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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Cutting back on sugar intake can help adults lose weight and should be part of the strategy to fight the global obesity epidemic, a new study suggests.
Although sugar intake is just one of the many causes for obesity, researchers in New Zealand found the effects of limiting sugar on body weight are significant. Their findings were published online Jan. 15 in the BMJ.
"Free sugars" are sugars added to foods by manufacturers, consumers and cooks. They are also found in honey, syrup and fruit juices, the study authors explained in a journal news release. The World Health Organization recommends cutting the intake of these free sugars to less than 10 percent of total energy.
After examining a total of 71 studies, including 30 trials where participants were randomly assigned to a sugar intake intervention or no intervention, Jim Mann, of the human nutrition department at the University of Otago, and colleagues in New Zealand found that cutting back on free sugars for up to eight months was associated with an average weight loss of 1.8 pounds. Meanwhile, increasing free sugar intake was linked to a weight gain of 1.7 pounds.
The researchers acknowledged that the findings were limited by the fact that few of the studies they analyzed lasted longer than 10 weeks. They concluded, however, "when considering the rapid weight gain that occurs after an increased intake of sugars, it seems reasonable to conclude that advice relating to sugars intake is a relevant component of a strategy to reduce the high risk of overweight and obesity in most countries."
Although the effects on children were less clear, the study authors noted that children with greater sugar intake were at greater risk for being overweight or obese.
In response to the study's findings, U.S. experts said limiting the intake of drinks sweetened with sugar through taxes on sugary drinks, restrictions on
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Wrecck an' Rule: Part 1- BetrayalThe sun had almost completely dipped under the horizon, painting not only the land in purples and reds but the rare thunderhead above as well, with a few streaks of vivid orange reflecting on the curves of the cloud formation. The storm looked like it had already let it's contained water free to the northeast, and it would take anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours before it reached the road. Or if it didn't then the flash floods might make it this far instead in the nearby wash. When the water finally fell, it can in warm sheets that washed over crusted sand, rocks, loose quartz crystals, the pavement and finally descend on the old gas station. The overhang for the nearly dry pumps was mostly intact, the building standing, though the garage was hollow looking, the former shop was something out of a horror or zombie movie. The old fridge inside still had a few bottles of beer and cola, stale chips from thirty years ago, even a pack of smokes on the counter that
Storm slagged offDead silence./Dead /There was no movement in the limp form at the Autobots feet. Above, the mirror like visor glowed brighter as the optics under it flared. The near bronze color of the lenses were now bleached out to white from the strength of the glow.Silence.For the Autobot, the world had just seemed to have stopped. Nothing moved. The human, her human and partner she wasnt moving.Dead silence Stepping closer, Storm knelt and reached down, gently nudging the young woman and focusing her optics on Tallens chest. It wasnt working./Dead silence /Storms audios tried to focus on the human as well, but the vibrations and shrieks of lazar fire and missiles exploding wouldnt let her. Whether there was a heart beat or not, the surrounding sounds covered it up, fooling the Autobot into thinking there was only dead silence.She wasnt moving.Everything blurred as she picked up the limp form, black metal fingers curled around


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I bet it could take a full 10 minutes to roll across this bed. When your bed is this large, it's best to keep the remainder of furnishings at a minimum so the space doesn't feel crowded.
A common thing I've seen is pushing two double beds together. This is likely the most economical way of creating an extra large bed as you skirt the cost of a custom build.
One way to get around an early morning kick in the shins: The extra-large bed created from two doubles, each with its own set of linens. Okay, maybe you can't stretch your legs to Timbuktu in this version, but at least you and your partner can still sleep "together" while still in your own spaces.
Long, narrow spaces are great for extra wide beds. I can see lots of lazy Sundays with cheesy Lifetime movies happening in this setup.
Custom made beds or even two doubles are clearly not a reality for everyone, but have no fear: There are standard sizes (think California king) that are still quite huge. I could sink into this bed just fine, thank you.
What beats a huge bed? A huge bed with a view. Sign me up.
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Note: Big beds need not always be so contemporary. This traditional bed is spacious, cozy and inviting. I am picturing Sunday mornings with the paper, a cup of coffee and a golden retriever curled at the foot of the bed.
If I were going to wake up to these serene setting every morning, there would simply be no getting out of bed. I love the vintage take on this big bed; coupled with chandeliers, this room is scrumptiously charming.
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Six Baldwin High School graduates were among the more than 3,200 Kansas State University students to earn semester honors for completing at least 12 hours with a grade point average of 3.75 or higher for the fall 2011 semester.
