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I have been using this product for a year now at the recommendation of my doctor and am very pleased at its efficacy. It has helped me (along with diet changes) stop the progress of an autoimmune thyroid condition. The cream is light and has a nice smell a bit strong for me at first but I quickly got used to it.
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I have Hashimotos Thyroiditis and was referred to Oxicell cream after reading "Why do I still have thyroid symptoms if my lab results are normal?" by Dr. Datis Kharrizian. I have horrible sugar cravings fatigue and an overall lousy feeling. I used Oxicell-SE Cream times per day rotating application sites on my skin. I noticed a big improvement almost immediately. I had more energy mental clarity and no more sugar cravings! I actually felt like getting out of bed in the morning and exercising! And I didnt devour an entire bag of cookies while watching TV. I noticed the full benefit after about 2 weeks of continued use. I also used the emulsified Vitamin D and fish oil caps as recommended in the book but felt the cream really gave me the biggest benefit. I will definitely use this as a daily part of my regimen. Oxicell-SE Cream does have a funky sulfur smell to it (probably from the ALA) but you get used to it and the cream absorbs quickly. I highly recommend Oxicell-SE Cream if you suspect you have a hormone or immune system imbalance.
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The Brooklyn DA's office is rife with cronyism and career seat-warmers who cling to their spots and sabotage younger attorneys to prevent advancement.
No where is this more evident than in Hynes' Major Narcotics Investigations Bureau, the former fat, ugly, utterly contemptible boss of which was Sue Corhan, who now has a no-show job in the Grand Jury Bureau to the tune of 175,000 taxpayer dollars per year.
Under Corhan's supervision, hundreds of indictments that should have been thrown out for the appearance of impropriety were instead secured by ADA Maria Haymandou, who had a habit of sleeping with married detectives as far back as 2006 while eliciting damning grand jury testimony from them. She and a detective even trysted in a motel where one of their targets was plying his trade.
The Brooklyn DA's office as it exists is a sewer. Here's to hoping Thompson cleans out all the rats and roaches among the ADA's and DI's (and believe me, there are alot).
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LETS GO JOE!!!!! LETS GO JOE!!!!!!! glad u are running. you have my full support. cant wait til nov 5th when order is restored and bklyn ites can breathe easy knowing that corrupt ex party bosses wont be able to influence an empty suit like thompson
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Average pay for Chief Executive Officers in the United States is more than reasonable, with annual salaries pushing past the six-figure mark ($157K). Total cash earnings of Chief Executive Officers range from $73K on the low end to $416K on the high end; the final amount can include bonuses and profit sharing proceeds that occasionally exceed $142K and $124K, respectively. Geography is the biggest factor affecting pay for this group, followed by career duration. It's exciting to note that the majority of individuals in this field enjoy their work considerably. The vast majority of Chief Executive Officers (83 percent) survey respondents are men. Most report receiving medical coverage from their employers and the greater part collect dental insurance. The numbers in this rundown were provided by PayScale's salary survey participants.
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A chief executive officer (CEO) is someone who is in charge of an organization and normally makes the vast majority of all business related executive decisions. In order to succeed at the position, a CEO must have great social skills, possess the ability to be an effective leader and not shy away from making big decisions. The specific job duties that are required from a CEO will vary depending on what type of organization they happen to be the leader of, as there could be a wide range of job responsibilities that may differ from one another. A CEO shoulders the large burden of having the majority of accountability when it comes to the success or failure of an organization, as one major decision can often take a large toll on a company whether it is good or bad. A few of the many job responsibilities that a CEO may have include several commanding responsibilities such as leading, guiding, overseeing the job performance of other highly ranking company employees such as the president and vice presidents. Furthermore, the CEO will also be responsible for putting together and formulating a strategic set of plans on how to address the direction of their company, as this is one of the more important parts of carrying the job title. It is their job to make sure that all employees carefully follow these plans when it comes to all business decisions and matters that go on within the company itself. A CEO makes a great living and can afford a very nice lifestyle away from the company, but the position comes with some large responsibilities and long hours that can be very stressful.
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For Chief Executive Officers who take on Business Development VP roles, career progression may result in somewhat decreased compensation. On average, the latter position pays $147K. A lot of Chief Executive Officers advance their careers by becoming Non-Profit CEOs and Non-Profit Executive Directors. However, those positions offer $85K less and $124K less per year on average.
Survey respondents exploit a significant toolbox of skills in their work. Most notably, facility with Team Leadership, Business Strategy, and Strategic Planning are correlated to pay that is significantly above average, leading to increases of 22 percent, 14 percent, and 6 percent, respectively. Those listing Project Management as a skill should be prepared for drastically lower pay. Budget Management and Operations Management also typically command lower compensation. The majority of those who know Operations Management also know Leadership and Strategic Planning. Most people experienced in People Management also know Strategic Planning.
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For many Chief Executive Officers, more experience generally translates to higher pay. The average worker who claims fewer than five years of experience earns around $115K. In contrast, however, individuals who report five to 10 years in this occupation see a much larger median of $155K. Chief Executive Officers bring in $192K after working for 10 to 20 years. Chief Executive Officers who surpass 20 years on the job report pay that isn't as high as one would expect; the median compensation for this crowd sits around $215K.
For Chief Executive Officers, working in the bustling city of New York has its advantages, including an above-average pay rate. Chief Executive Officers can also look forward to large paychecks in cities like Washington (+32 percent), San Francisco (+26 percent), Portland (+17 percent), and Seattle (+15 percent). Austin is the lowest-paying area, 12 percent south of the national average.
