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By most measures, the Fiat 500 is engaging to drive--especially if you're used to a toaster-like, small-car-as-appliance driving experience.
The only exception is acceleration at the base end of the lineup. Entry models get a 101-horsepower engine that's not quite as peppy or perky as you'd expect in something with the 500's design; but the Turbo models and their 135-hp engine are the ones that make good on the promises of the exterior.
For the base engine, peak power doesn't arrive until 6,000 rpm. And it's happy to run up to redline in each and every gear. There's a lively rasp as it rushes over 3000 rpm, and it doesn't get too harsh as it rises higher through the rev range. That's not to imply the 500, in this configuration, is "fast"--it's likely barely under 10 seconds in the 0-60 mph run, but pleasing to wring through the paces. It's flexible and lively enough, but with two aboard, you'd be ill advised to try passing uphill.
Step into the Fiat 500 Turbo, however, and the 35 percent boost in power is readily apparent, while the 160-horsepower Abarth actually feels sporty, especially in the first three gears. As you work up the power range, you also work up to more sporty visual cues and more firmly tuned suspensions. Even in the sporty Abarth, however, ride quality is quite good for a lightweight, short-wheelbase car.
Above that, it's the 160-horsepower Abarth that actually feels truly sporty, especially in the first three gears of this manual-transmission-only model. The Abarth also supplements that impression with an especially raucous exhaust note.
Throughout most of the lineup (except the Abarth), you have a choice between an automatic transmission or manual gearbox; our driving time has exclusively been spent in manual versions, so we're still wondering about automatic-transmission drivability in this car. But with the five-speed manual, the shifter action is light and precise enough, although the limited foot space doesn't mate up with the clutch pedal's long stroke and high uptake point. A six-speed automatic is an option in all but the Abarth, and it comes with a Sport button that tightens up shift points and quickens the throttle feel.
While the simple versions of the 500 are a bit short on power, they bubble over with the same variety of enthusiasm you'll find in the frisky Ford Fiesta. And as you work up the power range, you also work up to more sporty visual cues and more firmly tuned suspensions. Even in the sporty Abarth, however, ride quality is quite good for a lightweight, short-wheelbase car.
And even with the larger 16-inch wheels and stiffer suspension in the Sport, the 500 masks a lot of the ride harshness that comes with anything riding atop a wheelbase this short (90.6 inches, like the old Honda CRX). Small tires and a torsion beam rear axle do make themselves known in tricky situations, although the Abarth is somewhat more confident all around thanks to slightly more tire contact patch, while its suspension upgrades increase nimbleness by limiting body roll. The 500's electric power steering has a meaty bite, and can feel almost like unassisted steering at times, though it's never as direct and nuanced.


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Friends is a 2001 Tamil movie starring Vijay, Surya, Ramesh Khanna, Devayani, Abhinyashree, Vijayalakshmi, Sriman and Vadivelu. The music was composed by Ilaiyaraaja. The film is a remake of the Malayalam film by the same name with actors Mukesh, Sreenivasan, and Jayaram. This film emerged as a Super hit in Vijay's career.Overview from themoviedb.org
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Randy Hollis: The next few weeks may be the most critical time in the history of the Jazz
Wookie Omaha, NEMay 19, 2014 1:10 p.m.
Greg....hire me...what do you have to lose. I can't be any worse than Corbin. We would have fun and compete night in and night out. I'd bring a globetrotter flare to the game so that fans would have fun as well. Consider this my application. First move; trade Favors. He is not a starter in the league. Trade for a first round selection this year (deep draft). Sign and trade Gordon for a first round selection this year. With a young roster, I'd run teams out of the gym and smother them with D. Calaperi style.
Hire me Greg...they will make a movie based on your decision and the championships we will win. Guy out of nowhere puts on a clinic in the NBA. Fans will love it.
Go JAZZ!!
SlopJ30 St Louis, MOMay 19, 2014 11:21 a.m.
"Today's world is full of LeBron's where there is a great deal of 'me' in team . . "
Seriously? LeBron is a selfish player, eh? Only a complete basketball novice could type something like that. Find me an article from a credible source about LeBron or the Heat (or the Cavs from a few years back) that describes LeBron as a selfish player.
The reason he's been constantly climbing the list of "best ever" since he entered the league is not because he's all about getting his points. He's always been an excellent and willing passer who rarely takes bad shots unlike some other elite players *COUGH* Kobe *COUGH*. Ten players took more shots per game than he did in 2013-14
He does get his points, but then a force of nature with off-the-charts efficiency like him should get his points. If he was "all about me," the guy could probably average 35-40 per game without much trouble. By the time he's done, he'll be in the discussions of "best ever," just like the other handful of superstars who made teammates better.
Mark from Montana Davis County, UTMay 18, 2014 10:55 p.m.
I don't like using the word 'never' but I will here and now. There will never be another pair, plus one (Sloan) like Stockton and Malone. Two top players, and a coach, willing to sacrifice a little bit to stay together while they grow and mature. Stay together so they can reach for the sky, not just for themselves, but for the rest of the team, the staff, coaches, owners and fans.
Today's world is full of LeBron's where there is a great deal of 'me' in team. I simply predict that like many others, most others, Hayward will be gone to a team willing to over pay. That the Jazz will end with pick #5, that their selection of a coach will be mediocre, and finally that the Jazz teams over the coming years will be the same, mediocre.
Simply put, Stockton, Malone and Sloan ruined it for us all because we will never see their likes again.
CWJ Layton, UTMay 18, 2014 7:04 p.m.
@Big Bubba,"It's the end of the Jazz as we know it, I don't feel fine."
Makes one wonder if Jazz management is losing out on 'REM' sleep at night worrying about the team they're trying to build.
xert Santa Monica, CAMay 18, 2014 9:56 a.m.
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Henry Drummond San Jose, CAMay 18, 2014 9:56 a.m.
The Jazz have certainly put themselves in a position where they have multiple options. I don't know that there is a truly "safe" option available for the coaching position. The guys with experience typically want elsewhere. Maybe the Jazz will have to roll the dice on this one. I hope they take a good look at Earl Watson. There's no question he'll install a "defensive culture."
joe5 South Jordan, UTMay 18, 2014 9:24 a.m.
It's amazing how modest expectations have come. Many Jazz fans have been saying they were tired of just making the playoffs every year. They want players and coaches that will give championship opportunities. Now they want a coach that never even got home court advantage for his team. These are probably the same fans that hated Jerry Sloan and wanted to replace him. Now Hollins is their guy. Tired of what they viewed as mediocrity (even though it was much better than that), now they want a coach who has a history of mediocrity.
The funny thing is that they don't even see the irony of it. They probably view themselves as "guru-fans" with a detailed understanding of what makes a successful NBA franchise.
Yes, all our fan dreams are about to come true as we get another draft project that will take at least 3-4 years to develop while our other players are moving to other teams in trades or as free agents and we will pick a coach that has never reached 60 wins or the NBA finals.
Happy days!!
Big Bubba Herriman, UTMay 18, 2014 9:23 a.m.
It's the end of the Jazz as we know it, I don't feel fine.
sky2k1 Provo, UTMay 18, 2014 12:32 a.m.
I want to second the vote for Lionel Hollins. The guy did great work with Z-Bo and Gasol, and we could use that with Kanter and Favors.
stanfunky Salt Lake City, UTMay 17, 2014 10:10 p.m.
