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Happy Birthday, Carrie Ann Inaba! 10 Things We Love About The DWTS Judge
The prettiest Dancing With the Stars judge (sorry, Len and Bruno) was born on January 5, 1968, so in honor of Carrie Ann Inaba's birthday, we're sharing 10 things we love about the former Fly Girl.
1. She's the only judge brave enough to be on Twitter
It's a pretty thankless gig to be a DWTS judge. All three of them take heat from the passionate fan bases every season, but Team MakSolo fans were especially angry with Carrie Ann during Season 13. She calmly but firmly responded to fans on Twitter @carrieanninaba, standing her ground with dignity as things spiralled out of control around her. Len Goodman and Bruno Tonioli have yet to sign up for such a hazardous duty.
2. She was also brave enough to perform on Madonna's "The Girlie Tour"
One of Carrie Ann's early breaks was performing on Madonna's 1993 world tour — and she had to open every tour performance by sliding down a 50-foot-long fire pole. Oh, and she was also topless with a shaved head. Here's what she said about the topless part, "My family still teases me about this. But I loved it! I thought it was so amazing to be given an opportunity to be a little different, to be edgy and not what a TYPICAL, stereotypical Asian woman is represented as usually. I took it as a challenge. The original idea was for the show to be filled with androgyny. I loved the idea and wanted to find the beauty in that type of performance. It was risqué but it was so exciting to see how people reacted to it every night."
3 She was a Japanese pop star
Carrie Ann not only dances — she sings! She also speaks Japanese and reportedly lived in Tokyo from 1986 to 1988, where she is said to have released the pop songs "Party Girl," "Be Your Girl," and "Yume no Senaka." Watch her give a tour of Tokyo in this Tokyology video.
4. She's not afraid to be silly
The celebs and pros always look wonderfully bizarre in the wild DWTS costumes, but Carrie Ann has definitely been to Crazy Costume Town herself. She played "Fook Yu" in Austin Powers in Goldmember. As she said in an interview about Asian Americans in entertainment, "I think there is a lot of me in Fook Yu. She is just having fun. I loved being Fook Yu, I still am. (I don't [wear] the outfit anymore but that's still me. I'm not going to pretend like it was some major acting role because it wasn't but she's always going to be a part of me..) She's someone I would love to hang out with once in while. She just loves to smile and have fun and the world is a nice happy place to her."
Watch Carrie Ann in Austin Powers here:
5. She's honest ... about not being BFFs with J.Lo
Carrie Ann and Jennifer Lopez were both Fly Girls on the 1990s TV show In Living Color. Carrie Ann talked to Wendy Williams about the experience, including how weird it was that people would look at the cast photo and confuse the two of them — when Jennifer is Latina and Carrie Ann is Asian. Wendy asked if she and J.Lo were friends. "Well, we worked together," Carrie Ann said. "Not always — you know, when you have a room full of five girls, strong personalities, you don't always get along. That's all." She laughs. Wendy says, "That means 'Read between the lines, Wendy, and stop talking.'" Carrie Ann laughs again. "Next subject!"
6. She's also honest about how she met her fiance
It's not easy for anyone to meet Mr. Right, even a beautiful celeb. Carrie Ann said she met her fiance, Jesse Sloan, on eHarmony. She didn't post a photo or say who she was, but she was honest about her love for cats. Hey, it worked. Jesse proposed to her on TV this past March while she was co-hosting Live With Regis and Kelly.
7. She really, really loves cats
Carrie Ann has described herself as a "crazy cat lady." She has five cats and sometimes tweets photos of the little cuties. "My cats are my life. If I could, I'd love to open up a sanctuary specifically for cats," Carrie Ann told the NY Daily News. "Maybe I'm a little crazy, but I was even before my cats."
8. She has a big heart
Beyond cats, we can always count on Carrie Ann to be the judge who tears up with genuine, heart-felt appreciation after any powerful DWTS routine. If you dance a Waltz dedicated to your mom or just have a special connection with your partner, Carrie Ann will notice and comment about it. The other judges may focus more on specific ballroom dance techniques, but Carrie Ann goes for the heart.
9. She stands up for others
The judges bicker every week, but we know they care about each other and it was nice to see Carrie Ann immediately jump in to defend Len when Maksim Chmerkovskiy made his comment that maybe it was time for Len to retire. She is not afraid to speak up on behalf of herself or other people, but she never does it in a nasty, mean-spirited way. She can be sensitive and even sharp, but never cruel.
10. She's gorgeous
We should all look so good at 24, never mind 44. Every week, after we're done checking out what Brooke Burke-Charvet has on, we look to see what gown and jewels Carrie Ann is wearing at the judges' table. She always looks stunning. Carrie Ann was on the cover of Natural Health a couple of months ago, talking about her food and fitness routine. As she told the mag, "Dancers aren't exactly known for their healthy eating habits." She changed her pattern of "eating thin" to a more healthy, anti-inflammatory diet. For exercise, besides dancing she does kickboxing, yoga, Pilates, works on her organic garden and chases after all those cats. Whatever she's doing, it's working.
Happy b-day, Carrie Ann!
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Mayo Plans Staff Cuts
Nearly 200 jobs in western Wisconsin are being cut, in a cost-saving measure
by Mayo Clinic Health System. The company says it will contract out 188 medical transcriptionist jobs by November 1st to Amphion Medical Solutions, based in Madison. Mayo said the move will save them 40 percent in expenses and it will try to re-assign affected employees to other openings within the company. It says Amphion will also discuss openings within their business. Mayo released a statement saying it hopes to minimize the impact of the move as much as possible.

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) Lawmakers in the West said Friday they will keep pushing to lift federal protections for gray wolves despite a proposed settlement between environmental groups and the Obama administration.
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A Somali refugee has thanked Peter Maurer for the ICRC's role in tracking down his family in conflict-afflicted Yemen. Muxammad Diiriye is a typical story of the practical cooperation between the British Red Cross and the ICRC that reunites hundreds of families separated by war and violence.
Mr Diiriye explained to ICRC president Peter Maurer how he had approached the Red Cross in Britain in August 2011. He wanted to find his daughter, mother-in-law and 10 other members of his family who had fled the violence of Somalia for Yemen and then disappeared. For more than a year he had no contact with them.
An ICRC team based in Sana'a, the capital of Yemen, found Mr Diiriye's family while on a field trip in November 2011. ICRC delegates delivered a Red Cross message from Mr Diiriye and the family wrote a reply. Mr Diiriye and his family were then able to get back in contact via phone.
"It was the happiest day of my life," Mr Diiriye told Mr Maurer, who was on his first official visit to London. "I am so grateful," he said, adding that it had been particularly hard to find his family, who were in a remote area of Yemen "To find my family in such chaotic conditions, that made me so thankful to the Red Cross."
Mr Diiriye is himself lucky to have escaped from Somalia alive. In 1996 he was almost killed in a roadside ambush. An arduous journey overland through Africa ensued, followed by a flight to London. Once in London, Mr Diiriye was astonished to discover that his chest still contained a bullet, which British surgeons were able to remove.
Every year, the British Red Cross International Tracing and Message Service receives more than a thousand requests to find family members lost overseas. In 2011 it traced 332 people through the combined network of the ICRC and National Societies in the Red Cross and Red Crescent movement.


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Mr. Julius Mark Merritt, 77 died Friday, April 13, 2012, in Starkville. He was born March 23, 1935 in Dothan, Ala.
He is preceded in death by his first wife, Susan Hagerman Merritt of North Little Rock, Ark., and his parents, Julius Mark Merritt Sr. and Sybil Merritt of Hattiesburg.
