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NHL talks: Players, owners have their 'best day'
- Sidney Crosby is one of four captains who are part of the discussion
- Bill Daly and Steve Fehr hold a joint news briefing
- Gary Bettman and Donald Fehr are at the hotel, but not in the room
NEW YORK - NHL owners and players had a positive day Tuesday as they included new faces in a bid to find common ground and resolve the 80-day-old lockout.
"In some ways, I think it's the best day we've had," NHL Players' Association special counsel Steve Fehr said.
The sides began talking at 2 p.m. ET at the Westin Times Square in Manhattan, the same hotel where Commissioner Gary Betttman announced the cancellation of the 2004-05 season, and took a dinner break at 7:30. After internal meetings, the sides got together again about 10:30 before breaking up before midnight.
NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly also was part of the joint news conference with Fehr, the first time since negotiations began that the two sides had appeared at the same time before the news media on a labor issue.
"I think everyone is working hard, and I think everyone wants to get a deal done," Daly said.
Neither official took questions.
The sides plan to resume talks Wednesday morning at an undisclosed location before the board of governors meet at 11 a.m..
The meeting comes at a critical time, because the lockout has resulted in the cancellation of 422 regular-season games plus the Winter Classic and All-Star weekend.
Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby was the most prominent name of the list of 18 players whom the NHL Players Association invited to New York to take part in the meeting, and he was joined by fellow NHL captains Jonathan Toews (Chicago Blackhawks), Shane Doan (Phoenix Coyotes) and David Backes (St. Louis Blues).
Winnipeg Jets defenseman Ron Hainsey, Los Angeles Kings forward Kevin Westgarth, Florida Panthers forward George Parros and unsigned forward Mathieu Darche were also part of the group, as they had been in previous negotiations with owners.
Neither Bettman nor NHLPA executive director Donald Fehr was in the room, although both were at the hotel and took part in caucuses. Bettman had suggested the owners-players-only meeting last week after federal mediators failed to bring the sides closer together.
The NHL also mixed up its ownership representation during the meeting. Negotiating committee members Jeremy Jacobs (Boston Bruins) and Murray Edwards (Calgary Flames) were there, but there were four different faces in Ron Burkle (Pittsburgh), Jeff Vinik (Tampa Bay Lightning), Larry Tanenbaum (Toronto Maple Leafs) and Mark Chipman (Winnipeg).
Burkle's presence was important, because he is considered a player-friendly owner who had signed Crosby to a 12-year, $104.4 million contract extension during the summer. Tanenbaum represents the league's big markets (Forbes recently valued his franchise at $1 billion). Vinik (joining in 2010) and Chipman (2011) are relative newcomers.
Heading into Tuesday's meeting, the sides were $182 million apart on how to honor existing contracts while dropping the players' share of hockey-related revenue immediately from 57% to a 50-50 split. They also were divided on individual player contract rights.
The NHL has canceled games through Dec. 14 at a cost to players of four paychecks. Their next check would arrive on the 15th. It's presumed that once a deal is reached, it would take 10 days for the season to begin.
The full list of players (in alphabetical order):
Craig Adams, David Backes, Michael Cammalleri, Sidney Crosby, B.J. Crombeen, Mathieu Darche, Shane Doan, Ron Hainsey, Shawn Horcoff, Jamal Mayers, Manny Malhotra, Andy McDonald, Ryan Miller, George Parros, Brad Richards, Martin St. Louis, Jonathan Toews and Kevin Westgarth.
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BOSTON (ASRN.ORG)- Taking the next step in more than 20 years of research, researchers at Children's Hospital Boston have linked sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) with low production of serotonin in the brainstem, based on a comparison of brainstem samples from infants dying of SIDS compared to brainstems of infants dying from other, known causes.
The findings may give a concrete approach to identifying babies at risk for SIDS, the leading cause of death for infants between 1 and 12 months old in the United States.
In the brainstem, serotonin helps regulate some of the body's involuntary actions, such as breathing, heart rate and blood pressure during sleep. The researchers, led by Children's neuropathologist, Hannah Kinney, MD, believe that a low serotonin level impairs the function of the brainstem circuits that regulate these activities, putting a baby at risk for sudden death from stresses such as rebreathing carbon dioxide when sleeping in the face down position.
The future goal of this work is to devise a test to identify infants with a serotonin brainstem defect early, and to develop preventive treatments that would correct the serotonin deficiency.
In 2006, Kinney and colleagues showed that SIDS is associated with abnormalities in the number of cells and receptors related to serotonin in the brainstem, but it wasn't clear whether SIDS may be caused by overproduction or underproduction of the chemical.
In the new study, the team measured the levels of serotonin and tryptophan hydroxylase, the enzyme that helps make serotonin, in 35 infants dying from SIDS and two control groups (5 infants dying acutely from other causes, and 5 hospitalized infants with chronic hypoxia-ischemia (insufficient oxygen supply to tissues). Tissue samples from the brainstem were obtained from autopsies and provided by research partners at the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office in California.
Compared with controls, the serotonin levels in the lower brainstem were 26 percent lower in the SIDS cases compared to controls, while the tryptophan hydroxylase levels were 22 percent lower. Levels of binding to serotonin receptors were also lower by more than 50 percent. The consistency and correlation of these findings with each other reinforce the idea that SIDS in the majority of cases is a disorder of serotonin the brainstem, the researchers say.
"The baby looks normal during the day; there's nothing that would tell you that baby is going to die of SIDS that night," says Kinney, who has studied SIDS for more than 20 years. "There's something about sleep that unmasks the defect, which we believe is in serotonin circuits: the baby experiences some kind of stress during sleep, such as rebreathing carbon dioxide in the face-down position or increased temperature from over-bundling, that cannot be compensated for by the defective brainstem circuits, and the baby then goes on to die."
In a normal baby rebreathing carbon dioxide, serotonin pathways in the brainstem would stir the baby awake long enough to turn its head, allowing it to breathe fresh air, Kinney adds. A baby with low serotonin levels in the brainstem may never stir.
SIDS has puzzled doctors and families for decades, but once the medical community recognized that a baby's position while sleeping affects the risk for SIDS, national awareness campaigns sprouted to persuade parents to place babies to sleep on their backs. However, such campaigns haven't completely solved the problem, prompting ongoing research to find a biological component to SIDS.
While this study provides strong evidence for a biological cause of SIDS, it also shows that other risk factors, such as sleeping on one's stomach, can aggravate the risk. Of the SIDS infants in the current study, 95 percent died with at least one risk factor, and 88 percent died with at least two.
The next step in this research is to find out what causes abnormally low serotonin levels in the first place. Genetic variations may be partly responsible, says neuroscientist David Paterson, PhD, in Kinney's lab, a contributing author of the paper. Kinney's lab is searching for such variations.In the meantime, parents should remove unnecessary SIDS risk factors, Kinney says. During pregnancy, there is no safe level of alcohol a mother can drink and no safe level of smoking, both firsthand and secondhand. Until 12 months of age, babies should sleep on their backs in a crib with a firm mattress, and without toys, soft pillows, excessive blanketing or excessive clothing.
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Undoubtedly a balanced culture needs sport. Not only high-performance sport, but everyday sport too. Athens has a rich tradition in sports. The 2004 Olympic Games were the peak moment in the sporting history of modern Athens. They displayed the excellent infrastructure of the city and placed it at the heart of the global athletic world, where it belongs. And, of course, they rekindled the universal feeling that the Greek people are among the most hospitable in the world with great voluntary conscience.
Sporting facilities in Athens are of a high standard and available for prestigious, international events. The Olympic Stadium complex, the Panathinaiko (Kallimarmaro) Stadium, where the first modern Olympic Games were held in 1896, the Karaiskakis Stadium, the Peace and Friendship Stadium, the many riding clubs, the excellent football pitches and basketball courts, the tennis courts, the outstanding sailing clubs, the House of Weightlifting, and many other facilities host major, well-attended sporting events all year round. The Athens Classic Marathon is definitely the most prominent annual event.