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Last year at Macworld Expo we saw Quickoffice for the iPhone. This year we got a look at Quickoffice for the iPad, including some features that aren't yet available from the App Store. With this release, the Quickoffice team has emphasized cloud-based storage and publishing. Plus, the iPad version now includes PowerPoint editing. Here's our quick look at Quickoffice for iPad. You'll find a video after the break.
The app's full title is Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite for iPad, and it's quite nice. Upon launch, you'll see a list of supported cloud services. On the far left of the display you'll see all of the available services, or "connected partners," including iDisk, Google Docs, Dropbox (naturally), Box.net and new with the iPad app, Huddle and SugarSync (I wonder if iDisk feels self-conscious while hanging out with the cool kids like Dropbox).
From there you can select any Microsoft Office file as well as PPT, PPTX, PDF, iWork, HTML, PNG, JPG or GIF files, among others. Of course, the Office files are fully editable and, since they're stored remotely, can be accessed from nearly any computer with an internet connection.
Some cool features include pinch-and-zoom within Excel documents (it's very smooth). Word docs viewed with Quickoffice for iPad are displayed as pages, as opposed to the iPhone which doesn't break them up. I think it's much nicer, visually, to see your file with the page breaks. There's also a very nice "Toolbox" available when editing Word docs that's similar to the Inspector in Pages and some other apps from Apple. In fact, you can apply style changes to text right within the Toolbox window. It saves jumping around and is well done.
The new PowerPoint editing is also interesting. I especially like the option to batch-select slides for repositioning, a "film strip" that works as a type of presenter mode that only displays on the iPad as well as a "laser pointer" that lets you highlight the important bits or distract the easily distracted.
One feature that's not yet on the current release lets you drag-and-publish files to Slideshare, Scribd and docstock. It's super simple and should be included in a future release.
Quickoffice Connect Mobile Suite for iPad is available now from the App Store for $US14.99. Watch our video below for Mike's demonstration.
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CINDERELLA - Christmas Family pantomime
Trio Entertainment bring the enchanting classic pantomime "CINDERELLA" to The Platform Theatre… STARRING: "REECE DOUGLAS" best known as Denzil in BBCs Waterloo Road will play Buttons along with "ABI CLARKE" from ITV's The Only Way is Essex as Fairy. This Christmas follow the rags to riches tale where dreams come true with a special invitation to the Ball. Cinderella is doomed to live un-happily ever after with her two horrible Ugly Sisters, but she manages with the help of her 'silly' friend Buttons and a 'magical' Fairy Godmother to make all her dreams come true! Watch with amazement as her pumpkin is transformed into a beautiful coach in the most magical fairytale of them all. The show is approximately 2 hours long including a short interval. Performances are daily at 2.00pm. Great Discounts for group bookings Tickets from £8.00
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You are almost certainly familiar with the music from The Nutcracker, a two-act ballet, with "a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto is adapted from E.T.A. Hoffmann's story The Nutcracker and the Mouse King. It was given its première at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg on Sunday, 18 December 1892… Although the original production was not a success, the twenty-minute suite that Tchaikovsky extracted from the ballet was." Jaquandor shared a link to all the music.
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I mentioned recently that I performed in a concert on Sunday, November 18, singing with my church choir a bunch of songs about St. Cecilia. Then a concert on Sunday, November 25, with people who had sung with organist Don Ingram in the past, singing the Christmas section of Handel's Messiah in honor Don's 80th birthday, a benefit for his church's organ fund.
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A Pakistani police official says a bomb blast in the southern port city of Karachi has killed two people.
Mazhar Mishwani said the bomb, planted near a roadside tea stall, killed the shop owner and a police official. It also injured eight people when it went off Wednesday evening.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Karachi is Pakistan's largest city. It has recently been experiencing a wave of violence marked by religious, political and ethnic killings.
Security officials are concerned that the Taliban and other militant groups are using the chaos in the city to consolidate their presence there. - Sapa-AP
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Clay Center is located at 40°31′20″N 98°3′18″W / 40. 52222°N 98. 055°W / 40. 52222; -98. 055 (40. 522291, -98. 055076). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0. 7 square miles (1. 8 km), all of it land. Clay Center was laid out in the summer of 1879. An election on November 4, 1879, confirmed Clay Center as the location for the Clay County seat following months of heated competition with rivals Sutton and Harvard. W. D. Young erected the first building on the site, a frame structure, which was used as the temporary courthouse. In February 1887 Clay Center became an incorporated village. Industrial development began in 1903 when M. M. Johnson built a factory to manufacture "Old Trusty" poultry incubators and brooders that were sold nationwide. The factory provided employment for hundreds of local citizens. The Johnson Company established radio station KMMJ in 1925 to promote its products, and the station made Clay Center a well-known and respected name in...
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Facts about Clay Center, NebraskaClay Center is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, Nebraska County, Nebraska, United States. It is part of the Hastings, Nebraska Hastings micropolitan area Statistical Area. The population was 861 at the 2000 United States Census census.
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Six sprawling specific plans were approved between 1987 and 1998, covering nearly 10,000 acres of El Dorado Hills. Those plans locked in development rights for an estimated 14,000 homes that would come to define El Dorado Hills far more than the villages envisioned by Alan Linsey and Victor Gruen in the late 1950s.
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Six sprawling specific plans were approved between 1987 and 1998, covering nearly 10,000 acres of El Dorado Hills. Those plans locked in development rights for an estimated 14,000 homes that would come to define El Dorado Hills far more than the villages envisioned by Alan Linsey and Victor Gruen in the late 1950s.
Most of the new homes had yet to be built when the 2004 General Plan was fought over and eventually approved. One of the most contentious issues was the forecast for 32,000 new homes in the county by 2025, including those in the existing specific plans. Most of the new homes would be "accommodated," in planning parlance, in El Dorado Hills.
