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Luby's newest location at 24033 Cinco Ranch Blvd. in Katy.
Luby's Inc., which operates restaurants under the brands Luby's and Fuddruckers, held a grand opening at the company's newest location in Katy on Jan. 9.
Luby's Inc. welcomed guests to its newest dual concept location with the opening of a side-by-side Luby's cafeteria and Fuddruckers fast casual restaurant at 24033 Cinco Ranch Blvd., according to a Luby's Inc. press release. This is the company's second new-build offering in the Greater Houston Area.
The free-standing structure is in the heart of the Cinco Ranch community near the Energy Corridor. It is approximately 13,000 square feet, the release states. The Fuddruckers component seats 92 and features 3,000 square feet, while the Luby's can accommodate 220 guests in 9,900 square feet.
"This booming community is the perfect pairing for our fast growing and iconic duo of Houston-based brands," said Peter Tropoli, CEO of Luby's Inc., in the release. "We're pleased to provide the residents of Katy and Cinco Ranch with a concept that is geared around quality and convenience."
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By LIM CHIA YING
IT WAS 9.30am and the children were absorbed in their activity, splattering watercolour on paper as they painted pictures of fruits.
Some of the pictures were painted with overlapping layers of colours, but the children were unperturbed as they continued happily to indulge in their world of colourful fun.
The youngsters were special children, and they were engaged in a watercolour painting activity in an upstairs room at the Children's World Home in USJ 4, Subang Jaya.
Although they were otherwise oblivious to their surroundings, many of them were aware that they had a special visitor that day.
Subang Jaya assemblyman Hannah Yeoh was seated quietly among them, watching them as they dabbed the brightly coloured paints on the paper.
Children's World founder and principal Anne Subashini Sivanathan said some of the children were autistic while some had Down Syndrome.
"We have about 30 children registered with us, but they do not come every day. On a good day, we get about 15 kids," she said.
The children are at the centre for half a day; their parents pick them up in the afternoon. At Children's World, they take part in a host of activities, like reading, writing and painting. They are also taken for swimming sessions at the 3K Complex Subang Jaya.
"We want to help them fit into society by teaching them these skills," Sivanathan said, adding that some could not speak and had bad behavioural problems when they first joined the centre, and it took three to six months to get them to sit down quietly and concentrate on the activity at hand.
The children, she said, had shown tremendous improvement and could now take instructions and understand what they were told.
The children attend a normal primary school at least once a week so that they are entitled to the RM50 monthly allowance from the Welfare Department.
According to Sivanathan, Children's World has been operating for six years now. Parents learn about the place mostly through word of mouth.
While the children there are between six and nine years old, Children's World will accept children up to primary level.
The centre, however, does not just cater for children with special needs. Sivanathan encourages parents with normal children to send them there to mix with the special needs children.
Malaysian Child Resource Institute governor Ruth Liew, who is a specialist in childhood care, education and rights awareness, believes that normal children would be smarter through mingling with special needs children.
Liew, who is also a columnist with The Star, goes to Children's World once a fortnight to give talks to parents about childhood care and education.
According to her, there is often a misconception among parents that normal children would be negatively influenced by special needs children if they mixed with them.
This, though, is not the case, as it actually helps normal children to be better learners when they think of ways of how they can help special needs kids.
"Even now, we have one or two normal children here, and we never tell them that the others are special needs kids. Children are 'blind' to these things, and they are integrating happily with all their friends," Liew said.
She and Sivanathan are starting a website where young parents can obtain resources and information online about raising children. The contents are created with the collaboration of different organisations, doctors and academicians.
Both of them are also linked to the World Forum Foundation, which promotes ongoing global exchange of ideas on the delivery of quality services for young children.
Also volunteering her time to help at the centre is Claire Keow, the principal consultant of Smart Trends Enterprise, which specialises in coaching and training corporate personnel and has programmes for children aiming for excellence.
Growing up as a dyslexic child who could not read or write until she was 10, Keow said she could relate to children with special needs children, as she had once been in the same boat.
"Now that I'm fine and have become smart, I wish to give back to society and serve, and help this group of children with their motor skills, unleash their creativity, enhance their listening skills, and help them focus on achieving the desired results," she said.
Liew suggested that groups be set up in neighbourhoods for the safety and protection of children, so that people could keep a vigilant eye on the young ones.
Yeoh said the visit was an enlightening experience, as she got to see that special children needed the same attention from assemblymen as the other constituents.
"Special children are also part of my constituency, and I want Subang Jaya residents to be aware of this group.
"I have friends with siblings who have special needs children, but many don't want to talk about them and this is unfortunate," said Yeoh.
She said she would attempt to bring resources together to aid the cause, by linking the expertise of the people at Children's World and the connections of the residents associations.
"I wish to introduce this centre to maybe the USJ Residents Association to get both to work together," she added.
Children's World is located at 56, Jalan USJ 4/4B, Subang Jaya. For information, call 03-8025 9910.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Three black former NFL head coaches say the league needs to rethink its Rooney Rule for promoting minority hiring after 15 top vacancies _ eight head coaching jobs and seven general manager positions _ were all filled by white candidates since the regular season ended a month ago.
"I know the concept is good and something we need to do," said Tony Dungy, who was with the Indianapolis Colts during the 2006 season when he became the first black coach to win a Super Bowl. "Obviously, it's not working the way it should."
The Rooney Rule, implemented in 2003, was named for Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Dan Rooney, who steadfastly pushed the league to require every team to interview at least one minority candidate every time there is a coaching or general manager opening.
