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Unfortunately for Britt Nilsson, Kaitlyn Bristowe is the more popular of this season's two Bachelorettes. Britt's a nice gal, but there just something about Kaityn that makes us want to see more. Chris Soules evidently agrees with the guys fighting for the roses, as well as the dedicated members of the Bachelor Nation on Facebook. He recently admitted that he was happy to see Kaitlyn win the show's early face-off.
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Florida eliminates UCLA; Alabama finishes two-time champ Arizona
OKLAHOMA CITY -- For the first time in more than two decades, neither of college softball's traditional powers will be playing for the national championship.
Francesca Enea had an RBI single and Kim Waleszonia scored on a first-inning error by pitcher Anjelica Selden as Florida eliminated second-seeded UCLA with a 2-0 win Saturday night in the Women's College World Series. Two-time defending champion Arizona and World Series newcomer Virginia Tech were knocked out in earlier games.
UCLA and Arizona have combined to win 19 national championships, including one by the Bruins that was vacated by the NCAA, and at least one of the schools had been in the World Series finals every year since 1986.
Until this year.
The semifinals will feature fifth-seeded Texas A&M against Florida (69-4), which also knocked out Virginia Tech with a 2-0 victory earlier in the day to stay alive, and Arizona State against either Louisiana-Lafayette or Alabama, which ended Arizona's three-peat bid with a 5-1 victory Saturday.
For the Bruins, the current four-year drought is the longest stretch without a World Series title since NCAA play began in 1982.
"UCLA and the College World Series go hand in hand, and to be able to come out on top against them in the losers' bracket with our backs against the wall is a tremendous accomplishment for our whole team," Gators coach Tim Walton said.
UCLA (51-9) was undone by the same sort of play that led to its first-round victory. Ali Gardiner hit a comebacker to Selden (29-5), and she fumbled the ball while trying to take it out of her glove and flip it to first. Waleszonia scored from second as the ball bounced into right field.
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Like Cat Osterman and Monica Abbott, Angela Tincher's dominance in the circle made her a household name. And like those aces, she left Oklahoma City without a title -- but not before making an impact on the sport. Story
On a day when Arizona and UCLA bowed out of the competition to ensure the first title since 1986 decided without at least one of the sport's traditional powers, defense didn't win a championship -- but it definitely helped determine survival. Story
"I scooped it and it just got caught in my glove," Selden said.
The Bruins' run in their opening win against Arizona came after pitcher Taryne Mowatt made a first-inning throwing error.
Now both teams are headed home.
"It's tough when Arizona and UCLA match up in the first round for either of us to get to the championship. We've got to do some work," UCLA coach Kelly Inouye-Perez said.
In 2000, Oklahoma became the eastern-most team to win the national title, and Michigan took on that moniker in 2005. Now Florida and Tennessee have joined Alabama as powers to be reckoned with from the SEC.
But Walton cautioned that the demise of the softball powers shouldn't be overstated.
"Obviously, Arizona and UCLA aren't going to win the title this year but until somebody really does something about it, parity hasn't set in," Walton said. "The West Coast has dominated this sport for a long time, and to be honest with you, we're just happy to compete another day."
Enea stretched Florida's lead to 2-0 in the sixth inning with a single down the left-field line to score Le-Net Franklin, who pinch ran and stole second after Gardiner's two-out single.
Stacey Nelson (47-4) gave up five hits in her second shutout of the day and her 18th of the season.
Alabama 3, Louisiana-Lafayette 1
Brittany Rogers scored on a wild pitch and Alabama (58-7) used three unearned runs to squeeze out its second win of the day.
Rogers walked, stole second, moved to third on a passed ball and then scored on a wild pitch in the first inning, and the Tide tacked on two more runs in the fifth courtesy of errors by pitcher Donna Bourgeois (16-5) and first baseman Gabrielle Bridges.
"We didn't play the best defense possibly that we could have played. It's not very characteristic of this team to have those situations happen, but they did. And in the past we've been able to come back and just keep adding on to the run production," Lafayette coach Stefni Lotief said.
