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Many artists struggle to establish their musical identity; Nick Oliveri has forged his through a long career of hard work and full command over his craft and his music including stints in Kyuss, Queens Of The Stone Age, Mondo Generator and more recently Bl'ast and Dean Ween's Moistboyz. His new album, LEAVE ME ALONE, is a powerfully captivating (and ROCKING!) proof of his multi-talented personality. The new album is being released on Schnitzel Records worldwide in late September 2014. I'm hoping you might consider covering via feature or album review. The first track, "Human Cannonball Explodes" (featuring lead guitar by Dean Ween) has now been debuted by ConsequenceOfSound.
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Recorded at Thunder Underground Studios in Palm Springs, CA. Oliveri plays all the instruments on this recording, including drums, guitar, bass and vocals. It features guitar solos from some special guests though, namely Phil Campbell from MOTORHEAD, Dean Ween (a.k.a. Mickey Moist) from WEEN and MOISTBOYZ, Stephen Haas from MOISTBOYZ, Mike Pygmie from MONDO GENERATOR, Marc Diamond from THE DWARVES and Bruno Fevery from KYUSS LIVES! and VISTA CHINO. There's also a guest vocal by Blag Dahlia from THE DWARVES.
Produced by Oliveri himself, recorded by Harper Hug and Trevor Whatever, and mixed by Mathias Schneeberger the album will be released on Schnitzel Records this September.
Schnitzel Records is home to Ween, Alain Johannes, Dean Fertita (Hello=Fire), Moistboyz and The Moons.
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Book Launch: Kenya's Past as Prologue – Voters, Violence and the 2013 General Election, Jun. 25 2015 @ IFRA/BIEA
Book Launch: Kenya's Past as Prologue. Voters, Violence and the 2013 General Election," edited by M-A. Fouéré, S. Mwangi, M. Ndeda & C. Thibon (2015)
Date: June 25, 2015
Venue: BIEA/IFRA
Time: 3 pm
"During the run-up to Kenya's 2013 general elections, crucial political and civic questions were raised. Could past mistakes, especially political and ethnic-related violence be avoided this time round? Would the spectre of the 2007 post- electoral violence positively or negatively affect debates and voting? How would politicians, electoral bodies such as the IEBC, the Kenyan civil society and the international community weigh in on the elections?…The book's centre stage tries to explore Kenya's inescapable past and whether it would prepare the scene for a new political order."
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Panel Discussion: 'Do they know it's Christmas' Really?! Philanthropy in a time of Ebola, Feb. 13 2015 @ BIEA
Date: Friday, 13 February 2015
Venue: British Institute in Eastern Africa, Laikipia Road, Kileleshwa
Time: 3.00 pm- 5.00 pm
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Panelists: Dr. Firoze Manji (Pan-African Baraza), Dr. Christine Sagini (Parliamentary Health Committee)
Moderator: Wangui Kimari (York University)
From the Live Aid concerts of the 1980s, and again last December, to Kony2012, large-scale aid media events and philanthropic practices and discourses have proved remarkably persistent features of global North-South relations, despite being subjected to repeated critiques from both ends of the political spectrum. For example, Bob Geldof and his colleagues, unrelenting in their production of "quick fix" mechanisms for Africa, have faced considerable criticism for the recent "Band Aid 30" song recorded and sold to raise money for international efforts to contain the recent Ebola outbreak in West Africa, echoing resounding criticisms of previous, similar initiatives more than two decades ago. His two word "fuck-off" message to recent criticisms illustrate the contradictions and conceit that lie behind these charities, which hark back to their genesis in the philanthropy of industrial, class and merchant Capital during the Victorian era, and appear in some respects to have endured largely unreformed since. Moreover, these aid-as-spectacle events occur concurrently and conflictingly within and alongside the effects of continuing and expanding structural inequalities and neoliberal policies, such as the Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs) of the 1990s, exploitative trade agreements and mineral extraction, and the militarization of the continent under the imprint of 'security' agendas, which emerge from the same global North-South dynamics as the new celebrity endorsed philanthropy. Enter Ebola. The recent announcement—met with relatively little fanfare on the continent—that the US would send troops to help stem the spread of Ebola, was also couched in terms of historical philanthropic practices and discourses that purport to bring "Christmas" goodwill to those in need, but in ways that arguably benefit the donor most, particularly long ailing rock stars, all the while reifying longstanding images of a savage and pathetic Africa.
Engaging with these events, our forum seeks to attend to the following questions: What imperial effects, international capital processes, stereotypes and local agency on the ground do such aid endeavours presuppose, entail, reveal, and disguise? How, and by which measure, ought we to evaluate the effectiveness, "good" or desirability of aid, particularly "celebrity aid", this new philanthropy, as a mode of international engagement in Africa and beyond? What political opportunities for both would-be donors and recipients does this aid model, or even AID in general, open and foreclose, and at which scales, within which temporal horizons? What, then, is the way forward for "aid" on local, regional and international fronts?
Nairobi Forum: Experiences of Somali Women in Civic & Political Engagement, Feb. 6 2015 @ BIEA
Experiences of Somali Women in Civic and Political Engagement
Date: Friday 6 February 2015
Venue: Seminar Room, RVI Office
Location: Laikipia Road, Kileleshwa
Time: 2-5 pm
More information and registation: https://riftvalley.wufoo.eu/forms/somali-women-in-civic-political-engagement/
Seminar: Creative Tension? Administrative Justice vs Freedom to Govern in the UK, Jun. 11 2014 @ BIEA/IFRA
Creative Tension? Administrative Justice vs Freedom To Govern In The UK – By Professor Sir Jeffrey Jowell KCMG QC Director, Bingham Centre for the Rule of Law
Date: June 11, 2014
Venue: BIEA/IFRA
Entry: Prior Reservation [RSVP on email@example.com]
Sir Jeffrey Jowell QC is Professor of Law and was the Dean of UCL's Faculty of Laws and Head of its Law Department between 1998-2000 and again from 1982-1989. From 1994 to 1999 he was Vice Provost of UCL. He was was knighted in 2011 (KCMG) for services to human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Europe.