Before the rule went into effect, the NFL had had only six minority head coaches in more than 80 years. Since it has been in place, 12 have been hired.
But none were hired this year to replace the two black coaches who were fired _ Romeo Crennel in Kansas City and Lovie Smith in Chicago _ and the one fired black GM, Rod Graves in Arizona.
Herm Edwards, former coach of the New York Jets and Kansas City Chiefs and now an ESPN analyst, has called for not only revising the rule but perhaps even changing its name.
"When you use the Rooney Rule and not correctly, you put a little bit of a bad mark on Mr. Rooney's name, and that is not good," Edwards said Wednesday. "If it keeps going this way, we might need to take his name off the rule. It is not being used in the right manner that Mr. Rooney meant it to be."
Robert Gulliver, the NFL's executive vice president of human resources, said that the hiring results were "disappointing" and that he expects to make revisions in the rule.
The Fritz Pollard Alliance, a group of minority coaches and front-office, scouting and game-day NFL officials, wants the Rooney Rule expanded to apply to coordinators, assistant head coaches and club president positions.
Unlike Dungy and Edwards, Jim Caldwell is still coaching, albeit as an assistant. Not only that, his team, the Baltimore Ravens, will play the San Francisco 49ers in Sunday's Super Bowl. But he wasn't even invited to interview for one of the eight vacant coaching jobs, though having a team in the playoffs can be a hindrance to such opportunities.
Fired as the Colts' coach following the 2011 season, Caldwell joined the Ravens as quarterbacks coach. When head coach John Harbaugh fired offensive coordinator Cam Cameron in December, Caldwell was promoted. With his guidance, Baltimore's offense responded.
Caldwell is no stranger to the Super Bowl, having led the Colts there three years ago after replacing the retired Dungy. It was only after Peyton Manning was sidelined for the 2011 season that Caldwell was fired.
"It has been a great rule and it has worked in the past," he said. "Just like anything else, you have to, after a certain period of time, revisit it and take a look and see if it needs a little tweaking. I think it does in this particular case."
Caldwell added: "That's one of the reasons that the Rooney Rule was put in place, because you're trying to avoid those situations, if possible. We're at that stage where guys like Lovie Smith, who didn't get an opportunity, who had won and been very successful previously ... obviously, there's some concern there, and that's why I think the rule is going to be revisited."
Dungy said he believes the entire system is broken. He cited 21 head coaching jobs changing in a three-year span, which he said indicates owners are making the wrong hires regardless of race.
Edwards said he wonders whether minority candidates get interviewed only to satisfy the rule, even though they have no chance of getting the job. He and Dungy noted that the last black head coach hiring _ other than coaches promoted from within, like Leslie Frazier, Raheem Morris, Mike Singletary, Hue Jackson and Crennel _ was Mike Tomlin by Pittsburgh, in 2007.
There are currently four minority head coaches: Tomlin, Frazier in Minnesota, Marvin Lewis in Cincinnati and Ron Rivera in Carolina. Minority general managers include Baltimore's Ozzie Newsome, Detroit's Martin Mayhew, Houston's Rick Smith, the New York Giants' Jerry Reese and Oakland's Reggie McKenzie.
"I am not saying you have to hire a minority candidate. No one is saying that," Edwards said. "I am saying you can't be blinded. It can't be, `Who is the guy to interview to get this out of the way?'"
"The problem I have is you don't really abide by the Rooney Rule the correct way," he said.
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It's the third consecutive year that Regence has boosted rates by double digits. Recently, two other major insurers, Group Health Cooperative and LifeWise Health Plan of Washington, also imposed steep premium increases.
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Jonathan Hensley, Regence's president for Washington, said the increases reflect the company's costs, which include higher medical claims, inflation, prescription drugs and the expenses of treating an aging and less-healthy population.
As a nonprofit company, "we don't raise premiums more than we have to," Hensley wrote in an e-mail to The Seattle Times. Hensley said Regence is losing money on its individual plans and subsidizes them with earnings from its group plans.
Kathleen O'Connor, a Regence customer and founder of CodeBlueNow!, a Seattle nonprofit concerned with health care reform, contends that lack of competition among insurers is one reason for surging premiums, particularly for the self-employed and others who must buy coverage on their own.
Insurers "get away with rate increases in this market because they can," O'Connor said. "I'm not sure why the insurance commissioner is not all over these rate increases."
Stephanie Marquis, spokeswoman for Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler, said claims and other data submitted by the insurers supported the increases they sought.
Kreidler rejected a proposed June rate increase for individual plans from Premera Blue Cross that would have averaged 9.6 percent, but accepted an increase averaging 6.1 percent. He let stand all other requests, approving an average boost of 13 percent at Group Health and 17.6 percent at LifeWise, a for-profit arm of Mountlake Terrace-based Premera.
"Under the law, if the rates can be justified, we have to accept them," Marquis told The Times.
Some customers are switching to cheaper health plans, said Deborah Huntington, vice president of sales at Seattle's Group Health.
Last year, Group Health introduced eight products to join its lineup of a dozen individual health plans. By catering to different population segments, Group Health in the past 15 months has nearly doubled its individual-plan members to 36,000.
But those new customers are facing a 13 percent rise in premiums because Group Health underestimated anticipated medical claims, said spokesman Mike Foley.
Gail Petersen, of Seattle, said having more choices won't make health plans any more affordable.
Petersen, 55, and her husband pay more than $1,400 a month to Regence to cover their family of five and will pay $300 more starting in August.


