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Gun justice: A Florida texter gets the death penalty
This week's Second Amendment Well-Regulated Militia Award goes to the pistol packin' citizen who blew away a guy at a Florida movie theater, for the sin of texting his toddler's daycare provider.
That's how things go in gun-crazed America; anyone with a chip on his shoulder and a man-piece in his pocket can act as judge, jury, and executioner. Curtis Reeves, 71 years old and packing a .380 caliber gun, had a beef about filmgoers who fiddled with their cells, and so, during the movie trailers on Monday afternoon, he rebuked 43-year-old dad Chad Oulson, an argument ensued - and within minutes Oulson was dead.
Granted, most of us get annoyed when a filmgoer texts - even for legitimate parenting purposes - but it does seem a tad out of scale to summarily ship that miscreant to the great beyond. Or maybe I'm just not sufficiently hip to the ethos of gun justice.
But seriously, folks. Before the next inevitable gun atrocity hits the news, let's spend a few minutes on this one because it's a classic. Reeves has rightfully been charged with second-degree murder, but his lawyer thinks that's very unfair. On Tuesday, the lawyer told the judge that Oulson, the dead guy, had actually been the "aggressor." The lawyer said, "The alleged victim attacked (Reeves). At that point in time, he has every right to defend himself."
Does that argument ring a bell? You bet. It's Stand Your Ground, the NRA-inspired Florida law which says that a person is justified in using deadly force if he reasonably thinks he's in danger of death or great bodily harm. Reeves' lawyer didn't specifically mention Stand Your Ground, only its provisions. He said that Oulson had hurled "an unknown object" at Reeves, who duly felt threatened, and this standoff "resulted in gunfire."
The unknown object was popcorn.
Unless you believe that artifical butter is as lethal as a bullet, you might wonder why in heck Reeves saw fit to pack heat during a movie matinee. Charles Cummings, an ex-Marine who witnessed the shooting and wound up with Oulson's blood on his clothes, says, "I can't believe people would bring a pistol, a gun, to a movie...and shoot one another over popcorn, over a cellphone."
Why did Reeves bring his gun, ignoring the theatre management's posted signs banning guns on the premises? Because he could. He had a permit to carry a concealed weapon. And thanks to the gun-fetish lobby, concealed-carry has become a hot trend; over the past 20 years, the number of permits nationwide has increased eight-fold, from 1 million to 8 million. So it should hardly be a surprise when some gun-toters, supposedly carrying for self-defense, wind up misusing their weapons for self-empowerment. Victims like Oulson are the collateral damage.
The nonpartisan Violence Policy Center says in its data base that, besides Coulson, at least 554 people, including 14 law enforcement officers, have been killed in 33 states since May '07 in non-self defense incidents involving citizens who legally packed concealed guns. A center official tells the Christian Science Monitor: "There are a lot of people dead today who would be alive but for (a gun toter) who gets angry and accelerates an argument to a homicide. It's very clear that carrying a concealed weapon creates a mindset among some people that 'I've got a gun, the state sanctions it, therefore I have a right to use it in public."
The good news is that Reeves - a retired cop, who by dint of his training should've known about responsible gun use - was denied bail on Tuesday. Basically, the judge didn't buy the defense lawyer's Stand Your Ground nonsense. The judge said, "An 'unknown object' does not equal taking out a gun ....It doesn't warrant taking out a gun and firing it at someone's chest."
But rest assured, Reeves won't be the last citizen administrator of gun justice. Concealed-carry laws and Stand Your Ground laws essentially deputize people to police their little worlds and feel justified in doing so. As John Timoney, the former Philadelphia police commissioner and former Miami police chief, presciently warned in 2012 about the contemporary ethos, "Trying to control shootings by members of a well-trained and disciplined police department is a daunting enough task. Laws like 'stand your ground' give citizens unfettered power and discretion with no accountability. It is a recipe for disaster."
Curtis Reeves may well be held accountable, and that would be nice. But Chad Oulson's toddler still won't have a father.
Meanwhile, on the Benghazi front:
A new bipartisan Senate Intelligence Committee report disputes the rabid right's claim that the attacks were the result of a well-coordinated al Qaeda plot ("It remains unclear if any group or person exercised overall command and control...the attacks were likely put together in short order'), and it eviscerates the rabid right's belief that the Obama team whiffed on al Qaeda and covered it up ("There were no efforts by the White House or any other Executive Branch entities to 'cover-up' facts or make alterations for political purposes").
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Durham, N.C. — A 19-year-old man was killed Thursday night in a shooting at a Durham park, police said.
Witnesses said Takoreio Jaquan Jackson, of Durham, was with several friends at Lakeview Park on Dearborn Drive about 8 p.m. when shots rang out.
Jackson was pronounced dead at the scene.
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July 18 to 20
The Vancouver Folk Music Festival may take place at Jericho Beach Park, but this is no ordinary day at the beach. Back for its 37th year, the much-loved fest brings a toe-tapping line-up of music to a seaside setting. Over 60 artists from 12 countries share their eclectic sounds, ranging from the folk songs of Joan Baez to the Afrobeats of Nigerian Seun Kuti and Egypt 80. It's not only music, either: shop the artisans' market, sample food-vendor fare, and keep wee ones occupied in the Little Folks area. It's fun in the sun, guaranteed.


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The Toronto Blue Jays head into the season as… well, I'm not exactly sure. This is a team that made some big moves last offseason and under performed in 2013. While nobody expects them to take the division crown this season right now, it still has the same level of talent it had at the beginning of last season, when they were projected to be one of the best teams in baseball.
Skeptics will be skeptics, though, and because the team failed to live up to expectations last season, the safest bet seems to be to keep expectations low for team for the upcoming season as well.
The Offseason:
To put it short and sweet, the Blue Jays did virtually nothing this offseason. This isn't to say the team needed to do a lot, but for all the talk we've heard about the team looking to sign a free agent starting pitcher, there's only one fish left on the market. Garza went to the Brewers, Jimenez to the Orioles, Arroyo to the Diamondbacks, Tanaka to the Yankees, and now Ervin Santana remains the only viable name remaining.
Santana might not be the best fit for homer-friendly Rogers Centre, either, but instead of focusing only on what the team hasn't done this offseason, let's take a look at the moves the team has made.
Some of the team's notable transactions this offseason:
– Signed C Dioner Navaro for 2 years, $8MM
– Acquired C Erik Kratz from PHI
– Signed 2B Chris Getz to a minor-league deal
Look at the bright side of the offseason, the team did get a switch-hitting catcher who has been able to evade interest from the rest of the league since 2008, when he was last relevant in the big leagues. And yes, there is plenty of sarcasm in that last sentence. I won't completely knock Navarro though, after all, the guy did hit .300 with a .492 SLG% in 84 games for the Cubs last season.