Jim Brunello of EDAC predicted that the latest growth projections, due in the next 30 days, will show slower residential demand than the 2004 forecasts, pushing the planning horizon to 2035 or beyond.
Rural areas, by contrast, would likely show greater demand than the 2004 forecast.
The forecasts are important because, in theory at least, the board should use them to drive large land-use decisions, he said, and community councils will want to be involved in the discussion. The councils will also address road policy. Brunello mentioned Green Valley Road, where hundreds of new homes are currently proposed with no planned widening of what locals claim has become a congested and dangerous east-west transportation artery.
"If you want to be involved you better get there early," Brunello said.
"If my proposal benefits the community; if I have the interest and support of other councils, then I stand a much better chance (of approval)," he continued, explaining the role of councils when developers come knocking. "And if my project meets the community standards, my chances are even better. That's what we're proposing. Most developers would prefer the strictest standards over trying to guess what the community wants."
EID Director Alan Day called the CDAC model "a good way to find commonality with other groups and gain synergy."
Local real estate specialist and EDAC volunteer Steve Ferry organized last week's meeting on behalf of the Tea Party Patriots of El Dorado Hills, but made it clear that the Tea Party has no desire to be a community group or even the facilitator.
El Dorado Hills resident Noah Briel is a mixed-use advocate and long-standing EDAC volunteer. "It's working now," he said of the CDAC process. "The question is can we take it down to the community level, rather than just have people like Gordon (Helm) and Steve (Ferry) and me up there representing all of you. I'm a good guy, but I'm not you and I don't share all your concerns."
The following night Senior Planner Shawna Purvines appeared at the regular monthly Area Planning Advisory Committee meeting and delivered a tight summary of the Land Use Policy Programmatic Update, aka LUPPU, which is the vehicle for the land use and regulatory reform measures currently under environmental review.
Despite the enthusiastic meeting the prior night, her audience was little more than a dozen APAC regulars.
Purvines took the CDAC model one step down, explaining how local councils can formalize a vision by agreeing on their community's defining qualities, for example: "What makes you Bass Lake Hills?"
Those goals will be expanded into community design standards and a community plan which, in the short term, would have to be consistent with the General Plan and zoning, but longer term could suggest zoning changes or even land use designation changes.
She warned that each council must represent a cross-section of the community, and encouraged the inclusion of land owners.
Purvines said she's done it before, and the resulting plans created trust and support between the community and supervisors. She promised outcomes that better reflect the will of the community.
The process is not well-suited to conventional meetings, which could drag on for months, she said. High speed facilitated meetings work better, Purvines explained, promising tools and personal assistance to drive the creation of a community plan quickly.
"You want to get plugged into the board sooner rather than later," she said.
El Dorado Hills residents must first define their councils. Neighborhoods such as Bass Lake Hills, which have yet to build out, are a natural fit for the process, said Purvines.
Residents of older, built-out neighborhoods where residential design standards are less an issue might band together.
She offered large maps of El Dorado Hills, suitable for working out council boundaries, but said someone or some group needs to host the council formation process.
A core group of El Dorado Hills leaders were also set to meet on Feb. 18 to discuss the best way to launch the process locally.


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Pamela Johnson knows how to stretch her food dollars. She prepares a hot meal for between 300 and 400 people every day at the Community Soup Kitchen in New Brunswick.
Johnson, chef and kitchen manager of the soup kitchen, which is part of Elijah's Promise's network of food-related social services, said her job is all about figuring out how to prepare nutritious, low-cost meals with whatever she has in her kitchen.
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The new technology has great implications for disease diagnostics, study of cellular molecular machinery and study of viruses and may even lead to improved methods to measure nanoparticle pollution in air.
The device measures only two millionths of a meter and incorporates a minute bridge like structure that vibrates. The weight of a particle is determined from the change in frequency of vibration of the bridge by virtue of the particle mass when a particle lands on it. The mass of particles can thus be measured as and when it comes in. The device is based on a technique formulated by Caltech professor Michael Roukes and his colleagues over the last 12 years. The earlier version of the device was labeled the nanoelectromechanical system (NEMS) resonator which could measure mass of individual molecules. However, the drawback of this device was that the change in frequency of the bridge depended not just on the mass of the molecule but also on the location where it landed. The researchers had to take 500 measurements of the same particle to identify its mass as they could not identify the landing site.
The new device overcomes this limitation and requires just one molecule to measure the mass. Conventional molecule measurement technique called mass spectroscopy involves ionizing of millions of molecules which are then allowed to interact with electromagnetic fields. The mass of molecules are determined by analyzing the interactions. This technique is not suitable for heavier particles like viruses and proteins which do not get ionized easily and hence exhibit only a weaker interaction with electromagnetic fields. This makes it difficult to obtain accurate mass measurements. The new device can weigh even large particles. A major advantage of the device is that it can be mass produced using conventional semiconductor fabrication techniques.
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Fewer students return to Bakersfield College
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Bakersfield College opened its doors Monday to 17,000 students.
Enrollment is down about 8 percent from last year, because the school raised its tuition cost, reduced the number of class offerings, and the overall outlook on the job market is weak, students say.
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The grownups dawdle in the shade between the one-story home and the splashing kids. They gossip, tease and chat. It's like any Father's Day gathering on the continent, except for the Juárez moments: A bug bite scratched open leaves a trail of blood on the neck of a friend from Mexico City. "Look," someone says, "all you have to do is show up in Juárez, and you start bleeding!"