Spartathlon – From the Propylaea of the Acropolis to Sparta
The Spartathlon covers an arduous and demanding route of 246 kilometres. It takes place on the last Friday in September and attracts great athletes and many visitors. It is held in memory of another of Pheidippides' great achievements, as recorded by Herodotus. According to the historical text, Pheidippides ran this distance to ask for help from the Spartans on behalf of the Athenians. Herodotus informs us that Pheidippides arrived in Sparta the day after his departure from Athens.
The revival of this race has become renowned among long-distance athletes and there are always a remarkable number of entrants. People line the route wishing to enjoy at first hand their tremendous effort. The race was started by the enthusiasm and persistence of some men of vision, like the director Francis Carabott, who filmed unique documentaries from the first of these events.
Acropolis Rally – speed with a history
Every June, renown rally drivers flock to Athens. Car industries present their most high-powered models as it is a matter of prestige for a car to excel in this popular and highly-respected race. The event lasts a few days, usually starting from Athens and taking place in various parts of Greece.
The race was first held in 1951, but became an international event in 1953 under the organizational responsibility of the "Greek Automobile and Touring Club" (ELPA). However Greece has a long tradition of car races. In 1924 the Professor of Medicine, Vladimir Bensis, together with the editor of the newspaper "Vradini" Dimitrios Aravantinos, founded the Association of Greek Motorists and two years later, sponsored by the newspaper, the first car races were held.With this long tradition behind it, the Acropolis Rally will soon celebrate sixty years of speed and skill, though still preserving its originality.
Football or basketball?
It is widely known that Greek fans are particularly passionate. The famous Athenian teams, as well as other smaller associations, are rewarded with the adoration of their fans. In Athens sports lovers can watch top-notch football, both in national and international events.
Basketball is a particularly popular sport, having brought great joy with international distinctions to Greek teams. Emotions among fans run high at these important events and they give Athens a chance to see some of the greatest athletes at first hand.
Aristocratic golf
The golf club in Glyfada bears the signature of a great designer, D. Harradine. It was renovated in 1979 by the renowned architect who specializes in constructing golf courses, R. T. Jones. It has a conference centre and its facilities can welcome up to 4000 people, athletes and visitors.
The bicycle's dynamic entrance into Athenian life
The cycling tour of Athens aims at supporting the relationship between residents and visitors and the bicycle. The capital, with its new transport policy, has become bicycle friendly, as congestion on roads in Athens has been considerably relieved. So it is no longer an uncommon sight to see families, friends, pensive cyclists and travellers in a relaxed frame of mind, enjoying the sights in the capital accompanied by their bikes.
Sport for all
It is not only the major sports events that attract people's interest. Residents and visitors in Athens can not only watch their favourite sport, but can themselves take part in it. Whether they want to go diving, fishing or water-skiing on one of Attica's beaches, or to jog to stay fit, or to relax by playing tennis, they are sure to find excellent facilities and expert trainers. Over the last few years people have become aware that apart from being enjoyable, sport is good for the health. And Athens is well aware of this.
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The youngest boy here, JCountryGuitarMan, discovered today that it does not take any liquor at all for my daughter, Tes, who calls him bronephew (he is her brother and her nephew, because he is my grandson and my son for the last seven years, anyway.) But, it does not take any liquor, at all, for the two of us to laugh hysterically for hours.
Had the most wonderful day. It started with a phone call from her, "Gee, mom, I'm camping in your neighborhood. Now, first, this seems like a strange thing to me. The woman teaches science and math at four institutions. She's no dummy, but she made reservations for Monroe Reservoire three months ago and just realized that she is like less than twenty miles from my house?
Whatever the case, I'm glad she realized it, called and invited us to join them. I have my millions of projects that have to be done so passed at first, but she continued to text me and when I found out she had walked down to the water from her campspot, I was in like sin. I love water. Water energizes me. I was not passing up floating for the day.
So, off we went, husband, JCountry, and me. We played with their dog 'Mia,' who has, as her vet put it "Jazz hands" (or paws.) I mean, this is one really energetic puppy. She treats children as if they are popsickles/suckers. She's one handfull of dog.
The water was wonderful but I think someone was trying to send me a message, as Turkey buzzards kept circling overhead.
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Green Valley Ranch Resort puts your group just minutes from the wonders of Lake Mead. Boat, hike, cycle, camp and fish at America's most diverse national recreation area. With striking landscapes and brilliant blue waters, this year-round playground spreads across 1.5 million acres of mountains, canyons, valleys and two vast lakes. See the Hoover Dam from the waters of Lake Mead or Lake Mohave, or find solitude in one of the park's nine wilderness areas.
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- Over 69,000 square feet of flexible meeting space
- Multiple break-out rooms & endless configurations
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- Indulge in pure luxury at our world class spa
- Private European-style sun area
- The SandBar Beach
All of the hotels meeting space is a short walk to both hotel tower elevators.
Unfortunately this is prohibited, the GVR Catering team is the only authorized catering for the event space.
Yes, our Grand Ballroom has it's own dedicated Grand Ballroom Registration Desk.
The GVR has many beautiful locations both outdoors and indoor for any meal period or just to get out of the banquet room for a meeting. The Backyard has our Garden Amphitheater, Pool Deck, Opium Terrace and our Vineyard for smaller events.
Our in house provider is Encore Productions and they can certainly work with you on your AV Needs and assist you with any outside AV Equipment Requests.
At GVR we have dedicated restrooms for each section of event space. In the Grand Events Center we have 3 separate areas all located conveniently close to the event space.
There is a City of Henderson Noise Ordinance for all outside events of 10pm.
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DS Review: 2010 MLS Draft
So which draft picks from last year's 2010 MLS Draft are standing out for their teams so far? Let's look at those drafted in the first round and see how they are doing.
1. Danny Mwanga - Philadelphia Union: Even though Danny has not played in every game this season, he has scored 7 goals in 14 games, coming off the bench in 5 of those games. He is showing a real finishing touch, with those 7 goals being scored on just 20 shots. His first MLS goal scored against Dallas was voted goal of the week.
2. Tony Tchani - New York Red Bulls: Tchani is getting plenty of playing time this year, playing in 17 games for the Red Bulls. He is fitting in quite well at midfield and will get loads of experience while playing with the likes of Thierry Henry and Rafael Marquez.
3. Ike Opara - San Jose Earthquakes: Although Opara will be out for a while with a broken foot, he is having a great year with San Jose. Being a key part of their defense, he also has 3 goals from 10 shots.
4. Teal Bunbury - Kansas City Wizards: Teal has played in 17 games this year, scoring 2 goals (both game winning) from 14 shots. Sir Alex even said that he was quite a handful for them in their friendly match with Manchester United.
5. Zach Loyd - FC Dallas: Loyd has played in 14 games so far, starting 9 of them. He is helping a defense that has only allowed 17 goals this season, which is the third lowest in the league.
6. Amobi Okugo - Philadelphia Union: The second of 3 Generation Adidas players for the Union, he's played in 8 games so far and is still fighting for playing time.
7. Jack McInerney - Philadelphia Union: Even though Jack has only played in 12 games, 11 of those coming off of the bench, he is still getting some time and valuable experience.
8. Dilly Duka - Columbus Crew: Not sure what is going on with Duka, as he is sometimes not even on the bench for the Crew. He did finally see some playing time, but it was just 15 minutes against Real Salt Lake. With the depth of the Columbus squad it will be hard for him to get minutes on a regular basis.
9. Zack Schilawski - New England Revolution: Zack is the leading scorer right now for the Revolution with 5 goals. He is certainly making an impression, playing in 17 of 18 games for the Revolution.
10. Blair Gavin - Chivas USA: Another quality player from Akron, Blair had started in every game this season before suffering a hamstring injury.
11. David Estrada - Seattle Sounders FC: Currently out with an injury, he has seen very little playing time but showed lots of promise in the few games he played in.