As baseball fans, I just think we would of expected a bit more out of a team that seemed as if they were going all in last offseason only to hibernate a little too deep into the winter this year. Let's take a look at how the team's 2013 starting lineup figures to look again this season…
Projected Starting Lineup:
w/ 2013 statistics
1. SS Jose Reyes (.296AVG, 10HR's, 37RBI's)
2. LF Melky Cabrera (.279AVG, 3HR's, 30RBI's)
3. RF Jose Bautista (.259AVG, 28HR"s, 73RBI's)
4. 1B Edwin Encarnacion (.272AVG, 36HR's, 104RBI's)
5. 3B Brett Lawrie (.254AVG, 11HR's, 46RBI's)
6. DH Adam Lind (.288AVG, 23HR's, 67RBI's)
7. CF Colby Rasmus (.276AVG, 22HR's, 66RBI's)
8. C Dioner Navarro (.300AVG, 13HR's, 34RBI's)
9. 2B Maicer Izturis (.236AVG, 5HR's, 32RBI's)
As previously noted, this lineup includes every player from last season outside of Dioner Navarro, although this is not necessarily a bad thing. I didn't harp on the Rays for only adding a catcher, one that is similar to Navarro, and the Blue Jays lineup is arguably considerably better than that of the Rays.
Jose Reyes, when healthy, is still one of the best leadoff hitters in the game, despite only stealing 15 bases last season, and Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion make up one of the most powerful 3-4 combinations in baseball, combining to hit 64 HR's in 2013.
Brett Lawrie and Colby Rasmus both have question marks over their heads for the upcoming season, but for the opposite reason of the other. Brett Lawrie still needs to prove that his stretch in 2011, where he slugged .580, was not a fluke, and Colby Rasmus needs to prove he's capable of producing another season like lasts. For some reason, people still talk about Rasmus still needing to break out, needing to prove himself… the guy slugged .501 last season, good for 9th best in the AL behind Texas' Adrian Beltre. What else do you want out of him?
The question surrounding the Blue Jays has never been whether or not they would hit, but how their pitching would hold up against the tough competition of the AL East. Let's take a look at how the team's staff figures to look for the upcoming season…
Projected Pitching Rotation:
w/ 2013 statistics
SP RHP R.A. Dickey (14-13, 4.21ERA)
SP RHP Brandon Morrow (2-3, 5.63ERA)
SP LHP Mark Buehrle (12-10, 4.15ERA)
SP LHP J.A. Happ (5-7, 4.56ERA)
SP RHP Esmil Rogers (5-9, 4.77ERA)
CP RHP Casey Jansen (34 saves, 2.56ERA)
To be honest, I'm not sure there's one guy in the Blue Jays rotation you can count on to throw quality innings outside of Mark Buehrle. R.A. Dickey has thrown 200 innings each of the last three seasons, but his ERA jumped up a run and a half from his 2012 Cy Young season. This is mostly due to the fact that his knuckleball wasn't as effective in the American League, especially in a division where veteran players have already seen plenty of knuckleballs from the great Tim Wakefield.
J.A. Happ has a career 4.25 ERA and hasn't been an effective starter since he was a member of the Phillies, and Esmil Rogers owns a career 5.25 ERA across four big league seasons. All Blue Jays fans can hope for is to see RHP's Aaron Sanchez and Marcus Stroman at some point this season, or for the club to sign the last big-name starter on the market in Ervin Santana.
The bullpen, on the other hand, should continue to be a strength for this team. With Sergio Santos, Brett Cecil, and Steve Delabar bridging the gap to closer Casey Jansen, John Gibbons should not have to worry too much about losing ballgames late.
The 2014 Toronto Blue Jays have a lot to prove, and despite the fact that the team still has a lot of big names on its roster heading into this season, every other team in the division has made improvements as the Jays have been stagnant. It's probably upsetting for Jays fan to read this, but I'm just not sure we can expect anything besides a finish at or near the bottom of the division in 2014.
2014 PECOTA Projection: 80-82 (fourth in AL East)


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George Steuarts Travels, the official travel agency for Sri Lanka Cricket, had sold tickets for the World Cup final, originally priced at Indian Rs.5,000, for a staggering Rs. 198,000 (US$1,800). Sixty tickets were sold to fans determined on seeing their team play in the final and who were willing..


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#SIWWPledge uses social media to rally the global community towards the water cause
Harnessing the power and influence of social media, Singapore International Water Week (SIWW) 2014 will see the debut of an innovative corporate social responsibility campaign to rally the global community towards the water cause. The first of its kind in the global water space, this campaign was introduced as part of SIWW's goal to rally the global community towards finding innovative and sustainable technological and financial solutions to meet safe water and sanitation needs globally.
With water crises being identified by the World Economic Forum as one of the top three global risks of highest concern in 2014, the need for action is greater than ever.
Delegates and visitors to SIWW will be invited to make a pledge for water sustainability by writing their messages/pledges for water on a black board, have their photos taken and then uploaded onto www.campaign.com/siwwpledge [7].
Members of the public can also be part of this global initiative to deliver clean water to people in need by taking the #SIWWPledge on the same website.
Sponsors will match every pledge with a $1 contribution towards Water.org. To date, SIWW and its Founding Sponsors — Black & Veatch, CDM Smith, Keppel Corporation, PWN Technologies, Sembcorp Industries Ltd, Suez Environnement and Veolia Water Technologies and Solutions (SEA) Pte Ltd — have stepped forward to support #SIWWPledge.
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Website of the Day: GoMobo
Skip the line at busy restaurants by ordering ahead and paying for meals via SMS with GoMobo.com— a site which recently launched in New York City. Now spanning most of the nation, GoMobo is an easy to use service where you create a free online account and then send a GoCode to 466626 (GOMOBO) on your phone keypad to order by text. You'll then get a confirmation message letting you know when your order will be ready. Once you get to the restaurant just go to the GoMobo Express sign and tell the cashier the last 4 digits of your mobile phone number to pick up your order. There are no hidden service fees for using the GoMobo service, you just pay your normal text messaging rate from your network provider. Something I still need to try out, but sounds like a great new service nonetheless! To learn how to post your favorite sites to the Website of the Day group, just
I know that this long list looks scary, but trust me, once you get the hang of it, it'll be a snap the second time around.
- First of all, join the Website of the Day group
- Click "Create and Share!" on the left hand side
- Choose "Blog"
- Give your photo a Title
- Leave the category as "general"
- Change the channel to "technology and gadgets"
- Add keyword(s) (for example mine for this photo was "Website of the Day")
- Click on the "Add Image" link below the "body" box
- A popup window will happen - click on "Browse" to find your image on your computer
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- The popup will show you your image, choose size: "normal" - if you want, you can give it a title (which will show up as a caption)
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CSR Cemintel™ 9 Dots Award beckons creative types
If an architectural tour of the USA sounds appealing then get your entry in to the CSR Cemintel™ 9 Dots Award which will close on September 8th 2013. The award offers architects, designers, building designers and relevant students the opportunity to create a single or multi-residential design that addresses the need to increase density in both urban and suburban settings, for the chance to win an all-expenses-included, architectural trip to the USA or money towards student fees.
2012 9 Dots Award winner – Rana Abboud, urges architects, designers or students who are considering entering the 2013 9 Dots Award to 'give it a go'.
"On a personal level, winning the 9 Dots Award gave my design confidence a boost; professionally, the award took me on a once-in-a-lifetime trip that enhanced my understanding and appreciation for modernist architecture. If you enjoy design, then you have nothing to lose. Develop a clear design concept and showcase the most important aspects of your design in your presentation," said Ms Abboud.