Holly Tankersley provided the Ragin' Cajuns (52-15) only run with her 23rd home run of the season to lead off the sixth but the game was then delayed 1 hour, 37 minutes after lightning was sighted in the distance. Raindrops never fell on the field.
"It's just a monumental task when you have to sit out for an hour and wait for the weather, but it is what it is. We can only control the things we can control," Lotief said.
Tournament officials considered calling off the game if it didn't restart before midnight, but instead decided to let it resume at 12:04 a.m. After Alabama threatened to extend its lead in the bottom of the sixth, Charlotte Morgan (18-2) retired the Cajuns in order in the seventh.
"I appreciate the NCAA doing that because there were some questions, and we all wanted to play tonight for sure because we were hoping it would be just one complete inning, and it turned out to be that way," Alabama coach Patrick Murphy said.
Alabama 5, Arizona 1
Brittany Rogers had the go-ahead bloop double in a four-run sixth inning, and Charlotte Morgan homered and drove in three runs for Alabama.
Rogers' looping liner landed just beyond the outstretched glove of diving shortstop K'Lee Arredondo and spun away from left-fielder Brittany Lastrapes to allow Ashley Holcombe to score from second. Alabama then added three more runs against Mowatt (29-15), the Arizona ace who'd been wild but effective over the first five innings.
Morgan added a two-run single and Kelley Montalvo had an RBI double as the nation's highest-scoring offense came through while Kelsi Dunne (26-5) kept Arizona from adding to its NCAA-best home run total.
Mowatt was the star of Arizona's gritty run to the championship last season, throwing more than 1,000 pitches in a World Series-record 60 innings as the Wildcats won five games while facing elimination.
"This year, the luck was not on our side," Mowatt said. "Alabama got the key hit when they needed it, they had balls falling in where nobody was, and that's basically what happened."
Florida 2, Virginia Tech 0, 9 innings
Mary Ratliff hit a two-run double as Florida finally broke through against Angela Tincher, the national player of the year.
Gators Turn 68
With Florida's win Saturday over Virginia Tech at the Women's College World Series, the Gators won their 68th game, setting an NCAA record. Here's a look at the winningest college softball seasons:
"She was everything we thought she was," Ratliff said. "We talked coming in that she was going to get her strikeouts. There just comes a point when you have to make adjustments. Thankfully at my last at-bat I was able to do that."
Nelson saved the Gators' season after Waleszonia misplayed Erin Ota's fly ball to center field to start the seventh inning, allowing Ota to go all the way to third. Nelson walked the bases loaded before getting Kelsey Hoffman to ground into a double play and Jessica Everhart to ground out to second.
Tincher (38-10), who no-hit the U.S. Olympic team in March, didn't get any run support in the World Series -- the Hokies had two shutout losses.
"We've just had a lot of fun getting here to the World Series and ending my career here," said Tincher, a senior. "I wish we would have won, but I don't think I could ask for too much more."
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You can disagree thats not and issue. But I don't understand what your trying to say? Everyone should do bent arm because they shouldn't work on their foot work, use a less extension and not try to achieve maximum power?
I said what i'm trying to say clearly in my last post. no need to try to blow it out of proportion or twist it around to make it sound 'controversial' or 'combative' because someone disagrees with you.
The reason why I say bent arm is more consistent is because it doesnt vary. A bent arm can very in angle, it can vary during the stroke. Creating inconsistency. So you have to think about swing path and bentness of the arm. A straight arm varies very little.
'Consistent' means to be able to hit a ball with a good amount of control and placement repeatedly. To do that requires adjustments and that's why a bent arm is easier to achieve consistency with... because you can vary it. if you footwork is off you can compensate easier. if the ball takes a funny hop you can adjust easier. Also it's easier to judge a ball and strike it when it's closer to your body. with a straight arm the contact point is quite a bit further away from the body than bent arm.
Also, i'm guessing you made up the part about 'kids being able to learn a straight arm easier' part. Have you ever seen any studies or experts stating as such? I haven't. If you have then i concede on that part.
If a straight arm was easier to learn, easier to achieve consistency with etc etc don't you think most ppl would be playing with a straight arm? I don't know the exact percentages but i can safely say straight arm players are well below 50%.