12. Bright Dike - Columbus Crew: Dike was released from the Crew and picked up by the Portland Timbers.
13. Corben Bone - Chicago Fire: It seems as if Corben is having a rough time getting on the field in Chicago, but with the depth of Chicago at his position he'll need to make the most of every moment.
14. Austin Da Luz - New York Red Bulls: Injuries this year, have caused him to not see any playing time.
15. Collen Warner - Real Salt Lake: He's seen a little bit of playing time, and has shown some promise at midfield when he's been out there.
16. Michael Stephens - Los Angeles Galaxy: Michael is almost a regular starter for LA, starting 16 of 20 games played. Although he's not quite the scorer he was at UCLA so far this year, you have to take into account the quality of his LA teammates who relieve the scoring pressure.
Many believe that this is one of the deepest, most talented drafts in the MLS's short history, as there are several players such as Tim Ream who were drafted in later rounds that are already making a difference.


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bean, name applied to the seeds of leguminous trees and shrubs and to various leguminous plants of the family Leguminosae ( pulse family) with edible seeds or seed pods (legumes). The genera and species encompassed by the term bean are many and variable. The broad beans ( Vicia faba, of the vetch genus), the soybean types ( Glycine max), and a few lesser species were the only beans known to the Old World before the discovery of America, by which time the indigenous peoples had already developed most of the bean types still used today, e.g., the lima beans, kidney beans, string beans, shell beans, and pea beans. All these are species and varieties of Phaseolus, the
truebean genus; the hereditary history of most is unknown, and hence the taxonomic distinctions are often still uncertain. The plants are easily cultivated but susceptible to several diseases, e.g., rusts, blights, wilts, and bean anthracnose (a fungus).
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To a large number of the present generation of Wilberforce students this short life sketch will bring personal interest.
Margaret Elizabeth was born in Maysville, Kentucky, in 1846. Her parents were John and Anna Norris. At the early age of eight years she was converted and during her entire life was a shining example of piety and truth. At the age of eighteen Margaret Norris was married to George W. Reid, who preceeded her in death.
For several years they lived in Kentucky, then moved to Osborn, Ohio, and later made her home in Springfield, Ohio. The couple were industrious and frugal and accumulated sufficient to purchase a beautiful home. In 1895 Mr. Reid went on a bond for a friend who proved false and their property, representing years of toil and sacrifice was swept away. In that year Mrs. Reid moved to Wilberforce and kept a boarding house which was opened to the public for twenty-eight consecutive years. Not blessed with children of her own Mrs. Reid reared two children who died soon after reaching their majority. Later she adopted her sister's three children, Anna, Margaret, and John Gillard. For this kind act she was liberally rewarded with deep affection and unusual loyalty and devotion on the part of her name-sake Margaret.
Mrs. Reid was a member of Holy Trinity Church, Wilberforce and was active in all good work. Her life was one of service. Hundreds of students who attended Wilberforce University during her life, were the recipients of her bounty. She was never known to turn one from her door or
To all who knew her, students, faculty, neighbors, and friends this sweetly-disposed, unselfish, never-tiring woman was lovingly called, "Auntie Reid." So when she fell asleep on August 11, 1923, at the age of seventy-seven, the flame of love and appreciation burned on the heart altars of thousands scattered throughout America, the islands of the sea, and far off Africa.
It was a privilege to know her and to be one of those whom she helped, for her example was above reproach--her life beautiful, and although she did not accumulate much of this world's goods, she laid up for herself treasures in heaven where moth doth not corrupt. This image of this friend, soft-spoken, kind and generous with hands outstretched to the poor and needy will live in the hearts of those who knew her, for none knew her, but to love her.


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BELLINGHAM - Christopher J. Jakstis, 43, of Bellingham, MA passed away on Sunday, November 18, 2012 unexpectedly after being stricken at home. He was the beloved husband for 18 years of Maureen (Brown) Jakstis and the loving father of Olivia E. Jakstis. Born in Worcester, MA on March 15, 1969, he was the son of the late Anthony Jakstis of Shrewsbury. He also leaves his mother Dorothy J. Recko and her companion George Lapan of Sutton, MA. He was the brother of Gregory Jakstis of Hanover, PA. He was the son-in-law of Ken and Barbara Brown of Clearwater, FL, and the brother-in-law of Rick and Catherine Brown of Orlando, FL, Michelle and Paul Guerriero of Mansfield, MA, Ken and Priscilla Brown of Gainesville, FL, Matthew Brown of Clearwater, FL. He also leaves his nephew, nieces, aunts, uncles and cousins.
He was a resident of Bellingham for 18 years, formerly of Shrewsbury and was a graduate of Shrewsbury High School Class of 1987. He was an accomplished construction business owner and project manager with 24 years experience in the industry. Christopher was most recently employed as a construction supervisor at FBN Construction of Boston. He was devoted to his family and will be greatly missed by all that knew him.
Funeral will be held on Saturday, November 24th at 9:00 AM from CARTIER'S FUNERAL HOME, 151 So. Main St. (Rte 126), Bellingham, MA with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 AM at St. Blaise Church, 1158 So. Main St., Bellingham. Interment will follow at St. Jean Baptiste Cemetery, Wrentham Road, Bellingham. Visiting hours are on Friday, November 23rd from 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Olivia E. Jakstis Benefit Account, c/o Rockland Trust, 4 North Main Street, Bellingham, MA 02019.
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LONE PINE — Fighting blisters, stomach pain and desert heat, Calgary marathon runner Lorie Alexander became the first woman to complete a hat-trick of ultra marathons Tuesday when she conquered the gruelling 135-mile Badwater Ultramarathon.
Alexander, 55, crossed the finish line halfway up Mount Whitney on Tuesday at 6:32 p.m., having run 135 miles in 36 hours, 32 minutes and 37 seconds, shaving at least 20 minutes off her previous time set in 2012.
"Going up that one climb to the ghost town on the gravel road when I didn't feel good was the most challenging time," Alexander said at the finish line.
"I kept sitting down, trying to eat but I couldn't," she said. "I'd take a sip of water, try to take a bit of food, I couldn't get it in."
The Badwater race — touted as the toughest foot race on the planet — covers three mountain climbs across the burning desert terrain through Owen's Valley, west of Death Valley.
Alexander is one of seven — and the only woman — to complete the first ever Badwater Ultra Cup challenge in which runners complete not only the Badwater race but two other ultra-marathons this year.
She and the other half-dozen finalists also competed in the 51-mile Badwater Cape Fear marathon in March and the 81-mile Badwater Salton Sea marathon in May.
"I feel awesome," Alexander said of her new title, at the finish line Tuesday. "Chris (race organizer) said 'Hey, it's going to be a Canadian to takes top woman's spot."
Which of the three marathons was the most challenging?
Badwater, she said, adding: "It's the longest."
Alexander is also the first and only Canadian to run up more than 4,500 feet in the Inyo Mountains overlooking the Owen's Valley, to a ghost town called, Cerro Gordo.
Since the race began in 1990, runners have set off from Badwater — hence the name — the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere, inside Death Valley National Park. New park rules, however, forced race planners to devise an alternate route.
During the ascent to Cerro Gordo, Alexander suffered severe blistering to the heels of her feet and agonizing stomach pains that plagued her throughout the night Monday.
By Tuesday morning, the stomach pains abated, she said, but the blistering remained.
At 6 a.m. Tuesday, 24 hours after she set off with 100 other runners from 24 countries, Alexander had run 91 miles.
By noon Tuesday, she passed the 115-mile marker.
She changed her shoes twice to re-bandage the blisters but pushed through the pain as she made her last ascent up Mount Whitney Tuesday afternoon, she said.


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Much of the impact of "The Cove," which collected the documentary feature Oscar on Sunday night, comes from underwater footage that could not have been captured without help from Lucasfilm spinoff Kerner Optical.
Kerner runs a hush-hush "skunk works" that solves high-tech problems for private industry, government contractors and the occasional three-letter agency. Since Kerner's expertise is in models, miniatures and camera engineering, many of those problems involve exotic cameras.
