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While he did make a brief appearance during Wrestlemania 30 week, Shawn Michaels is expected to be gone from WWE for the time being. The former world heavyweight champion will be focusing his energy on his television show and various promotional appearances for the time being. There are talks that he could be brought back for Summerslam 2014 to help with promotions, but that is not confirmed yet.
April 24, 2014
A familiar face made an appearance backstage at the Smackdown taping this week. Steve Blackman, who has been rumored for a brand new show on WWE Network, was visiting with friends in Pennsylvania, where he lives. The belief is that he spent some time talking briefly with management about hosting his own show, which is rumored to focus around Blackman as a bounty hunter.
April 23, 2014
A video of the Great Khali wrestling CJ Parker in WWE NXT. The former world heavyweight champion has been given time off from Monday Night Raw and Smackdown, so it was interesting that he made an appearance in developmental.
April 19, 2014
Since professional wrestlers are now intertwined with comic book conventions, Big Show has just become the latest WWE star to sign on for a Wizard World appearance. He will be doing the event in Atlanta, which will be the first time it is being held in that city. Big Show will be signing autographs, taking pictures and answering questions with fans.
April 19, 2014
A lot of wrestling fans have been wondering about the net worth of Nikita Koloff, as the legendary NWA star has yet to even make an appearance in WWE. The former United States Heavyweight Champion is done with professional wrestler. He has been a preacher for quite some time now, and his family was also featured on a reality television for the Lifetime Network.
April 14, 2014
After his cameo appearance at Wrestlemania 30, the Rock has headed back to England to put in more work into the Hercules film. While WWE fans were hoping that he would stick around and make a couple of more appearances, the former world heavyweight champion is not expected to make another return for the foreseeable future. WWE is still trying to convince him to come back in 2015.
April 14, 2014
While he only made an in ring appearance at the big pay per view this year, Rock is being penciled in to work a match at Wrestlemania 31. WWE actually wants to build the entire event around him. A hall of fame induction is being discussed as well. As far as opponents are concerned, the top candidate to face the Rock at Wrestlemania is Brock Lesnar.
April 12, 2014
During WWE Main Event, it appeared that Dean Ambrose had suffered a serious rib injury. It looks like the Shield member is fine enough to keep working. He will be making an appearance on Smackdown this week, and Ambrose is not currently scheduled to miss any of the live events taking place over the next couple of days.
April 10, 2014
A video of the Ultimate Warrior making what would turn out to be his final appearance on Monday Night Raw. The legendary WWE star, who was inducted into the hall of fame during Wrestlemania 30 weekend, died on Tuesday. His death has rocked the entire professional wrestling industry.
April 9, 2014
In one of the most shocking news ever, the Ultimate Warrior has died. His death comes just a day after he made his return to Monday Night Raw. It also comes during the same week where he was finally was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame and made a special appearance at Wrestlemania 30. No further details have been released yet.
April 8, 2014
In a move that could signal his imminent debut in WWE, Sting has been removed from the official TNA roster page on their website. The company had kept him on there, even after he made his last appearance for the company in January. The belief is that he has been negotiating with WWE over the past several weeks, and this could signal that a deal has been reached.
April 7, 2014
A video of Sting teasing an appearance at Wrestlemania 31. This was taken from New Orleans this week while the legendary former world heavyweight champion was in town for WrestleCon.
April 6, 2014
A video of Hulk Hogan making his return to Smackdown. WWE asked the legendary former world heavyweight championship to make an addition television appearance this week to promote Wrestlemania 30.
April 6, 2014
With much of the wrestling world in the state of Louisiana this weekend, Mr Anderson will be in New Orleans as well. Instead of working Wrestlemania 30, though, he will be making an appearance at WrestleCon, along with several dozens of other big name performers like Goldberg, Kevin Nash, Diamond Dallas Page and Scott Hall.
April 4, 2014
"Right now the Big Show or Big E. Langston have a good chance to win it. But if something crazy happens like Sting or Ultimate Warrior show up, anything could happen." - Hulk Hogan teasing fans about a shocking appearance at Wrestlemania 30 during the Andre the Giant memorial battle royal
April 3, 2014
At one point in time, he was rumored to be working a high profile match at this pay per view against CM Punk, but it looks like WWE will have to settle for just a cameo appearance by Steve Austin at Wrestlemania 30. The rumors are that some sort of agreement has been made, and Austin will be involved in some shape or form during the main show.
April 3, 2014
If you're one of those people still hoping to see the Rock at Wrestlemania 30, then you might be in luck, as rumors are heavily stating that he will be making an appearance at the pay per view. However, there are those that believe that it might just be a taped promo. At one point in time, Vince McMahon was hoping that Rock would be working the main event.
April 3, 2014
While many are under the impression that he is only sticking around to help promote Wrestlemania 30, there are talks that Hulk Hogan could be sticking around with WWE past that. Right now, the former world heavyweight champion is being advertised to make an appearance on Smackdown later on in April.