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This may be of interest to someone searching for their irish descendents and where they may have come from .
This answer was from the following source = YAHOO! ANSWERS -UK AND IRELAND in answer to the questions below
Where did the irish come from originally?
where they always there or were they danes originally?
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The first Irish crossed from Europe after the last Ice Age; they came from the Basque region of Spain,and this strand of DNA is still the most prevalent in Ireland today (over 90% of Irish people have it, in both Y chromosome and mit dna). They were hunter gatherers primarily.
Later, smaller groups of people came down the western seaboard and settled,bringing agriculture, which soon was adopted by the native populace. this was the time of building great monuments such as Newgrange,which, like Stonehenge in England, was sacred to the ancestors and aligned on the midwinter solstice, although in Newgrange it was solstice sunrise rather than Stonehenge's sunset.)
The celts arrived in around 400 BC but there is no evidence that there was any mass immigration from the so-called celtic heartland on the continent,as is proved by the recent dna findings. It would be logical to suppose that the pre-celtic people, who have no name as they did not use writing, also spoke an early form of celtic so could be regarded as proto-celts.
The vikings came to Ireland as well, and left some small genetic stamp mainly around areas of heavy settlement such as Dublin. In the remote west, where gaelic is used most, you get the highest rate of aboriginal dna,and also 'the black Irish' whose darker hair and complexion probably came from their Basque-type ancestors.
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Algae biofuels: the wave of the future
Researchers at Virginia Bioinformatics Institute have assembled the draft genome of a marine algae sequence to aid scientists across the US in a project that aims to discover the best algae species for producing biodiesel fuel. The results have been published in Nature Communications.
The necessity of developing alternative, renewable fuel sources to prevent a potential energy crisis and alleviate greenhouse gas production has long been recognized. Various sources have been tried -- corn for ethanol and soybeans for biodiesel, for example. But to truly meet the world's fuel needs, researchers must come up with a way to produce as much biofuel as possible in the smallest amount of space using the least amount of resources.
Enter algae. Unlike other crops like corn or soybeans, algae can use various water sources ranging from wastewater to brackish water and be grown in small, intensive plots on denuded land. While algae may still produce some C02 when burned, it can sequester C02 during growth in a way that fossil-fuel based energy sources obviously can't.
Scientists in VBI's Data Analysis Core (DAC), Robert Settlage, Ph.D., and Hongseok Tae, Ph.D., assisted in the assembly of the genome of Nannochloropis gaditana, a marine algae that may be capable of producing the lipid yields necessary for a viable fuel source.
"Getting the data is now the easy part. What we're doing in the DAC is enabling researchers to move beyond informatics issues of assembly and analysis to regain their focus on the biological implications of their research," said Settlage.
Further analysis revealed that with fairly straightforward genetic modification, N. gaditana should be capable of producing biofuel on an industrial scale, which may be the wave of the future in fuel research and production.
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A recent decision by the California Court of Appeal imposed a sensible limit on the prohibition of compensation claims by unlicensed contractors under the Contractors' State License Law ("CSLL"), specifically California Bus. & Prof. Code section 7031.
In E.J. Franks Construction, Inc. v. Sahota, --- Cal.Rptr.3d ---, 2014 WL 2526978 (Cal. App. June 5, 2014), a properly licensed sole proprietorship entered into a contract to build a house for the defendants. During construction, the sole proprietorship was incorporated and the sole proprietor's contractor's license was reissued to the corporation. The sole proprietorship's license was valid until April 11, 2005. The license was reissued to the corporation on April 12, 2005, and the corporation continued the work the sole proprietorship began.
The corporation sued the defendants under a quantum meruit theory for extra work performed on the project after April 12, 2005. The case proceeded to trial and the jury reached a verdict in favor of the corporation. Ultimately, a judgment for monetary damages and costs was entered against the defendants, and the defendants appealed.
The defendants argued that Section 7031 barred the corporation's quantum meruit claim because the corporation was not licensed when the contract was executed and, therefore, was not licensed "at all times" during the performance of the contract. The court of appeal rejected this argument, holding that adopting the defendants' position "would not advance the [CSLL's] goal of precluding unlicensed contractors from maintaining actions for compensation."
Unlike the cases cited by the defendants, E.J. Franks did not involve claims for work performed by an unlicensed contractor. All of the work performed on the defendants' house was performed by a licensed contractor – first by the sole proprietorship, and then, without any gap in time or lapse of license, by the corporation. As the court stated: "The purpose of [S]ection 7031 is to deter unlicensed contractors from recovering compensation for their work. It is not intended to deter licensed contractors from changing a business entity's status, and obtaining a reissuance of the license to the new entity, during a contract period."
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Rangers lament limited chances in Game 7 loss to LightningSean Leahy at Puck Daddy 14 hrs ago
NEW YORK — Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final went as you'd expect. It was a tightly-played contest that was scoreless through two periods and once the Tampa Bay Lightning grabbed the lead 1:54 into the third period thanks to Alex Killorn, the frustration levels of the New York Rangers increased.
In Game 7, as they were so successful at all season, the Lightning won battles in the neutral zone, and didn't give their opponents time and space to create many scoring chances. Ben Bishop made 21 saves, and was tested the greatest during a flurry of saves in the third period with Tampa holding a 1-0 lead.
The Lightning played out the final 18:06 of the third period with a lead, shutting down opportunity after opportunity and supressing the Rangers' attack.
