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The putter features a precise white finish which stands out when the putter is in the address position on the green. This contrast of the white color against the green grass really helps maintain focus on the alignment lines that help ensure that your putter is on target at start.
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There are so many unprovable and disproved evolutionary "theories" that it literally boggles my mind! I'm also very suspicious of scientific findings that have been covered up or just ignored. Years ago I learned there had once been a huge inland sea in North America, but today it is gone and the only probable remnant of it is the Great Salt Lake in Utah. More recently I learned that Yellowstone is a huge caldera, and has erupted several times over the past "millions" of years. At first the discovering geologist said it erupts every 200,000 years, the last being 200,000 years ago! That was evidently a bit too scary, so they changed the last eruption date to half a million years ago. I believe when the Yellowstone caldera erupted around six thousand years ago, it released the water from that huge inland sea. That explains to me what caused the Grand Canyon and all the mesas, plateaus and other washed away areas that are seen from Washington to Oklahoma to Southern California. It could also explain what caused the Great Flood. It's taking a while to clear away the lies and distortions of evolutionists from my mind, but more and more each day I'm realizing the truth behind the Creation!

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I'm sure I'm not the only one to notice this. On the off chance you haven't looked ahead in the schedule, the Avs play the Blues this coming Tuesday. They should face off against both Stewart and Shatty.
Along with the curse of "First NHL Goal," the boys in Burg n Blue have had to put up with former players scoring against them with annoying regularity.
Anyone care to comment on the over/under of:
A) Shattenkirk netting a game-winning power-play goal, and/or
B) Stewart scoring a hat trick on his former mates.
During the recent Pens game, the Avs finally had a reverse of the First Goal curse as Gaunce got his first NHL marker. Here's hopin' the Former Player curse reverses Tuesday with Johnson and McClements having standout performances in the unipron.
Oh, and Andy looked AWESOME in net for Ottawa this evening!
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Sampson Carter's first made shot of the day was a big one, as his three-pointer just before the buzzer lifted UMass to a 67-64 victory over Harvard.
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Family and friends of Sydney are pausing at noon Thursday, to stop and say a prayer wherever they are for the young girl's full recovery.
There's no formal meeting place, no specific church or synagogue. But at noon, people are taking a moment to pray together.
Sydney, who was injured during a sledding accident on Sunday, is stable, according to a source close to the family. Another girl, who was also injured, may go home soon.
On Valentine's Day, family and friends, and even those who never met Sydney but are pulling for her recovery, will take a moment to show their love, with a moment of prayer.


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PARKERSBURG (KWWL)-- There is incredible heartbreak, but amazing hope in Parkersburg Monday night.
Parkersburg is a scene of some of the worst tornado damage I've ever seen. The loss of life is beyond description in this tight knit town.
Governor Culver has toured the devastation in Parkersburg and has already made a state disaster declaration.
Next, he'll ask the federal government for help.
Monday morning, Governor Culver spoke on the phone with President Bush. He described, for the president, the seriousness of this scene of devastation in the community of Parkersburg.
The storm killed 4 people in Parkersburg and two in nearby New Hartford, more than 220 homes have been destroyed, and at least another 200 have sustained serious damage, and more than 20 businesses have been destroyed.
The mayor says more than a third of the entire community has been damaged.
While speaking with President Bush, the governor, at one point handed the phone to tornado victim Sharon Schipper. She told her story to the President of the United States.
First District Congressman Bruce Braley also toured the destruction and promised quick help.
But amid the piles of debris, Parkersburg residents are coming together with amazing determination of hope and inspiration, as they begin to rebuild their proud community.
Senator Tom Harkin says he will ask the Federal Emergency Management Agency to expedite federal aid for storm victims, because it's obvious, in addition to the terrible loss of life, property damage will be in the millions.
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AFTER a few hours of brisk business on Sunday morning, Abdul sits close to an iron cage crammed with chicken in a licensed market in South Mumbai. His hands and clothes still stained with signs of the morning sale, Abdul does not believe that bird flu has affected poultry in parts of Maharashtra.
In the trade for over 20 years, he recalls 2003 when bird flu panic drove down chicken prices. It is a conspiracy to malign the poultry industry, he says. A black slate board hangs over his head with Rs 54 chalked on it, indicating the day's price on broiler chicken.
Abdul's disbelief may stem from concerns over his livelihood. But his observation finds an echo in substantiated arguments by members of the scientific community and the poultry industry.
Why were they so secretive, asks a veterinary scientist. Bird deaths in large numbers had been reported over the last 10 days, but the Government insisted it was due to Ranikhet disease, which affects the nervous system and causes death in older birds.
What has changed since? How has it suddenly become bird flu? And if there was a suspicion even then, as media reports quote Maharashtra's Minister of State for Animal Husbandry, Mr Hassan Mushrif, why did they not seal the area immediately, he asks.
If birds were infected earlier in February (when 15,000 birds were apparently found dead), then diseased birds have already been transported to other parts of the State and country, as the region was not sealed. Culling birds now does not rule out the spread of the disease.
And why Nandurbar district? It does not see too much migratory activity, asks an ornithologist. The Government needs to be more transparent on the issue, he adds.
"We are confident it is not bird flu," Ms Anuradha Desai, Chairperson of National Egg Co-ordination Committee, told Business Line.
Companies with the vested interest of selling their drug or vaccine have stirred this up, she added.
The Poultry Diagnostic Research Centre (PDRC) and Government laboratories such as the Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (RDDL) have said that the birds were affected by Ranikhet disease.
"We are shocked. What has changed overnight?" she said, adding that the issue is being raised with the Prime Minister's Office.
"We have asked for re-examination of the samples and to stop the culling. If the birds are killed, we will never be able to find out."
The PDRC has screened more than 3,000 samples from across the country and not found anything wrong. And the first signs of this are beginning to show at other poultry markets in Mumbai, where prices have slid to Rs 40 a kg and the crowds have started to dwindle.