Similar to 2012 first prize, which entitled Ms Abboud to a 17-day architectural tour of Europe, the 2013 winner will be equally spoilt on a 17-day guided tour led by Sydney Architect, Malcolm Carver, visiting the great modern and contemporary buildings of the 20 and 21st century in the USA. Arriving in Los Angeles and departing from New York, the tour will also visit Dallas, Houston and Chicago and includes all internal flights, coach transfer, breakfast and first class accommodation.
"The overseas trip brought home how rich and at times unexpected the real-world experience of a 'familiar building' could be. The places I visited were tremendously inspiring and learning about the architects at such close quarters humanised them for me. To use a somewhat grandiose turn of phrase, the trip was an ode to the power of great architecture to move people, effect social change and endure beyond its time," Ms Abboud said.
In addition, Ms Abboud's career has gone from strength to strength since winning the 2012 9 Dots award. "I have been fortunate to have been awarded the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) International Women's Day 2013 scholarship earlier this year and was very pleased to have my installation 'DIGITALIS' selected as part of VIVID light festival in Sydney."
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BRADENTON — How much could a bunch of locked-out football players wearing shorts and T-shirts accomplish in three days of noncontact workouts?
A lot, actually.
The Bucs called their unofficial players-only minicamp, which wrapped up Thursday with a single morning practice, a huge success.
Though the camp couldn't match the intensity or depth of a traditional minicamp at One Buc Place, it served as a valuable substitute as the NFL's work stoppage passed three months.
Mainly, it was a good barometer of where players are physically and mentally, something that has been hard to determine without team workouts.
"I've gotten a lot of work with the receivers and tight ends from an offensive standpoint," QB Josh Freeman said. "But to get together and be able to watch film and be in an environment where it's a team atmosphere like a normal minicamp is big for us. We have a lot of young guys on the team, and really, you don't really know where their minds are at.
"It was great seeing the turnout we had, and … guys being on (top of) their stuff. We put together these scripts and just went over them real briefly in a meeting, then popped right on the field. Guys picked it right up as if we were in the middle of the season."
The team ran a lengthy seven-on-seven session Thursday morning, during which there was just one incomplete pass out of 25 attempts, Freeman said.
The chemistry-building that often is developed in the offseason was a key to the camp as well.
"You come together as a family, which is what I think a team is," DT Gerald McCoy said. "If you (form) a team the right way, it's supposed to be a family."
Though the lockout appears to be nearing an end, with negotiations between the owners and players heating up, the Bucs aren't ruling out a subsequent camp.
"If this thing lingers on, I'm sure we'll meet up again," McCoy said. "We'll stay in contact."
PUMPING IRON: Among the things the Bucs did this week was conduct a morning weight-room session each day. It was offered as an optional opportunity before the day's practices, but most players took advantage.
"I said in my (team) e-mail, (we had) optional lift at 9 (a.m.), and I swear, everybody was there at 9," said LB Tyrone McKenzie, who helped Freeman make arrangements. "On the first day, I get here and I see everybody over there saying, 'Hey, what's up? I got your e-mail.' That's what we needed. We reached out to the guys, and we got it done."
ROLL CALL: Though some players opted not to attend, a couple of key offensive players wanted to but were unable because of commitments.
RB Cadillac Williams, an impending free agent who has been working out with Freeman this offseason, is getting married this week. RB LeGarrette Blount had a financial opportunity that was hard to pass up, Freeman said. The quarterback wasn't specific but said, "(Blount has) been a guy that's been there consistently, day in and day out, at USF (for offseason training). He's been getting his work."


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Michael Jordan has landed himself a rare dollop of NBA history after paying $9,995 [£6,200] for a one gallon unopened jug of barbecue sauce from McDonald's 1992 limited edition McJordan Burger range – a meaty delight consisting of a beef patty, cheese, onion, pickles, bacon and said brown sauce.
Seller, Mort Bank, a former McDonalds franchise holder, insists he had already rejected numerous offers on the item he calls a 'once in a lifetime collectible'.
Mort explained: 'I can remember a chicken nugget someone said looked like Jesus that sold on eBay for what, $6,000? You have to use your imagination to even think it looks like that. This is an actual product.'
Despite the sauce containing the exact same ingredients as the one used by the burger giant today Mort insists its limited production made it so collectible.
On a historical note, the McJordan was later reincarnated as the Beef Wennington in honour of Chicago Bulls centre Bill Wennington before becoming the 'Big33' in honour of NBA star Larry Bird of the Boston Celtics.


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By Paul Bassey
Originally, I had wanted to entitle this week's piece " When victory is not enough"
While the Eagles were sweating it out in Calabar, I was away in Cameroun, Yaounde to be precise as a member of the CAF Delegation to the Nation's Cup qualification match between Cameroon and Cape Verde.
I arrived Yaounde to meet a tense situation but one that bore a lot of hope and confidence.
The government had hijacked the functions of the Football Federation ( FECAFOOT) by inviting Etoo personally, some other believed old players and appointing a coach. The team was also moved from their traditional Hotel Mont Febe base to the Hilton. Nothing was left to chance.
Also put in place was a committee of eight ex internationals …Roger Milla, Theophilus Abega, Antoine Bell, Emmanuel Kunde, Bonaventure Djondkep, Eugene Ekeke, Libih Thomas and Victor Ndip Akem. Severally they met with the players, psyched them up and addressed the press.
The media was agog and the underlying message was qualification, with a rider that even victory may not be good enough.
Twice I attended The Indomitable Lions training session and over 5,000 expectant supporters turned up to watch and to cheer.
On the eve of the match, news filtered in that Nigeria had massacred Liberia and as far as the Camerounians were concerned this was a morale booster in a continent where Cape Verde was not as highly rated as Liberia!
Came the D-Day and as early as 8 am fans were already waiting for the gates to be opened by 10 am. Support was not going to lack. As the CAF Security Officer for the encounter, I knew I had my hands full.
All the Lions needed according to the media analysis was to score the opener in the first ten minutes and expect other goals to follow. Ten minutes on, no goals. In the 12th minute, Cape Verde got a free kick and scored. Silence of the grave yard. Disaster. Calamity. Instead of the three goals that were needed to guarantee victory, now the Lions had to score four without conceding no more.
The rest is history.
Interestingly, when I came back home I found out that in less than 24 hrs, the joy and celebration of victory was quickly giving way to the realities of South Africa next year.
Suddenly the victory over Liberia was welcome, but not enough. A bigger picture loomed. This went to tally with a discussion I had with the NFF President on phone immediately after the Calabar match ended.
I congratulated him and the NFF for the massive work that was put in to guarantee not only the qualification of the Eagles but for that of the Flying Eagles as well and before then, of the Falcons, Falconets and the Flamingoes for continental and world championships.
I then added a "but…" That after qualification comes the competition proper and that preparations must start now. Unfortunately for us, the non qualification for Gabon and Equatorial Guinea demoted the Eagles in the seeding process, so much that we are condemned to fall into the hands of either Cote D'Ivoire or Ghana and to a lesser extent Zambia and host South Africa.
On Wednesday, the draw will be held. What fate Nigeria? The coach and other pundits have been quoted as saying "…..bring on Cote D'ivoire"
I have a different view. I am not the coach, I am a realist. I fear Cote D'Ivoire, I fear Ghana. The Ivorians, for an incredible and frightening array of arsenal in their armoury, ditto the Black Stars whose commitment and attitude laced with patriotism is a dangerous blend.
