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Coming off of a Jayhawk West Conference Championship in
2009 and led into the 2010 campaign with the top returning player in the
conference, the Seward County Lady Saints Volleyball team has been
ranked 17th in the NJCAA Pre-Season Top 25 poll to open the 2010 season.
Seward returns just three players off of last season's
26-11 team that reached as high as #9 in the polls at one point.
However, the Lady Saints have high expectations as all three of those
returning sophomores played a significant role on last year's
championship team. Sheina Fernandes returns in the middle after being
named Jayhawk West Conference Freshman of the Year in 2009 and should be
the early favorite for Conference Player of the Year honors as the
season begins. Maddy Taylor stepped ahead of the pack at the setting
position late during the 2009 campaign and comes back as one of the top
sophomores setters in the league this season. Stacie Carver played in
89 games last season and will be looked upon to provide a strong block
on the right side for the Lady Saints this season.
With just the three returners this season, a lot will be
expected from the nine newcomers for the Lady Saints in 2010. Head
Coach Bert Luallen will hope to get good production out of Brazilian's
Daiane Souza and Isabella Silva as well as all-around talent Courtney
Geesing on the outside as they try to fill the footsteps of a pair of
departed All-Conference hitters from last year's squad. Jade Greene and
Aislyn Karney come into camp as the only 6 footers on the roster and
should give Seward a strong block in the middle to go along with
Fernandes. Jordan Martin and Shelly Malouff will compete for playing
time at the setter position and will be one of the keys to Seward's
success this year. One of the Lady Saints strengths this season should
be at the Libero/Defensive Specialist position where Madison Winkelman
and Katie Marks give Seward a strong presence in Bert Luallen's most
stressed facet of the game, back line defense.
The Lady Saints are joined by the Pratt Lady Beavers
from the Jayhawk West Conference in the top 25 as they check in at #14
while 10 other teams likely to cross paths with Seward this year are
also on the list. The gals in green will take the court for the first
time against outside competition August 21st when they will head down to
Goodwell, Oklahoma where they will square off with host OPSU and a
number of other junior college squads from around the region. Their
first contest for keeps will come August 27th in the Lamar Kick-Off
Classic where they look to defend their 2009 tournament title starting
with Trinidad State at 12:00.
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Some people's personalities will always clash. The luckier ones can reach an agreement and be cordial. Others may have more of a Garfield and Odie relationship where one of them may be a little more rebellious about being pleasant than the other. Then there's the nice-nasty group who pretend to be friends but really hate each other. And in the thick of it all is the peacemaker who just wants everyone to get along so she doesn't have to choose sides.
The peacemaker is usually a positive, upbeat person who just wants to see some civility in her social circle. She doesn't necessarily need everyone to hug and make up but just put the scowls, snide comments and eye rolls away long enough to be able to function like adults. If everyone is willing to behave, the peacemaker is usually happy.
The only downside to a peacemaker is the one who tries way too hard to make two people who have no desire to be friends or close family members or co-workers become instant friends. It rarely works and usually ends up in reality-show style confessionals without the cameras.
While the peacemaker means well, there are times when even the peacemaker needs a timeout. So how do you tell the peacemaker to curtail the peace?
Tip 1: Calmly sit the peacemaker down and explain the entire situation (if she doesn't already know the conflict).
Tip 2: The peacemaker may try to rationalize her way into making two parties see the other person's side. It's only natural. However, if both parties strongly feel that their sides are correct, this is a waste of time. Explain to the peacemaker that there is no room for negotiation. As long as the conflict does not turn violent, everyone has a right to their opinions. If the end result will lead to any sort of crime, the peacemaker has every right to continue to defuse the situation though. Never let temporary anger lead to permanent, reprehensible results.
Tip 3: The peacemaker will more often than not think it's rather childish that neither party is willing to cooperate. Expect it. Peacemakers tend to rationalize a situation and somehow blame themselves for not making the argument all better. The kiss-and-hug-it-out tactic as children is never far from this person's mind. Explain to the peacemaker that this is not her fault nor should she take on the responsibility.
Tip 4: Never ask the peacemaker to choose between two parties. If this is a legitimate peacemaker, she can genuinely be friends with two people who don't like each other. It may be a bit uncomfortable at the baby showers, family reunions, birthday parties, weddings, and so forth, but as long as she's not put in the middle by either group, this can actually work. After explaining one side of the argument, do not keep reminding the peacemaker about the conflict. She heard it the first time. Whether she agrees or disagrees, she heard it loud and clear.
Tip 5: Expect that the peacemaker will continue a healthy relationship with the conflicting party. As difficult as it may be to hold in the "ughs" and "yucks" when photos surface on social media sites or photo albums, deal with it. The issue between the two parties has absolutely nothing to do with the peacemaker, and the peacemaker has every right to still enjoy quality time with both parties.
Tip 6: Stand firm in telling the peacemaker to stop trying to force a relationship between the two parties. Peacemakers tend to be stubborn people who try their best to exhaust all possibilities before believing that the situation can't be resolved. However, peacemakers can make a situation equally uncomfortable if two parties can be fairly cordial but the peacemaker wants to force them to be friends. Let the peacemaker know it's time to knock it off. Otherwise the peacemaker may find herself in the middle of the argument and losing good friends herself.
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When i try to watch a video with a high HD Resolution 1280 x 720 H264 in Ubuntu it isn't played smoothly. There stops and glitches occur. It's no problem of the CPU or graphicscard, because under windows there are no problems like this. Could it be a driver problem?
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Track 3: "I Am Your Leader"
Sounds Like: A chilled-out, humming beat punctuated on the chorus with a blunted fake-horn hook—halfway between classic-era Neptunes and "Look At Me Now," courtesy again of "Niggas in Paris" co-producer Hit-Boy. Repetitive, high-pitched, off-pitch synth hooks over booming, static bass is clearly the thing now in hip-hop, and Hit-Boy does the trend proud on this one—Diplo and Bangladesh might have to watch their back after the up-and-comers contributions to this album.
Pros: It's easy to sound great over this beat, but guest rappers and Rick Ross and Cam'Ron bring their A-games anyway. Rozay especially sounds looser and more in the zone than we've heard him since last year's health scare, bragging "Monday Night with the RAW, Vince McMahon on the beat" and "Where the fuck is her manners, she give me brain while I tweet." (Isn't that just the ultimate?) Cam mostly gets by on personality and his typical charmingly incomprehensible flow, though he does have a couple memorable moments, starting with his introductory "See the car is european but got imported from tokyo / Looking like a shark, the nose call it Pinocchio."
