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Commercial Bank Qatar Masters
2011 Commercialbank Qatar Masters presented by Dolphin Energy Winner
Thomas BJORN
Residence: Gothenburg, Sweden
Attachment: Golf in Dubai
Date of Birth: 18/02/1971
Height and weight: 6ft 2 ½ in 13 st
(189cm 88kgs)
Family: Wife: Pernilla (m:1998);
Children: Filippa (1999), Oliver and Julia (twins 2003)
Interests: Football, Movies
Turned Pro: 1993 (scratch)
Qualifying School: (1992), (93)
Player Profile
2010 Commercialbank Qatar Masters presented by Dolphin Energy Winner
Robert KARLSSON
Exemption: European Tour, Cat 1, Rank 7
Exemption: Challenge Tour, Cat 0, Rank 0
Residence: Monaco
Date of birth: 03/09/1969
Place of birth: Katrineholm, Sweden
Height and weight: 6ft 5in 14st (196cm 95kgs)
Family: Wife: Ebba (m:2003)
Children: Thea Elisabet (2001), Ceaser Alexander (2004)
Interests: Family, Sports
Web Site: www.sportyard.com
Turned Pro: 1989 (plus 3)
Qualifying School: 1990
Player Profile
Made a great start to 2010 by winning the Commercialbank Qatar Masters presented by Dolphin Energy - the perfect way to forget a frustrating 2009 which was plagued by a debilitating eye problem. Having enjoyed the most successful season of his career in 2008, when he became the first Swedish player to capture the Harry Vardon Trophy as Europe's Number One, he did not play a competitive stroke play event between the European Open in May 2009 and the Alfred Dunhill Links Championship in October after suffering from blurred vision caused by fluid behind the retina in his left eye. Won twice in 2008 to top the Order of Merit and ensure a second successive Ryder Cup appearance before closing the year in style by partnering Henrik Stenson to a Swedish success the Omega Mission Hills World Cup. His outstanding 2008 season bears testimony to the decision he took, in 2003, to make a fresh start after years of feeling frustrated with life both on and off the course. His work with Swedish coach, Annchristine Lundström, has helped enormously and he credits her for the help she has given him in starting to take personal leadership. The son of a green keeper, he hails from Katrineholm in Sweden but is now resident in Monaco.
2009 Commercialbank Qatar Masters presented by Dolphin Energy Winner
Alvaro QUIROS
Exemption: European Tour, Cat 3, Rank 28
Exemption: Challenge Tour, Cat 0, Rank 0
Residence: Cadiz, Spain
Attachment: Golf Elite Management SL
Date of birth: 21/01/1983
Place of birth: La Linea, Spain
Height and weight: 6ft 3in 13st (191cm 83kgs)
Interests: Football, music, friends
Turned Pro: 2004 (plus 4)
Qualifying School: (2004), (05), 06*
Player Profile
A player clearly licensed to thrill, the big-hitting fan of James Bond films claimed his third European Tour title when he won the 2009 Commercialbank Qatar Masters presented by Dolphin Energy. The fact his victory came against the strongest field ever assembled at a regular European Tour event underlined the enormous talent of this swashbuckling Spaniard and elevated him into the top 30 of the Official World Golf Ranking. That victory came only four months after he captured the Portugal Masters. Made the perfect start to his European Tour career by winning the 2007 Alfred Dunhill Championship on his first appearance as a full European Tour Member but the rest of the 2007 season was blighted by injury. Damaged tendons and ligaments in his left wrist during the Open de España and did not play for five months from May until October. Won his place on The 2007 European Tour through the Challenge Tour Rankings and then subsequently improved his European Tour category at the 2006 Qualifying School – Final Stage. Standing at six feet three inches tall, he is one of the longest hitters on Tour and topped the Driving Distance Category in the Genworth Financial Statistics in 2007 and 2008. Coached by former Ryder Cup player and four-time European Tour champion, José Rivero, whom he cites as one of the biggest influences on his career.
2008 Commercialbank Qatar Masters Winner
Adam SCOTT
Exemption: European Tour, Cat 3, Rank 48
Exemption: Challenge Tour, Cat 0, Rank 0
Residence: Crans-sur-Sierre, Switzerland
Attachment: Titleist
Date of birth: 16/07/1980
Height and weight: 6ft 12st 2lb (183cm 77kgs)
Turned Pro: 2000 (plus 3)
Player Profile:
Although still young, he has already established himself as a world-class golfer with wins around the globe, the most recent coming at the 2008 Commercialbank Qatar Masters presented by Dolphin Energy. The affable Australian blew the field away on the final day at the Doha Golf Club, shooting an 11 under par round of 61. That set a course record, and saw him drive off with a BMW 650i coupe and a winner's cheque for €285,071. The highlight of his 2007 season was his sixth victory on the US PGA Tour in the Shell Houston Open. That win was his first since he ended a season of near-misses in 2006 with victory in US PGA Tour's season-ending Tour Championship, which helped him finish the year fourth on the Official World Golf Ranking. Has won five times on The European Tour and in 2004, at the age of 23 years, eight months and 12 days, he became the youngest winner of The Players Championship on the US PGA Tour. His professional career started when he secured his European Tour card for 2001 in just eight starts. Off the course, he is proud of the Adam Scott Foundation, an organisation set up to assist and support young people in Australia.
2007 Commercialbank Qatar Masters Winner
Retief GOOSEN
Exemption: European Tour, Cat 1, Rank 16
Residence: Pietersburg, South Africa; Ascot, England
Attachment: Lagoon Bay
Date of birth: 03/02/1969
Height and weight: 5ft 11in 13st (180cm 83kgs)
Turned Pro: 1990 (plus 2)
Qualifying School: (1991), 92* (winner)
Player Profile:
Secured his place among the game's elite with two US Open victories - in 2001 at Tulsa and 2004 at Shinnecock Hills. A truly global golfer, won the South African Airways Open at the start of the 2006 season to take his tally of European Tour titles to 13, and also won in China and South Africa during the year. In 2001 became the first non-European to win the Order of Merit since Greg Norman in 1982 and the first South African to win the Harry Vardon Trophy since Dale Hayes in 1975. Followed it up in 2002 – the year he was made an Honorary Member of The European Tour – by becoming the first non-European to retain the crown. Introduced to golf at the age of 11 by his estate agent father, Theo, a ten handicapper. Regarded as being one of South Africa's brightest young prospects in a generation, which included Ernie Els. However, he was struck by lightning as an amateur and suffered health problems for some time afterwards. In 2006 started working with a coach – Gregor Jamieson – for the first time in nine years.