I like ya Randy, but Mark Jackson signed up with ESPN earlier today as a commentator. He won't be coaching again anytime soon. Jazz would be better served getting Lionel Hollins, a no-nonsense coach that gets his guys to run through brick walls and turns average players into good ones. And he has experience with small markets (Portland as a player, Memphis and Vancouver as a coach).
Doug10 Roosevelt, UTMay 17, 2014 9:31 p.m.
Bingo Randy you hit the nail on the head this is a very critical time.
However the Jazz seem to be going in many directions.
They fired the coach three weeks ago and are without a coach at a crucial time. The coach is integral in helping choose who play for him. Who is going to choose the players in the draft? Is the administration now going to choose?
The team has been building around the core group of 5-6 players and sacrificing this entire season so they can grow together. Now with a high draft pick is the administration willing to break up the core group?
With the high draft pick do the Jazz save money again for this season and again be content with playing as basement dwellers in the league?
How are their deep pockets going to help the team as they have decided the core is going to win down the road? Hayward is going into his fourth season and has yet to prove himself in clutch situations so it would be silly to pay him more.
It seems the team and GM are stumbling in a time of need.


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|East Durham Food Report
Despite being one of the UKs most deprived communities (indeed it could be argued because of this) East Durham has a long established track record in supporting the most vulnerable people in the community.
In recent years this has been exemplified by the local Area Action Partnership (AAP), who has established a range of initiatives to support those in greatest need. Indeed the AAP have established an over- riding priority concerned with "Maintaining the Social Fabric of Our Community", a direct response to the effects- both current and potential- of public spending cuts, welfare reform and general economic decline.
In 2012 it had become apparent that the social and economic climate had brought into sharp focus the fact that access to food was clearly becoming an issue.
At the extreme end of the scale this was seen in the growth of emergency food parcel services and reliance on local intervention, such as luncheon clubs and community cafes, providing affordable and nutritional meals.
This growing evidence of food poverty at a local level was also viewed against the backdrop of national research which showed links between deprivation and unhealthy diet with the UK Faculty of Public Health citing that 'Affordable healthy diet was too expensive for growing numbers of people' (Triggle, 2014)
A further local concern was the evident lack of a co-ordinated local food supply chain with an over reliance on national/chain outlets.
With such issues in mind East Durham AAP commissioned East Durham Trust to produce a food report which would look at:
- Levels of deprivation and ill health
- The current provision of services in relation to food
- A range of recommendations that would contribute to improvements in access to food, in particularly healthy food
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I'm testing the SQL Server connectivity locally in a vmware image. I have Portal 6.1.5 installed and SQL Server Express 2005. SQL Server seems to only use Windows authentication, so I'm not sure if that's part of the problem. All install are using default configuration. I'm getting java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.ddtek.jdbcx.sqlserver.SQLServerDataSource when trying to use the Data Direct Connect JDBC driver. I confirmed that the 4 jar files are in the correct directory and hardcoded the path. Do I need to download jars to get this to work? Please see screenshots for details.
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Re: Error creating data source for SQL Server2010-02-04T19:37:03ZThis is the accepted answer. This is the accepted answer.SQL Server Express supports SQL Authentication as well you should open up the management studio express and try to set that up first.
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Security node>>right click sa>>Properties>>Status>>Login>>enabled>>General>>Change the password>>OK
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About 200 people and 24 teams rallied at Santa Ana College April 12 and 13 to walk the track for the 14th annual Relay for Life, raising $20,283 for the American Cancer Society.
Cancer patients, survivors and their families and supporters walked the track day and night; the 24-hour relay was filled with music performances, good sales and the Survivors' Lap, the Fight Back Ceremony and the Luminaria Ceremony – when guests light luminaries for their loved ones.
Organizers of the event had hoped to raise $28,000. Last year's relay raised $26,749, said Katherine Row, media relations manager for the American Cancer Society Inc. The money funds operating and fundraising costs, but the majority will fund services to cancer patients – including transportation and wigs.
In 2013, 11,980 new cases of cancer were diagnosed in Orange County, Row said. Of those, many had breast, prostate, lung and colon cancer. In 2013, there were 4,250 deaths from cancer in Orange County, with many attributed to lung cancer.
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text: PEIA changes bemoaned at hearing By Travis Crum November 20, 2012 Story Share Chris Dorst Kathie and Patrick Lamb look over the Public Employees Insurance Agency plan booklet during a hearing at the Charleston Civic Center on Tuesday night. Patrick Lamb is retired from the state Solid Waste Management Board. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Leaders of several state employee and retiree groups with health coverage through the Public Employees Insurance Agency said at a hearing Tuesday night that their members can't afford the changes proposed to the agency's 2013-14 financial plan.Even though premiums wouldn't increase under the plan, the cost of deductibles and out-of-pocket expenses could go up for some state and public school workers.Ted Cheatham, PEIA's executive director, and members of the agency's Finance Board held a public hearing on the changes Tuesday night at the Charleston Civic Center.Proposed benefit changes to the agency's most popular plan, such as increasing co-pays for specialist physicians from $25 to $40 per visit, would increase revenue by $3 million, Cheatham said.Judy Hale, president of the American Federation of Teachers state chapter, said co-pay increases are more like pay cuts for teachers, who are working without an income raise."The people who are most in need and who are the sickest are hurt most every year," Hale said.Hale criticized the board for scheduling the hearing so close to Thanksgiving when many teachers are away on downtime. She said the agency's changes are partly responsible for the lack of state educators, especially science teachers."If people cannot afford health care then they cannot afford retirement," she said.John Riddle, president of the West Virginia Association of Retired School Employees, said he echoed Hale's opinions. His association has about 7,000 members representing all state school system systems, he said. "You are not making the career attractive enough," Riddle said. "A nurse can make a lot more money at CAMC [Hospital] than she can as a school nurse."Diabetes suffers are completely neglected in the proposed plan, Nelson Fowler, president of West Virginia Public Employees Retirement System Association, said."Me and my wife got a good discount for our diabetes medication and then one day it just stopped," Fowler said.The proposed plan discontinues waiving co-payment for non-preferred diabetes medications.Cheatham said the hearing was recorded and would be reviewed for future use.The Finance Board will vote on next year's plan on Dec. 6, and the changes will take effect July 1. Also during the hearing, Cheatham said PEIA would update its records relating to tobacco use of its members.Beginning April 2013, every member would be switched to a tobacco user on PEIA's records. Non-smoking members would then fill out information to change that in the system. Cheatham said the process gives PEIA a more accurate look at its smoking members.The Finance Board is chaired by Ross Taylor and has eight members: James W. Dailey II, Troy Giatras, Elaine Harris, William Ihlenfeld, Bill Milam, John R. Ruddick, Michael T. Smith and Joshua Sword.Reach Travis Crum at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-5163. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Morgantown coal operator Laurita indicted in alleged campaign finance scheme 2 Books and Brews expanding to Charleston's West Side 3 City of Milton tries to revive Morris Memorial property 4 Gazette editorial: Is it time for health care for all yet? 5 Consultant says Yeager Airport needs to extend runway Audit findings won't work, school health officials say Previous Story Push for Israel-Hamas cease-fire gains momentum Next Story


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I got this camera as a gift about 3 years ago and it was my first digital camera.
Despite it being my first I found out how to use it rather quickly. It's not too bulky a camera and is nice and sleek.