The crowd doubles over with laughter, but the smiles subside as the conversation turns to the stories that are never lacking here: the co-worker shot in front of his wife and children because his brother hadn't paid his debts; the time when everyone hit the floor at a baptism service because fireworks were mistaken for gunshots; the worries, above all else, of the little ones in the pool.
Esteban bobs in the water as he gives his younger sister, Ana Clara, a ride on his back. He says he learned to swim when he was 6. While on summer vacation, he was in a large pool, and his life jacket slipped off. "I got really scared," he says, eyes widening with the memory. "But the next day, I wasn't scared anymore. I jumped into the pool and gave my life jacket to my little sister," he says.
It was the same year Esteban saw the broken glass and the silver-dollar-size bullet holes and the bloodied bodies. But talk to him about his sixth year of life, and the swimming memory is the one that rises to the top. Does he ever want to leave Juárez? "No," he says, scrunching his face at the suggestion. "Why would I want to do that?"
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Revenues in the Dutch staffing market are expected to fall by -3% in the third quarter of the year, the Netherlands-based bank ABN AMRO reported on Tuesday. Looking at both the figures provided by the national staffing association ABU and the country's statistics office, analysts said the staffing market has seen two quarters of contraction, preceding seven quarters of revenue growth.
This follows mixed reports by ABU which recently said the staffing market in the country declined -1.3% in the second quarter, compared to official state figures reporting a small increase in revenue growth.
Staffing Industry Analysts does not expect the Dutch staffing market to grow in 2012, but see a -5% decline this year, the latest growth forecast on European staffing markets found.
ABN AMRO said that the macroeconomic environment in the Netherlands remains challenging. Not only the European debt crisis is to blame, but also slowing economic growth in China and the US. Consumer confidence is also low and the bank said that rising unemployment and a decline in job vacancies are not providing a "healthy picture for the staffing industry."
The industry sector remains one of the largest buyers of temporary workers, with a share of approximately 20% – but the outlook for the industry is still "unfavourable", the bank said. "It is too early to talk about a recovery," analysts concluded.


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The National Academy of Sciences issued a 328-page report based on 253 journal articles, 99 books, 43 government publications, a survey of 80 different gun-control laws and some of its own independent study. In short, the panel could find no link between restrictions on gun ownership and lower rates of crime, firearms violence or even accidents with guns.
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2011 Year in Review -- From youth labor to the farm bill, OFBF spoke out
Farmers were represented in discussions with the super committee, Sens. Brown and Portman, Reps Gibbs and Schmidt, USDA and U.S. Dept. of Labor.
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Farmers were represented in discussions with the super committee, Sens. Brown and Portman, Reps Gibbs and Schmidt, USDA and U.S. Dept. of Labor.
As consumers increasingly turn to the Internet for information about food production, Ohio Farm Bureau continued to increase and develop its online presence and that of its members in 2011.
OFBF weighed in on three Ohio Supreme Court cases, which came out favorably for farmers this year.
Ohio Farm Bureau built relationships with Bob Evans Farms, Longaberger and Velvet Ice Cream.
Ohio Farm Bureaus Center for Food and Animal Issues continued to provide assistance to those dealing with animals care and cruelty complaints through its Animal Agriculture 101 training in 2011.
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The Senate Agriculture Committee has passed its version of a farm bill that would dramatically reform and reauthorize farm bill programs for five years. Ohio Farm Bureau's Adam Sharp provides this audio update.
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation's Young Agricultural Professionals program is accepting entries for the 2012 Discussion Meet contest. Entry forms are due June 29.
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April 13, 2013
Rivals Camp Series Richmond: Buzz
Dallas Jackson
RICHMOND, Va. -- The battle for the top spot in the Rivals100 was the focus of the Rivals Camp Series presented by Under Armour event at Glen Allen (Va.) Deep Run on Saturday.
The attention being paid to the order in the rankings was not just on the mind of the Rivals.com team of recruiting analysts, but also the players within striking distance of Woodbridge (Va.) High defensive end Da'Shawn Hand, the current No. 1 prospect in the country.
Also participating at the Richmond event were Virginia Beach (Va.) Bayside safety Quin Blanding, Chesapeake (Va.) Oscar Smith defensive tackle Andrew Brown, Greenville (N.C.) Rose defensive end Kentavious Street and Washington (D.C.) Friendship Collegiate cornerback Jalen Tabor. The quartet represented the Nos. 4, 6, 14, and 27 players, respectively, in the Rivals100.
Each wanted to show why he deserved a move up.
Hand said he was ready to welcome all challengers.
"It fires me up," Hand said. "Everybody wants to knock me off the totem pole. I just came out to solidify why I am No. 1 and I am not worried about what anybody else has to think about me just as long as I'm satisfied with myself.
"A lot of people want to be No. 1 but they don't realize the work you have to put in and the sacrifices you have to make."
Hand played well in the skills portion of the camp and was the first player to have his Under Armour compression shirt torn off during one-on-one reps.
Rivals.com national analyst Mike Farrell said that what he saw from Hand on the day was about what he expected -- including the loss of clothing.
"Da'Shawn is just so fast and quick with his hands that kids have to hold him or get beat," Farrell said. "That is really what we saw today, he would have won all his reps easily if kids were dragging him down and holding him."
The battle in the trenches was physical and allowed for Hand to be judged side-by-side against Brown and Street.
Brown said that he expected to play well on the day.
"(My goal is to) dominate everybody," he said. "That is what I expect.
"Do my thing in the skill drills and then show out in the one-on-ones -- that's the only thing that matters."
Farrell said that Brown did exactly that in the competition. Putting on a display of his quickness and tempered aggression.