I do agree that to be able to win the cup any team must be ready to take on and beat all comers, yet unlike an Ivorian squad that has been together for as long as I can remember, we are, believe it or not, still in a rebuilding process, not helped by the non qualification last time out.
On Wednesday, I will prefer the South Africa group, prefer to buy time and mature as the competition progresses. Also, given the very circumstance mentioned above, I hope we can reenact the Westerhoff era when players decided to sacrifice their holidays and their Christmas to sweat it out for their glory and that of fatherland.
On Wednesday, I will sit in the International Conference Centre in Durban, with my fingers tightly crossed, a prayer on my lips. So help me God.
Akwa Ibom kids burn the tracks for Mobil
On Wednesday and Thursday this week, all the secondary schools in Akwa Ibom state will be involved in the Zonal eliminations that will qualify them for the 12th in the series of AKS/NNPC/MPN Schools Athletics Championships.
The battle that is earmarked for the eight sports zones of the state at Uyo, Ikot Ekpene, Abak, Eket, Ikot Abasi, Etinan, Oron and Ibiono Ibom will involve the participation of over six thousand students with Uyo zone boasting a participation of 62 schools.
Competitions will be held in 12 sports namely 100, 200, 400 and 800 metres, 100 and 400 metres relay, and the field events of high jump, long jump, discuss, shot put and javelin.
The first two finishers in each zone will qualify for the grand finale in Eket scheduled for the second week in December, immediately after the National Sports Festival.
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Eating lean protein at every meal has multiple benefits including being a faster fat burner. Protein increases RMR (that metabolic rate that burns calories at a higher rate even at rest), helps you feel fuller longer, and uses more calories for digestion. By feeling fuller longer, you may also be less tempted to eat not-so-nutritious snacks. Right after a workout is an excellent time to consume about 20 grams of protein either from lean meats or a protein supplement, followed by another 20 grams two hours after that. According to the United States Department of Agriculture, meat, poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs and nuts are excellent forms of lean meat compared to fatty beef, sausage, bacon, hot dogs and some lunch meats.
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Episode 12
The cookery competition continues its tenth series with the fourth quarter-final, and the four talented heat winners have no time to rest on their laurels as they continue to fight for their place in the competition.
First, they must prove their mettle in the fiendishly difficult palate and skills test. Chef John Torode cooks poached and fried pepper chicken, herbed gnocchi, mushroom and tarragon sauce, a dish with three different types of mushrooms to identify and which requires a high level of technical skill. Without seeing John prepare it, the amateurs are given just a few minutes to taste this dish before being asked to write down exactly what is in it, using their sense of smell, and palate. Then they are asked to recreate John's dish without a recipe in just one hour fifteen minutes, selecting from ingredients that may or may not belong in the dish.
For their second challenge, the four must go head-to-head to cook their own show-stopping dish for John and Gregg, as well as a surprise judge. In this episode the straight talking and incisive food critic Jay Rayner faces the contestants in the flesh for the first time, and tells them exactly what he thinks of their food.
At the end of this quarter-final, only the best amateurs will go through to the next round and take another step closer to being crowned MasterChef champion 2014.
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HAYWARD — Don't like secondhand smoke?
Neither does the Hayward City Council.
On Tuesday, by a 5-to-2 vote, council members initially approved a sweeping smoking ban in outdoor areas as well as many indoor locations.
Customers and employees of restaurants, bars and other businesses, who now step outside to smoke, may find themselves without any place to go.
The new law, up for council adoption at 8 p.m. June 3, mandates a 20-foot buffer between smokers and building doors, windows or entryways.
This change will extinguish nicotine use outside The Bistro at B and Main streets in downtown Hayward. Patrons currently can lounge at tables and chairs on the sidewalk, just a few feet from the Bistro's entry, to enjoy food, music, wine and beer along with cigarettes and cigars.
Bistro owner Vic Kralj was surprisingly cheerful Wednesday about giving the boot to tobacco.
"It might hurt business at the beginning, but people will adjust to it," Kralj said. "I will put up signs telling people there will be penalties for me and for them if (smoking is) done."
Besides, smelling an $18 glass of Belgian-style beer is one-third of the overall enjoyment, he added. Smoke creates its own odor and masks the fragrance of the beer.
Millie Saad, an assistant to Hayward City Manager Gregory Jones, said four-dozen notices were mailed to business operators and other interested parties in town.
None showed up, although two members of the "Keep Hayward Clean and Green" task force testified in support of the new law.
Downtown businessman Lloyd Clifton, a task force member, said outdoor smokers leave cigarette butts in landscaping and force nonsmokers to cross the street to avoid smoke.
Snuffing out smoking in town also will apply to the interior of buses, taxicabs and other types of public transit. Bus shelters and other transit waiting areas, such as BART stations, also are included in the new restrictions.
The city will have to install "no smoking" signs on public property. It also will have to adopt fines for business operators and customers who violate the law.
Cracking down on scofflaws is another issue. Saad said municipal employees — other than police officers — may enforce the law.
Since 1998, the state has restricted smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke in a variety of public and private areas, such as restaurants and bars. Local governments can adopt and enforce additional smoking and tobacco restriction policies.
In the Bay Area, Oakland doesn't permit smoking 25 feet from any building window, opening or vent. Belmont has banned smoking in parks and other public places, as well as inside apartments and condominiums.
Other cities with smoking prohibitions include Berkeley, Dublin, Fremont, Livermore, Newark, Pleasanton, San Jose and San Ramon.
The Hayward Area Recreation and Park District forbids smoking and leaving butts or other tobacco debris within 15 feet of its buildings, facilities, trails or nature areas, and within 25 feet of play structures. The Hayward Unified School District has a tobacco-free schools policy, and doesn't allow tobacco products on district property or in district vehicles.
Councilmembers Kevin Dowling and Bill Ward voted no on Tuesday, with Dowling voicing concern about notification in the business community.
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A Hundred Summers: Reading Schedule
Happy August, Beach Readers! We hope you have the chance to savor these last weeks of summer on the sand—thankfully, we've picked out what we hope will be an engaging, quick, fun read for the shore to take you through Labor Day! (And, if you're looking for more fun things to do, don't forget to check out our #99days calendar.)
In case you missed last week's post, we announced our August book as A Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams. This is Beatriz's second novel, following the internationally acclaimed Overseas, and we expect the follow-up to be just as fab. For a quick overview, check out our Q&A with Beatriz here.
If you'd like to follow along with us and join in on the discussions right here on our blog, here's the reading schedule (though, we have a feeling you'll breeze through this one–it's tough to put down!):
August 13: Chapters 1 – 10 (Seaaview, Rhode Island, July 1938)
August 20: Chapters 10 – 18 (Manhattan, Tuesday, September 20, 1938)
August 27: Chapters 19 – End
Remember that on August 27, instead of a blog post discussion, we'll be chatting with Beatriz Williams live on Twitter at 8 PM EST. Feel free to prep your own questions and Tweet directly at Beatriz using the hashtag #clbookclub. We look forward to seeing you there!
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Personal Finance: I'll leggo my Eggo...for a price.