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Two lawsuits challenging Ohio voting machines
Two lawsuits challenging Ohio voting machines were filed today. Fitrakis v. Husted et al. was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in Columbus. The lawsuit alleges that the software and hardware on Ohio voting machine equipment provided by Election Systems & Software, Inc. could allow vote manipulation by non-election board officials. Among other things, the lawsuit seeks a temporary restraining order prohibiting the use of hardware or software provided by Election Systems & Software, Inc. on Election Day. Judge Gregory Frost will conduct an oral hearing on the motion for a temporary restraining order at 9:00 am on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.
In addition, Fitrakis v. Husted et al. was filed in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas in Columbus, Ohio. The Franklin County lawsuit alleges the same claims as the federal lawsuit and seeks identical relief.


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Since I yet have to test this product properly you'll read my review in about week or two, but I still wanted to show you a sneak peek. Hopefully you'll understand why I had to get this product.
Here are few examples of how this skin tint can be used:
- mixed with foundation for a dewy look
- applied onto cheekbones (alon or with blush)
- applied onto sholders, decolletage, etc.
- applied onto eyelids with or without eyeshadow
There are surely more ways how to use it but this is probably enough to start with.
And though Lush makeup line is quite pricey here in Croatia (almost $35 for eyeliner/lipstick/eyeshadow) these skin tint are actually affordable – $15 for 20 ml of product which is a good deal I'd say. Epecially since a small amount will do it.
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If you are a hotmail user, well, that's to your detriment. If you are registered with an obviously fake or fraudulent domain or user name (Mr. President, I am looking at YOU!) your registration as a user will disappear. Sorry, Cousin Barry, it's a cold cruel world.
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Stewart Mandel has come out with his college football pecking order again and this time he has included our Broncos. Previously we weren't on the list, but now we are included on the Knights (the third tier along with teams such as Oklahoma State, Ole Miss, Stanford, and Michigan State. Initially I thought this was too low, but after reading his post from five years ago (Here is the link), the "Knights" category seems appropriate for right now. If we continue our success for the next five or ten years, hopefully we can move up the categories. Of course with continued success comes more recognition in other areas too, such as National Championships and Heisman Trophies.
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According to the Centers for Disease Control, more than 325,000 Americans die every year from cardiac arrest. Ninety-five percent of these victims die because they don't get medical help soon enough.
To the average person, saving a life in that short amount of time may seem impossible. But thanks to modern technology, there's now a device that anyone can use to increase a victim's chance of survival by as much as 75 percent.
The automated external defibrillator, or AED, is showing up in more public places across the country. But even though this machine saves thousands of lives every year, too many people are afraid to use them.
Fitness Instructor Tracey Smith was thrown into crisis mode when one of her regular students suddenly collapsed.
"He lost all color in his face and his eyes were fluttering," says Smith. "Then he fell against the pole that was next to his bike."
While other club members, including two doctors, just stood by and watched, Tracy started CPR as Club Manager Amaud Mitchell grabbed the AED.
"He had no pulse. He wasn't breathing, so CPR definitely wasn't working for him," says Mitchell.
As he prepared to use the AED, some of the onlookers discouraged him.
"They were like, 'Hey, don't use the AED. You're not supposed to use that,'" says Mitchell. "But we know that the AEDs are safe. It's not really going to shock you unless you need to be shocked. As opposed to, like, the traditional paddles you put on somebody and you say, 'clear' and it jolts you."
The machine told Mitchell exactly what to do. He followed the audio instructions and shocked the victim twice before paramedics arrived.
Fire Chief Jose Torres of the Santa Monica Fire Department says that the quick actions of Smith and Mitchell and the availability of the AED on the scene saved the man's life.
He also noted that the AED will not shock someone unless their heart has stopped.
Having saved someone's life with the device, Mitchell believes everyone should know what an AED is.
"Don't be afraid to use an AED, because when someone's heart stops, an electrical shock is their best chance for survival," added Torres.
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THE Chinese dealer of an emerging laundry detergent brand is investing millions of dollars in a new packaging plant in Portmore, St Catherine.
ADA Manufacturing Jamaica, which distributes China-made soap powder to the Jamaican market under the ADA brand, told the Jamaica Observer that the facility will create 50 to 100 jobs upon completion at the end of 2012.
"We are hoping to finish by the end of the year," said ADA proprietor Kwok Hung Chin. "We are happy because it will make more people get work."
Chin revealed that the plan is for the new facility -- located near the Portmore Informatics Park -- to primarily package soap powder, but said the company is exploring whether to use the facility for some of its other ADA products, which includes laundry cake soap, diapers, foil, and tissue.
It's one of the latest investment in Jamaica by investors from China who have deepened their interest on the island over the past several years.
ADA currently operates inside the Naggo Head Industrial Complex in Portmore. Its laundry soap products have particularly gained traction in Jamaica over the last two years, with industry insiders pointing to the brand's "very affordable" price point as a major draw in a very competitive market.
Jamaica has the largest laundry soap market in the Caribbean, with industry experts valuing it at some $3 billion annually, of which 90 per cent is based on imports.
Ajax, Breeze, Blue Bomber, Ariel, Sudsil, Sudsud, and Tide are some of the popular brands on the local market.
ADA has ramped up its advertising spend recently, with the distributor touting that "ADA brings the best value and quality products to every home!"
The message clearly appears to be 'hitting home'.
"I buy ADA soap because it's cheap and it doesn't wash bad," said one shopper inside an Empire Supermarket in Kingston yesterday.
But the company made the airwaves for an entirely different reason earlier this year when gunmen held up a watchman and stole a 40-foot container loaded with $3.8-million worth of ADA soap powder from a garage on Spanish Town Road in Kingston. Two men currently face charges for allegedly being involved in the crime.
Tide has become a hot commodity among thieves at supermarkets and drugstores in at least some parts of the US. For a variety of reasons, the detergent in the familiar flame-orange bottle is well-suited for resale on the black market, reported the Associated Press recently.
One Safeway supermarket in Prince George's County, Maryland, was losing thousands of dollars' worth of Tide a week before police made more than two dozen arrests. In West St Paul, Minnesota, a man pleaded guilty to stealing more than US$6,000 worth of the soap from a Walmart and was sentenced to 90 days in jail. Police in Newport News, Virginia, and other cities around the country have reported a spike in thefts.
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Police say it has been years in the making, but Knox County's 'Most Wanted' criminal is now facing federal prison time in relation to a recent Galesburg drug bust.