The local students were Karla Wessling, Callie V. Craig, Clare Elizabeth Miles, Colby Leigh Heckathorne, Hannah Rose Sigvaldson and William Osborn.
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Disney Imagineer reveals what it was like to be gay and work for Walt.
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In 1941 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the Iowans you're about to meet were just teenagers. But by the end of the war, what they'd accomplished had helped save the world. First up, a group called the Fly Boys. Despite their frivolous nickname, the crew members of B-17 bombers experienced one of the highest casualty rates of the war. We begin with the 65-year-old memories of strategic bombing strikes that changed the course of the war.
Announcer: These last moments are the most vulnerable minutes of the mission. Although the planes are under intensive anti-aircraft fire, the bombardiers must be precise and accurate.
McGillivray: ...the Air Force troop over the top, and they got our number. And that was coming out; you couldn't believe it. Went into the nose, blew the nose off that airplane, and down it went. We never saw a chute. The first reunion fifteen years ago, here's Jake Smart, 84 years old, with a wooden leg. We asked him what happened. He blew clear -- him and the copilot were blown clear of the airplane. Leg was blown off. He landed two miles from a German air field, they picked him up, and he survived.
Announcer: In 1943 this plane is a giant among bombers. An air crew of ten men fly it, and a ground crew of ten men service it. The newspapers call it the Flying Fortress. The airmen call it the 17.
Scott: The B-17, it was a real rugged airplane. It would come back -- we had holes in it several different times, and it would take a lot of damage and still get home and land.
McCutchen: A guy in an air crew probably got more lead throwed at him than even an infantryman, but the good thing about being in the air force was we had a good bed to sleep in and good food when we got back.
Narrator: For the bomber crews, a soft bed and a hot meal were the only benefits for flying through the machine gunfire of German fighter planes, the flak explosions from anti-aircraft guns, and the freezing temperatures of high-altitude flying. And today, with a refurbished B-17 known as the aluminum overcast, these World War II veterans have a tangible reminder of the fears they faced and the courage they displayed each time their crew was airborne.
Catterson: There was crews that brought home some planes that it was just impossible to bring them home almost.
Harper: The best I can describe what it was like to fly a B-17 would be like driving a semi truck without power steering. See, everything was cable controlled. There was no boosts and it was strictly an arm-strong method of wrestling that airplane.
Narrator: At the age of 21, Clair Harper piloted 15 long-range bombing missions and wrote just as many farewell letters.
Harper: This clipping appeared in "Stars and Stripes" and was on the first bombing mission that I flew. The bombing mission was 75 miles east of Berlin. It was an oil refinery, and I flew it on the 15th of March. And this plane going down in flames was a buddy of mine who got hit with flak as we were starting our bomb run. I flew five consecutive days. And at the end of the fifth day, I was no longer afraid of dying. In fact, you'd welcome it because you were so scared, you would see that flak ahead of the airplane and pray to god that the next burst wouldn't hit you.
Sorden: Our plane was shot down over Bremen in October of 1943. And I bailed out and delayed the opening of my parachute for quite some time. I was probably about 4,000 feet when I opened it. In fact, the plane landed within -- it landed a little before I did, and I was so close to it that I could feel burning -- the heat from the burning plane.
Harper: This particular mission, the one that we flew on the 24th of March over Berlin, was some 1,500 miles at 35,000 feet, which was the highest mission I'd ever flown. And if you'd have taken your hand out of your leather flying glove and touched any part of the airplane, it would have stuck right there. It was very, very cold up there. After a mission coming home, why, we'd have what we'd call an in-flight lunch. And if you can imagine eating a cheese sandwich that had been frozen with an oxygen mask on, that was our in-flight lunches coming back from a bombing mission.
Kuntz: This is the tail gun here. It's two twin 50-calibre machine guns, and it was manned by one person in the back. He took care of anything that came up behind him. The top turret was manned by the engineer. He stood in essentially a cylinder, and it was operated by foot pedals which he turned and could control the direction of the guns from that position. When he wasn't in that, he acted as engineer and assisted the pilot and copilot. The ball turret probably was the most deadliest of all the guns for the German fighters. If they saw a ball turret not turning, why, they'd come in and really come in from the bottom and got them.
This nose section carried two people up there; it carried a bombardier and it carried a navigator. The bombardier is the one who sits furthest forward, and he was the one that controlled the bomb sight and he also controlled the chin turret. The navigator, he controlled the side guns in the nose section up here. This is probably the most vulnerable section in the airplane in combat as far as casualty wise.
