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I wonder if the Sugar Bowl will sell out? When the Florida Gators play the Louisville Cardinals, the Gator fans better show up to fill up the New Orleans Superdome. To common sense fans, Oklahoma would be the right team to play the Gators.The Orange Bowl has a real treat. Florida State will have fun in blowing out Northern Illinois. I think they should give the Alabama and Notre Dame fans a buy one get one free deal. FSU will not have enough fans who will go down to South Beach for a sale out. Georgia would've been a very good match up for FSU.I know what the fans would say on this subject. They would speak about the time Utah blew out Alabama or the Boise State upset of Oklahoma. It could happen, but one game doesn't give a team that right to be in a BCS Bowl game. If Northern Illinois or Louisville wants to be respected, then they both should play a list of teams who either Georgia or Oklahoma have played this season: Notre Dame, Florida, Kansas State, South Carolina, or Alabama.N...
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04769.x
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Molecular Ecology
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VONHOLDT, B. M., STAHLER, D. R., BANGS, E. E., SMITH, D. W., JIMENEZ, M. D., MACK, C. M., NIEMEYER, C. C., POLLINGER, J. P. and WAYNE, R. K. (2010), A novel assessment of population structure and gene flow in grey wolf populations of the Northern Rocky Mountains of the United States. Molecular Ecology, 19: 4412–4427. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04769.x
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The successful re-introduction of grey wolves to the western United States is an impressive accomplishment for conservation science. However, the degree to which subpopulations are genetically structured and connected, along with the preservation of genetic variation, is an important concern for the continued viability of the metapopulation. We analysed DNA samples from 555 Northern Rocky Mountain wolves from the three recovery areas (Greater Yellowstone Area, Montana, and Idaho), including all 66 re-introduced founders, for variation in 26 microsatellite loci over the initial 10-year recovery period (1995–2004). The population maintained high levels of variation (HO = 0.64–0.72; allelic diversity k = 7.0–10.3) with low levels of inbreeding (FIS < 0.03) and throughout this period, the population expanded rapidly (n1995 = 101; n2004 = 846). Individual-based Bayesian analyses revealed significant population genetic structure and identified three subpopulations coinciding with designated recovery areas. Population assignment and migrant detection were difficult because of the presence of related founders among different recovery areas and required a novel approach to determine genetically effective migration and admixture. However, by combining assignment tests, private alleles, sibship reconstruction, and field observations, we detected genetically effective dispersal among the three recovery areas. Successful conservation of Northern Rocky Mountain wolves will rely on management decisions that promote natural dispersal dynamics and minimize anthropogenic factors that reduce genetic connectivity.


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Q4 2010 Earnings Call
March 7, 2010 8:00 PM ET
Ethan Ruan – IR
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Ethan Ruan
Hello everyone, and welcome to our earnings conference call. Our fourth quarter and full-year earnings results were released earlier and are available on the company's website. With us today is David Sun, our Chief Executive Officer; Huiping Yan, our Chief Financial Officer, and May Wu, our Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Executive Officer for Yitel brands, who will be further discussing our performance. After prepared remarks, David, Huiping and May will be available to answer your questions.
Before we continue, please note that the discussion today will include forward-looking statements made under the Safe Harbor provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties and such our results may be materially different from the views expressed as of today. A number of potential risks and uncertainties are outlined in our public filings with the SEC. Home Inns does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements except as required under applicable laws.
As a reminder, this conference is being recorded. In addition, a webcast of this conference call will be available on Home Inns Investor Relations website at english.homeinns.com.
I will now turn the call over to our CEO, David Sun.
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Hello, everyone. And thank you for joining us today as we discuss our results from the fourth quarter and full-year 2010 operations and financials. I'm very pleased to announce another strong quarter with which we concluded a highly successful year. Looking back to 2010, we started the year with strong business momentum as a result of Chinese economy recover from the slowdown that had started in later 2008.
Given our mature hotels strong and a stable performance and the limited new hotels opening in the first half, we seized opportunities and between March and June, we successfully implemented 3% to 5% price increases throughout majority of our mature hotels. This allowed us to recover price decrease during the economy downturn as well as keep our overall price level close to be on par with inflation throughout the year. The highly acclaimed Shanghai World Expo was transformative for entire Chinese travel industry.