A grand jury has charged 49-year-old Steven M. Cramer with a single count of conspiracy to manufacture and distribute methamphetamine, over the last four years.
Cramer, of the 800 block of Abingdon Street, is charged along with Amanda Jo Davis, 31, 100 block of Arthur Street; Lloyd L. Bell, 45, of 1300 block of Rona Drive; and Jeremy N. Epperson, 38, of 1000 block of Lyman Street. Davis, Bell and Epperson also face the same charge as Cramer.
The indictments were announced in a Thursday morning press conference. Area law enforcement agencies credited cooperation as the reason the alleged meth manufacturing conspiracy was brought down.
"Anytime that you have a group of individuals that are involved in distributing meth for a particular individual, it's huge." Knox County Sheriff David Clague said local police and county detectives have been working on the Cramer case for several years.
"Without that bond between law enforcement and the community, it's tough to get anything accomplished."
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Prior to joining Lynn, Curtis served for six years as a member of the in-house legal team for the University of South Florida, representing the NCAA Division I institution on legal issues in intercollegiate athletics, technology law and intellectual property. He also previously served as general counsel for the Florida Bobcats of the Arena Football League and as general counsel for a Florida-based sports management firm.
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NORTH East Worcestershire Ravens survived the torrential rain and battled hard against in-form Coventry at Finstall Park.
With pitches at Bromsgrove RFC hit hard by the deluge the previous day, club officials had to move the game to another pitch an hour before kick-off.
The Ravens went into the match with only nine players from last week's first win of the season over Leamington because of work commitments and drafted in three new faces and four from their opponents.
Up against a team which has lost once this season, Ravens were set a testing challenge.
On four minutes, the Dragons went through Ravens' defence for the first try of the game with the conversion missed.
The visitors went further ahead a few minutes later when Dean Thompson sold a dummy and ghosted through the gap for a converted try and a 10-point lead.
Soon after, the Dragons went over for their third score, this time by player-coach Lee Ashford.
Ravens were absolutely starved of possession in the opening quarter, having only touched the ball twice, and it looked like was going to be a miserable afternoon as the Dragons scored another try on 20 minutes.
Despite trailing 20-0, the hosts did not let their heads drop and they started to gain possession which resulted in man-of-the-match Rhamal Blake barging through three tackles to score out wide in the corner.
Sparked into life, Ravens produced some excellent defensive work to deny the Dragons on several occasions, only to be caught out by a bounce as the visitors went over for try number five.
The hosts hit back as Rory Humphreys and Sean Flynn combined to score a try, converted by Sean Sudworth, to reduce the arrears to 26-10.
However, Coventry extended their lead before the break when Ashford bagged his second touchdown of the game.
Two more quick tries cemented the visitor's control but Ravens battled on and Sudworth sold an outrageous dummy for a gap to open up for a try, which he successfully converted Ravens bagged the try of the game when Blake raced onto Sudworth's looping pass, powered past three tacklers and scored under the posts for a try.
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This detective novel set in 1964 Tacoma, Washington introduces the reader to Tacoma Police Captain Thomas Gaston. He is the chief of detectives and a war veteran returned home. It's been a rough year. He's separated from his wife and living with his dad. A childhood friend has been murdered. Then he is charged with helping to bomb his favorite watering hole ten years ago and the charges just keep piling on. He has been stripped of command of the TPD's detective bureau and replaced by his best friend. His new "office" under the stairs is shared with one of the janitors. Just when he thinks it can't get any worse his father has a stroke. Two shadowy figures may be trying to kill him and all his friends and family. Who really killed his friend? Is it related to the bombing he's being set-up for? In spite of the cover art the book is a hard-boiled detective novel. Nothing in the book is fantasy or horror.
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Growing up in a small Missouri town with a family history of German immigrants coming to Missouri (my great-great grandparents)I was surprised at how well the author captured life in a small German-heritage town, since he is an immigrant to the US as well – from England. But we all search for what it means to call a place home and to find a place we fit in… in our communities and in our own families.
You follow a young couple in 1904 who flee her disapproving family to America. They plan to settle in New York but end up taking a boat to New Orleans… not realizing how different that could be and end up taking a journey up the Missouri River and finally settle in the fictional small town of Beatrice, Missouri, a town with many other German immigrants.
The story is narrated by the couples' grandson, James who discovers at the end that he doesn't really know his own story and his own family at all. You follow the family through prohibition, WWII when Frederick joins up because he wants most of all to be a "Good American", the Kennedy assassination and beyond. Throughout the story, music plays an important role in how the family members relate to the community and to each other. Each member of the family has to find their place in this new country, in their town and in their family and what it means to be a "Good American." If you've ever felt like an outsider in your own hometown, your school or even your own family you will relate to these characters search for a place to call home.
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Today AMC announced that Breaking Bad's fifth and final season will premiere on Sunday, July 15, at 9 PM. Excellent! I've been waiting for this stuff like a tweaker looks for his next hit of the good blue meth. I can't wait to see Walter White continue further down his spiral of destruction while waltzing away with a few Emmys. We're gonna get 16 more episodes and that's it. In 16 weeks, this will be over.
Oh, no, wait. That's not it. There will only be eight episodes. So... what happens after two months? According to AMC's press release, the show will take an entire year off and the final eight episodes of Season 5 will air in summer 2013. What in the mother of methamphetamines is that all about? That is not a final season. That is two seasons. Two totally different things. It's sort of like taking a sandwich, cutting it in half, eating one half at noon and the other half at 7 PM and calling both times you eat the sandwich "lunch." No, the second one is not lunch, it is dinner. It is a totally different and separate event in the life of the consumer of that sandwich.
With the rise of cable television, video on demand, live streaming, and next-day downloads the idea of a season is constantly shifting and changing. We no longer have a set "season" that starts in September and ends in May. Even the broadcast networks fill up the summer months with a bunch of reality TV boobs either bouncing off enormous balls (Wipeout) or accusing each other of not having any (Big Brother). Tyra Banks, ever the linguistic innovator, calls each new edition of her show a "cycle" so it can't be attached to a time or year. I get that what constitutes a season and when it airs may need to be redefined. I also know that this is not one season. They don't even know when the second half of this season is going to start. That has to render it somehow technically ineligible to be part of the same season that has a definite start date.