2006 Commercialbank Qatar Masters Winner
Henrik STENSON
CURRENT TOUR: European Tour
ATTACHMENT: Golf in Dubai
COUNTRY: Sweden
RESIDENCE: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Player Profile:
Announced himself as a major force on the world stage during the 2005 season with a series of impressive performances in some of the biggest events on the schedule as he climbed to eighth on the Order of Merit. Was denied victory on his home soil when Australian Mark Hensby pipped him to the Scandinavian Masters by Carlsberg title after a play-off. Also finished second in the Qatar Masters and the Linde German Masters and third four times. One of those third places was in the World Golf Championships – American Express Championship where he finished just behind Tiger Woods and John Daly in San Francisco. Was also joint top points scorer in the Seve Trophy with four points out of five in a stunning debut. Won his second European Tour title in 2004 when he captured The Heritage at Woburn to add to his previous success in the 2001 Benson and Hedges International Open. His undoubted class first surfaced on the Challenge Tour when he won the Rankings in 2000 with the record of eight top ten finishes including three titles. Golf didn't run in the Stenson family and it was a family friend who introduced him to the game. His father, Ingemar, started two years later but his 15 year old sister Ulrika tried it before decided to stick to horse riding. Got down to scratch at 18 and in 1994 played for Swedish boys. A year later graduated to the national side and rounded off a highly successful amateur career by representing Sweden in the 1998 Eisenhower Trophy in Chile.
2005 Qatar Masters Winner
Ernie ELS
CURRENT TOUR: European Tour
ATTACHMENT: Wentworth Club
COUNTRY: South Africa
BORN: 17 Oct 1969
RESIDENCE: George, South Africa; Wenworth, England
Player Profile:
Won The European Tour Order of Merit in both 2003 and 2004 but was denied a hat-trick in 2005 when he injured ligaments in his left knee on holiday in July and had to have surgery which ruled him out for the rest of the season. Also missed out on his defense of the HSBC World Match Play Championship at Wentworth Club, where he had made history in 2004 by becoming the first player to win the event six times. A third Order of Merit title was a distinct possibility considering his start to the year which saw him win back-to-back in Dubai and Qatar and then record a stunning 13 shot victory in the BMW Asian Open in China. Nevertheless, his consistency did see him top the Greens in Regulation Category in The European Tour Statistics for 2005 and finish second behind Sergio Garcia in the Stroke Average Category. Always a strong supporter of European golf, the Board of Directors of The European Tour announced, in January 1999, that he had been unanimously accorded Honorary Life Membership of The European Tour in recognition of his US Open Championship wins and his unprecedented three successive World Match Play Championship wins (1994-95-96), a feat he went on to repeat in 2002-03-04. In his amateur days back home in South Africa, he had the natural talent to play rugby union, cricket or golf as a youngster, but reached scratch at the age of 14 and decided to concentrate on golf. In 1992, he matched the feat of compatriot, Gary Player, by completing a hat-trick of South African Open, PGA and Masters titles.
2004 Qatar Masters Winner
Joakim HAEGGMAN
CURRENT TOUR: European Tour
ATTACHMENT: Kalmar GK
COUNTRY: Sweden
BORN: 28 Aug 1969
RESIDENCE: Monaco
Player Profile:
Fully recovered from the ankle break which marred his 2003 season, Haeggman enjoyed a superb 2004, the highlight coming when he won the Qatar Masters in March before he shared third place in the Deutsche Bank Players' Championship of Europe and finished outright third in the PGA Championship at Wentworth Club. It was form which pushed him to the fringes of automatic qualification for Europe's Ryder Cup Team but, when he came up just short, he once again fulfilled a vital role in Bernhard Langer's backroom team, as he had done for Sam Torrance at The De Vere Belfry in 2002. The ankle break, in December 2002, was the second time in his career that he had been forced out of action after injuring himself playing ice hockey with friends. He was out of the game for nearly two years following an accident in 1994 which left him with a dislocated shoulder and broken ribs, an injury which effectively deprived him of the chance to retain his Ryder Cup berth, having become the first Swede to play in the Matches at The De Vere Belfry in 1993. Took up golf at age ten when parents sent him for personal tuition. Specialises in trick shots in golf clinics, which makes him in great demand for company days.
2003 Qatar Masters Winner
Darren FICHARDT
Current tour: European Tour.
Attachment: Zwartkops CC
Country: South Africa
Residence: Pretoria, South Africa
Player profile:
Made the most of his opportunity on The European Tour when he captured the 2001 Sao Paulo Brazil Open to earn a two year exemption. Came close to making his winning breakthrough a year earlier when he finished runner-up to Mathias Gronberg in the Mercedes Benz-South African Open but lost by a single stroke. Winner of the 1999/2000 Southern Africa Tour Order of Merit and partnered Retief Goosen in representing South Africa in the WGC - EMC2 World Cup that year. Also qualified for the 2000 WGC - American Express Championship in Valderrama through the Southern Africa Tour. Finished 102nd on the Volvo Order of Merit in 2001 and improved to 79th place in 2002, nearly winning his second title when lost out in a play-off to Soren Hansen in the Murphy's Irish Open. His wife Natasha is both his caddie and mental coach as she is training as a sports psychologist.
2002 Qatar Masters Winner
Adam SCOTT
Current Tour: European Tour.
Country: Australia.
Born: 16 July 1980.
Residence: Hope Island, Australia.
Player Profile:
Decided to turn professional on June 8, 2000 after an outstanding career in which he was ranked the World's Number Two amateur. Went to college at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas and has resided there for the past three years. Coached originally by his father, Phil, a registered PGA professional, but now under the wing of Butch Harmon, who also works with Darren Clarke and Tiger Woods. While still an amateur shot several course records, including a ten under par 63 in the Greg Norman Holden International in which he finished tied 37th. Also fired a ten under par 62 at Los Coyotes Country Club during the US Junior Amateur Championship. Won both the Australian and New Zealand Junior titles. Studied communications in Nevada but dropped out after 18 months, saying; "It didn't help my golf staying at school!" Secured his European Tour card for 2001 in just eight starts as a professional, clinching his place by finishing tied sixth at the Linde German Masters in October. Won the Alfred Dunhill Championship in South Africa on first start in 2001 and had an equally bright start to 2002, winning the Qatar Masters at Doha Golf Club.
2001 Qatar Masters Winner and Title Holder.
Tony JOHNSTONE
CURRENT TOUR: European Tour
COUNTRY: Zimbabwe
BORN: 2 May 1956
RESIDENCE: Sunningdale, England
Player Profile:
Seriously considered quitting tournament play and taking up another 'golf-related' career until winning Alfred Dunhill SA PGA in February 1998, beating Ernie Els by two strokes. Struggled again in 1999 and contemplated a change of direction after the TNT Dutch Open. He says; "I thought about becoming a window cleaner on very tall buildings!" Turned to coach Simon Holmes and eye specialist, Dr Ken West, to help with his putting - the one element in his game which was holding him back. Things came together in the 2001 Qatar Masters, when he had a career-best 101 putts (a month after telling his wife he was quitting) to take the title from Robert Karlsson. Grew up in Zimbabwe with Nick Price, Mark McNulty and Denis Watson. Lost play-off for 1981 Swiss Open but has since chalked up five European Tour wins. Noted short-game genius and topped AXA Performance Data Sand Saves category in 1998, 1999 and 2000.