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Skin Brushing Boosts Blood Circulation for Better Health, says Sublime Beauty®; Skin Brushes Back in Stock Now
The lost art of dry skin brushing is important for general health, as it helps rid skin of toxins and dead cells. The skin is our largest organ of elimination; but more than skin quality and detox is at play with skin brushing, says Sublime Beauty®.
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The timeless art of Skin Brushing has been lost in recent times but is making a comeback, says Sublime Beauty®. Why? Because the simple act of dry brushing the skin and the simple tool of a skin brush can contribute strongly to overall general health.
The skin eliminates about 1/3 of bodily toxins per day, but as we age, the skin is less able to throw off these dead cells and toxins. This can put stress on other organs, contribute to poor skin quality and bring down well-being. Dry body brushing each day will detox the skin while invigorating the body.
But there is more. Skin Brushing boosts the circulatory system, and the circulatory system is incredibly important to good health. Blood flows through the body delivering oxygen and nutrients to all tissues in the body. Capillaries take away waste products produced from cell metabolism. Blood circulates through your body about three times every minute. Without good blood circulation, our health is not optimized. Energy levels and vitality, brain function, immune response and the entire state of well being – and even longevity – are affected.
Skin Brushing helps boost blood circulation. This was taught by Hippocrates at the medical school in Athens and on through the ages. Skin brushing should ALWAYS be done in the direction of the heart, aiding and enhancing the flow of blood.
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Mercury rout Sun, extend win streak to 12
PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Mercury have gotten contributions from all of their All-Stars during their lengthy winning streak.
But on Thursday, it was the 13th-year veteran from Australia who gave them a lift.
Penny Taylor had a season-high 23 points, added four rebounds, four assists and three steals in leading the Mercury to their 12th straight win, 101-85 over the Connecticut Sun.
The Mercury have an WNBA-best 18-3 record.
"That's the beauty of it and why I enjoy it so much," Taylor said. "Because we are finding ways be effective and it's not always the easy way. We have so many players on this team with high basketball IQs. For me, that's so much fun."
All-Star Brittney Griner added 21 points, five rebounds and three blocked shots, giving her 80 at the break for Phoenix.
Katie Douglas hit a season-high five 3-pointers and had 23 points, five rebounds and six assists for the Sun (10-14), who have lost eight of their past 10.
Phoenix — which hosts the WNBA All-Star game on Saturday — is one win, or a Seattle loss, away from clinching a playoff spot, with a month left in the season.
"Couldn't have asked for a better first half, in my first year," Mercury coach Sandy Brondello said. "I have a great bunch of girls in there. They're professionals and they want to win, so it makes my job a little easier in that regard."
Before the streak, no Mercury team had previously been more than 13 games above .500 and Phoenix won 19 games during the regular season a year ago on its way to the Western Conference finals.
"Phoenix is a big team, hard to match up with and they take you out of your offense because of their length," Connecticut coach Anne Donovan said. "So tonight it was important to get on the (offensive) boards, we weren't hitting our first shot, we weren't getting the shot we wanted."
Phoenix has won its games by an average of 12.2 points during the win streak.
Alex Bentley added 20 points for Connecticut, which was the most recent team to beat the Mercury, 96-95, on June 12.
"We're rolling, we wanted to get all these wins and protect home court," Griner said. "Connecticut beat us at their place, definitely remembered that in the back of our heads, wanted to get the win so we can enjoy All-Star (game) now."
All-Star Diana Taurasi had 14 points and six assists for Phoenix, winners of 14 of its past 15.
After trailing by as much as 14 in the first half, Connecticut used some hustle — Chiney Ogwumike's put-back after being blocked by Griner, Douglas' steal of an inbounds pass before Phoenix ran off nine straight points and led 76-61 going into the final quarter.
Ogwumike had 14 points and 10 rebounds for Connecticut, her 10th double-double of the season.
Candice Dupree, an All-Star reserve, had 14 points and seven rebounds for Phoenix.
Taylor had 19 points, four rebounds, four assists and three steals in the first half as Phoenix opened up a 51-39 lead. Phoenix led by as much as 21 in the fourth quarter.


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The Holy Cross Crusaders entered the final day of the Patriot League Championship Series with a 1-0 lead in the best of three series.