According to War on Ice, the Lightning held the Rangers offense to just 11 scoring chances at even strength. Tampa killed off the only two penalties in the game in the second period. New York couldn't generate much, and when they did, Bishop was strong in net, bouncing back again after a tough start.
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Lightning on Rangers' Game 7 dominance: 'Everything is in the past'Sean Leahy at Puck Daddy 1 day ago
Four years ago Wednesday, Steven Stamkos and Victor Hedman skated off the ice at TD Garden following a 1-0 Game 7 loss to the Boston Bruins in the Eastern Conference Final. They left the ice — Stamkos with an adjusted face— as the Bruins celebrated and avoided touching the Prince of Wales Trophy.
You always hear veteran athletes say that when they win a championship or are part of a team that goes deep in the postseason early in their career they think they can get back there every year. The following season begins and they quickly realize just how tough it is to win a championship.
Friday night at Madison Square Garden, the Tampa Bay Lightning will try again to close out the New York Rangers and advance to the Stanley Cup Final. Stamkos and Hedman are the only two players remaining from Guy Boucher's 2011 squad. Following that Game 7 loss to the Bruins, Tampa didn't win a single playoff game until Game 2 in Round 1 of this postseason.
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Vladimir Sobotka decides to stay in KHL for 2015-16 season: ReportSean Leahy at Puck Daddy 1 day ago
Vladimir Sobotka had until this coming weekend to decide whether he would remain in the KHL or return to the St. Louis Blues. On Friday, his Russian side, Avangard Omsk, announced that the forward would be staying with the team for the 2015-16 season.
"Yesterday we had a conversation with Vladimir Sobotka, and we agreed that he is a player of our club for another season," said Omsk presidentVladimir Shalaev, via Google translation. "Vladimir said that he likes to play in our team. He is pleased to provide him playing time and a sense of trust of the coaching staff. He understands that he has become one of the leaders of the team and can realize themselves to the maximum."
Now that Sobotka is staying in the KHL for a second season, Blues GM Doug Armstrong is forced to wait until next May to try and lure the forward back to North America.
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Dan Bylsma hired as Sabres head coach; Penguins receive 2016 third-round pick
It took a little while, but now it's official: Dan Bylsma will be the next head coach of the Buffalo Sabres.
On Thursday morning, the AP reported that Bylsma and the Sabres had an agreement in principle, with only draft pick compensation for the Pittsburgh Penguins left to be determined.
The Penguins didn't seek a draft pick when they let Ray Shero take the GM gig in New Jersey, but they wanted one if Bylsma was to leave. According to TSN's Darren Dreger, the Sabres will give up one of their 2016 third-round picks to Pittsburgh. He also added Bylsma's deal is for five years.
Buffalo doesn't own a 2015 third-round pick, so GMs Tim Murray and Jim Rutherford needed to work out which of the Sabres' four third rounders in 2016 was to change hands. Here are the details from Bob McKenzie:
PIT gets 2016 3rd rd pick from BUF as compensation. Pick was originally NYI but has condition attached to it, so PIT likely getting VAN pick
Even Rex Ryan is excited!
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Keith for Conn; Vegas NHL update; Backstrom has hip surgery (Puck Headlines)
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• We had the same look on our faces when we saw Ryan Callahan finally score the other night.
• Game 7s haven't been kind to the Anaheim Ducks. [OC Register]
• Duncan Keith has played his way into the Conn Smythe Trophy conversation. [Yahoo]
• Friday's Game 7 could be a career-altering one for Ben Bishop. [Bleacher Report]
• If they Rangers want to move on to the Stanley Cup Final, they'll need to find their offense at home. [NY Daily News]
U.S., Canada reportedly grouped together for 2016 World Cup of Hockey
While we know the groups for the 2018 Winter Olympic men's hockey tournament, it's still to be determined whether the NHL will send its players to PyeongChang, Korea.
The NHL and NHLPA will participate, however, inthe 2016 World Cup of Hockey scheduled for Sept. 2016 in Toronto. On Thursday, Vladislav Tretiak, head of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation, revealed the groups for the international tournament during an interview with Russia's SovSport.
Each country will play three games with the top two teams in each group advancing to the semifinals. All games will be played at Air Canada Centre from Sept. 17 to Oct. 1 with the final being a best-of-three series.
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Sharks expected to hire Peter DeBoer as head coach: ReportSean Leahy at Puck Daddy 3 days ago
A little over a week after Todd McLellan joined the Edmonton Oilers, the San Jose Sharks have reportedly found his replacement.
According to ESPN.com's Pierre LeBrun, the Sharks are expected to announce Peter DeBoer as their next head coach sometime this week.
After three years with the Florida Panthers, DeBoer was hired by the New Jersey Devils in 2011, making the Stanley Cup Final in his first year. The following two seasons they missed and he was ultimately fired this past December after a poor start.
One of DeBoer's assistants during that Cup run in 2012 Larry Robinson, who currently works for the Sharks and likely had some input in the selection process for the Sharks.
It was time for a change behind the bench in San Jose. Now what will Wilson do in regards to the roster?
DeBoer's hiring leaves the Sabres and New Jersey Devils as the only teams left without head coaches (we're banking on Jeff Blashill in Detroit) and likely paves the way for Dan Bylsma to head to Buffalo.
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Blues wait for Vladimir Sobotka decision as deadline approachesSean Leahy at Puck Daddy 4 days ago
Whenever Vladimir Sobotka decides to return to the NHL, he owes the St. Louis Blues at least one year of service. That was the result of the qualifying offer sent his way last summer and the arbitration hearing that awarded the forward a one-year, $2.725 million contract. The only problem? The restricted free agent has two years left on a deal with Omsk of the KHL.