"He really has violent hands," Farrell said. "He has a lot of power but has good speed as well."
Brown said that he was working hard to get stronger and that his time in the weight room has increased. He said that he has improved his bench max from 315 pounds at this time last year to 360 pounds and can put up five reps of his old max.
Hands and strength are two things that Street believed he needed to work on to unseat the current No. 1 player.
"I look at my film and see flaws in my game," Street said. "It makes me better.
"My hands need work, I would get fatigued in the third and fourth quarters and then slack when coming off the edge on a rush."
Street said that he has been working hard in the weight room as well as on foot drills.
Neither went unnoticed by Farrell.
"He is a big, thick kid (who) can rush the passer," Farrell said. "His second rep I saw him drop his shoulder and get the edge. He was fast."
The defensive back battle between Blanding and Tabor was one of the more interesting on the day.
Each player said he eyed the top spot but wanted to compete more than state a case for the pole position.
"I want to show people that I don't slack off or sit around on the couch and play around," Blanding said.
He was also cognizant of Tabor in his rearview mirror.
"He's a really tough competitor and really good at what he does so I just need to stick to my game and play my fundamentals," Blanding said.
The lone four-star in the discussion, Tabor was not shy about his displeasure for the rankings.
"That is why I came down here," he said. "I want to get five stars. I am No. 27 in the country right now but I think I should be higher.
"It is a good ranking, but not where I want to be. I want to be No. 1."
Each of the five earned invitations to the Rivals100 Five-Star Challenge presented by Under Armour at the end of the event circuit and it will give each another shot at Hand.
Farrell said that after the performance in Richmond that he believes the order is correct.
"They all were what we thought they were," he said. "Their strengths showed but I don't think that there is any reason to change the order."
For Hand, it just means more time working to fend off the pack.
He said it is a good problem to have and something he relishes.
"Doing this, doing what I am doing is hard," he said. "But if it were easy everyone would be doing it."
More invites
The Richmond area stop of the Rivals Camp Series presented by Under Armour was the most top-heavy group of the tour, with five players ranked inside the Top 30 of the Rivals100.
Da'Shawn Hand, Quin Blanding, Andrew Brown, Kentravious Street, Jalen Tabor and Derrick Nnadi were awarded with an invitation to compete at the Rivals100 Five-Star Challenge and they were not alone.
Norfolk (Va.) Lake Taylor defensive end Jalyn Holmes, Forestville (Md.) Bishop McNamara offensive lineman Damian Prince and Virginia Beach (Va.) Catholic receiver Jamil Kamara each played their way into the event.
Rivals.com regional analyst Adam Friedman was impressed by all of the players.
Holmes came into the event as the No. 30 player in the Rivals100 and played well in a star-studded group of defensive lineman.
"He has pure physical gifts," Friedman said. "He is filling out really well and has improved his technique which showed."
Prince was among the standout performers of an offensive line group that was tasked with holding off four of the highest-ranked players in the country.
Friedman said the No. 31 prospect more than held his own.
"I don't think there is a better looking offensive lineman prospect in the country right now," he said. "He has great power and really good lateral movement."
Kamara is the No. 106 player in the country and was as advertised.
"He is a big, thick receiver," Friedman said. "He is a possession receiver (who) has very good hands. His speed could be improved so he can stretch the field more vertically but there are few limitations in his game."
Nnadi, a DT from Virginia Beach, is No. 37 overall. He won an invite by taking the defensive line MVP honors in Richmond.
The nine players invited to the Rivals Five-Star Challenge is a single-location record and pushes the total for the event, presented by Under Armour, to 36.
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The inaugural Creative League season last week came to a close, with PushON unfortunately (but deservedly) getting relegated from the league. The Creative League – a 5 a side football league tournament for digital agencies in Manchester – featured 8 teams in the first season, with DFC (a group of digital freelancers) winning in quite impression fashion, taking a maximum of 42 points out of their 14 games played.
We joined the Creative League after having a great time at the Creative Cup in 2010, but our lack of tactics and fitness was very much apparent in our first game, losing 15-4 to would-be champions DFC. The week after, we picked ourselves up well with a 14-10 against Tecmark, but our hopes of establishing a run of form didn't exactly plan out, as we proceeded to lose the next 9 games in a row.
Embroiled in a bit of a bottom-of-the-table battle with Tecmark for the first half of the season still gave us hope that we would be able to potentially avoid finishing bottom, and perhaps even avoid relegation – but unfortunately this wasn't to be.
We changed the way we approached things slightly with a handful of games remaining, but our "crunch" re-match against Tecmark resulted in us disappointingly losing 8-7. The thing that did improve was our performances however, and although we continued to lose, the results were much closer – with us eventually showing a culmination of our hard-work pay off with a 9-8 win over KMP.
Thanks to the KMP lads, one of our season's best goals was caught on video, which can be viewed below (apologies for the pause at the beginning, and moderate quality):
With two games remaining at the end of the season there was still the mathematical possibility that we could avoid relegation (we all like to dream), but unfortunately it seemed destined to be, as we lost our final matches.
We finished the season with a performance that summed up many of our matches, with a very lacklustre display against Building Blocks in which we lost 18-5. We did, however, take some pleasure in spectating in the last few minutes of the other relegation match between Tecmark and CTI, with Jordan starting a number of "you're going down with the PushON" chants.
At the end of the season we were asked to nominate internal winners for 3 questions that were asked by the Creative League – the results of which can be found below.
Player of the season:
With a total of 8 votes, I (Kieron) was voted our player of the season, which was unexpected but very much appreciated! Roy Wilding (goalkeeper) came in 2nd place after some miracle saves to keep us in numerous games during the season, and started many of our best goals with throws out from the back.