Game 2 of the series (first game on Saturday) saw Holy Cross send Matt Shapiro to the mound with a 4-3 record and a 5.33 ERA while Bucknell countered with Trey Frehler who was 4-6 with a 6.82 ERA.
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In a letter addressed to the justice secretary, Ken Clarke, and printed in the Guardian today, 40 archaeology professors write of their "deep and widespread concern" about the issue.
The dispute centres on legislation introduced by the Ministry of Justice in 2008 which requires all human remains excavated at digs in England and Wales to be reburied within two years, regardless of their age. The decision, which amounts to a reinterpretation of law previously administered by the Home Office, means scientists have too little time to study bones and other human remains of national and cultural significance, the academics say.
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This special event will raise money (and awareness) for the Juvenile Arthritis Foundation and the Alejandro Garcia-Blessing Scholarship fund. Last year, the event had over 80 runners and raised $2,500.00 toward the cause with hopes to double that with this year's event. Event coordinators have added chip timing to the course this year for the serious runners and still provide a fun course for those who want to go for their morning walk while supporting the cause.
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The author of "The Barracks Thief" and "Hunters in the Snow" recreates his boyhood experiences, relating how he and his mother travelled throughout the United States, and tracing his experiences and changes from young boy to manhood against the background of a violent and wildly optimistic America.
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POLARITY #1 left us wondering whether we were witnessing events as they occurred or the manic delusions of a bipolar man off his meds (and on a bender). Issue #2 picks up in the midst of that mess (pun intended; Tim vomits on his therapist in the third panel), and we learn that POLARITY isn't a biographical account of a man's struggle with mental illness, but a superhero story cloaked in such a tale*.
Amidst more projectile vomit (which probably belongs in the "bad" portion of this review…), we learn that Tim's bipolar disorder is the expression of his untapped superhuman abilities, and his therapist wants to mentor him towards greatness. There's a surreal quality to this scene, possibly because it's something not generally found in mainstream (or even most indie) comics: two shirtless men having a serious conversation about mental health.
Tim, despite all of his confusion, has a self-awareness rarely found so quickly amongst characters in his situation -- he realizes that he has killed a man, and thinks he should be brought to justice. He's actually been pretty grounded about his moral compass for the entirety of the story so far, a strange and delightful contrast to the fact that he's deeply confused about his own reality and sometimes manic (super-manic, even). The story would come to an abrupt and unsatisfactory end if Tim got his way (unless we got to see his certainly-surreal prison adventures, in which case I'm on board), so he strikes a bargain with his therapist to let the manic fly, with some pills in case of emergency.
It's not even remotely suprising that Max Bemis is a lyricist; the dialogue is quippy and sharp in just the right way. There's also a sensitive kind of realism to Tim's simpler, not-manic thoughts, particularly with lines like "So we do. And it's pretty freaking great."
Jorge Coelho's art is both straightforward and reckless; it fluctuates right along with Tim's mental state, and verges into surrealist territory at times. I'm into it.
* This, of course, presumes that we don't get a bait-and-switch at the end of the series. It's not out of the realm of possibility that this entire issue was a fever dream of Tim's.
The Bad
All comics are, in some form, wish fulfillment, but this issue packs it in to the point of oversaturation. The high concept is positively fascinating, and the parts of the book that deal with Tim's emerging power set and tentative grasp on reality are brilliant, but the things Tim actually does in his new role as "superhero" border on cringeworthy. It's not that reducing shallow hipsters to blubbering jerks, exposing the hypocrisy of an indie pop star, or spanking a bully into submission aren't satisfying victories for an underdog, it's that Tim -- via his evolution into a superhero of sorts -- is no longer an underdog. The punishments he's dealing out seem like a waste of his abilities; are telepathic eavesdropping and slapping around high school jocks really at the top of the list for someone who just realized he's gifted with superpowers? Maybe, but I'm hoping for better in Issue #3.