He is survived by his wife Nellah Taylor Merritt of Starkville; son, Julius Mark Merritt, III (Trey) of North Little Rock, Ark.; daughter and son-in-law, Michelle Merritt Banes and Charles "Kip" Banes of Starkville, and daughter and son-in-law, Connie Alred Simpson and Stanley Simpson of Flora. He leaves behind grandchildren Mark Banes and Sarah Banes of Starkville, and Sydney Simpson and Andie Simpson of Flora.
Mark worked as a Mechanical Engineer his entire career. He grew up in Hattiesburg and was a graduate of Mississippi State University. He was an Army veteran.
Visitation will be held 2 p.m. Thursday, April 19 at First Methodist Church followed by a Memorial Service at 3 p.m.
In lieu of flowers family request memorials be given to SOAR, Starkville Oktibbeha Achieving Results, a community foundation.
You may go online and sign our guest register at http://www.welchfuneralhomes.com [1].
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Ordered chana shaag, dal masala, shrimp korma, and naan. Food was excellent, particularly the chana shaag. Very little ghee /oil was used, which I prefer. Most Indian dishes require it, but I don't like my curry drowning in oil. Not very spicy either and fairly inexpensive. Only complaint - my date asked for bottled water and the waitress said, "you don't like this water?" - referring to tap. As if it were personal! But the food was great, so I'll make it there again.


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the crime, the stolen jewellery and the battery of Neelam's mobile phone.
So where does Hira come in?
According to Sharma, his daughters, along with a local reporter, decided to "confirm" the police's findings with the parrot. "My mother was very attached to Hira. He has been with us for over two decades. We took the names of all the people in the house in front of him, including my brother, the milkman, and my cousin Ashutosh. Hira started squawking when we took Ashutosh's name," Pallavi, one of Sharma's daughters, said.
According to Sharma, the parrot's contribution to the case was limited to only "reacting excitedly" to Ashutosh's name. Pallavi, however, insisted that Hira "nodded when I took Ashu's name".
"We have lived with him so long… We know his language, my father does not, and he did nod at Ashu's name," she said stoutly.
What father and daughter agree on is that the family never communicated Hira's "clues" to the police. "It was just a confirmation for us, nothing else. How can my Hira become a detective?" Sharma said. The police, he said, had done "the best work I have seen in my 40 years as a journalist".
Sharma, however, also said that at the police press conference to announce the cracking of the case, he had announced that he started to believe the police's theory only after Hira reacted to Ashutosh's name. "I am a journalist, so I know reporters need masala. In this case my Hira became the masala… it spread like wildfire," Sharma said.
And how does Hira feel about it all?
On Friday evening, the international celebrity sat inside his cage, peacefully cracking a few nuts. His family, eager to demonstrate his detective skills, took several names before him. Hira neither nodded nor reacted excitedly. When The Indian Express approached him for a comment, he ruffled his feathers and cracked some more nuts.
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Chivas Regal 'a legend reborn' by Euro RSCG London
Euro RSCG London has launched an online film to celebrate the history of Chivas Regal's 25-year-old luxury whisky.
The ad charts the whisky from its birth in 1909, through its discontinuation during Prohibition and the Great Depression, to its relaunch in 2007 when master blender Colin Scott reincarnated the brand.
The three-minute film, which is narrated by actor Joseph Fiennes, uses genuine black-and-white still photography that has been manipulated into a 3D-style, through which the camera zooms and pans.
It was created by Russell Schaller and Ben Clapp, and directed by Alon Ziv and Shay Hamias through th1ng.


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The Washington Wizards have signed veteran forward Al Harrington.
The Wizards are Harrington's seventh NBA team as he enters his 16th season. He's averaged 13.7 points and 5.7 rebounds in 947 career games.
Harrington played in only 10 games with the Orlando Magic last season because of a right knee injury.
Wizards President Ernie Grunfeld said Wednesday that Harrington will give the team additional depth on the frontcourt.
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Unfortunately, it's always the same when major shows are filmed outside the US/Canada. It's nice to have them but the matches tend to be sub par and the stories don't get progressed much! I guess Vince likes to keep the good stuff for the 'home' fans!!
I remember the few PPV's they used to do in the UK, like Rebellion! It was nice to have them but generally the matches were just like standard weekly show matches and you'd never get a major title change at one, maybe the Women's or European title, at a push!!
Only Summerslam '92, has been a really good show outside the US/Canada.


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He wore an embroidered barong shirt. She wore a lacy gown over the moose-hide slippers her grandma had sewn. His Filipino relatives cooked up a feast of pancit and caldereta, and her family read an Apache wedding song and performed the ceremony that joined their Athabaskan heritage with Filipino culture.
Margaret Hoffman '03 found her first boyfriend in eighth grade, when "E.J." David moved to Barrow, Alaska, from the Philippines. She and David linked up again during their senior year of high school and then courted across the globe for 12 years, through her Willamette biology degree and Peace Corp stint, and his doctorate program in psychology in Illinois. Dating sometimes required a 5,500-mile commute.
Their honeymoon this summer was as adventurous as their courtship. After the festivities died down, they guided their kayak into the current of the Yukon River and paddled almost 300 miles downstream to her grandmother's fish camp. The summer solstice sun lit up the midnight sky as they passed bears, eagles and moose along the banks, along with abandoned villages almost given over to wilderness.
"You can't drive to any of these towns," Hoffman says. "We stopped in some of the villages and fish camps, and everywhere we stopped, someone knew my mother or grandmother. It's a huge area, but a small population, so everyone knows everyone."
Hoffman now works with the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium while David teaches psychology at the University of Alaska Anchorage. It's no coincidence that she's practicing health outreach to Alaska Natives; she's had her mind focused on that goal since her teens.
She studied biology at Willamette and then got her start in community health as a Peace Corps volunteer in Nicaragua. "I heard about Peace Corps in high school and always knew I wanted to do it," she says.
In Nicaragua, Hoffman worked at a health outpost in San Lucas, a coffee-farming village in the northern mountains. Her mud adobe house lacked electricity and running water, but it didn't feel like a lack to her, and she had plenty of tropical sunshine from the window and door, always left open.
She worked with pregnant women and mothers, discussing health issues -- from basic nutrition and hygiene to more sensitive matters such as self-esteem and reproductive health. "We had one overly stretched nurse," she says, "so prevention was all the more important." She met mothers in their homes with their babies, and sipped endless cups of local coffee while she taught them how to cook with leafy greens and soy, and explained birth control in her steadily improving Spanish.
"I loved not living with TV, really being connected with people and connected to the land," she says. "I was never on pavement. Without all the distractions, I felt 'in the moment.'"
The simple rural lifestyle is reminiscent of the life her Athabascan mother and grandma lead. Two hundred people make a good-sized village, and people keep their doors unlocked in her mom's hometown of Ruby, Alaska. "It's a collective culture," Hoffman says. "Everyone has to work together to survive. Hard work is a common cultural value -- with farming in Nicaragua and subsistence living in Alaska -- but people are happy."
She worries about the loss of a rich culture as Alaska Natives transition from a subsistence hunting and gathering lifestyle to a cash economy. "Gas is expensive in the villages," Hoffman says. "Imagine paying $5 to $6 a gallon, and almost $9 in one village. Now people depend on motorboats to check their fishnets. And culturally, kids want to play video games rather than pick berries. It takes a whole family to sustain a traditional lifestyle."