The ways people try to make money never cease to amaze me.
Recently, the Kellogg Co. announced there will be a nationwide shortage of Eggo frozen waffles until next summer because of production issues. According to a report by the Associated Press, the public is already noticing near-empty Eggo shelves on the freezer aisle at many grocery stores.
And you know what that means, folks? The opportunists are already trying to cash in. There's talk on Twitter and Facebook that people are trying to sell their boxes of Eggos on eBay. Sure enough they're a few people trying to profit from the shortage. One person is auctioning off a box of waffles for $49.99, another for $65. If you are a bargain shopper, you can grab a box of blueberry Eggo waffles from one seller for 99 cents. Last I checked, there were no bids for any of the sellers.
¿Se Habla Dinero?
Ready to talk money today?
Please join me at noon for a discussion about my latest pick for the Color of Money Book Club, "¿Se Habla Dinero? The Everyday Guide to Financial Success." This book provides side-by-side Spanish and English translations of advice on basic money management. Here's the review, if you missed it.
My guests for the chat today will be Lynn Jimenez, author of "Se Habla Dinero?" and Randy Grindley, a certified financial planner who consulted on the book.
Even if you haven't read the book, join us. We'll be available to take your personal finance questions. If you can't join me live, you can submit a question early or read the transcript later.
Celebrity Cash
There are some celebrities in the news trying to make a buck.
A California judge has stopped one of Jennifer Lopez's ex-husbands from distributing hours of home video footage the singer-actress claims includes sexual situations.
Two years ago, Lopez won $545,000 in damages and attorney fees in another lawsuit that blocked the same ex, Ojani Noa, from publishing a tell-all book. In that case, she alleged that Noa was trying to hit her up for $5 million not to publish the book.


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This game finished in 11 rounds. The Werewolves Won!
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At the moment the leaves collecting in our streets, tree boxes, steps, curbs, etc are a wet slushy pulp. But given the temperatures may climb into the 60s this weekend, they'll dry out and be perfect for raking. What fun!
Well, if you get the job started by raking your leaves into the tree boxes on your street, the kind workers at the Department of Public Works will do all the bending and bagging. And I know you love those deep knee bends. For those on the north side of East Capitol Street, leaves raked by Sunday, December 2 and will be collected between December 3-15. Leaves raked into tree boxes south of East Capitol by December 16 will be picked up between December 17-29.


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A Utopia? Government Without Territorial Monopoly
We normally take it for granted: a government or state has its corresponding territory. This paper shows that government need not have a territorial monopoly. The paper advances a practical, constitutional proposal, based on the notion that there are meaningful government units, whose major characteristic is not the territorial extension but its function. The constitution proposal allows for the emergence of governmental organizations, which will be called FOCJ according to the acronym for "Functional, Overlapping, Competing Jurisdictions�. Their territory is variable, and they do not have a territorial monopoly over it. Rather, they are in competition with other such FOCJ, and they are, moreover, exposed to political competition.
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On Saturday, April 26th the Greenwood (GHS) Golf Team played in the Booster 3-Person Scramble at Vache Grasse CC. This tournament helps the GHS Golf Team so much. Coach Williams really appreciated every one's hard work putting this together as well as the Hole Sponsors and Volunteers that made this such a successful golf tournament. Even the weather cooperated, and that is really saying something!
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UT's Patterson wants new coach by Jan. 15
Updated 11:23 pm, Monday, December 30, 2013
SAN ANTONIO — Texas athletic director Steve Patterson said Monday he hopes to hire a replacement for coach Mack Brown by Jan. 15 but declined to discuss any "individual pieces of the puzzle."
Speaking before the Longhorns' game against Oregon in the Valero Alamo Bowl, Patterson said he has discussed the search with UT's eight-member advisory committee and is making progress. He did not specify whether his pool of candidates is expanding or shrinking, however.
Patterson, who took over as athletic director in November, said there has been no shortage of people asking about the job but said "the guys we're talking to aren't filling out applications."
"There's a lot of interest," Patterson said. "There's interest that's sincere, and there's interest that's, 'Help me get a better contract.'"
Patterson's self-imposed Jan. 15 deadline is significant because it's the end of college football's recruiting dead period, during which coaches aren't allowed to call or visit high school prospects.
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But that date also is late enough to give UT time to interview several targets who have yet to coach in bowl games — a group including Florida State's Jimbo Fisher, Baylor's Art Briles and Vanderbilt's James Franklin. Louisville's Charlie Strong is another potential candidate.
Patterson said whoever he hires will honor scholarship offers to recruits who already have committed to UT. He didn't comment on specific salary figures but intimated that the richest athletic department in the country will not break the bank.
"We're not out to set a new threshold," Patterson said. "I think you need to be good stewards of the resources you have."
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NC legislator e-blasts a bigot eruption referring to 'queers' and 'fruitloops'
UPDATE: Reply from the NC Dem Party is below the fold.
First the good news – Equality NC is going to recognize NC House Speaker Joe Hackney at the 2010 Equality Gala this year (Saturday, November 13), for his work as a legislative champion for equality.
The bad news: his colleague, NC State Representative Larry R. Brown (R) is a bigot. And he's not afraid to hit that "send" button in his email client to tell the world about it. (News & Observer):
Rep. Larry Brown sent his fellow House Republicans an e-mail last week where he referred to gays as "queers" and "fruitloops."
Brown was responding to an e-mail House Minority Leader Paul Stam of Apex sent to members of his caucus about House Speaker Joe Hackney getting an award from the Equality NC Foundation, a gay-rights group.
Brown sent his reply to nearly 60 e-mail addresses. "I hope all the queers are thrilled to see him," said the message dated Sept. 27. "I am sure there will be a couple legislative fruitloops there in the audience."
Are you surprised when you click over to Brown's official state page, who represents the 7th District (Davidson, Forsyth), that this man looks like the stereotype of someone afraid of the change in his South; he's part of the the past that is dying off in our General Assembly, his allies in bigotry starting to dwindle.
The recipient of the email, NC House Minority Leader, Rep. Paul "Skip" Stam (email@example.com) is another elected bigot who was clearly upset that this email leaked beyond the 60 intended recipients, saying Brown should apologize only to "those who got the e-mail and were offended." ROTFLOL!
Ian Palmquist, executive director of Equality North Carolina, said Brown should apologize for using anti-gay slurs.
"I think it's disgusting to see a member of the legislature talking about his own constituents and fellow North Carolinians that way," Palmquist said. "I would hope that he would apologize and his colleagues would speak out about that kind of bigotry."
Brown did not return telephone calls today.
Anyone feel like politely tickling Brown's inbox since he's not answering his phone? BTW, he's running for re-election unopposed.
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And please register to honor Rep. Hackney at the 2010 Equality Conference & Gala. This statewide event brings people together for a day full of cutting-edge policy discussions and activist skills training, followed by our evening celebration of our collective achievements. The conference will once again take place at the Elliott University Center on the beautiful campus of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and the gala will take place at the Empire Room in downtown Greensboro.David Young, Chairman of the NC Democratic Party (via email):
Dear Friends,
Overt bigotry and name-calling. That is the North Carolina Republican Party of 2010.