For "The Cove," which exposes the slaughter of toxin-laden dolphins for meat in Japan, director Louie Psihoyos needed HD cameras that could sit on the sea bottom undetected and record the events at the surface. Kerner production manager Kevin Wallace became "rock camera supervisor" for the movie.
Wallace, who appears in the pic, said, "We tried to envision being there and tried to create something we wouldn't be able to detect, and we felt if we couldn't detect it, no one else would be able to either."
They placed Sony HD cameras that recorded to hard drives inside faux rocks sculpted from urethane, coated with epoxy and then painted to match surrounding rocks.
Once in place, the cameras ran continuously. Each night the pic sent a team to collect the cameras and replace the hard drives, but the rock cameras were so convincing that they were hard to locate.
"Sometimes they were a little warmer than the other rocks so we could see them on night vision," Psihoyos said.
Psihoyos remembered hanging from a cliff for hours at one point to avoid detection by the locals and realizing that "the guys in charge of the rock cameras are getting this amazing footage, and they're asleep."
"We absolutely couldn't have made the film without those cameras," he said.
Digital dilemma
Oscar's technical categories reflect moviemaking as it grew up in the 20th century, as an industrial process with specialists working more or less separately. The introduction of digital technology has blurred those specialties and has created quandaries for Academy branches and voters alike.
Sunday's results, though, suggest the Academy voters are adjusting to the new realities of digital filmmaking. Mauro Fiore won cinematography honors for "Avatar" even though he only worked on the live-action scenes, which made up about 30% of the movie.
Backstage after his win, Fiore said, "I think it's a pretty amazing thing for me to be honored in this capacity, especially because this is an HD film and this is the first time that a film has won that has so much computer generated images and live action together. So this is a huge revolution for the industry."
Besides cinematography, the Acad also gave makeup kudos to "Star Trek," though digital cosmetic enhancement specialists Lola VFX was credited on the pic. Lola's work on some pics has extended to fixing makeup problems on set.
Oscar winner Barney Burman told Daily Variety that while he doesn't believe his prosthetic makeup on "Star Trek" was digitally retouched, he thinks there's slightly less concern about that happening. The critical thing, he said, is that artists are honest about who did what. "If it's all clear and above board, then it's a little more acceptable for us to judge it on what was really done."
Digital retouching is not a big issue for Burman because his goal is to create makeup that looks great for the director and producer seeing it on set.
"If we can make it as beautiful to the eye it should read on camera. I don't do makeup for the camera, because I'm never sure what the camera will see or not see. But I know the director and producer will see a living person 360, and I want them to be impressed."
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Lowry Digital can now boast having worked on the past two vfx Oscar winners.
Lowry, which helped remove any digital artifacts from "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," was also quietly engaged to work on "Avatar." It was sworn to secrecy during most of awards season but was able to go public Tuesday with glowing quotes from producer Jon Landau. Lowry developed its software for film restoration and has adapted it to remove noise from footage captured with digital cameras. Former Moving Picture Co. CEO David Jeffers has joined London-based BlueBolt VFX as non-executive chairman. BlueBolt was founded by former MPC staffers Chas Jarrett, Angela Barson and Lucy Ainsworth-Taylor as a boutique vfx shop aiming at both feature and broadcast work. It has already delivered work on Warner's "Sherlock Holmes" and Disney's upcoming "Prince of Persia." … Bow Tie Cinema will install Technicolor's 3D-on-film system on 25 of its 150 screens in time for the release of DreamWorks Animation's "How to Train Your Dragon" on March 26. Meanwhile Oculus3D, the new 3D-on-film solution from Lenny Lipton, the brain behind much of today's digital 3D technology, has been giving demos of its system in Los Angeles. After the boffo box office for "Avatar" and "Alice in Wonderland" look for more announcements at or around ShoWest of theaters going to 3D-on-film, as exhibs decide not to wait for digital cinema deployment to collect the 3D up-charge on tickets.


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According to TMZ.com and Access Hollywood, West had contacted Dr. Andre Aboolian of Beverly Hills in June to discuss a tummy tuck and breast reduction.
"She was interested in some cosmetic procedures and we had discussed that in order for her to go through with the procedures, which she was a good candidate for, she needed what's called a medical clearance, which just about anybody over the age of 40 is required to have," Dr. Aboolian explained to Access. "Because of Donda's age, she was required to get some cardiac clearance to make sure her heart is in good shape to go through for the surgery."
West died Saturday night at age 58 at Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center in Marina del Rey, where paramedics took her after she stopped breathing at her home, according to Deborah Ettinger, a hospital vice president.
A spokesperson for the hospital also told Access Hollywood, "Donda West was brought into the emergency room at Centinela. She was unresponsive and in cardiac arrest. They tried to revive her and were unsuccessful."
Preliminary information indicated she died from "complications of surgery," Lt. Fred Corral told The Associated Press. An autopsy was expected to be conducted by Wednesday, Corral said.
Video: Kanye West's mother dies "Kanye West, his family and friends would like to thank everyone for the outpouring of support and kind words that have come in from across the country since the death of his mother," publicist Maureen O'Connor said in a statement. Reached by phone, she declined to provide details on West's death.
Patricia Green, a consultant who has worked as a publicist for West in the past, had previously told news agencies that West died after cosmetic surgery. She backed away from those comments in later interviews with the AP, saying she was not sure of the cause because she had received conflicting information.
"I spoke to her about two weeks ago and she was supposed to see the internist for the medical clearance, the internist that I had recommended, that I work with," Aboolian added. "But she never followed through as far as I know."
Aboolian was concerned about a condition West had that may cause a heart attack during surgery, said Jo-Ann Geffen, the surgeon's publicist, declining to elaborate because of patient privacy rights.
Geffen said she didn't know if West had cosmetic surgery elsewhere.
In an interview with TMZ.com, Dr. Jan Adams revealed that he performed cosmetic procedures on West before she died. Adams said that West had consulted with him over a period of four months, and that she changed her mind numerous times before finally greenlighting the surgeries.
Adams also claimed that he did nothing wrong and shared with TMZ his opinion of Aboolian. "He is sleazy and manipulating the truth to elevate his own importance," said Adams.
West was known for the strong bond she shared with her hip-hop star son. She was often seen by his side at parties and award shows. Kanye West often spoke of his close relationship with his mother, who raised him alone after her husband left when Kanye was 3.
The former chairwoman of Chicago State University's English department, Donda West served as chief executive of West Brands LLC, the parent company of her son's business enterprises. She also was chairwoman of the Kanye West Foundation, an educational nonprofit that works to decrease dropout rates and improve literacy.
The Associated Press, TMZ.com and Access Hollywood contributed to this report.
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It takes a LOT to become iconic, but Guinness has done it. The "Black Stuff" may be famous the world over, but this slow-settling porter started off life in St James's Gate at the heart of old Dublin. Back in 1759, an enterprising brewer by the name of Arthur Guinness took out a 9,000-year lease on the brewery here for an annual rent of £45. A couple of centuries later, the Storehouse was born. Built in the style of the Chicago School of Architecture 1904, it was originally used as a fermentation house. Today it's Ireland's number one visitor attraction – a gleaming, multimedia exhibition on everything from retro advertising to the craft of brewing, topped off with a pint in the 360-degree Gravity Bar. When you get there, don't forget to raise your glass to Arthur's wonderful creation!
When life looks black as the hour of night, A pint of plain is your only man IRISH WRITER FLANN O'BRIEN TOASTING GUINNESS
- Visit St Valentine at Whitefriar Street Church
- Enjoy the Byzantine style of Newman University Church
- See the mummies in the crypts at St Michan's Church
Ancient, dramatic and intriguing, Dublin's two cathedrals make a striking pair. Built beside a well where Ireland's patron saint baptised converts, St Patrick's dates back to 1220 and is filled with monuments, 19th-century stained glass and a beautiful Lady Chapel.