Announcer: German fighters attacked the bombers head-on rolling through the formation. In this way they hope to kill the American pilots, thus disabling the bombers. There are some attacks from the rear, but the tail and flanks of the American bombers are generally well protected.
Long: When they brought me to the hospital. They put me up on a table. This blue-eyed German head doctor looks at me and he says --
Narrator: Parachuting out of a B-17 bomber moments before it plummeted into the Baltic sea, Harry Long was one of only two crew members to survive.
Long: If you were English, I'd cut that leg off. But since you're American, I'll try to save it.
Narrator: And for this airman, the war was over, and the memory of his only bombing mission is a stark reminder of the danger these crews faced.
Announcer: Men took what they had to take. Some men gave everything they had to give.
Narrator: Despite the horrors of war, there were moments of honor.
Sorden: While I was coming down in air, two Wolf fighter pilots came toward me. And I was trying to yank my parachute cords to try and throw their aim off, but they just -- when they got close to me, they divided and went on each side of me. And the one that I was looking at waved his hands at me as -- as he went by, and both of them I think wiggled their wings at me. They knew that I wasn't going anywhere since I was that far into Germany.
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The history of the Jews in Brazos County, Texas covers a period of over 140 years of Jewish history in Brazos County, Texas. Many notable individuals and communities have contributed to this history beginning with early Jewish settlement in 1865. This history includes the present Jewish communities and individuals of Brazos County and Texas A&M University.[1][2]
One of the first Jewish temples in Brazos County, Texas is Temple Freda. Built in 1912, the temple is still in use as of 2007[update], making it one of the three oldest religious buildings still in use in the county.[3] The temple is named for Ethel Freda Kaczer (1860–1912), wife of the president of the Jewish community when the synagogue was built.[3] The temple is unique for a Jewish place of worship in that it is named after a woman.[4][5]
Since 1982, Texas A&M University's "Center of Heritage Conservation" has focused on the history of Temple Freda as one of its historical projects. The temple structure is built in Greek Revival style[6] and also exhibits Classical Revival style with Beaux-Arts architecture elements.[5] Temple Freda is associated with the Jewish cemetery "Temple Freda Cemetery,"[7] which is also a part of the National Register of Historic Places of Texas.[8] brazos valley recycling
There are two Jewish cemeteries in Bryan. The older of them was established in the 19th Century and is called the Jewish Cemetery of Bryan. This historic Cemetery was recently renovated by the City of Bryan with assistance and guidance from Congregation Beth Shalom, Bryan TX (see below) and has headstones dating to the time of the Civil War with the names of immigrants from as far away as Prussia and Palestine (now Israel). The second cemetery, established in the early 20th Century, is called Temple Freda Cemetery (see above). Both cemeteries are located within the Bryan City Cemetery. Plots are available in each, and Congregation Beth Shalom provides for both of these properties. Temple Freda Cemetery is the location of an annual Memorial Service on the Second Day of Rosh Hashana.
Texas A&M Hillel is the oldest Hillel Foundation organization in the United States.[9] The organization was founded in 1920, three years before the national Hillel Foundation was organized at University of Illinois. Texas A&M Hillel began as the "TAMC Menorah Club" and was organized in 1916 by Dr. Jacob Joseph Taubenhaus. Born in Safed on October 20, 1884, Taubenhaus was chief of the plant pathology and physiology division of the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station at the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (now Texas A&M) from 1916 to 1937. During his life, he was also a leader in Jewish affairs at the university.[10][11] He and his wife, Esther Taubenhaus, founded in 1920, the "TAMC Hillel Club" with assistance from Rabbi David Lefkowitz of Dallas.[9][12][13]
In 1958, Texas A&M Hillel opened up a building of its own. During this period, some members of Temple Freda in Bryan, Texas left to attend services at the Hillel building in College Station, Texas. Presently, Temple Freda's Torah is under the care of Texas A&M Hillel.[14] After Mrs. Taubenhaus retired Shirley Reiser became the Director. She remained as director until 1982. She was the wife of Dr. Raymond Reiser a Distinguish professor in the department of biochemistry. She was lovingly knows as the mother away from home. The Reiser's came to College Station in 1940. Dr. Reiser enlisted in the Army Medical Corp in 1943 and they returned to College Station in 1945 with two kids in tow.