Now that both St. Louis and Omsk have seen their seasons come to a conclusion, GM Doug Armstrong is hoping to lure Sobotka back as soon as next season, which would be a nice start to a roster remodeling now that head coach Ken Hitchcock isn't going anywhere.
Whatever happens with Sobotka, this year or in the future, Armstrong and the Blues will be waiting.
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Blues bring back Ken Hitchcock on one-year dealSean Leahy at Puck Daddy 4 days ago
You can cross another name off the list of potentially available NHL head coaches. On Tuesday, the St. Louis Blues and Ken Hitchcock announced they've agreed to a one-year extension.
From the Blues:
Hitchcock, 63, was originally named the 24th head coach in Blues history on Nov. 7, 2011. Since, he has guided the Blues to four straight postseason appearances, three 100-point regular season campaigns and two Central Division championships. In 2014-15, he captured his second Central Division title with the club, while logging the third-best regular season record in franchise history (51-24-7, 109 pts).
With both GM Doug Armstrong and Hitchcock ending the season not committed to another year together, the Blues looked elsewhere for a moment, asking the Detroit Red Wings for permission to speak with Mike Babcock. After the Toronto Maple Leafs won that sweepstakes, bringing Hitchcock back seemed inevitable.
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Confidence carrying Stamkos as scoring touch returnsSean Leahy at Puck Daddy 5 days ago
NEW YORK — Steven Stamkos stood at the podium after Game 5 with a relaxed look on his face. Gone are the days when speculation was rife that he was injured, contributing to his goal drought in Tampa's first eight games of the postseason.
Stamkos wasn't hurt, as he contended during Round 1 into Round 2. But even a multiple Rocket Richard Trophy winner can go through battles with confidence. And while it certainly helped that the Lightning came back in their series against the Detroit Red Wings, it feels good for the Tampa captain to know he's contributing in victories now.
The Lightning won Game 5 against the New York Rangers 2-0 Sunday night, putting them a win away from advancing to their first Stanley Cup Final since 2004. Stamkos scored a power play goal late in the second period to put Tampa up 2-0 and put the game effectively out of reach given the Rangers' inability to breach Ben Bishop, who made 26 saves.
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A "Lil Positivity": Coverboy Camel And Other Prominent African-Americans Who Appear On TIME Magazine's "100 Most Influential People In The World"- By Bossip Staff Categories: A "Lil Positivity", Congratulations, For Your Information
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African Americans That Appear In TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People In The World
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Jay Z embodies so much of what makes New York New York. A kid from a tough neighborhood who grows up in public housing, overcomes lots of bad influences on the street, never lets go of his dream, makes it to the top — and then keeps going, pursuing new outlets for his creativity and ambition. When no one would sign him to a record contract, he created his own label and built a music empire — before going on to design clothing lines, open sports bars and, most recently, represent professional athletes. He's an artist-entrepreneur who stands at the center of culture and commerce in 21st century America, and his influence stretches across races, religions and regions. He's never forgotten his roots — "Empire State of Mind" was a love song to our city — and as a co-owner of the NBA Nets, he helped bring a major league sports team back to Brooklyn, not far from his old neighborhood. In nearly everything he's tried, he's found success. (He even put a ring on Beyoncé.) And in doing so, he's proved that the American Dream is alive and well.
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Ahoy slynn, Dis ere old Pirate cut loose from his children in Philly and lit out for Florida waters selling everything. Wound up living with two wenches and when I thought to include a third well thats when I needed a boat to excape too. I was the one with the seperation anxiety, I still wanted to raise kids not retire! But my children were grown so I remarried and had two more. Now I think its time to go sailing again and who knows mabye my third wife ought to give me a son. See ders worse angles to the problem than you thought. Guilt is a terrible thing to waste.Pirate of Pine Island
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These Guys are *hardcore*!
Is this game going to destroy whatever spare time I have on the PC?
/hasn't been 'into' Civ since Civ 1 really... What can I expect other than a great game?
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I really feel sorry for those music lovers who missed Music Warehouse' "Should've, Would've, Could've" performance Saturday at Piqua High School. Ten talented Music Warehouse alumni excited and enthralled the audience for a short hour and forty-five minutes with a delightful variety of music styles and tempos. The professionalism of the singers, the accompanists, and the sound and light crew put on a show as professional as those found on a Broadway stage.
In his closing remarks, Tom Westfall, producer and director of the show, brought up the rarity of finding so many talented performers in a small Midwestern community. The actual truth is, where can you find a director like Tom Westfall, the Pied Piper who draws such musical talent to his side and who, for 19 years, has molded that talent into outstanding musical performances to entertain our local community at Music Warehouse?
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December 31st, 2010 #1
Minelo's sketchbook - life drawing, photo studies, illustrations...
Hey guys, I decided to put up a sketchbook here to follow my progress and also to get some feedback!
Currently I'm an 18-year-old Finn, studying graphic design/media in Tampere, Finland.
Stay tuned..