Player with the most potential:
Internally, we weren't able to split the votes between Dave Sims (forward), Ned Poulter (midfield), and Tom Procter (defense), all of which received 2 votes each. The closeness of the voting is probably testiment to how we played overall as a team, as we consistantly felt we could play better than we were doing – but shown a number of promising signs throughout the season.
Game of the season:
As we only won 2 games in the whole the season – it wasn't going to be a particularly difficult vote! In the end, the majority of us voted for our 9-8 win over KMP as our favourite game of the season, as it was a performance we were particularly happy with (and the fact that we won was a bonus).
Most improved player:
This wasn't exactly one of the questions asked by the Creative League, but we misinterpretted the "player with the most potential" question initially, so we ended up running with both.
James Sims (goalkeeper) was voted by the majority as our most improved player for the first Creative League season. James pulled off some ridiculously good saves in the latter half of the season, and helped us keep some of the scorelines a little more respectable than they might well have been.
Other Mentions:
We had a lot of different players involved throughout our season – but to summarise a few I haven't particularly mentioned:
Dave Sims (Angry Dave – explained below) was by far our leading goalscorer in the Creative League, scoring 46 goals throughout the season. Just a shame he picked up an injury in the second half of the campaign.
Jordan Wilson improved significantly throughout the season, ending up being one of our best players, pulling the strings in the middle of the park.
Tom Procter probably didn't get to play as many matches as he would have liked, but his trademark tackling and energy saved many-a-goal during our season.
Sam Rutley was a formidable rock at the heart of our defense until sustaining an injury, which has unfortunately rulled him out for the entirity of our second season too.
Mark Mayne near-burst the ball with long-range goals on a number of occasions, and one Benzema-style run, in which he took on 3 players before scoring in one game, was also particularly impressive.
Ned Poulter – a man who was fit enough to run a 4+ hour marathon in Scotland then return to work the following Monday as if it had never happened; he kept the team's energy up throughout the season with a series of impressive runs down each of the wings, and scored a couple of great goals to boot.
Moments of the Season
There were a number of "memorable" things that happened during the season, to name a few…
- Angry Dave – It turned out the mild-mannered developer we were used to having in the office was a whole different animal when it came to football. Dave quickly earned the nickname "Angry Dave" after a number of incidents with opposition teams (handbags, mostly ).
- Own Goals – There were a couple of own goals during the season, but none were better than Mark Mayne towards the end of our match against KMP. Defying logic, Mark managed to get his knee on an incoming KMP cross and wrong-foot goalkeeper Roy. The whole moment seemed in slow motion as we gave away our slender lead in the final minutes, all topped off by Jordan from the sidelines bellowing "NOOOOOOOOOOOOO".
- Dan's Entrance – Starting the game on the bench, Dan came on to the pitch after about 10 minutes into one of our final matches. Running towards the ball, he tried to stop swiftly to stop an incoming ball, only to proceed to fall over backwards. A great entrance to the game.
- The Face-Save – As the final whistle was coming ever-closer on our Creative League season in our final game, Building Blocks counter attacked once again against us, eventually powering a shot from the left-hand side of the pitch. James, not wanting to be conventional in his goalkeeping, impressively blocked the shot with his face, sending it high over the bar. Ouch.
Final League Standings
At the end of the first season, the league looked like this:
PushON's Season 1 Results:
A full list of our Creative League results can be found below:
(L) DFC 15 – 4 PushON
(W) PushON 14 – 10 Tecmark
(L) Return on Digital 13 – 12 PushON
(L) PushON 8 – 14 CTI
(L) KMP 21 – 2 PushON
(L) Code 11 – 8 PushON
(L) Building Blocks 22 – 8 PushON
(L) PushON 3 – 19 DFC
(L) Tecmark 8 – 7 PushON
(L) PushON 9 – 10 Return on Digital
(L) CTI 10 – 6 PushON
(W) PushON 9 – 8 KMP
(L) PushON 6 – 19 Code
(L) PushON 5 – 18 Building Blocks
Next Season
We very much enjoyed both the first Creative Cup, and the first Creative League season – and thankfully round 2 of each is just around the corner.
Unfortunately in the second division this season, PushON will be playing SEONext in our first game of the new season this Wednesday. For those wanting to get involved, the second Creative Cup takes place on the 29th May, and you can still register your team.
We look forward to a (less embarrasing) Creative League season 2!
Follow the action on Twitter with the hashtag: #creativeleague2
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GM CEO Mary Barra testifies June 18, 2014, in front on the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations. / H. Darr Beiser/USA TODAY
General Motors has hired an outside law firm to review its litigation practices in the wake of the delayed recall of 2.6 million vehicles with defective ignition switches.
Michael Millikin, GM general counsel, disclosed the automakers latest move to reform itself in prepared remarks he will deliver Thursday before a Senate subcommittee. The Free Press obtained copies of his opening statement.
Millikin joins GM CEO Mary Barra and Delphi Automotive CEO Rodney ONeal in testifying. It will be Barras fourth appearance before a Congressional panel.
■ PDF: Read Mary Barra's prepared remarks for GM hearing
■ PDF: Read Michael Millikin's prepared remarks for GM hearing
Millikin has not yet spoken publicly about his role or that of GMs legal department related in the slow response to complaints and crashes caused by malfunctioning ignition switches
We had lawyers at GM who didnt do their jobs; didnt do what was expected of them. Those lawyers are no longer with the company, Milliken will say in his remarks. I have taken, and will continue to take steps to make sure something like this never happens again.