Now that she's back in Alaska, Hoffman hopes to settle in for a while. Since returning from her float down Alaska's longest river, she's been busy at her new job with the health consortium. Her outreach position allows her to spend time in the villages, where she surveys people's diets -- always promoting traditional Native foods. She also spends a few hours a week at the Anchorage Neighborhood Health Center discussing diabetes prevention and care with the Hispanic community.
The romance that circled across half the globe has found its way home, as has her passion for Native healthcare. "I'm always away -- away and further away from the heart of my motivation," she wrote home from Nicaragua. "My tie is stretching out very thin, yet it's so important to me and I desperately want to strengthen it. I'm still young and idealistic, and I never want to lose my idealism. I've been so blessed in my life, these blessings have to be used to give back."


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HIRED killers have forced the record industry to shut a key pirate-busting office in South China. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, the record industry body that fights CD piracy, has closed its branch office in Canton because the CD pirates have taken out contracts on the office staff.
The IFPI says it "heard from reliable sources that hit men had been contracted on behalf of CD factories". The director-general, Nic Garnett, says: "We are looking to the Chinese authorities to provide us with the necessary security to carry on our operations."
China is the largest market in the world for music piracy, but so far the pirates have mostly made low-tech cassettes. Now the Chinese are moving up-market and into CD technology
China has 30 pressing plants, a tenth of the world total, producing 75 million music CDs, computer CD-ROMs and video CDs a year. The IFPI believes ...
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Thing is, it's not whether there should be a death penalty for seriel killers (that's a given in Islam but seen as a violation of seriel killer's human rights by EU leaders) but for moral offences like homosexuality.
Talk about the clash of cultures. In Sweden the media was afloat in pro-gay imagery for "pride week" and even the large music festival held for families in Stockholm (and televised on state TV) at a popular park featured a cross-dresser performer and a guy singing something about homosexuality and even proping a pole in a strategic location of his body -- wonder what the kids were asking after these performances.
However, never fear -- the Muslim population is not big enough in Europe (yet) to start altering laws, but in a few generations it will be. Should be interesting to see a continent of secular hedonists deal with a large population of people who hold to laws similar to the penalties in the Old Testament. My money is on the Muslims to be victorious.
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The following post is taken directly from one of my hand-printed Reader's Journal. I will be sharing these reflections each week on the Rivera Runs Through It blog. The date at the end of each post is the date of the original writing, which is typically the date I completed the book. The reflections are short, but represent my initial reactions to a book, a brief summary of the book or the questions it raised for me at the time. I hope you enjoy this segment in my blog and feel free to comment on what you read here.
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings Part Two) by J.R.R. Tolkien
Once again I am left, on the edge of my seat, anxiously awaiting the continuation of the story. It was an excellent story, however the tale has not yet come to an end... The first Lord of the Rings movie comes out next week - I hope they remain true to the book!
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Hey Dumb Billy didn't you tell the forum you had photos of Zimmy's bleeding "Broken Nose"!!!! When are you going to share them with the forum?Originally Posted by Gary
Hey Dumb Billy didn't you tell the forum you had photos of Zimmy's bleeding "Broken Nose"!!!! When are you going to share them with the forum?Originally Posted by Gary
If you look at his nose, you can see the cut or abrasion on the bridge & the shape looks like it's broken.Originally Posted by rastaman
And of course, there's the abrasion on Trayvon's fourth finger.
Broken Nose is associated with blood! Shouldn't blood have flowed out of Zimmy's nose on to his T-shirt?Originally Posted by JDubya
Martin hands were bruised b/c he was standing his ground and used the only weapons he had......HIS HANDS.
Not necessarily.Originally Posted by rastaman
Not all broken noses bleed. Some people have one & don't even know it.
All the rest is speculation.
The eyewitness says he saw Martin sitting across Zimmerman's chest hitting him with MMA (mixed martial arts) punches.
Sorry, but I just kinda doubt Zimmerman would've walked up to Martin & assaulted him.
If I understand correctly, Zimmerman did not identify himself as Neighborhood Watch nor explain why he was following Martin. Nor did Zimmy warn Martin that he was an Armed Neighborhood Watch officer. Point is, Martin did not know whether Zimmerman was a Threat!Originally Posted by JDubya
I wish it was nickles and dimes. My kid expects at least 20 bucks each time.Originally Posted by JDubya
You just proved the defenses case.Originally Posted by nondual
Is there any precidence for the 911 operators suggestions to have to be followed by law?Originally Posted by Telos
Martin would have to prove he was in fear for his life to fall under SYG. Where was the threat from Zimmerman?
How could Zimmerman get away when Martin was sitting on his chest?Originally Posted by Hawkeye2j


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Oct. 14, 2013
STILLWATER — Oklahoma State held its annual Winter Sports Media Day this afternoon, with Cowboy Basketball, Cowgirl Basketball and Cowboy Wrestling represented with the local media. Here are some quotes from select men's basketball players as well as head coach Travis Ford as they prepare for the 2013-14 season.
Senior guard Markel Brown
On what makes this year different
"We have a target on our back now. Normally in the past, we have had to prove ourselves. This year, everyone knows that we are good and are aiming to beat us. We have a target on our backs this year and every night, someone is going to come out trying to beat us. I think it's a great thing. We just have to go out there and live up to all these expectations."
On having four top-10 returning scorers in the Big 12
"It gives us a lot of confidence. Especially with the new rules this year. Offense is going to be the focal point of this team. Like (Phil) Forte said, anyone on this team can go off, and that's what makes this team so special."
On adjusting to the new rule
"It's very hard. We play a good and physical defense. It's going to be a challenge, but we have been working on it throughout practice."
On having Brian Williams back
"It's very important to have him back. Brian does a lot of stuff for this team that doesn't show up on the stat sheet. He plays great defense, and brings toughness to this team. We couldn't ask for a better X-factor on this team than Brian."
Redshirt junior post Michael Cobbins
On entering his junior season
"I look back at our freshman year and how we came in and who we went against in practice. I consider it to be a big learning curve. I was glad that I did it (redshirted) because I learned so much in the offseason and going up against Marshall (Moses) and them and learning the physicality of what it takes to play down low. It was a great learning year for us."
On weighing 230 lbs right now
"Right now, we're maintaining it and doing good with the all-you-can-eat diet. But I'm not having any problems with it."
On transition with new players
"It's going to be a little different. Those are some big shoes I have to fill in. Coach (Ford) has told me my role on the team and what I need to do. I feel prepared and ready to go."
On what he sees in the younger players
"I see a little bit of us. A lot of young guys ready to play right now and they'll learn a lot during their time here and get better and probably be where we're at right now as juniors and seniors."
On the high expectations for the season
"We just have to put that on the back burner. We know we have a great team and we just have to do everything we can to get there.
On motivation coming from high expectations or how last season ended
"I'd say it's a little bit of both. More so, the way last season ended than the preseason hype this year. None of us finished the way we wanted to last year and we just wanted to continue where we left off and get better."
Junior wing Le'Bryan Nash
On the hype coming into this season
"It can be very special for us. Everybody is talking about how we're one of the top teams, so it's a high expectation for us. Hopefully, we can deliver."
On what the fans can expect from Homecoming & Hoops
"It's going to be a wonderful show. There are a lot of shooters on the team now, so you're going to see a lot of three-point shots taken. We're still athletic, so you're going to see a lot of dunks. You're going to see us getting after it. We promised each other this year that we're going to play for the crowd and we're going to play for each other."
On what defines this team
"We're still looking for what defines us. We're still adjusting, and now we're adjusting to the new rules that we heard about last Saturday. We still identify ourselves as a defensive team like last year, where we're trying to force turnovers. We have to adjust to the rules and find out what we can do well now."
