and Auradkar had been formed.
Preliminary investigation has found that Wednesday's blast was due to a bomb kept in a two wheeler.
An NIA team, NSG bomb disposal squads and officers from the Central Forensic Science Laboratory, besides the state FSL, are analysing materials found at the place of the blast, in which 11 policemen and five civilians were injured.
Government has announced an ex-gratia of Rs 1 lakh each to the seriously injured and Rs 5,000 each to those who sustained minor injuries, he said.
Security has been strengthened at all vital installations and important buildings including Raj Bhavan, High Court and the Legislative Assembly. It has also been tightened at public places like bus terminals, the international airport, railway stations, metro stations and political party offices, he said.
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Lloyds Banking Group is looking to extend the November deadline given to the bank by the European Commission to sell 631 of its branches by up to two years.
The Financial Times reports Lloyds is in talks with the Treasury for a revised plan to sell the branches, with a deadline extension request to be submitted to Brussels by the end of the month.
Lloyds was given four years to sell the branches, which today relaunched under the TSB brand, as part of state aid rules relating to the bank's bailout in 2008.
If Lloyds manages to secure more time, the bank is expected to be banned from making acquisitions until it has sold the TSB business.
Lloyds had planned to sell the branches to the Co-op Bank, but the deal collapsed in April. The Co-op has since announced a £1.5bn rescue plan to shore up its finances.
The FT says Lloyds chief executive Antonio Horta-Osorio plans to float up to half of TSB midway through next year, and hopes to sell the remainder of the business by the end of 2014.
The Treasury is expected to ask the European Commission to extend the deadline to sell TSB until the end of 2015, though will make clear a sell-off is planned for much sooner.
Royal Bank of Scotland, which needs to sell 316 branches under state aid rules, expects to need another 18 months to carve out the business to be sold after Santander pulled out of a deal to buy the branches in October 2012.


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Mati trip
'Sleeping Dinosaur' by Ryan Songcayauon
YES was my quick reply to my colleague's question: was I interested to go to Mati for an UPCAT campaign? How often do I get to travel and explore Mindanao with my heavy workload? Now here was an opportunity to go on a busman's holiday, this time to spread the word to high school seniors about their future with UP Mindanao.
September 1, we took the scenic route along the coastal towns from Davao to Davao del Norte and Compostela Valley until we reached Davao Oriental. Our driver's wife's family lives in Mati, so he knew the scenery and stopped at a shoulder of the highway for a closer look at what locals call the "Sleeping Dinosaur" -- the silhouette of small hilly peninsula that resembles a dinosaur or dragon resting its head in the waters of Pujada Bay. And for souvenir shots as well.
Photo by Ryan Songcayauon
We agreed that it looked more like a giant sleeping pawikan than a dinosaur, though. As my colleagues were discussing this, I was imagining a story idea for a children's book about the last giant pawikan standing guard over Pujada Bay.
The scenery as we drove along the coastal roads from Davao dramatically changed soon as we passed the humongous Diosdado Macapagal Highway arch welcoming us to Davao Oriental. It seemed we had been transported to Cebu, particularly the seascape familiar to passengers taking the bus from Cebu City down south to Bato. Definitely, that "island" feeling with the sight of the sea surrounding you.
Mati, Davao Oriental
I might take the "fastcraft" ferry next time I travel to Mati. Because I definitely will be going back there for a real vacation in one of the resorts. There's a ferry that regularly ply the Davao City to Lupon route (from the town of Lupon, it's just a few minutes jeepney ride to Mati).
Mati is the capital of Davao Oriental, and was recently "downgraded" by a Supreme Court decision from being a city back to its municipality status. The city and provincial officials were cavalier about the recent turn of events. In the welcome dinner hosted by Vice Governor Mayo Almario (who organized the school fair), Mati "City" Mayor Michelle Rabat jokingly declared Mati as a Republic. The hopes for Mati becoming a city, as evident in this TV Patrol report on the plebiscite months back, apparently continue to run high.