2000 Qatar masters Winner
Rolf MUNTZ
CURRENT TOUR: European Tour
ATTACHMENT: Muermans Vastgoed
COUNTRY: Holland
BORN: 26 Mar 1969
RESIDENCE: Belgium
Player Profile:
Became first Dutchman to win Amateur Championship at Muirfield in 1990 and the first to win on the European Tour exactly ten years later. Came close in 1999 when beaten by Warren Bennett in a play-off for the Scottish PGA Championship, then landed the 2000 Qatar Masters in style. First Dutch winner of an official tournament in Europe since 1947, when Joop Ruhl won the Dutch Open. Played with idol Jack Nicklaus in 1990 Open Championship. Quit law studies at Leiden University to turn pro. First amateur to qualify into the Qualifying School under the rule that a player may keep his amateur status to play in the pre-qualifiers. Made initial progress in South Africa, after winning the Tour School there. An accomplished cook, he chalked up four wins in two seasons on Challenge Tour back in Europe and made debut in 1994 Heineken Open Catalonia after borrowing air fare from his mother. Made only seven cuts from 21 starts in 2000, but made capital from Qatar (first) and Murphy's Irish Open (third).
1999 Qatar Masters Winner
Paul LAWRIE
CURRENT TOUR: European Tour
ATTACHMENT: Meldrum House Golf Club
COUNTRY: Scotland
BORN: 1 Jan 1969
RESIDENCE: Aberdeen
Player Profile:
Came from ten strokes behind with a spectacular final round of 67 to win the 1999 Open Golf Championship after a four-hole play-off at Carnoustie, just an hour from his home, against Frenchman Jean Van de Velde and the 1997 Open champion Justin Leonard. Birdied the last two holes of the four-hole play-off. Now coached by former European Tour player Adam Hunter. Credits Scottish Rugby Union sports psychologist, Dr Richard Cox, for his improvement mentally over the past few seasons. Worked as assistant under the late Doug Smart at Banchory, near Aberdeen, after leaving school at 17. The club has now named the 14th hole after him. Backed by a consortium of local businessmen, won the 1992 UAP Under-25s Championship by eight strokes. Shot 65 five times in tournaments, most notably in the last round of the 1993 Open Championship when he holed a three iron second shot at the 17th to finish sixth behind Greg Norman. Made superb Ryder Cup debut at Brookline - hitting the opening tee shot and claiming three and a half points, including a brave win over Jeff Maggert in the bottom singles tie. Awarded honorary law doctorate from Robert Gordon's University in his native Aberdeen. Made several caddie changes at start of 2000 before settling on Mick Doran. Made an Honorary Life Member of European Tour then awarded MBE in Queen's Birthday Honours List. Suffered groin injury during summer of 2000 but played well towards end of year. Recorded his fourth European Tour victory in spectacular fashion in the inaugural Dunhill Links Championship at St Andrews when he holed a 40 foot birdie putt at the 18th from the Valley of Sin to edge Ernie Els by a shot.
1998 Qatar Masters Winner
Andrew COLTART
CURRENT TOUR: European Tour
ATTACHMENT: St Andrews Old Course Hotel & Spa
COUNTRY: Scotland
BORN: 12 May 1970
RESIDENCE: Sunningdale, Berkshire
WEBSITE: www.golfism.net/andrewcoltart


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Around the web – Gender inequalities ripe at the workplace
04 March 2013
Do employers fail women in Japan, the world's third largest economy? The Japan Times reports that gender inequalities are common place in Japan, particularly regarding work opportunities and pay.
Women make up 70% of the country's part-time or non-permanent workforce and often receive less pay than their counterparts in full-time jobs. Even if women work full-time, they almost earn a third less than their male colleagues.
A traditional view of "men at work, women at home" is partly to blame for the gender inequalities. Read the whole article here.

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Keitha Adams is a master of motivation.
The UTEP women's basketball coach loves telling her team how badly they lost to an opponent the previous time they met, loves driving that into their heads over and over.
For a team coming off a 29-4 season, that will be a tool largely missing from Adams' toolbox this year.
It won't be missing today.
The opponent is a strong Arizona State, the highlight of this year's home nonconference schedule, and one of the four teams that handed the Miners a loss last year. The Sun Devils edged UTEP 47-45 last year in Tempe when they blocked a Kelli Willingham 3-pointer in the dying moments.
"That one stung," Adams said. "We'll talk about that."
"Last year was a tough game," center Anete Steinberga said. "ASU is really good."
The Sun Devils come in with an 0-1 record after an opening 61-49 loss last week to a Texas Tech team UTEP actually scrimmaged three weeks ago, and they were 20-12 last year with an appearance in the NIT. Obviously, though, the Miners have plenty of respect for a Pac-12 team that is one of two power conference teams they play this year (they play Arizona in the Bahamas on Nov. 23).
"They are very athletic, very long, they have really good post players," Adams said. "They look to get the ball inside and they pressure the ball."
UTEP will be bigger than most teams they play this year, though Arizona, with 6-foot-5 center Joy Burke, matches up well in that area. Guard Promise Amukamara led the team with 10 points against Texas Tech.
The big issue for the Miners will be playing better against Arizona State than they did in a 67-58 victory Friday against a Houston Baptist team that went 1-27 last year.
"We have to step it twice up, if not 10 times better," Steinberga said. "They have big post players and fast guards."
"We need to go from the beginning," said forward Kristine Vitola, who has averaged 18.5 points and 10 rebounds in UTEP's first two victories.
That will be necessary against the team that will provide the biggest test yet in the young season for the Miners.
Bret Bloomquist may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com; 546-6359. Follow him on Twitter @bretbloomquist.
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Welcome to week ten of my little feature appreciating the little things that have made up my week. Thank you to all the lovely bloggers who joined in so far, I love reading all the posts and look forward to catching up with this week's ones.
I've somehow managed to grab a few minutes to read a magazine this week! Not back into reading books yet, but surely this is a step in the right direction. I always find it tricky when I'm trying to choose a magazine to buy. I often get Grazia as I know it's an easy read and great to pick up if you have five minutes spare. I'm not a fan of celebrity gossip mags or those 'real life story' ones and when it comes to high fashion mags they never really pull me in enough to buy them regularly. I went for Marie Claire this time and I've really enjoyed it, I would definitely get it again.
I've also loved reading all the posts that were linked up to the Bad Mums Club. Laughed and nodded my head through most of them I must admit. Have you seen them yet?
I love My Mad Fat Diary
Love the 90s references
The music
The script
The acting
Various colours of Barry M nail polish! I get bored easily so I've gone from red, to turquoise to grey this week alone. Hmm.. now feeling like I could do with a change for the weekend…!
I've heard some great songs on the Fearne Cotton show on Radio 1 this week, with these two being the stand out tracks for me. I tried to choose between them, but I just couldn't do it!