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Here's some doodles from yesterday and also some recent works (I need to get my paintings on my computer but I'm never satisfied with the quality since I have to photograph them)
I love the sketch practices at posemaniacs.com so here's some (1 min, 30sec and 10sec practices)
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Also, some other sketches (not timed)
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January 5th, 2011 #3
Some new sketches
February 2nd, 2011 #4
Tough to learn life drawing on pose-maniacs. Any life drawing where you are? Also, you might want to start doing graphic design now, see how you like it, show them you're interested in the main focus of the program.
my sketchbook:
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February 5th, 2011 #5
Hi Keith! Thanks for your comment I try to get people pose for me whenever I have a pen in my hand and they are willing to, haha. When I browsed through the critique section I found this page that i'm now using: http://pixelovely.com/tools/gesture.html, it's a LOT better since the posemaniacs muscles are just flat
Here's some new stuff:
Here's a picture I really liked but after a few days not looking at it I noticed so big anatomy problems it really made me angry that I used so much time on it. (I did the whole sketch and lineart in one night, really wasn't a good idea.
And a dragon-doodle which I might turn into a finished piece some day:
February 22nd, 2011 #6
A sketch and my little brother
May 11th, 2011 #7
Wow, long time no update. I have drawn though
Anyway, here's something I made for Mother's day for my mom.
Mechanical pencil 07mm. about 3-4 hours.
That's me in the upper right!
May 11th, 2011 #8
Hey there! welcome to the CA. Nice work ... I really like your approach to giving all parts of the sketch an equal amount of attention. too often you see people concentrate on only one aspect like the eyes and then everything else suffers. Cant wait to see more!
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May 15th, 2011 #9
Hey shambok, thank you! I never thought about that, very interesting!
June 12th, 2011 #10
Some new stuff: (mostly speedpaints)
July 19th, 2011 #11
Some quick life sketches.
I moved to a new city and right next to me is this big workers' institute where they have courses on life drawing and such. I'm starting one at the start of September, it's only 40 euros for 36 lessons.
July 21st, 2011 #12
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Nice sketchbook so far. Keep it up!
July 22nd, 2011 #14
Another portrait, Anders Fridén from the band In Flames this time
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August 7th, 2011 #15
Doing some concept designing for a comic thing I'm working on while studying some Loomis&Bridgeman.
August 10th, 2011 #16
Diablo 3 fanart!
Here's a WIP and after that the finished piece: (I did it as a request for my boyfriend)
August 16th, 2011 #17
September 25th, 2011 #18
Okay, bunch of pictures I've done in the past month or so: (All of these are about 2-4 hour semi-speedpaints)
Life drawing started! three hours each Tuesday, I couldn't be happier. So, here's my first life drawings: (They're a bit cut-off because of the big size.. Then I photographed the rest)
First three are 4-minute poses:
3min to 1 min poses
40 minutes:
September 25th, 2011 #19
I worked on this for a few days, then I suddenly started hating it.. But I guess I learned something so I'll post it here =p
September 27th, 2011 #20
Life drawing again! I was tired after a long day though, feels like I didn't get the most out of myself.. It was fun nonetheless
September 27th, 2011 #21
Heyya Minelo!
You have some good work here! I really like your sketches in post #17!
Also I love blonde girl in post #18 and the warrior in #19!
I can see that you are doing a lot of good practice too!
Keep up the good work, and keep posting!
See you around!
GreySkill's Sketchbook [critiques very welcome!]
DA Gallery<--- has the newest stuff...
Currently seeking work.
September 27th, 2011 #22
That last face covering your sketchbook is just sweet! keep going!
September 28th, 2011 #23
Thank you, both of you!
Here's an illustration, combining some stuff I've been studying about faces recently
October 2nd, 2011 #24
speed painting again
October 4th, 2011 #25
Life drawing time again.
I am very annoyed with my scanner. I can't find a way to calibrate the contrast, nor can I find an option where I can cancel automatic cropping. I know that not putting anything right next to the side it won't crop, but when I have a paper size A3 it will automatically crop it. It is VERY frustrating.. Hence the missing of legs/arms/anything..
I did some longer poses today.
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The life drawing sketches are great! I look forward to seeing more of your work.
October 11th, 2011 #27
I got the scanner to work! Much better quality now
First today's life drawing's, I did only two, both 40 mins. I used a bit of pencil and charcoal. After that random unreferenced doodles (except the bottle)
October 11th, 2011 #28
Nice stuff! I love the portrait in post #23, her expression is really intense! The contrasting/blueish colors really make the image pop.
Keep up the studies!
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I really like those most recent doodles, and love the feel in the recent charcoal/pencil figure drawings. I like the technique you've got going there.
October 13th, 2011 #30
Thank you, both of you!
Today was a super day of drawing and studying.
My first 'proper' environmental picture.
Muscle studies


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What is extraordinarily odd to me is that the digicam makers haven't caught on and made web-ready cameras that would, you know, have twitter or facebook button on the back or something. It's what the kids want and very easy to implement.
I'm sure someone has done that. It's just really hard to compete with the phone in your pocket that does that exact thing just as well.


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Gents, I would argue that it is a problems of physics BUT that's an engineering problem and Honda is responsible for the engineering in their products.
Honda would not be the first company that simply built a product without testing it in every possible environment. Apparently, when you have an engine of that size, and you design tiny carb jets in order to accomodate a small fuel flow, and then you add US market gasoline and the Arizona climate, you exceed the operating parameters of the engine.
That doesn't mean Honda is evil (that's reserved for Google) just that someone built an engine which is not suitable for that particular market. Perhaps it is a design problem, perhaps there are other ways to feed that size engine in that climate. Doesn't really matter unless you want to argue that Honda should take the engine back due to an inherent design defect.
What might be simpler, and certainly cheaper than chasing avgas, is just adding Sta-Bil or a similar gasoline stabilant to the fuel with (sadly) every filling. These products aren't just high end solvents, they are typically a naphtha base but with some enzymes or anti-oxidants or other "pinch of magic" dissolved in there.