The Verdict
POLARITY is still an interesting read, especially with the new twist that the story involves superpowers, but Issue #2 just doesn't bring it as strongly as Issue #1 did. Half the story awaits in the remaining two issues, and I'll be keeping up just to see how much of this was real and how much was the product of Tim's fluctuating brain chemistry. I'm hoping to see him truly step into the hero role he's been set to play; the payoff will be much stronger if he ditches the shallow stuff and do something of significance.


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Knight runs No. 16 Oklahoma past La-Monroe, 34-0
NORMAN, Okla. Trevor Knight rushed for 103 yards on 13 carries and threw three touchdown passes - two to Jalen Saunders - in his first start and No. 16 Oklahoma beat Louisiana-Monroe 34-0 on Saturday night.
Oklahoma gave coach Bob Stoops his 150th career win, putting him seven behind Barry Switzer on the Sooners' career coaching wins list. Oklahoma is 5-0 under Stoops in August games and 14-1 in home openers, having lost only to Texas Christian in 2005.
Knight became the first Oklahoma quarterback to rush for 100 or more yards in a game since Jason White had 117 yards rushing against Kansas on Oct. 13, 2001.
Louisiana-Monroe upset then-No. 8 Arkansas on the road to open the 2012 season, but the Warhawks didn't get untracked offensively against a revamped Oklahoma defense. The Warhawks crossed midfield only twice and recorded only nine first downs and 166 yards of offense.
Knight, a redshirt freshman, was the fourth freshman quarterback to start a season for Oklahoma in modern times, joining Steve Collins (1989), Eric Moore (1995) and Sam Bradford (2007).
Unlike Bradford - who wowed fans in his debut against North Texas - Knight didn't produce a first-game passing highlight reel, particularly in the first half, when he consistently overthrew or underthrew receivers on swing passes and went 7 of 21 for 42 yards. He had three throws batted down at the line of scrimmage and nearly had a pass intercepted in the end zone.
Knight threw the football considerably better as the game progressed and finished 11-of-28 passing for 86 yards with one interception. He also showed off his mobility - which helped him beat out junior Blake Bell for the starting job - while leading the Sooners in rushing.
Oklahoma rushed for 305 yards, with tailbacks Damien Williams, Brennan Clay and Roy Finch contributing 66, 43 and 42 yards, respectively.
Oklahoma managed only one first down on its first four possessions, on a 24-yard scramble by Knight on the game's third play. The Sooners decided to go to the ground on their fifth possession, with good results. On the 14-play, 78-yard march, they ran 11 times before Knight capped the drive by checking off a play at the line of scrimmage, then hitting Saunders on a 12-yard scoring pass.
Two other run-heavy drives set up second-quarter field goals of 41 and 33 yards by Michael Hunnicutt.
Meanwhile, Oklahoma's defense - which closed the 2012 season with three atrocious performances in the Sooners' final four games - shut down Louisiana-Monroe's multiple-look offense. The Sooners turned quarterback Kolton Browning, the Sun Belt Conference preseason offensive player of the year, into a one-dimensional player by limiting his running opportunities.
Browning, who led the Warhawks in rushing last season, had 3 yards on four carries and completed 20-of-39 passes for 128 yards.
The Warhawks reached the Oklahoma 23 midway through the first quarter, but an offensive pass interference penalty took them out of scoring range. Louisiana-Monroe didn't cross midfield again until two minutes into the fourth quarter. The Warhawks eventually turned the ball over on downs at the Oklahoma 16.


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13. Al Qaeda is an organization that was established in Afghanistan by Osama bin Laden and others. On October 8, 1999, al Qaeda was designated by the Secretary of State as a foreign terrorist organization pursuant to Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and was re-designated as such on or about October 5, 2001. Accordingly, al Qaeda is a designated foreign terrorist organization within the meaning of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2339B.
14. At all times during the above-described incidents in which the defendant assisted al Qaeda and its operatives, he acted unlawfully and knowingly and not by mistake or other innocent reason.
Respectfully submitted,
Paul J. McNulty United States Attorney
By: _______________________________ Neil Hammerstrom, Jr. Assistant United States Attorney
_______________________________ Joseph N. Kaster Trial Attorney, Criminal Division Counterterrorism Section U.S. Department of Justice
After consulting with my attorney and pursuant to the plea agreement entered into this day between the defendant, Iyman Faris, and the United States, I hereby stipulate that the above Statement of Facts is true and accurate, and that had the matter proceeded to trial, the United States would have proved the same beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Bloomingfoods employees voted 88-23 in favor of representation from UFCW Local 700.