An internal investigation conducted by Chicago lawyer Anton Valukas found that some members of the legal team were aware of problems with the ignition switches as early as 2005.
But Millikin said he did not learn of the severity of the problem until days before GM recalled Chevrolet Cobalt, HHR, Saturn Ion, Skys, Pontiac G5 and Solstice, mostly from the 2003 through 2007 model years, on Feb. 13.
The defective ignition switches have been linked to at least 13 deaths and 50 or more crashes.
Of the 15 people Barra fired in the wake of the Valukas report, a significant number were from the legal department.
Millikin has reorganized the legal staff, augmented it with attorneys from two outside firms and appointed an outside firm to review litigation practices at GM.
He has also instructed staff that injury cases involving fatalities or serious injury are be brought to him for review.
Barra will tell the subcommittee again that GM is determined to learn from its mistakes and is putting practices in place to be more responsive to safety problems.
Overall, we are dramatically enhancing our approach to safety. You can see it in the aggressive stance we are taking on recalls with the redoubling of our efforts, she says in her prepared remarks.
Delphis ONeal will testify for the first time on this matter. Delphi manufactured the defective switches for GM at a plant in Mexico.
He is expected to explain that Delphi supplied parts to GMs specifications. Former GM engineer Ray DeGiorgio worked with Delphi engineers to change part of the ignition switch in 2006, but GM never changed the part number. GM has fired DeGiorgio.
Separately, Barra will not meet with victims and their families Thursday in Washington.
On her first visit to Congress in April, Barra met with families of some victims. The lawyer who organized the informal meeting, Bob Hilliard of Texas, represents several people who have sued GM and he has invited her to meet victims prior to each subsequent visit to Capitol Hill.
Some victims and their families are expected to attend Thursdays hearing.
■ Related: GM's Barra, Delphi CEO to go before Senate panel
Through GM attorney Kyle Dryer, Barra notified Hilliard that her schedule does not make it possible and she prefers not to meet with victims again until the companys compensation plan is up and running.
GM hired compensation specialist Ken Feinberg to administer the fund and set eligibility criteria to compensate victims of accidents involving recalled vehicles. Feinberg will start accepting applications for settlements Aug. 1.
In his letter to Barra, Hilliard writes, understandably many of my clients want to meet with you because of what you represent to them. They see your efforts and your commitment to your overwhelming task of razing GMs culture and building a new company ... up and want to believe it. You seem to be crafting the beginnings of what will hopefully be a more responsible corporate citizen.
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Neftali Feliz gets the message: "I've got to prepare myself better"
HOUSTON – Ron Washington said he was trying to send a message to Neftali Feliz on Friday night with his early-removal from the Rangers' 4-1 win over Houston.
Perhaps this is a sign they are on the same page: Feliz "absolutely" felt like that's what Washington was doing.
"He let me know that I have to get ahead of hitters," Feliz said through an interpreter. "That's the only way I'm going to have success. You have to get in front. My main focus was for us to get a win, but I've got to prepare myself better to get in a better physical position to succeed."
Washington removed Feliz with two outs in the fifth and the Rangers' leading by two runs. Feliz had just walked a hitter with two outs for the second consecutive inning.
After the first two-out walk in the fourth inning, Feliz received a visit from Washington on the mound. After the inning, Washington called him aside, along with an interpreter.
"Oh, we had a deep conversation," Washington said Saturday. "He needed to hear how much guys were depending on him. We made sure to translate it. What I told him should resonate for days to come. The message got across."
But it didn't stick. Feliz walked the first batter of the fifth inning, then walked another with two outs. It was his fifth walk of the game and Washington pulled him in favor of Robbie Ross.
"He just couldn't get it together," Washington said. "He tried. You could see it in his eyes. We knew he was trying. He just couldn't fix it. He was just erratic. Through it all, he still allowed just three hits and one run and kept us in the ball game. If he had gotten it together, it would have been a great game for him."
What Feliz must display is an ability to make adjustments. He has allowed as many as five hits only once in his seven starts this season. He's twice allowed as many as five walks. For the year, he's allowed 28 hits and 25 walks (23) or hit batters (two).


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A homeless man convicted twice last year of attacking his father is accused again of attacking his father and his father's friend on Wednesday.
A homeless man convicted twice last year of attacking his father is accused again of attacking his father and his father's friend on Wednesday.
Adam Sebastian, 24, threatened to kill his partially paralyzed father and told him he was going to kill him, the father said in Framingham District Court on Thursday when he requested a restraining order.
"I don't feel safe in my own house," the father told Judge Robert Greco who granted the restraining order.
Prosecutor Margaret Pastuszak said that Sebastian had gone into his father's Bantry Road home on Wednesday around 11:30 p.m. and began throwing things and yelling. The father's friend, who was on the couch, told him to quiet down so he wouldn't wake his father.
Sebastian then threw something at the man, and then attacked him with a broom, and then a pizza spatula, Pastuszak said.
"The defendant struck him in the side of the head and yelled he was going to kill him," she said.
The man said he ran as Sebastian chased him, and he locked himself in Sebastian's father's room. Sebastian forced his way in, and fought with the two men until someone called police.
Sebastian said he was the victim, but police charged him with three counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, malicious mischief causing less than $250 worth of damage and threatening to commit a crime.
Pastuszak asked Greco to hold Sebastian on $1,000 bail on the new case. She also asked him to revoke Sebastian's bail on an open trespassing case, sending him to jail for 60 days.
She said Sebastian was convicted twice last year of attacking his father. On July 5, Sebastian pleaded guilty to several charges, including two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Judge Douglas Stoddart continued the case without a finding.