Cons: It's not Nicki's strongest couple of verses, and she gets a little bit overshadowed by her guest stars. At the very least, though, she gets to own the chorus on her lonesome: "I am your leader, yes I am your leader / If you not a believer, suck a big dick."
Roman Rating: 8/10. Not quite as phallocentric as "Come On a Cone"—how could it be?—but the "suck a big dick" chorus and claims of "I breeze through Queens to check some bad bitches" and "It's Dipset, get your dick wet" won't be winning Nicki any points with the Congeniality judges.
WTF? Moment: "I'm me top shotta' drop the top toppa' / Big fat pussy with a icy watch." Sure.
Hashtag Alert: "OJ, No glove, I knife her." Nice one, Cam.
Previous Reviews: "Roman Holiday," "Come on a Cone"
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Bill S. sends a link to a blog post on the Charles R. Schiffner-designed Ahwatukee Arizona "House of the Future" (1979). Built with advanced-for-the-time computer automated controls, the house was built for $1,200,000 and apparently offered tours for $3. It's fallen into obscurity now, but is worth a closer look. Anyone know more about this home and its design? Read more here.
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Please note that the NCAGE is tied to the payment process and it must be issued in the name of the organization that will receive payment and cash the check.
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. -- Superman quarterback Drew Brees was grounded Sunday afternoon by an aggressive Buffalo Bills' defense and a fickle wind.But the New Orleans Saints soared anyway in a 27-7 victory over Buffalo, getting a lift from their defense, special teams and rejuvenated tailback Pierre Thomas.
In many respects, it was the team's most impressive victory since the 2006 season, with Brees being held to 172 yards passing -- his lowest total since 2006 -- and, for the first time in the past 12 games, zero touchdowns.
"This is a game in the past that unfortunately probably would not have gone our way, you know?" Brees said of a slugfest that was stuck at 10-7 with 10 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.
"You can call it the lucky breaks, but I think even more so than that, it's the attitude, " Brees said, smiling when he was reminded that the team's slogan this year is "Finish."
"Absolutely, " he said.
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Jeff Duncan: Saints win in way they haven't in long time
Peter Finney: Stage set for Superdome showdown
Defense gives T.O. reality check
Now the Saints need to apply that motto to the rest of this season, as they hope to turn their first 3-0 start since '06 into their first playoff appearance since that season.
Up next is a showdown at the Superdome against another 3-0 team, the upstart New York Jets, who are guided by aggressive defensive coach Rex Ryan.
Based on Sunday's performance, the Saints are ready for the challenge.
"It's important for us as a team to have wins like this, " Saints right tackle Jon Stinchcomb said of a rare victory that came on the road in brisk weather conditions against a physical opponent that brought consistent pressure. "I mean, we proved last year that just a great passing offense was not enough to get you into the postseason. But we're off to a 3-0 start. We've corrected a lot of mistakes that really cost us last year, that being some big plays on defense -- the defense played outstanding today -- and a balanced offense.
"There are teams that are going to try to take away the pass, and we've got to have an answer for that."
The Saints ran for 222 yards against the Bills -- including a career-high 126 from Thomas, all of which came in the second half.
They held Buffalo to 89 yards rushing and 243 yards of total offense, while racking up four sacks and forcing one interception and nine punts. The Bills were 2-of-14 in third-down conversions.
Rookie Malcolm Jenkins forced a fumble on special teams, and the Saints won the turnover battle for the third straight week, 2-1.Afterward, Coach Sean Payton awarded a game ball to defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, who served as head coach of the Bills from 2001 to 2003.
Williams made his triumphant return Sunday, pestering the Bills' no-huddle offense with a 3-4 front and more zone blitzes than he had shown in the first two weeks combined.
The Bills' only score came on a fake field goal in the first quarter, when holder/punter Brian Moorman threw a 25-yard scoring pass to wide-open defensive end Ryan Denney.
The Saints were especially impressive up front, with ends Will Smith and Charles Grant and tackle Sedrick Ellis each earning at least a sack. The Saints were credited with 14 quarterback hits, and Buffalo's top receiving target, Terrell Owens, didn't catch a pass. Fellow big-play threat Lee Evans caught four passes for 31 yards.
"Coach Payton challenged our defensive line, saying this is a game we had an advantage in, " Smith said, referring to the Bills' inexperienced offensive line.
Smith, in particular, answered that challenge with one of his most active games in years. He stuffed tailback Fred Jackson for a 3-yard loss on third-and-1 to force a punt in the first quarter. And he sacked Trent Edwards on third-and-4 to force a punt early in the fourth quarter.
But his most impressive play came in the third quarter, when he leaped to intercept a ball that had been tipped by cornerback Jabari Greer, ending the Bills' drive deep in Saints' territory.
It was Smith's first career interception, and he said it was probably the highest he has jumped since he performed the vertical leap test at the NFL Scouting Combine coming out of college.
"It wasn't that high, though, " he said.
What was most impressive about the defense's performance was that it was so necessary, with the Saints clinging to that three-point lead for most of the afternoon.
The Saints scored a touchdown on the game's opening drive (a 1-yard run by Lynell Hamilton), then added a John Carney field goal in the second quarter. But they didn't score again until Thomas broke loose for a 34-yard touchdown run around the left side with 9:45 remaining.
Carney added a field goal and Thomas a touchdown run in the game's final four minutes.
"Once we got in the third quarter, still 10-7, offensively we were thinking, 'We've got to close this thing out. Our defense is playing their butt off, and we've got to do something, ' " Brees said. "And obviously, that's when the Pierre show began."
Thomas' performance was remarkable, considering he missed most of the past month with a sprained right knee and then came down with the flu this weekend.
He wasn't even well enough to participate in pregame warmups, but he felt better after receiving IV fluids. And he felt much better after finding the end zone for the first time this year.
"I told my offensive line, I missed them guys, I missed running behind them, " said Thomas, who found a hole around the left side, followed a lead block from fullback Heath Evans, made a guy miss, then got a late assist from receiver Marques Colston.
"Our main focus was to try to put this game away, " Thomas said. "We needed this drive to count, we needed a touchdown to really pull away. Because Buffalo, they really played a great game. They came out, were fired up and wanted a victory.
"But we came out fired up, and we came out on top."
Just like they've done every week this season -- one way or another.
"I just think when you play in the elements, we're not really interested in style points, " Payton said. "We're interested in winning. That's our job."
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SDCC: Sideshow Snow Troll Pre-orders TodayPosted by Charles Song in Comic-Con, Sideshow Collectibles, tags: LOTR, video games
Up for pre-order today, Sideshow's Snow Troll statue from The Lord of the Rings: War in the North video game. Indicating the wintery northern climes, the troll is decked out with various animal hides and bones whilst dwarf lord Gimli is caught in his grasp, all on top of a snowy base. Other than that, it looks remarkably similar to the original Weta Cave Troll.