Rabbi Dr. Peter Tarlow, an expert in tourism security, has been the executive director of Texas A&M Hillel since 1983.[9][13][15] A scholar in the area of tourism safety, he is a consultant for the tourism industry, and the founder of "Tourism & More Inc."[15][16] Tarlow is married to Sara Alpern, an associate professor of history at Texas A&M who specializes in women's studies.
Congregation Beth Shalom, Bryan TX (CBS) was established officially in 1968 as a member of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (the Reform movement). Its members originally met and worshipped at the Texas A&M University Hillel Center, but until 1990 it also met at numerous other locations in Bryan-College Station, including a public school, the Unitarian Church and the College Station Community Center. In 1990 CBS purchased a building at 101 North Coulter, Bryan, TX. Originally a LDS Church, at the time of purchase it was a Baptist church, and currently is a synagogue, or shul. Around this time CBS became a non-profit corporation with the official name Jewish Congregation of Bryan-College Station, but still known as Congregation Beth Shalom.
Despite having no full-time a rabbi, and often no part-time rabbi, CBS has produced 2 rabbis and 1 cantor. Student rabbis, retired rabbis, and part-time rabbis and cantors conducted services as have the congregants. Currently CBS has about fifty families and twenty individual members, and (part-time) Rabbi Barry Diamond. The shul has an active adult education program, two book clubs, a Sisterhood, a volunteer-led religious school, a volunteer-led Bar/Bat Mitzvah program, and teen youth activities in UNITY. CBS has enjoyed social interactions through fundraisers (including Deli on the Brazos), a music program, as well as B'nai Mitzvahs and social gatherings to honor lay or clergy visitors.
CBS is represented on the Brazos Valley Ministers group, and enjoys a strong community presence, with numerous visits to and from its gentile neighbors (including four different churches and congregations), where a common heritage is shared, particularly at Passover. CBS is for Jewish community as a whole, and welcomes calls from non-affiliated Jews wanting to learn about the Jewish community in the Brazos Valley, and is a source of information about Jewish burial in the Brazos Valley. CBS has provided assistance to local family members, and during the devastating Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma in 2005, CBS helped arrange temporary housing in members' homes for many Houston area Jewish families. The CBS website is http://www.cbs-bcs.org/.
Starting in 2004, the Gamma Kappa chapter of Sigma Alpha Mu was rechartered at Texas A&M. Sigma Alpha Mu, as a historically Jewish fraternity, has served an integral part of Jewish life at Texas A&M ever since, currently with 41 members.[1]
Chabad of Brazos Valley, also known as the "Chabad Center of Texas A&M," was founded on July 10, 2007, in the home of Rabbi Yossi Lazaroff and Manya Lazaroff.[17][18] With the opening of Chabad of Brazos Valley, students at Texas A&M University have been provided with a regular Shabbat dinner and lunch program, Pesach seders, and Purim parties.[19] On December 4, 2007, the Jewish Aggies, a student group at Texas A&M, lit the largest menorah in the state of Texas.[20][21][22] Jewish Herald-Voice reported that Rabbi Yossi Lazaroff is facilitating the writing of a Torah scroll at Texas A&M. Rabbi Lazaroff stated that "As our brothers and sisters in the land of Israel suffer daily hardship, now is the time for us to come together. What better way than through the core of our existence – the Torah."[23]


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More suspected soccer yobs have been arrested by police probing an organised brawl outside a bar in Sunderland before the game against West Ham.
Over the weekend police swooped to arrest four more people in connection with the pre-arranged fight.
The men, aged 28, 18 and 16 from Sunderland and 15-year-old boy from Chester-le-Street were released on bail after questioning.
This brings the total number of people arrested to 19.
The fight happened at around 2.15pm on Saturday, January 12.
Police are still circulating CCTV stills of eight men they want to trace.
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Soar away to Neverland in Kaleidoscopes PAN for a brand new multi- media adaptation of JM Barries classic tale. Free your imagination and fly away to where growing up is only for those who lack imagination. This new adaption by artistic director Roderick Glanville and production designer Miles Lowry uses multiple projection surfaces, puppets and animal based characters to create a magical land of imagination where Faeries frolic, Tigers roam, Crocodiles tick, Pirates play, and the Darling children learn to fly. Join Peter, Wendy, & Captin Hook amongst a junkyard of discarded childrens toys in this coming of age story that explores the struggle of growing up in an uncertain world where change is constant and the importance of play is stil cherished.
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December 7, 2012 12:00 AMDUBLIN -- With the support of the United States, the U.N. special envoy on Syria is mounting a diplomatic push for a brokered agreement that would lead to the ouster of the country's president, Bashar Assad, and the installation of a transitional government.