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Bloomingfoods co-op employees are gathering support to form a union.
Local business has not been affected by a Stanford University study that found organic food was no more nutritional than conventional food.
The warm spring, spring frost and dry summer are taking a toll on Indiana farmers.
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New crypto policy system will offer easier configuration and more uniform security.
The Fedora project announced a new crypto policy system that could standardize and simplify the implementation of hash functions, key exchange, and cryptography tools such as TLS/SSL.
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This change will require updates to GnuTLS, OpenSSL, and NSS libraries.
Fedora Linux is the community-driven test bed for technologies that will someday be part of Red Hat's flagship systems. If this experiment is successful, Fedora's crypto policy system might some day make its way into Red Hat Enterprise Linux and other enterprise-level Linux distributions.
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Pune: As the curtains come down on the 2014 FIFA World Cup football in Brazil on July 14, another big tournament of this beautiful game will unfold at Gothenburg, in Sweden from July 13, for the four-decade old Gothia Cup, popularly known as the World Youth Cup, presented by SKF.
This biggest extravaganza of youth under-15 football will witness 1,500 teams from 70 countries converge at the venue. It will also have Pune's SKF Football Academy team making their fifth appearance in this championship.
The SKF team have the Pune FC a lot to thank for, as they received professional training from this team, during their short stint with the Pune FC, under the watchful eyes of Gift Raikhan and Rakesh Walhekar.
SKF coach Rajendra Panhalkar said, "We have gained a lot by training with the Pune FC. It has helped us in many ways. We had practiced a lot before, but lacked professional touch. After training with Pune FC, at their ground in Mamrudi, near the Maharashtra Cricket Association, I think the boys have become more professional in their approach."
"In all, 25 footballers were selected for the camp, which was held in the last week of May. We are thankful to Pune FC and the officials they gave us the insight to the actual professional approach to the game, which we were ignorant about. The FC ground too is well prepared, and resembles the one in Sweden. The fact that the boys practiced on a full-sized football ground, and not on a ground like the SKF, will make a huge difference. I am sure that the boys will do well this year," Panhalkar added. These young team may not have always got the best in life, but they are fortunate to have got a chance to follow their passion — football. The boys come from humble background, residing in the slums of the city, but their dedication towards this beautiful game has paid them some rich dividends. Some of the kids' parents are daily wage earners, working as drivers and cylinder suppliers.


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MONDAY, Oct. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Using time-lapsed video to watch fertilized eggs grow may offer clues about which embryos have the best chances of resulting in pregnancy when using in vitro fertilization, Stanford researchers report.
Under current techniques, embryologists look for certain physical characteristics of the embryos at about Day 3 to decide which embryos are thriving and should be placed in the woman's uterus. That procedure usually occurs at around Day 5, when the embryo has reached the blastocyst stage, considered a critical stage of development that ups the chances of pregnancy.
However, research suggests that embryos grown outside of the mother's body may be susceptible to changes in gene expression that may raise the risk of some long-term health problems, said senior study author Renee Reijo Pera, director of the Center for Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Education at Stanford's Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine in Palo Alto, Calif.
The new technique, which uses imaging technology and a computer algorithm to observe and analyze the growth of embryos during the entire first three days, could help IVF practitioners choose the best embryos sooner, Pera said.
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Jeremy Thompson
Jeremy Gordon Thompson (born 1948) is a News Presenter for Sky News, the 24-hour television news service operated by Sky Television, part of British Sky Broadcasting. He is based at Sky News Centre in West London. He was formerly a Sports Correspondent for BBC News, and a foreign correspondent in Hong Kong, Johannesburg and Washington. Since 2005, he has regularly presented the channel's early evening coverage from 5pm to 7pm on Monday to Thursday.
Thompson was educated at The King's School, a boarding independent school for boys (now co-educational and non-boarding), in the market town of Worcester, and was a contemporary of comedian Chris Tarrant.