The scope of Professor Jowell's work includes judicial review, human rights and planning. He advises extensively on the drafting of national constitutions, the relationship between the UK and dependent territories, and the design and application of internal regulatory and Ombudsmen schemes. His authority as an academic commentator is reflected in many citations to his work in the judgements of courts in this country and abroad.
RWANDA UNDER THE RPF: Assessing Twenty Years of Post-Conflict Governance, May 30 2014 @ IFRA/BIEA
Date & Time: Friday, 30th May 2014, 6.00PM – 7.30PM
Venue: British Institute in Eastern Africa, Nairobi
Panel discussion and journal special issue launch.
1. Jason Mosley (Research associate, African Studies Centre, University of Oxford, and managing editor, Journal of Eastern African Studies)
2. Phil Clark (Reader in comparative and international politics, SOAS, University of London)
3. Yolande Bouka (Researcher, Conflict Prevention and Risk Analysis Division, ISS Nairobi)
This panel discussion – which serves also as a launch of a special issue of the Journal of Eastern African Studies (JEAS) on the same topic – will debate the nature of Rwandan politics under the RPF and its impact on the post-genocide reconstruction process, regional relations and the well-being of everyday Rwandans.
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BIEA Seminar: Rain, Power, Sovereignty & The Materiality Of Signs In Southern Zimbabwe, Apr. 16 2014 @ BIEA / IFRA
Rain, Power, Sovereignty and The Materiality Of Signs In Southern Zimbabwe
Date: Wednesday 16th April 2014
Venue: British Institute in Eastern Africa, Laikipia Road, Kileleshwa, Nairobi
Time: 11.00 am
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Seminar by: Joost Fontein, University of Edinburgh
Chair: Sinoxolo Neo Musangi, British Institute in Eastern Africa
In 2010 a government meteorologist revealed that for much of the last decade, the Zimbabwean weather forecast had been censored on a daily basis by agents of the President's Office. 'This information' he said 'was seen as sensitive'. What this 'sensitivity' amounts to is the subject of this paper. It is hard to make sense of the government's impulse to censor the weather forecast in the 2000s without reference to the localized re-configurations of authority over land and 're-making' of the state that fast track land reform provoked. To the extent that fast track offered new opportunities for the realization of a diversity of localised aspirations and imagined futures that turned on access to land and fertile soils in divergent ways, the recurrent droughts and failing harvests of the early 2000s were politically significant because they called into question the legitimacy of land reform, and the broader 'thirdchimurenga' project constituted around it. But across Zimbabwe, and the region, rainfall and drought have long been measures of contested political legitimacy in more complex ways not limited to the politics of food, famine and agricultural production. In southern Zimbabwe, this is true not just for spirit mediums, chiefs and other 'traditionalist' authorities for whom rainmaking practices are well-established means of demonstrating 'autochthony', sovereignty and legitimacy, but also for war veterans, new farmers, government technocrats and others involved in land reform during the 2000s. This is what I examine here. Whilst I focus particularly on rainmaking practices, encounters with njuzu water spirits, and national biras that took place in the 2005-6 when research was carried out, the larger point I pursue is that water acts as an index of power – of the entangled but contested play of legitimacy and sovereignty – across many different registers of meaning and regimes of rule. In making this argument I engage with Keane (2003; 2005) and Engelke's elaboration of Peirce's theory of signs (1955), and build upon others (James 1972; Jedrej 1992) who have long argued that rainmaking 'traditions' across eastern, central and southern Africa are less a form of applied meteorology and more an idiom of politics and power, in order to argue that they are necessarily both at the same time.
Seminar: Digital Kitambo—Taking the Past into the Future, Jan. 30 2014 @ the National Museum
The BIEA in Collaboration with The National Museums Of Kenya Joint Seminar: Digital Kitambo—Taking the Past into the Future at the National Museum with Dr. David K. Wright and Kristina Dziedzic Wright.
Chair: Dr. Edward Pollard, British Institute in Eastern Africa
Date: Thursday, 30 January 2014
Time: 02.00 pm
Venue: The National Museums of Kenya, Nairobi
Lake Turkana has long been recognized as a critical incubator of human cultural evolution. Although much attention has justifiably been placed on researching the nature of our early hominin ancestors, the region also hosts a rich record of fishing and early cattle herding cultures as well. Due to the long and storied traditions of archaeological research near Lake Turkana, a rich collection has been accumulated in the Nairobi National Museum. However, legacy archives need to be digitally curated and integrated into computer databases as the pace of archaeological research in Kenya accelerates. The "Digital Kitambo" project has begun developing an integrated archaeological database using early food producers of northern Kenya to develop the template for future digitization efforts within the museum. The project involves conversion of analogue collections into a relational database, photographing archaeological artifacts and creating 3-dimensional scans of selected artifacts. The Nairobi National Museum hosts one of the deepest records of the human past in the world, but will lead the way into the future in access and usability of collections databases.
Dr. David K. Wright
David K. Wright is Assistant Professor of African Archaeology in the Department of Archaeology and Art History at Seoul National University in South Korea. Dr. Wright is a geoarchaeologist with specialties in human-environment interactions, sedimentology, evolutionary archaeology and prehistoric African cultures. He has conducted research in eastern Africa and the American Midwest, Plains, and Southwest. He is co-PI on the Malawi Early and Middle Stone Age Project (MEMSAP) studying the behavioral transitions in hominids and early modern humans in northern Malawi. Dr. Wright also conducts research near Lake Turkana, Kenya and in the Mandera Mountains, Cameroon on human adaptations to Holocene environmental change and is the lead PI on a project in the middle Gila River Valley, Arizona called "The Archaeology of Dust."
Kristina Dziedzic Wright
Kristina Dziedzic Wright teaches art history and writing at Seoul National University in South Korea, and works as a freelance curator. She is the author of Art, Culture, and Tourism on an Indian Ocean Island: An Ethnographic Study of Jua Kali Artists in Lamu, Kenya (2009) and recently co-curated the exhibit Sanaa ya Makaratasi (African Paper Art): Process, Substance and Environment at the Nairobi National Museum. Her academic research ranges from informal sector art and cultural commoditization in Africa to media art and the international biennale phenomenon. Over the last ten years, she has participated in a number of archival and digitization projects for the University of Illinois at Chicago, the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum and the Elgin Cultural Arts Commission in Illinois, USA
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Substitutes Needed
Marietta City Schools is in the process of recruiting people to serve as sub custodians, teachers, teacher aides, secretaries, and attendants. We need good quality people that want to work and are reliable and dependable. Substitutes play an important role in our day to day operation.