Two days later, Sherborn Police arrested Sebastian after another attack on his father in Sherborn. The continued without a finding was changed to a guilty, and he was sentenced to a year in jail. He later pleaded guilty to the second attack, and was also sentenced to a year in jail. The sentence was concurrent to the first one.
"He is a danger to not only the victims but to the community at large," said Pastuszak. "After serving a year, his behavior has not changed."
Sebastian's lawyer, Kristen Wheeler, argued that the restraining order was enough of a deterrent and no one would be in danger. She also said Sebastian was defending himself from his father's friend.
Greco ordered Sebastian held for 60 days on the open trespassing case, but did not set bail on the new case. Sebastian is due back in court on July 8 for a pretrial conference.
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The seminar will explore the best practices a business or organization should use for successful social media marketing.
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Topic: Assault on Precinct 13(1976)
This was John Carpenter's first film that he actually made that was international. He did make a film with his fellow film student buddy Dan O'Bannon called Dark Star before it which I have on dvd but Assault on Precinct 13 is a huge classic film to me. I always thought that Halloween was his first film but it wasn't. I have become a huge JC fan since then and keep learning more stuff about him every year it seems.
If you have ever seen Ghosts of Mars then it is like a future film of what Assault on Precinct 13 was
Please check out the original film Assault on Precinct 13 if you can and the musical score is done by JC.:cool:.


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UTV Motion Pictures has sold German rights to Kiran Rao's Mumbai Diaries (Dhobi Ghat) to Rapid Eye Movies.
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'Girls' season 2 finale: Don't call it a happy ending
A man kicks a door down, scoops up the woman he loves and holds her tight. The woman, previously distressed, visibly relaxes and kisses him. Fade to black. While it has some of the hallmarks of a romcom, you'd be a fool to call the finale of HBO's Girls a happy ending.
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BBC3's 'Some Girls' has filled the gap that 'The Inbetweeners' left
This week I discovered BBC3's brilliant newish comedy Some Girls. It's equally witty as it is silly and it's finally filled the gap left after The Inbetweeners finished.
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However, feminism is also in crisis. Not only does it have a long, long way to go before it reaches its goal of complete equality, it suffers a negative image among young women, and men, for whom it should be a rallying cry.
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Assessing pain in infants
New software could help medical staff know when newborn patients are in pain.
Even seasoned parents can find it tough to tell the difference between a baby in pain and a baby who is hungry. But now a face-recognition system is being developed that could help lift the veil on infant communication and allow us to know when babies are genuinely experiencing pain.
If it proves successful, this kind of software could be used in neonatal intensive-care units (NICU) to help alert medical staff when an infant becomes seriously distressed, says Sheryl Brahnam, an information scientist at Missouri State University at Springfield. "The problem is, they can't articulate pain verbally," she says. To make matters worse, an infant's repertoire of facial expressions is very limited, so it's not always easy to determine when a baby is actually experiencing pain.
Currently, clinicians use "objective scales" of pain indicators for neonates, says Gilbert Martin, director of NICU at the Citrus Valley Medical Center, in West Covina, CA. Such pain scales take into account a variety of factors, including body posture, blood pressure, and sensitivity to touch, as well as facial expression. But there is usually still an element of subjectivity in assessing a patient, he says.
Until fairly recently, the general consensus was that newborn babies couldn't experience pain. In fact, until the mid 1990s it was common for infants to undergo surgery without any kind of anaesthetic or pain relief, says Martin. "It's really terrible to think of," he says. But the belief was that a newborn's nervous system wasn't mature enough to experience pain, he explains.
Brahnam's system, called Classification of Pain Expressions (COPE), uses facial-recognition techniques to extract and examine features of the baby's expression, such as how scrunched up the eyes are, the angle of the mouth, and the furrow of the brow.
The system relies on a neural-network learning algorithm that has been trained on a database of 204 photographic images of 26 different infants. Of these, 60 showed the babies in pain. These photos were taken during a standard heel prick–a procedure used to draw blood that is widely acknowledged to be painful. The rest of the images were taken when the infants were pulling very similar facial expressions, but this time they had not been stimulated by pain. The latter images were obtained using other stimuli such as blowing gently on the babies' faces. "And rubbing their heel causes their face to scrunch up," says Brahnam.
Preliminary tests showed that the system was more than 90 percent accurate. This is remarkable, given how similar these expressions can look, says Brahnam. Even so, she is quick to point out the limitations of using such a small training set and still images instead of video. "We have a long way to go to see if this would really work in a clinical setting," she says.


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Peace Is Not Just a Wish, Papal Preacher Says
Pre-Christmas Homily in Presence of John Paul II and His Aides
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VATICAN CITY, DEC. 21, 2001 (Zenit.org).- Peace and the figure of St. Francis of Assisi were at the center of a friar´s last, pre-Christmas homily in the presence of John Paul II and his colleagues in the Roman Curia.
Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, preacher of the Papal Household, said that the angels´ words, "Peace to men of good will," are not a wish but news: the announcement that the prophets´ promises have been fulfilled.
These promises of peace seem to contrast with the reality we experience, yet they became real in the lives of the saints, the Capuchin said.
"They help us to read properly the Bible´s promises of peace," not by interpreting them literally, but by concentrating on their ultimate meaning, he added.
Father Cantalamessa then placed the "poverello" of Assisi at the center of his meditation.
St. Francis fostered peace "among cities, in cities, and not just among men," the Capuchin said. The meaning of this peace is "the paternity of God," from whom stems "the happiness of recognizing all creatures as brothers and sisters," he added.
He concluded that the decisive question of peace lies in man´s heart. The importance of forgiveness, he said, can be understood in the experiences of life as well as with the eyes of faith.