The first time I remember a show breaking up a "season" over two different time periods is Sex and the City, which stretched its final installments over the course of the year, giving us 10 episodes in one chunk and six more several months later. Battlestar Galactica used to do the same thing, making it nearly impossible to know the number season that you were currently watching because Season 4 seemed like Season 7. The really infuriating thing is that in both of these instances the "half seasons" were sold in separate DVD sets. If they can't even be packaged together, then why the hell are they still unified as a "season?" They shouldn't be!
This whole thing is so incredibly craven. You could argue that the people making the show consider these final 16 episodes of Breaking Bad to be thematically linked, to show one big arc over the course of the series. Then why in the name Gus Fring is the network torturing us super-fans by putting an entire calendar year between the first half and the second half? Doesn't that ruin some of the creative trajectory the show's trying to preserve by making it one season? Either this thing is one season and you treat it like one season, or it is two seasons and treat it like two seasons. We know the frakking difference (as they would say on Battlestar), so don't try to fool us.
Otherwise this is just a cynical marketing ploy to coax people into the watching the "final season" before they miss out. The problem is, this is not the final season, it's just the tease before we get to the final season a year away. This is the entertainment equivalent of a store that has a "going out of business sale" sign in their front window indefinitely.
I'm super stoked for every one of these episodes and will watch them as soon as they air, but don't call this whole thing a "final season" when it is anything but. Just call it seasons five and six. That's fine. We're still going to watch it just as hard.
Now that we've settled that don't even get me started on a the "two-part season finale" nonsense.
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Phoenix police on Monday released the booking photo of a teen accused of shooting and killing a 16-year-old boy who tried to stop the gunman from robbing his sister.
Vincent Quimayousie, 18, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder, two counts of armed robbery and one count of aggravated assault in Thursday's death of Andrew Murphy.
Quimayousie was taken into custody that night after police set up a large perimeter in the area of Marivue Park, where the shooting occurred.
Phoenix police found Murphy shot in the chest near the restroom at the park near 5500 W. Osborn Rd. about 8 p.m. He later died at a Phoenix hospital.
Police believe the shooter had first robbed another teen at gunpoint in the park's playground, then tried to rob Murphy's 14-year-old sister.
Because Quimayousie's name and photo were not released last week, detectives were able to successfully identify another victim, said Officer James Holmes of the Phoenix Police Department.
Police are asking people who may have had contact with Quimayousie, or who may have information about the investigation to call the Phoenix Police Violent Crimes Bureau at 602-262-6141 or Silent Witness at 480-WITNESS.
On Saturday evening, hundreds of people gathered at the same park for a candlelight vigil. Hymns offered comfort as family and friends held tight to one another.
Funeral arrangements have been made for Sunday, Sept. 23 at Beacon Light Seventh Day Adventist Church at 2602 N. 51st Ave. in Phoenix. Viewing will be from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. with services at 11 a.m.
People can donate to the family at any Wells Fargo Bank for the Andrew Murphy Memorial Fund..
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JONESBORO, AR (KAIT) - Arkansas State University's Beck PRIDE Center hosted a "Support Our Troops Drive" today to commemorate Veteran's Day and collect donations for Region 8 troops.
The group took donations for the ARNG 1039th Engineer Battalion from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. outside Liberty Bank on Highland, across from the Mall at Turtle Creek.
Beck PRIDE Center director Sandra Worlow said the organization is hoping to see support similar to the outpour during the first donation drive in 2008. "They are always so giving when the troops are deployed, and we just wanted to right here before the holidays try to send them some packages and let them know that we're thinking about them and we appreciate all that they do in Afghanistan for us."
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We're off to a rip-roaring start in the second half of the 2011 GoDaddy.com Bowl, where a second quarter ended by an Austin Boucher interception is about to find its parallel in the third.
It's immediately apparent that the RedHawks have Dwight Dasher's number right about now, or at least that of his O-line. First and 10 for Middle Tennessee State rapidly becomes second and 26 as Dash is chased further and further back, into his own endzone. An 11-yard run gives the Blue Raiders a not-insurmountable 15 yards to gain on third down, but the now-beleaguered quarterback makes a hilariously ill-advised throw, into triple coverage and aimed at a receiver who isn't even looking for the ball -- but freshman RedHawks cornerback Dayonne Nunley is. Nunley engages in some Family Circus-style running, weaving his way downfield for what will be called a 52-yard interception return but probably required 70 yards of running. With 13:51 remaining in the third quarter, Miami leads MTSU, 21-14.
As is apparently the fashion in this game, the Blue Raiders answer immediately, with Phillip Tanner wriggling free from an apparently stopped pile of defenders and offenders to streak down the left sideline for a 54-yard touchdown. With 12:55 remaining in the third quarter, Miami and MTSU are tied, 21-21.
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Naruto Shippuden Episode 282 and they shot the breeze over Maya stories yet again. Nate didn't know how people could bring themselves to murder until he saw Garrett in person. He could kill Garrett! Emily says, "no." Maya's website apparently isn't a piñata, as they once assumed. You can't just crack it! Spencer used all of her tricks but inevitably did Naruto Shippuden Episode 282 end up going to Caleb for that favor. She was pretty frank with Caleb. Strangely, he was fully on board. He still wants to look out for Hanna and more importantly, he wants to crush "Mona the Monster." His words, not mine.
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By Brian
from Boston, MA
If you are looking for a quality shoe tree for a great price, look no further.
By Hubby
from Brewton, AL
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My wife surprised me with two sets to help perserve my shoes and what a wonderful surprise. The quality, cost and timly delivery was great!
Jos A Bank Cedar Shoe Tree
By BQ
from San Francisco, CA
Great quality shoe trees for an awesome price. Bought them on sale and they are worth it.
Shoe Trees
By Raybo
from SLC Utah
Great buy. Couldn't be happier.
A must buy
By Mr. Sartorial
from Singapore
Bought these quality cedar shoe trees at a great deal ($10 for each I think). What not to love? :DGreat service from the staff as well!
Best shoe tree for the money!