That enthusiasm was what we witnessed the next day as the 2nd Davao Oriental School Fair opened its gates to around 6,000 high school seniors from the different schools in the province. It was actually a blast witnessing how these seniors eagerly ran from one booth to the next, listening to recruiters' spiels, collecting brochures, and generally having a great time. All photos below are by Ryan Songcayauon.
What capped each day of the two-day event, however, was the food our team had at La-ne's Kan-anan. Yummy, especially the halo-halo. Located near the seaside boulevard, La-ne's Kan-anan was recommended to us by our driver. It didn't disappoint with their big servings of inexpensive delicious Filipino cuisine.
Definitely a place to go back to when I visit Mati and Davao Oriental again.
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Bona Vacantia: Dissolved companies
Dissolving a company is the very last step in bringing a company to the end of its life. It is the point at which the company ceases to exist.
Once a company is dissolved, it can no longer do or receive anything. In particular, it cannot receive a tax refund. So, there are special 'bona vacantia' rules to deal with such cases.
It is the company director's responsibility to ensure that a company's assets and liabilities are all dealt with before it is dissolved. Sometimes, however, a company's property and rights are not collected or disposed of prior to dissolution. In those circumstances, its property or rights become bona vacantia.
There are several ways in which you may find out that a company has been dissolved:
- The company's bank may return a payment, telling you that the company has been dissolved.
- An officer of the company may return a payable order asking for reissue in a different name.
- The VAT Registration Service may tell you not only that the company has been deregistered but also that it has been dissolved.
- COTAX Function VTPR for the company may hold a date against "DATE DISSOLVED/ 'Struck off'.
- Other information may be received such as returned mail or there could be contact from an ex-official of the company or a former agent.
In order to confirm that an amount is bona vacantia, it is necessary to ensure that the company has been dissolved. Use of the WebCheck service on the Companies House website will confirm the company's status. However, where there is already operational guidance which explains what actions to take then that guidance should be followed.
Other legal terms
Strictly, a company is 'struck off' the Register of Companies at Companies House shortly before it is dissolved. However, people often say 'struck off' when they mean 'dissolved'. It is important to be sure of the position because only formally dissolved companies are caught by bona vacantia.
A company 'in liquidation' or 'being wound up' is on its way to being dissolved, but is still in existence. Therefore its property and rights will not be bona vacantia.
Limited Liability Partnerships are treated the same as incorporated companies for the purposes of the Companies Act 2006.


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Methyl-1-Testosterone (M1T) was one of those anabolic steroids that made its way onto the American nutritional market during the prohormone craze started by Patrick Arnold
Because it was legal to sell as a dietary supplement we never really got a good, objective look at it. Instead, we got bombarded with marketing and advertisements. Think about that for a second – traditional anabolic steroids were never marketed to the mass bodybuilding market. As a result, we never needed to wonder about the properties of Trenbolone or Anadrol. The research spoke for itself and, even when I wrote my first book on steroids, I could easily search medical databases for the scientific data on any given compound.
This isn't the case with so-called prohormones (which in many cases are, scientifically speaking, just regular anabolic steroids). Generally, what we saw with prohormones was a reliance on an old textbook by the name of Androgens and Anabolic Agents by Jules Vida. Supplement formulators and nutritional companies simply looked through this book, found something that was anabolic and could (sort of) still comply with American nutritional laws, and released it on to the market, often without having so much as a single study performed on humans.
And, to be honest, for several decades there weren't really that many studies performed on anabolic steroids. While we saw the occasional study on testosterone or something with AIDS patients, the field was essentially stagnant. However, since then we've seen some legitimate scientists taking a new look at anabolic steroids and giving us some nice data to look at.
"Unfortunately for everyone, the marketing machine really made this steroid appear to be much more potent than it actually was and, even now, it's still got a reputation for being one of the most powerful prohormones ever sold."