Redshirt junior wing Brian Williams
On entering his junior season
"Time flies, we're really supposed to be seniors but we're juniors and we've learned a lot. We've watched a lot of guys in front of us and watch a lot of guys pass through in and out. We were just waiting on our time and now it's here."
On his health
"I feel great. I'm glad I'm back 100 percent and I'm ready to get out there."
On missing the first half of last season
"I feel like a gained a lot more respect for guys that have to do rehab. I was in the training room everyday before and after practice doing what I had to do to get back healthy. I had to do some other stuff too that the other guys were doing. It was a learning process but I'm glad it's over and ready to play ball."
On his effectiveness when he returned last season
"It was somewhere in the 60-70 percent (range). It wasn't until after the season that I really started to get back healthy. I didn't have any time to during the season, I just had to hop back in and do what I could. And now I'm back and ready to go."
On goals for this season
"We just have to stay focused and keep our eyes on the prize. Obviously, we want to just take it one game at a time and win a Big 12 Championship and take it one game at a time and win the NCAA Championship."
Sophomore guard Phil Forte
On the team's goals
"Getting knocked out in the first rounds of the NCAAs last season is still fresh in our mind. There are so many great teams we play this year. The Big 12 is very deep this year, and we are going to take this season game by game. A deep run in March is what we have been working towards all off-season."
On having four top-10 returning scorers in the Big 12
"I think it just shows how much talent this team has and I think everyone is aware of that. Since day one, we have just been focusing on playing as a team. We feel like if we can share the ball as a team, it will only benefit us more. There's going to be nights where we just have to find the guy who has the hot hand, and roll with him."
On the new rule
"It's different. They're trying to take out the physical part of the game. They want to see a lot more scoring because of this. We had a scrimmage this past weekend, and it took some time to adjust to the new rules. Any touch on the hip is a foul now, but I feel like the team that can adjust the quickest will benefit the most. Whether we like it or not, that is the way the game is played now."
Sophomore guard Marcus Smart
On how he feels being back on campus after making the big decision to return for his sophomore year
"It feels great. This is a special team this year. We have a lot of key players back, and we have some great freshmen coming in, like Stevie Clark, Leyton Hammonds and Jeffrey Carroll, and Gary Gaskins, our junior-college transfer. We've brought all the pieces together, and we're just tuning everything up in practice."
On the hype coming into this season
"This year, more than any year we've ever had here, is unique for us. We are a very special group here, and the brotherhood on this team is stronger than it's ever been, even more so than last year. There are a lot of expectations behind us. We're going to try to live up to them, but that's not going to define us as a basketball team."
On if experience helps with the new rule changes in place this year
" With that experience, we can understand the rules and know that when guys play us, there are going to be a lot of exotic zones and defenses against us. We can keep our team calm and collective. I heard this one saying, someone said, 'What is pressure?' Pressure is not knowing what you're doing. With that experience, you know what you're doing, so pressure is taken out of the equation."
On if coming back for another year is still fresh on his mind
"I mean, I wouldn't say it is as much as it was a couple of months ago, but it's still there. It was a real big deal for us. It showed how much everybody cared about us coming back that they stopped what they were doing, got out of class and came out to support us. It was a big deal, but it's not as fresh as it was a couple of months ago."
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"We're excited about our team. I think any coach gets excited whenever you have some returning players that played significant roles from the year before. That's what we have, a lot of returning players who have experience, who experienced some success last year. Hopefully we've learned a lot from last year. Hopefully, our guys fully understand what makes us a good basketball team and what holds us back at times."
"It's been good that we've gotten the early start time for practices because what it's allowed us to do is have more competition. I have not yet put a starting five together or anything like that. I have always divided the teams evenly in practice, which in turn has given us an incredible amount of competition. It's a high level of competition in practice because these guys are going against each other. We've made the teams as fair as possible, and it's because of the early start time that we've been able to do that. When you've had the later start time, you go ahead and try to put your top five or six together and you're a little more rushed. But this basketball team has been very competitive in practice."
"I think in two weeks, we've had one bad practice that I would consider not very good or productive. Their attitudes have been great and we've had good leadership. As for the returners, none of the returners have surprised me; they've all kind of been what we thought. Some of the new guys have surprised a little bit. It has been different, though, the early start time is different. It has made us really analyze how you manage this early start time. You have to manage it, especially with a returning team. If you have a really young team and nobody knew what they were doing, it would probably go by a little bit quicker. With our team, veteran guys, we can already tell they're ready to play against somebody else. We've still got two and a half more weeks before we play our first exhibition game, so we really have to manage it."
On the new rules
"From talking to our head of officials, Curtis Shaw, and to different people, they said it's the most defining rule change that they've ever seen, and that it's going to change the game probably more than anything has changed the game since the three-point line. We've talked to our team about how I think it helps us in many ways on the offensive end; how we play and do certain things. I think some people are going to take this rule to say you can't play defense. I think the team that says, 'Hey, we're going to figure out how to be a great defensive team within the rules', I think those are the teams that are going to be successful. You can still play great defense, you can still stop teams if you adapt to the rules. But you just can't say, as the officials are saying, that they want it all to be offense. They'll tell you that. Now they don't care about winning and losing. We all understand that defense and rebounding wins. It wins championships, it wins games. Officials don't care about that, it's not their problem. But for us, we understand defense wins and we have to learn to play great defense within the rules."
On having a mature player like Marcus Smart
"There are not many people who approach their job like Marcus Smart does. Not just our players, but anybody. We have scouts come in here every day. I tell them all the same thing … 'you're about to see the hardest working guy out here and he's going to be the most vocal'. I don't care what you day you come. I don't care if it's the second practice of the day, or the day after a game, or the day before game. Whatever it may be, he does it the same way every single day I've ever been around the young man. As hard as he possibly can, with the most enthusiasm and energy, and he's always leading and talking in everything that he does. I think that's uncommon for anybody. So my expectations are I don't expect to have everybody like that. I hope some of it rubs off and it can become contagious within our program. But there's not many that lead and get it like he gets it."
On handling preseason expectations
"We've talked a lot about the expectations. You embrace them in the right way. We've talked a lot about how we ended the season last year. We don't hide anything because it's all out there. They get it; they get told how great they're supposed to be when they're walking across campus every day. I said that's great that they feel that way about you, but as we use the phrase, 'great expectations haven't won anything for anybody, ever'. Just because you're supposed to win something doesn't mean that it's automatically going to happen for you. You have to be humble enough to understand that you have a chance to be a good basketball team, or they wouldn't be talking about you. So you have a chance. So what are you going to do with the opportunity that you have, because you do have some good players and you've got some guys returning. So be humble enough to understand the expectations, but be hungry enough to try to back them up as best as you can."


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This is the second in a four-part series reviewing the Minnesota Twins' 2012 season and looking ahead to 2013.Monday: Starting pitchersTuesday: Relief pitchersWednesday: OutfieldersThursday: Infielders and catchersON THE ROSTER (alphabetical order): Alex Burnett (4-4, 3.52 ERA), Jared Burton (3-2, 2.18 ERA), Matt Capps (1-4, 3.68 ERA), Brian Duensing (4-12, 5.12 ERA), Casey Fien (2-1, 2.06 ERA), Jeff Manship (0-0, 7.89 ERA), Lester Oliveros (0-0, 5.40 ERA), Luis Perdomo (0-0, 3.18 ERA), Glen Perkins (3-1, 2.56 ERA), Tyler Robertson (2-2, 5.40 ERA), Anthony Swarzak (3-6, 5.03 ERA), Kyle Waldrop (0-1, 2.53 ERA)LOOKING BACK: The Twins entered 2012 with a group of relative unknowns in the bullpen, yet Minnesota saw a few relievers emerge as reliable options out of the pen.Among them was left-hander Glen Perkins, who signed a three-year contract extension during spring training and went on to be Minnesota's best reliever. He began the season as the set-up man to closer Matt Capps. But wh...