Nevertheless, this slightly odd one-off (unless more LOTR: WOTN statues are to be announced) sculpted with great detail by Andy Bergholtz has plenty of people excited, despite not being from the films. And the price is also favorable, being not much more than its predecessor from years ago at $325.
Of course, we have high resolution Comic-Con 2011 photos for you posted on our forum and in our gallery. Decide if this beast is for you.
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IDF Reservists' Appreciation Week Begins
Week will see ceremonies to honor outstanding reservists, day of appreciation in the Knesset and a cabinet meeting.
By Gil Ronen
First Publish: 5/22/2011, 4:35 PM / Last Update: 5/22/2011, 4:45 PM
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IDF Reservists' Appreciation Week was kicked off Sunday.
The week is intended to recognize reservists ("miluimnikim") for their contributions to Israel's security over the years.
"The reserve system represents a central component of Israel's defense network, both during times of quiet and during times of war," the IDF Spokesman's Unit said.
A number of events will be held during the week, including a ceremony Monday to honor outstanding reservists, a day of appreciation for reservists the in the Knesset and a cabinet meeting on the topic of reservists.
"One of the goals of the IDF is to look after the well-being of its reservists and to ensure that each reservist knows that he or she was called up for an important mission and was given the means to carry out that mission," the IDF said.
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Someone pulled a gun on a pizza delivery person in Bowling Green.
You can help police catch who did it in the Oct. 10 Crime Stoppers "Crime of the Week."
Bowling Green Police say just after 10 p.m. on Sept.13, someone tried to rob a pizza delivery person.
The suspect ordered a pizza to be delivered to a house in the 100 block of Springhill Ave.
When the pizza was delivered, a black male appeared at the front door brandishing a large semi-automatic pistol.
The delivery person dropped the pizza and ran from the scene.
So did the gunman, running toward the intersection of Springhill and Hickory St.
When police arrived at the house, they found it to be a vacant home.
The robber had broken into the house and used it as a delivery site.
If you know anything about this armed robbery, please call Crime Stoppers at 781-CLUE or click here to get to their website.
You could get up to $1,000 for your anonymous tip.
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This Thursday, June 12, is National Peanut Butter Cookie Day. Did you know that on July 1, 1932, the Schenectady Gazette published the first peanut butter cookie recipe that called for crisscrossed fork marks on the top? The Peanut Butter Cookies recipe said "Shape into balls and after placing them on the cookie sheet, press each one down with a fork, first one way and then the other, so they look like squares on waffles." Pillsbury, one of the large flour producers, popularized the use of the fork in the 1930s. Today, a peanut butter cookie just wouldn't be quite right without this iconic decoration.
And you don't have to dig out grandma's favorite recipe for peanut butter cookie when Jif® has created this totally delicious recipe, including the legendary fork marks.
Jif® Irresistible Peanut Butter Cookies
- 3/4 cup Jif® Creamy Peanut Butter
- 1/2 stick Crisco® Baking Sticks All-Vegetable Shortening
- 1 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 large egg
- 1 3/4 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
- 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- Heat oven to 375°F. Combine peanut butter, shortening, brown sugar, milk and vanilla in large bowl. Beat at medium speed of electric mixer until well blended. Add egg. Beat just until blended.
- Combine flour, baking soda and salt. Add to creamed mixture at low speed. Mix just until blended. Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls two inches apart onto greased baking sheet. Flatten slightly in a crisscross pattern with tines of fork.
- Bake one baking sheet at a time for 7 to 8 minutes, or until cookies are set and just beginning to brown. Cool two minutes on baking sheet. Remove cookies to cooling racks to cool completely.
For more twists on the classic peanut butter cookie and other recipes, visit Jif®.
Some historical facts about peanut butter that you might not know. The Aztecs invented peanut butter in the 14th century, but peanut butter cookies didn't become an American favorite until the early 1900s. In 1916, George Washington Carver was the most prominent promoter of the peanut (in lieu of cotton) and began promoting the peanut and its many uses. As part of the campaign, he published three peanut butter cookie recipes in a research bulletin entitled, "How to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption." To see Carver's many recipes using peanuts, from peanut consommé to peanut macaroni and cheese, jump here.
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I reworked the unflattering skirt from a vintage suit, and didn't make matters worse! I think I'm getting better at this whole sewing thing. Details (and a photo; I'm having trouble uploading to the SewRetro site tonight) on my blog.
Vintage skirt: Successful remodel!
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Oh my, you did good on the skirt. And thanks for the blast from the past too. The brocade took me back to some of the neat fancy clothes of the late 1960s – my high school and college years. so much fun to wear and to make. You look fab in the outfit, shoes are perfect for it. Yay!


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One of the best linemen in the nation with agility, foot-speed and the flexibility to play several positions ... a team leader and one of the team's best pro prospects on the offensive line, has started games at center, guard and tackle during his three-year career ... an excellent student who earned his degree in human environmental sciences in under three years, the first Alabama football player to do so ... is working on a graduate degree in financial planning ... 2007 Dave Rimington Award Preseason Watch List member honoring the nation's top center ... Fourth-Team All-American Preseason selection (CollegeFootballNews.com) ... Preseason First-Team All-SEC member (Blue Ribbon Yearbook, Street & Smith's, CBSSportsline.com, CollegeFootballNews.com) ... Preseason Second-Team All-SEC honoree (The Birmingham News, Lindy's, Phil Steele) ... named permanent team co-captain for the 2007 season ... 2007 Coaches Second-Team All-SEC selection ... shared the 2008 Mal Moore Leadership Award with safety Rashad Johnson for his performance during spring practice.
2007 (JUNIOR): Started in the first seven games of the season and in the last two games, including the PetroSun Independence Bowl victory over Colorado ... was the starter at center for the first five games before starting at left guard against Houston and at right guard at Ole Miss after injuries and family health situations forced some shuffling in the offensive line ... the UT game snapped his string of 32 consecutive starts ... the Houston game ended a streak of 19 games as the team's starting center ... helped the offense rack up a school-record 35 first downs and rush for six touchdowns and 313 yards in the season-opener against Western Carolina en route to coaches Player of the Week honors ... helped running back Terry Grant log 173 yards in the win over Vanderbilt.