The only thing which annoyed me at first was you need to use 2 X AA batteries. I bought some rechargable ones though so I wouldn't have to keep buying new ones. However, if for some reason or other I can't wait to recharge them and I put a different brand of AA batteries in my camera... the camera won't work! It will only now accept the brand of batteries that my rechargable ones are! I'm not sure why this happens, but as long as it's working when I'm using my rechargable ones then this isn't too much of a problem for me.
This camera takes nice sharp pictures, however the anti-shake feature will only kick in when you uise the flash. This was very annoying for me at night at the top of the Eiffel tower as I couldn't get any good pictures of the sceneary. If the flash was on, nothing would show up, and if the flash was off I'd have to stand impossible still to take a blur free photo. This will be a main feature I'll be looking for in my next camera!
If it's quite light, and you have your camera on auto, it will sometimes use the flash because it thinks it's too dark. However pictures look better in natural light especially with this camera, so I turn the flash off but I have to try and hold the camera really still or the picture blurs. Which most of the time it does. But if you're happy with using the flash and don't want an expensive premium camera then this is for you.
It came with a cable to connect up to my PC, however this stopped working after a while. I would plug my camera in and my PC simply did not recognise anything as being connected. I bought a cheap USB card reader instead to upload my photos to my PC.
The camera also doesn't come with a case so you might one to buy one to prevent scratching to the screen!
Isnt it startling how quickly you can go from being a complete ignoramus about something to feeling something of an expert? In my case Im talking about Digital Cameras and specifically Samsung Digimax. No, Im not running a camera shop all of a sudden, Ive just had quite an unlucky year when it comes to cameras, and am now on my third Samsung. The first was stolen last November, (along with my handbag); the second was chucked on the floor by my one-year-old daughter in June. I was very pleased with the overall performance of both these cameras (different models), so I opted for another Digimax, (plus I knew Id be able to find my way round the menus easily, unless there were any big changes in there.)
One of the things that really attracts me to the Digimax series is the size of the screen. Some people say that size isnt everything, and while Id agree up to a point I think youd be a fool to say size doesnt matter at all. In my personal experience of digital cameras, most of the pictures are viewed solely on the camera itself. You take a few snaps of a night out, and the next day you pass your camera round set on slideshow and everyone has a nice giggle. Then you delete all but that rather artistic pic of the sunset which might make a nice wallpaper. This screen is a chunky 2.5, which makes it quite easy to see whats going on even in bright sunlight, (which is a bonus since there is no view-finder). My previous Samsung cameras had screens that were quite opaque, but this one has quite a shiny/glass look to it, which I dont like as much.
The camera is slightly less bulbous than my previous model, but still sports a weird kind of rotund bit at the side. Although this looks like the kind of spot where a ye-oldy fashioned roll of film might reside, in fact this bit is where you pop your 2 AA batteries. Be warned- buy rechargeable, or youll be tearing your hair out. Buy 4 AAs so that you can always have 2 on recharge, ready to go.
The camera is very easy to use and an hour or so of mucking around with the menus will help you teach yourself about most of the cameras capabilities. Thats fortunate, since the instruction manual is a very slim offering. Once youve been guided through the set-up process using the CD provided, youre pretty much left on your own. The CD does nothing except install the relevant drivers etc on your computer, so that you can upload your photos. There is no photo editing software, which is a shame, since I did get a package (albeit basic) with my very first Digimax, even though it was much cheaper and a much lower spec. Obviously Samsung are looking to cut a few costs.
Taking photos or shooting videos is simplicity itself. Theres a dial on the top of the camera which you use to select the mode you want: either video, or photo, with various setting options. You can choose from Auto (by far the most useful), Prog(ram) which lets you use pre-saved personal settings, ASR (which stands for Advanced Shake Reduction), which takes pretty nice pictures of sunsets, M(etre), which allows you to manually adjust the metering, if you know about such things, Scene, which lets you pick from pre-sets for children, landscape, close up, text, sunset and dawn (I dont think they make a huge amount of difference to what you get with Auto, personally, Portrait and Night. Auto works well enough for the majority of pics I want to take, although I do use the ASR quite often too, as it does produce quite different results particularly at night. With ASR you have to hold the camera slightly longer than normal while the picture is taken, and the ASR technology supposedly helps get rid of any unwanted wobbles that result. This works most of the time, but I find if Ive had one or two glasses of wine the technology cant do much about my wobbling!
Your photos are easy to view on the large screen- you can browse though or use the slide-show function, as you would expect. There is the usual array of tacky picture frames you can add and you can put speech bubbles on which is quite fun. You can record a snippet of audio to accompany each photo- useful if you want to remember exactly where you were when you took the photo, but I have never found myself using this function. You can use the audio recorder like a dictaphone too, but again I just dont seem to have the need. The sound quality is acceptable- tinny, just loud enough, but nothing special. You can of course do all the normal stuff with sepia effects and rotating to your hearts content.
Deleting photos can be done by pressing the little trash can button, or by selecting delete via the menu. The second method gives you more options, like deleting all or protecting cherished pics so that you dont delete them by accident.
There are 3 choices of quality of photo, and 5 of size. The zoom while youre taking a photo is up to 5x, and then you get a further 12x zoom in when youre viewing. This I have found pretty useful as a spying aid. I can take a photo of a house opposite, zoom in to find the bathroom window, then zoom a bit further to watch that hunky guy taking a shower, if I want, not that I do of course.
The video option works nicely and is easy to use. The video begins to record on pressing the normal camera shutter, and can be paused midway if your pet poodle stops performing for a minute or two in order to scratch his butt. The zoom works while your videoing, which means you can produce some pretty awesome movies. Really. You can capture a frame of your vid and use it as a still, which is a good trick. This is particularly good if you want a nice unposed pic of kids, and you also never get red-eye when you obtain pictures this way. The length of video you can record depends, of course, on the size of your memory card. The camera comes with an internal memory of ½ a goldfish, so you would be wise to invest in a card if you intend to use your camera for anything other than display purposes. My card is 512 MB, which gives me about 7 minutes on super-Waitrose quality, or a staggering 23 minutes on crappo-Woolworths quality. This means I could record an entire episode of Neighbours using my Digimax, if I could afford to pay for the plywood sets.
My one big criticism of this camera is that I cant hook it up to my TV to view my handiwork. My previous camera has this function, and was cheaper, so that rattles me a bit. I was hoping that Id be able to use the lead I still have from my old camera and coax this one into performing, but those nice techies at Samsung have made the leads completely different. Toads. The camera does have the function to be hooked up directly to your printer (as long as your printer knows what to do with a camera), and when you connect up with your USB lead (provided) you are asked which medium you want to connect to computer or printer. I find this slightly irritating, as it asks me every time, and Im sure the technology is sophisticated enough to know whether the other end of the USB is in a PC or a printer?! Perhaps I am overestimating technology. If you have a Windows PC you will get that little box that appears when you put a CD in, asking you what you want to do with these photos. You can copy to your computer (this opens a wizard and is straightforward), and the photos are plonked in your MyPictures folder, unless you specify otherwise.
Its a little on the chunky side and wont fit into your pocket, which doesnt bother me, but I know some people care about these things. It comes with a little wrist-strap, but you need to use a proper case, because little bits of dust and grit clog up the dial on the top in no time, and they are not easy to remove.