Just a 10-minute walk away, Christ Church has attracted pilgrims for almost 1,000 years, and today one of its biggest attractions is its medieval crypt. There are plenty of other reasons to visit, but some may be fascinated by the Chapel of St Laurence O'Toole… a heart-shaped shrine contains the saint's embalmed heart.
One of the things that I love about Ireland is that nearly everywhere you visit there is something unexpected. Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin is no exception. CINDY THOMPSON, IRISH FIRESIDE
With a backstory that includes monks, Vikings and remote Scottish islands, the Book of Kells will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end. This glorious Early Christian illuminated manuscript is quite simply a masterpiece. Located within Trinity College's Treasury, the tour here includes a visit to the Long Room library, one of Europe's most magnificent libraries housing over 200,000 of Trinity's oldest books.
Afterwards, wander around the charming campus of Trinity, which dates back to 1592 and boasts an impressive list of alumni including Bram Stoker, Oscar Wilde and Jonathan Swift. The Front Square and Campanile are a delight, while the college also houses the modern Science Gallery, and the Douglas Hyde Gallery, with changing contemporary art exhibitions.
4EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum
Located in the historic vaults of the CHQ Building at Custom House Quay, EPIC The Irish Emigration Museum delves into the past of Ireland's diaspora in brilliant interactive detail. The state-of-the-art visitor experience explores the inspiring journeys of over 10 million people who left Ireland's shores throughout history. Fancy learning more about your Irish ancestry? The Irish Family History Centre is also located here, where you can access valuable records, speak with a genealogy expert and join the online community of people on a quest to learn about their Irish roots.
If you're looking for another location laden in lineage, Glasnevin Cemetery is a treasure trove of records accounting for 1.5million burials – in fact, you could say a visit here will give you an intriguing look into the birth of the nation.
A high-tech treasure… Simply too good of a story to miss. NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER
Perched on the site of a Danish Viking fortress from 930AD, and with its first stone cast by King John of England in 1230, Dublin Castle's historical significance did not stop there. Under British rule from that point until 1921 (it was a key target during the 1916 Easter Rising), it has been a court, a fortress, even a site of execution in its time, and its architecture has evolved and grown with each metamorphasis.
In truth, it feels more like a rambling campus than an actual castle – not many turrets in sight – but it's the setting for every big state event, including presidential inaugurations. Wander the grounds, or take a guided tour to the state apartments, medieval undercroft and the Chapel Royal.
- Dracula author Bram Stoker worked as a civil servant in Dublin Castle.
There's a real "wow" moment that comes with walking into the East Wing of Kilmainham Gaol. Eerie, vast and deserted, the gaol is the largest unoccupied prison in Europe and holds countless tales within its thick, cold walls.
By the time it had closed in 1924, many of Ireland's foremost political figures had passed through its cells, including Robert Emmet, Charles Stewart Parnell, President Eamon de Valera, and the leaders of the 1916 Rising (14 of whom were executed in the stonecutter's yard). The tour here gives a dramatic insight into the history of this forbidding prison, with its overcrowding, hardship and brutal conditions. A definite don't miss.
Gaze at one of the largest and most spellbinding gold collections in Europe; come "face to face" with the incredible preserved bodies of Iron Age people; and look in wonder at a 4,500-year-old log boat from County Galway. The National Museum Dublin is just one of the city's must-visit museums, housed within a lovely Palladian building from 1890.
And it doesn't stop there. The National Gallery of Ireland includes wonderful European and Irish fine art, with an acclaimed collection of works by Irish painter Jack B Yeats. Soak up the past and see Irish design through the ages at the National Museum of Decorative Arts and History in Collins Barracks, and head to the Hugh Lane Gallery to see the world-renowned Francis Bacon Studio. And the really good news? Admission is free!
- What is now the Phoenix Park used to be a Viking burial ground and is the largest Viking cemetery outside Scandinavia.
Whether you want to spend the evening watching a retro film in a leafy Georgian square or potter around a lunchtime farmers' market, Dublin's parks will fit the bill. Cherished and adored, the city's green spaces include the hidden oasis of Iveagh Gardens (perfect for afternoon picnics) and the city centre gem of St Stephen's Green, which was used for public executions until the 1770s.
Make like a local by spending an afternoon cycling through the Phoenix Park, one of Europe's largest enclosed city parks – with a large herd of fallow deer for company; seek out the statue of Oscar Wilde in Merrion Square; or take time out at Dubh Linn Gardens, tucked just behind Dublin Castle. Urban bliss.
Tucked away on St Stephen's Green is the Little Museum of Dublin, an eccentric collection of fascinating items donated by Dubliners themselves. Intricately curated and thoughtfully displayed, the museum is a delightful place to spend an unhurried afternoon, uncovering a more intimate history of Dublin in the 20th century through photography, letters, advertising and art. Music fans will particularly enjoy the second-floor exhibition – U2 Made in Dublin, which starts the story of the city's most famous rock band from 1976 to the present day. Afterwards, head downstairs to the basement kitchen of Hatch & Sons for a hearty lunch of traditional Irish smoked fish.
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New potential to treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is defined by emphysema and/or chronic bronchitis. It destroys the normal architecture of the lung and inhibits the mechanical aspects of breathing, which prevents necessary gas exchange. Patients suffer from coughing fits, wheezing, and increased incidence of lung infections. These symptoms are associated with changes in the architecture of the lung. The air sacs, which usually inflate with air during breathing as they loose their elasticity, becoming rigid and unable to inflate. The lung becomes inflamed and increases its mucus production, which further inhibits gas exchange, and prevents the patient's ability to be physically active.
Although COPD is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, there is currently no cure for the disease. Providing patients with concentrated oxygen therapy and instruction on breathing techniques increases survival rates.
In a new study published in Disease Models & Mechanisms (DMM), dmm.biologists.org, collaborative findings by European researchers demonstrate that an antioxidant protein, sestrin, triggers molecular pathways that induce some of the critical lung changes associated with COPD. By genetically inactivating this protein, they were able to improve the elastic features of the lung in a mouse model of emphysema. These authors believe that by inhibiting the antioxidant sestrin protein, they prevent the accelerated degradation of elastic fibers within the lung. This suggests that patients with COPD could benefit from treatment with drugs that block sestrin function.
Although sestrin is an antioxidant protein, the authors found that this characteristic of the protein is not likely to influence its effects on COPD progression in the lung. The negative effects of sestrin on lung elasticity results from its suppression of genes whose products maintain elastin. Elastin makes the lung flexible so that it can expand and contract. Without elastin fibers, the lung becomes rigid and increasingly unable to provide for gas exchange.


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Xbox 360 and PS3 Are Just Very Crap PCs
There was once a time when consoles had something that PCs didn't have. They were cheaper, easier to use, more convenient. They dominated the market because they dominated our need to be lazy and catered to. Then this generation happened.
A shitstorm is coming.
It sure is, better grab the popcorn cause this is gonna be good.
I wouldn't say consoles start as very crap PCs. Most of their launches, I'll admit, are rather decent because of the launch titles that invite the consumer to try it out with few hassles.
No. I'd say that most consoles are now trying to be like PCs. With updates, patches, online, etc., but don't do it quite as well because they're usually closed platforms bound to a corporation. PCs, on the other hand, are open and the owners of games are free to do whatever they want with their game.
I'm sure this will only provoke patient, well thought out responses...
I smell a bunch of assholes yelling at us for our taste coming. They will come at me soon.
Please... I like the Wii... don't kill me...
For MY taste?
BTW: Already got myself some popcorn, mai-tais and chips.
Well, might as well add something to kick off the inevitable shit-storm.
P.C. gamers, could you please note that consoles are bad now, not because of weak processing or worse controls, but because of how they are being used by publishers. Therefore, they are not inherently evil and wrong, as some elitist minority jerks seem to insist.
If no shitstorm happens, everybody is going to be disappointed now. Way too much hype.