April 2, 2014
"The friendship came together when we got together professionally back in 2002 and realized just how similar our goals were both professionally and personally. On a professional level, we both want to be the absolute best at our craft. We will settle for nothing less than being at the top of our game at every appearance and we want to leave a legacy of being the single, solitary best in that particular role the industry has ever seen. On a personal level, nothing means more to either one of us than our children and we will fight to the death for our children. And everything that we do including everything we do professionally revolves around, is about and is regarding the love that we have for our children. So both professionally and personally as much as we are different, you're talking about a South Dakota farm boy that is a natural born predator and conqueror and a smart ass New York Jew boy who's the son of a personal injury attorney from the Bronx. But as different as we are culturally, we are in terms as professionally and personally, we are very much alike." - Paul Heyman discusses his relationship with Brock Lesnar
April 1, 2014
When Bobby Lashley made his return to TNA, some felt that it might have been a temporary appearance. However, that was squashed when it was revealed that was back for an extended period of time. There are rumors floating around right now that TNA could use his name value to give some credibility to Brutus Magnus in a title program.
March 27, 2014
On February 22, OMEGA Championship Wrestling is doing a live event in Smithfield, North Carolina. Matt Hardy and Shane Helms will be headlining the event as a tag team. Gunner, Christian York and Reby Sky have all been announced for the show as well.
February 6, 2014
With TNA looking to cut costs, the company opted to release a couple of performers. One of the ones that did not survive the cut was Christian York, whose biggest role in the company was winning the Gutcheck challenge. He is expected to return to the independent wrestling circuit.
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Professor Cyn Yamashiro is the founding executive director of the Center for Juvenile Law and Policy at Loyola Law School. He is an alumnus of Loyola Law School and of UCLA where he earned his BA in Economics. Professor Yamashiro teaches classes in juvenile law and trial advocacy. He has commented on cases and trends in juvenile law for television, radio and print media and frequently lectures on juvenile delinquency law. He has published in the area of indigent defense delivery systems and how different systems effect dispositional outcomes.
Prior to his appointment at Loyola Law School, he served as Deputy Public Defender III with the Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office where he tried 52 cases to a jury and litigated more than 200 bench trials in municipal, juvenile and superior court. During his 10 years with the Office, Yamashiro served as Long Cause Felony Trial Attorney in the Los Angeles Criminal Division, Deputy in-Charge with the Juvenile Division in Compton and Felony Trial Attorney at the LAX Courthouse in Los Angeles. Earlier in his legal career, Yamashiro worked with the San Diego County Public Defender's Office, and Minami, Lew & Tamaki in San Francisco. While in law school he clerked for the International Labor Rights and Education Fund in Guatemala City, Guatemala and the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California in Los Angeles.
Kids, Counsel and Costs: An Empirical Study of Indigent Defense Services in the Los Angeles Juvenile Delinquency Courts, Criminal Law Bulletin (forthcoming 2013) (with Tarek Azzam and Igor Himelfarb).
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All but the briefest visits to Majorca should include at least an overnight stay in Sóller, one of the most beautiful towns on the island, notable for the palatial homes built in the 19th and early 20th centuries by the landowners and merchants who thrived on the export of the region's oranges, lemons, and almonds. Many of the buildings here, like the Church of Sant Bartomeu and the Bank of Sóller, on the Plaça Constitució, and the nearby Can Prunera, are gems of the Moderniste style, designed by contemporaries of Antoni Gaudí. The tourist information office in the town hall, next to Sant Bartomeu, has a walking tour map of the important sites.
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Have fun creating a variety of fun ocean creatures from oven-bake clay. Once completed place your ocean creatures into a decorated box for your very own ocean scene.
Designed by Britta Lautenschlager
Material List
- Sculpey III® Clay: Emerald, Tan, Purple, Red, Yellow, Just Orange, Chocolate, White, Gold, Vanilla Crème, Violet
- Firefly Tool Set
- Acrylic Roller
- Star Shape Cutter
- Toothpicks
- Craft Knife
- Pencil
- Cardboard Box
- Blue Acrylic Paint
- Paint Brush
- White Glue
- Decorator Sand
- Tiny Black Beads
- Oven-Proof Glass or Metal Baking Pan
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Step: 1
Getting Started: Do not use unbaked clay on unprotected furniture or finished surfaces. Knead clay for 2 minutes. Bake on oven-proof glass or metal surface at 275 ºF (130 ºC) for 15 minutes per ¼-inch (6mm) of thickness. Do not use in microwave oven. Do not exceed the above temperatures or recommended baking time. Baking should be completed by an adult. Wash hands after use.
Step: 2
Cut away the top and one of the side panels of the box so you have a bottom, a back panel, and two side panels.
Step: 3
Paint the inside walls of the box blue.
Step: 4
Paint the bottom of the box with glue, then sprinkle with fine decorator sand.
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Octopus Head
For the head make one large Violet ball, two small White ovals, and several small Just Orange balls.
Step: 6
Press the two White ovals onto the ball for the eyes. Add tiny black beads (or tiny balls of Black clay) onto the ovals for the pupils. Press the Just Orange balls on top of the head for spots. Use the purple tool with the pointed end to poke a hole for the Octopus's mouth. Set aside.
Step: 7
Octopus Tentacles
Roll out six long Violet snakes and six Just Orange snakes that are the same length but thinner around.
Step: 8
Press Just Orange snakes onto the Violet snakes, roll slightly, and with a toothpick poke into Just Orange part of tentacles.
Step: 9
Assemble tentacles to the bottom of the head.
Step: 10
Two Fish
Make one Yellow and one Violet oval and flatten on your work surface.
Step: 11
Make three thin snakes out of Just Orange and three out of Blue. Attach the Just Orange snakes to the Violet body and the Blue snakes to the Yellow body, roll in slightly.
Step: 12
Make Blue fins and Just Orange fins and attach to the corresponding bodies of the fish. Use a toothpick to press lines into fins.