By Larry
from Central Illinois
I try to purchase the best products I can afford and then take care of them so they last. That is exactly what these shoe trees do for fine shoes.They are very well constructed and utilized some of the best cedar available. Keeps the shape of your shoes and eliminates moisture and odors. Other shoe trees that come close are much more expensive.Do yourself and your good shoes a favor, buy these and if you catch a time when they are on sale, load up! Your shoes will thank you.
Fantastic cedar shoe trees
By War Eagle Engineer
from Auburn, AL
I have been using two pairs of these shoe trees for a few weeks now. They are fantastic. The price I received was great. The size matches well with what I expected, and the design is convenient to use in terms of getting them in and out of the shoe.
Service and delivery comments:
Delivery was timely and the packaging was adequate to deliver the product without damage.
I would buy this product again and again
By lakelady
from Mt. Pleasant SC
My husband uses them faithfully in all his shoes
Great quality some tree made in USA!
By Timothy the MBA
from Kentucky
My cedar wood shoe trees arrived promptly, and adjusted easily to fit my leather wingtips. The curved hook in the rear of the shoe tree provides easy removal for wearing your shoes. Very nice quality.
As Expected
By Shoe Tree Guy
from Stillwater, OK
It's a shoe tree. I put it in my shoe.
I would buy this product again
By Jae
from College Station, TX
An item is well-made, sturdy, generational. It fits great to my leather shoes.
I wish that your company responds to customers appropriately and promptly.I accidentally purchased the same item twice. Though did I return neither items, customer services were not in a timely manner.
Works best with a wider width shoe
By ljaynavl
from Asheville, NC
The front section of these shoe trees does not have a split in it that helps it conform to the front of the shoe. I purchase narrow width shoes and found that these don't fit in several pairs of size 10 shoes.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Great Deal
By Ed K
from Hamburg,NY
Good price, great product, well built
Good Stuff
By Stevie
from San Jose, CA
Exactly what I needed on the chep
A necessity if you have nice shoes
By homemade_mayo
from NJ
These are the best shoe trees for the buck. If you are in between sizes size down. That is all you need to know, honestly. If you have nice shoes you want shoe trees. They remove moisture from the shoe, keep shape and these even make them smell better. It makes the shoe last longer.
Way to big!
By Jim the Runner
from Chicago, IL
I ordered a medium size to fit in my size 10 Allen Edmond dress shoes. These shoe trees are way to big to fit in them, even though the website recommends a medium for size 10 shoes. Order on the smaller side if you chose to order these!
like the product ,use cedar shoe trees,
By popeye
from galveston tx.
keeps odor out of shoes .keeps shoes from wrinkling.preserves appearance.
Sleek and great product
By Scuba snail
from Evanston, IL
This is a great product for a great price. Keeps my shoes in perfect shape.
Arrived on time!
Should Have Bought More
By Jimmy Jake
from Birmingham, AL
These shoe trees have a nice cedar aroma that leave my shoe smelling great in addition to helping the shoes maintain their size and fit. My son "borrowed" one of the 2 pair I bought so I need to buy another pair. They fit properly and are easy to take in and out. Good shoe trees.
product fit description
By jimj
from Modesto, Ca.
These cedar shoe trees go in my golf shoes. My golf shoes are expensive. They remove moisture and maintain shape of shoe. And the cedar helps keep them fresh and odor free. That's important as my shoes are in my golf locker at my club. I do wish the shoe laces came in a longer size.
Great deal
By Drew
from New York
I purchased several shoe trees when they were on sale and several more for coworkers. They arrived quickly, smell great, and keep my shoes in shape. Great product!
Something Made in America
By thundergas
from Macedon, NY
The shoe trees are exactly as described on the website. The great bonus is that they were made in America and that alone made for a great purchase.
It cannot get any better
By Mark
from Boston
Good aromatic cedar shoe trees
What a buy!
By Rodney S. Sr.
from Holbrook, Maryland
I use this product on all of my dress shoes. The cedar aroma leaves them smelling fresh and the shoe tree fits to perfection... Try a pair, I know you will order more..
Jos. A. Bank Cedar Shoe Tree
By mightymike
from savannah georgia
shoes fit nice after being in the shoes tree for a week, also there isn't a odor with the cedar
I would buy this again from Jos Bank
By EL
from Las Vegas NV
The shoe trees fit my shoes
By Rick
from Phila Pa
Very good shoe trees should go on sale more often
Best shoe trees I own
By AW
from Florida
These are the best shoe trees I own. I ordered three pairs during the huge Christmas sale. All three pairs were made from the red heartwood (not the white cedar some trees use, which doesn't smell like much). They smell wonderful, and their smell is so strong that my shoes still smell like cedar when I take them off my feet at the end of the day. Even my dirty socks smell like cedar when I take them off. This is so much more pleasant than bad foot odor! They fit my Allen Edmonds shoes perfectly (I wear 9D, and ordered a medium). Note that the tree's toe is a single piece (not two pieces with a spring between them), so these might not work so well with especially narrow shoes.
Quality excellent, service terrible
By ThePreferredClient
from Dakota Dunes, South Dakota
Customer service never responded to our inquiry to price match the sale price of the item purchased hours earlier. I love your products, but your customer service leaves a lot to be desired. You simply ignored me.Bottom line, I would like a supervisor or director to follow up with me to address my concerns and price match their own items.Thank you.Respectfully yours.John P.
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Talk about anticlimactic.
Roughly one week ago, Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White took to the Underground to ask fight fans whether or not they would be interested in watching a bout pitting current WWE superstar Brock Lesnar against retired Russian heavyweight legend Fedor Emelianenko.
Our Commander-N-Chief Thomas Myers wondered if the bored Octagon boss was trolling and based on his response to Ariel Helwani in an interview on UFC Tonight earlier this evening (Sept. 4), it would seem Myers was right.
"What happened was, there was a question, saying, 'Could Dana make this fight?' Then, I asked them, 'Well, how many people really wanna see this fight?' I was asking a question. I guess a couple people wanna see that fight. I'll tell you this. I have done so much to try and get Fedor into the UFC. You guys know that, and you know how I am. When I say this publicly, like this is an obsession, I gotta get this thing done, and I tried to get it done. The crazy thing is, now everybody's asking me if I can make this fight, but Fedor's retired! The guy retired. I couldn't get him when he was fighting. Now, we're on such good terms, I'm gonna pull him out of retirement?"