2006 (SOPHOMORE): Extended his consecutive start string to 25 games while starting at center in all 13 games for the Tide ... second on the team with 58 knockdown blocks during the regular season ... led the team in that category in four games ... had six knockdowns against Vanderbilt, a season-high eight against Louisiana Monroe, tied the mark with eight at Florida and recorded seven against Ole Miss ... played more than 60 plays in 10 of 13 contests and finished with 810 snaps on the season, one of only five on the team with more than 800 ... named SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week after the win over Hawai'i, when he recorded six knockdowns ... awarded Offensive Co-Player of the Week honors after the Louisiana Monroe game ... served as offensive co-captain against the Warhawks and would later co-captain the offense against LSU.
2005 (FRESHMAN): A 12-game starter who played 772 snaps during the season en route to Rivals.com First-Team Freshmen All-America honors ... started the season at guard but moved to center prior to the Cotton Bowl win over Texas Tech ... also earned Rivals.com Freshman Player of the Week accolades following the Tide's win over No. 3 Florida ... earned the Paul Crane Most Improved Offensive Lineman award following spring practice.
HIGH SCHOOL AND PERSONAL DATA: Prep star at Lee High School in Montgomery ... one of four offensive linemen signed by Alabama in 2004 ... graded 85 percent blocking efficiency at Lee High and gave up just one sack as a senior ... a first-team All-State selection following his senior season and was ranked the No. 10 player in the state by SuperPrep magazine ... full name is Antoine Caldwell ... born April 19, 1986.


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Robert D. Bean Jr.
Position: DB
Height: 5-11 Weight: 178 lbs.
Born: January 6, 1978 in Atlanta, GA
High School: Lakeside
College: Mississippi St. (school history)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in the 5th round (133rd overall) of the 2000 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 5 (9377th overall since 1950)
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Aug 23, 2010 11:26 AM
Rachel K. wrote, "Dearest Outblush, I know you've answered a couple similar personal shopper requests recently, but please hear my plea! I graduated from college recently, and started my first real job a couple of weeks ago. I am good on pants and shoes, but what tops can I wear to work in the summer? My summer wardrobe right now consists of threadless tees and tank tops, and I know those aren't appropriate! I'm running out of polos to wear! I've tried looking to my colleagues outfits, but they're older ladies, and I don't want to look like a mom! Also, I'm broke!! I can't afford $40 for one top when I'm needing to buy enough to last me until it's cold enough for sweaters! Help! Please? Thank you, Rachel K. P.S. I love love love your site and I've been reading it forevers! For reals!"
Rachel, Janetor here, and I've been in your shoes before. Trust me when I say that you can find great work clothes for cheap at Target, Kohl's, and Macy's. With that in mind, here are seven blouses, all under $30, that should work until you build up some savings to get some more pieces. If you take care of them - i.e. wash them with gentle detergent, line dry them, and iron them gently - they should last you quite awhile.
1 - Journee Women's Half-Sleeve Fitted Blouse ($27)
2 - Apt. 9 Zigzag Satin Blouse ($18 on sale, in 3 colors)
3 - NY Collection Short Sleeve Chiffon Floral Print Blouse ($30 on sale)
4 - NY Collection Ruched Short Sleeve Button Front Blouse ($30 on sale)
5 - Apt. 9 Striped Blouse ($13 on sale, in 4 colors)
6 - Apt. 9 Hammered-Satin Blouse ($19 on sale, in 3 colors))
7 - Mossimo Black Women's Ruffle Neck Blouse ($20)
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Hey Rachel,
I just wanted to let you know that you can get some really cute button up shirt alot like these for super cheap right now at The Limited... I'm in your shoes and just graduated from college to the real working world! I love The limited's tops and since they are 40% off this week... well they are only like $20 a piece! Yay for bargains!!
OMG thank you for finding me cute shirts!! Janetor, you are awesome! I'm so glad you were able to find such nice things in my price range. I mean, look at the cute details on the sleeves in 4, 5, and 6! For under 30 bucks?! You guys are amazing. Thank you so much!!
Ashley Smith, thanks for the heads up on the sale at The Limited, I will check them out too!
Aw yay, thanks Rachel! Good luck with your first job!!!
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We are pleased to announce that Digitalsmiths has been recognized not once but twice by the Streaming Media community. In addition to being named to the Streaming Media 100, Digitalsmiths is again a Readers' Choice Awards winner.
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FRESNO, Calif. - Simpler was supposed to be better. Instead, it turned into simply bad here Saturday night.
After consecutive losses to opponents they were favored to beat, the Colorado Buffaloes shrunk their offensive and defensive game plans for Fresno State. The theory, said CU coach Jon Embree and his coordinators, was to mentally free up their players - particularly the younger ones - with fewer sets and assignments.
An adage in football is to do a handful of things well rather than try to do too much and succeed at nothing - and success had clearly eluded CU in the season's first two weeks. This week's goal, Embree said, was "to give our guys fewer things to think about and let them play faster."
Coordinator Eric Bieniemy said his offense went into Saturday's game with about 50 percent of what was made available in the first two games. The running game, which went from 58 yards in the opener to 153 last week, remained his priority. But, Bieniemy added, no matter how simple a game plan becomes, sloppy execution will kill it.
Defensively, coordinator Greg Brown said what his players practiced last week was reduced considerably, with the objective to remain in their base defense and work in various blitzes when called for. The onus remained on the D-line to produce pressure on Fresno State quarterback Derek Carr, and on CU's "Baby Buff" secondary - freshmen corners Yuri Wright and Kenneth Crawley, and safety/nickel back Marques Mosley - to cover.
But on this night, simplification didn't work. Nothing did. And Fresno State did whatever it wanted . . . with ease. Anything simple or elaborate CU had in mind drifted out of Bulldogs Stadium after the Buffs fell behind 35-0 in the first quarter. They left dizzied by allowing 69 points while scoring only 14. Fresno State practically rewrote CU's football record book, with all the revisions in the worst possible context for the slumping Buffs.
"At the end of the day we have to help ourselves by making plays . . . we didn't make the plays," junior linebacker Derrick Webb said. "The coaches did their jobs by making it simpler, but the players, we have to step up and do our jobs."
CU's deplorable first quarter offered reason to flash back to an afternoon in Lawrence, Kan., three seasons ago when the Buffs allowed that many fourth-quarter points in a meltdown loss to Kansas. Embree wasn't there for that one, but some of his players were.
Derrick Webb was among them. "It's a loss," he said. "Kansas was bad, today is bad. I don't know if it gets too much worse than those two games right there. A loss like this should motivate you. If it doesn't, that's another issue.
"All I can do is try to take this loss and turn it into a positive. That sounds crazy (because) we came out here and got our butts kicked. If you have any pride at all you're going to find a way. That's going to be our next challenge - to find a way."
Webb said he had "never been a part of anything like this. The way we played the first half - all the points, all the yards we gave up . . . that was a first for me."
The question is, what's to be done about it? And answers weren't readily available before Embree, his staff and players boarded their charter for a somber return to Colorado.