Both are considered to be up and coming artists.
Hope you enjoy them…
Which did you like the best?
Absolutely nothing!
I've been unwell all week so I've hardly even managed to make dinner this week, let alone anything worth writing about.
and lastly..
We had a last minute visit from my best friend and gorgeous goddaughter! They were up here visiting family and managed a quick trip over to ours. It was so lovely to see them, just wish it had been for longer!
So there we have it, the little things that I love from this week!
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Allison Hooper / Courtesy photo
The story of Vermont Creamery began almost 30 years ago when Bob Reese, then marketing director of the State Agriculture Department, needed fresh goat cheese for a state dinner. I was working as a dairy lab technician following a year abroad on a farm in France and was able to craft a goat cheese that turned out to be a big hit at the dinner.
Despite the fact that virtually no one had even heard of goat cheese 30 years ago, Bob and I decided on the spot to create Vermont Creamery. Trying to stay ahead of trends, thinking in innovative ways about our business, and making great cheese have been the hallmarks of our company.
After taking the leap of faith to begin Vermont Creamery, there have been two major turns in the road that have helped to shape our success: 1) bringing the Vermont cheese industry together to elevate the category of Vermont cheese over any individual brand; and 2) our latest venture, the Ayers Brook Goat Dairy, which will be a model for goat dairy farming in the United States.
The first turn enabled Vermont cheese makers to provide a more lasting service to a larger market critical to continued growth. The latter, we hope, will be a best practices model for goat dairy farming, allow us to source more of our milk locally, and preserve Vermonts working landscape.
In 1996, Bob and I threw ourselves a party at Shelburne Farms to celebrate our being named Small Business Persons of the Year. As our guests marveled at the fact that Vermont had 20 outstanding cheese makers in such a small state, we realized that we had an opportunity to organize our industry. Bringing together would-be competitors to brand the region wasnt an easy sell, but the idea that together we could put Vermont cheese on the map was incredibly compelling. I believed that Vermont could be the Napa Valley of Cheese.
From this belief, the Vermont Cheese Council was born, which now boasts 50 members and, from there, the Vermont Cheesemakers Festival was created. This annual event brings 2,000 people from around the country to Vermont to taste and sample cheese. More importantly, the Vermont cheese industry is now perfectly poised to take advantage of the localvore movement and consumers interest in returning to foods that are grown in real places.
Our next venture began this spring with the purchase of the historic Hodgdon Farm in Randolph. The new enterprise is called Ayers Brook Goat Dairy. The purchase of the farm was made possible by aggregating private foundation capital. Ayers Brook Farm is leasing the farm from the foundations with the intent to buy the farm after eight years. The Vermont Land Trust has agreed to purchase the development rights to the farm, which will help provide needed capital to build new barns and assure that this iconic farm outside of Randolph village will remain an agricultural enterprise.
One of our challenges has been sourcing enough high quality milk locally to meet growing demand for our goats milk products. But we had to look beyond just milk production to make this a good business decision. Were paying a lot of attention to herd genetics and bringing in goat kids that will hopefully improve the overall herd average of the Vermont goat farms.
We anticipate that the Ayers Brook herd will provide quality stock to new and existing goat farms around Vermont. Vermont Tech students will have an opportunity to work on the farm for college credit and decide if goat farming is for them. The finances will be open book with the idea that if we can demonstrate a sustainable business model, future farmers will be able to attract investors who seek to participate in maintaining Vermonts working landscape while at the same time helping a young farmer get started with needed capital.
The public will be welcome to visit a humane certified goat dairy and really get an experience of all that goes into producing high quality milk to make the best cheese. We cant stress enough to our customers the importance of the connection between the integrity and good taste of the food that they eat and how it is produced, the management practices, and the people who make it.
Its a very Vermont notion that doing what makes sense can also be good business, and that pragmatism has served us well over the past three decades. At every step, the support of like-minded entrepreneurs has been crucial, and Im not sure it could have happened anywhere else.
Allison Hooper is the co-owner and co-founder of Vermont Creamery in Websterville.


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Internationally renown photographer Mike Ruiz has made hundreds of celebrities look even more gorgeous and glamorous than they already are, and now he's ready to help you look better too. Using stylized shots of impossibly studly fitness models featured in his debut photo book, Pretty Masculine, Ruiz has partnered with high-end clothing retailer Any Old Iron to launch a new line of T-shirts that he calls "wearable art." The hunky philanthropist and reality TV personality breaks down the target audience for these tees, which, depending on how they're accessorized, may or may not make you look more butch.
Gay.net: Your new T-shirt line looks amazing. What makes the base shirts and the image transfer technique so special?
Mike Ruiz: What's makes them different from silkscreened T-shirts is the fact that we are actually doing four-color photographic printing on silk panels that we then stitch to a T-shirt made of a 100% organic cotton/bamboo blend. This blend is so incredibly soft, comfortable, and durable, and the cut of the T-shirt is exactly the way that I prefer. Basically, you're getting an actual print that you can wear — or frame!
How did you go about choosing the best images for the first four tees in the new line — the David, the Nick, the Sean, and the Todd?
I chose these four images because they all have a similar vibe. I wanted there to be a theme. Of course, the theme will change every couple of months as I introduce more images. Eventually, a much broader range of photos will be used, including women, some amazing body-painted men, and even a couple of my sweet newly adopted pitbull, Oliver. My goal is to make these collectable as opposed to a novelty item.
What kind of man can and should wear Mike Ruiz wearable art?
The T-shirts are meant to be worn by anyone who has an appreciation for photography. Women love these T-shirts as well as men. I think anyone who appreciates the male form will want one.
If I really want to rock my Mike Ruiz tee right, how do I pull together the rest of my look?
They really are wearable art; therefore, you can dress them up under a tuxedo jacket or just rock the sleeveless version with some jeans and boots to the club. I will be wearing one to an event with a gold-sequined jacket over it. There really is no wrong way to wear these since the quality is so amazing.
Fingers crossed — will your tees give the illusion that I'm more masculine and muscular?
Ha! If they give you a boost of any kind, I'd be thrilled. The goal is really just to make photography more accessible. These first four images are hyper-masculine, but subsequent ones will encompass a variety of imagery. There really will be something for everyone. How you choose to feel is entirely up to you, but I'm hoping it will just make people feel like they're wearing something special.
Mike Ruiz's new line of T-shirts can be purchased at MikeRuiz.com.
Photo credit: Mike Ruiz


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'You Again' cast fight
Kristen Bell + Betty White + Sigourney Weaver = comedic gold. No, we're not talking about "You Again"; we're talking about the hilarious "fight" they get into over Kristen's inability to shut up in their new Funny or Die video. We just feel bad for odd woman out Odette Yustman -- it's hard to keep up with these lovely ladies. (Funny or Die)
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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (original 1999; edition 1999)
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Not as fresh and quotable as the first Bridget Jones book, but still a lot of fun. More entertaining if you're familiar with Persuasion, since her references (callbacks?) to it are hilarious. Too sleepy to type more. Read this book if you like funny.