As convenient as consoles are,PCs always have the flexibility and independence from anything that's not the consumer.And a PC requires only a brain to operate,nothing more.Not to mention that the entire Internet is on your finger tips.
I'll leave this here: "Bloody Americans!" as I like to say(and no I'm not British,I'm from East EU)
I blame consoles for the fact that DLC exists...
Look, I enjoy PC gaming from time to time, but to say you can't think of anything that makes consoles better than PCs in any way? How about the fact that when I install a $50 game on my PC, it more often then not requires me to spend 1-3 hours getting the damn thing to run on my stupid PC because whatever they used doesn't conform to my sound/video/processor of choice.
Because of the boring conformity, at least I know my games will be compatible with my 360 or PS3. And yes, I love mods, but I can at least see this as being a benefit to boring old console gaming.
Yea this makes sense to me actually, as time has gone on I've started to gravitate more towards PC gaming, and now the only thing stopping me from pretty much abandoning consoles altogether is that most of my friends are console gamers
I was referring to all of us consol peasants. I shall grab the pitch forks to defend ourselves.
PC is better? Yeah, all those that say "download x and x and x mods to make game better" even though the vanilla version of the game was fine. Look at Crysis 2...on xbox it was shit and bland fps with great graphics. On PC they bitched that the graphics could be better with that extra update? The game is still sucky.
Last I checked, consoles were still cheaper than gaming PC's.
Also i think its easier to cheat on games on PC than a console.
Yeah I agree. If I could afford to make the jump to PCs I would. I'd keep my consoles for exclusives but I'd mainly play on PC.
Also INB4 shitstorm
So will you be pleased or irritated by the people who inevitably do? Tough conundrum, eh?
Now finally someone has voiced my opinions.
Now I game on a very crap PC and so far I am enjoying it. I'm playing Skyrim and after all the mods that I have put, I can't believe that anyone has the patience to play on a console.
Sorry consoles, you still are good (there's always Demons/Dark Souls), but there is no way that consoles are going to be profitable unless corporations face the fact that consoles cannot act as small scale PCs and copy the big brother who already has a good reputation of having the consumers fix (by their own merit) what's wrong in a game along with many, many advantages.
This Jim, is precisely why I love you and why you are my new favourite person on the internet. Many of us have been saying this for quite some time, but it's funny how people wont listen unless you've got some "cred".
The only reason I have a PS3 is because Kojima made a MGS game. Aside from that, I literally cannot think of any reason why I would buy games for it that I couldn't get on my PC.
A good example of what you were talking about would be Skyrim. When that game came out, consoles had a hard time with lost saves, poor performance etc. Any problems that existed on the PC version I didn't notice, why? Because someone had a fix for it somewhere on the internet almost as soon as the game went live.
Prefer consoles all you want for their supposed simplicity, but PC gamers don't have to deal with corporate bullshit. Somewhere out there, for anything, someone has a work around, fix or mod that fits your needs.
Also kudos for showing Tribes when you mentioned free online games. Have you given Blacklight Retribution a try? It's not bad.
I recently just got a PS3. I've been a PC gamer for years, but my wife wanted a HD console to go with our new TV. Fair enough, went with a PS3 because it had the exclusive games that i wanted to play.
Holy crap, is it a mess. The games are fine, but Sony's store is terrible. Perhaps i'm just used to steam, but when i download a game (or even just a demo), wait 10+ minutes for the demo to install, then find out i have to download and install another patch for the DEMO, all i can think is "What the Fuck??". (how's that for a run-on?)
Just yesterday, i downloaded the demo for wipeout HD. It's a digital demo from Sony's own store. Downloaded the gigabyte file, and it took 10 minutes to install. Then i try to run it. Nope, PSN says that i need version 1.01, so i have to download 6 additional patches and install them.
Fix the copy on the main server!!!
I love Morrowind, on the xbox it was hard to get into, very hard. But the game was awesome. I love it. On PC, you mod it to death and it loses what it is. Its to easy to click god mode and the game is ruined. Not saying we would all do this, just if you replayed the same part of a game 5 times, you would click god mood just to get past that area and continue with the story. My time with Morrowind on xbox was awesome, Morrowind on the PC wasnt as interesting at all.
I love Blacklight. Reviewed it for Destructoid, put it on par with the best this generation's shooters have to offer. It's pretty much my basis for realizing that the $60 + DLC model is going to be humiliated in a matter of years.
This video is kinda pointless for someone who was a PC gamer to begin with, and always have been.
As long as the game is popular enough. "For anything" just isn't true. :|
If it wasn't for the cost of constantly upgrading the hardware I'd be more inclined to use my PC for gaming.
Honestly i have to agree with this. I've felt this way too recently. I'm currently in the process of upgrading my PC so i can game on it because of bad business models on consoles. Sure the ps3 is great for its uncharteds and its ratchet and clanks and final fantasies, but the business model is disgraceful. Either you pay $60 for an incomplete game that will be patched/get dlc later or you buy pre owned and are "killing the industry". Look at steam, it sells cheaply and has sales all of the time. I see offers on steam like every GTA in one bundle for €10, but on PSN games that are released new cost fucking €69.99! That's €20 more than it costs to buy in a shop, where less money goes to the dev and you can trade it in if you are not satisfied.
But as for the problems with console exclusives, 360 and ps3 emulation are getting pretty good lately on PC. And with the next gen consoles having less of a gap from last gen to this gen i can see fully working emulation happening in the first 3 years of next gen.
The only real advantage i can see with consoles is local multiplayer, but very few games support than now, so it is mostly an advantage for the wii. I find playing the wii with friends to be much more fun than playing ps3/360 with friends because of this.
Limitless free games (the legal kind, you filthy pirate) and mods that turn great games into year long orgasms of greatness make PCs better than any console. No need to argue anything more.
While I usually agree with Jim here I must respectfully disagree, at least on the surface. The thing is the negatives that consoles have gotten from pc gaming are really just the problems with the games industry that we've all been over before. Since consoles are static and extremely brand controlled they're easier to control though. None of the problems here are inherent in consoles, the games industry simply doesn't know when to cut the shit.
Another thing is that despite how convoluted they've gotten I still say they're much easier to work with than a pc. Yes MGS4 may have taken forever to install but all I had to do to install it was press a preselected button. PCs despite their growing convenience are still very do it yourself. While pc enthusiasts might be all for it, maintaining and updating and editing plenty of people are not. I recently downloaded Morrowind and it took me four hours to get running because of a massive amount of compatibility issues that I had to search online for multiple answers for. While I could plug in my ps3 controller it's all for nought because my pc doesn't recognise it and I have to go searching for obscure programs and youtube tutorials to make it even work. Then there's the fact that controllers simply don't have enough buttons or some pc games, and after that the fact that while I could use a ps3 controller while playing tf2 it would be stupid to do so because mice are infinitely better for shooters and I'd get royally screwed. Consoles are getting pretty shitty and inefficient, but they still aren't the most inefficient.
Also Monster Energy is clearly superior to that pathetic milk and juice and water garbage everybody keeps pestering me about.
Um...pcs are expensive and require upgrades to the pc itself to play new games. They are still a bigger hassle. That outweighs anything a pc can do as most gamers wont spend 15000 dollars to have higher definition graphics that add fuck all to the game itself.
But that is your fault not the fault of PC's. How many old consoles games had cheats that allowed you to do the same thing? Not to mention some mods are awesome, case in point is dayZ and that is on its way to becoming a stand alone game.
I fully expect an animated GIF of Jim's exercise regime to be somebody's forum avatar by the end of the week...
PC gamers care more about graphics and physics than the actual game....these things are not important. Making the graphics better with a mod dont make the game better. The game is what it is, the story etc can not be changed. Each to their own i guess. Just buy the games you love to play and you will be fine.
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Donning a Dolce&Gabbana tuxedo with Prada shoes, on Sunday evening Piers Morgan stood "suited and booted" amongst the world's biggest film stars, anchoring CNN's red carpet coverage of the 85th Academy Awards.