My general feelings about this camera are that its ok but its not as good as Samsungs previous models. This goes for the overall design, the extras offered and most importantly, the quality of the pictures. These are ok, but just ok. I nearly always have to run my pictures through Photoshop to improve the colours, which I didnt use to have to do. The camera has played up on me once- while I was on holiday it just suddenly stopped saving any pictures and I was unable to access photos that Id already taken. I solved the problem before I got back home by using the reset function and reformatting the memory card (there is a menu function for this), but I lost a whole load of irreplaceable moments, which rattled me again. So, I feel that Samsung is not putting the effort in that it used to and I wont risk getting an even crapper model when I purchase my next camera (scheduled for next Christmas, after the cat chews this one up or something, probably). Dont get me wrong, its not a bad budget camera, Im just disappointed after being mightily pleased with my previous models.
Currently available at Tesco for just under £80. A quick net search gave me a general price range of £90-£120. So go to Tescos.
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Five performers and five composers in a space for five days: what will happen? Come and find out in an informal presentation of new theater and music works by Elliot Cole, Troy Herion, Kate Neal, Caroline Shaw and Jonathan Russell.
There will an opportunity for informal conversation and feedback, following the show. Sponsored by Composers Ensemble.
Location: Black Box Theatre, Wilson College
Date/Time: 09/23/11 at 7:30 pm - 09/23/11 at 9:00 pm
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Neutrogena Healthy Skin Radiance Cream SPF 15 Reviews
alpha hydroxy!this product is made for sensitive skin but if you already have sensitive skin this product will sting. also it makes you more sensitive to the sun. i would only use it at night and not every night becuase it would make my skin greasy and oily looking in the end i finally switched to using it for my rough spots on my body like my knees and elbows etc. — 8 years, 6 months agocandyapples17 | 223 reviews
watery & non-hydratingThis moisturizer was thin and watered down feeling. It took 5 minutes or more to dry, and once it's all soaked in my face still felt dry. I have natural oily skin. Horrible moisturizer. — 6 years agoMrsBrunetteBeauty | 89 reviews
Gross!I generally trust Neutrogena products, so when I picked this out, I expected a lot more than I got. This left my face feeling oily and gross. I don't feel like it absorbed into my skin very well, and I constantly felt like I needed to wash my face. I tend to have combination/oily skin, so this moisturizer may be different for someone with very dry skin. But even with my skin type, I've never experienced a moisturizer that left my face feeling so oily! — 5 years, 4 months agoNickiH85 | 9 reviews
No improvement after 2 monthsMy skin is already in pretty good shape. I just needed a moisturizer that could give it a little boost. According to the info I found on this product that's what it was suppose to do. I have been using it for 2 months and I see no difference, not even softness. — 5 years, 5 months agoKate33 | 8 reviews
Great for night timeI like to use this moisturizer at night because it does tend to leave my face a little oily during the day. It works great for acne marks. — 5 years, 7 months agobri0110 | 19 reviews
Worked for a while...This was my fave face lotion but then it started to leave my face ridiculously oily. Took me a while to realize it was this. That really turned me against it. — 5 years, 7 months agoashmarie | 5 reviews
NOT AS GOOD AS THE NIGHT VERSIONthis makes my skin oily ...and the SPF with 8% glycolic acid ...im not really sure these 2 ingredients work together ..i suggest wearing another suncreen while using this — 6 years, 10 months agonyles | 7 reviews
Great Nighttime Moisturizer!I use this at night after my apricot scrub and in the morning i wake up with smooth, even tone skin. i swear the first time i used it i noticed a difference in my skin tha next morning. it glowed and my skintone was more even. i probably could have gotten away with no concealer at all it was that good. price is steep but so far its worth it. i think this is too heavy and greasy for oily skin durin...read moreg the day but at night its perfect and i havent broken out which is great. AND it hasnt irritated my sensitive skin. A++ for me — 6 years agobluegreeneyes | 14 reviews
worst ever.this product irritated my skin, not to mention it smells bad. i started having little red irritation bumps on my nose area and forehead. i hate this product. — 7 years, 11 months agoh0neybee | 21 reviews
Best moisturizer everI have fairly oily skin and this product does not make my skin look oily. I have sensitive skin and it does sting a little when I first put it on but it stops soon after. My biggest skin concern is acne which I have been dealing with for atleast 10 years now...I have tried everything including Rx's...within the first 2 weeks of using this my skin cleared up and I have only had about 1 pimple since...read more. This is the clearest I can remember my skin being ever. I still use a perscription acne medication that used to make my skin irritated and flaky in some places and this moisturizer helps with that too. — 8 years agokello186 | 1 reviews
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This ancient path in soft volcanic rock (tufa) has been hollowed out by carts, rain, and periodic leveling. The paths are a typical feature of the area and usually connect the top of a plain with the bottom of a glen. This particular one, called Il Cavone, has Etruscan inscriptions and leads to a nearby 7th century BC Etruscan necropolis.
The Tuscany, one of the most beautiful Italian regions, is known throughout the world for its Landscapes and for the Works of Art that it houses (It is the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance). Six localities have been designated World Heritage Sites: the Historical Center of Florence, Siena, San Gimignano and Pienza, the Square of the Cathedral of Pisa with the Leaning Tower and the Val d'Orcia. It is in the central Italy and borders with Emilia Romagna (north), Marche and Umbria (east) and Lazio (South). The West coast is bathed from the Ligurian and Tyrrhenian Sea; here we can find the islands of the Tuscan archipelago including the island of Elba. The regional capital is Florence and the other provinces are: Arezzo, Grosseto, Livorno, Lucca, Massa, Pisa, Pistoia, Prato and Siena.


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Periodic Limb Movement Disorder
At least 10% of the US population may have Restless Leg Syndrome according to the Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation. Of the people who have RLS, about 50% inherit it in an autosomal dominant pattern.
We all know people who have restless leg syndrome. We see them kick their legs all the time or get up and more frequently. There is an interesting sleep problem that is associated with this. It is called periodic limb movement disorder. The legs will have brief (1 - 2 second) jerks once or twice a minute during the first third of sleep. For some this is uncomfortable and can make it hard to go to sleep.
People with Periodic Limb Movement Disorder or Restless Legs Syndrome often have a feeling of crawling sensations on their legs or sometimes a painful sensation. It is often relieved by stretching or walking. Some find it difficult to have sheets over their legs.
Both of these disorders have been found to worsen with iron deficiency and with some medications like common antidepressants.


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|Reviews for Street Of Rage V The Final Confrontation
| Mike MacDee chapter 1 . 8/10/2012
man, two paragraphs in and you already made me stop caring. it's just pointless rambling with poor punctuation. i shudder to think what the rest of the fic is like.
| Grey Wolf4 chapter 1 . 6/28/2012
This was a great conclusion to the series very well written and with good fights and like I said the Streets of Rage game series was a favorite of mine when I was much younger and owned a Megadrive.


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Congrats Jayson, Justin (through trade), and Brian on your Series 9 scores!Hey Jeff, did those other two cases every make it up to MN from OH?
About this Zam Wessel chase, I know we're not getting another spare head with the alternate alien face. But does anyone know if the alien face is painted on the back of the figure's head? like the Rocky Kubricks have the busted up faces on the back sides of the head.
Nice score Scott, another case with 2 Yellow Clones. Strange the boxes were facing different.
I pulled 2 Yellow Clones on that case so I thought the second case next to it would hold the rare chase...yepper Shaak Ti!
So, Evilalive, does Zam have an alternate alien face painted on the back of the head?