I'm not sure if you've seen it, but news has just broken across the North Carolina that Republican state Representative Larry Brown of Kernersville used some of the most callous and juvenile language possible in an email to other members of the Republican caucus about an upcoming Equality NC event.
In his email, he refers to tax-paying and hard-working citizens in a derogatory and demeaning tone that conjures up images of a different era in North Carolina politics – an era we should be completely past.
The people he chooses to childishly mock are his constituents. They are his neighbors. They are the people who pay his salary.
It's completely disrespectful, and Representative Brown should apologize immediately.
Thus far, he has refused to do so.
Worse yet, Republican Minority Leader Skip Stam defended Brown according to the Raleigh News & Observer, saying, the only people Brown should apologize to are those who got the e-mail and were offended."
Well, I'm offended. To think, these people want to lead our state. Lead it where exactly? Backward.
Help us stand up to these schoolyard bullies. Please go online today and join the North Carolina Democratic Party's Moving North Carolina Forward campaign. You can volunteer by clicking here or make a secure online contribution HERE.
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Las Vegas Sun sports reporters Ray Brewer and Case Keefer glance over both the Sunrise and Sunset regional playoff brackets. Will there be any surprises or teams other than Bishop Gorman, Canyon Springs and Foothill representing Southern Nevada next week in Reno?
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Bishop Gorman spent so much time inside the paint Friday night that it's a wonder its players didn't turn dizzy from the fumes.
The only thing spinning forcefully out of the Durango High gym during the Sunset Regional finals was Centennial's season. The Gaels tore apart the Bulldogs from the inside, scoring nearly 80 percent of their points within the 12 feet between the free-throw line and the basket in a 78-52 victory.
"Our guards were unselfish tonight," Gorman coach Grant Rice said. "Obim Okeke, Richie Thornton and those guys really focused on not worrying about themselves but getting it into the big guys because they knew that was our advantage."
Gorman's three towers of terror may have posted their best collective effort of the season to deliver the team its sixth straight regional title.
Stephen Zimmerman got the Gaels headed in the right direction, scoring the bulk of his 17 points early in the game. Chase Jeter closed it out, padding his point total to 20 with a late outburst. Nick Blair stayed steady throughout, picking his spots to chip in 17 points.
"We went out there and played as a unit tonight," Jeter said. "It really showed."
Jeter scored Gorman's first four points to open the game, and it never gave up the lead from there. Centennial hung tough for the first half, however, with heroics from Troy Brown.
Brown, one of the best freshmen in the country, had a game-high 21 points to go with eight rebounds, three blocks and two steals. Nine of his points came from foul shooting, but he also got into a rhythm attacking the rim in the second quarter.
There were signs his penetrating efficiency couldn't last, though. Zimmerman specifically appeared to contest every shot in the paint and/or gather every rebound after a miss.
The highly touted class of 2015 recruit finished with a stat line that had Rice salivating. In addition to his points, Zimmerman had 13 rebounds, four blocks and three assists.
"I thought that was his most complete game tonight," Rice said of Zimmerman. "He was everywhere."
Gorman had a relatively narrow 31-22 lead at halftime but, for the second straight night, came out of the locker room blazing. The Gaels went on a 15-3 run to start the second half and all but incinerate the Bulldogs' chance for a comeback.
Zimmerman showed off an underappreciated aspect of his game during the stretch as he zipped two passes down to Jeter for easy scores.
"Me and Zimm work that high-low," Jeter said. "We're unselfish guys on an unselfish team."
Jeter, Zimmerman and Blair each had one big moment apiece during another Gorman run in the fourth quarter before getting pulled at the end of the game. Blair had the crowd off their feet from a vicious dunk on the other end when Zimmerman rejected a shot for one of the nastiest blocks of the Sunset tournament.
Jeter started it all with the night's top play, a transition slam from a lob pass that he had to catch up to from behind.
"I saw Obim get the ball, and I kind of pointed up," Jeter reminisced. "It's team chemistry: He put the ball up, and I had to throw it down."
The Gaels are hoping that team chemistry leads them to their third straight state championship and fifth in the last six years. They'll face the winner of Saturday's North Regional title game between Reno High and Spanish Springs at 8 Thursday night in Reno. Canyon Springs gets the loser in the first state semifinal.
With the Gaels' big men, they'll be big favorites against anyone.
"We're excited to get on that bus Wednesday and get up to Reno," Rice said.
Case Keefer can be reached at 948-2790 or [email protected]. Follow Case on Twitter at twitter.com/casekeefer.


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There are 4 bars in the establishment one outside on the patio, one inside in the pool/chilling area, one in the dance room and another down stairs where the live entertainment happens. Kicken place to go on Thursdays
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this bar doesn't have that bad of an atmosphere and most of the people are easy going and just looking for a good time but the bouncers are big time failed there police foundations course assholes who are on a major power trip. hanging out with a large group jsut having a good time the bouncers told us we were being to noisy. its a fucking bar its supposed to be noisy. they told us that we needed to leave. it was liek 1:30am so fien i said i was leaving and picked my drink up off the table since i had just bought it and tried to hand it to my friend. they didn't like that idea and decided that it wasn't aloud i told them to relax and proceeded to pass my drink past the bouncer to my friend since he wasn't being forced to leave, and the asshole wannabe cop grabbed me around the throat and slammed me down on the table behind me the picked me up put my are behind my back and led me to the door. so thanks to that ass i refuse to go back to that bar which used to be the bar of choice for my group of friends especially for birthdays when we have a large group of 25+ people cause of all the different rooms appeal to everyone...so fuck the bouncers and fuck gts you've lost my business and anyone else i may have brought over the past 5 years i've been in london.
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2005-05-05 00:00:00
good bar- from the other comments- dress code is a dress code- the bouncers are actually pretty good at getting people out and making it safe. live music, 2 dj's a great patio all winter long make this one of the best bars in the city...they keep changing to make it better and there are always people there, and because it is so big- even though there are 4 distinct rooms- there is either no line, or a quick line! the bartenders really pump out the drinks, the $1 pizza is great, and pricing is cheap!
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2005-02-22 00:00:00
well the main problem is the bouncers i dont recomed this a place for anyone who get hyper when thay drink i was kiched out accused of being "high on something"basically thre a bunch of prepie fags who have stupid rule about hats must be stait forward... as i was being kicked out a bouncer slide my hat crooked and said theres another reson for u to go... so fuck gt's and fuck and fuck u to if u like that plce it shud be buned down.....
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text: Once again, Ken Burke, the Pinellas clerk of courts, has announced that up to 50 couples can sign up for a group wedding ceremony on Valentine's Day, which falls on Friday this year, to be held in the romantic Wedding Garden at the Florida Botanical Gardens in Largo. To participate, couples must sign up at one of the designated Pinellas County Clerk's Offices by Jan. 31. This is the eighth year the clerk's office has hosted this event and there will be poems read, musical serenades by the Charmonizers Barbershop Quartet and the couples and their guests will share wedding cake and refreshments provided by local sponsors. The clerk has waived the normal $30 fee to perform the marriage. Standard marriage license fees will still apply. The ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. on Feb. 14. at Florida Botanical Gardens, 12520 Ulmerton Road, Largo. For information call (727) 464-3008, or visit the clerk's website at www.mypinellasclerk.org. — Sharon Kennedy Wynne


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Club Remix is the most recent incarnation of Eddy Temple Morris's universally recognized brand, The Remix. Marking the 10th anniversary as XFM's flagship specialist music show and hugely successful superclub-night, Eddy decided to stage a weekly version at Camden's Proud Gallery to celebrate what has become one of the UK's most influential new music institutions. To this end Club Remix each week will feature the future of Indie and Electronica with three live acts performing before 11pm, whereupon Eddy and guests, comprising of some of hottest Dance DJs and producers around, will be doing their utmost to subvert 'the home of indie' with a hatful of leftfield beats and warehouse bangers until 2am.