The positions are paid positions. Substitute teachers must have a four year college degree which does not have to be in education. Substitute teacher pay is on a daily basis. If you are interested in becoming a substitute teacher please contact Missy Dye at 374-6500, Ext. 11.
People wanting to serve as secretary, attendant, aide, or custodian must have a high school diploma. These positions are paid by the hour. If you are interested in one of these positions please contact Linda Seevers at 374-6500, Ext. 20.
Current Openings:
The Marietta City School District Board of Education hereby gives public notice in accordance with Section 3307.353* of the Ohio Revised Code that Karen Amrine who is currently employed by the Board of Education as a teacher, will be retired and seeking re-employment with the Marietta City School District in the same position following her service retirement.
The Board of Education will hold a public meeting on the issue of re-employing the above-named person at a meeting to be held on June 22, 2015 at 5:30 p.m. at the Board Office, located at 111 Academy Drive, Marietta, OH 45750.


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For those wanting to take part in the annual Parade of Flags, be at the Allen Hall side of the Mississippi State University Drill Field by 10:45 a.m. today.
The 21st Annual International Fiesta's Parade of Flags is open to children and adults of any culture. This parade will cross the MSU Drill Field at 11 a.m. and will be the opening event for the Fiesta.
"To me the parade of flags crossing the drill field is a wonderful sight," said Joan Mylroie, one of the organizers for the Fiesta. "The multi-colored flags and the beautiful clothing from around the world is fantastic."
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- Game Description: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare is set to deliver some of the most intense and cinematic action experience on Xbox 360. It is the new action thriller of the Infinity Ward Inc.'s award winning team. Call of Duty 4 is a multiplayer game with some of the never-before-seen features like customized game-play, in-depth multiplayer action, which makes you addicted to this epic title.
Crash Sniper Spot cheat for Call of Duty 4 on Xbox 360
There is a building with sandbags on top of it, climb up the ladders.
Then climb on the sand bag nearest to the ladders and sprint jump on to the lamp-post.
Then if you look left you should see a blue air vent box, go as far back on the lamp-post as you can.
Sprint jump on to the air vent box and there you go.
If you want me to show you this cheat contact me on my Gamertag.
Game Name: Call of Duty 4
Cheat Name: Crash Sniper Spot
Submited by: conor9779 on Mon, 24th August 2009 06:06 AM
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Yes. My wallet, however, is not.
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Hell yeah I'm ready for them to come out so I can wait a while before I buy one (unless I get sucked into a game in the launch line-up that is) :)
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Yep, I will buy them regardless of how good they and their launch games are. I haven't missed buying a console on launch for many years.
I have a quality PC but I just prefer to play a lot of stuff on consoles, and the quality difference is reallly starting to bug me. That and I'm pumped to see the new non-game stuff on the consoles, I've used my ps3 more as a set top box than anything else, curious to see what other uses I can get out of next gen.
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I am. My wallet isn't
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Fuck yes!!
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Word. Really excited for the news on them, kinda like the fact that I don't have a dog in this race, I could go either way. Well...aside from Nintendo.
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PC4LIFE. And Snes.
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I'm worried that they are going to end up having gimmicky features that drive up costs like the Wii U or Vita or 3DS. If the processing power isn't a massive leap, I don't see myself caring that much. And more added-on things; like touch screens or 3d or nfc or headsets or wall-projecting virtual reality orwhatever, I think would really sap my interest.
I have this feeling that the current generation is going to have a lot of life in it for a few more years, even after the next stuff shows up. Unless Sony or MS go for it hard and really push things foreward, I think their biggest competition might be themselves.
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A and C. New consoles will mean my PC games get better, too.
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I'm ready to see what they have to offer that's better than what's available now. The PC market has become so encompassing now though that new console launches are not as exciting to me as they once were. Better graphics and more realistic physics alone isn't enough anymore. Not when PCs almost get all the games that consoles get nowadays and can do them way better.
I'm more immediately interested in the Oculus Rift which actually seems like a dramatically new way to experience games.
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Nope. I just built a new rig and still have a massive backlog of shit from this gen. However, I'm not opposed to them coming out as it may spur innovation of new IP''s, games, etc., its just I won't be buying it anytime soon.
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I'll probably end up with a PS4, and maybe a Wii U (when the price is right).
But honestly, between my current-gen setup + retro console libraries. My backlog is large enough to never need another new console again.
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I game nearly solely on my PC now, but I'm looking forward to the next gen console exclusives. Ni No Kuni is going to be the first game I've played on a console in nearly a year, so I look forward to more games like it that appear only on consoles.
Eh not as much was i was before, just because I built a brand new pc recently. Obviously it's the software that will tempt me at first. If the launch lineup is formidable then I'll definately take the plunge. Same thing with the wii u, which I have hold of now.
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I would say no, but since I'm starting a year of research in July, the answer is YES. I will finally have some time for gaming and it will be nice to try something new and exciting.
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I'm buying a computer.
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I still have a backlog with the current systems, so I'm not ready to move on yet.
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XBOX with XBOX TABLET! I'm ready!
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No not yet! I have too many games i want to play :)
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Unless I fall into some money that I can throw away I won't be buying them any time soon. They always take a year or two before they get a catalog of games worth playing on them, and by that time a price cut is usually around the corner as well. So I will be waiting for all that to happen. Plus I still got a huge backlog of current gen games so unless next gen is 100% backwards compatible I won't be buying them for even longer. I don't have the free ports on my TV or the physical space to plug in three more consoles ontop of the ones I have now.
On top of all that I only ever play games on consoles because the people who make them don't release them on PC. So That means it's going to take a while for them to get some good exclusives before I jump in since almost everything these days comes out on everything.