It brought better than estimated impact to about 65 of our Shanghai based hotels. Meanwhile supported by an overall stable Chinese economy environment and healthy growth of domestic travel industry, our entire portfolios delivered improvements in key performance metrics year-over-year in the fourth quarter, as well as on the full-year basis. Home Inns' fourth quarter revenues increased 14.2% year-over-year to RMB797.9 million. And total revenues for the year increased 21.8% year-over-year to RMB3.17 billion. Both results are within our guidance range.
Overall ADR – overall average daily rates increased to RMB173 million in the fourth quarter, an increase to RMB175 million for the full-year of 2010. Combined with an occupancy rate of 90.4% in the fourth quarter, and 93.5% for the full-year. Our RevPAR increased 5% year-over-year in the fourth quarter to RMB156 million and has increased 12% year-over-year to RMB164 million for the full-year.
There were 535 hotels that had been in operations for at least 18 months in the fourth quarter of 2010. Their RevPAR for 2010 increased from RMB153 million in 2009 to RMB163 million. There has been a consistent favorable like-for-like comparison in such performance improvements for the past five consecutive quarters. Our mature hotels as a group, continued to provide positive contributions to the entire portfolio. With the strong operating performance Home Inns' reported adjusted net income of RMB102 million for the fourth quarter, which was an increase of 34% year-over-year, and RMB466 million for the full-year, which more than doubled the adjusted net income of RMB290 million for 2009.
As of December 31, 2010 Home Inns' had a 3.8 million active non-corporate members, representing a 51% increase from 2.52 million as December 31, 2009. Room nights sold to active non-corporate members consistently represent over 50% of total room nights, and a stable revenue base. On the development front, we delivered our commitment and opened a total of 208 new hotels in 2010. By the end of the year, we had a total of 818 hotels opened in across 146 cities in China.
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Open iTunes to buy and download apps.
Road Trip Fun contains a list of games that you and your family or friends can play on a road trip!
Make the time fly by playing these games with the others in your vehicle.
Count cows, play I Spy, many games are included!
Great for long times in the car when you don't have an internet connection!
Keep in mind that this app is a collection of rules for games that you can play with your family in the car. There are no 'games' to play.
What's New in Version 1.21
* Updated the rules & made some bug fixes
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Why did I spend money on this? It is not a game! All it does is describe a few games that you learned years ago. Don't waste your money in this, just google a game.
Granted I should've read first. But this app is only instructions. Should definitely be a free app. Google gives you the same thing!
Why is this even an app??!?
I hate myself for speed buying this app and not reading the reviews. Worthless and the creators should not be allowed to publish apps anymore!
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- Updated: Jan 03, 2012
- Version: 1.21
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- Language: English
- Seller: Scott Falbo
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Although there is quite a bit of hype surrounding IPOs, it is usually difficult for an individual investor to buy an IPO. Investment banks generally sell IPO shares to money management firms and other favored clients.
However, ever an innovator, Google is proposing to structure its IPO to enable almost anyone to get a piece of the action. Specifically, the company will sell shares through a "Dutch auction," which means a fixed number of shares would be sold directly to the public at whatever price institutional and individual investors are willing to pay.
While individual investors would most likely need to purchase shares through a broker, they could have access to the Google IPO through this system, which is still relatively unusual in the United States. In fact, fewer than one dozen companies have used the Dutch auction system to go public over the past several years. Most recently, Peet's Coffee & Tea and Overstock.com used similar auction methods to launch their respective IPOs.
While the Dutch auction enables smaller investors to get into the action, Google stock could be in for a volatile, wild ride. Often, the winners of the auction will try to immediately unload their stock to make a quick profit.
In case you're considering getting in on the action, here are some things you might want to think about:
What could the value of the business be? Google already takes in close to $1 billion in annual revenue. The company reported operating profits of $347.6 million in 2003. Currently, it is estimated Google might be worth $15 billion to $30 billion after the public stock offering.
Where have all the IPOs gone? In the 1990s, an average of 155 tech companies went public every year. In 1999 alone, 295 U.S. tech and Internet-related startups went public raising more than $34.6 billion. However, the IPO market has been on the decline since 2001. For example, there were only nine tech-related IPOs in 2002 and 17 last year. In total, 2003 saw the fewest IPOs in the United States since 1979.
Is Google a good investment? Technology, as a whole, is often a risky investment because of competition and the potential for obsolescence. In Google's case, the license on its proprietary search engine technology expires in 2011 — in effect, opening doors for competitors like Yahoo! and Microsoft.