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Felon Sentenced To 28 Months In Prison For Illegally Possessing Weapon
PITTSBURGH, Pa. ‑ A resident of Pittsburgh, Pa., has been sentenced in federal court to 28 months in prison followed by 30 months of supervised release on his conviction of violating federal firearms laws, United States Attorney David J. Hickton announced today.
United States District Judge David S. Cercone imposed the sentence on Herman T. Moore, 24.
According to information presented to the court, on July30, 2010, Moore, a convicted felon, possessed an Astra, .380 caliber pistol. Moore was previously convicted in the Court of Common Pleas, Allegheny County on Dec. 4, 2008, of the crime of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. This is a crime that is punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year. Federal law prohibits anyone who has been convicted of a crime punishable by a term of imprisonment exceeding one year to possess a firearm.
Assistant United States Attorney Charles A. Eberle prosecuted this case on behalf of the government.
This case was prosecuted as part of the Pittsburgh Initiative To Reduce Crime (PIRC), a collaborative effort by federal, state and local law enforcement agencies, prosecutors and communities to prevent and deter the commission of violent crime in the City of Pittsburgh.
U.S. Attorney Hickton commended the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of Moore.
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The first beach event from the makers of the Copa Cabana tournament. 7 pitches of coastal sand, a private bar, beach and stage for the entertainment. It's the complete package. Capacity of 500 so teams we'll be limited to 32 teams.
Thanks to everyone who came to Copa del Soul 2011 in the erratic weather of Ingoldmells!
The winners, somewhat expectedly and reassuringly were the GB Open team playing with themselves (again GB Open 2) in a rain drenched final just like last year.
The overall event was bright and sunny though and saw many a massive lightning storm bypass us on Saturday!
Both parties were epic ending shortly past 3am both nights and leaving many competitors feeling the burn the following day but all in the spirit of the event and in the spirit of beach ultimate. BULA would have been proud!
The results! Winners...GB Open B 2nd GB Open G 3rd GB Mixed Masters
Great work by GB teams scoring so high up in their prep for Worlds in August!
Plate was won by Cambridge, the Spoon by Red and the Party award hard earned by Razzle Dazzle for their recreation of the moon landing.
The most important award, that being the BULA Spirit of the Game, was claimed by the GB Women squad! They received some gear donated kindly by Discraft! Special mention goes to UCL and Superfly who tied for 2nd place in spirit.


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Syria's increasingly powerful Islamist rebel factions rejected the country's new Western backed opposition coalition and unilaterally declared an Islamic state in the key battleground of Aleppo, a sign of the seemingly intractable splits among those fighting to topple President Bashar Assad.
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Swift Current Mayor Jerrod Schafer was recently asked to moderate a session at the 2014 Annual Saskatchewan Urban Municipality Association's (SUMA) convention to be held in Regina.
"I have attended many SUMA conventions over the years and was pleased to have been asked by the Saskatchewan Parks and Recreation Association to participate this year as a moderator. I will have an opportunity to lead discussions with panel members from rural and urban municipalities in Alberta and Saskatchewan on how regional recreation collaboration needs to be discussed by municipalities in order to continue to meet the increasing demands for recreation programming and opportunities," Schafer said.
The presenters will outline and discuss some of the best practices and strategies that have taken place within Saskatchewan and beyond which should be very valuable to all who attend.
"Obviously we attempted a strategy here that wasn't successful or well received and that's a good lesson learned not only for our region, but for many who are struggling with funding recreation into the future. However, we can't ignore the inevitable that in order to offer residents of regions that include both rural and urban governments a high quality of life, we need to identify new strategies for funding recreation in partnership so that it remains affordable and accessible." said Schafer.
The Saskatchewan Urban Municipalities Association (SUMA) is the provincial voice of urban municipal governments representing cities, towns and villages. Topics that will be discussed at the February 2014 convention range from regional planning and development to legislative items to government relations.
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In the Gossip Girl series finale "New York, I Love You XOXO," (original air date December 17, 2012), we were treated to two fairy-tale endings: Blair Waldorf (Leighton Meester) married Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) at the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park while Serena van der Woodsen (Blake Lively) married Dan Humphrey (Penn Badgley) at the Bass' Upper East Side apartment five years later.
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Some dogs are not as mellow as we would like. While the Golden Retriever seems to the poster child for well-adjusted, calm dogs, the doberman on the other hand could use some help. For a variety of reasons some dobes have more anxiety or nervousness than others. This could be a result of breeding practices, training issues or home environments just to name a few causes.
So what can you do to help your doberman relax?
The best option is still probably exercise, a good run or wrestling match with a buddy is sure to get all that excess energy out. Some people also state that a healthy diet will affect a dogs mood. Then there is appropriate training to address specific issues like separation anxiety.
And lastly there is medication available to treat certain anxiety disorders. Along these lines you may have heard of something called DAP or Dog Appeasing Pheromone. It is available as a collar or room spray. It works by giving off a synthetic version of pheromomes naturally released during lactation . I have tried this product since it was recommended by my vet for noise/thunder anxiety. Personally I did not notice any visible difference with my two dobermans.
What I have noticed that works for my dobes is music. I had suspected that classical music had a calming effect on dogs, but have since learned solo-piano is the key to influencing your dogs mood. A research study conducted by Dr. Deborah Wells, an animal behaviorist, studied the effect of different styles of music on shelter dogs. You can read more about the study here . While heavy metal caused dogs to bark and pace around more, psychoacoustical classical music on dogs showed less stress behaviours. (Pop and conversation seemed not to have a noticeable difference either way.)
Calming solo-piano seems to have an effect of reducing heart rate due to the slow rhythms and simpler arrangements. For dogs with separation or noise anxiety, try playing this style of music 20 minutes before you leave. If you expect visitors and your dog is a handful, try calming him with music to assist with training obedience when the person arrives. If you plan to board your dog, ask the kennel if they can play your soothing music for your dog.
I recommend solo-piano as a great option to easing your dogs stress. In my home I frequently play solo-piano music from an internet music station, (there are a few that specifically play this music) or you can purchase specially created music for dogs like, "through a dog's ear". With my two dobermans, I have noticed that within minutes of the music playing they settle dog and sometimes even go to sleep.
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India tops the list of countries in the world with the most first-day deaths at 309,300 annually, according to "State of the World's Mothers 2013" report released on May seven by London (UK) headquartered Save the Children International.
Nigeria trails behind India at second position in the world with only 89,700 first-day deaths. India's share of global first-day deaths is 29%. In India, "economic growth has been impressive but the benefits have been shared unequally", report states.
The report notes that India has more maternal deaths than any other country in the world (56,000 per year). "If all newborns in India experienced the same survival rates as newborns from the richest Indian families, nearly 360,000 more babies would survive each year", it adds.
In this report, India ranked 142 out of 176 countries in 2013 Mothers' Index Rankings in the world; even lower than Ethiopia, Pakistan, Burundi, Nepal, Bhutan, Iraq and Sri Lanka. In India, lifetime risk of maternal death is one among 170, under-5 mortality rate per 1,000 live births is 61.3 and only 10.9 % seats are held by women in national government, report says.
Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada, US today, said that India needed to show commitment and strong political will to save lives of mothers and newborns.
India needed to urgently address gender inequality, strengthen its health system, take maternal and child health and well-being seriously, invest in its women and girls, and treat its children and mothers better; Zed, who is President of Universal Society of Hinduism, stressed.
Rajan Zed argued that although India was on track to become a global power, but its new power and prosperity had remained evasive for many, especially women. It was blight on a country, which prided itself on having joined the league of hottest growth economies.
Quoting scriptures, Zed pointed out that ancient Manusmriti said: "Where women are revered, there the gods are pleased; where they are not, no rite will yield any fruit." Number of Rig-Veda (oldest existing scripture of Hinduism) hymns were said to be composed by women, and Aditi, who was sometimes referred as "mother of the gods", found mention in Rig-Veda as a goddess. We needed to honor our mothers, Zed added.
Save the Children, whose history went back to 1919, claims to be "leading independent organization for children in need". Jasmine Whitbread is CEO while Charles Perrin is its Board Chair.


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Doll Patterns and Books
I carry many doll patterns for the 18" and 15" dolls. There are also accessories on the Doll Accessory page.
The Children's Corner Dolly's Wardrobe: Lezette Thomason $20.00 This book has patterns for the 17 1/2" to 19 1/2" doll that correspond to the Children's Corner patterns. There are instructions for general sewing construction including plackets, corded piping etc.. as well as tips and hints throughout the book to get the best results in sewing for your doll. There is a section on smocking and smocking designs are included in the book that would be suitable for doll clothing
My Favorite Designer Doll Clothes: Wendy Schoen $22.00 Wendy's beautiful patterns are scaled down to doll size for the 18" doll. This book included detailed instruction on Madeira appliqué techniques, drawn thread hemstitching, basic smocking, construction techniques, heirloom sewing techniques and embroidery stitches. It includes patterns and instructions for 13 doll garments
Precious Baby Doll Clothes, Martha Pullen: $19.95. This book with babydoll clothes fits the 19 -21" doll (Middleton) Quilts, shoes, bonnets, diaper covers, slips and dresses along with embroidery and sewing techniques.
Dolly Snowdrift: $9.00 Same gown as for adult and child but dolly size.
Dolly Breeze: Judith Marquis. $9.00. Dolly version of summer breeze for ladies and little breeze for children.
Fancy Frocks Doll Patterns: While supplies last. $8.95 each.
Katie's Scallop Dress. The dress is highlighted with a scalloped collar and hemline. The puffed sleeves end in beading and more gathered edging. Pattern includes dress with attached petticoat and bloomers.
Cold Weather Ensemble contains a classic wool coat with cape and tam as well
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Instructions are included for creating your your own laminated raincoat fabric
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Party Dress features a button front dress with two sets of ruffles edged
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Time. Features a night gown and robe ensemble fit for a princess. The gown
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Instructions are included for both flannel and heirloom cotton versions. Pattern
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Primrose Lane Patterns
These are just a few of the Primrose Lane Patterns that I have in the shop. There are many that have corresponding children's patterns so that you may make matching dresses for doll and daughter. $9.00 each
Heather Lyn Dress and Pinafore. $9.00. An easy to sew dress and pinafore that can be embellished in many ways. 18" doll.
Buds and Bloomers: $9.00. Jumpsuit or dress for the 15" Bitty Baby.
Melissa Joy: $9.00. A smocked yoke dress with puffed sleeve and pointed collar.
Jenny Pattern: $9.00 Overall and jumper pattern with 2 blouse variations. 18" doll
Linda's Smocked Jumper: $9.00. This smocked jumper has scooped neck, side button closure and blouse pattern. 18" doll.
Pammy's Play clothes: $9.00. Cute top and shorts with optional smocked inset or appliqué.
Holiday Folklore: $9.00. Appliqued felt jacket, skirt and blouse.
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Wendy Dress Pattern: $9.00. This dress pattern designed to match the child's pattern 18" doll.
Accessor-ease: $9.00. Purse, duffle bag, pillow, garment bag hats and sleeping bag.
Anestasia Coat and Hat: $9.00. Delicately embroidered collar hat and purse and smocked coat
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Madeline: for 18" doll. $9.00. Coat and Hat pattern with matching purse.
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Elizabeth Nightgown: $9.00. This pretty gathered nightgown is enhanced by rows of lace insertion. The pattern has three choices that are quite different. The first utilizes imported cotton batiste with 100% cotton laces and the second uses synthetic blend batiste and Wright's seam binding for the lace insertion. The last choice is made from flannel and a heavier lace.
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Smocked Frocks: A collection of dresses with smocked skirts, collar and sleeve variations. No set in sleeves makes construction easier. Smocking plates included.
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A study from the University of Minnesota Project EAT (Eating Among Teens), which appeared in the February issue of the "Journal of the American Dietetic Association," found that teens and young adults are consuming less than one serving of whole grains daily. The study notes that a minimum of three daily servings are recommended for the prevention of excess weight gain, coronary heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, and reduce the risk of certain types of cancers.
What is a Whole Grain?
Basically, it's the seed of various types of plants such as wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye, and rice. According to the Whole Grain Council (wholegraincouncil.org) whole grains or foods made from them, contain all the essential parts and naturally occurring nutrients of the entire grain seed. The grain can be cracked, crushed, rolled, extruded, and/or cooked, which still delivers the same balance of nutrients that are found in the original grain seed.
Recommended Servings
Dietary Guidelines for Americans* recommends the following servings for grains (preferably whole grains), bread, cereal, rice and pasta.
Getting kids and teens to eat more whole grains is a challenge. With school and activities, they're a moving target. Certainly, start with breakfast yes, the most important meal of the day. Here are some quick, easy breakfast solutions from betterhealthusa.com:
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Here are some essential tips and guidelines* when it comes to adding whole grains to your diet.
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2013 - Played in nine games ... missed the first two games of the season due to injury ... recorded 17 total tackles, including eight unassisted ... had one tackle for loss and a pass breakup ... six tackles vs. New Mexico ... four tackles and a tackle for loss vs. Wyoming.
2012 - Played in seven games ... recorded eight total tackles, including five unassisted ... notched a season-best four tackles vs. Idaho State ... had two tackles, both unassisted, vs. Michigan ... was third on the team in special teams tackles with four, three unassisted.
High School - Lettered three years each in football and track ... first-team all-conference three years in football ... all-state selection as a senior ... high school football coach was Dave Logan.
Personal - Son of James and Suzanne Healy ... is one of three children ... younger brother, Patrick, is a sophomore football player at the Academy ... majoring in management ... member of cadet squadron 30 ... hobbies include fishing and cooking ... would like to become a lawyer in the future ... completed Operation Air Force last summer ... also worked on the cadet cadre for survival training ... completed survival training in the summer of 2013 ... also completed a history class and a chemistry class during summer academics.
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Huambo — Writer Victor de Jesus Fortes this Wednesday, in the auditorium of Huambo Province's culture department, will present his first literary work entitled "Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação" (Information and Communication Technologies).
Speaking to ANGOP on Tuesday, the author explained that the book has very up-to-date contents about the Information and Communication Technologies and it is designed for any citizen that wants to know or deepen the knowledge about the ICTs.
He said this literary work comes to fill in a void in the Angolan market in terms of publication of books on ICTs.
The 307-page book has already been presented in the provinces of Luanda, Benguela, Cabinda, Malanje and Huíla.
Victor de Jesus Fortes was born in Luanda in 1953 and he is a professional in the field of the ICTs, having started his career as a programmer in 1977.