The envoy, Lakhdar Brahimi, convened an unusual three-way meeting Thursday night at a Dublin hotel with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
After the 40-minute meeting, Mr. Brahimi said his goal was to "put together a peace process" that would build on discussions that the United States and Russia had in June but which quickly collapsed.
Mr. Brahimi and senior U.S. and Russian officials plan to meet again in several days to see if they can agree on specifics of a negotiating approach that might end the 20-month conflict, which has killed more than 40,000 Syrians.
With Mr. Assad's fortunes looking bleaker and persistent worries that the Syrian leader is considering using his chemical arsenal, the hope on the U.S. side was that the Russians might throw their weight behind Mr. Brahimi's effort.
"Events on the ground in Syria are accelerating, and we see that in many different ways," Ms. Clinton said before the meeting, alluding to reports on chemical weapons developments. "The pressure against the regime in and around Damascus appears to be increasing."
The United States is in a race to prevent the military developments in Syria from outpacing the nascent arrangements for a political transition. But daunting questions remain, including the possibility that the Russian position has not fundamentally shifted and the absence of any indication that Assad government loyalists and the Syrian opposition are interested in negotiating a transitional arrangement with each other.
"The longer Syrian violence continues, the more extremists benefit," the U.S. ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, said in remarks at a Washington event organized by the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a nongovernment group.
The United States is trying to shape and broaden the Syrian opposition so that it can play a major role in a political transition should Mr. Assad be driven from power. Ms. Clinton has hinted that the United States will recognize the Syrian opposition as the legitimate political representative of the Syrian people at a meeting next week in Marrakesh, Morocco -- assuming that the opposition continues to flesh out its organization and political structure.
Britain, France, Turkey and the Gulf Cooperation Council have already formally recognized the group.
Recognition by the United States would be more than symbolic. The hope is that the group becomes a mechanism for channeling aid inside Syria and governing territory that it liberates from the Assad government.
"For the first time, there is a national opposition leadership," Mr. Ford asserted in his appearance Thursday. "Finally, people on the inside are working with those on the outside."


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Margaretville — Opening this week at Longyear Gallery is "Fooling April," a group show featuring the work of Longyear Gallery members. An artists' reception will take place Saturday, April 5, from 3 to 6 p.m.
Arkville — Reservations are being accepted for the Catskill Gateway Gala, a celebration of the soon-to-be constructed Maurice D. Hinchey Catskill Interpretive Center in Mount Tremper. The gala will be held on Saturday, April 12, from 5:30 to 8 p.m. at the Ashokan Center in Olivebridge, and will benefit the Catskill Interpretive Center.
By Joe Moskowitz It's 8:30 Monday morning. It could be 8:30 any morning except Saturday and Max Stryker is getting a cup of coffee at the Arkville Country Market. The truckers's journey started at his home in Gilboa before he made a stop just north of Roxbury to pick up a load of 850 cases of kosher milk from the Mountainside Farms headed to New York City. Some might call it a milk run, others may not. Stryker, who turns 72 later this month, has been doing this every day except Saturdays, the Jewish Sabbath, for the past 32 years. ON THE ROAD AGAIN: Danny Powell is a longtime employee of Stryker Trucking. The company hauls milk from Roxbury to New York City six days a week. — Photo by Joe Moskowitz
Delhi — The Delaware County Chamber of Commerce (DCCC) has announced the introduction of quarterly "Boast & Toast" meet-ups for tourism businesses in Delaware County. As the Tourism Promotion Agency (TPA) for the county, DCCC has developed the meet-ups to provide networking and activity sharing for those business owners that fuel the local tourism economy.
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I've heard a lot of mixed reviews on them. Mainly feeding issues. Hopefully an owner will come along and state their opinion.
Oh dern.... Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
Yea I've heard a few mixed reviews with the early models. Dunno about the newer ones. I'm mostly used to single action .45. But think it might be a fun lil gun.
I've had one for a year. I love it. Like most 22s you'll get some mis fires but Besides that, great gun.
my son has one. we shot it alot the last time we got together and it worked flawless. I think he bought it used so I don't know if it is a newer or older one, only that his shot good
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Nice, thanks for the info. Did you guys use any certain brand of high grade ammo like cci mini mags? Or just bulk cheap ammo and still worked fine?
i have one of the first models to come out. it will not cycle to pick up the next round outta the magazine with bulk federal or winchester rounds. it only likes HV rounds, it shoots remington golden bullets well, and likes cci mini-mags, and stingers. the cci's have a heavy wax coating on them that the lil pistol does not like tho.........especially in the heat of the summer. i've tried both springs, and it still will not cycle correctly with the non-HV rounds. shoots really well, but don't drop it on it's sight.........they are a plastic-type material. mine fell outta my truck, and bent the rear dovetail. rear sight has an adjustment screw to dial it in. comes with front sight, and 2 replaceable ones.............in all, tall, medium, and short.