Furthermore, of the 10 IPOs with the biggest first day surges since 1975, not one ever returned to the price it received in the first day, according to an analysis of data from Jay Ritter, professor of finance at the University of Florida. Past hot-issue IPOs like AT&T Wireless which came out to significant public fanfare in the year 2000 faded fast. Despite a strong brand and quickly growing market, the stock fell from its initial price of $35 and steadily declined and dropped below $4 a share in October of 2002. Although Cingular eventually acquired AT&T Wireless for around $15 a share, it was at a significant reduction from the original IPO price.
That said, most amateur investors should be very cautious when investing in an IPO. Without an established track record and a clear earnings history, it can be a speculative and risky investment.
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Treasury 5-Year Yield Near Record Low Amid Slowing Signs
Aug. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Treasury five-year note yields were six basis points from a record low as signs of an economic slowdown in the U.S., Europe and China boosted demand for the securities as a haven.
The notes remained higher following a two-day advance before reports today that economists say will show U.S. employers added the fewest workers in three months and that a gauge of euro-area manufacturing slid to a three-year low. Mark Mobius, executive chairman of Templeton Emerging Markets Group, said the Federal Reserve will end up buying bonds "forever." The Fed will conclude a two-day policy meeting today.
"Economies are weak globally, resulting in a flight to quality," said Hiromasa Nakamura, who helps oversee the equivalent of $42 billion as an investor at Mizuho Asset Management Co. in Tokyo. "Treasury yields have more room to decline."
The benchmark five-year yield was little changed at 0.59 percent as of 6:37 a.m. in London, according to Bloomberg Bond Trader data. It reached the all-time low of 0.53 percent on July 25. The 0.5 percent security due July 2017 traded at 99 17/32 today. Ten-year yields were at 1.48 percent after falling eight basis points in the past two days to 1.47 percent yesterday.
Japan's 10-year bond yields were little changed at 0.775 percent, according to Japan Bond Trading Co., the nation's largest interdealer debt broker. The benchmark rate reached 0.72 percent on July 23, the lowest since June 2003.
A gauge of China's manufacturing was little changed at 50.1 in July, the lowest since November, a report from the Beijing-based National Bureau of Statistics and the China Federation of Logistics showed today. A reading below 50 signals contraction.
U.S. Economy
ADP Employer Services will probably say today that companies in the U.S. added 120,000 workers last month, according to the median estimate of economists surveyed by Bloomberg News. That would be the least since April and down from a 176,000 increase in June.
A gauge of manufacturing in the euro region dropped to 44.1 in July, a level unseen since June 2009, a separate poll of economists shows. London-based Markit Economics will release the final reading of the index today.
Fed Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said on July 17 that policy makers are "looking for ways to address the weakness in the economy should more action be needed." The central bank's policy-setting Federal Open Market Committee said in January that its benchmark interest rate will stay at "exceptionally low levels" at least through late 2014, extending its pledge from the middle of 2013.
The Fed bought $2.3 trillion of mortgage and Treasury debt from 2008 to 2011 in two rounds of so-called quantitative easing, or QE, seeking to cap borrowing costs.
"They are not going to stop printing," Templeton's Mobius said at a briefing in Tokyo today, referring to the U.S. central bank. "It's no longer going to be QE1, QE2, QE3, it's going to be QE-forever until unemployment goes down." His company manages about $50 billion in assets.
Twenty-six percent of economists forecast the Fed will extend its rate pledge today, while 74 percent expect the central bank not to change its forward guidance, according to a Bloomberg News survey of 58 economists. Forty-eight percent say the FOMC will announce a third round of asset purchases at its Sept. 12-13 meeting.
The central bank will buy as much as $2 billion of Treasuries tomorrow maturing in February 2036 to May 2042. The purchases are part of the so-called Operation Twist that swaps short-term debt in the Fed's holdings for longer maturities.
ECB Expectations
Demand for Treasuries was limited before the European Central Bank holds a policy meeting tomorrow amid speculation it will decide to buy sovereign debt in the euro region to lower government borrowing costs. ECB President Mario Draghi said on July 26 that the central bank is "ready to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro."
Spain's 10-year bond yields have pared their advance since climbing to a euro-era record of 7.75 percent on July 25, standing at 6.75 percent yesterday. The equivalent rate in Italy was at 6.08 percent, down from a six-month high of 6.71 percent touched a week earlier.