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Snowmass Village has been home to the Village Market since 1979! Things have changed a little around here in 30 years, and we are proud to have grown along with Snowmass Village, and continue to provide the type of quality and service the locals and guests deserve.
We are conveniently located in the Snowmass Center in Snowmass Village. Next door to the Post Office, the Liquor store, the Dry Cleaners, and behind the Conoco gas station. In other words, you can get everthing you need in and around our store. Glenn our on-site butcher, and meat manager can cut your steaks however thick you want them, and help you select the perfect specialty cheese. Kathy, in the Bakery/Deli will cut you all the fresh Boar's Head deli meats and cheeses you want, make sure you have fresh breads and pastries, and even design a Birthday cake that will make you proud to present. Jerry has a beautiful fresh, full, produce department that will keep you and the family running healthy and happy. He also keeps his salad bar, and hot soups fresh and ready when you are.Kathy's husband Bob manages the store, and is there to make sure we have what you want and you are treated the way you expect, the best!
We feature several unique, quality items throughout the store. In our Deli you will find Boar's Head Natural meats and cheeses. Our produce dept. has a complete variety of Colorado fruits and vegetables in season, and the freshest produce available throughout the year. If you prefer organic produce, we have a full selection. If you like farm fresh eggs, or the incomperable Noosa yogurt visit our Dairy section. The Meat Dept. features Creekstone Natural beef alongside our great selection of Choice and Prime beef, and a beautiful selection of "Ready to Cook" items prepared in our store. All throughout the store you will find "Natural Directions" organic products from beans to frozen veggies to sparkling soda! Our Bakery has fresh breads, rolls, pastries, and if you love chocolate chip cookies, try Ci Ci's unique bite sized, bet you can't eat just one! If it is specialty cheese you are after, how does over 100 varieties sound?
At the heart of every great food store is a first-class grocery department. We are committed to making sure our aisles are stocked and ready with unparalleled quality and variety. We know you are looking for value and our center store is a great place to start.
To eat right and stay fit, look to fresh produce as the answer for your nutritional needs. We go to great lengths to carry only the finest fruits and vegetables and to deliver them in the same excellent condition as when they were picked.
You demand and deserve the best in meat, poultry and seafood. Our fresh meat department is designed to satisfy even the most discriminating guests and ensure their satisfaction. Plus, our in-store butchers have a thorough knowledge of the items they carry and provide insight unavailable anywhere else.
Our store is small enough to know you, but large enough to serve you. We are a complete full service supermarket, but you don't need a map and a golf cart to negotiate the store! You can park just steps from the front door, and we are there to actually help you with everything you need.
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Planted fields fare well with ample rainfallFARGO, N.D. — Crops in the region are staying on target for progress, with condition reports looking healthy as a result of rains with relatively cool temperatures and moist soils.
By: Mikkel Pates, Agweek
FARGO, N.D. — Crops in the region are staying on target for progress, with condition reports looking healthy as a result of rains with relatively cool temperatures and moist soils.
South Dakota farmers had suitable fieldwork for 5.8 days the week ending July 4, with 94 percent of the state in topsoil moisture conditions of adequate to surplus.
Rains in South Dakota have varied considerably, with 1 inch in the past month in some areas of the southeast and 8 to 9 inches in some parts of the northwest. Winter wheat was 2 percent mature, behind the five-year average of 18 percent for this date, and condition is 72 percent good to excellent. Spring wheat was 81 percent good to excellent, just below the 83 percent average. Good to excellent ratings for other crops include: barley, 78 percent; soybeans, 76 percent; sorghum, 92 percent; alfalfa, 77 percent; pasture and range, 84 percent.
North Dakota farmers had five days of fieldwork, with topsoil moisture now adequate or surplus in 98 percent of the state. The state has gotten 5 inches of rain in the past month in the Red River Valley and 2 to 4 inches in much of the rest. Durum was 9 percent headed, compared with the 26 percent headed. Condition is 87 percent good to excellent. Spring wheat is 35 percent average, a bit behind average, but with 83 percent good to excellent ratings. Other crops rating in good to excellent categories include: canola, 83 percent; dry edible beans, 78 percent; potatoes, 61 percent; corn, 80 percent; soybeans, 80 percent; sunflowers, 84 percent; sugar beets, 62 percent; alfalfa, 90 percent.
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Minnesota had 4.7 days suitable for field work and crops look good with much of the state picking up 5 to 6 inches of rain since June 9. Topsoil is 70 percent adequate and 30 percent surplus — about the same as for subsoil moisture. Nearly all of the corn had emerged with 64 percent in good to excellent condition. Thirteen percent of the soybeans were blooming — 5 percent behind the average. Soybeans are rated 61 percent good to excellent. Spring wheat is heading, but 11 percent behind the average, with 50 percent of the crop in good to excellent condition. Other crop ratings in the good to excellent categories include: potatoes, 78 percent; dry edible beans, 50 percent; sugar beets, 20 percent. About 42 percent of the beets were in poor to very poor condition.
Montanans reported their first week of hot, dry weather with 6.4 days suitable for field work. Range and pasture conditions were slightly below last year and the five-year average with 55 percent rated good to excellent. Montana crops that were headed versus the five-year average were: barley, 65 percent, 76 percent average; durum wheat, 50 percent, 51 percent average; spring wheat, 44 percent, 28 percent average; winter wheat, 89 percent, 90 percent average. Crops rated good to excellent include: barley, 53 percent; dry peas, 65 percent, 71 percent average; spring wheat, 60 percent, 62 percent average; winter wheat, 64 percent, 67 percent average.
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HAYES, S.D. — "Anytime we've got moisture it's always good — it really is," says Randy Yost, as he preps for a day at Randy's Spray Service in Hayes, S.D., in late June.
Moisture varies significantly, but farmers in his region had received 10 to 13 inches during the growing season. The rains slowed down into the second week of July.
"Everybody's haying here," Yost says. "We got a little dry spell but everybody's been waiting for that."
More moisture has increased the corn acreage in the area, as companies have improved varieties and farmers have adopted no-till practices. Crop rotations have been improved to deal with weed problems.
"In the wheat, we're generally dealing with herbicide," Yost says. Kochia and Canada thistle are two of the common problems. The Yosts hit some areas with grasshoppers, alfalfa weevils and aphid problems in June.
"Fungicide has gotten to be a big deal in the past 10 years," Yost says, and almost everything was treated this year. When that was done, the company turned to corn and fallow work before the other big run — insecticide in sunflower, which typically starts in late July to August, Yost says.
Stirrup-deep grass
QUINN, S.D. — Jeff Gabriel runs a cow-calf operation with his father, Larry, a former South Dakota agriculture secretary, 28 miles north of Quinn, S.D. This year, the pasture land is about as good as it ever looks this time of year — "stirrup-deep grass in most places," Jeff says.
"It's about as nice as can be," Jeff says, of the green pasture lands. They'd had a lot of "steady, nice rains" this year.
The Gabriels lost about a dozen cows in the Oct. 4 blizzard, but felt fortunate compared with others in the region.
"We raise a lot of horses, too, and the baby colts, we had some still on the mare, and we lost six of them."
The Gabriels are a bit under-stocked for cattle and are building back numbers, Jeff says. They raise their own replacements. Two years ago, the Gabriels had cut back the herd because of a predicted 2012 drought. They don't buy cattle, but keep replacements from their own herd. This year, they calved about 420 cows, but in many years their land could handle up to 620.
"But then it's nice to have some extra grass, too," Jeff says.