I loved Bridget Jones's Diary so much when I read it back in the 90s (before the movie). When Bridget Jones: the Edge of Reason was released though, I wasn't interested. I've been burned by low quality sequels in the past and just couldn't stand to read this book and be disappointed. About ten years ago a friend gave me a copy and told me it was pretty good. I didn't want to take the risk and so it sat in my basement without any thought of me ever reading it. In the meantime, the movie version of The Edge of Reason came out and it was the debacle that I expected. Although it was great to see all those lovely characters again, it was just embarrassing watching them try to make a film out of that script. My shunning of this novel was justified. Or so I thought.
After my recent reread of [Bridget Jones's Diary] I thought that maybe I should give this a try. Thankfully, it's very different from the film version. Maybe it was my low expectations, but I found it delightful. In some ways I think it was better, in a literary sense, than the original. Bridget shows more character growth by the end, and there is some clever use of the Kipling poem "If". At first I was greatly frustrated by her friends sabatoging of Bridget's relationship with Mark Darcy, but as events unfolded, they redeemed themselves. Sure, Bridget really needs to toss the self help books and actually TALK to Mark (and he to her), but then there wouldn't be a story. And there were lots of laugh out loud moments. Including the scene where Bridget gets to interview Colin Firth (which unfortunately they couldn't possibly put in the movie--but they did film a version of it as an extra. Go to YouTube and search "Bridget Jones interviews Colin Firth").
In the film version, Bridget is uncomfortably cringe inducing, and I can't figure out why Mark sees anything in her whatsoever. In the book version, you see her insecurities and vulnerabilities and also see more of what he is dealing with, and they actually seem like two people that you want to cheer for. As with the first book, Bridget Jones is more relatable than in the film where she's too over the top.
I read 7/8s of this in one sitting, which is almost unheard of for me, and it was a luxury I fully enjoyed.
Recommended for: literary snobs with no sense of humour should stay away from this.
This book just wasn't as funny as I remember the first book. Is it the book? Or has my sense of humor really changed that much over the past 10 years?
At the beginning of Bridget Jones: the Edge of Reason, Bridget has been going out with Mark Darcy for four weeks, and she is getting used to being part of a couple. Enters Rebecca, a beautiful, successful and rich colleague of Mark who is determined to steal Bridget's boyfriend. Seeking advice from her friends and her self-help books, Bridget becomes convinced that Mark has a lot more in common with Rebecca than with her, and she breaks it off with him. To make matters worse, her job is going nowhere thanks to her crazy, erratic boss, a renovation project in her apartment has gone horribly wrong, and her father has become an alcoholic.
While I enjoyed parts of the book, I believe that the Bridget Jones series has lost some of its appeal. Is it because I am older than the first time I read it? After all, I am married with one kid, while I was single when I first laid my hands on the books. Or is it because the series hasn't aged well? And am I the only one who thinks that it was a little creepy that Mark was always lurking around her apartment (when she was babysitting Magda's kids, or when she was looking for Tom's cellphone, for example)? Luckily, there are some great comic scenes which redeem the book, such as Bridget's interview with Colin Firth, or how she passes the time while in a Thailand prison. I wonder if the last book in the series, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, will be better though… I guess there is only one way to find out: I will need to read it.
To read the full review, please go to my blog (Cecile Sune - Book Obsessed).
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0140298479, Paperback)Fans of Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones's Diary will recall that at the end of that sly and funny version of Pride and Prejudice, singleton heroine Bridget landed her Mr. Darcy at last--Mark Darcy, that is. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason picks up four weeks later, and already the honeymoon is over. In addition to discovering that the man of her dreams votes conservative, left-leaning Bridget is also feeling just a mite uncomfortable with the realities of sharing bed and board with another person:
V. complicated actually having man in house as cannot freely spend requisite amount of time in bathroom or turn into gas chamber as conscious of other person late for work, desperate for pee etc.; also disturbed by Mark folding up underpants at night, rendering it strangely embarrassing now simply to keep all own clothes in pile on floor.But all of these problems pale to insignificance with the arrival on the scene of Rebecca, a beautiful, man-hunting arch-nemesis with "thighs like a baby giraffe" and absolutely no girlfriend code of ethics when it comes to poaching another woman's man. Before long, Rebecca's manipulations, Bridget's own insecurities, and a string of misunderstandings (starting with a naked Filipino boy in Mark Darcy's bed and ending with a suggestive valentine from Bridget's dry cleaner) result in "128 lbs. (good), alcohol units 0 (excellent), cigarettes 5 (a pleasant, healthy number), no. times driven past Mark Darcy's house 2 (v.g.), no. of times looked up Mark Darcy's name in phone book to prove still exists 18 (v.g.), 1471 calls 12 (better), no. of phone calls from Mark 0 (tragic).
Fortunately, Bridget has plenty of other problems to distract her. Her mother has returned from a trip to Kenya with a young Masai in tow--to her father's consternation; her best friends Jude, Shazzer, and Tom are all trapped in dating hell themselves; her apartment is in shambles thanks to a dotty carpenter; an unreliable ex-boyfriend has just reentered her life; and now someone is sending Bridget death threats--could it be Mark Darcy? If Bridget Jones's Diary was a modern riff on Pride and Prejudice, its sequel borrows several themes and devices (not to mention a section heading) from another Austen novel, Persuasion. And as in Austen's fiction, here the journey is the destination. A happy ending for Bridget and her pals is a foregone conclusion; how they get there, however, will have you on the edge of your chair--if you haven't already fallen off of it laughing. --Alix Wilber
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"Lurching from the cappuccino bars of Notting Hill to the blissed-out shores of Thailand, Bridget Jones searches for The Truth in spite of pathetically unevolved men, insane dating theories, and Smug Married advice...." From the bookjacket.
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A post for Sales and HR leaders to ensure success of 2013's Sales compensation plan. Included are 5 actions that HR must take to help rollout. As well, a tool is included – a sample rollout communication plan.
Fast forward to April of 2013. A Chief Sales Officer is meeting with Sales VPs and the VP of Sales Operations. They are trying to decide between keeping and scrapping the recently-implemented Sales Comp Plans. The reason? In a word, chaos. Q1 performance is way off of 2012's mark, the new product strategy is failing, and Sales Rep behaviors are erratic.
"How can we be in this mess?" asks the CSO. "We spent countless hours ensuring a high-quality compensation plan." They analyzed, they built formulas, they tested the plan. However, they missed one key formula: E=Q*A. A solution's EFFECTIVENESS equals its QUALITY times its ADOPTION. They nailed the quality (Q=100), but missed the Adoption (A=0). 100*0=0 Effectiveness.