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'Pay or face curse' - Widow threatens Chiefs
THE wife of a long-serving Kaizer Chiefs kit manager has dared the Premier Soccer League giants to pay her late hubby's pension owed to her or else she will unleash bad luck on the team - in the form of two tortoises kept at her Naturena home.
Thandi, widow of the late Chiefs kit manager Jackson Mokoena, accuses the club of being off-side for failing to pay her and her children benefits amounting to thousands of rands owed to them following his death last year.
And in a startling disclosure, Thandi claims her husband left behind two tortoises that "belong to the club" which were used as juju during pre-match rituals to garner good luck for the team.
"I'll use them to cast a bad spell on the team," she warns.
Kaizer Chiefs denies all the allegations made against the club, maintaining they have made the pension payout.
Thandi says Mokoena was not only a club employee but also Motaung's nephew.
The club didn't want to discuss this, but a source close to the club confirms Motaung is indeed the deceased's uncle.
Thandi says when her husband died in December last year after serving Chiefs for 28 years, club supremo Kaizer Motaung promised "us heaven and earth" during his eulogy at the funeral.
Mokoena's funeral was also attended by, among others, Motaung's wife Juleka, their children Kaizer Jnr, Kemiso and Jessica, as well as players.
Among those promises, according to the bitter widow, were a commitment by the club that they'd take care of Mokoena's three children's education fees. Mokoena's children are aged 14, 12 and five.
But now, claims Thandi, the club is applying different tactics and the lack of assistance as promised has led to one of her children dropping out of school.
"What hurts me the most is that his own relatives, his own uncle, has turned his back on us," she says.
Unemployed Mokoena says the club has been sending her from pillar to post with regards to her husband's pension money.
"My husband lived and died for Chiefs but today when they see me they run as if they are seeing a ghost. Nobody has any time for me," she says with a heavy heart during a chat at her home, a few blocks away from the glamour club's head offices in the south of Joburg
"My heart is so sore, I am so bitter. My husband never wanted us to starve. He always wanted the best for me and the children but look at us today," she says with a grimace.
She says her man always put the team before her and the kids. She says in the 16 years she was married to him "he spent less than a thousand days with me. I sacrificed a lot for this club".
"Today it is sad for us to see the team buying players for millions yet they fail to pay me for my husband's services."
The club honoured the late Mokoena with a Chairman's Special Award.
Chief's response
The club would like to express its disappointment at the allegations levelled by Mrs Mokoena.
In response, the club would like to acknowledge the fact that Mr Jackson Mokoena was employed by Kaizer Chiefs for the years as mentioned in your questionnaire and legally so.
As for the benefits due to the family after the death of Mr Mokoena, the Club obliged according to the policies and regulations that govern pension schemes, including cover for the education needs of his children for a specified time.
We are also surprised that she alleges that she has been ignored by the club, whereas she knows very well she is welcome at the village (Chiefs head office) and in fact she has been given assistance on numerous occasions.
On the tortoise
With regard to other allegations, the club does not advocate animal cruelty.
The tortoise allegation, we are not involved in that.
These animals keep Chiefs afloat - Widow
WHILE it is generally known and accepted that African football and the use of traditional medicine go together like tongue and saliva, not many individuals, clubs or organisations have publicly admitted to the practice.
The practice remains shrouded in mystery while the trade is worth several thousands, if not millions.
In his book Has Anybody Got a Whistle: A Football Reporter In Africa, author Peter Auf der Heyde made a credible attempt to lift the lid on this centuries old practice. The names of these lucky charms also differ from country to country, with juju being the common one in west Africa.
Locally, there are dozens of code names for muthi, ranging from sgalagala to primus stove and ngoma or sfutho.
Now Thandi Mokoena, widow of late Kaizer Chiefs kitman Jackson (53), says the club's fortunes on the field are dependent on two tortoises her husband left behind. Sunday World saw the two creatures during a lengthy interview with Mokoena's widow at her home in Naturena. She says her husband of 16 years looked after the animals she alleges were used as tools of the trade to make Amakhosi sail smoothly through turbulent seas.
Big Jack, as Mokoena was affectionately known, died of liver cancer in December last year and was cremated three days later. His ashes were scattered in a section of the garden at a spot he cherished and had named "Rock of Ages".
"My husband spent a lot of time here (Rock of Ages). I do not know what the secret was but he asked me to take care of the tortoises when he dies. He said they belonged to Chiefs," says the widow.
Mokoena says at her hubby's funeral, speaker after speaker hailed him, calling him "the real submarine" of the team.
Thandi, in compliance with her husband's wishes, continues to find money to buy rose petals to feed the tortoises.


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Holds two slalom skis
Can be easily removed without tools
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If your waterski tower needs to occasionally function as a wakeboard tower, then this is the rack for you. This rack was created for the waterski enthusiast or the watersports family that does it all on the water. Ski with pride, and then get your skis off the floor and out of the way by storing them on this durable rack. Design features quick-release mechanism which allows you to remove the rack easily without tools. The unique clamp design securely attaches the rack to create a stable platform that won't rotate, and the UV-resistant, heavy-duty shock cord holds your waterskis in place without causing damage. Holds 2 slalom skis or one pair of combo skis. Made from sturdy anodized aluminum with stainless steel components and fasteners.


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Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) Application
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) was established in 1986 to increase college attendance and graduation rates for Hispanic students. It is the only national organization representing Hispanic-Serving Institutions.
Since its inception, HACU has offered many programs to help students achieve their educational and professional goals. Scholarships, study abroad opportunities, federal and corporate internships, are among the ways HACU helps students.
HACU Important Links
HNIP Application
Although you are applying online, you will still need to mail an official college transcript and Certification of Enrollment and Class Level to the address listed below). Application deadlines typically fall two to three months before the program start date. Internships are offered each semester. Early application deadlines also exist for some programs. The early application deadline is set for federal internships that require a security clearance, an extensive interview process or drug testing in order to participate. Applicants interested in being considered for a Corporate Internship must also adhere to the early application deadlines. If you are not selected for one of these internships, your application will automatically be considered for the summer session.
- Minimum 3.0 GPA (on a 4.0 scale)
- Be enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program
- (A senior graduating in May is only eligible for the summer program)
- Completion of the freshman year of college before the internship begins
- Authorized or eligible to work by law in the United States
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Round-trip airfare is arranged and provided at no charge to interns. Interns who receive prior approval to arrange their own transportation will be reimbursed for reasonable expenses. Federal interns can choose to arrange their own housing. However, as a service to interns, HACU can assist in securing housing that is affordable, furnished, and near public transportation. Federal interns pay for housing through payroll deductions. Corporations will work with corporate interns to make housing and travel arrangements whenever applicable.
Apply online, being sure to follow all directions. You will need to scan and upload transcripts and other supporting documents, so be sure to allow time to secure those documents.


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That means more than four out of 10 Santa Fe students are not graduating within four years of starting high school. And SFPS was below the statewide average graduation rate for 2011, 63 percent.
The good news is that Santa Fe's 2011 rate — the latest available — is an improvement over SFPS's 2010 numbers, despite a stricter accounting method now required by the federal government. The district rate in 2010 was 53.2 percent.
Capital High School's graduation rate was 53.5 percent for 2011, up from 51.4 percent in 2010. Santa Fe High School's 2011 rate was 64.1 percent compared to 63.2 percent the previous year.
The new, stricter graduation formula requires that students with special needs or who are pregnant or have been incarcerated to graduate in four years or be considered dropouts. New Mexico previously gave those groups an extra year. The numbers also now include locally-authorized charter schools.