The ECB hasn't settled any purchases of government bonds since March under its Securities Markets Program, in which the central bank intervenes in the euro region's public and private debt markets.
"Action by Draghi is likely to drive down bond yields in Italy and Spain, which would spur risk-on sentiment and put upward pressure on Treasury yields," said Mizuho's Nakamura. "Any yield gain would be temporary and rates would resume their decline owing to the weak U.S. fundamentals in the long term."
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This superb golf and conference hotel enjoys an exclusive setting in the town of Guadalmina in the heart of the stunning Costa del Sol. The hotel is located in close proximity to spectacular beaches and a wide range of entertainment and shopping venues in Puerto Banus. The hotel is set amidst luxuriant natural surroundings which it complements with elegance and style. The guest rooms are beautifully appointed, offering luxurious, comfortable surroundings in which to relax and unwind at the end of the day. The hotel provides a seemingly endless array of exceptional facilities and services, catering for the needs of each individual guest to the highest degree of excellence. Guests will be impressed by the extensive array of leisure facilities available which enhance any experience at this hotel.
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The New York Times manages to revive the myth of atomic scientist Robert Oppenheimer as a man broken, his career ended by a long-discredited security hearing in the 1950s, in spite of plenty of evidence to the contrary.
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One day in 1943, Dr. Robert Oppenheimer, known to many as the "father of the atomic bomb," made a mundane request.
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Successful candidates will be versatile hands-on contributors with exceptional analytical and communication skills. Particularly relevant areas of expertise might include System Verilog constrained random verification driven by functional/code coverage metrics and UVM, OVM, and/or VMM verification of high-speed ASIC designs. Knowledge of emulation, formal verification and DFT is a plus.
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Valient Thorr were up first. I don't know anything that they played for sure except "Mask of Sanity," "Double Crossed," and "Tomorrow Police." They dedicated "Tomorrow Police" to Dio - "a man who lived for rock n' roll, which is how you'd ought to live" - which was nice.
Baroness were up next, and played arguably the best set of the night. I was psyched to get The Gnashing instead of War, Wisdom, & Rhyme, but I still would have liked more from Red Album and maybe even something off the EPs.
Bullhead's Psalm
The Sweetest Curse
Jake Leg
Ogeechee Hymnal
A Horse Called Golgotha
Swollen and Halo
The Gnashing
Between the Buried and Me really got the crowd going for the first time of the night. Their setlist was kinda weak and the sound was bad but it's BTBAM and they never disappoint. Fifth time seeing them and I guarantee a sixth.
Fossil Genera - A Feed From Cloud Mountain
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Backwards Marathon
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Mastodon basically dominated. Brann, Troy, and Bill are a well-oiled unit, nay, an
unit. Brent...was okay. He left the stage after every Crack the Skye song and was yelling at one point, and he was fine throughout the encore set until Blood and Thunder at which point he left the stage, but still played the song from wherever he was. So, his routine didn't affect the performances or the music - he sounded great on guitar and vocals. I just hate what a diva he's become, and I really do hope he gets fired and John Dyer Baizley pulls double duty. He absolutely DOMINATES the stage with Baroness. We'll see what happens from here, this was the last night of the tour. Now prepare to be jealous because we got some shit that I don't think any other cities got:
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Beginning in 2011, On the Cutting Edge began a process to review the extensive collection of activities submitted by workshop participants and members of the geoscience community. The Review Processes page illuminates the details of the peer review process, and the activities are scored on 5 elements: scientific veracity; alignment of goals, activity, and assessment; pedagogical effectiveness; robustness; and completeness of the ActivitySheet. The activities that score very highly in these areas become part of the Cutting Edge Exemplary Collection and are featured below. To date, activities in the mineralogy, petrology, geochemistry, environmental geology, structural geology, geophysics, and tectonics areas have been reviewed so the exemplary collection is composed of activities from these topics. As the review of additional areas is completed, exemplary activities from the rest of the collection will be included here.
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Downloading Earthquake Data from the USGS Earthquake Hazards Site for Anywhere in the World and Studying it Using ArcGIS part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Barb Tewksbury, Hamilton College
Students download earthquake data from the USGS Earthquake Hazards website and plot and anlyze the earthquakes using ArcMap and ArcScene.