Step: 13
Using purple tool make a mouth. Add tiny black beads (or tiny balls of Black clay) for the eyes.
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Seaweed and Rocks
Make several Emerald snakes, flatten and slightly press together at bottom for seaweed.
Step: 15
Make at least two Tan rocks. Press ends of seaweed into the rocks. (Note: When baking, bake lying down.)
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Roll out a sheet of Just Orange clay and cut out a star.
Step: 17
Give star a mouth, Red tongue, eyes and Yellow spots.
Step: 18
Make a Blue ball and press down on your work surface. Roll out three Blue snakes, attach as shown.
Step: 19
Make two pincers, attach to body with legs.
Step: 20
Make two tiny White balls for eyes, attach to the head, then press tiny black beads or tiny balls of Black clay into them.
Step: 21
Decorate with Just Orange spots.
Step: 22
Sea Turtle
Make one Purple ball and press down onto work surface. Make five Emerald balls. Flatten one for bottom of turtle and shape the rest into fins.
Step: 23
Make one slightly bigger Emerald ball and shape into a club for the head.
Step: 24
Attach fins and head to the flattened piece of Emerald, which is the bottom of the shell. Press the flattened piece of Purple on top of the fins for the top of the shell.
Step: 25
Give turtle a face, with Yellow nose, Red tongue and tiny Black beads or tiny balls of Black clay for eyes. Finish by decorating shell with Just Orange and Yellow spots.
Step: 26
Treasure Chest
Make a large Chocolate ball and shape into a rectangular chest with a rounded top. .Cut off the top and set aside. Use a toothpick to press lines into chest.
Step: 27
Make several little balls of Gold clay and flatten for the coins, make the Gold lock as shown. Roll several small balls of White clay for the pearl necklace.
Step: 28
Position the coins and pearls onto the larger portion (bottom) of the box. Place the smaller piece you cut off earlier on top of the coins and pearls for the lid. Don't press it down all the way. Leave the lid propped up at the front edge so you can see the coins and pearls.
Step: 29
Add the lock and set to the side.
Step: 30
Make several small balls of Tan, Vanilla Crème, and White.
Step: 31
For some shells make clubs and twist as shown.
Step: 32
For oyster and other shells, flatten balls, slightly press over eraser part of pencil and press lines into top using a toothpick. Set to the side. Add a ball of White clay for the pearl.
Step: 33
When you have all the pieces made bake according to the manufacturer's instructions. Let cool completely before removing from the baking pan. Glue creatures into place as shown.
Use photo as a guide and follow manufacturer's instructions for all products used.
Make sure to clean hands and tools before starting your project. Start with lighter colors and work your way down to darker colors, to avoid discoloring of the clay.


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The FA Youth Cup fifth round tie away against Cardiff City will take place on Tuesday 18 February.
The venue is the Cardiff City Stadium with kick-off at 7.05pm. The match will be shown live on Chelsea TV.
For those wishing to attended in person to support our Under-18s, who reached this stage with home wins against Dartford and Sheffield Wednesday, ticket prices will be £5 for adults and £1 for concessions. Chelsea and Cardiff season ticket holders will have free entry on production of their valid 2013/14 season ticket.
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3950 Las Vegas Blvd S, Las Vegas, NV | Directions 8911936.093067 -115.177832
Daily 6pm-10pm
Bar open until 12am
Neighborhoods: Paradise
Better known for foie, truffles, and its mind-boggling four-story wine tower than cheap eats, Aureole nonetheless has a super happy hour--nightly from 5:30 to 7pm, you can feast on $8 yellowfin poke and sirloin sliders, washed down with $6 cocktails and pinot noir.
Fun place to throw back some vodka – This place is loopy fun! An over-the-top Russian theme is fleshed out with a massive, headless Lenin statue, bright Communist propaganda hanging from the walls and tons of vodkas chilled in an ice-bar. I haven't eaten there, but it's a really fun and quirky place to throw back a few drinks.
So Pretty – We came here for my sister's bachelorette dinner and we had a pretty good time here! The service was excellent, but the food is just good... not GREAT. The tuna tartare was a bit too spicy, but extremely fresh. I had a steak (which i think was a bit too chewy and I didn't like the sauce)
At the end of the dinner, our waiter came by and asked us if we needed anything else... and he goes, "coffee, tea, want a picture in the kitchen?" We thought that he was joking so we replied with, "sure" Then he goes, "okay, let me ask the chef" We ended up in the very clean kitchen and met the very friendly chef!
The wine tower is so cool! We saw two girls climbing up the tower to find wine.
Superb New American – Aureole is excellent in every way. The room is dramatic and quiet. The food is very good by any standard. The sweet pea ravioli starter and beef duo entree are worth a mention. The e-winebook makes navigating a large wine list a snap. The meyer lemon gelee pre-dessert was also perfect as was the service.Aureole is worth every penny
Bad Service, Bad Food, Bad Experience...Oh yeah, Overpriced too! – We wouldn't consider ourselves picky diners, but this place just didn't do it for us. My significant other and I read the previous 16 reviews BEFORE dining at China Grill and were expecting the following: great service, large portions (to share), great dining atmosphere (contemporary style), and tasty food. China Grill delivered only one of the above: the contemporary style.
Here's what we received, instead:
1. A rude server with a grouchy attitude that passed us on to another server without informing us halfway through our meal.