And there you have it, Maniacs. He was just asking a silly little question and we in the mixed martial arts (MMA) media took it and ran with it like we tend to do.
Then again, isn't White the one figurehead on Earth who can be heavily influenced by fans opinions to the point of actually attempting to take action based on response?
Well, the response was overwhelming.
Of the 10,000 votes cast here on MMAmania.com alone, 8,000 of you replied in the affirmative. It seems you Maniacs badly want this showdown, as do the many Underground folks who replied to his initial question over at MMA.tv.
That may be enough to prompt action from White but would it matter? After all, it wasn't that long ago he had a meeting with Lesnar and it did not go well.
Fedor, on the other hand, is apparently open to returning to active competition for the fight saying, "anything is possible."
Really, though, this may have just been one big troll job, just like Myers thought, done as a way to deflect attention from the various bits of bad press the UFC was dealing with after the cancellation of UFC 151 and the subsequent smear campaign against Light Heavyweight Champion Jon Jones.
Mission accomplished ... I guess.


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Posted: 10:37 am Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011
Recalling '87 strike, Keith Byars predicts players will cave before owners
By Brian Biggane
Former Dolphin Keith Byars was a second-year running back with the Philadelphia Eagles when the NFL players went out on strike early in the 1987 season. Estimates are the players lost an average of $60,000 apiece during the four weeks they were out. "That's money I'll never get back," Byars said.
Speaking this past weekend at Heath Evans' charity softball game at Roger Dean Stadium, Byars had a dire prediction as the NFL continues to move steadily toward a lockout that could affect games next season.
"The players will cave before the owners will," he said.
Byars, who now serves as head football coach at Boca Raton High School, was a member of the Dolphins from 1993-96. He spent 13 years in the NFL, also spending time with the Eagles, Patriots and Jets.
As a retired player, Byars said he spent time at the softball game talking to current players about improving benefits for those who have gone before.
"That was the message I was told in 1987, and we got better benefits for the guys who played before 1959," he said. "I'm hoping they do the same thing on this one, and set the stage for the next group of guys coming along in the next five, 10, 20 years."
Byars said NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith has a big job ahead of him creating unity among the more than 1,600 NFL players. While 85 percent of the players went out and stayed out on strike in 1987, some big names such as Lawrence Taylor did not, and the union's efforts failed as a result.
While Byars doesn't feel there's one issue that will prevent a settlement, he said he is adamantly opposed to the proposed 18-game schedule.
"Eighteen games would be a travesty," he said. "They've got a perfect formula right now, with 16 and four (exhibitions). Maybe the owners would have to raise ticket prices (to equal the revenue they would get with 18 games).
"But there's common ground. Nothing is insurmountable. And the sooner the better; I'd like to see them get it taken care of before the draft."
About the Author
Brian Biggane has been a sportswriter for The Palm Beach Post for 31 years. This is his second go-round on the Dolphins beat, having covered Don Shula and Bob Griese for the Sun-Sentinel in the 1970s and, before that, O.J. Simpson and the Buffalo Bills for the Niagara Falls (N.Y.) Gazette.


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It has been a battle for a sibling group of four waiting to be adopted together.
They were first featured two years ago.
We talked with Ramona last week.
This week on Wednesday's Child, we talk with the entire group about being separated and the hope of finally having a home together.
Raven is 16, Ramona 12, Rashad is 9 years old and the youngest, Radarius is 6 year old.
Raven is separated from her three siblings.
She says they only get to see each other once every three months.
"I don't like drama. I love just going out hanging out with friends," Raven said.
"Are you a glamour girl? Yes," Ramona said.
"I like to hang out with my friends, play games, and play basketball and football," Rashad said.
"Tell me some things that you like to do. Go outside, play on my bike," Radarius said.
Raven is clearly the mother figure for her siblings.
She says if they are not adopted she wants to become a lawyer or a marriage counselor and provide a home for her sister and brothers.
"It's like hard cause every time we like leave each other, we just automatically start crying," Raven said.
When it comes to adoption the children say the first thing is they must all be together, the second priority is finding parents who will help them with their education.
"A family that can be there for us like in hard times," Raven said.
"Some good parents, that gonna take care of us and not beat on us," Ramona said.
"A family that lets us play with our toys, do our homework, make us do our homework," Rashad said.
"She be by herself, I be by myself, and Raven be by herself, and Rashad be by himself," Radarius said. "But what if you all get adopted together? I'd be happy."
To learn more about adoption call the Mississippi Adoption Resource Exchange at 1-800-821-9157.
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Some true stories.
On a tennis training trip to Florida last March, two months before his high school graduation, my son Jack felt something snap and spasm in his back. He'd played tennis through chronic pain for over a year, but this was different; the sudden jolt stopped him cold. He didn't know in that moment that he'd just suffered two stress fractures in his L5 vertebrae, but he was pretty certain his final high school tennis season had just ended — before it had even begun. He knew, too, that his dream of being named captain of his team senior year would not come to pass. Later that same night, in pain but not yet diagnosed, he sat in a hotel room with some of his teammates. Drinks were poured and consumed. Jack and a friend put the empty liquor bottles into a knapsack and set out to carry them to a dumpster at a gas station up the road. On the way, they were intercepted by their coaches. By seven the next morning, Jack was on a plane home. One minute he had been president of his senior class, a star athlete with an early decision acceptance to his first-choice college. A day later, he was expelled from school, at home, and in bed with a broken back. His college acceptance was rescinded a few weeks after that.
My neighbor Debbie has managed the challenges of living with an ostomy for over twelve years, despite nearly constant blood loss and pain. When the oozing gets to be too severe, she undergoes a bowel cauterization, an uncomfortable procedure that has always been worth the result – a few months with less blood leaving her body, which means more energy and strength for her. In May, however, the cauterizing procedure that had worked well in the past had the opposite effect. Home from the hospital, Debbie bled continuously into her pouch for nearly a day. A friend and I drove her to the emergency room; halfway there, we realized she was losing consciousness and called an ambulance to meet us on the road. Debbie spent a couple of days in the ICU, stunned to realize just how close she had come to death's door, just how fragile her condition really was. Back at home, she was weak, thin, exhausted – and still bleeding, uncertain whether her ravaged bowels and were healing or finally giving way altogether.