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Yes, but like others have said, only because PCs won't be held back as much.
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I've gone through 2 360s, my PS3 and my Wii have also both recently stopped working through no fault of mine. Honestly I'm ready to go all out PC. I'm tired of each generation of hardware getting progressively worse than the last lifespan wise. My Dreamcast, PS2, XBox1, GC (though not without their own issues), and all other consoles i own before those still work. Shit I want to go back to cartridges I have some genesis games that someone gave me after the casing on the carts were cracked open and they still work.
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Nope. I'd love another 3-5 years of Xbox 360 releases to add to my big backlog.
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I'm ready for new ones. I'm going to try and wait for the second production run though so I don't end up paying $500+ to be a beta tester.
My recently built PC is going to be my next gen machine for the next couple years or so. Microsoft has burned too many bridges with me when it comes to their lack of commitment to exclusive's and focus on casual gaming plus the pay to play online model is unacceptable considering the competition. So the next Xbox will sit on the shelf unless Microsoft really comes with something compelling which I cannot get on my PC as well. I already own a Wii U (Honestly I should have waited but the trade in deal for my 360 was too good to pass up.) Still my kids love it and I never purchase a Nintendo system for anything other then Nintendo made games. Mario and Zelda will always be FTW. Sony is another company that will retain my support mainly because they never lost sight of the fact that exclusives are what defines a consoles identity. Games like Uncharted, Heavy Rain and the upcoming Last of Us show that Sony understands that gamers need new experiences not yearly reskins of the same FPS shooters. So the PS4 will be a future purchase once their exclusives begin to get rolling. Honestly my PC has pretty much shown me that it was and always will be the focal point that all gaming stems from making the next gen not something I'm overly hyped about.


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i have super chili pepper seeds for trade or s.a.s.e.
these peppers are hot!!!
40000 -50000 scoville units
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trade for what? I have a lot
trade for what?
I have a lot of seeds
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let me know what you have.
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look under seeds to swap in this forum.
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super chili peppers
Just a question, will these help keep rabbits away? Any experience in this?
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i have no idea, i didnt notice any rabbits around the ones that i grew.


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ESPN wins bidding for exclusive BCS rights
Published: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 10:04 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 10:06 a.m.
NEW YORK Bowl Championship Series games are moving to ESPN, the latest high-profile sporting event to migrate from over-the-air television to cable.
BCS coordinator John Swofford is confident that fewer and fewer viewers make a distinction between the traditional broadcast networks such as Fox, the current home of the BCS, and cable channels such as ESPN, which will start airing the games in January 2011.
Playoff games in the NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball are already broadcast on cable, as is Monday Night Football. ESPN announced last week that the British Open will be televised live exclusively on cable beginning in 2010.
This marks the first time, though, that the decisive game in a major U.S. pro sports league or NCAA college football or men's basketball will air on cable.
"You're talking about a situation where we're seeing more and more sporting events go to cable," Swofford, the ACC commissioner, said on a conference call Tuesday. "And certainly I think that the college football community, people who truly follow college football, are extremely well tuned into ESPN and see ESPN as in essence for television the home of college football."
The BCS and ESPN announced a new four-year contract Tuesday. ESPN outbid Fox, which is paying $80 million annually to broadcast the games from 2007-10.
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Fox would not offer much more than $100 million annually, the person said.
Bowl payouts will increase because of the new deal, Swofford said.
ESPN runs ABC Sports, but chose to slate the games for the cable channel, not the over-the-air network. Owning a valuable property like the BCS could help ESPN when it negotiates future subscription fees.
The agreement covers the Fiesta, Orange and Sugar bowls each year and the BCS title game from 2011-13. The Rose Bowl will continue to be televised on ABC through at least 2010 under a separate, previous contract, said ESPN president George Bodenheimer.
ESPN is available in just over 98 million U.S. homes, which is 86 percent of all households with televisions, according to Nielsen. Swofford expects that number to grow by 2011, and ESPN notes that 95 percent of people who watched the BCS title game on Fox last season had cable or satellite.
Measuring the difference in viewership between sports on over-the-air and cable networks is difficult because ratings often fluctuate wildly depending on matchups.
The seven-game American League championship series between the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians averaged 11.6 million viewers on Fox in 2007. A seven-game series between the Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays on TBS this year averaged 7.4 million.
But when TBS boasted appealing matchups for the 2007 division series, it actually drew 26 percent more viewers than the previous year, when the broadcasts were split between Fox and ESPN and therefore available to more people.
BCS officials decided in April to keep the current format and not switch to a playoff system until at least 2014, and the TV contract reflects that. Numerous ESPN commentators have disparaged the BCS structure over the years, which could make for some awkward pairings if previously critical analysts now wind up calling the games.
Bodenheimer said those opinions will continue to be voiced.
"We have a church and state operation here between editorial and on-air talent and the business side," he said.
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Stirling university's 11,500 students and 1900 staff were unable to access any online course work, submit essays or dissertations, or make any phone calls. The blackout also affected the university's external campuses in Stornoway and Inverness.
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SEATTLE - SEPTEMBER 12: Defensive end Chris Clemons of the Seattle Seahawks encourages the cheering crowd during the NFL season opener against the San Francisco 49ers at Qwest Field on September 12, 2010 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)
Tests on the left knee of Chris Clemons confirmed the Seattle Seahawks' defensive end suffered a torn ACL in Sunday's victory against the Washington Redskins, according to ESPN.com, citing a source close to the player. Clemons leads the Seahawks with 11.5 sacks, and his absence likely will mean first-round pick Bruce Irvin will move from the left side to the right side on passing downs. However, Irvin a situational pass rusher at this stage. Greg Suggs, a rookie out of Louisville, would also see increased snaps in Clemons' absence. He was active for 11 games during the regular season, recording six tackles and a pair of sacks. "It's a shame," Clemons' agent, Donal Henderson, told NFL.com on Sunday. "He's worked so hard to get there." Henderson believes the conditions at FedEx Field contributed to the injury. Clemons was wearing 3/4-inch cleats to get traction on the slippery surface. If Clemons indeed tore his ACL, he would undergo surgery and likely be sidelined until a...