The older research on M1T tells us that it's only 25% as anabolic and 50% as androgenic (Counsell RE, Klimstra PD, Colton FB 1962 Anabolic agents: derivatives of 5a-androst-1-ene. J Org Chem 27:248 –253) as the equivalent dose of testosterone. And in our classic reference book, by Vida, it shows a wide range of being 50-200% as anabolic as testosterone and 14-30% as androgenic. Still, people have reported some decent gains on M1T, but the wide variation in the anabolic range makes me think that this explains away some of the non-responders.
In this most recent study, composed by the Center for Preventive Doping Research, in Germany, scientists examined both the anabolic and androgenic activities of M1T after oral (po) and subcutaneous (sc) administration. This study used orchidectomised rats who received either 0.03, 0.3 or 2mg/kg of M1T for 12 days (respectively using either route of administration). After 12 days, their prostate and musculus levator ani were analysed to determine the androgenic and anabolic potential of the steroid, respectively. This is the standard way to measure anabolic steroids for their anabolic potential. In other words, the end weight of the levator ani muscle is used to determine how anabolic a substance is, and the end weight of the prostate is used to figure out how androgenic it is.
The injectable (subcutaneous) results aren't that important to me, because nobody is actually injecting this stuff – it was available as a pill, after all. Interestingly, the lowest dose (.03mg/kg) caused an increase in the weight of the levator ani muscle that was slightly greater than a dose 10x higher (.3mg/kg), while the highest dose (2mg/kg) ultimately stimulated the most growth. We see something similar with certain other steroids, notably Anadrol, which can actually cause less weight gain with very high doses. Speaking from experience, this is probably because it impairs the appetite when you take too much.
Although M1T had very little observed effect on the end-weight of the liver, it had a considerable effect on tyrosine aminotransferase (TAT), which can indicate a strain on the liver. This is typical of methylated steroids that have been designed for oral administration. Obviously this strain on the liver wasn't as pronounced with subcutaneous administration, but that's because injecting a drug allows it to avoid the first-pass metabolism through the liver.
Unfortunately for everyone, the marketing machine really made this steroid appear to be much more potent than it actually was and, even now, it's still got a reputation for being one of the most powerful prohormones ever sold. The truth is, it's not… if you're a mid-range responder in terms of the anabolic rating we've seen here, then it's going to give results that are on par with testosterone. However, if you're at the bottom of the curve, you could barely see any gains. At the top of the curve, you'd be rocking and rolling with twice the gains you'd see with testosterone, but this all seems like a bit of a crap shoot, especially when you consider the fact that there were a lot more consistent prohormones available (and still available) on the market, for roughly the same price.
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I managed to fuck up my first year of engineering and successfully turned 3 years of school into 4.
I managed to do this by failing one course, math. It was a prerequisite for my degree and I messed up royally. I needed that course in order to go into my technical intersession, I failed and therefore cannot continue until I redo the course. This means I will not be able to do my intersession until it is offered again...next may...
This school is starting to show it's true colors to me now. It appears that no matter how many courses you fail you are tossed in the same boat as everyone else who has something wrong. I know of one guy who failed 4 courses because he didn't study, he's in the same boat...
Well, fuck this night. I'll deal with it in the morning.
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How well do your employees follow company guidelines for business travel? Are there areas in your travel program where improved compliance could save you more?
As demand for air travel and accommodation increases and market conditions continue to change, traveller compliance will become even more important for corporates keen to maintain control of their travel spend.
Compliance however, has a broader focus than just being about whether or not your employees are following policy guidelines. Compliance also relates to metric and culture, both of which can help to generate travel cost savings in different ways. If you can't measure how compliant your travellers are, or you're unsure how to enhance your corporate culture, improving your company's overall travel performance and ultimately your bottom line could be a challenge.
What's the value of compliance?