Ultimately, Sales Managers are the crucial key to any kind of Sales force adoption. But to ensure the highest adoption, Sales must leverage HR. World-class HR is a center of excellence for Change Management. They must help Sales with these 5 adoption-improving steps:
1. Assess Adoption Risks – After you find the risks, plan your mitigation actions including communications. However, can you truly uncover the landmines? Through multiple engagements, we (SBI) know which rocks to look under and what pitfalls to watch out for. Look in these areas for adoption risks:
Tenured top performers
Sales roles that are new
Roles that don't have significant change in their plan (while others do)
New processes/procedures/tools that enable the plan – look at new dashboards the Reps will use
Sales Managers that are not onboard – can you spell failure?
2. Communication – This is the linchpin of successful adoption. Do it early and often. Ensure multiple methods and repeat the message in different flavors. The main message? WHY the new plan – and WHAT benefit to the Sales Reps. Consider a theme. Get Marketing involved to jazz up the whole communication effort. Communications must come from the top - both Sales and HR leadership. The walk has to match the talk. Plan out months' worth of varied communications. This document gives you a sample comms plan to start from.
3. (Re)Assemble a Team of Advocates – During comp plan design, a crack team of Sales personnel was used (I hope!) Leverage this same team for rollout activities. The team should be responsible for:
Exemplifying intended behaviors of the new plan
Providing feedback from personal experience
Visiting other Sales team meetings to explain the new plan
Evangelizing benefits to peers
Soliciting feedback from peers
4. Celebrate Quick Wins – The rollout team and Sales Managers must watch for early wins. The first weeks are critical. When found, quickly communicate the win to all of Sales. Early success tends to bring lagging adopters on board faster. However, you may encounter some rebels. Their behaviors may even show rejection of the new plan. Do not tolerate this – it will stop momentum! Find out the reason for the undesired behavior. Win this person over and maybe get them on the Advocate team.
5. Implement and Use Feedback Loops – Feedback is needed to continuously improve and check for adoption. You must have a way for recipients of the change to speak out. Allow for compliments (rare), complaints (many) or constructive criticism (preferred). Supply multiple channels to do so. Allow for anonymous feedback. Integrate all of these channels into one collection of feedback. Feedback gathering and use is ultimately owned by the head of Sales Operations. Consider supporting these channels:
Conversation or email from Sales person to direct manager
Email to a special dedicated email address
A special 'hotline' phone number to the Sales Ops leader. Maybe even have it go to the CSO!
Conversation or email to an HR person. Note: Confidentiality must be maintained in these cases – or wherever a Sales Rep requests it.
Posting to the internal portal set up for Sales Force Effectiveness projects. This could be via an open forum-like discussion or responding to a blog post. This portal has been set up, correct?
Contacting a rollout team advocate
Use a survey
An old-fashioned paper-based suggestion box – labeled for this project.
Ensure feedback is gathered periodically. Important: communicate that feedback has been received. Analyze and prioritize the feedback to determine what, if any, changes to make. Make sure you announce that plan changes were the result of received feedback.
A couple caveats to keep in mind, though. HR may not understand Sales nuances or put a priority on Sales. However, we've seen that Sales teams are not the best at change management. This is what we (SBI) do – help Sales improve through design AND successful adoption of changes.
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................ I Walked passed our rooms and headed for the foot bridge that lead from the hotel right into the concert hall, I didn't want to be the one to tell the guys we had a meeting about god knows what. I walked up and onto the stage where the roadies were setting up, it was like a never ending process it was up one day and down the next rolling on to the next place and they were amazing.
"Hey Chris, you want to sound check" Joey walked over to me with a folder in his arms "Because we're not quite ready"
"No I'm wandering round that's all" I shook my head, he nodded
"Okay... hey Chris, by the way you're doing good" he winked and smiled as he walked away. I sat down and picked up Pete's guitar and started to hum and pick at the strings absently.
"You taking to writing?" Mike sat down next to me and smiled
"I've tried but Alfie seems to have the flair for it" I put the guitar down "I thought you were in a press thing?"
"It just got done" he shrugged "So the constant moving driving you insane yet?"
"No… I know it might sound crazy but this is the closest thing to a real family I've had for a long time, the crazy close knit feeling that everyone has right down to the crew" he tipped his head and looked at me.
"But your Mom's that popular author isn't she… my wife loves her books" He smiled "Can't keep her nose out of them when a new one comes out" I looked down
"Oh yeah like half the world…" I sighed "…if she's at home 3 months a year that's about it" I hugged my knees to my chest "My dad tried his best but he worked his ass off to get his dream job with the UF football team and moved us there from Wisconsin because he was born and raised in Tampa" I looked at Mike "I had to be a part time mom to my little sister… I just used music was my way to escape… I mean I love my sister but sometimes"
"Wow do your guys know about this?" He looked worried, I Looked up as more people walked up onto the stage I put my legs down
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"I'm sorry" Chad fidgeted uncomfortably mike rubbed the back of his neck and looked at his shoes
"It's okay; I'm okay with it…" I stopped and looked at them "Oh no this is what the meetings about isn't it?" they all looked at each other and then back at me "Arron's bring up crap… I'm sorry I'm really sorry" I was in full out stress mode if Arron had screwed things up for us I was the one people would blame
"Whoa" Alfie caught my hand as I got up He got up with me Mike looked at me
"Chris… No the meeting's about the tour and believe me we've already got our lawyers on his ass to stop him from doing anything" Mike stood up "I know he thinks of you like… well he thinks a lot of you" he nodded in Chad's direction "but so do I and we're not going to let some jumped up screwed up jerk try to fuck with us or you" I laughed a little at the defensiveness of Mike
"So why's Lukas and Elena covering up something?"
"Come on lets go and get this sorted out" Chad got up and headed off stage, we all walked back to the hotel and into the Chad's suite. Lukas and Elena were sitting at the table in there already looking over paperwork with Dan and Ryan
"Lukas I think we need to tell these guys what we have planned" Mike said sitting me down on the couch "Your poker face is starting to freak out some of them" Lukas got up and walked to the bar.
"Fine" Lukas poured himself a whiskey and sat down in one of the arm chairs across from me on the couch, Alfie Sat on the arm next to me and Kerion's sat on my other side with Pete next to him "You guys are getting better every time you step out on to the stage" I looked at the guys and then back at Lukas "We've talked about it. We've argued about it, but at the end of the day my priority is those guys" he pointed across the table to Nickelback. "And getting what's best for them at the end of the day" Oh here we go we were going to be let off after two weeks. I heard a groan and looked at Dan as he shook his head.
'Lukas will you knock it off" Chad leant forward "We want you guys to stay on through the end of the tour" Okay all the oxygen seemed to have been sucked out of the room as I gripped Kerion's leg
"Do what?" Kerion choked out as he tried to pries my fingers off his thigh
"We want you to support us for the next ten months" Dan smiled "We love the passion you put into everything you do when you are on stage and you actually listen when we pull you aside and try to show you things"
"Did they say ten months" Alfie muttered under his breath
"Uh-huh" I swallowed hard thinking about everything that we wouldn't be doing. No senior prom, no graduation ceremony now walking, but then again after this would they seem too Blah…..