2. Ordered the Schezwan Steak thinking it would be large enough for two people to share (this is what China Grill prides themselves on.) The steak tasted pretty good, but the portion certainly wasn't enough for even one person so we ended up ordering more food. We think the slow economy (and hence 40% full restaurant on a Sat night) is the reason why they are skimping out on food portions now.
3. The style and decor of the restaurant is nice if you are in to the contemporary look (like we are.) Lighting was excellent and the bathrooms were clean and tidy.
Looks like the recession is affecting the attitude of the servers and, unfortunately, that attitude (and portion size) gets passed on to the diners at a hefty price.
Save your time and hard earned money and dine elsewhere.
Great Drinks - Fair Food – I wish I could do two reviews on Red Square. The first review being on the food, and the second review on the drinks (bar). My wife and I have been to Red Square a couple times, and the bar has some of the best drinks around with the bartenders also being very good. The food on the other hand is not very good. I really was disappointed and have had far better meals elsewhere. I ordered Chicken Kiev, and it was very dry and not too flavorful. Our server was very good though and that helped salvage a not so good tasting meal. I would give the food a 2 star rating and the drinks a five star rating. Overall 3 stars.
Not your typical Asian experience-Fantastic Sushi – We have dined in many different restaurants in Las Vegas and recently ate at China Grill in Mandalay Bay and we were very impressed with the cuisine and service at this spectacular multi-million dollar restaurant that features a main dining room which is a replica of a hollowed wine barrel with a unique ceiling light show during service. They recently added a sushi to menu with a Japenese trained Chef named Wai whose eclectic twists to well known dishes were fantastic. The main entrees we ordered were a Kalbi marinated Rib Eye (20 OZ bone in) and their Shanghi Lobster in a coconut curry plum cream sauce and crispy spinach that was the best whole lobster dish we ever tried. We agreed the price point was very resonable for a family style concept that emphasized variety, quality and team service. Go check out this great surpirse...
Russian? Are you sure? – OK...let's have this straight - there is nothing Russian about this restaurant besides beheaded Lenin's sculpture at the entrance, Chicken Kiev and vodka. Service was fine, it is just a wrong concept.
Anyway, for anyone considering to open a Russian restaurant in Vegas - go for it, there is NO competition!
The WORST dining experience I've ever had! – While vacationing in Vegas with a small group of about 15 people, we picked up a menu from China Grill. The menu sounded great, so we made reservations for that night. When we arrived we were a little suspicious as to why we were the only customers in there (never a good sign for a restaurant), and why it took over 25 minutes to be seated (we had a reservation, and it?s not like they were busy or anything.) We decided to have a drink at the bar (the bartender was very friendly) and check out the bathrooms (way cool!) while waiting for our table. Finally we were seated, and our waitress started out fine. She made some great sake suggestions and took our appetizer orders. She came back and took everyone?s dinner orders. Then we didn?t see her for over an hour. Someone else brought out some appetizers, which were so small we ordered more. They never came. And neither did our dinner. A couple of the people at the far end of the table received their dinners and had finished eating by the time our waitress came back to check on us. When we asked why our food hadn?t arrived, she started sobbing (yes, sobbing) and said that there was a miscommunication in the kitchen and only part of the order was prepared. Our second round of appetizers had not even been started. By this time, we had been there for over 2 hours. Although we felt bad for her we made it clear to the waitress that if she just would have checked on our table once, she would have realized there was a problem. We asked to speak to a manger that provided the worst customer service ever. No apology, no explanation, no offer to make it right. He told us to leave if we weren?t happy. We went somewhere else and will never be back. Think twice before dining here.
Worst customer service in Vegas... – This was our first stop on our Vegas trip last weekend. We had reservations at 11 PM. Our plane landed at 10 PM, so we opted for a more expensive limo so we wouldn't have to wait in the cab line and possibly miss our reservation. We arrived at China Grill right on time, only to find out they had closed the kitchen at 10:30. The hostess got the manager, who then told us our reservation had been cancelled. She couldn't tell us who cancelled, why no one had notified us, or why they would close the kitchen half an hour before their last reservation. The manager was unapologetic, made no effort to make up for their mistake other than to get us a table at Red Square. Bottom line... some of the most egregious customer service I've ever experienced.
Sit in the bar and try to go during the week – I've been to Aureole twice now and sat in the bar both times. We received immaculate service from our waiter Manuel, who after our drinks and appetizers walked us back to the kitchen to meet the chef, then back to the secret pond full of swans in the back!! As we sat down out there, he disappeared only to reappeat with special mini-muffins we could rip apart and feed the swans with! Magical magical magical. We didn't even have to slip him a $20 -- he was just fantastic as was our immaculate food. Try it!!!
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ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas Health Resources has been recognized by Healthcare Informatics magazine with a 2012 Innovator Award. One of 13 organizations recognized nationally, Texas Health received the award for the work accomplished by a team of nurses to streamline nurse workflow and documentation in the system's electronic health record (EHR).
The EHR is a computer-based family of systems for collecting, organizing, sharing and managing clinical and administrative patient information. All of Texas Health's wholly owned hospitals can securely exchange patient information through the system EHR.
Following completion of implementation of the EHR at 13 Texas Health hospitals in late 2010, a team of nurses representing each of the hospitals as well as nurse information technology analysts analyzed the EHR for functionality and user acceptance.