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Most of the time I use CCI mini mags but I also use cheap bulk ammo as well.
We shot almost all Remington bulk golden bullets. He has many mags(around 8) and we used them all (they all worked fine). It was more accurate than I expected. If they all shot like his, they would be great guns. I have heard many bad reviews for them but his is excellent.
its shoots good, but mine is very picky on ammo. it loves CCI mini mags. had big trouble with federal bulk, and winchester. its fun to shoot though.


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1. Trade down 8 slots or so with Indy for 3rd Richard Marshall CB 2. Anthony Fasano TE Notre Dame 3a. Greg Anderson DE/LB Alabama 3b. Greg Jennings WR W. Michigan 3c. Charles Spencer G Pitt (can play DT and probl C also) 4a. Jason Avant WR Michigan 4b. trade for next year 5. Brandon Guillory DE/LB NE Louisiana 6a. D'Arrius Howard RB Ark 6b. Brad Smith QB/WR Missouri 6c. Will Derting LB Washington
With the exception of Fasano, I like it a lot. Fasano reportedly did not get along with Weiss and has a fumbling problem that would drive BB nuts. Smith is extremely talented and has publically stated several times that he wants to be a QB. You note him as a QB/WR. How do you envision the Pats using this guy????
That's a big reach IMO. Do you mean Mark Anderson? I'd be *really* disappointed in a draft with as much talent at LB as this one has, he is the best LB we end up with. VERY disappinted. Round 1 should be used on an LB IMO, unless someone falls much further than we expect (like Chad Jackson somehow falling to 21). Those picks are all great IMO.
You don't like Mark Anderson? I think the Pats worked him out. What is it you do not like about him? Which LBs would be better in the late 2nd round. Late 1st round wouldn't be a reach for Marshall, I don't think. He's pretty good.


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A method of achieving dimensionality reduction is presented. The reduced dimensionality is achieved by utilizing a least squared error technique under the assumption that the goodness criterion is the maximum separation of classes. The criterion is met by first maximizing the spread of the cluster centers, and then minimizing the within class scatter. The derivation of the desired transformation from an arbitrary p-space to a space of lower dimension, say l, is completed with the assumption that the cluster centers are known. The criterion for the cluster center location is the minimization of the variance of the distance between the cluster center and the transformed pattern. It is demonstrated that the resulting cluster center set is similar to the simplex signal set in communication theory, which is a minimum energy signal set.


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Facebook starts charging for sending messages, $100 charge to message Zuckerberg
Next time if you message any unknown person of Facebook then you would have to lose your pocket as the social giant starts charging for sending messages. Yes, recently renowned social networking site, Facebook started taking money for sending messages and not $1 or $10, in fact $100 per message.
According to a recent research by Mashable, shows that Facebook taking $100 as a charge for sending message to the founder, Mark Zuckerberg. And spending $100 will send the message directly to the 'real' Inbox of Zuckerberg otherwise the message will be posted to the 'other' folder.
The report by the website also states that the $100 charge is demanded when folks tested with multiple accounts which are not in the list of over 16 million followers of the founder.
But on contrary, we have also perform the same test and no charge was demanded by Facebook side for sending the messages to Zuckerberg. It gives a hint that the social networking site is testing a new upcoming feature to taking charges for sending messages, however, this feature would just be an option not mandatory with all the accounts available on the networking site.
Earlier, in the last month of the last year, Facebook started testing a new option of taking a one-time fee of $1 charge for sending a message to an unknown user's inbox on the network, who they are not friends of each other on the network. And now the option of taking charge may be all set to be implemented. So are you ready to spend your precious pennies for sending a message to an unknown person?