"Earth to Chris" Pete snapped his fingers in front of my face
"Sorry… you want… rest of the… just…" I stammered
"I think we surprised them" Lukas's poker face broke Elena sat down in the other chair and pushed paperwork across the table in front of the four of us. "Elena's already been through this and she thinks it's fine" he explained putting a pen on top of the contract "So you guys want to rock the rest of the world instead of just Europe?"
"Can we… er can we talk for a few minutes" Kerion got up and walked toward the balcony and opened the door and waited
'Sure" Lukas nodded Pete got up pulled me with him as Alfie took a last look at the contract before he came to join us.
"They want us for the entire tour" Alfie giggled excitedly as he closed the door after us the sounds of the city filled the air "What do you think?"
"I'm in a dream… I'm blown away by this" Pete nodded "how much have we learnt over the past five weeks since getting this chance"
"Hell of a lot" I chewed the inside of my cheek "What about people back home we all have familys and we have other halfs I looked at Alfie and he nodded as he thought of Heidi"
"They'll understand they can visit us" Alfie shook me laughing "Come on I'm in"
"I'm in let it roll" Pete laughed
"Me too" Kerion nodded they all looked at me
"Hell yeah all in or nothing right" I laughed. I don't know how my little sister and Dimi were going to take it but I couldn't throw something like this away I had to chase my dream and I had a really good group of people around me to help it all come true…………………
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Marinated Olive & Cheese Ring Recipe
- 1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, cold
- 1 package (10 ounces) sharp white cheddar cheese, cut into 1/4-inch slices
- 1/3 cup pimiento-stuffed olives
- 1/3 cup pitted Greek olives
- 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh basil or 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 jar (2 ounces) pimiento strips, drained and chopped
- Toasted French bread baguette slices
- Cut cream cheese lengthwise in half; cut each half into 1/4-in. slices. On a serving plate, arrange cheeses upright in a ring, alternating cheddar and cream cheese slices. Place olives in center.
- In a small bowl, whisk vinegar, oil, parsley, basil and garlic until blended; drizzle over cheeses and olives. Sprinkle with pimientos. Refrigerate, covered, at least 8 hours or overnight. Serve with baguette slices. Yield: 16 servings.
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"The balsamic vinaigrette-cream cheese combo made me a little skeptical at first, but oh my goodness. It's one of my new go-to potluck apps. Just make sure to tote the ingredients in sealed containers, then plate it up when you get to the party. It's pretty tedious to carry around pre-assembled."
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All area schools were canceled Monday, due to freezing temperatures in the 35o to 50o below zero range, with wind chill. Meteorologists warned about the dangers associated with these conditions, such as frostbite and hypothermia happening in a matter of minutes.
Area superintendents were contacted for a reminder about what goes into the determination to call off classes in cold and snowy winter weather. Of course, each of them said the safety of their students and staff is always their first priority.
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"If there were no wind chill factor, we could operate school at colder temperatures," Lee Pritzl said. "We think of the worst case scenarios happening if we do have school during dangerously cold temperatures, such as a child waiting for a bus or walking to school. We also think about what would happen if a bus broke down in the cold temperatures and how long the children would have to wait in the cold before a relief bus arrived.
"In our district, we have many hills and valleys that can produce difficult driving conditions during severe weather, so we get out and check the roads and communicate with the bus company, neighboring schools, and authorities before making a decision."
Mike Garrow, at Wauzeka-Steuben Schools, agreed. "When the temperatures get dangerously cold, we have to consider not only our own district transportation, but the opportunity for all our students to arrive safely at school," he said. "We use news media resources, communication with other districts, and internal communications throughout the process. While you may never please everyone when making a decision (to close, have a delay, or remain open), we make the decision with the students in mind. When actual temps approach 25o below zero or winds chills are at 35o below zero, a decision to delay or close is made."
Prairie du Chien Public Schools, according to Drew Johnson, their procedure states that school is called off when air temperature is below -25oF or -60oF with a wind chill.
"In addition, if a wind-chill "warning" status is released from the National Weather Service, then that usually signals no school," he said.
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Here's how RW members rated this race (537 votes).
In short: Keep it up Dr Robert... Fnarrr!In full: Again a brilliant race, the extra roady bit was uphill, brilliant... And excellent new hills by making us run up then down, then up again!!! Who'd've thought of that!!! Excellent fancy dress, cheese rolls, medal, shirt (when I get one, Dr Robert ALWAYS delivers!), mug, Roblets and especially marshalls. Ian - "Hawaiian Dude" with maracas...Date of review: January 2, 2012
In short: This is my 3rd year fantastic as everIn full: Those extra bits made the race interesting to say the least Had a fantastic time would like to thank the 2 nuns along with the marshals for helping me round See you next year Date of review: January 2, 2012
In short: Brutally BeautifulIn full: I read read the reviews and was not disappointed, fantastic run with everyone in fancy dress cheering you on. Probably the best goody bag I have ever had, running shirt, cup, nice medal, soup and a chhese and pickle roll! Forget the time, just enjoy being out. This is what runs should be all about, a bit thanks to Rob and everyone at Trionium. Bring on the Leith Hill half marathon but I want to do this every year now. Date of review: January 2, 2012
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In short: My favorite race of the year. Nothing beats it on the same distance.Date of review: January 2, 2012
In short: Great start to 2012In full: Thank you for a great race - organisation and goodies excellent, and soup delicious. Marshals and spectators motivational (names on numbers helped this too). That final descent with the Valkyries playing will be a top moment of 2012.Loved the bagpipes too, both at start and throughout the race when we were near the summit.See you next year, off to burst some blisters now!Date of review: January 1, 2012
In short: Great way to start a new year.In full: Tough race but you can walk the uphills and run the rest. Simple!!!!Date of review: January 1, 2012
In short: fantastic as usualIn full: third time now and gets better every year,marshalls brilliant and organisation terrific will be back next yearDate of review: January 1, 2012
In short: First Knacker Cracker - won't be my last !!In full: This was my first serious running event (well if you count running up and down a massive hill in a nun outfit as serious!) and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's muddy, slippery and very testing in places. The organisation and marshalling was brilliant. Thanks to all involved.Date of review: January 1, 2012
In short: Awesome race!In full: Found it tough going and very hot in the Gorilla suit! Date of review: January 1, 2012
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Once upon a time—the 1980s—you could walk into a movie theater on any day of the year, plop down a few bucks, and watch one man kick another man's ass. Not every action flick was great, but most were good enough, the film equivalent of pizza. Back then, Jason Statham, the star of the new action drama Homefront—and another two dozen just like it—would have been a forgettable punching bag. Today, he's an action-lover's last hope, though we support his career with the same dutiful gusto as tea partiers voting Romney.