UNIGLOBE research shows that by optimising your travel policy design and improving traveller compliance via a UNIGLOBE travel management company provided online booking tool, corporates can save more than 30 per cent on their travel spend. A lack of compliance among your travelling employees can result in significant 'missed savings' through unauthorised and/or non-compliant bookings for air, hotel and ground travel, which over the course of a year, or even a few months, can significantly erode potential savings.
Assessing compliance
When it comes to improving traveller compliance corporates need to know what areas of their travel policy are capable of delivering maximum return for best practice traveller behaviour. While the drivers will be different for every company, there are a few common policy items that can be used to measure how compliance impacts travel spend including:
Advance bookings
A study showed that companies could save on average up to 72 per cent on the cost of their tickets by booking 21 days or more in advance of their departure date. Although these savings are dependent on the time of travel and which airline you fly with, significant savings can be made by encouraging your travellers to book as far in advance as their business travel allows.
Restricted airfares
Make sure your policy has clear recommendations or a mandate around restricted airfares. If your travellers know their plans aren't going to change, encourage the use of restricted airfares for both the inbound and outbound flights or if they have to make flight changes in the afternoon, they should be booking a restricted fare for the outbound leg and flexible ticket for the inbound leg. High levels of compliance and understanding of this policy item can save companies around 10 per cent of their air spend.
Preferred suppliers
Properly educate your travellers on what is expected of them when it comes to booking through preferred suppliers and your business will have a greater chance of converting negotiated discounts and preferred supplier pricing into actual savings. Your supplier preferences need to be clearly articulated and reiterated on a regular basis to your employees.
Travel class/category
How well do your employees follow your policies for class of air travel for domestic, short-haul and long-haul travel? And what does your policy recommend if your preferred hotel or room category is unavailable? Corporates need to have clear policies for travel class, category and preferred suppliers in the event that preferences are unavailable or there are issues with delayed approval processes.
Booking channels
Mandate that all of your bookings go through the one TMC and you can actively improve compliance by increasing the monitoring, tracking, visibility and accountability that comes from the expertise of having one travel manager to oversee your activity.
Improving compliance
There is a range of strategies that corporates can use to boost company- wide compliance. These range from policy consulting, traveller training and education, incentive based rewards for compliant behaviour, TMC provided online booking tools and data analysis designed to identify opportunities for missed savings (eg. exception reporting).
Addressing non-compliance
If non-compliance is an ongoing issue, corporates can adopt any number of strategies from up-front traveller education, information sessions or for repeat offenders written warnings, the circulation of repeat offender lists and or individual accountability for repeated policy offences. If there is no redress for out-of-policy bookings, your policy has no impact and no authority.
The balancing act
To generate additional savings through improved levels of compliance, corporates should try to achieve a good balance between enforcement and traveller needs.
If there is an area where you are having serious compliance issues it may be due to more emotive circumstances eg. one of your preferred hotels may not be conveniently located or does not meet traveller standards for safety, cleanliness and amenities. While aggressive compliance enforcement may help to achieve your financial objectives, it may limit your company's ability to attract and retain top performers that are used to a more flexible approach to travel policies.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) Right-hander Buddy Carlyle has been designated for assignment by the New York Mets, who plan to activate left-hander Jon Niese from the 15-day disabled list to start Monday night in Seattle against the Mariners.
Niese was put on the 15-day disabled list on July 6, a move retroactive to a day earlier, after the Mets detected a drop-off in the crispness of some of his pitches.
Niese missed six weeks last season with a partial tear in his rotator cuff and was sidelined this spring training with shoulder weakness.
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We were honored to have Susan Sarandon speak on our behalf on CNN today. I was also given the opportunity to provide an op-ed on the CNN Impact Your World site. You can read an excerpt below, and be sure to watch the video.
Think of eight people you know. One of them may go to bed hungry tonight.