Capital has struggled in recent years with graduation numbers of near 50 percent. Santa Fe school district officials on Friday pointed to significant improvements for a couple of important groups there — in 2010, 49.5 percent of Hispanic students graduated in four years but the rate went up to 54.3 percent in 2011, and the graduation rate for Capital's English language learners increased from 52.2 percent to 59 percent.
"We have had an intense focus on these two particular areas," Capital principal Melanie Romero said.
The male graduation rate at Capital also increased by 7 percent, but rates went down in other subgroups such as Caucasian, economically disadvantaged and students with disabilities.
At Santa Fe High, Hispanic graduation rates increased from 61.1 percent in 2010 to 65.6 percent in 2011. The graduation rate for economically disadvantaged fell by about 6 percent at the school.
Superintendent Bobbie Gutierrez, in a news release, said she was happy to see the uptick in graduation rates, particularly those for Hispanic and English-as-a-second-language students. But she said he was concerned about declines for other student categories.
Other graduation rates for Santa Fe schools include:
• Academy for Technology and the Classics charter school, 63.7 percent.
• Monte del Sol charter school, 70.8 percent.
• Tierra Encantada charter school, 20.8 percent.
• Academy at Larragoite alternative school, 36.4 percent.
The Santa Fe district's five-year graduation rate increased from 53.2 percent to 59.9 percent in the latest numbers.
Española was at or near the bottom among all districts statewide with a graduation rate of 45.2 percent. Only 38.3 percent of male students graduated within four years.
A breakdown of graduation rates by district, school and student groups is available at http://state.nm.us/Graduation/index.html on the PED website.


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It's time for auditions in Colorado, which should be a little snowy but will not feature an airplane hangar. Darn it! I just hope we get to see Steven ski. That would be worth it.
8:00 p.m. EST Finally, "American Idol" is getting away from it all. By going to Colorado. I'm not sure how everyone in Colorado feels about this designation, as Ryan has made an entire state sound like a remote corner of nowhere, but okay.
8:01 p.m. The "Idol" family is going on vacation in the mountains. Except they're not going on vacation. But they are going to Aspen. They make snowballs. And Steven has a good vibe.
8:03 p.m. Jenni Schick (24) is overly energetic and teaches music to grade school kids. And she thinks Steven Tyler is gorgeous. She'd also like to kiss Lady Gaga and Adam Levine. So would her boyfriend. I think Jenni needs to take a closer look at her relationship. She's singing Pat Benatar's "Heartbreaker." She misses a few notes, but she's strong. She gets three yeses and she may kiss Steven, because Randy said so. Steven follows order. Quick, girl, get an antiseptic.
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8:09 p.m. A clip montage. Oh, wait, one clip is important. Curtis Gray is a singer in a five-piece group, and of course he can sing, and even though he looks like someone who'd belt out some Creedence Clearwater Revival, he applies his talents to Boyz II Men. And does it remarkably well. Three yeses.
8:12 p.m. Montage! Richie Law has an extremely deep voice for a guy who looks like a bit like a pipsqueak. Devan Jones can hit some impressive high notes. Mathenee Trego has a breathier quality but he does have range. Still, weakest of the three. Doesn't matter, because they're all going to Hollywood.
8:13 p.m. Tealanah Hedgespeth has a sister. And her twin sister is her best friend. Even though she's sick of people telling her how great her sister is. This is her chance to shine alone! She sings "Bring Me Some Water." Oops. She can't really sing. Great. Randy tells her she's funny. She smiles, as she doesn't realize this is his way of breaking up with her. Steven tells her she needs to listen to a recording of her voice. Steven says no, Jennifer says no, and Randy says no. We also see a clip of Tealanah singing with her sister -- who seems to have a stronger voice. Oh, I feel so sorry for Tealanah. Back to the shadows, girl.
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8:22 p.m. Haley Smith loves nature. She has three jobs. And she's a vegetarian working in the meat department. She seems very hippy. She'll be singing Rufus and Chaka Khan's "Tell Me Something Good." It seems to be a good audition, except that Slingbox craps out and so you'll have to fill me in.
8:32 p.m. Shelby Tweten credits singing for helping her through, I think, bipolar disorder (Slingbox came back in the middle of this, so apologies if that's not accurate). Anyway, she sings, and Jennifer gets weepy. Randy thinks she's fearless as a singer. Big yes from Jennifer, big huge yes from Randy. They don't even bother with Steven, but he loves her, too.
8:38 p.m. A montage of lousy auditions. Some joke avalanche footage. Ha, ha. Because they're in Aspen!
8:39 p.m. Jairon Jackson will be performing his own song, "So Hard." And wowza, he can really sing. The song isn't bad, either. Randy thinks he's ready for the charts already. And I can't disagree. That was strong. Three yeses. He gets so excited his pants almost come down. I hope he makes it into the top, just so he can work with a costume designer who will burn those awful denim shorts of his.
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8:46 p.m. Angie Zeiderman wants to open for Lady Gaga and be her best friend. She sings ... something. OK, I don't know this song, but it's a show tune. Maybe from "Gypsy"? Anyway, I don't think the judges do, either. But it's about showing the boys your birthday suit. The thing is, she can sing. But Randy hates show tunes. He's ready to kick her to the curb. Jennifer quickly intercedes and asks her to sing something else. She chooses "Blue Bayou," and she really does have a gorgeous voice. That changes Randy's mind. Randy just couldn't see past the show tune. Really, Randy? It was pretty apparent she could sing, my God. Three yeses. Remember when there used to be actual disagreements on this show and the people auditioning didn't automatically know one yes meant three yeses? Ah, those were the days.
8:54 p.m. It's party central in the audition room! But the party pooper is Magic Cyclops from Davenport, Iowa. Where he picked up an English accent. No one talks to him because he looks scary and homeless. He's a master of air guitar. He will not reveal his age, because it's not polite to ask a lady her age. I kind of like Magic Cyclops. He sings Neil Diamond and Jimmy Buffet, and not horribly, really. But Randy is appalled. Randy has to go to the bathroom. Magic Cyclops launches what seems to be a confetti firework, and everyone leaves, dismissing him as joke. Which he is, but Randy didn't have to be so cranky about it.
Tomorrow night, "American Idol" heads to Texas. And it seems the judges actually disagree about something! Shocker!
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Aberlour 2001
70cl / 43%
White Oak
- Speyside Single Malt Scotch Whisky
- Distillery Bottling
Aberlour 2001 Reviews
Tasting Notes
Producer's Notes
Colour: Gold
Nose: Very fruity with sweet orange flavours and hints of butterscotch
Taste: Incredibly sweet, creamy and smooth
Finish: Long and sweet with hints of spicy liquorice
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This is more interesting and refined compared to the Aberlour 10 YO. I think I will cherish this one for now and look out for a similar cask maturation with a little more age. It is surprising how fruity the Aberlour distillate is as I had assumed much came from the sherry cask. This is a beautiful contrast to the 10 year old and a worthy part of my collection. Great value for sure. I will buy more of this.
Single malt of exceptional charm that portraits the distillery character of Aberlour. Casks filled in 2001, bottled in 2012, making this dram 11 YO. Colour: Copper. Nose: Light, rich sweetness to it with complex aromas. Taste: Apple, banana, coconut, fruit salad sweets, toffee and lemon cream. A hint of cinnamon spice and a little drying on the back of the throat. Finish: Warm, medium length finish with a little spice and lots of fruity sweetness.