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Using ArcGIS to Study the New Lakes in the Toshka Basin in Egypt and Evaluate Egypt's New Valley Project part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Barb Tewksbury, Hamilton College
In this assignment, students use ArcGIS to analyze the new lakes that have formed in the Toshka Depression, Egypt as a result of overflow from Lake Nasser and use their analyses to evaluate the wisdom of the plan ...
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Who Polluted Surface and Groundwater in This Place? part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Steve Reynolds, Arizona State University - Downtown Phoenix
Students use water-well data and geology to determine which site caused groundwater and surface-water contamination.
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Hometown Geology part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Stacey Cochiara, New Jersey City University
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Observations and Measurements in Geology part of Introductory Courses:Activities
Stacey Cochiara, New Jersey City University
This exercise gives students an introduction to topics they will encounter throughout the semester, and future course work. It covers plate tectonics, weathering, and basic rock descriptions.
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Paper: "Limitations and Hazards to Home Construction" part of Geomorphology:Activities
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This is a semester-long writing project that incorporates exercises completed during first two thirds of the term. Students evaluate geomorphic conditions and potential hazards on one of four properties in western ...
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Fluvial Geomorphology of the Upper Yellowstone River Drainage Basin: Using Google Earth to Analyze Rivers part of Geomorphology:Activities
Lindley Hanson, Salem State University
Students will learn how to make measurements and collect data using Google Earth and NIH ImageJ.
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This is a computer (Windows, Macintosh) based exercise designed to take about two hours. Students use a 5 page short-answer study sheet with the Berkshire Field Trip Map, Guidebook and associated images of the ...
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Mapping extensional crack arrays in asphalt as normal fault system physical analogues part of Structural Geology:Activities
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Students map extensional crack arrays in asphalt, at full-scale, using long pieces of inexpensive craft paper and markers, map the connections between individual cracks in the arrays, and study (descriptively) ...
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Poleward Heat Transport Jigsaw part of Hurricanes-Climate Change Connection:Activities
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Why did God demand that Noah put animals on the ark in twos?
So "Evan Almighty" could double the poop jokes.
Because it's so true, it's not much of a punch line. But then, "Evan Almighty" isn't much of a comedy, either.
Here's the funniest thing: In trying desperately to reconnect with religious Americans, Hollywood assumes religious Americans are so dumb they'll laugh at anything.
Yep, that oughta work!
Nobody's blown this much money building a wooden ship that couldn't fly since Howard Hughes pieced together the Spruce Goose. In the Bible it rained for 40 days and 40 nights; "Evan Almighty" is as dry as hardtack and has a soul the size of a roasted peanut.
The truly pious must love those clapping monkeys, because how could all this marketing research have gotten middle America so wrong? "Evan Almighty" is the movie-length equivalent of a pandering animal-reaction shot; for a reputed $175 million, that's a lot of drooling dogs and defecating parrots. That it may be the most expensive comedy ever made must have the devil giggling all the way to his fireside matinee.
Count your blessings: It's bad, but it's short. Steve Carell briefly reprises his role as the smarmy TV anchorman from the sequel's genesis, "Bruce Almighty." He makes a career 180, to be a smarmy congressman.
Morgan Freeman's God, meanwhile, makes a career 180, as well, going from vengeful to merely smug.
This is when the Biblical proportions seem all out of proportion. Set crews really did re-create the ark, and the wrangling of thousands of animals for "Evan" is already Hollywood legend. All this to catch a corner-cutting committee chairman? Couldn't God just put the fear of himself into Jack Abramoff and spare the trees it took to build this ship of fools?
"Bruce Almighty," though far from a perfect comedy, had an edge to its humor and theology that kept the pace moving. Jim Carrey, the ultimate narcissist, accused God of being a narcissist, and then paid for the blasphemy by learning for a few days just how omniscience might feel.
"Evan" sinks under the helmsmanship of returning director Tom Shadyac and a roomful of screenwriters who trained on the Letterman show but who seem better at monotone than monologue. They shot for a milder PG rating in a conscious effort to reach the faithful of middle America, opening with Carell and his onscreen wife, Lauren Graham, on their knees in prayer.
Those shallow gestures doom "Evan" to bloated mediocrity. It's enough, in this world view, to pose an actor genuflecting without giving him anything worthy to think, say or do. Hey, how about an ark? Sure it's been done. But not lately!