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I've searched and read and haven't found the answer I'm looking for. So here are my questions that I'm sure someone(s) can answer. A couple of statements. My fingers don't work so good at tedious tasks, so I can't build my own. Due to medical implants, I can't take the recoil of large caliber weapons. I have a Colt AR15 way preban in .223, but a few rounds is all I can squeeze. My carry & defense weapons are XD 9mm loaded with NATO JHP spec ammo. I use 9mm Luger (USA under powered loads, 115 gr. for practice. 200 rounds before it becomes uncomfortable. I like the AR platform and started out to buy a .22 because of no recoil, but decided on a 9mm that I should be able to use as a minimum caliber defensive weapon. The use for this will be defense of the home front - my home. So my questions - What range is an AR9 good for? I'm not a long shooter, say 0 to 150 - 200 yards. Will any AR9 handle a +p+ pressure round that is close to NATO specs. Will they generally handle a JHP or only round ball. Since I can't focus on both a target and a sight, I need a both eyes open optic sight. I have researched and decided the Rock River LAR9 is the best bang for the buck. Comments ?
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Must be some tough questions !!!
Sorry... never fired or even read up on an AR in 9. But welcome to the forum and thanks for stepping up to supporting right off the bat.
I also have no experience with a 9mm AR but from what I've heard they do fine with FMJ and hit with power and accuracy out to 150 yards. Ammo is cheap so it should be a good fit. Can't imagine +P+ would be any problem, the AR action handles much stronger rounds. Still, have you fired a standard AR and found the recoil to be too much? 5.56 is very light kicking and you could go with a midlength to soften the pulse even more. Through in an H-buffer and M16 bolt carrier and light .223 ammo you've got a real *****cat for a rifle. ETA: Filter got me... how about puddytat...
We have one at the range as a rental and it's gets lots of use. Not a lot of recoil and very fun to shoot. As far as range goes I've never shot it over 25 yards but it's quite accurate out to that yardage. The Rock LR9 would be a nice piece for any collection IMHO. Joe
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I have the Bushmaster 9mm AR. Well, I mean I own one. Bushmaster has it back for repair. They've had it for 4.5 months, still no repair. The recoil difference is pretty small between a 9mm and a 5.56. If you can't take the 5.56, I wouldn't spend the money on a 9mm. The lowest recoiling defensive carbine I know of is the FNH, PS90. Not cheap, but if you are highly recoil sensative it may be the way to go.
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About the only thing I forgot to mention is when you fill the Pro-Mag polymer magazines over 30 rounds, they tend to swell a bit and can fit a little tight when you insert them. Once you get them in however, they run like a champ. Bill T.
Interesting read on the PS90, pricey & would require a different caliber ammo. I bought an LAR9 today. It came with A1 flash hider, 6 position tactical stock, free float quad rail, hogue rubber grip, flip front sight gas block, badger tactical latch, and winter trigger guard. I still need some more magazines and have to decided on a red dot optical system. These things are sort of like buying a Harley Bike. You get a starter kit, then start dumping $$$$ into it Thanks for the input !!


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The National Weather Service honored Mr. Yale Yager, Clinton Indiana Cooperative Weather Observer, with a 10 Year Length of Service Award on Monday May 10, 2004.
Mr. Yager has been taking daily weather observations which include rainfall and snowfall readings as well as overall snow depth. Mr. Yager also manages a semi-automatic rain gage that encodes a running monthly precipitation amount.
The NWS applauds the hard work and commitment of Yale Yager and would like to recognize him for is outstanding community involvement.
Presenting the award were Ed Terrell and Phil Gray, Hydro-Meteorological Technicians at NWS Indianapolis, IN. Pictured are Yale Yager (left) and Phil Gray (right).
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Ellis, V. and Taylor, P. (2006) 'You don't know what you've got till it's gone': re-contextualising the origins, development and impact of the call centre. New Technology, Work and Employment, 21 (2). pp. 107-122. ISSN 0268-1072
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This paper locates the emergence of call centres within the broader political economy. We demonstrate how British Gas responded to privatisation, restrictive regulation and the need to deliver shareholder value by radically changing work organisation. Using documentary evidence and oral testimonies, we show how the call centre was pivotal to tightening control over the labour process, to intensifying work and transforming the experience of work.
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So as title says I am having hard time accepting that my son wants to drop from College after one year and join Air Force. I had been trying to reason with him but at the age of almost 19, there is not much I can do to prevent him from going so I need some help here. (topics why its not good idea to go)
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Seeking protection from rough markets, investors have been pouring into long-short mutual funds. According to Morningstar, inflows have totaled $5 billion in the past year. That's a big figure for a category with $25 billion in assets.
The long-short funds aim to be less volatile than normal equity funds. To accomplish the goal, managers hold stocks and typically put 20% to 50% of assets in short positions. The shorts represent bets that stocks will sink.