Embree still insists that his second CU team is better than his first, which finished 3-10, although this team's 0-3 record doesn't reflect it. "I just know what I see for the most part every day," he said. "I still believe in this team; I still do."
As Webb did earlier in the week in a players-only meeting, junior offensive tackle David Bakhtiari stood and addressed the Buffs Saturday in their stunned locker room. Bakhtiari asked his teammates "what they play for" and told them "these coaches know how to win - they're the best I've played for. I'm completely distraught to see how we can't execute what they've set out for us. I told them if they're not willing to give them 100 percent and do what they tell you, buy into this program, be a Buffalo, I don't want you coming to practice or suiting up.
"If I had an answer, I'd love to tell you . . . there's something in the turbine that's not letting it spin. I don't know what is going on exactly. I wish I knew so I could tell the team. But whatever it is it needs to go away, I'm sick of it. I don't like it, I want it to change."
Other players also stood up for the staff and their position coaches. Senior linebacker Jon Major said the coaches "haven't gotten what they deserve. It's going to fall a lot on us players (to accomplish that). The amount of respect we all have for them, the work they put in. it's not exaggerating when they put in 16 hours a day at some points. They're some of the best coaches we've ever had. It's sad; if the players can't put something together, something has to happen . . . when they get 69 against you something has to happen. We'll see what they come up with and what we can do as players."
Embree blamed "breakdowns" on both sides of the ball for the Buffs' horrific first quarter, which saw his defense yield 322 yards of total offense and scoring plays of 97 and 94 yards. "Sometimes when we're eager to make plays we give up plays," he said. "We have to do our assignments, particularly on defense. It just takes one guy . . ."
Embree also said the starting quarterback job was due for "reassessment sometime next week." Jordan Webb started the game, Connor Wood opened the second half and Nick Hirschman finished. Combined they were 11-of-30 for 173 yards, with one TD and four interceptions. Webb and Wood threw two each, with each having a pick that was returned for a Fresno State touchdown.
Said Jordan Webb: "Everything went wrong as far as I'm concerned. We don't get beat by that much if just one thing went wrong. I've got to take responsibility for myself; I made mistakes and I have to fix those. That's where I'll start."
The running game that featured freshman fullback-turned-tailback Christian Powell last week (147 yards, three TDs) was a non-starter and non-factor, mainly because "we were down 21-0 before we knew what happened," Embree said. "That took us out of what we wanted to do (running)." Powell carried 17 times for 49 yards.
Embree said his team has "no choice but to come back, no choice. The clock doesn't stop. We've got to keep going, grinding, find a way. We'll see what happens with our leadership, how we respond as coaches. It's on all of us; we have to come back on Monday and find a way to fix whatever it is that's ailing us and keep moving forward."
Added Derrick Webb: "It's three games into the season and we've dug ourselves a great hole. It's going to be a challenge. I'm willing to take up that challenge and help bring my teammates up with me. I know we're better every day than what we play. That's the biggest disappointment."
An even bigger disappointment is that it's happened now for three consecutive Saturdays, and next Saturday brings the Pac-12 Conference opener at Washington State. The Buffs' September grace period is gone, and unless they right themselves quickly their season will follow.
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We've spoken a good deal recently about the awakening of the American people to first principles. Our rights preexist government. Government serves at our pleasure, and with our consent . . . and anything else is illegitimate.
This NRA ad, in a brilliant and inspiring 60 seconds, sums that up and more.


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The name Sitka literally means "People on the Outside of Baranof Island." What you would consider the "city" of Sitka happens to fittingly be located on the west side of the island.
Baranof Island is one of three major islands in the Tongass National Forest. The Tongass is a temperate, coastal, rain forest blanketed with dense, lush vegetation and shaded by Sitka spruce and hemlock forests. The scenery features rugged, majestic mountains carved from granite. Here are many snow-capped peaks and fifty-two named glaciers. There are still many glaciers yet to be named.
This abundant wilderness is home to thriving wildlife; it is where the rare Alaska brown bear and bald eagle reign. The brown bears on Baranof Island are known as the "ABC Island Bears" (Admiralty, Baranof and Chichigof Islands). This is the only place in the world these bears exist.
The majestic beauty of Mt. Edgecumbe, a snowcapped, dormant volcano on Kruzoff Island, dominates Sitka Sound. And neighboring island, St. Lazaria, a federal bird sanctuary, is a popular bird watching destination where thousands of seabirds such as tufted puffins, petrels, rhinoceros auklets and murres who spend their lives at sea, come to land only to nest.
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Procedural generation has grown in use tremendously since the late 90's and the release of Diablo and Daggerfall, some of the first games to use the coding technique in a big way, although crackers were using it decades earlier to show off their skills. Presently, hundreds of developers procedurally generate at least some aspect of their games. Will the cost effectiveness of procedural generation outstrip the painstaking and expensive creativity of hard coding in the future of game design? Or will these two coding styles find a cohesive balance that elevates interactive media to a new level?
The differences between the two techniques are quite clear. Hard coding, while time consuming and laborious, allows for direct control over the events of the game and creates an extremely stable platform. Procedural generation, on the other hand, requires a far smaller team and less time but loses some detail and fine tuning in return. However, developers are beginning to utilize both in innovative ways.
The Borderlands series of games are good examples of procedural generation at use. With nearly 18 million weapon combinations, hard coding all that would be nearly impossible. So, each enemy randomly drops randomly generated items. Everything from clip size to weapon strength and aesthetics are procedurally generated and combined, creating a unique experience every time.
In the Left 4 Dead series, procedural generation and an AI called "The Director", created by Valve, literally controls the flow and pace of the game. Ammo is only dropped when needed and even the difficulty is raised or lowered by the actions of the player. This type of use could potentially point to the future of gaming.
Even with those examples of the flexibility of procedural generation, the creative license capable when hard coding will remain an integral part of game design. A blending of the two, as seen in current games, is more likely to evolve. Developers will create new uses for procedural generation, such as "building" cities or combining "handmade" elements in a random fashion, but hard coding will always be a part of the process.
The positive effect of this marriage is the ability for creators to keep development costs low and games affordable. Using procedural generation will allow coders to focus on creating the most engaging and interactive storylines and game worlds possible while the system controls the mundane or labor-intensive tasks. This will ultimately keep game sizes smaller and costs at a minimum. Regardless of the style, the future looks bright for gaming in general.


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ELYRIA — Patty Pasternak thought it was odd when her vintage Marky Maypo doll disappeared from her office at the Lorain County Department of Job and Family Services.
But she started laughing after ransom notes appeared from a kidnapper.