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valve so the entire instrument may be removed from the body.
SURGICAL INSTRUMENT FOR IMPLANTING A PROSTHETIC HEART VALVE OR THE LIKE BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention is directed generally to surgical instruments, and more particularly to a surgical instrument or tool adapted to facilitate insertion of a prosthetic device such as a replacement heart valve or the like into position within a person or animal in a simple, rapid and accurate manner. More particularly, in one embodiment, the invention is directed to a tool for use during surgery to insert an atrio-ventricular into the annulus fibrosis of the heart of a person.
Recently, as extensive and complex surgery becomes more common, many attempts have been made to insure that a person or animal being surgically operated upon undergoes the least exposure to damage which is consistent with performing the steps necessary to an operation. For example, as open heart surgery has become more common, there has been a need not only for improved surgical techniques and prosthetic devices to bring about the results desired, such as methods of implanting improved synthetic heart valves and the like, but also a need for means of assuring that the surgical patient is exposed to potentially dangerous and damaging conditions for the least possible time.
Thus, although it is now somewhat common to replace a damaged heart valve, such as the atrio-ventricular heart valve, this surgery requires that the heart be open and the blood of the patient be circulated by artificial means. Artificial blood circulation pumps, although satisfactory in general sense, are known by those skilled in medicine to cause some measurable damage to the blood of the patient, and therefore increase the likelihood that the patient will suffer either immediate or eventual adverse affects from such exposure.
Therefore, there has been a need for minimizing the time during which the heart of a patient must remain open during surgery, and attempts to satisfy this need have included the provision of heart valves having improved means for implantation thereof. For example, copending application Ser. No. 721,360 filed Apr. 15, 1968, discloses a heart valve which is held in place by a resilient snapring sewn into the annulus fibrosis of a patient before the valve is inserted, and which then supports the valve in position within the heart. This construction has significantly simplified the suturing techniques heretofore, used, and as a result, has decreased the time during which the heart must remain open during surgery. This construction eliminates the time consuming formerly used method of suturing the valve in place by a sewing cuff attached thereto. The present invention is directed to providing an instrument for spreading or stretching such a snapring to facilitate insertion of a heart valve in place within the patient, and thereby to reduce even further the time during which the patients heart must remain open during surgery.
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a surgical instrument which is particularly useful in heart surgery.
Another object is to provide a surgical instrument adapted to grip a prosthetic device to support it during positioning, and to release it in a desired position within the body.
Another object is to provide a surgical tool which is adapted to engage and spread apart a snapring or the like to facilitate insertion therein of a prosthetic device and to release the device in a position to be engaged by the snapring when the ring is released from a spread apart position.
A further object of the invention is to provide a device which includes means thereon for engaging a snapring disposed within a portion of a patient, and which is remotely operable to spread said ring apart, and to move a valve held therein to a position of engagement while simultaneously expanding the portions of the tool'engaged with the ring and holding together the valve receiving or supporting element until a position of engagement between the valve and the ring is reached.
In general, these objects are achieved by providing an instrument comprising a valve holder element supported on resilient fingers from a frame, ring spreading fingers attached to a second frame unit, and means for providing engagement and release between the spreading fingers and the holder so that moving the valve into position spreads the ring for valve reception, and further movement allows the ring to engage the valve just as the holder releases the valve so the instrument may be withdrawn from the patient.
The exact manner in which this invention achieves its objects will become more clearly apparent when reference is made to the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the invention, to the appended claims, and to the accompanying drawings, in which like reference numerals indicate corresponding parts throughout.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. I is a perspective view of the surgical instrument of the invention, showing the relation thereof to a portion of a patient in whom a prosthetic device is being inserted;
FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the instrument of the invention, showing one position thereof;
FIG. 3 is a side elevational view showing the instrument in another position of use; FIG. 4 is a sectional view, with portions broken away, showing a prosthetic device held in the instrument being inserted in place;
FIG. 5 is a view similar to FIG. 4, showing the prosthetic device being released in position of use within the patient;
FIG. 6 is an end elevational view of the surgical instrument of the invention; and
FIG. 7 is a side elevational view of the instrument shown in another position of use.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION Although the surgical tool of the present invention is useful with a number of different prosthetic devices and the like, the invention will be described in reference to a preferred embodiment in which a heart valve, for example, an atrio-ventricular heart valve of the Edwards type, is held therein and disposed within an expansible snapring previously sewn in position in the annulus fibrosis of a human or animal heart.
Referring now in particular to FIG. I, the surgical tool is shown to comprise means for engaging and spreading an expansible ring in the form of a ring spreader assembly 12 and means for receiving a synthetic heart valve in the form of a valve holder assembly 14. The ring spreader assembly ll2 includes a generally ring-shaped frame unit 16, and a plurality of means in the form of rods or fingers 18 for engaging and spreading apart an expansible snapring 20, such as a silicone rubber or stainless steel snapring. The remote ends 22 of the fingers l8 engage the ring 20 while the proximate ends 24 of the fingers 18 are fixedly attached to the frame 16. A valve 26 is removably held between an upper semicircular collar 28 and a lower circular collar 30, which combine to form valvereceiving means in the form of a holder 32. Preferably, the collars 28, 30 are biased apart by a pair of valve holder rods 34 which terminate at the proximate ends 36 thereof in an annular ring 38 which serves as a frame for the valve holder 32.
An alignment ring 40 having a plurality of openings 42 therein, may be disposed between the frame 16 and the holder 32 for receiving the fingers 18, in a manner and for purposes which will be described in further detail herein.
Referring now to FIGS. 2 and 3, it can be seen that the ends 22 of the fingers 18 are normally biased to a closely spacedapart position by the inherent resiliency of the fingers 18, but that the ends 22 thereof may be urged to a spaced-apart position such as that shown in FIG. 2 by moving the upper and lower semicircular collars 28, 30 which comprise the holder 32 axially of the fingers 18. This is accomplished because the openings 42 in the collars 28, 30 receive the fingers l8 and act as means for spreading them apart upon axial holder movement which occurs when the frame 38 of the valve holder assembly 14 is moved axially of the instrument 10 toward the ends-22 of the fingers 18.