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The sixth graders of Starkville Academy recently turned their school into a museum about ancient Egypt.
Beverly CachotÔÇÖs social studies classes covered a unit on Egypt from 3100 BC to 31 BC in which they learned the Gift of the Nile, the Dynasties of Ancient Egypt and the Nubia and Kush.
ÔÇťEvery year I like to have a study where we go more in depth than what is covered in the book. In the past we have completed a more in-depth study on 911 and the Oklahoma City Bombing by working with the museum in Oklahoma City,ÔÇŁ Catchot explained. ÔÇťSocial Studies is liked by many, but there are a few that may not find it as interesting as other subjects. I try to make learning fun and hopefully change their perspective on history... This year I thought the Ancient Egyptians would be a great learning experience.ÔÇŁ
The museum created by the sixth graders took the elementary students through three stops: the mummy room, rulers and other cultural facts and the hieroglyphics room.
Student Hays Miller explained that the mummification process took roughly 70 days to complete.
The Egyptians started by cleaning and purifying the body.
ÔÇťNext, they cut the left side of the body to remove organs,ÔÇŁ Miller said. ÔÇťThey then removed the brain by taking a metal rod with a hook on the end and then pulled your brain out through your nostrils.ÔÇŁ
Mummification was an important ritual for the Egyptians, and mummified bodies were often decorated in jewels and fine linens and laid to rest inside a pyramid.
ÔÇťThe heart was left because the Egyptians believed that the thinking was done with the heart. Due to their belief in the afterlife they wanted the person to be able to think once they came back,ÔÇŁ Catchot added.
In the next room of the museum tour, the students learned about King Tut, and how be became ruler at just 8 years old. He died just a decade later due to a blow to the head.
Cleopatra VII is was the last queen of the independent Egypt, and perhaps the most famous, Sydney Passons reported.
Students also learned of the types of food Egyptians ate. Logan Alpe reported that a typical meal consisted of barley bread, fish, sour milk and beer ÔÇö ÔÇťThatÔÇÖs right, even kids around 10 or 11 years old drank a nice warm beer,ÔÇŁ Aple said.
The last stop was the hieroglyphics room where students learned that hieroglyphics were simple drawings that stood for objects, words, sounds and phrases.
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"It's A Horse Race! Orkin's purchase of Western Pest Services closes the gap on Terminix."
So read the April 2004 cover of PCT magazine (below).
And then, in May 2008, when PCT reported that Rollins had purchased HomeTeam Pest Defense (at that time the fifth largest pest management firm in the country), we ran the headline "Orkin Escalates: Orkin closes in on Terminix for lead position in PCT's Top 100."
We've been talking about it for years so it's no surprise to many in the industry that Rollins reported revenues slightly higher than Terminix International for the year 2011 ($12 million higher, to be exact). After 10 years of being the largest company on the PCT Top 100, Terminix International is now in second place. So what's next for Terminix?
PCT Publisher Dan Moreland traveled to Memphis recently to interview the firm's new president, Chuck Fallon, to discuss his plans for the billion-dollar firm. Fallon is a former investment banker who most recently served as president of Burger King North America, where he oversaw 12,000 restaurants globally. "The challenge is to take that foundation we've built as a company and create a new growth trajectory for the business that is greater than the market overall," Fallon said.
ServiceMaster released its first quarter financial results on May 10 (after this issue went to press) so we don't yet know where the firm is headed after Q1. However, Rollins released its first quarter numbers on April 25.
In reporting its financials, Gary W. Rollins, Rollins president and CEO, said, "Our successful marketing and sales programs, along with a nice assist from the unseasonably warm winter, made significant contributions to our record first quarter results. Rollins will continue to focus on the strengths of our leading pest control brands, and our 2012 plans directed to grow our business, improve earnings and generate a strong cash flow." Rollins recorded first quarter revenues of $289.5 million, an increase of 6.6 percent over the prior year's first quarter revenues of $271.6 million.
It should be noted that while Rollins reported higher revenues, Terminix remains the industry's largest brand. There are four Terminix franchises on the PCT Top 100 List (Terminix Service, Terminix Co. of North Carolina, Bruce Terminix and Terminix Service) and when the revenues of Terminix International are combined with those of its franchises, the Terminix "brand" has revenues $168 million more than Rollins. Those four businesses are run separately from Terminix International and as such, they have been reported separately for each of PCT's 11 Top 100 lists.
A couple of notes about this year's coverage of the PCT Top 100:
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I was wondering if someone can give me a little in sight on this quest without spoiling it (rules and all). It's the last one I need for the set and I have 6 out 20 but honestly I do not know how I got those six because of what I have done lately.
Example I have added an image to a page that doesn't have any images and I didn't get credit and I have added an image to a new gallery and didn't credit so I am a bit stumped at this point.
I ran a search with the name of the quest and didn't find another topic so either I'm just missing something easy as hell or no one has talked about it.


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This past Sunday I hosted the very first LA Cake Club meeting! It's safe to say we all had a great time and can't wait for the next one. I was super nervous no one would show up but everything fell into place at the end. Thank you to all the wonderful ladies (and gentlemen) that came out! And a special thank you to Gary for helping me set up and take our group photos.
My contribution were these gluten free almond berry friands with cream cheese frosting. Recipe to come!
Missing a few more who showed up after this photo. Such great baking work!
More photos of all the desserts will be on the LA Cake Club instagram. If you would like to join in on the fun, follow along on twitter and instagram, both @LAcakeclub. For the latest updates sign up for our mailing list! The next cake club meeting will be in 6-8 weeks.


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N.D. spill website now live
December 4, 2013 at 5:29 pm in Uncategorized
BISMARCK â A North Dakota website detailing oil spills and other environmental incidents is now live.
The North Dakota Department of Health created the website, www.ndhealth.gov/ehs/spills, to make information about spills easy to access.
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This sermon, part 2 of Dr. Nelson's The Last Days series is called "Of Perfume and Tears and Grumpy Old Men." It was delivered at Pioneer Memorial Church on January 21, 2012.
It is drawn from John 12:1-8 "Let her alone. . .she has done a good work for Me."
And includes the following quote from Acts of the Apostles 142: Thus, without controversy, prejudice was broken down, the exclusiveness established by the custom of ages was abandoned, and the way was opened for the gospel to be proclaimed to the Gentiles."
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This is a presentation I made for a decal class at UC Berkeley's Haas school on Wednesday night. I learned of BrightSource pulling its IPO on my way out of the class, which made me feel like the guy in the first slide. The presentation isn't meant to be totally comprehensive, but a high level, and casual, overview of my thoughts on the space for a roomful of undergrads. (Thanks to Matthew Nordan & Rob Day for history pointers, and I borrowed a slide from Sunil Paul's CleanWeb talk at SXSW). There's also a bunch of notes in the PPT, for what I said during the presentation, but you get the gist from the images I think.
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Chris Kelly, of Kris Kross, dies in Ga.
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ATLANTA (AP) - Authorities in Georgia say Chris Kelly, a member of the 90s rap duo Kris Kross, has died in Atlanta.
Investigator Betty Honey of the Fulton County Medical Examiner's office said the 34-year-old Kelley was pronounced dead around 5 p.m. Wednesday at the south campus of the Atlanta Medical Center.
Honey said authorities are unsure of Kelly's cause of death and that an autopsy has yet to be performed.
Kelly, known as "Mac Daddy" performed alongside Chris Smith, known as "Daddy Mac," in the early and mid-90s. The duo might be best remembered for the song "Jump" from their 1992 debut album, "Totally Krossed Out."
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