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Spyro: Enter the Dragonfly
Review by Moochthemonkey
"Do NOT MAKE ME compare Spyro the purple dinosaur to Barney the purple dragon!"
If you did, that would be a hard dilemma. The fourth game now in the series, you would think it would be better, especially now since it is on the Playstation 2. This game falls short from Spyro 3 and Spyro 2. Once again, you go around gathering gems and dragonflies, flaming your foes and gliding from spot to spot. But it lacks in the "outside extras" and replay value of the game.
Remember Ripto from Spyro 2? Well he has come back for revenge. The storyline is no better than the other Spyro games though. It still has its sly remarks and stupidly funny cracks that you could not help to take a slight chuckle over, which is probably the best part of the game. I have always liked Spyro humor, and gameplay, but when it comes to this game, it's not an improvement at all.
The gameplay is nothing more extraordinary than the other games. Once again, you will go around flaming or charging into the Rhynocs our whatever the enemies are called, this process can be fun but gets boring. You will have the ability to ice breath, bubble breath flame breath, and now even lightening breath. Yes, Spyro's breaths are something good in this game, but I expected more.
You will get to fly or super charge occasionally. Nothing different from Spyro 3. It's a lot harder in this game though, this Spyro seems to have worse control and can have a mischievous camera at times. You will have to use these special abilities to complete certain events and bonus rounds. Spyro can also control tanks and turrets, but where is the dang skateboard? Gosh….
Spyro gamers should already know this, but for the newbies, what Spyro does is go around collecting things. Its fun if you are the type of person that likes hide and seek, but it can get boring after Spyro has spotted the 20,000 gem, or stumbles on the 50th dragonfly. Some gems will be easy to find, and others will be tough to spot as Waldo. Dragonflies can be obtained through special challenges, and you will have to use Spyro's peak performance to get them, as long as freezing them and catching them with Spyro's bubble breath.
The graphics are not bad, definitely, they are improved, but this is PS2 and there is more expected. I really cannot nitpick about the graphics though. If there were anything faulty in this category, it would be the glitches. It's something the makers should have fixed by now, and this has been persistent in all the Spyro games, but it is nothing to obsess over. You will also hear some dreamy tunes that play along with the levels. The sound effects are nicely done but not perfect. Glitches have occurred to me too while I have been playing, the music would stop for about 5 minutes.
The level design is nothing more pioneering than the other games. I guess they are a bit bigger. You will still fight off enemies and encounter inhabitants of the world, and they will give you stuff to do. You will still play the levels when you have to fly through checkpoints and collect mystical objects. (I think it was called something like speedways) There are plenty of places to glide too also, and plenty of spots where our little purple dragon can charge and frolic, and flame a few sheep.
You should just pass on this game. There are more enjoyable plat formers out there, like Jak and Daxter, and Ratchet and Clank. I rate the game a 4/10, for the makers should have included more. And the length, I have to come to a point about this! This game is not as long as Spyro 2 or 3, which I was disappointed by. Therefore, I would not buy this game. Not even rent it.
However, if you are interested in this game, and really feel like trying this out, I would get Spyro 3 or 2. They are much better games in my opinion.
Reviewer's Rating: 2.0 - Poor
Originally Posted: 10/07/03
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Two Juanita seniors take individual field-event KingCo titles
The Juanita and Lake Washington track and field teams competed at Juanita High School during the KingCo 3A championship meet Wednesday.
The Juanita girls finished the day in third place with a team score of 29.33 points. The team was led by two seniors who each took home a KingCo individual-event title.
The Lake Washington boys finished fifth for the day with seven team points and the Juanita boys were seventh with one team point.
All team points will be added to finals results on Friday to determine KingCo team champions.
Juanita senior Alanna Coker won the KingCo title in the girls long jump with a distance of 17-feet, one-inch.
Rebel senior Kate Cryderman earned first place in the girls discus final with a distance of 122-feet, two-inches.
In the boys 1,600-meter run, Lake Washington sophomore Devon Grove placed fourth overall in a time of 4:29.12, behind three Bellevue runners.
Rebel senior Lilia Jonsson took fifth in the girls pole vault with a height of nine feet, while Juanita's Kathryn Wuchter and Lake Washington's Mackenzie Toher tied for eighth with eight-feet, six-inches. Jonsson also finished seventh in the long jump with a distance of 14-feet, 10.5-inches.
Juanita sophomore Shannon Brink took sixth in the discus (79-feet, nine-inches), while teammate junior Carleigh Williams finished in a four-way tie for ninth with 67-feet, five-inches.
Kang senior Matt Mccarty took seventh place in the boys shot put with a distance of 42-feet, 11-inches.
In the long jump Juanita's Austin Chen finished eighth overall with 19-feet, 2.5-inches.


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Establishment of the Henry Monsky Memorial Community Essay Contest in honor of the late president of B'nai B'rith and national Jewish figure who was a native of Omaha was announced here by the Omaha Community Chest. Suitable Prizes will be awarded to winning essayists, Chest officials said. Details of the plan will be announced next month.


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The East Lincoln Middle School Lady Falcons won two out of three games recently.
On Monday, the beat Pumpkin Center 13-3. Standouts were: Holli Parker with three doubles, Racquel Cooke with two singles, Kourtney Rehfuss with three singles and Melissa Griswald with one single and a double. The winning pitcher was Monica Williamson.
On Tuesday, the Lady Falcons lost the first game of a doubleheader to Crest 3-2. They rebounded by winning 7-3 in the second contest.
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DETROIT (AP) — Chrysler Group LLC said that it is freezing the pensions of roughly 8,000 U.S. salaried employees at the end of the year.
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TOYOTA is investigating an engine fault reportedly affecting the range-topping saloons in its luxury Lexus range that could cause cars to stall unexpectedly.
A Toyota Australia spokeswoman confirmed yesterday that the Japanese car giant was looking into a fault regarding valve springs in some Lexus models fitted with V6 and V8 engines.
Under scrutiny are eight models, including four sold in Australia - the mid-size GS450 and GS450h hybrid, and the large LS460 and LS600hL hybrid. The last-mentioned is the flagship of the Lexus range and sells for $243,900.
Up to 1100 of the cars have been sold in Australia but no accidents have so far been reported in connection with the issue. The fault may force the Japanese car giant into another embarrassing recall.
Up to 10 million Toyota cars worldwide have been affected by issues including sticking accelerator pedals and braking problems. The US government fined the company $A17.7 million for covering up accelerator pedal defects blamed for more than 50 deaths. At least 97 lawsuits have been filed against Toyota in the US over sudden acceleration issues.
Earlier this year Toyota recalled 2378 Prius hybrids in Australia and more than 400,000 worldwide after reports of inconsistent brake feel. And a steering fault was identified in the LS460 and LS600hL Lexus models in May.


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SC Festal 2013 Offers 22 Ways to Explore Ethnic Cultures in Seattle
Seattle Center Festál, a series of 22 cultural festivals presented during 2013, explores the rich traditions and contemporary influences of our region's ethnic communities. Through music and dance, visual arts and crafts, film, food, alluring marketplaces, workshops, demonstrations and active play, the free events reveal the ways of life, values and driving forces behind development and evolution of these cultures.