The Nurse Champions, as the team named themselves, simplified patient admission history records. By lowering the content requirements from 286 separate entries to 150, they reduced the average time of completion from 45 minutes to 20 minutes. They also created a "navigator," which defines steps in a workflow, for administering blood to patients, decreasing problems in this critical area. This improvement of the blood administration workflow was praised at one hospital by reviewers representing the national Nursing Magnet Recognition Program.
"This process was completely driven by nurses, primarily those at the patient's bedside in conjunction with experts in information technology who developed the system," said Mary Beth Mitchell, M.S.N., R.N., BC, chief nursing informatics officer for Texas Health Resources. "The nurses were committed to fine-tune the EHR to meet the needs of all nurses to improve patient care."
Along with improving nursing workflows and required documentation, the Nurse Champions assisted with training and support of the staff at their hospitals. The group will now transition to the Texas Health's Nursing Informatics Council, charged with making recommendations for advancing technology for the EHR and in other areas.
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Healthcare Informatics will recognize Texas Health and the other Innovators at the 2012 Annual Conference of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) in Las Vegas on Feb. 21. HIMSS is the nation's major health information technology association.
Texas Health's EHR was recognized last July by Hospital & Health Networks magazine with a 2011 Most Wired Innovator Award. Texas Health received the award, one of six presented nationally, for using "Best Practice" alerts in its electronic health record (EHR) to help reduce the risk of getting blood clots during hospital stays.
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As the leaves began changing, so did things with our family. My parents had found a new house for us in the rural town of Omaha. We packed our belongings, and left pretty quickly. Upon arriving and unpacking, I began exploring and found the stairs leading into the basement. Wanting to see what it looked like, Iwalked down the stairs, my fingers caressing the wall feeling what seemed to be claw marks. When I got down into the basement, the air was cooler than it was upstairs. I felt something touch my hair. I spun around, but nobody was there. I began breathing harder as I felt someone touch my arm, and then my face. I think that's the moment I realized I wasn't alone. For a split second I felt overcome. I ran to the stairs trying to get out, but the door slammed shut and I was pushed back down the stairs. I didn't know where I could go because I didn't know what it was that was after me. Scared and alone, the feeling of someone coming into me came back, but this time it didn't go away. I was thrashing and trying to fight whatever it was, but its grasp on me was strong and it won.
What happened next, I don't really remember. All I know is that it wasn't just me in my body. Suddenly I was doing things and saying things that weren't like me. The first to notice was my brother. One night, he came to talk to me. "Molly, are you okay? You have been actingreally strange lately."
"What's it to you?" That wasn't me speaking, it was her. I was still fighting, but I could feel myself growing weaker by the minute. Determined not to give up on me, Matt would try comforting me by putting his arm around me, but that only made the anger inside her grow stronger and she broke his arm.
One thing I quickly realized was this thing that was living in me was hurting me and the people close to me. Though I saved my strength, my efforts were never enough. She was too strong. I didn't know what else to do, so when I was alone one afternoon I forced myself to take a walk down by the lake near our house. Once there, I threw myself into the water. What she didn't know was that I couldn't swim. It was the only way I knew how to stop her from hurting people. She fought but it was no use.
Dying wasn't as bad as I had always imagined, it came pretty quick. I was freed and felt a sense of relief, but where the other girl went, I still don't know. To this day I wander through the halls of our home. Though my family doesn't live there anymore, I keep waiting for her to come back. She hasn't….yet.


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Laurent co-founded Reachable in 2007 and after acting as Chairman he returned to active duty as CEO in 2013. Laurent has been investing in, advising, and operating Web companies in the U.S., Europe, Israel and Asia, since the early 1990's at New Media Capital and then Parkview Ventures. His interests include Identity Management, Privacy, AdTech, FinTech, FoodTech, E-commerce, and IP harvesting. He studied economics at Berkeley and law at NYU and started his career as a mergers & acquisitions lawyer at Fried Frank in NYC.
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RENO — On Tuesday at about 11:45 p.m., Reno police officers assigned to the patrol division located the two missing endangered juveniles. Upon further investigation, detectives assigned to the Sex Crimes/Child Abuse Division arrested suspect Blake Holmes, an 18-year-old Ridgecrest, Calif., resident, for four counts of sexual assault with a minor under 14 and three counts of lewdness with a minor under 14. Holmes' bail was set at $110,000.
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Dobber talked with the Boston Globe this morning - you can read the interview about half-way down on this page.
Some AHL updates from last night:
Braden Holtby stopped 30 shots for a shutout victory for Hershey. Score one in his battle to start against Neuvirth. And with Neuvirth's comments throughout this lockout, that puts the current score at: Holtby: 1, Neuvirth: -1,000,000.
Zach Hamill scored one of the four Hershey goals. I haven't seen him play at all so can't fully comment, but it may be too soon to write off the former top 10 draft pick. He never really developed in the Boston organizaton (or, to be fair, in the WHL after getting drafted). He is having a very solid season in Hershey though.
A monster game for Bobby Butler last night - four goals and one helper for Albany (NJ's farm team). Butler has a great shot at earning a second or third line role with the Devils once the NHL is back. And performances like last night will help his cause tremendously.
For the Baby Pens (the team Albany defeated), Beau Bennet had two points, while Eric Tangradi was pointless and finished minus-4.
Two of my favorite under-the-radar prospects had two points each for Connecticut - Marek Hrivik (two helpers) and JT Miller (1+1).
Brett Connolly scored twice for Syracuse, while Alex Killorn (another under-the-radar prospect I like) had two points.