"I had to tie yellow ribbons all around the office," Pasternak said.
There were detailed instructions on how to get her beloved doll back, including raising money for The Chronicle-Telegram's Not-Forgotten Box.
For $5, workers could purchase vouchers for dress-down days.
"Some people would give me $25 or $30," Pasternak said.
In the end, employees collected more than $750 for needy kids, a subject close to their hearts as social workers.
The doll, which Pasternak's mom ordered in the 1960s using Maypo cereal box tops, was returned Monday.
Pasternak dropped off 100 toys she purchased with help from Tina Jackson, a clerical specialist for the agency.
Shopping was half the fun, Pasternak said.
"Bargain shopping — I'm crazy about it," she said. "Gloves, socks, crafts — I got this cute food set from Aldi's for $8, who knew?"
Jackson said Pasternak is a formidable shopper. Among her purchases was a $15 pink Barbie Beetle car — complete with a doll — that had an original sticker price of $59.99.
The toys delivered from Job and Family Services workers were among 1,200 gifts dropped off at the newspaper Monday, said Lucy Goldsmith, customer service manager for The Chronicle and its sister paper, The Gazette in Medina.
The day's bounty brought the toy count to 4,521 as The Chronicle easily passed the halfway mark with four days to go. The goal is 8,000 toys, and the deadline is Friday.
Toys may be dropped off 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. today through Friday at the newspaper.
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Born out of the South Shore, Special Guests is the product of talented writers, musicians, and engineers primarily from in and around Boston. Al Pechulis of Peach Productions started Special Guests as a way to get his and his friends' music played and produced. The result are now several albums featuring a who's who of Boston rock, jazz, and folk musicians including local legends: Larry Harvey –Drums, Tony Betancourt – Guitar, and Frank Withey (deceased.)
Recently, music from Special Guests and Peach Productions has made appearances on radio stations in Western Massachusetts, Boston local radio, and plays perhaps more frequently on international radio. In the spring of 2012, Special Guests was featured live on air on WBZ Radio 1030 AM. The song featured was an acoustic track "Long Time Miles" featuring Craig Carter, Andrea Auger, and Al Pechulis.
Perhaps the most interesting part about Special Guests is that the music released on their albums crosses various genres and sounds. Because the music crosses so many boundaries that define an artist's music, there's really something for just about everyone on a Special Guest's album.
The latest release from the studio is described as a "Smokin' blues song about passion and obsession…" The sultry feel of the ambiance overwhelms and drags the listener in to the song's carnal tendencies. Vocalist Steve Baker builds intensity in the song gradually adding to the bluesy feel with a loose and charged "smokey" timbre.
Encapsulating the blues is an uncharacteristic but significant mood altering ethereal atmospheric guitar, effected brass, and unique percussion sounds that make the song drop back out to the silence it originated from.
All in all, this is what makes Special Guest Albums great. They marry exceptional musicianship with brilliant engineering and production using a group of exactly the amount of people they need. Keep a look out for Special Guests on your radio dial and try out some of their music available on iTunes, CD Baby, and many other music sales outlets.


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Thank you so much for releasing this! +rep for the hard works!
in This Guide I'm going to Take you through the basic steps of Extracting a model editing it in 3ds max and Re injecting it while keep the same number of Vertices.
Needed Files
1. Model Injector
2. 3ds Max Download Trial Here
Extracting the Model
1. Open the Application and start off by Clicking on the button that says "Open M2"
2. once you have Selected the m2 you now need to click on the "M2 to OBJ" Button
Import The OBJ to 3ds Max
Once you have followed the above steps you will get a .OBJ File. You need to open this file in 3ds max. To do this follow these steps.
1. Open 3ds Max
2. Click on File --> Import
3. Change Files of Type to "WaveFront Object (*.OBJ)"
4. Select Your Model and click import
5. Option Should now pop up make you option look like mine
Editing the Vertices
Before you can edit the Vertices you need to set up some options first.
Selecting Faces
Now that you have selected the face option you are now able to move faces around. To select faces on the model all you have to do is simple HOLD Down the control key while clicking your mouse where you want.
Manipulating Faces
Now that you have the faces Selected find this Bar
With this Bar you you can manipulate your faces. I'm going to move mine. Here is an example.
Export Model!
Time to export the model. Follow these steps
1. File --> Export
2. Change Files of Type to "WaveFront Object (*.OBJ)"
3. Save the file name as you please
4. make sure your Options are same as mine below
Injection Time
Now that the model is Complete Time to reinject it back into the m2
1. Select the Original M2 you got the model from
2. Select the modifed OBJ file
3. Click OBJ to M2
Q. What is i Don't want to Just Move Stuff What if i want to resize it?
A. Look at the tool bar i showed you there is a resize tool
Q. What is i Don't want to select Faces but i want to select a Point on the model
A. On the Side tool bar where you selected "face" select Vertex
Trouble Shooting
If you find you are having troubles such as your object you exported into 3ds max is flat try this.
1. Start By clicking on Start, Settings/Config, Control Panel, Regional and Language Options,
2. Fill Each Tab to Say "English (USA)" Apply your settings Restart your computer and it should be fixed.
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Thank you so much for releasing this! +rep for the hard works!
Great work as always.
ye, great guide and program!
gotta spread rep <.<
completely awsome. Thank you so much.
is there any different 3D program than 3ds max to do this? Becouse somehow i just keep getting errors when i try to open this program after installed
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Nice guide Glitchy!
It's gonna be awesome when the edits from this little baby comes out, gonna take modelediting to a whole new level!
you, sir, win. I give you all the +Rep cookies I have.
EDIT: I'm trying to do an edit to a BE female like you did to human females but I don't know how you edited such a specific area. If I try to highlite an area I always get her back selected too and then it looks odd when I morph it. Mind giving me a few tips.
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EDIT: Heh re-post sorry
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I had a question about this if someone can help. I did everything 3 times and am pretty certain i did it as in the guide. i am using 3ds 8 and dont get any errors. all i did was raise the felbats model. so it would sit higher. Im not much of a moddler but i dont think i added anything or deleted anything. but when i import it back into the game its all kinds of messed up looking. it still moves and stuff but it doesnt look anything like a bat anymore. does someone know what i might be missing?
This program is really only ment to reshape model. If you move them completely you can get some very messed up results.
Sorry if I'm coming out of the blue, but I heard about this on a different site and I had to try it out. Although, I've got a problem. Whenever I load up the .obj in 3dsmax, the model is screwed up, it's usually smashed into a 2d pulp. The same happens in milkshape, I've also tried different models, I've reinstalled my .net framework, redownloaded everything a few times... Nothing. Any ideas? I think the converter is off for me in some strange way.