To kick it all off on September 2nd, the bewitching and critically acclaimed Teenagersintokyo are Club Remix's first headliners. Their debut album Sacrifice (out now on Backyard Recordings) recorded with Bat for Lashes Producer David Kosten, has been described as the most exciting subterranean music of the past thirty years marrying sinister, crawling synths with pulsing rhythms and screaming guitars. They have supported the likes of CSS, The Gossip and The Slits, had their own sell UK tour, been played across the Radio1, XFM and NME airwaves and recently topped the Hype Machine Charts with a Horrors remix of one of their tracks 'Peter Pan'.
Club Remix is really pleased to announce its special guest DJ comes in the form of Jakwob. James Jacob aka 'Jakwob' has seen his nascent career take off in the last few months and is the most played artist on The Remix show in 2010. The 21 year old is in the curious position of having just finished his final year at university, while juggling a busy gig schedule, production work, daily remix requests, and being shot in September's iD magazine! He's remixed the likes of Ellie Goulding, Kid Sister, Robyn, Empire Of The Sun, Temper Trap, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Penguin Prison, Audio Bullies and Dan Le Sac Vs Scroobius Pip. However, it's his inherent eclecticism as an artist misspending his youth with Jazz before moving on to Death Metal and various folk outfits that seems to have manifest itself into his DJ sets that take in dub, hip hop, drum and bass, dubstep and beyond. Definitely not worth missing!
Since launching The Remix, Xfm's leading specialist radio show and club night ten years ago, Eddy Temple-Morris has become the undisputed champion not just of genre-hopping but of genre-breeding, slipping enough pills into dance music's pint until it finds itself curled up in the corner of the room with rock's dangly bits in its mouth. It was the first in the world to debut the work of acts such as Pendulum, Kasabian, Mylo, Paul Epworth, The Freelance Hellraiser and Jacknife Lee to name a few. His DJ skills are legendary as are his admirers: "The first DJ in our history to get the crowd jumping and singing along BEFORE we get onstage…and he wears a good hat" - Liam Howlett, The Prodigy "Legend." - Tom Meighan, Kasabian "The reason I'm in work here." - Zane Lowe, MTV "The best f**king DJ in London." - Javier E, Razzmatazz Super-Club, Barcelona. Nuff said!
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The term 'past prefect simple' sounds kind of odd, doesn't it? But what if we added a capital to the word simple?
Considered the meaning of 'Simple' in "Simple Past":
Simple Past = one event in time (simple temporal relationship)
Past Perfect = two events related in time (complex temporal relationship)
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I believe Lib meant simple in form and not Simple, as in tense.
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#14 Lady Crusaders Come Up Short Against #10 Northwood
Women's Soccer – Mon, Sep. 2, 2013
Daytona Beach, Fla.- #14 William Carey University women's soccer wrapped up their Florida road trip with a disappointing 3-2 loss at the hands of #10 Northwood on Monday morning at Embry Riddle University.
After falling behind 1-0 WCU evened the score in the 29th minute as Casey Miniard scored off a corner kick to tie the game at 1-1. Northwood moved ahead just two minutes into the second half thanks to a goal from Louise Andersson but the Lady Crusaders answered back as Emmaleigh Davis connected on her sixth goal of the season in the 62nd minute to tie the game. The score remained tied until the 84th minute when Johann Engberg scored off a corner kick to put Northwood up for good.
Northwood held a 17 to 5 advantage in shots. Linfah Jones recorded six save in the goal for WCU.
Things don't get any easier for the Lady Crusaders as they welcome #1 Lindsey Wilson to Crusader Field on Friday afternoon. Kickoff is set for 7:00 pm
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When it comes to foods high in protein, the first group that crosses a carnivore's mind is the meats. While meat is certainly an excellent source of complete protein, containing all essential amino acids necessary for building muscle, blood and other body systems; a note of caution is in order. When choosing beef or pork, it is essential to choose lean cuts to avoid consuming too much saturated fat. When choosing poultry, you'll want to avoid the skin and the dark meat portions like drumsticks and thighs as they also bring an excess share of saturated fat to the table.
While cheeses certainly qualify as high protein foods, they can also contain high quantities of saturated fat and are often high in sodium. As a general rule, the hard cheeses contain the most protein per volume. Low sodium Parmesan cheese, for instance, packs about 10 grams of protein into each ounce. The softer Romano, Mozzarella and Swiss cheeses contain about 9 grams of protein per ounce and by the time you get to even softer cream cheeses, the protein content drops down to less than 5 grams per ounce.
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Yellowfin Tuna leads the fish parade with about 9 grams per ounce and is closely followed by Salmon, Halibut, Snapper and Tilapia with about 7 to 8 grams of protein per ounce. If your taste runs toward shellfish, you'll be glad to know that shrimp certainly makes the high protein foods cut with about 7 grams of protein per ounce while lobster and crab each weigh in at a respectable 5 grams of protein per ounce.
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Although many of the vegetarian protein options are incomplete proteins, lacking one or more essential amino acids, it is quite easy to achieve the benefit of a complete protein by eating a complimentary food.
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The track takes on a much different feel from the original as it incorporates a R & B meets EDM feel, while chopping her vocals nicely to add a different feel to it. It all works out rather well, giving us a smooth, almost soothing remix. Press play after the jump and speak your mind below.
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Cape Town – Even though Schalk Burger made his much-anticipated comeback in September last year, the iconic Stormers flanker admits that he still has some way to go to get back to his best.
"I'm getting there," said Burger, who missed the 2012 season with a knee injury and most of last year after contracting bacterial meningitis.
"Playing for the Barbarians (against Fiji in November) last year was really good for my self-confidence, getting through 80 minutes and putting in a reasonable performance was key."
Burger, 30, burst onto the scene in 2003 and was named the 2004 IRB Player of the Year after a season of breathtaking performances that featured a relentless work rate and reckless physicality.
But the toll of his aggressive play started to catch up with Burger, and in 2006 he suffered what some thought was a career-ending neck injury. With little more than a year to go before the 2007 World Cup, Burger's livelihood hung in the balance.
That experience gave the hulking forward some perspective: "Making contact one hundred times a game started to hurt and, after that big neck injury, I made a conscious decision to start using my skills more and I brought some distribution to my game."
While the life-threatening bout of bacterial meningitis had nothing to do with Burger's trademark style, it was a reminder that he is not invincible.
"An experience like that does affect the way you play the game, the dangerous part for me now is that you're always going to be compared to how you played before a long-term injury," he said.
"I've always played rugby in a reasonably confrontational way, and I don't think I'll lose that part of my game.