In FIG. 3, it is shown that, when the entire holder assembly 14 is moved to a sufficient axial extent, such as to the extreme right hand position shown in FIG. 3, the collars 28, 30 move free of the rod ends 22, thereby enabling the resilient, outwardly biased rods 34 to move the collars 28, 30 radially apart, and the ends 22 of the fingers 18 to return to a closely spaced-apart position.
Referring now to FIGS. 4 and 5, a silicone rubber ring 20 is shown as being sewn in place within the annulus fibrosis 44 of the atrio-ventricular heart wall 46 by a plurality of sutures 48. The interior of the ring 20 is engaged by the remote ends 22 of the fingers 18, and this serves to spread the expansible ring 20 apart a preset distance as the collars 28, 30 are moved toward the axially remote ends 22 of the fingers 18. As shown in FIG. 4, the valve 26 includes a nose portion 50, partially defined by a plurality of supporting members 52 which also serve to cage a ball 54, which is the operational portion of the valve 26. Around the exterior of the valve seat 56 is a ring-retaining groove 58, partially defined by a shoulder portion 60 which is adapted to engage the ring 20 to insure proper registry of the ring 20 in the groove 58. A land 62 in the holder 32 releasably engages a second shoulder 64 on the valve 26. Thus, the land 62 on the collars 28, 30 engages the valve 26 and holds it in position as long as the collars 28, 30 are held closed by engagement between the openings 42 therein and the fingers 18.
FIG. shows that, in operation of the device, as the extreme axial movement limit of the collars 28, 30 is reached, the shoulder portion 60 of the valve has engaged the ring 20 so that it is in a position of registry with the groove 58 and the ring 20 cannot move past the desired position. As the ends 22 of the fingers 18 undergo relative movement with respect to the holder 32, and are withdrawn into the openings 42, the ends 22 no longer engage the ring which snaps into the groove 58 to support the valve 26 in a desired position within the heart. Slight further movement of the collars 28, 30 with respect to the rod ends 22 allows the collars 28, 30 to release the valve, and the entire unit is then withdrawn.
When it is desired to repeat the operating cycle for another operation, a valve is placed between the collars 28, 30, the collars are then closed, and the alignment ring 40 is moved towards the remote ends 22 of the fingers 18, thereby spacing the ends 22 apart a distance equal to their spacing when engaged with the openings 42. This allows the collars 28, 30 to be placed over the fingers 18 in a simple operation and enables the entire valve holder assembly, including a valve 26 held therein, to be moved to the left as shown in the drawings. This permits the ends 22 of the rods or fingers 18 to return to their closely spaced-apart position for entry into the center of the ring. This action is illustrated in FIG. 7, which shows a valve 26 held in the collars 28, 30, the frame 38 moved to an extreme left-hand position, and the ends 22 of the fingers l8 closely spaced apart.
In use, when the heart wall or membrane is open, the flexible rubber or expansible steel snapring 20 is rapidly sewn directly into place within the annulus fibrosis in the place from which the natural atria-ventricular valve has been removed. Since the ring 20 and the valve 26 to be inserted therein are separate pieces, the valve does not interfere with the sewing operation. Immediately after the ring is located and sewn in the desired position, the ends 22 of the rods or fingers 18 are placed within the snapring 20 and the ring 38 is manipulated so as to move the valve into position within the split ring 32 and subsequently released therefrom in one operation, while the ring 20 is in registry with the groove 58. The surgical instrument of the present invention thus makes it possible to simplify heart surgery and greatly reduce the time required for implantation of a valve within the heart, thereby reducing the time during which the heart must remain open and during which the blood of the patient is being circulated by artificial means.
In a preferred embodiment, the unit is made of a stainless steel construction for corrosion resistance, and ease of sterilization even though the construction is such that other materials may be used, particularly if a lower cost disposable unit is desired to be made.
We claim:
1. A surgical instrument for use in inserting a prosthetic device in a desired position of use at least partially within an expansible retaining ring, said instrument comprising in combination, means for engaging said ring on the interior thereof and for spreading said ring apart upon radially outward movement of said engaging means, means for receiving a valve for insertion within said ring, said receiving means being normally biased to an open position for release of a valve held therein and being adapted to hold a valve therein in a closed position thereof, means associated with said receiving means for expanding said ring-spreading means by engagement therewith while said valve is held within said receiving means, said receiving means and said spreading means being arranged so that said valve may be moved by said receiving means into a position of engagement with said ring, and further movement of said receiving means removes said ring from said engaging means and allows release of said spreading means from said engaging means, whereby said valve may be released from said receiving means upon engagement of said valve with said ring.
2. An instrument as defined in claim 1 in which said receiving means comprises a split ring having an annular groove therein for receiving a portion of said valve.
3. An instrument as defined in claim 1 in which said receiving means comprises a ring having a groove therein for receiving said valve and said spreading means comprises a plurality of openings in said receiving means engagement with said engaging means, whereby said engaging means are positioned so as to be in diametral registry with said spreading means as said receiving means is moved along said engaging means.
4. An instrument as defined in claim 1 in which said engaging means comprises a plurality of stiff but resilient fingers attached to a frame element, said fingers being biased toward a closely spaced-apart position at the ends thereof opposite the ends thereof which are received by said frame.
5. An instrument as defined in claim 1 in which said engaging means comprises a plurality of fingers mounted in a frame and extending axially therefrom, said receiving means comprises a split collar having an annular groove therein for receiving a valve, and in which said receiving means includes a plurality of openings therein for engaging said fingers, and in which said receiving means includes a pair of stiff but resilient fingers biasing said split collar to an open position thereof, whereby said first-mentioned fingers are urged apart by axial movement of said receiving means and whereby engagement of said first-mentioned fingers with said receiving means retains said receiving means in a closed position thereof as long as said openings are engaged with said fingers.