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Thompson is frequently Sky News' leading anchor on major stories, often presenting on location. Assignments have included reporting from Rome and Vatican City on the death and funeral of Pope John Paul II in April 2005, the London bombings of July 2005, Hurricane Rita and the Asian Tsunami where he was the first British presenter on the scene, reporting live from Phuket on the immediate aftermath of the disaster. He also reported from Haifa in northern Israel during the 2006 Lebanon War.
Thompson was a foreign correspondent based in Hong Kong, Johannesburg and Washington, from where he covered some of the major world events of the last 20 years. Following Sky News' relaunch in October 2005, he continued to have a big role at the channel. In January 2006, he headed the channel's coverage of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's deteriorating health. This included anchoring from Jerusalem and the West Bank, appearing on his usual 5pm slot and other Sky News shows in which he usually has no involvement. For instance, he co-presented World News Tonight on two occasions, with James Rubin in the London studio.
In February 2006, Thompson won the Royal Television Society's award for Presenter of the Year. The citation from the judges said that Thompson "has a unique ability to capture the moment, to know which tiny little things really matter and, crucially, he knows when to shut up and let the pictures do the talking".
Thompson has also appeared as himself in the following movies:
- Volcano (1997)
- Shaun of the Dead (2004)
- The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
- St Trinian's (2007)
- Incendiary (2008)
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Cast: Judit, Maeva, Eva Falk, Anita Blond, Alexandra (I), Philippe Dean, Roberto Malone, Karen Lancaume, Anita Dark, Laurent Mars, Hakan, Laure Sainclair, Philippe Soine
Critical Rating: AAA 1/2
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Laure Sainclair goes into an adult store after finding a matchbook from the place in her husband's coat pocket. He's been neglecting her, and she's decided to find out why. Eventually, her investigation leads her to a high-class bordello run by Karen Lancaume... where she promptly applies for a job. That's pretty much all there is to the plot, and the vast majority of the footage is taken up by sex.
In fact, by our count, there are about 10 scenes, several of them featuring Sainclair, including a girl/girler with Lancaume (who looks a lot like Margaux Hemingway). Maid Anita Dark gets in some action in the scene as well, and gets a little anal action in the "masquerade" finale.


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Potts is Tony Stark's longtime personal secretary and current girlfriend. For a brief period, she was also CEO of Stark Industries. More recently, Potts helped Stark design Stark Tower, Manhattan's first and only self-sustaining building to be powered by an arc reactor. To this day, Potts is considered one of the few people capable of keeping both Stark and Iron Man in check.
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With 2700 lumens brightness, a 2000:1 contrast ratio and 720p (1024 x 768) resolution, the Mitsubishi XD250U-ST Short Throw XGA DLP Projector has the projection power to fill a medium-to-large room with a bright, vivid image. But what if you don't have a large room? Tight spaces are where the XD250U-ST excels. You'll no longer have to worry about members of the audience casting inadvertent shadows on the screen. This projector can be placed up front and center, displaying a crisp 60" image at a distance of only 33 inches.
The XD250U-ST owes its brilliant imagery to the 0.55" DLP DMD panel by Texas Instruments and an innovation aptly called BrilliantColor. Unlike other technologies e.g. LCD, that use just three primary colors to produce the image, DLP Technology with BrilliantColor uses up to six separate colors. BrilliantColor not only improves color accuracy, it brightens secondary colors as well. This combination produces a new level of color performance that increases the brightness of the colors by up to 50 percent over DLP projectors without BrilliantColor, for accurate, true-to-life images.