Up the road, just two miles from where we live, a young couple took over the farm where we have been CSA members for the past few years. The plan was for the elderly owner and his wife to slowly hand the farm over to Frank and Stacey, who have been working tirelessly from dawn till dark since early last spring, reclaiming and planting fields, building greenhouses, raising goats and pigs and chickens. We spent a day earlier this summer with our new neighbors at the farm, admiring the fruits of their labors – abundant vegetable gardens, happy animals, a lovely farm store well stocked with fresh, organic produce. A few weeks ago, when I stopped to buy kale from Stacey at the farmer's market, I could tell she was upset. "We have to get rid of all the animals," she explained, fighting back tears, "and as soon as we do, we have to leave the farm." It turned out that the owner's wife had decided she didn't want animals being raised for meat on the property, and that was that. The deal was off.
"We've done the numbers every which way," Stacey said sadly. "And we just can't make a go of that property without the income from the animals." Yesterday was Frank and Stacey's final day at our local farmer's market. They have found homes for all their animals, except for a few rabbits, which they are keeping. On Saturday the remainder of the garden's bounty will go to the handful of CSA members and be offered for free at their roadside stand. Just as all the hard work of these last months is resulting in an abundant harvest at this beautiful old farm, the owner is meeting with real estate agents and developers, and Frank and Stacey are packing up to leave the place where they had hoped to sink their roots and stay forever.
On the early July day that Steve and I spent touring the fields and barns with Frank, he explained the origins of the new name he and Stacey had bestowed on the farm: "Amor Fati." "It means 'love your fate' in Latin," Frank said.
"We named the farm in memory of our best friend," he continued, "who was planning to move here with us to farm this land. His motto was 'amor fati.' And that's the way he lived his life, open to the world and loving his fate. He was killed in a car crash just before we moved to New Hampshire. But he would be here, farming right alongside us if he could. And so it seemed right that our farm, and our work here, should honor his memory and his great love of life."
Amor fati. I have carried this resonant Latin phrase in my heart all summer. Love your fate. What a challenge that is, when what fate has to offer is not your dream come true but rather broken bones, stupid mistakes, dashed hopes, eviction notices, loss and pain and heartache. And yet, surely we are shaped as much by dashed hopes as by those that come to pass. We are strengthened not by the easy stuff, but by what brings us to our knees. And we realize our full potential as human beings as much by losing at the game of life as by winning.
To love your fate is to believe that the way things are right now is the way they are supposed to be – even if nothing is quite the way we wanted or expected. We can either go down swinging, or we can die to the way things were and begin instead to live into them as they are.
Jack has spent the summer in Boston, packing cards and rolling posters to earn money, and doing intensive stretching and physical therapy to heal his back. He has had to give up all the activities he loves and remain pretty much immobile, in the hope that given absolute rest, his bones will begin to knit back together. The most recent scan, a few weeks ago, showed just the slightest bit of new growth, a dim shadow of healing. Enough progress for his doctor to say, "Just keep doing what you're doing, and stay quiet for another six months, and then we'll see."
Last night, just as I was falling asleep, Jack called, wanting to talk about re-applying to college for next year. "I think getting thrown out of school and then having college taken away was probably for the best," he said. "And having this broken back, the most horrible thing that's ever happened in my whole life, has also made me a stronger, better person."
I listened, phone to my ear in the dark bedroom, as my son acknowledged that the worst thing that had ever happened to him – a severe, possibly incurable back injury – had led him to the best thing that's ever happened to him: intense daily stretching sessions with an extraordinary healer and mentor; work that is changing the way he feels in his body and the way he confronts the rest of his life. "I've had to change everything about the way I live," Jack went on. "I've gone from being someone who lived totally for sports and for pleasure, to someone who realizes that there are other ways to live and be happy and healthy, and that's huge."
I agreed that it is, indeed, huge. "And so I think the fall is going to be mostly about applying to college again," Jack said. "But I think I'm a better candidate now than I was a year ago. I've learned a lot. I feel as if I actually have something to offer." Amor fati.
As I write these words, Debbie is outside, clipping faded stalks of coneflower and rudbeckia from my tangled August garden. "I worked hard for this little life of mine," she said the other day, as she sipped the high-protein breakfast smoothie I make her each morning. "To be able to spend time in your garden, go to the pond with the dogs, and take a swim. It's all I want. And every single day that I'm here, able to do what I love, I just look up and say 'thank you, thank you, thank you'." Amor fati.
Stacey smiled yesterday when I told her how grateful we've been for their beautiful food all summer. "We want to come back in the spring," she said, as she weighed my potatoes and filled a bag with arugula. "Everyone has been so kind and supportive to us. All the other farmers have been great. And this place has come to feel like home, where we belong." For now, Frank and Stacey will move in with her aunt in Massachusetts; she will return to her old job, working with autistic children, while Frank begins to search for another farm, a small piece of land they can buy outright, where they can start all over again from scratch, dreaming and planting and living close to the earth. Amor fati.
The pain of life isn't ever going to disappear. But perhaps it is in our efforts to open our hearts, to accept and work with what life hands us, that we grow our souls. Day by day, as we struggle to carry on in the face of grief and disappointment, we begin to see that even a great setback may contain a gift: the opportunity to discover, through practice, what lies behind sorrow. "How can we reconcile this feast of losses?" asks poet Stanley Kunitz.
Maybe the answer is this simple, this beautiful, this all-encompassing: Amor fati.


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right now, the Arizona Diamondbacks (long name) have the best record in the NL. They can win out and finish with 92 wins...this team that no one thought would do a thing in the NL oh, two months ago?
Does baseball have some great stories this year or what? Is the wild card the best thing ever? ESPN 93 Braves-Giants chase aside, MAN. This is some heady stuff.


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Flushable Wipes and Other Non-Dispersible Products
This collection of materials on "flushable" wipes and other products that may not disperse in the sewer system is being used by NACWA, the American Public Works Association (APWA), and the Water Environment Federation (WEF) in conversations with retailers and manufacturers of these products. NACWA members and other wastewater utilities may also find these useful in their efforts to reduce the problems caused by these products.