6. A surgical tool for use in inserting a prosthetic device in a desired position of use at least partially within an expansible retaining ring comprising, in combination, a ring spreader assembly including a ring spreader frame unit, a plurality of spaced apart, elongated flexible ring-spreading fingers attached at the proximate ends thereof to said frame unit and being biased toward and closely spaced apart from one another at the remote ends thereof for entry into the center of said expansible ring, a valve holder assembly including a frame unit, a plurality of spaced apart, elongated means for supporting a valve holder unit, said means being joined at the proximate ends thereof to said valve holder frame unit and being inherently biased apart from each other at the remote ends thereof, a valve holder unit adapted to receive and hold a valve therein when in a closed position, and to release said valve when in an open position thereof, said supporting means being attached at their remote ends to portions of said valve holder unit, said valve holder assembly and said ring-spreader assembly being freely axially movable in relation to each other, and means on said valve holder unit for spreadingly encondition of said ring, and upon further axial movement, said ring is engaged by said valve, and removed axially from the ends of said fingers, whereupon said valve holder is released from said fingers and allowed to open for release of said valve therefrom.
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Posted: 07/28/2014 - Authorities say eight people have been struck by lightning on Los Angeles' popular Venice Beach boardwalk, with a ninth person hit on Southern California's Catalina Island.
Posted: 07/28/2014 - Authorities say eight people have been struck by lightning on Los Angeles' popular Venice Beach boardwalk, with a ninth person hit on Southern California's Catalina Island.
Posted: 07/26/2014 - An irrigation district that provides water to farmers throughout the Middle Rio Grande Valley is curtailing water deliveries due to sporadic rainfalls and inadequate waters storage in El Vado Reservoir.
Posted: 07/25/2014 - Residents of a remote Alaska community very near Russia found a unique way to get some recyclable waste off-island.
Posted: 07/25/2014 - Cooler temperatures allowed firefighters to directly attack a massive wildfire that has destroyed about 150 homes in north-central Washington on Thursday.
Updated: 07/24/2014 - In 2013, the vast majority of worldwide climate indicators—greenhouse gases, sea levels, global temperatures, etc.—continued to reflect trends of a warmer planet, according to the indicators assessed in the State of the Climate in 2013 report, released online today by the American Meteorological Society.
Updated: 07/24/2014 - A new study based on NASA satellite measurements reveals what researchers called a shocking loss of groundwater in the Southwest's largest river basin
Posted: 07/24/2014 - One of the results of a historic drought like the one we experienced in 2011 is severely damaged pastures that provide the primary source of forage to feed cattle.
Updated: 07/23/2014 - A line of strong to severe thunderstorms continues to move southwest out of the Arklatex / Tyler area this evening.
Posted: 07/23/2014 - The U.S. National Hurricane Center says a tropical depression in the Atlantic has weakened to a tropical wave as it approaches the Lesser Antilles.
Updated: 07/23/2014 - A geologist with one of the country's largest independent oil producers will talk about the recent uptick in earthquake activity in Oklahoma.
Posted: 07/22/2014 - The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory through late Wednesday for much of the state as stifling heat and humidity continue to affect Oklahoma this week.
Posted: 07/21/2014 - After rounds of soggy weather and unseasonably cool temperatures last week -- we're running back towards the status quo this week. Afternoon highs across the Brazos Valley are expected to climb near 100°.
Posted: 07/21/2014 - A complex of fires in north-central Washington had burned about 379 square miles, making it the largest wildfire in the state since record-keeping started. Fire spokesman Andrew Sanbri says calmer winds and cooler temperatures are allowing firefighters to go on the offensive. The fire is just 2 percent contained.
Updated: 07/21/2014 - Forecasters say a tropical depression has formed over the Atlantic, though it remains far out to sea and is not expected to threaten land.
Posted: 07/21/2014 - NASA honored one of its most famous astronauts Monday by renaming a historic building at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
Posted: 07/20/2014 - California's ongoing drought could complicate the state's effort to combat global warming.
Posted: 07/19/2014 - A coroner has determined that a man whose charred body was found in a homeless camp during a San Diego County wildfire died from natural causes, not from injuries related to the blaze.
Posted: 07/19/2014 - A massive wildfire in north-central Washington is growing rapidly. As of Saturday morning, it had scorched 336 square miles in the scenic Methow Valley.
Posted: 07/18/2014 - A fire racing through rural north-central Washington destroyed about 100 homes, leaving behind smoldering rubble, solitary brick chimneys and burned-out automobiles as it blackened hundreds of square miles in the scenic Methow Valley.
Posted: 07/18/2014 - A new federal earthquake map dials up the shaking hazard just a bit for about one-third of the United States and lowers it for one-tenth of the nation.
Posted: 07/18/2014 - Heavy rain in parts of Texas has flooded roads, left campers stranded and forced evacuation of a hotel during a weather-related fire.
Posted: 07/17/2014 - Storms have dumped nearly a foot of rain in parts of North Texas and delayed travel amid concerns about possible flooding.
Posted: 07/17/2014 - With the growing demand for food and fiber from an increasing global population, agriculture is continually challenged to do more with less.
Updated: 07/16/2014 - Wednesday brought just a few areas of heavy rain and thunderstorms across the Brazos Valley. An upper-level low spinning across North Texas will bring another round of soaking rain fall to the area Thursday and Friday.
Posted: 07/16/2014 - The International Space Station accepted a fresh delivery of goods Wednesday.


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NASCAR-Nationwide-CNBC Prime's The Profit 200 Lineup
Updated: July 13, 2013, 12:24 PM ETAssociated Press
After Saturday qualifying; race Saturday
At New Hampshire Motor Speedway
Loudon, N.H.
Lap length: 1.058 miles
(Car number in parentheses)
1. (54) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 131.916 mph.
2. (20) Brian Vickers, Toyota, 131.207.
3. (5) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 131.008.
4. (7) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 130.963.
5. (2) Brian Scott, Chevrolet, 130.873.
6. (31) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 130.864.
7. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 130.86.
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1/ Amazing makeup by Beth for the FU shoot 2/ V Festival day 1 AX Paris outfit
3/ V Fest selfie with Kayla 4/ V Festival day 2 AX Paris outfit
As you may be able to tell from these photos, I've been to V Festival! I went along with the lovely Kayla Hadlington for AX Paris and had an incredible time, I vlogged it on my brand new camera (oOoh) so you should all see that soon. My favourite act was of course Justin Timberlake and Bastille weren't half bad either - did any of you go? Who was your favourite act?