I've got a fair amount of modelling experiences, mostly guns though, but I can modify simplier things, might even expect a few releases from me if I learn to like this.
ok thanks. Still an awsome tool. Figures what i thought was a simple thing was one of the few things it doesnt do...thanks for the hard work. I look forward to screwing up some models!!
I'v re-injected my moded model. but do I need to make it an mpq archive, and if so how can I get the .m2 to become a mpq archive?


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Quasi are indie rock survivors. Cutting their early records on Seattle's legendary Up Records, first home to other soon-to-be legends like Built to Spill and Modest Mouse, Quasi went on to produce touchstone indie rock records throughout the 90's and 00's with their signature Rocksichord-and-drums (and later, guitar-and-drums) sound.
We were huge fans of Playing With Scratches, the 2008 album from Ruckus Roboticus that featured samples from old childrens albums. The Dayton, Ohio DJ is a really talented individual who has also done remix work for the likes of Bloc Party, Fools Gold and many more. And now, some new beats are beginning to surface from the Gem City as Ruckus has returned with a new EP titled "Chicks."
One of Cincinnati's newest bands, No No Knots, are causing quite a stir around the city of late. The band has been playing around town and is starting to gain a really great following of new converts. We first told you about a band a couple months ago, and since then have become big fans.
It's spring time and for folks in the Cincinnati area it's time for a little road trip. We encourage you to head south next weekend for some live music that is taking place in the fine city of Louisville, Kentucky. Our neighbors to the south have a nice show cooked up and we not only suggest you go, but we want to send you with some free tickets.
Local concert goers might remember the Radiodown venue in Covington years ago. The venue was not around too long but I recall hitting a few shows when it was located above Tickets sports bar. Well, the people behind that venue later went on to open the Mad Hatter …
Cymbals Eat Guitars might be the most famous truly "independent†band in America right now (if you leave out Radiohead, of course). The Staten Island-based group charged into the blogosphere in early 2009 with the self-release of their highly acclaimed debut album Why There Are Mountains.
The exclamation point at the end of Los Campesinos!'s name is extremely appropriate. They're a band bursting at the seams with passion and exuberance in almost every way. Los Campesinos!'s music combines catchy indie pop with breakneck speeds, soaring group vocals, and bright volume. Their lineup is packed with seven musicians; all friends who found each other at Cardiff University in Wales, all of whom have adopted "Campesinos†as their stage surname (like, say, the Ramones). And their songs, chock full with the wide-eyed yearnings and queasy fears of young romance and sexual awakening, seem determined to force themselves onto love struck adolescent mixtapes everywhere.
This past Friday night was the annual MPMF Reveal Showcase where some of the details about the festival are unveiled and a few bands play along. It truly is the first MidPoint event of what has become a very busy schedule of shows over the course of the next few months. This past Friday evening was exciting in a sense that Dan McCabe shared many of the Fountain Square acts for this Summer as well as a few confirmations for the festival itself in September, and yes there was music too.
With summer festivals just around the corner, it is also time to start thinking about summer in Cincinnati. The past couple of years have brought us some great shows on Fountain Square downtown thanks in part to the people at MidPoint Music Festival. The "Indie Summer" series is set to kick off again this on the square, already booking bands like Camera Obscura, Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit and Neon Indian. More about that soon to come, but right now, the focus is on a show this Friday night at the Contemporary Arts Center downtown.
Our buddies from Bad Veins are out on the road again this spring, and again they find themselves out with a bunch of Scots. Earlier this year the guys were playing with We Were Promised Jetpacks, and starting this weekend they will continue their current tour with Frightened Rabbit.


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Come to TMC and cheer on the Saints! Indulge in great food and beverages, get reacquainted with old friends and make some new memories during a weekend celebrating a tradition of excellence. Saturday is packed full of activities, including outdoor lawn games, live music, kids' activities, and the TMC Homecoming football game! Witness the action on BB&T Field and join the fun in the alumni "Saints Zone" tent. Raise a toast to special guests, the VMC Class of 1965, as they celebrate their 50 year anniversary. On Sunday, deserving alumni will be honored at the Alumni Association Awards Mass & Brunch. Join us in a celebration of their accomplishments.
Schedule of Events
Homecoming Game Day - Saturday, September 19th
11:00 AM - 5:00 PM - All Day Celebration!
Features all-day food and beverages including:
- Cookout lunch
- Half-time food
- Adult and children's beverages
- Lawn games for children & adults
- Kids' activity tables
- Live music from the band "24/7"
- Look for a post-game visit by TMC's football coaches!
Gather your classmates, family and friends for a full day of fun!
As a courtesy for those adult alumni wishing to visit with classmates and friends in a quieter atmosphere, Steigerwald Hall (Saints Center) area will be open serving the Homecoming food and beverages. Watch the Saints football game live on the big screen television.
Please note location preference on the reply form, though you are welcome to enter The Saints Zone at any time, should you so desire.
Alumni Association Awards Mass & Brunch - Sunday, September 20th
10 a.m. Mass - Mary, Seat of Wisdom Chapel
11 a.m. Brunch Buffet & Awards - Steigerwald Hall (Saints Center)
Join us for a celebration of the various accomplishments of our distinguished alumni.
Award categories and recipients:
- Citizenship:
- Neena (LaMendola) Volk '07
- Bill Blewett '63
- Lasting Influence:
- Dr. John Ferner (TMC Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences 1977-2011)
- Professional Achievement:
- Sr. Margaret Stallmeyer '68
- Garren Colvin '86
TMC Alumni Association events are offered as a way to help our alumni maintain their connection to Thomas More College and fellow alumni. Our events are not intended for fundraising purposes. Admission prices reflect various incurred costs.
Saturday - online registration for Homecoming Game Day in the Alumni Tent is now closed, but walk-ins are always welcome.
Sunday - online registration is closed for the TMC Alumni Awards, the event is sold-out.


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COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) -- A protester arrested last fall during a mass demonstration outside Fort Benning is going to court and faces a possible prison sentence.
Protest organizers say Nashua Chantal of Americus is scheduled to stand trial Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Columbus. Chantal is charged with trespassing onto Fort Benning by crossing a barbed-wire fence outside at the Army post last November.
Chantal was among roughly 3,000 protesters gathered for annual demonstrations to call for the closure of the former School of the Americas. The Army school trains Latin American military officers. Critics say graduates of the school have used their U.S. military training to commit human rights abuses in their home countries.
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Ryan Jones may not be done with medical school, but he's already credited with saving a life.
According to CBS News, Jones, a student at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, was participating in the standardized patient program. Actors are assigned specific conditions that they pretend to have as medical students try to diagnose their "patients."