"In terms of physicality, it's coming back, and so is my match sharpness. I got through 80 minutes in last week's warm-up game against the Bulls in Polokwane and, if I keep on improving, somewhere during the season I'll get into some decent form.
"The body is feeling good and the mind has always been keen, so let's hope the body can keep up."
After last week's win against the Bulls, the Stormers were hoping to keep up the good work against the Kings in Port Elizabeth tonight, while centre Alwyn Hollenbach will lead the Lions out in their friendly against the Sharks at Ellis Park.
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NEW YORK -- The yuppie serial killer Patrick Bateman from "American Psycho" is about to stalk an off-Broadway stage.
Second Stage Theatre said it will stage the musical based on Bret Easton Ellis's 1991 novel starting in February 2015. No casting was announced.
The book for the stage version was written by playwright Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa and is directed by Rupert Goold. Duncan Sheik has penned music and lyrics for more than a dozen original songs, including "You Are What You Wear."
Sheik, who had the 1996 smash-hit single "Barely Breathing" and is the songwriter of the Tony Award-winning musical "Spring Awakening," turned to Kickstarter to give the show a $150,000 infusion.
Almeida Theatre in London staged the world premiere in December.
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As the third largest city in New York, Rochester has a multitude of free activities for teenagers to participate in. The backdrop of the city is the shore of Lake Ontario, which offers parks that hold many free events, some seasonal, some year round. There are also area schools and centers that offer free-of-charge events for teenagers with many varying interests.
Free Spots to Enjoy Music
Every summer Rochester holds the July Big Ribs BBQ & Bluesfest. The four-day festival offers free lunchtime admission before 3 p.m. and has musical entertainment daily. Party in the Park is a 10-week free concert series which kicks off every July. Held at the Riverside Festival Site, the event takes place on Thursdays from 5 to 10 p.m. The Eastman School of Music offers over 700 concerts a year, most of them free of charge. Students, guest artists and faculty perform classical, jazz, opera, world music, etc. This has been a Rochester staple since 1921.
See Art Free of Charge
The Rochester Arts Center offers 36,000 square feet of contemporary art. Local artists are featured as well as rotating exhibits from other organizations. Admittance is free to students because the center wants to give them an appreciation for the arts. For those wishing to pursue art education, the center has a scholarship program for art classes and programs.
Movies at No Charge
Every Tuesday in July and August free movies are offered at the Ontario Beach Park. From new movies to classics (past movies have included "Jaws," "Sherlock Holmes" and "Madagascar") a different movie is shown each week. Teens should bring their own blanket or lawn chair. Movies begin as soon as it gets dark.
Free Outdoor Activities
Ontario Beach Park is chock full of free activities to keep teens occupied. Play volleyball, walk along the pier or picnic along the shores of Lake Ontario. The 39-acre park also includes basketball courts and a softball field. Mendon Ponds Park is a free-admission 2,500-acre park that comes alive in the winter months. Sledding is offered on two designated hills, and there are areas for skiing and snowshoeing as well.


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New research unpacks the realities of youth unemployment in South Africa and points the way to a solution. New ways to boost work-seeking tactics must be explored to help young people find work or the unemployment crisis will worsen say researchers.
South Africa has one of the highest rates of youth unemployment in the world, with more than three million, or half of the number of young black South Africans aged between 15 and 24, out of work. It is a structural reality that masks a very personal anguish.
"When I tell my brother to go back to school,' confesses Unathi, 24, "he says, "What has school done for you?? It?s like I?ve done something wrong with my life."
Unathi?s is a sobering, but all too representative, reality reflected in a recent Consumer Insight Agency (CIA) report compiled for Live magazine. The study explored why young matriculates felt that they had failed - and been failed by their education, their family, and by the state - in repeated but thwarted attempts to find and secure the "dream? of lasting employment.
Using the CIA?s hallmark qualitative, video-based interview techniques, researchers spoke to South African youth across the country to find out what they are thinking and how they would like to see the situation change.
What they heard was that school-leavers believe that further education, work experience and skills-development are key factors in gaining employment. And that when these are not forthcoming, often because of financial constraints, many job seekers settle into an inertia of the most remarkable complacency.
Perhaps most disconcerting, the research showed that the current strategies employed by young people to help improve their prospects for job-readiness remain limited to circulating CVs to prospective employers identified in community newspapers or, if they have computer skills, ready access and money, the Internet.
"It is a strategy that most school-leavers acknowledge will not work. Yet aside from door-to-door canvassing and "networking? amongst friends and family, it?s the only strategy they know,' says CIA Director, Craig Irving.
Finding ways to boost work-seeking tactics therefore should become a priority for policy makers and NGOs working in this sphere, says Irving.
The CIA?s report recommends opportunities for mentorship, skills development, volunteer and learnership programmes to help intervene in and contribute towards young people?s job-readiness.
"Young, school-leaving matriculants need to know - and need their parents to understand - that these free programmes are useful. While they may not immediately earn an income, they will lead to better prospects,' urges Irving.
"If nothing else, these programmes will help young people meet with mentors and share in creative, entrepreneurial opportunities that will help nurture their dreams, build self-belief and add to self-worth.'
One such intervention programme that has proven to be successful in the UK is Live magazine, which was launched in South Africa late last year.
Live commissioned the CIA research and the dynamics of the magazine in South Africa, and the focus of its content, have in part, been inspired by the results.
Gavin Weale who is a Shuttleworth Fellow and runs the magazine explains that Live is about "delivering social benefit for contributors and readers'. It offers short-term internship to young graduates and unemployed youth thereby helping them gain crucial work experience and employability skills. But it also measures its social impact via how the content influences and helps its readers.
"We have talked a lot about how our magazine can influence, inform and inspire readers, as well as interns, in their own quest for a brighter future,' says Weale.
Nicola Daniels can attest to this. She writes a teen column for a local newspaper and also works as the Live magazine?s editor. She says that she has gained on-the-job leadership skills while the experience "takes you out of a comfort zone'.
"It counts as valid experience on my CV and my skills have increased,' she adds. Daniels explains that young people who are "stuck in the ghetto their whole life' face "role models around them who haven?t really made much of their lives. So you lose that sense of urgency or hope for a better tomorrow because living off grants or working in a factory is all you know. Then kids who go on to study have a problem because all jobs require experience,' she says.
"Working on Live magazine pushes you to continue looking out for bigger and better opportunities.'
The CIA research has influenced various aspects of how the magazine is taking shape in South Africa including the fact that the headquarters are not in one of the low-income areas where its participants are drawn from.
"The psychological difference that it can make for a person to have somewhere to go to every day and "escape their reality? is really useful,' says Irving.
So far, the magazine seems to have inspired its young interns who have been working on the first edition. One such intern, Sivuyile Mntuyedwa, says that more companies should offer internships to young people who seek jobs.
"It?s sad that the youth are told to go school in order for them to have a better chance at being something, but when they?ve finished their studies they struggle to get proper employment. It?s frustrating,' he says.
Irving says the early success of the magazine will hopefully encourage more South African organisations to step up and start similar initiatives.
"Together I believe we can shift the mindset of the youth from believing that the government will provide for them; to taking responsibility and understanding how they have to make it work for themselves. The roll-out of Live South Africa suggests they are hungry and ready for the opportunity to do so.'
For more information contact Natasha Arendorf on 021 448 5941.