Shelving the gun debate almost entirely for one night, the "Piers Morgan Tonight" host effortlessly switched from hard news to high fashion, vamping on Dior couture, and old Hollywood glamour.
For nearly two hours the British television presenter rubbed elbows with the likes of Dustin Hoffman and George Clooney, ceremonially pushed his sleeves up alongside Don Johnson and subjected himself to some good-natured ribbing at the miniature hands of the youngest-ever Best Actress in a Leading Role nominee Quvenzhané Wallis.
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Re: Was Michell Obama's appearance appropriate and does the audience want it? It was great for me. What this audience didn't want was the crude, disrespectful "humor" of the host. I vote NO on that - but I didn't get a choice. So there, Mr. Deutsch
PRICELESS!!!!! Youand sme other toggy d foggies have a problem with Michelle Obamma in her apperances! Stupified!!!!!! Laura Bush held a book during highly Tea and crumpets and never ventured out of the million dollar club, Arnold with his fitness and OOPs, I keep having illegitamate children on a precious wife. And you people who buzz of what ever you can think of to put down this women who connects with the middle class and common families , always with nutrition and fitness , and well being for kids and families. Shes vogue, class, can look corporate or down home, You Jelious. You got nothing! Enjoy the words of wisdon George!
M Obama was great, someone tell Donnie D to go away. He sounds so ridiculous!
Will someone please tell the guess to stop acting as if Michelle Obama doesn't watch movies! Donnie needs to stop all this complaining about how she shouldn't have been there. Last, I looked she is as American and he is and she had every right to be there. She is married to a politician, SHE IS NOT A POLITICIAN! I'm sure if Jack Nicholson didn't want her to do that he would have not allowed that to happen. Maybe he didn't want to talk alot.The woman was a PRESENTER, THAT'S ALL, so stop making more out of this than it was!
About Mrs. Obama at the Oscars.
Donny Deutsche is now doing his best Rush Limbaugh routine. Get over yourself Donny, not everything is partisan politics. I am a normal every day citizen who did not vote for President Obama. But I like him, I enjoy the family and have great respect for them.
I don't recall any great outcry when Ronald Reagan taped a segment for an Academy Award show or when Laura Bush taped a segment either for that matter.
I am sick and tired of the total disrespect and disregard for this first family. And frankly, Mr. Deutsch is a jerk.
Mrs. Obama was INVITED to be an award presenter. This was entertainment, her comments were totally relevant.
I loved it that she was there, I appreciated the surprise.
I have admired and watched Charlie Rose, Barbara Walters, Anderson Cooper and a few others for a long time. What I want to say is that YOU, Piers Morgan are a wonderful addition to US television. Minutes ago, I loved what you did with that silly Deutsch fellow about bad mouthinfg Michelle Obama.Don't let anyone or anything stop you.
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Agree with you totally Andrea. Piers has class, and charm and he carries himself well. I love Anderson Cooper and believe everything in him. You can trust Anderson, As well as Piers. And the embarrasing thing is As soon as hes states the Dam truth and someone dont like it, Here it comes " Piers you need to move back to england we dont want your opinion." We need an objective personal opinion because everyone thinks their right. And from what I read on this sight almost every night from the haters that dont even contribute to the debate Embarrase me to read the slop.
Piers ,as Anderson Cooper, along with the white house will not stop with keeping the debate about our childrens safety and new gun Legislation ( and here it comes from the ignnorant, and the illiterate) that when we talk about safer statagies and a national registration database , even the typical gun holder now, Says were trying to ban hand guns, shotguns, and hunting rifles. Go ahead the few americans show your incompatence. There will be No ban on hand guns, shotguns, and rifles. We all will be responcible for stray bullets and negigance. Dont "F" up and you'll be fine. Dont bother me with your whinning about you play time with assault weapons, Dont shoot anybody!
The question was asked on Erin Burnette tonight with a guy , I didnt catch his name but hes a supposied expert for media persona, NOT! He dosent have a job now does he! WHY?, Why was it wrong for Michelle Obama to be on the Academy awards. Totally Hippocrtical! If it was someone you admired and I didnt then Screw me! people are ready to spare over anything, Get a grip on your life and put it in balance, or see a shrink, its OK. Really , theirs controversy over the first Lady appearing on TV! Get a life !!!!!!
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Why wasn't the president there? Hasn't he starred in 4 movies since he has become president. O wait it was 2 one is still being
made.He should continue taking selfie's with other random people while world leaders are speaking during events.
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Dave Ramsey knows what it's like to have it all. By age twenty-six, he had established a four-million-dollar real estate portfolio, only to lose it by age thirty. He has since rebuilt his financial life and, through his workshops and his New York Times business bestsellers Financial Peace and More than Enough, he has helped hundreds of thousands of people to understand the forces behind their financial distress and how to set things right-financially, emotionally, and spiritually.
In this new edition of Financial Peace, Ramsey has updated his tactics and philosophy to show even more readers:
• how to get out of debt and stay out
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• how to use the principle of contentment to guide financial decision making
• how the flow of money can revolutionize relationships
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The Beginning . . .
a Very Good Place to Start
AS I STOOD PUTTING GAS in my Jaguar, the cold damp January wind chilled me and seemed to dampen my spirits even more. I hoped the attendant inside would not run a telephone check on my gold card. If he did, they probably would turn me down. Then where would I be?
"This is ridiculous," I murmured. "Only in America could you drive a Jaguar and not have the money to put gas in it." I wondered where the arrogant young man from a few years ago was. There I stood in the cold, a man in my twenties, knowing I was in the process of losing virtually everything I owned.
It had not always been that way. After college I hit a couple of minor bumps in my career, but I found a niche in foreclosure bargain real estate. With a formal education in finance, a family background in real estate, and a burning desire to succeed, I had a head start on life. As my real estate business grew, everything I touched seemed to turn to gold. I began to collect rental properties, as well as buy and sell bargain properties. I was very good at it and made money quickly. By age twenty-six, I had a rental real estate portfolio worth more than $4 million. I had built a team of people to manage this growing company and everything was moving perfectly.
Or so I thought. My wife and I did all the exotic vacations, drove the top-name autos, and wore only expensive, custom-tailored suits. You may be able to imagine that for a young man of twenty-six, I thought I had it made.
Financial Independence
I had arrived at "financial independence," that mystical place every young entrepreneur wants to reach. If I wanted something, I bought it-no thought required. I had done it honestly, with hard work and intelligence. So what could possibly happen in paradise?
Along with my knack for obtaining bargains, I had another talent. I had an unusual ability to finance everything. If one of my business lines of credit ran low, I would put on my custom suit, get in my Jaguar, and head for the bank. I would make sure to park in front of the manager's window for a big impression. I had my financial statements, corporate strategy, and tax returns all bound for presentation. All this pomp and circumstance, combined with the fact that my "deals" always worked and enamored the bankers, and they loved to lend me money. We had every type of personal line of credit, business lines of credit, and equity lines of credit-and let's not forget those wonderful gold and platinum cards.
If a banker would dare to indicate I might have too much debt, I would hunt another source. I have taken a $20,000 draw on a line of credit in a cashier's check, walked out of that bank, and into another. With all the "presentation" explained above and a $20,000 cashier's check, I would "establish a new relationship." Which meant I would deposit my borrowed cash into their bank, promise to be a customer, and in return they would give me a new $100,000 line of credit plus every platinum card and personal line of credit they had.
The sarcastic way that I am explaining this to you almost makes the process seem immoral. However, we were making money, and we had a bright future, so the banks wanted customers like us.
All Good Things Come to an End
Then it happened. Our largest lender was sold to a larger bank. Neither pomp and circumstance nor my name meant anything to the new upper management. Also, the 1986 tax act began to have its negative impact on real estate so all the banks began to get worried. Upper management decided to "trim back" on real estate lending. Most of our borrowing was in short-term notes because we resold most of our property for profit. Because we had "open lines of credit" and short-term notes, the banks had the right to call (or demand that we pay) most of our debt within ninety days. And that is just what they did. The new management called all my notes.