What's gone wrong in the past 30 years? It's not just that action-movie scripts are dramatically worse. (Though they're doubly serious and half as funny.) It's that today's stunt heroes don't have Arnold Schwarzenegger's swagger, Jean-Claude van Damme's splits, Steven Seagal's ponytail, or Sylvester Stallone's operatic flop sweat. Statham has no hook, not even a memorable mustache. Instead, he seems glumly determined to convince us he can act. He really needs to make us applaud.
Compared to these '80s kings' larger-than-life screen presences, a Statham three decades ago would have been lucky to get cast as Stallone's best friend who dies in the second act. Today, Stallone himself is mentoring Statham's career, anointing the former Olympic diver and underwear model as his best friend in The Expendables franchise and now writing him this script.
Statham plays ex-DEA agent Phil Broker, who we first see setting up a sting on a gang of meth-dealing bikers. To go undercover, the bald actor sports a mop of Glenn Danzig hair. It's the most miserable-looking wig since John Travolta's 3-foot dreadlocks in Battlefield Earth—so it's a blessing when, after five minutes of bloody chaos, Homefront fast-forwards two years to when Broker's retired and shorn and hiding from his ex-gang in a small Louisiana town.
We're surprised to learn Broker has a 9-year-old daughter, Kit (Izabela Vidovic). How was he getting her to school when he was on the road racking up indictments? Conveniently, he had a wife who must not have minded motorcycle grease and the months apart. Conveniently, she's now dead, in the grand tradition of women who best serve a script by disappearing. (See also: every Disney mother. And don't blame pulp writer Chuck Logan—in the original novel that inspired this flick, the missus is a main character.)
In the love interest role is a foxy school psychologist (Rachelle Lefevre) who warns this dad and daughter their new home is "a bit like Appalachia—feuds still exist." When Kit punches the school bully in the nose, she precipitates a chain of clan violence, angering the boy's redneck mom (Kate Bosworth, improbably), her drug-dealing brother (James Franco, ironically), his biker girlfriend (Winona Ryder, unabashedly), and her outlaw acquaintances who are just thrilled the fed who set up their friends has resurfaced.
I'd pay good money for a spin-off about Bosworth and Franco's swamp family, with their high cheekbones and violent glee. Imagine their Christmas cards. Alas, we're stuck in this flick, in which Franco isn't given much to do besides sport an alligator tattoo and steal Kit's stuffed bunny. (Though it is fun watching Bosworth, America's former surfing sweetheart, call a 9-year-old girl a "sneaky little bitch.")
Director Gary Fleder seems to sometimes suspect Homefront could pass as comedy. He lets a local handyman (Omar Benson Miller) shrug of Franco's character, "They call him Gator for some dumb-ass reason." But though Franco's casting feels like a joke, the actor plays this straight, as though being an average villain in an ordinary thriller shows range. He makes boning Ryder on a Mustang seem mundane, when that was the No. 1 fantasy of every straight teenage boy in 1996.
Of course, all this builds to a deadly climax designed to vindicate stand-your-ground laws. Snooze. What's interesting is that Homefront's screenwriter, Stallone, a meathead Ph.D., knows that audiences are starving for over-the-top '80s action. Statham can deliver the hits—there's a scene here in which he literally fights two men with his hands tied behind his back—and he once showed promise of a personality in the wicked mayhem of Crank and the immortal Crank 2: High Voltage. But Stallone plopping him in this bore feels like an alpha setting up his successor to fail, like Zeus swallowing up his younger, handsomer challengers before they force him into retirement.
Is there hope for Jason Statham and a generation of action fans who want to see someone—anyone!—succeed in ass-kickery? A glimmer. Statham has now officially passed the Schwarzenegger Star Test: playing a regular American guy without masking his European accent. Throughout Homefront, local yokels sidle up to him and ask where he's from. Is Broker a cop? Ex-military? What gives with the muscles, man? But no one asks him, "No, where are you from-from?" It's as if his flannel shirt and ball cap are enough to distract from his growling Limey vowels.
It takes either star power or star prevalence to command this flagrant suspension of belief. Statham's prevalent, all right. Yet he still needs to earn our love—and given Coach Stallone's crooked career advice, I'm betting it won't happen in The Expendables 3.
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Dez Bryant continues to put up big numbers with Jon Kitna under center
Remember when Roy Williams was supposed to take off with Jon Kitna as the quarterback? Well, it's been Dez Bryant instead.
In 15 quarters with Kitna at quarterback, Bryant has 23 catches for 328 yards and four touchdowns. He had three catches for 104 yards Sunday, including a 13-yard touchdown in the first quarter. He had another long grab overturned because of replay. He became the first rookie receiver for the Cowboys to have a 100-yard game since Antonio Bryant had 170 on Dec. 29, 2002 against Washington.
Bryant must like the Giants. He scored four touchdowns in the two games.
"I feel like I'm doing a good job," Bryant said. "Everything they want me to learn, I'm learning. Whatever they throw at me, I'm going to continue to try to learn it."


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He absolutely was impeached. That term does not mean he was voted out of office, however.
We're not casting the movie. We're asking for opinions on this rumored casting, and our own, non-favorable opinions are expressed above.
Because it still applies?
Apologies for that error, which has now been edited ...
We really just meant that the vanilla kind is not as good, in our humble opinion, whereas the regular, chocolate kind is just delicious. Thanks for the clarification on Taco Bell Guy though!
Thank you, and correction made. Sorry I did not make that distinction.
My bad Jon.
No way. She is all natural. And all awesome.
We say she needs a driver because of the MANY traffic incidents she's been involved with, but also for her own benefit - even if Lindsay's not doing anything wrong, which appears to be the case here, she's a target of opportunists. She might consider using a driver to protect herself.
We're just saying finds herself in situations where she must refer questions to her attorney approximately as often as she breathes.


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I am working on an Android Tablet application, one of the Class involves displaying a bunch of text and data lists along with a Map. So far all my text and data components are in place and only the Map needs to be inserted, The usage of the MapView means I need to extend MapActivity instead of just extending Activity.
What is the solution to this? Should I rewrite my Class extending MapActivity or is there any way to write a separate class with MapActivity extended for the MapView and then embed that class within my original Class.
If the latter solution is feasible how how would I go about doing it?


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Lambs criticised over irresponsible 'sleigh ride' prank
Lambs on the Isle of Man have been criticised by rescue workers for feigning injury and frost bite just so they can take a ride on a sleigh.
Some lambs were seen burying themselves back in the snow drifts while others were caught hiding behind a snow plough waiting to be rescued again. Rescue workers have told the lambs that being rescued from the snow and put on a sleigh is not a game and pretending to be injured could risk the lives of other lambs who are in genuine need of help.
Posted: Mar 28th, 2013
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Conceptual diagram showing the current structure of the LaMEVE database. All the tables are linked via a one-to-many relationship whereby a single record in the parent table can relate to zero, one or many records in the child table. In instances where there is a many-to-many relationship between entities, this is resolved by using a linking table with a one-to-many relationship to each of the two entities. Dictionaries act as look-up tables for codes used in the main and other entities.
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