Sunday Summary Week 170
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Title says it all. Anyways, your team has to have 2 things: 7 people or less and a corny name.
Here's my team:
- Zilla (from the crappy 1998 Godzilla remake)
- Godzilla
- King Kong
- Gamera
- Anguirus
- Biollante
All kaiju are the versions they are in the pictures. Characters such as Galactus, Darkseid, Thanos, Mephisto, and TOAA are not allowed.


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MELBOURNE, Australia -- Oh, the grin Roger Federer must have had planted on his face watching Rafael Nadal exert himself for over five arduous hours just to get to the final. Federer not only vanquished semifinal foe Andy Roddick in a routine three-set match, he's had an extra day's rest. Enjoying a renaissance since a gloomy first half of 2008, the sovereign Swiss is one win away from equaling Pete Sampras' all-time Grand Slam record.
Make no mistake, though. Nadal is a genetic oddity. If anyone is able to recover from a grueling encounter, it's the irrepressible world No. 1. Nadal also holds a 4-2 advantage in Grand Slam final matches versus Federer, highlighted by last year's demolition at the French Open and a breathtaking Wimbledon finale.
After all the discourse exalting the bevy of legitimate men's contenders, we're again left with the world's top two players in a Grand Slam final.
So who comes out on top? Sandra Harwitt and Kamakshi Tandon square off.
The final matchup that everyone was drooling to see between world No. 1 Rafael Nadal and No. 2 Roger Federer became a reality Friday night at the Australian Open. That's when Nadal survived a 5-hour, 14-minute thriller against Spanish compatriot Fernando Verdasco; the longest match, in terms of time, in Australian Open history.
Sunday's final is the first meeting between the two highest-profile players in the game since Nadal ended the five-year Federer regime at Wimbledon in July 2008.
Nadal is bidding for a first Grand Slam hard-court trophy to add to his major titles. When Nadal first emerged on the scene, it was thought that he would become solely a clay-court impresario -- his four-year reign over the French Open surely supports his ability on dirt.
But the Spaniard has proved he can flex his muscles on all surfaces.
Nadal's southpaw stroke-making has bewildered Federer from the outset. Proof comes in their head-to-head total, which Nadal leads 12-6, not to mention he won all four of their matches played in 2008.
There will be those who are concerned about Nadal's recovery after his marathon outing with Verdasco. But it bears keeping in mind there's hardly a fitter, stronger, more determined player to grace a tennis court than Nadal. This is a 22-year-old who can run all day, every day, and come back and do it again the next day. He powers his way to victories by working it from the baseline, so long rallies and long matches are the benchmark of his brand of tennis.
To those who think he'll be at a disadvantage because of his prolonged semifinal, think again. Let's not forget that he became the first player in history to tear through the French Open on clay, Queen's Club on grass and Wimbledon on grass during a six-week run last year.
Nadal is always respectful of Federer's place in the game; he repeatedly says Federer will go down in history as the best ever. But Nadal also knows all too well that he has continually had Federer's number.
-- Sandra Harwitt
Roger Federer
Rafael Nadal's historic problems on hard courts have actually been a frustration for Roger Federer advocates.
Nadal might lead 12-6 in the head-to-head series, they say, but the record is lopsided because Nadal doesn't reach finals on hard courts like Federer does on clay. Only five of their 18 meetings have come on the hard stuff, and Federer has won three of those.
But the fact that this Grand Slam final is on a hard court is not the defining factor in the match. Remember, after all, that Nadal got Federer on the Swiss' best surface (grass) at Wimbledon last year.
The defining factor is that this final isn't on clay. It's on clay where Nadal's topspin bounces too high for Federer to swing at full strength, where the Spaniard can retreat far behind the baseline to construct an almost impenetrable defense, where he can pound for hours without feeling the impact on his knees and feet.
Because this final is not on clay, Federer knows he will not be helpless, even if Nadal is having a good day. If the Swiss serves well, as he has been doing in his past couple of matches, Federer will be able to win his service games easily and be aggressive when returning Nadal's serve, pushing him deep behind the baseline and opening up the court for his own skillful shot-making.
Psychologically, too, Federer has more to fuel him: A win would tie him with Pete Sampras for 14 Grand Slams. Nadal does have the prospect of winning his first hard-court Slam, but there is a palpable feeling that just making the final has been an achievement.
Finally, even if the match is tight, Nadal's 5-hour, 14-minute effort against Verdasco means Federer will have the physical advantage in a long contest, particularly since Nadal can expect to do most of the running Sunday.
-- Kamakshi Tandon


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I love him but he doesn't love me anymore?
so I was that guy's first love and he loved me for years but every time I pushed him away because I didn't love him back, now I love him like crazy... Show More
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Show that you're interested at him, but don't easily give in.
In one fine weekend, try getting out with him and visit a lot of places, I mean LOT of places to create a lot of memories. You can go to the park then go to movies, to a coffee shop, mall, theater, dancing class, and others. This creates familiarity between the two of you which is essential in breeding attraction.
Touch him a lot (in a sexual/non-sexual way, either will do)
Maintain longer eye contacts with him than usual. Flirt with him. Be honest with your feelings. = )
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Why do you "love him NOW". What changed?
I don't really know, but maybe because when he first loved me we were too young we were in middle school or something, so I found it creepy
I don't think you can be "too young" to love people...Cory and Topanga knew each other since they were babies. I have a feeling they always loved each other...they just didn't express it until much later
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WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — At a candidate forum Monday night hosted by 91.3fm WHQR, Democratic candidate for NC Senate District 9 Deb Butler addressed her recent comment at another debate, in which she referred to County Commissioner Brian Berger's state of mind as "mentally challenged."
"It's clear to me that Commissioner Berger is not fit to serve," Butler said. "He does not attend all of the meetings. He's frequently late. He's doing these late-night diatribes that accuse people of conspiracy. Again, the business of the people has to come first."
Butler also said it may come down to passing legislation for a recall election to get the county back on track.