Most of the long-short managers have produced uninspiring results. Despite the short positions, the category lost 15.4% in the turmoil of 2008. During the past five years, the funds finished a bit in the red, while the S&P 500 returned 1.2% annually.
What's holding back the long-short funds? For starters, they are expensive, says Jeremy Radcliffe, managing director of Salient Partners, a wealth adviser in Houston. The average long-short fund charges an annual expense ratio of 2.0%. That's cheaper than a hedge fund, but double what many mutual funds charge.
In addition, it is difficult to pick profitable short positions. The portfolio managers typically try to increase the short positions when markets look hazardous. They aim to reduce shorts when stocks are rallying. But all too often, managers get it wrong, says Radcliffe. They take big short positions near market troughs when it is too late to avoid losses. Then the shorts drag down results as stocks rebound. "Most of the managers are not really adding any value," says Radcliffe. "You could get better returns by putting 50% of your assets in the S&P 500 and 50% in cash." But a few long-short managers have delivered solid results, limiting losses in 2008 and recording solid long-term returns. Among the top choices is MainStay Marketfield (MFADX), which returned 8.5% annually during the past five years, outdoing 95% of peers. Portfolio manager Michael Aronstein studies economic trends and makes bold sector bets. Most often he has been on target. Worried about mounting housing problems in 2007, he shorted Goldman Sachs (GS) and other financial stocks. That protected shareholders during the downturn. Then in 2009, Aronstein bought airlines and other cyclical stocks that came roaring back in the rally.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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CHICAGO, Sept. 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Envestnet | Tamarac, part of Envestnet, Inc. (NYSE: ENV), a leading provider of unified wealth management technology and services to investment advisors, has created a sophisticated composite reporting tool that enables advisors to quickly and accurately compile composite reports that compare the performance of their investment strategies to market indices. This new functionality makes it easy for advisors to demonstrate the value of their model portfolios to both clients and prospective clients, and create composites that conform to industry best practices.
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"ADMISSION" (PG-13): Tina Fey is a Princeton University admissions officer who runs into an old classmate (Paul Rudd) with a gifted kid — the same boy she put up for adoption years earlier. What are the chances? No, seriously: What are the chances?
"OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN" (R): In the midst of a terrorist attack on Washington, D.C., a security agent (Gerard Butler) is the only person capable of saving the life of the president (Aaron Eckhart). Then Katherine Heigl shows up and romance blooms, complicating everything. Just kidding about that last part.
"SPRING BREAKERS" (R): Director Harmony Korine ("Gummo") returns with this raunchy comedy about a sleazebag (James Franco) who bails four wild-and-crazy gals out of prison and lead them on a series of adventures involving wet T-shirt contests and beer bongs.


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The governor selects appellate judges from candidates chosen primarily by lawyers. This is analogous to players choosing the pool of umpires for the baseball commissioner. How long before players only nominate umpires favorable to themselves?
If schools are so short on funding, why do so many administrators storm the office-supply stores in April spending all their budget so they do not get less next year? Instead of always giving them more, cut the spenders and put the money where it is needed.
Thank God that Republicans didn't win in November. This week President Romney would be sending 50,000 troops to Algeria, and we'd end up with thousands of servicemen and women dead, tens of thousands of innocent civilians killed and billions of dollars lost to an unfunded war.
The 12-hour shifts of many health care professionals are not conducive to healthy lifestyle patterns. The benefits of working fewer days are far outweighed by the disruption and lingering effects caused by overly long workdays. This is especially true for those who work the overnight shifts.
Thanking God for honest people, I am heaping bushels of gratitude and blessing on the dear person who found my purse stranded alone in a shopping cart and turned it in to the Cox Store. Talk about stupid human tricks.
So, all the cowboys are running out to buy guns before they are required to have a background check. I wonder why.
Tyrants, dictators, communists and socialists all around the world agree – gun bans worked for them.
Will those who are so adamant concerning gun control post a sign in their yard stating that their home is a "gun-free zone" and no firearms are present in that dwelling?
I hope it doesn't take many more mass shootings in this country for common sense to prevail in politics and for the archaic Second Amendment to be repealed.
Applying our government's approach to controlling the number of deaths caused by guns, we should be able to lower the highway death rate by permitting only stick-shift autos on the road and limiting the gas-tank capacity to 6 gallons.
Before we get all worked up about people's rights, I would just like to point out how really dumb smoking is.
You looked so classy driving your Corvette around. Then you dropped a cigarette butt out the window.
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