The series is created through a partnership with Seattle Center. Each month, a diverse group of dedicated event producers meet to share best practices, mentor one another and glean inspiration on how to bring together their own communities, while presenting their cultures to the greater community.
Festál derives from the Latin word festalis, meaning feast or festival. It is used to describe an important time or gala occasion. Each Festál event considers themes of importance to the ethnic culture it represents. The various weekend festivals portray celebrations of the sun and moon, independence from colonial rule, remembrances of departed loved ones and the myriad of factors shaping civilizations.
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Jack White's Ghost Sonata
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which is both a shocking musical departure for the band and a stunningly confessional breakup album. Pardon our literalist interpretations were just following Jack Whites lead!
Stripes. Talk to me.
This record is dealing with a real situation this is a breakup suite, and I think its as real as rap. This is a pissed-off guy; his woman left him.
Yeah, theres a secret hip-hop feeling in the lyrical delivery its word-spitting and internal rhyme all over the place. And how hip-hop is this: He rhymes Rita with Reseda.
Hes gonna be moving to Compton any day now!
Actually I Googled it and I think he says Mesita, but Reseda sounds cooler its either hip-hop or Cole Porter! Anyway, you can hear that he really was the only white kid at an all-black high school supposedly.
You can never tell theres so much mythology with this band. Now that hes had a movie-star girlfriend, and he conjures up the specter of Rita Hayworth is she the stand-in for Renée Zellweger? And the song The Nurse
Right Renée Zellweger starred inNurse Betty
the girl who couldnt tell the difference between TV and real life.
This is a roman à clef. In that song, the nurse poisons him The poison is delivered by trust. Excuse me, but this is a breakup record. Its a concept album about breaking up. Its also the shifting finger of blame theres not one point of view in all his songs. Hes trying to figure out where he went wrong, or where she went wrong. And the whole thing about the ghost [on Little Ghost]. Its just like the Zombies Shes Not There. Hes in love with an apparition, an image on a screen.
There are a lot of ghost images on this record and even fingers. Remember when he broke his finger in the car wreck with her? In White Moon, he goes, A mirage, this garage/And a photo montage/And a finger massage from the host/Good lord, good lord/The one I adore/And I cannot afford is a ghost.
This is a guy who feels like he was turned inside-out. Maybe thats why its so sparse. Its much more minimalist: Theres no electric guitars, its all piano and marimbas and weird rhythm instruments and acoustic guitar its just as bare as the way he feels.
And there are no hooks, no choruses you can sing along to, and none of the pleasure of pop songwriting is there at all.
Maybe its like BecksSea Change.
Get behind me Satan maybe its the temptation to go back to her. Is she the devil, is she the nurse, is she the movie star? Did he get married so quickly because she just got married so quickly?
He just got married?
Yeah, he married Karen Elson, that model in the Blue Orchid video.
Hes obsessed with redheads . . . Rita Hayworth, and the girl in Fell in Love With a Girl . . . and his girlfriend from the Von Bondies was a redhead. But why did he have to marry a model? He acts so iconoclastic, but then he fulfills all these rock-star stereotypes.
He really does.
My favorite song is Forever for Her (Is Over for Me). Its the one really heart-on-his-sleeve romantic song, and its got that Cole Porter reference. There are two different songs here that reference Lets Do It. Hes like,lets do it, just get on a plane!
Get up and forget about the rest of it, forget about our celebrity and just be normal people and be in love.
He says, Everybodys reaction is changing you/But their love is only a fraction of what I can give to you.
He was supposed to call this albumLets Play the Victim.
So maybe thats what hes doing.
My problem with the record is that all the fun of songcraft isnt there.
I totally agree that theres no fun here. This is a very serious record.
Maybe hes saying,Fuck it, I dont have to be perfect and brilliant every time.
But its not bad! The musicianship is great! The anxiousness is amplified in the atonal things; the band deconstructs right in the middle of something rather melodic
Thats the problem!
Well, yeah, its true its imperfect, its messy, just like emotions.
And theres very little sexuality.
Theres nothing sexy about this.
So, do you think this is one weird moment in their career, or the beginning of the end?
I think this is just a moment. You have to go through something to get to the other side. This albums subtitle, to me, is How To Dismantle an Atomic Bond. Okay, so its not fun I dont have to be entertained in a rollicking way all the time. I think hes got a plan, and this is him exercising some different muscles right now and exorcising her.
I dont have to be entertained all the time, but I always count on them to make substantial, weighty albums that hang together and feel like the work of a year. But I feel he put all his creative mojo and love into the Loretta Lynn record, maybe because itwasnt
his, and it was easier to focus on another person. But back to Rita Hayworth his muse, his stand-in lover
Yes, when he has that dialogue with [Hayworth] in Take Take Take. Its that whole cannibalization of celebrity, where he keeps asking her for one more thing . . . an autograph, a photograph I hate to bug you maam.
Is that how he sees himself in relationship to his Renée Zellweger? Or is this about [him] as the victim of celebrity?
I think he has an outsider, Midwesterners fascination and obsession with celebrity and Hollywood which is evidenced in the fact that he was in a couple different movies.
Its an exploration into the dark heart of celebrity culture. Yet he didnt come out the other side. And thats okay unless youre gonna complain about it. Accept your inclinations, accept the fact that you are famous and you hobnob with famous people dont deconstruct celebrity if youre going to stay in celebrityhood. He protests too much.
Thats what Courtney Love does.
Yeah, it is, hes totally fascinated by that, but he holds himself away from it he gives very few interviews. He does have that love-hate relationship with it. Its not just Im a victim; hes pissed as hell this didnt work out. Little Ghost is probably the most hurtful When I held her I was really holding air . . . Hes trying to hurt her. This is revenge served cold. And the Rita part is I think Ritas a stand-in for Renée.
Or is Renée a stand-in for Rita?
Absolutely its his romance with celebrity. I think hes still in that maze. Hes a rat in a maze and hes not out yet.
This is such a classic country song title Im Lonely (But I Aint That Lonely Yet).
Theres that one line you can barely hear I turned my stereo up and I realized, hes not lonely enough yet to kill himself in the river. You realize how bad off he is, but he pulls himself back from the brink. And as the last track on the album, thats the ray of hope.
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PREP YOUR BIKE On dirt roads, I use a larger-diameter tire (25c instead of 23c) and carry at least two spare tubes. A CO 2 cartridge is good only once, so bring a minipump, plus a small tool set and chain breaker— and make sure you know how to use them.
DO A TEST RUN Practice some shorter dirt rides first. Find a stretch of gravel road and try riding at different speeds in a variety of gears and cadences. Notice how your wheels slide underneath you as you turn or move from one track to the next. Scan the terrain ahead and find the smoothest line to ride.
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Razor blades pasted on Illinois playground monkey bars, toddler hurt
EAST MOLINE, Ill., -- A toddler was the victim of booby-trapped playground equipment that had been covered in razor blades.
Two-year-old Madden was on his dad Jayson's shoulders during a day at the park, playing with the monkey bars when the blades were discovered.
After the child said "ouch," his father put him down and saw that his hands were bleeding. Razor blades, it turned out, had been placed all over the play equipment at Millennium Park in East Moline, Illinois.
At least a dozen straight-edge razor blades were found, blade side up on park equipment strategically placed to hurt and cut kids, including at the bottom of the slide.
Police are trying to find the culprit responsible, taking fingerprints, and looking at possible leads. Madden was only cut on his finger, which is healing, but an older child swinging on the monkey bars could have suffered far more serious injuries.