No progress was made with the meetings yesterday between the NHL, PA, and mediators. Not really a surprise – there is still some time before a deal has to be reached. There really isn't a time-sensitive deadline right now.
From everything we are hearing and reading, it seems as if many players are planning for an early January start to the season (returning from Europe, increasing intensity in training and practice, and so on).
The turnaround from a deal getting signed to the puck dropping would probably be two weeks – incredibly quick. Players who haven't been keeping in top shape are going to probably struggle out of the gate, and they will also be more susceptible to the typical "out of shape" injuries like groin strains.
I have managed to remove the "noise" – I follow LeBrun and Bob McKenzie for lockout-related news. So much speculation and so many leaks from either side seem to distort the true message – a lot of progress has been made over the past few weeks. It is frustrating as a fan of the league and the game that so much of the "negotiating" has been nothing more than smoke screens and spin meant to create positive PR. In addition to the people who are losing their income because of the work stoppage, the fans and media have been the big losers throughout all of this.
Jamie Benn has left Hamburg in order to return to North America. He is one example of an NHL player returning home from overseas.
My latest post for DefendingBigD – What are the expectations for Derek Roy in Dallas?
There is no doubt that the Stars bought low on Roy, which is the way to go with regards to asset management in any line of business. But did they sell high on Ott? Roy and Ott are completely different players, and Ott's versatility will be tough to replace. That being said, a player of Ott's skill set is easier to replace than a player of Roy's skill set. It just depends which Roy Dallas ends up getting.
Top KHL goals from the past week:
No matter what happens with a lockout agreement, the Jets have given the go-ahead to Mark Scheifele to remain with Canada during the WJC.
How has Jakob Silfverberg done as a rookie in his first season of North American hockey? After a slow start, he has really come on of late:
But since that slow start, things have really picked up for Silfverberg, and thanks to 11P (5G, 6A) in the last 10GP he's now leading the team in points. He's also leading the team in assists (8) and shots (69), and is tied for second in goals (7). Things are looking up. He's not quite on a point-per-game pace yet, but the way his production curve is sloping would suggest it's not remotely out of the realm of possibility.
Marian Hossa was given the medical clearance by Chicago doctors yesterday.
Toronto defenseman Jake Gardiner is out with a concussion. The team has been calling it concussion-related symptoms (specifically in the head and neck area). OK then….
Henrik Lundqvist misses hockey. I am sure most of us miss watching him play hockey.
I miss it so much. I miss the game. I miss the excitement. I miss the challenge of pushing myself every day. I feed off competing. I feed off the energy.
I've tried to be positive. I have to admit that I never thought we would be out this long. I've never gone through anything like this before. The first couple of weeks were weird but then when I realized we might be out for a long time, I started to freak out a little bit. It's hard to explain.
I'll have a WJC preview piece out later today at CanucksArmy – in the meantime, here is a preview of the defending champs from Sweden.
It's difficult to understate what an enormous achievement consecutive gold medals would be for the Swedish program, especially given their previous drought. But, when one considers that Malmo, Sweden will host the 2014 edition of the tournament, the home team coming in as the two-time defending champions would do wonders for the domestic exposure of this tournament within Sweden as this event is still largely an afterthought outside of Canada.
Canucks prospect Patrick McNally (who was very impressive as a freshman last season) has left Harvard after being kicked off the hockey team. Many in the industry speculate that McNally (along with other Harvard hockey players and students) was caught cheating in a class. There will be more to come out I am sure, but any academic infraction means McNally has to sit out for at least two semesters. He's probably not ready for pro hockey yet, but the Canucks may not have a choice with regards to his development (at 21, he is too old for the CHL).
McNally was one of the most prolific PP QB's in the nation last year, and has the upside to be a top four defenseman at the NHL level. He is still quite raw though and has a lot of work to do on the ice order to become an NHL player (and off the ice too, apparently).
Here is a really interesting look behind the scenes at a meeting with John Davidson and the Columbus scouting and management team.
They discuss the 2013 draft class as well as their own prospects (including Boone Jenner, who you will become more familiar with in a few weeks as he is expected to play a significant role for Canada at the WJC).
Here are my 10 nutrition tips for December - eat to gain muscle, a supplement worth trying, which foods to buy organic, and much more.
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Simply saying it's not that big of a deal would be understating the achievement. Pretty sure you meant it would be difficult to overstate the significance of the achievement.
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Urologic Diseases Research Updates
Summer 2010
Study Finds Two Sling Surgeries Equally Effective for Bladder Control in Women
Two common operations for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) help women achieve similar levels of dryness, according to a team of urologists and urogynecologists who com-pared the treatments in a large U.S. trial supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The study was published in the June issue of The New England Journal of Medicine to coincide with a presentation at the annual meeting of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
The Trial of Mid-Urethral Slings (TOMUS) found that the two most common mid-urethral sling procedures are similar in their chance of cure, though each surgery has different risks. Mid-urethral slings are made of a synthetic mesh material that acts as a hammock, or sling, to support the urethra and prevent leakage. The urethra is the tube through which urine passes out of the body.
One of the mid-urethral sling procedures tested by this study is transobturator, meaning through the obturator area of the pelvis. It passes the sling material under the urethra and out through the upper inner thigh or groin area. The other procedure is retropubic, or behind the pubic bones of the pelvis. It passes a sling material under the urethra and behind the pubic bone.