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Flight's Andrew Doyle is in Bangalore and this is all he sends me: C-390 pics! (Okay, that's really all I wanted anyway.)These Embraer slides shows the dramatic evolution of their jet-powered C-130 replacement concept from relatively simple E190 spin-off to a virtually all-new aircraft with perhaps a common cockpit. And are those CFM56 turbofans under […]
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For sale: Entebbe raid souvenir C-130
Here's one for the eBay enthusiasts. The Israeli Ministry of Defense is holding a public auction on five C-130s, including one involved in the dramatic rescue of Israeli hostages at the Entebbe airport in 1976.My London-based colleague and mid-east aviation expert David Kaminski-Morrow reports: The aircraft, bearing Israeli Air Force identifier 106, was one offour […]
LM exec: Few, if any, jobs lost if F-22 line closes
Question: How many jobs will Lockheed Martin cut if the F-22 production closes this year?Answer: Probably none. Maybe a few.That's not my opinion. That's what Ralph Heath, president of Lockheed's aeronautics division, said as recently as November 20. Heath spoke to market analysts at the Credit Suisse Group Aerospace & Defense Conference in New York. […]
Embraer's C-130 replacement sprouts a T-tail
The design of the Embraer C-390 has significantly evolved since earlier this year. A presentation posted by the Brazilian manufacturer on the Internet last month (hat tip: The Woracle) reveals three major changes. Conventional vertical stabilizer is out. T-tail is in. Aft-fuselage strakes Wing-mounted refueling pods Compare the photo on the left, released in May, […]
Army starts re-competition for armed reconnaissance helicopter
Here we go again. The US Army has issued a "sources sought" notice for the Armed Reconnaissance Helicopter contract stripped last month from the Bell 407 (nee ARH-70) programme. The Army may procure up to 512 new Armed ReconnaissanceHelicopters with the capability to perform a Hover out of Ground Effect(HOGE) at 6,000 ft/95 degrees Fahrenheit […]
Snow Aviation unveils STOL-capable Herk
Harry Snow, founder of Snow Aviation International, is officially taking orders for his minimally-priced $6.8 million upgrade kit for older C-130E/Hs. Key upgrades include Hamilton Sundstrand NP2000 propellers and Snow-designed 512-gal tip tanks. A three-year series of flight demonstrations has confirmed the eight-bladed propeller system and cleaner aerodynamics reduces takeoff roll by 30%, Snow says. […]
PICTURE: Meet the C-130XL
Thanks to Lockheed Martin for releasing the first concept drawing of the wider, larger C-130XL. This concept is still in the realm of a "study". A go-ahead decision is not necessary for at least a couple of years. The overall goal is to increase the C-130′s maximum cargo limit to about 65,000lbs, depending of the […]
Life's certainties: death, taxes and C-130s
A media roundtable in the Pentagon yesterday about the C-130 lasted an hour, but there was so much information we could have used two or three hours. Not bad for a 55-year-old production line! For the purposes of storytelling, I will greatly simplify the various activities into three major threads.LM's Cool "J"The US Air Force […]
Where the GE38 leads, others will follow
I learned in journalism school to always "follow the money", but perhaps a better rule of thumb in the aerospace industry is to "follow the engines". In more ways than one, engine technology is the propelling force of the aerospace industry. Airframers learned a long time ago never to launch a new aircraft unless at […]
Typo alert: C-130 masquerades as C-17
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|Press Square to summon birds that will attack nearby enemies.
|Wolf Call
|Press Circle to summon a helpful wolf ally.
|Piggyback Ride
|Press Triangle to ride around on a wild boar, dealing damage to all nearby enemies. There is a short wait before this ability can be used again.
|Raging Boar
|Boar does increased damage. Riding a raging boar doesn't seem safe…for enemies!
|Swoop Re-Loop
|Press Square to shoot spirit birds that will seek out enemies and attack them twice before flying away.
|Better Beaks
|Bird attacks do increased damage. Caw caw caw!
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|Rough Rider
|Hold Triangle to ride around on a wild boar that kicks up damaging dust and rocks at nearby enemies.
|Thicker Pigskin
|Armor is increased. Thicker skin reduces damage taken from attacks and insults.
|Hog Wild
|Press Triangle to ride around on a wild boar. After jumping off, the boar will continue to trample nearby enemies for a short time.
|Move Name
|Alpha Wolf
|Press Circle to summon a more powerful wolf ally that does increased damage and has more health.
|Hunger of the Wolf
|Each time the wolf attacks it gains increased attack speed.
|Hunter and Gatherer
|The wolf will dig up food when health is low. Such a good little spirit pet!
|Move Name
|Birds of Prey
|Hold Square to summon up to five birds, release to have them all swoop in on enemies doing a devastating amount of damage.
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