I had ninety days to find $1.2 million. I paid virtually all of it, but doing so destroyed my business. That action started a chain reaction that ended in my losing everything but my home and the clothes on my back.
I remember the strain on my marriage. I remember the mornings standing in the shower with the water scalding my face and crying like a baby. I remember the sheriff serving the lawsuit papers for default on notes. I remember thinking of suicide, knowing I had a $1 million life insurance policy that would provide for my family better than I was doing. It took three and a half years for paradise to completely unravel and for me to end up broke.
From the nightmare and emotional pain, however, was born an idea-the idea of counseling the average consumer through debt problems. I found that the foreclosure experience I had, combined with my personal experience with financial pain, was a foundation for opening a company to counsel consumers. I attended any and every workshop or seminar available and devoured every book I could find on consumer financial problems.
I have that company and have dealt with several thousand cases of consumer counseling on financial crisis. The base of knowledge from that experience and my personal pain are the source for this material.
Enough Pain Already!
Having lived through that trepidation, having sat with countless others while they lived through the same horrors of financial stress, and having watched more than 10,000 foreclosures come across my desk in ten years, I have had enough! It is time we Americans get a handle on our finances. We have been Gomer Pyle-ing it through our lives long enough. Down South we call this ridiculous walk down apathy lane in a Valium state of mind "ditty bopping along."
I believe it is time for the typical American family to get out of financial bondage. I also believe that they are ready. Furthermore, I believe that through knowledge and discipline financial peace is possible for us-all of us.
At the end of each chapter my wife, Sharon, will offer her insights and comments on the material presented there. Achieving financial peace would have been impossible without her.
Thoughts from Sharon . . .
I remember that sunny summer afternoon when Dave called and told me that nothing else could be done. It was over. We had to declare bankruptcy.
What would we do now? I wondered. I had such an empty feeling. I felt that the whole world was crashing in on us. Now everybody was going to know our secret. Everybody would look at us funny. What would our family and friends think? Would we be able to take nice vacations? Would the children still be able to dress nicely and participate in the same activities? What was going to happen to us?
Question after question raced through my mind. But I didn't have the answers. I began to think, well, maybe I spent too much on furniture. Or maybe I bought too many clothes. What did I do to cause this mess? I was scared-no, I was terrified.
That day I asked the Lord for help. I realized that Dave and I needed more than just money. We needed peace and security so that everything would be okay. I have seen this valley we were in turn into an opportunity to share with others about the financial burden we had gotten ourselves into.
There is hope. As a wife and mother, I knew that I couldn't give up.
There were times I had to be there for Dave just as he was for me. We had to encourage one another many times. I realized that it wasn't going to be easy.
But I knew we were just in a valley and that on the other side there was a mountain and sunshine.
--from Financial Peace Revisited by Dave and Sharon Ramsey, Copyright © January 2003, Viking Press, a member of Penguin Putnam, Inc., used by permission."


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Rising yields on bonds for Spain and Italy prompted European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi to declare that the central bank will do "whatever it takes" to keep the euro intact, as eurozone central banks looked for new ways to spur bank lending and undo the bloc's financial logjam.
Meanwhile, Spain refuted reports in German and Italian newspapers that it on the verge of asking the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) to buy bonds as a means of lowering yield.
Bloomberg reported Thursday that Draghi spoke in London to reassure markets that had driven yields for the two troubled countries to unsustainable levels. The ECB had halted bond purchases and resisted resuming them, but in his speech Draghi said, "To the extent that the size of these sovereign premia hamper the functioning of the monetary policy transmission channel, they come within our mandate. We have to cope with the financial fragmentation, address these issues."
He added, "Within our mandate, the ECB is ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro. And believe me, it will be enough."
The euro rose in the wake of his comments, although the long-term nature of such a commitment is still to be determined. Chris Scicluna, an economist at Daiwa Capital Markets Europe in London, said in the report, "[Draghi's] comments certainly suggest that ECB purchases of Spanish and Italian bonds are back on the table for discussion, as is another LTRO," referring to a long-term refinancing operation. "But—just like last summer—we would expect any new ECB bond purchases to be temporary and limited until other policies are put in place."
Next week will see meetings of policymakers from the Bank of England (BoE), the ECB and the Federal Reserve during a 24-hour period as they look for strategies to open up avenues of credit.
Nathan Sheets, global head of international economics at Citigroup in New York and director of the Fed's international finance division until last year, said in the report, "Central banks are thinking hard about other ways to spur their economies and get credit into corners of the economies that need it and aren't getting it."
Some of the possibilities being considered, in addition to renewed efforts on earlier actions, are assuming some new lending credit risk onto their balance sheets and compelling commercial banks to pay for the privilege of putting their cash in the safe haven of central banks—the theory being that, if banks have to pay to hold cash, they may instead begin to lend in the hope of recovering some yield.
However, Roberto Perli, a former Fed economist and now managing director in charge of policy research at International Strategy & Investment Group in Washington, was quoted saying, "The lending channel is broken." John Stopford, head of fixed income at Investec Asset Management in London, said in the report, "It's not obvious central banks have been effective, but they're going to keep trying."
According to Ken Wattret, chief market economist for the euro region at BNP Paribas, Draghi's comments caused investors to speculate that the ECB will go back to buying Spanish and Italian bonds. It halted the practice four months ago in an effort to compel governments to work harder at cutting their budget deficits.
Spain, meanwhile, was anxious to naysay reports that it would be seeking immediate aid. Two sources said that Madrid was not ready to ask the ECB to buy bonds. One was quoted in the report saying, "Neither a total rescue of the Spanish economy nor a bond-buying program from the EFSF is being looked at."
The other source explained that the government was focused on putting in place mandates from the last European Union (EU) summit, and on recapitalizing its banks after asking for a credit line just for its financial sector. The source commented, "We have to respect the times, the rhythms. Spain sought aid for the banks on June 9 and we only signed the final agreement this week … The government is not looking at that [further rescue]."


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Gun Control Advocates Need to Listen to Gun Owners, Obama Says
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WASHINGTON – President Obama said that he and his guests go skeet shooting at Camp David "all the time" and that gun control advocates need "to do a little more listening" to understand why so many Americans are wary of government limits on firearms.
In an interview released Sunday morning, Mr. Obama acknowledged that getting his package of gun proposals through Congress could be tough, and he expressed empathy for the strong sentiments of gun owners. Like Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., who has mentioned that he owns two shotguns, Mr. Obama tried to associate himself with those who enjoy firing guns.
"Up at Camp David, we do skeet shooting all the time," he told The New Republic in the interview, conducted Jan. 16, just after he unveiled his gun proposals.
Asked about his family, he said, "Not the girls, but oftentimes guests of mine go up there. And I have a profound respect for the traditions of hunting that trace back in this country for generations. And I think those who dismiss that out of hand make a big mistake."
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There are currently 135 clubs that participate at the U-12 age group, 90 clubs that participate at the U-13 age group, 91 clubs that participate at the U-14 age group, 73 clubs at U-15/16 and and 72 clubs that participate in the program at the U-17/18 age levels for 2016-17. Academy clubs are located throughout the country from markets with a history of National Team player production, and for the younger age group the clubs are based in key markets that minimize the amount of travel and costs for league play.
Can Academy clubs participate in non-Academy competitions?
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How many games are played and how long is the Academy season?
Each Academy team plays approximately 30 league games, including 6-9 games played at Showcases. Teams that advance from the Academy Playoffs could expect to play up to additional 3 games. The season begins in September and concludes with Championships in July. Clubs will break from league play for periods of inactivity due to weather or the end of the season.
How much are Academy clubs required to travel?
Academy clubs can expect 15-20 away matches in a given season, some of which will require overnight travel. Exact travel distances will vary between clubs depending on their geographic proximity to their conference opponents and Academy events.
Can Academy clubs schedule 'friendly' games during the Academy season?
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