And they've got a track record for preventing gumming and fuel breakdowns.
The other option is to disconnect the fuel (or is that an internal tank?) or do what you must to allow the engine to be RUN DRY after each use. That runs the gas out of the carb, typically preventing gumming in the passages.
Disappointing engineering, disappointing fuel. I wish I could buy pure gasoline for my car, ethanol is just throwing away money and since I burn about 10% more, it isn't really saving on emissions either.
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The Washington Post recently found a record number of Americans support marriage equality, the numbers being 59 percent to 34 percent. While not quite showing supermajority status, that result is largely backed up by another more in depth poll conducted by Public Religion Research, which shows that on the equality front the gay community has a lot to be happy about.
In 2003, the PRR poll showed that less than one-third of Americans (32 percent) favored allowing gay and lesbian people the right to get married, with 59 percent opposed. Now, a clear majority of 53 percent are in favor while there's only 41 percent who oppose marriage equality. The poll also shows that 58 percent of Americans now support same-sex parents adopting children.
Digging deeper, even though only just over 30 percent of Republicans favor marriage equality, the poll shows that when divided by age, the figure starts to look more rosy. Exactly half of millennials who identify as Republican appear to support same-sex marriage. The same holds true with religious opposition. While there are a number of accepting religious denominations, white Protestant Evangelicals still poll against. However, white Protestant Evangelicals from the millennial generation are twice as likely to poll in favor of gay marriage than their older counterparts (43 percent v. 19 percent). Similarly, young African Americans are far more likely to support marriage equality than the average for the entire demographic (59 percent v. 39 percent).
So what does this tell us? Well, it largely supports what we already knew: that marriage equality is obviously gaining ground and that with successive generations it appears that support will only grow stronger. That's not surprising, but it is edifying. Freedom to Marry National Campaign Director Marc Solomon released a statement on the Washington Post's poll, saying:
Bipartisan momentum is overwhelmingly on our side. A supermajority of Americans believe in freedom and fairness, and support is growing at an unprecedented speed.
Overwhelmingly, Americans – no matter where they live, how old they are, or what party they belong to – believe in treating their gay and lesbian family members and friends with dignity and respect by supporting their freedom to marry. It's the right thing to do on both moral and constitutional grounds.
Not so fast though. The PRR has a fly for our ointment.
Its research found that while a majority of Americans may now support marriage equality, many do so while maintaining the belief that gay sex is immoral. Around 51 percent of people said gay sex is wrong while 43 percent said they have no moral objection. What's more, while millennials were more likely to say that they had no moral objection, the difference between them and the general population was only marginal.
What's going on here? Well, it might actually show that with its younger generations America is, on this issue at least, maturing.
While obviously gay rights advocates would prefer if most Americans were able to say they had no moral objections to same-sex sexual activity, the data shows that younger people are recognizing what is a fundamental principle: that despite our personal feelings on someone else's lives, that does not give us, our legislatures or our governments the right to infringe on the private, legal conduct of other people.
This wasn't the case just a few years ago when moral disapproval was the driving force behind, for instance, the federal Defense of Marriage Act which banned the federal government from recognizing same-sex marriages and therein prevented same-sex married couples from accessing a host of benefits. Even as relatively recently as 2008, moral disapproval was the driving force behind California's now overturned ban on marriage equality. It no longer seems like moral disapproval can mobilize like it once did though, and that's a great thing.
So while we might roll our eyes at the notion that this kind of moral disapproval still exists, it doesn't take away from the groundbreaking level of support surrounding marriage equality and does serve to suggest that things are only going to get better as time marches on.
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Hey Ron B. where do you put your penis?
In as much as you type your outrage I think you should respect my beliefs as well.
Hey Mr. Manly man.......muslims kill gay people. seriously, google it. don't rip me a new vagina .....I wish people would really care about people. rather than what hole their dick goes up.
Really...I got news you can't be in a gay marriage+have straight sex. Ignorant IMBECILES.
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd. Bertrand Russell
good explanations of the trends
My thought (like anyone cares) is like this...love is great, marriage is good but requires a lot of work to make it work. I support healthy relationships.
I really don't want to know about your private details. you should be respected for being a person first.
I have no respect for people who hurt others.
that being typed...sometimes what you say or portray may cause things to be construed by other people which may not have the outcome you wanted.
I got fired from my job on Sunday for saying something....
In response to "because it goes against the laws of nature and of God"
-Homosexuality occurs in nature, so obviously it is not against laws of nature.
-God does not exist, so there's no such thing as god's law. (If there were, why doesn't god come & enforce it?)
So, do you have a more realistic explanation as to why "homosexuality is immoral"?
I can't speak for other Gay men, but I can assure all those Christians that I do not lay with women as I would men..
Actually, this is not mysterious at all. The objections to gay marriage from the religious communities is based on passages in the Bible that refer to sexual activity, which says all sorts of wacky things are abominations, from eating bacon to men lying with men as they would with a woman. People have begun to rethink the denial of equal civil rights to LGBT people (Joe Biden was right when he said 'Will and Grace' had had a huge impact on America), and they've grown used to watching gay couples depicted in a positive light - 'Modern Family' is America's favorite sitcom - so acceptance of gay marriage is inexorably on the rise. But if you drill down and start asking about gay sex, the Bible rears it's ugly head, even when we are not conscious of it, even among those who haven't set foot in church in years. And then of course, there is the 12 year old, immaturity factor, as one poster said, and it's little brother, the ick factor, as another pointed out.