What You Can Do To Help
Does your utility have problems with wipes and other non-dispersible products, and would you like to help with our national advocacy efforts? If so, please take photos of the problem and complete a Non-Dispersibles Incident Report. Two versions of the report are available:
WEF hosted a webcast on June 19, 2013 that provided an overview of the problems caused by non-dispersible products and the actions taken thus far by WEF, NACWA, and APWA. A recording of the webcast is available at www.wef.org/FlushableorNot/ and the slides from the webcast may be downloaded here .
Studies and Other Information about Non-Dispersible Products
Flushability Guidelines
Educational Materials
Media Coverage
Industry Publications
NACWA's The Water Voice
WEF Highlights
Pumper Magazine
Presentations from NACWA Pretreatment & Pollution Prevention Workshops
2013, The Toilet Is Not a Trash Can! Preventing Inappropriate Flushing
2012, Some of These Things Do Not Belong… What Else Gets Flushed
2010, Flushable Wipes Clogging Pipes – What Can be Done?
Presentations from Other Conferences
Costco Meeting
On July 10, 2012, utility representatives from NACWA, the American Public Works Association (APWA), and the Water Environment Federation (WEF) met with representatives from Costco and their manufacturers of "flushable" wipes to discuss the issues involved with these products and potential solutions. See NACWA's Clean Water Current story for more information about the meeting. Letters were sent to Costco from the following organizations explaining wastewater utilities' problems with these products:
Upcoming Events
- Charting a Path to the Utility of the Future Web Seminar Series
September 9, 16, 23, 2014, 2:00 - 3:30pm ET
- Hot Topics in Clean Water Law Web Seminar Part 4
Wednesday, September 17, 2014, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET
- NACWA/WEF Hot Topics Breakfast
September 30, 2014 - New Orleans, LA
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As we gear up for UFC 130 this Saturday, Jonathan Snowden of SBNation thought it would be fun to look back at where we were 100 UFC's ago at UFC 30 in February 2001. This was the first UFC under the current ownership, Zuffa LLC. Dana White and the Fertitta Brothers were in charge but were only beginning to make their presence felt.
This was the second UFC held in New Jersey -- the original owners had managed to get MMA regulated by the nation's second most important athletic commission before selling out. This was the last UFC to feature the match-making of John Peretti. Joe Silva had come on board and would start booking the fights with UFC 31.
Here's Snowden on UFC 30:
The most memorable fight of the night featured Josh Barnett slugging it out with kickboxer Pedro Rizzo. Barnett was primarily a grappler, but on this night decided to test his striking with one of the sport's best. Barnett charged recklessly forward throughout, playing right into the counter punching Brazilian's hands. Rizzo, a disciple of UFC legend Marco Ruas knew he had been in a fight afterwards, but managed to knock Barnett out in the second round.
Josh Barnett:
Watching him stop (former UFC champion Mark) Coleman and TK (Tsuyoshi Kohsaka) really got in my head a little bit about trying to grapple or shoot in on him. I was having so much success on my feet I decided to stick with it. And against a very experienced and heavy handed striker like Pedro I got caught. He was able to get one shot in and was able to come out on top.
I try never to be in a boring fight. In an exciting fight, win or lose, if people like what they see you're going to have a fanbase. People are going to want to watch you fight. I think some of these promoters get that all mixed up and get too caught up on who's won what. That certainly does matter. But does this guy bring what I want to see? Or is he just somebody who happens to win?
In the main event the "Huntington Beach Bad Boy" Tito Ortiz solidified his status as one of the best fighters in all of MMA. Former Pancrase stalwart Evan Tanner stood no chance as Ortiz locked onto his body and slammed him to the mat. Tanner was knocked unconscious and Ortiz secured his second defense of the UFC middleweight (now called light heavyweight) title. Tanner would recover to win UFC gold himself, but with this highlight reel slam, Ortiz continued his reign as the UFC's top star.
For me personally, it was a bittersweet UFC. Thanks to making the acquaintance of a dude with a satellite dish I was able to watch a UFC live on TV for the first time since UFC 22. But Tito Ortiz' crushing victory of my home town hero Evan Tanner really took the wind out of my sails.
Coming into the bout Tanner was 23-2 and I thought he was going to be UFC champ. Alas, Ortiz showed everyone what a difference sheer size and power make as he slammed Tanner right out of what was then the Middleweight (200lb) division.


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Chuck and Dianna (Maupin) Miller of Anderson recently celebrated their 50th anniversary by taking a trip to California.
They were married Sept. 7, 1963, at Whetstone Christian Church.
Chuck retired from Barber Manufacturing. Dianna was in grocery sales for many years.
They are the parents of two daughters and one son, deceased. They have seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.


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Chernobyl - Can someone answer a few questions please?
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I have heard (Again, sorry for being vauge) that is the core heats up far past where it should be, and nothing can cool it down, and melts through the reactor, it would hit the earth and either split the earth or melt its way through a good portion of the ground. Is that possible?
One of the key words in your question is "IF".
One can postulate a scenario like you phrase above; however when you do that, you
are totally discounting all the measures taken to prevent the scenario.
As Astronuc explained, there are design features of nuclear power plants designed
to stop the scenario you envision.
One of my Professors tells the story that he gets asked that type of question all the
time; what if the core melts, and the containment fails, and...
He replies "What if two 747 airliners were to collide over Pasedena, and they crashed
into the Rose Bowl stadium, and it happened to be New Years Day while the
Rose Bowl game was being played with tens of thousands of people in attendance,
and the flaming wreckage of the 747s kill all the people in the stadium..."
At which point the person asking the question usually gets upset and says something
like "Don't be ridiculous - that scenario is totally contrived!!". The Professor would
then reply, "Not as contrived as the one YOU gave!!"
The point being, is that one can dream up strange scenarios - and that's good,
because that tells us what we have to protect against. However, you also have
to be mindful of the the probabilities of that event happening, and the measures
taken to prevent it.
If the probability of the event is so low as to be one-millionth the probability that the
Earth gets clobbered with a big asteroid that wipes out all life on the planet, then you
should spend your time worrying about the asteroid and not the power plant.
Dr. Gregory Greenman