Twelve months after surgery, women who received the transobturator mid-urethral sling and women who received the retropubic mid-urethral sling had equivalent levels of treatment success: 78 to 81 percent of women achieved dryness. Considering only self-reported dryness, 56 percent of women in the transobturator group and 62 percent of women in the retropubic group reported they had been cured, a small difference between the two groups that could have occurred by chance.
"This rigorous, large-scale, comparative effectiveness trial represents a major milestone in treatment for stress urinary incontinence, an underdiagnosed public health problem affecting millions of American women," said Griffin P. Rodgers, M.D., M.A.C.P., director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) at the NIH. "Investments in this kind of research enable women and their doctors to weigh more accurately the benefits and risks of available treatment options."
Women with SUI leak urine when coughing, laughing, sneezing, running, or lifting heavy objects. SUI is commonly treated with surgery designed to provide additional support to the bladder neck and urethra during increases in abdominal pressure that occur with activities. Mid-urethral sling surgeries are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and have been performed in the United States for more than a decade.
The study randomized 597 women with SUI to receive either a transobturator or retropubic mid-urethral sling. Complete information used to assess urinary incontinence was available for 95 percent of patients 12 months after surgery. Quality of life, patient satisfaction, and side effects were also studied. Most women in the study were satisfied with the results of treatment.
Each type of surgery has different risks and side effects. Serious adverse events were more common in the retropubic group (14 percent), compared with the transobturator group (6 percent). The retropubic group experienced more bladder perforations during surgery and serious voiding, or bladder emptying, problems requiring surgical correction, while the transobturator group experienced more vaginal perforations during surgery and neurological problems, such as weakness of the upper leg. Blood loss during surgery, duration of surgery, and likelihood of post-surgery urinary tract infections were all modestly higher in the retropubic group, compared with the transobturator group.
The study defined two types of treatment success. The surgery was deemed an objective success if participants had no leakage during a stress test and a 24-hour pad test, and they required no additional treatment for the problem. Women also reported leakage using validated questionnaires and a 3-day voiding diary and reported additional treatment, such as surgery, behavioral therapy, or drug therapy. Negative results on all of these measures meant the surgery was a subjective success.
Overall, subjective self-reported treatment success was lower than objective success, a common finding among scientific studies of urinary incontinence. Cure rates in this clinical trial were lower than in previous studies, likely because participants had to test negative on several measures, rather than just one. Similar to previous studies of urinary incontinence, researchers found that women with more severe urethral dysfunction were no more likely to fail with the transobturator sling than with the retropubic sling.
The NIDDK, the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, and the Office of Research on Women's Health fund the Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network (UITN), a group of nine clinical centers and a biostatistical center. The UITN conducts rigorous, long-term clinical trials of common therapies for incontinence. The Office of Research on Women's Health also provides support for extended follow-up of the women enrolled in the study to observe the long-term effects of these surgeries.
"Patient-reported treatment success combined with clinical measures of success gives us clear evidence about the comparative effectiveness of these two procedures and the risks associated with each approach," said Robert A. Star, M.D., director of the Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases at the NIDDK. "The study also highlights potential complications that doctors and patients need to discuss before surgery."
Many urinary incontinence studies predating the UITN study were small, short-term, or less stringent about diagnostic criteria and outcome measures, producing inconsistent results across studies. The UITN study set a higher bar by standardizing definitions, clinical evaluations, and surgical procedures at all sites and by using many measures of treatment success, which may increase the applicability of study results to patients who did not participate in the study. Prior to this study, few clinical trials had been conducted to compare these operations for both likelihood of treatment success and risks.
Urinary incontinence is a common and costly condition that results in poorer quality of life for women. Another study funded by the NIH reports that approximately half of American women have some degree of urinary incontinence, and the direct cost of incontinence for women was $12.4 billion in 1995, the last year for which national estimates are available.
The TOMUS is the third in a series of clinical trials completed by the UITN. The first, the Stress Incontinence Surgical Treatment Efficacy Trial, compared two older, gold standard surgeries for SUI. More about those results is available at www.nih.gov/news/pr/may2007/niddk-21.htm. The second trial, the Behavior Enhances Drug Reduction of Incontinence, asked women to make behavioral changes such as emptying the bladder on a regular schedule and practicing pelvic muscle exercises, known as Kegel exercises, to strengthen pelvic muscles to determine if these common treatments would allow women to stop drug therapy and maintain the same degree of bladder control. More information is available at www.springerlink.com/content/tj7272157274k833 .
More information about research projects funded by the NIH can be found by using the Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools (RePORT) Expenditures and Results (RePORTER) tool located at www.projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm. The research described in this article is funded under NIDDK grant number 5U01DK060395–08. The direct link to the project is www.projectreporter.nih.gov/project_info_description.cfm?aid=7686867&icde=3850292.
For a list of centers enrolling patients for urinary incontinence trials, visit www.uitn.net or search for urinary incontinence at www.ClinicalTrials.gov, where the TOMUS study is registered as NCT00325039.
For materials from the NIDDK about bladder control for women, visit www.kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/bladdercontrol.
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Great work mate, Love those wall texture you did.
I think you could have use more soft brushes and low opacity setting in certain areas, especially the facial area and the clothes.
But overall good work C:
So I believe I'm done with the Frodo and the Rock Troll picture... at least for the time being.
I decided to try another piece using the same techniques - mainly sketch, then values, then color overlay, then painting and refining. I also decided to attempt the Manga Academy's 100 theme challenge. Here's the rough sketch with values blocked in of the first theme - Magical Girl.