Not surprisingly, about 98% of hungry people live in developing countries and the crisis will likely get worse. Over the next 12 years, the United Nations projects the global population will hit 8 billion people.
If we want to solve the problem, we first have to target the people who produce the food. For nearly 70 years, Heifer International has been working with small farming communities to raise productivity and create a surplus that can be sold or provided to other hungry people.


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McMahon, M. A. S., Tunney, M. M., Moore, J. E., Blair, I. S., Gilpin, D. F. and McDowell, D. A. (2008) Changes in antibiotic susceptibility in staphylococci habituated to sub-lethal concentrations of tea tree oil (Melaleuca alternifolia). LETTERS IN APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY, 47 (4). pp. 263-268. [Journal article]
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Aims: To investigate the effect of sub-lethal challenge with tea tree oil (TTO) on the antibiotic resistance profiles of staphylococci. Methods and Results: Isolates of methicillin-resistant/-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA and MSSA) and coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) were habituated to sub-lethal concentrations of TTO (72 h). Following habituation, the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MIC) of antibiotics and TTO were determined. Habituated MRSA/MSSA cultures had higher (P < 0.05) MIC values than control cultures for the examined antibiotics. Habituated MRSA/MSSA cultures also displayed decreased susceptibility to TTO. Although the MIC of habituated MRSA/MSSA for the examined antibiotics reverted to control values after subsequent culture in the absence of TTO, the increased MIC against TTO were maintained. When compared with control cultures, habituated CoNS cultures had higher (P < 0.05) MIC values against three-fifths of the antibiotics examined; no changes in TTO MIC were observed. Conclusions: TTO habituation `stress-hardens' MRSA and MSSA, evidenced by transient decreased antibiotic susceptibility and stable decreased TTO susceptibility. Although TTO habituation did not decrease susceptibility of CoNS to TTO, such cultures showed transient decreased antibiotic susceptibility. Significance and Impact of the Study: Application of TTO at sub-lethal concentrations may reduce the efficacy of topical antibiotics used with TTO in combination therapies.
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2014 BMW 2 Series spied on the street
Just as the new generation of BMW's 3 Series Coupe and Convertible has been recast and rebadged as the 4 Series for 2014, 2-door versions of the automaker's entry-level 1 Series are due to undergo a similar transition and adopt 2 Series nomenclature starting with the 2014 model year. One of the new Coupe variants was snapped recently while testing in the Los Angeles area by KBB's Senior Director, Insights, Karl Brauer. Despite being fully wrapped in BMW's curls-and-swirls camouflage, this test mule does give a hint at what we can expect to see in the production model.
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The car's basic proportions appear largely unchanged from the current 1 Series, however, like other 2 Series spy images we've seen, the front and rear quarters look a bit sleeker and are set off by trimmer headlamps/taillamps and reshaped front air intakes. While BMW has yet to confirm any platform details, it's believed the upcoming 2 Series will continue to share a version of the current 1 Series/3 Series architecture.
Motivation for the base 228i model is expected to come from the 2.0-liter/240-horsepower TwinPower Turbo 4-cylinder used in the 328i, with the upline 235i getting the same 300-horsepower turbocharged inline-6 found in the 335i. A slightly more potent, 320-horse 235is also is likely, as is a full-on M2 variant a year or so after the 2 Series launches. With the arrival of new luxury compact sedans like the Audi A3 and Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class, don't be surprised to see BMW further bolster the 2 Series lineup with a sleek 4-door Gran Coupe variant as well. Stay tuned.
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I had prepared a completely different project for you this week: something involving handmade lampwork beads, lots of dangling wire wrapped components and a variety of interesting features to accent a large glass focal.
However, when it came time to sit down and record the video I just didn't feel like it!
Instead my mind turned to a photo I had just come across on Pinterest of a very simple, yet elegant necklace. I then went digging through my stash to see if I could find two connector pieces to hold the multiple strands together. The ones I had in mind ended up not working, but I came across these pieces left over from another project.