I guess they want same sex couples to have sex about as often as many straight couples.
I saw a cartoon this week where a husband and wife are having coffee and the wife says, "Same-sex marriage is nothing new. We've been having the same sex for 25 years."
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The Podschock Winter meet up took place on Feb. 20th and here's the Photo from the end of the Meet up.
Fun was had by all who attended. Podshock crew, Tardis Tara, Eric"Bullit 33", Ian"the6thDoctor"Bisset, Dave "AC" Cooper, Graeme"The2ndDoctor" Sheridan and of Course Thee Presenter, "Mr Podshock" Louis Trapani.
This Week In Doctor Who - February 20, 2010
This Week In Doctor Who
February 20, 2010 - Vol 13, No 7
The weekly guide to Doctor Who broadcasts worldwide since 1998.
by Benjamin F. Elliott
Hello again. After an unexpected 1 week hiatus due to two computers being
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Torchwood: The Musical
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We are holding a Meet and Greet on the Thursday evening before the convention ("Gallifrey Eve," if you like) at the same hotel. It is at 10pm PST on the 25th of February. It is late enough to allow many of people flying in on Thursday to check into the hotel and get some dinner beforehand. The Meet and Greet is an informal (leave the tux at home) gathering where you will have a chance to come by and say hi, meet the Doctor Who: Podshock hosts, correspondents, and regular contributors to the show. Learn more about our Meet and Greet here. If you plan on meeting up with us there, please RSVP here.
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The actor George Waring has died at the age of 84.
The Actor George Waring Died on Monday 15th Febuary fice days short of his 85th Birthday.
He was Known to Classic fans through the Partick Troughton Era Story, The Ice Warriors where he played the Scientist Arden, who Discovers an Ice Warrior burried in the Ice and unfortunately becomes the Warrior's first Victim. The Ice Warriors Story is as of yet not Available on DVD but is probibly obtainable through your Favourite Auction House on VHS.
Blue Peter Competion Winner Announced
News has filtered through Galifrey Base News room that the Winner of the Design a Console for the Tardis Competition, has Been anounced. The Winner In the 11-12 year olds Susannah, Had her Console chosen as the over all winner. Which apparently will be seen in Episode 7 of the New Season.
Further news can be found through the link below.
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The new Series of Doctor Who is reported now to Start in April, and to that a new Trailer will be shown on the BBC on Saturday the 20th of Feb. This Information was released through thier usual Source of Premier PR. Any of you UK based Podshock listners can join us on Saturday in Second Life for the Seasonal meet up, and possibly let us know what you think of the new Trailer. I'll be there in my Tardis Tartan kilt, SL name of Sirius Silvecloud. See you there.
Alien Invasion Week
The Website UKTV is holding an Alien Invasion Week at the Moment. To which They have put up an New Online Torchwood Comic. Also available is an older very Stilized Torchwood comic too.
Also available is an Interview with John Barrowman, And links to The Upcomming Re-showing of Torchwood: Children of Earth staring Monday the 15th at 9pm on Sky Channel 109 and Virgin Media Channel 124. Also being shown on the Same Channels is the Doctor Who TV Movie Staring Slyvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Daphne Ashbrook and Eric Roberts. And this is being shown Thursday 18th February, at 10.20pm. follow the Link below to get to the UKTV website. http://uktv.co.uk/watch/homepage/sid/7305
David Tennant on "Front Row"
More from the BBC Radio 4 iPlayer, which we seem to be able to access here in the US!
Front Row, 7.15-7.45pm
Mark Lawson has the verdict on film The Lovely Bones, directed by Peter Jackson and adapted from the novel by Alice Sebold; David Hare talks about his new radio drama Murder in Samarkand, in which David Tennant plays Craig Murray, former ambassador to Uzbekistan, to be broadcast on Radio 4 Saturday 21 February.
This Week In Doctor Who - February 6, 2010
This Week In Doctor Who
February 6, 2010 - Vol 13, No 6
The weekly guide to Doctor Who broadcasts worldwide since 1998.
by Benjamin F. Elliott
Another week with problems getting the column out, but we have all the
sections this time.
Prime New Zealand will air The End Of Time in February.
7 February 7:30PM - Part One
14 February 7:30PM - Part Two
ABC 1 Australia will also air The End Of Time in February.
This Week In Doctor Who - January 23, 2010
This Week In Doctor Who
January 23, 2010 - Vol 13, No 4
The weekly guide to Doctor Who broadcasts worldwide since 1998.
by Benjamin F. Elliott
Just a quick couple of bits of housekeeping.
1) FOX is talking to Russell T Davies about doing a script for Torchwood. If there is a US or International Torchwood series, it will be covered in Torchwood This Week section like the existing show.
Doctor Who Auction - Costumes and Props from the BBC Archive
Nothing's posted yet, but keep an eye on this site for a Who memorabilia auction:
This Week In Doctor Who - January 16, 2010
This Week In Doctor Who
January 16, 2010 - Vol 13, No 3
The weekly guide to Doctor Who broadcasts worldwide since 1998.
by Benjamin F. Elliott
Prime New Zealand will air The End Of Time in February.
7 February 7:30PM - Part One
14 February 7:30PM - Part Two
ABC 1 Australia will also air The End Of Time in February.
14 February 7:30PM - Part One
21 February 7:30PM - Part Two
Way to go, Gugu!
Martha Jones's sister arrives on these shores! Maybe Sean can have her as a guest at Galli!!!