Verily, perhaps I strike thee as a vengeful movie critic. Then feast thine ears on such erudition as this, as Carell speaks to the gathering animals: "When you're on my lawn, keep it in your butt."
Any movie that gives all the best lines to Wanda Sykes, when Sykes receives only seventh billing in the credits, has fulfilled its low expectations. "Evan" steals one of its best lines from "Jaws," when Carell looks over the transom at a gathering crowd and says, "We're going to need a bigger boat."
What we need are screenwriters who can build more than a cartoon ark. The Western religious traditions are rich with love, hate, humor, cruelty and pathos. Hollywood will never regain the trust of red state-of-mind voters if it continues to ignore the babe in the manger, and only offers what gets swept out of the stables.
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I would be saving the chair for someone who actually needs it. My back hurts constantly but using a power chair seems like a bit much.
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I wouldn't use it, my backaches as well but I will leave it for someone who actually needs it. Walking, being active and mobile is actually healthy for pregnancy. I park in the back of the parking lot for the extra walk even though my hips sometimes hurt. Immobility can lead to may pain actually.
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Derek Jeter has played 15 seasons at the major league level, and reached October 13 times, claiming four World Series triumphs along the way. Jeter is also the all-time Yankees hits leader and will become the first career-Bomber to reach the magical 3,000-hit plateau.
Jeter has been an All-Star 1o times, won three Silver Sluggers and Gold Gloves, was the 1996 AL Rookie of the Year, and is the only man to have ever been named MVP in both the Midsummer and Fall Classics in the same year (2000).
But do your very best to erase all of that from your mind, because if you only concentrate on the statistics and the accolades, you will fail to see Derek Jeter.
Fans often ponder what would result if it were possible to fuse attributes from a supremely talented player to one who, while less talented, loves the game every bit as much as those same fans. Such as combining the pure talent of Jose Reyes with the passion and determination of Nick Punto, for instance.
Though it didn't happen in the lab of a mad scientist, it has happened nonetheless. Jeter is that rare player, born with all the ability of a superstar, but blessed also with the heart of a role player.
Regardless of the money, the fame, the awards or even the women — one thing towers above all others for the Yankees shortstop — winning.
And it's not just in the incredible plays Jeter has been responsible for that have helped drive so many victories, but lies also in one aspect of Jeter that is rarely, if ever talked about.
After all these years and all the moments that Jeter has provided, one particular action is indelible.
It is not Jeter's shuffle pass to Jorge Posada in Oakland, or diving into the stands against the Red Sox, or his walk-off shot against the Diamondbacks. No, these momentary actions have nothing to do with Jeter heroics.
To my mind, Jeter's defining characteristic is that whenever a Yankee other than the captain delivers a big knock or scores a crucial run, the first player that leaps over the railing of the New York dugout to celebrate and congratulate is always the same man — Derek Jeter.
General Douglas MacArthur's declaration that "There is no substitute for victory" hangs at Yankee Stadium, forever reminding her players of what it means to be a Yankee. And whether you like it or not, New York's tradition of titles and intimidation were long absent until Jeter resurrected them.
And though some would have you believe that Jeter's legend and notoriety are a result of the New York media, make no mistake, victory is the beginning and the end for Jeter.
The future Hall of Fame shortstop is now 35 years old and could become a player who many fans look back on with regret at the realization that they did not appreciate how special he really was. Of course by then he will have retired and become another chapter of Yankee lore.
You don't have to fall victim to that same, senseless thinking. Don't allow your Yankee-hatred to blur your perception of one of the truly magnificent players in the history of the game.
It's simple really, to suggest that Jeter is overrated is the very definition of laughable.
Jeter may not have the range of other shortstops, he may not have the hands, he may not have the arm, he may not have the speed, he may not have the power — but Jeter always finds a way to be right in the middle of the action when the chips are on the table.
For the first time since 2003, those chips are about to be on the table once again. But don't fool yourself into thinking that four rings have eased Jeter's pain of having missed the past five World Series.
Win or lose, Jeter will make his presence known.
I've been saying it for a long time, but will finally write it for all to see — if you don't like, or at the very least appreciate Derek Jeter, then you don't like baseball.
"Regardless of the money, the fame, the awards or even the women — one thing towers above all others for the Yankees shortstop — winning."