I plan on adding more stuff that will make her more... magical. :X
Also for those that haven't seen, here is the final of Frodo and the Rock Troll.
It doesn't look that much different from the last post, I know, but I did do quite a bit of work on the troll's face and some on Frodo's hair and face.
Great work mate, Love those wall texture you did.
I think you could have use more soft brushes and low opacity setting in certain areas, especially the facial area and the clothes.
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@DHB Thanks for looking! I agree with you about the face, I'm not completely happy with how it has turned out. I may have to go back through and attempt to fix it. I didn't spend a lot of time on the clothes and it shows, another thing to work on when I come back to it.
Yeah, I think that the facial shading has some lines that look a wee bit too hard for the piece. I'd suggest using the eyedropper tool and low opacity settings to smooth out those gradients (like in the cheek) to make the shapes seem rounder and more organic. But the work you did on the troll's face paid off well in my opinion. (Also, have I mentioned that I really like the colors in that piece?)
As for the newest piece, I like the lighting sceme you're starting to develop. Also, the shirt and the skirt look really nice. I would watch out for the feet, which in this rough stage look like they run the risk of becoming too big, though. Can't wait to see what you do with coloring, though.
@CF Thanks for looking and critiquing. I'm definitely planning on going back over Frodo's face in the near future, hopefully, I can get it more acceptable.
Some more refining on the new piece. I concentrated mostly on getting the facial features acceptable. Still lots of work to be done.
I like the style of digital painting you have, Id be careful with the lips because they dont look to life like at the moment. Perhaps add a bit more of a definative shape to them.
Hmm, lips are very tricky in this style of manga. I, personally, would leave them as is and instead work on the cheeks to make it look more natural. You can actually get away with less lip detail n this style and leave them alone if you can just get the right cheek shape. I would suggest removing the highlight by her mouth and putting a base shade there instead. That should help. My only other thing would be to watch out for the eyebrows. The arch is really think and dramatic, which causes the eyes too look very rodent-like. I suggest that you play around with other shapes of eyebrows with a less dramatic curve that doesn't follow the top line of the eye so closely. But I like how the blending and hair are coming along!
@Scarletlight - Thanks for looking. I did a lot of more work on the face which I think makes the face look a lot better.
@CF - I think faces are generally tough especially the closer to realism you go. I believe I solved the eyebrow problem but it kind of feels like the whole face is a little tilted or something. Not sure if that's just me since I've been staring at it for so long already XD.
So here's the latest update. It's taking me a long time to get through this, but I'm enjoying it a lot more. Doesn't feel as tedious as it used to.
I think, actually, you solved all your problems with the face! I would suggest adding a tiny circular-shaped shadow to the corner of the mouth, but that's pretty much it!
@CF Awesome, thanks again for the comments. It definitely helped.
Here's the latest iteration of the painting. I have quite a bit to add still but I was mostly worried about getting the body right. I haven't really worked on the feet at all yet. At any rate, C&C appreciated. Also I included a final final of my Frodo and the Rock Troll painting. I think the face looks a lot better now.


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Martin Brodeur "day to day" with sore back; Jacob Josefson returned to Albany
Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello said goaltender Martin Brodeur is out "day to day" after having tests on his sore back today.
Brodeur said he "tweaked" his back in practice and had played "a few games" with it already before he pulled himself from his start Sunday against Winnipeg after his back felt tight in warm-ups.
The team continues to feel the injury is not anything serious that would keep Brodeur out for a significant length of time.
"That's the feeling we all have," Lamoriello said. "You never know. But that's the way we feel."
Still, Brodeur is 40 years old and missed time each of the last two seasons because of injuries. He missed six games in October of 2011 with a right shoulder injury that occurred when he landed awkwardly after making a diving save against the Los Angeles Kings. During the 2010-11 season, Brodeur missed 10 games - over two layoffs—because of a bruised right elbow and an additional four games with a sprained MCL in his right knee
Lamoriello said a decision would be made tonight whether to call up another goaltender for Tuesday's practice and possibly beyond.
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The Devils did not practice today. They will be back on the ice for practice Tuesday morning at Prudential Center. They will fly to Winnipeg to practice there on Wednesday before playing the Jets again Thursday night at MTS Centre.
Lamoriello said left wing Ryan Carter continues to work out off the ice and remains day-to-day with his upper-body injury he sustained on a hit to his head a week ago against Ottawa. No decision has been made yet on whether Carter will accompany the team to Winnipeg for the start of its three-game trip that also includes stops in Buffalo and Toronto.
"There's a chance he will (go on the trip) and there's a chance he won't," Lamoriello said.
Center Jacob Josefson was returned to Albany of the AHL today after being called up for and playing in Sunday's 4-2 loss to Winnipeg. Josefson was called up to play Sunday after left wing Stefan Matteau was "a little banged up" in Saturday's 5-1 loss in Washington.
Lamoriello said Matteau is fine now and the move to send down Josefson was made to leave a roster spot open in case they need it and to let Josefson get more playing time in Albany.
The Devils would need a roster spot to activate Carter from injured reserve. He is eligible to come off at any time because he has already sat out for a week. (The Devils did not need to create a roster spot to call up a third goalie because the collective bargaining agreement allows a goalie to be recalled under emergency conditions twice a season if there is an injury.)
"We're keeping the open the spot just in case we bring in someone for practice and because of the unknown about Carter's situation," Lamoriello said. "So, we're just prepared for everything. We can always get Jacob back if we have to or somebody else from Albany."
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