As I mentioned in the video I recently re-organized all of my beads and findings, sorting them not only by color as they have always been, but also by type.
It's only been a week or so since I've finished and I've already found the system to be much more useful in finding what I need and also seeing all the different sizes and variations I have of any one type of bead, such as these rose quartz beads, I found to my surprise I had them in 8 mm, 6 mm and 4 mm faceted (which I ended up not using in this project.)
You can add as many strands as you like to this design, just be sure to test out the lengths before you finish up your connections so that everything drapes nicely inside each other.
Tools and Materials:
- 8 mm rose quartz round beads
- 6 mm rose quartz round beads
- 20 gauge wire
- Necklace chain
- Connectors with bezels such as these for cabochons
- Jump rings
- Clasp
- One Step Looper
- Wire cutters
- Chain nose pliers
Enjoy the video and happy creating!
Watch the Rose Blush Necklace-Rose Quartz Statement Jewelry Tutorial video at YouTube,


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B2C legal services market comprises establishments offering practices deal with the body of law that governs the disputes between individuals.
The global B2C legal services market was valued at $130 billion in 2017. North America was the largest geographic region accounting for $75.7 billion or 58.2% of the global market. The USA was the largest country accounting for $38.2 billion or 29.4% of the global B2C legal services market.
In the B2C legal market place, clients are seeking assistance from non-lawyer professionals. Non-lawyer professionals include paralegal technicians, legal document preparers, legal self-help websites, virtual assistants and offshore legal vendors. These new sources are enabling disadvantaged populations to access legal services at affordable rates to deal with legal issues in their professional and personal lives. Since legal services costs are rising, new legal delivery models are emerging to offer affordable legal services to a large proportion of population.
The companies covered are Baker & McKenzie, DLA Piper, Latham & Watkins LLP, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, and Clifford Chance LLP.
The countries covered are USA, China, Germany, Brazil, Japan, UK, Spain, Russia, France, Australia, Italy, India and rest of the world.
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Global Legal Services Market, Opportunities And Strategies To 2021
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Accounting services provide systematic and comprehensive recording of financial transactions pertaining to businesses. The service involves summarizing, analyzing, auditing and reporting of the financial transactions for tax collection agencies and entities. It also involves auditing and preparing financial statements, designing accounting systems, developing budgets and accounting advisory.
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Architectural, Engineering Consultants And Related Services Market Global Briefing 2018
Architecture, engineering consultants and other related services comprise activities that provide support to planning and designing of construction related businesses of all sizes across all industries. Business entities that are engaged in providing architecture, engineering consultants and other related services are generally referred as architectural firms or engineering consultancy firms.
Design, Research, Promotional And Consulting Services Market Global Briefing 2018
The design, research, promotional and consulting services (also referred to as general professional services) market comprises establishments offering expertize and services to a wide range of industries, in some cases households and individuals.
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The environmental consulting services industry comprise establishments engaged in providing advice, assistance, and action plans to organizations and governments to manage their environment. It includes prevention of environmental contamination, toxic substances, security consulting, waste management, and pollution control.
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*Pay Now rate via online payment only. For "Pay Later" payment term (Branches walk-in, Thai Rent A Car call center 1647) Eco Cars: 840 THB, Economy Sedan: 940 THB, MPV/SUV Cars: 1,840 THB
** There will be additional THB 500 charge for peak period: 7-15 April 2018
SLDW (Super Loss Damage Waiver) – The renter is exempt from paying damages or LDW's excess amount in case of accident. However SLDW does not exempt the renter from his/her responsibility for some damages such as the vehicle interior, vehicle tires, vehicle windscreen, front lights, lost accessories and extra equipment, lost vehicle keys and/or documents.
*Branches will be fully opened in 30 locations by 2017 For more information, please contact Thai Rent A Car call center 1647 or visit www.thairentacar.com