I can't help but think of what the Fire Joe Morgan guys had to say in response to a similar sentiment:
"Joe Mauer, meanwhile, issued a different statement to the press after going 2-4 with a walk against the Cleveland Indians. 'Fuck the World Series,' said Mauer. 'Seriously. Write that down. Fuck the World Series. If I ever win a World Series ring, I will literally just take it and fuck the tiny ring-hole.' Mauer punctuated his remarks with a graphic, thrusting pantomime, presumably of what he would physically do to the World Series ring. Mauer added: 'I don't give a flying goddamn about winning. I am an awards guy. I'm Joe Fucking Mauer. I only care about individual honors. How many times do I have to tell you guys that? Mauer out, fuckfaces!' Mauer then urinated on a picture of Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett holding hands and stormed out of the clubhouse whistling a pro-al Qaeda anthem that he wrote himself earlier in the day."
Oh my God! LOL at the previous comment.
Nobody is saying Jeter wants to win more than Mauer. But if you like baseball and you hate Jeter, you are kinda pathetic, because the dude is good.
Nice piece. I've always felt that a lot of Derek Jeter fans are the Yankees version of Boston's pink hat fans, which is why it's been a rare occasion when I have admitted to someone that Derek Jeter is indeed my favorite player. I wonder how many people would actually hate him if he was on another team? He'd still be my favorite player, but with less rings.
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By Kathy Jefcoats
ATLANTA — Oral arguments in Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill's criminal case were heard Tuesday at the Georgia Court of Appeals.
Clayton County District Attorney Tracy Graham Lawson said the Hill appeal was the fourth case heard by the high court Tuesday. The Justices asked "barely any follow-up questions," making it impossible to tell if they were leaning toward one side, she said.
Hill was due to be tried on 32 felony counts last year. Clayton County Superior Court Judge Albert Collier dropped five counts last year at the request of a defense motion. Prosecutors appealed the decision, delaying the start of the November trial. Defense attorneys also appealed.
Hill was indicted in January 2012 on charges mostly related to his first term in office, 2005-2008. While under indictment, Hill was re-elected in November and re-took the office in January. He maintains his innocence and has vowed to be acquitted.
Hill faces years in prison if convicted on all charges and will be removed from office if convicted on just one felony.
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Aviva publishes 'Road to success' guide for parents
Aviva has produced a new guide for parents to help them safely guide their sons and daughters through the process of learning to drive.
The guide, 'The Road to success', has been produced on the back of work carried out in 2009 by Aviva to understand the very poor crash and casualty statistics for newly qualified drivers.
The insurer also looked in more depth at choice of first car and found that 50% of first cars were being bought for less than £500.
Aviva's Nigel Bartram said: "Our work highlights a need for better pre-driver education in secondary schools, including peer group classroom based sessions as part of the learning to drive programme, discussing all the aspects of safety and where things go wrong.
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Just to let everyone know I have just been in conversation with Adam Cracknell.
The leaflet only exists in PDF there are no hard copies available. He was so apologetic.
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Great booklet but possibly the dangers of using mobile phones, particularly texting, messing with radio, sat nav etc. should have been stressed a lot more. Any chance of obtaining copies of these for handing out at school visits?
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That sounds like a frustrating situation. I would encourage you to re-frame your perspective on the situation and try to put yourself in his shoes. He isn't trying to manipulate you by needing you at night. By going to him, you aren't "giving into his demands" - you are meeting his needs. Nighttime can be very scary, and most kids need help going to sleep at night, and also help going back to sleep when they wake up. Putting a lock on the door is counter-productive; he's trying to come to you in the night because he needs you, and preventing that from happening is only going to frighten him and make him feel isolated. Same with crying it out (which, just FYI, is not supported at all on MDC) - it's just going to teach him that you don't meet his needs at night and shut him down. You might get compliance, but at the very high cost of his emotional health.
Try to think outside the conventional box. Maybe you could put a mattress down for you to sleep on in his room, or bring one into your room for him to sleep on. Make is EASIER for him to get to you at night, not harder. Like I said, he's trying to tell you that he needs your comfort at night, he isn't trying to be manipulative or overly demanding. Pull him closer, don't push him away.
It sounds like he just wants and needs to be with you. Instead of working to prevent that, why not shift perspective and just let him sleep with you? In my experience, the harder I've tried to reroute my kids' needs like that, the MORE they seem to pursue them. Giving in won't ruin him or make you a bad parent; to the contrary--it will help him feel more secure in his attachment and I bet you'd all sleep better.
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