Retiree Jim Malloy was told to portray the symptoms of an abdominal aortic aneurysm.
The Mayo Clinic describes AAA this way: "The aorta, about the thickness of a garden hose, runs from your heart through the center of your chest and abdomen. Because the aorta is the body's main supplier of blood, a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm can cause life-threatening bleeding."
When Jones examined Malloy, he actually found the AAA. At first Malloy wasn't sure if this were a trick patient, of sorts, but thought it was best to say something, just in case.
"He thought I might have been a ringer that was planted in there to test him, and I had no symptoms," Malloy explained to CBS News. "He thought I was a plant with the real situation."
Malloy didn't know he had the real-life health issue.
Jim and his wife, Louise, who have both participated in UVA's medical school training for years, said in a press release that when Jim was finally checked out by his regular doctor, he learned that he did indeed have an AAA, which was large enough to be of concern.
He underwent stent placement surgery at the University of Virginia Medical Center in August.
"Jim's life was saved by a UVA medical student, no doubt about it," Louise said in the press release.
AAA is most commonly seen in men over the age of 60 who have emphysema, genetic risks, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity and who were or currently are smokers.
If the aneurysm expands too quickly, it can burst open or leak blood along the blood vessel walls. This could lead to internal bleeding and death.
That's what happened to my father. On a personal side, my dear dad died on October 9, 2002. He spent nine days in a coma following surgery for his AAA. He had abdominal pain for two days before he collapsed and was transported by ambulance to a Twin Cities-area hospital.
If you have horrible pain in your abdomen and are over the age of 60, it's best to check it out. Not everyone has the opportunity to participate in a staged exam with a promising young medical student!


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Yay! Yes I did see . I think we'll need to decide soon where we want to go so we can start booking things & get the best deals. I'll let you know as soon as we decide between warm vs. England haha.
Hey lovely, sorry you haven't been well! Hope you get better soon.
Also, don't know if you saw my response on the other thread, but I would love to meet you and the Hulk in March if you're in London! When you start to plan the trip let me know, and I can advice you on where to stay and what to do
"I think the basic anti-aging diet is also the best diet for prevention and treatment of diabetes, scleroderma, and the various "connective tissue diseases." This would emphasize high protein, low unsaturated fats, low iron, and high antioxidant consumption, with a moderate or low starch consumption.
In practice, this means that a major part of the diet should be milk, cheese, eggs, shellfish, fruits and coconut oil, with vitamin E and salt as the safest supplements."
- Ray Peat
Yay! Yes I did see . I think we'll need to decide soon where we want to go so we can start booking things & get the best deals. I'll let you know as soon as we decide between warm vs. England haha.
Ha, totally understand that Cool, I'll be keeping updated of your decisions anyway, lol
"I think the basic anti-aging diet is also the best diet for prevention and treatment of diabetes, scleroderma, and the various "connective tissue diseases." This would emphasize high protein, low unsaturated fats, low iron, and high antioxidant consumption, with a moderate or low starch consumption.
In practice, this means that a major part of the diet should be milk, cheese, eggs, shellfish, fruits and coconut oil, with vitamin E and salt as the safest supplements."
- Ray Peat
I think an appealing part of going to England, Ireland, and Scotland would be that there are plenty of historical sights & tourist draws there that we are already aware of. Making a game plan for travelling & what to see would be pretty easy. Hell, even if we spent a few days in London and then moved around, I think we could probably find plenty to do without a schedule. We seem to work best with maps, internet access, and wandering. When we went to DC, we had a few thoughts on what we wanted to visit, but then we spoke to the hostel manager & picked some adventures based on what he told us and what we found on the map. I think that makes an urban environment more appealing than a tropical getaway. We'd probably avoid things with big lines, or opt to go early for some things, but I don't think March would be very busy with other tourists.
If we went to Hawaii or anywhere in Central America or the Caribbean, we'd be doing all the research from scratch in terms of what to see & what to do. We'd have to actually schedule a lot of things, activities like horseback riding, hiking tours, and paragliding. But we'd get to do things outdoors and we'd get to see clear blue ocean water! And swim in it! Warm ocean water! That is completely novel to me, having lived in MA my whole life and gone to beaches in Maine. Note: the water in the Northern Atlantic is COLD.
On the primal side of things...
I had an interesting revelation about my thought patterns recently. Sometime around moving and getting married, my memory has gotten better. I'm not leaving my keys, wallet, or phone in random places around the house anymore. If I do put them down somewhere & forget about it, I find them sooner/easier. I tend to remember just by thinking about it or with minimal searching. This is a very weird sensation as I have been prone to setting things down & forgetting about them my whole life. I have no idea why I'm suddenly having an easier time with this!
I feel like gushing a little about my Hulky today. He sent me a text asking me to help find him somewhere to go to lunch in Boston (today is his all-day class schedule). I told him I'm going to get Sudafed soon to stop my nose from running and relieve some of this sinus pain. He wrote back, "Lame. Hook a husband up with a lunch venue my sick love!" It made me laugh.
It seems a little silly (maybe it's normal), but it's those little exchanges like that every day that make me love him so much. I know him so well and can anticipate his responses to a lot of things, but he still surprises me. I hope I don't get sick of him for a while. 4 years since we started dating... Seems like a long time and yet not very long.
Sorry, young love or something like that.
4 years ago now, I was wrapped up in a friends w/ benefits situation with my best friend at the time. It was unhealthy. He was manipulative. I felt like I needed to appease him all of the time. Halloween was a turning posit with him, I think I started to feel more uncomfortable with him and realized things were not all okay, but didn't know how to talk about it. Hulky came around and we both risked being each other's rebound, but it seems to be working out well.
Dear Namelesswonder: I too struggle with severe depression. Because of arthritis in my hands, I can't re-type all this, so I'm just going to add comments culled from my Profile and elsewhere..... I was savagely abused as a child and taught never to show pain, weep in front of anyone, or admit to "weakness" for fear. I was diagnosed with Stockholm, PTSD, and a host of other mental illnesses, including Anorexia Nervosa (my first diagnosis, at age 11, which is a false one: I was never anorexic; instead, I had undiagnosed IBD! My immune system kept attacking my digestive system; it still does.). Unable physically to have children, I took devoted care of my Mom, a former athlete crippled with severe RA. I worked off the books for my Dad's business to help pay my rent to live at home for Mom after age 18. My father loved me but beat me occasionally; less than 18 months before his death he nearly killed me in a fit of rage when I tried to move my dying Mom to a decent Hospice facility from the horrifying nursing-home in which he had placed her. But he had his good side. They both did; I would have left their lives long before if they hadn't! I loved them unconditionally and was nearly destroyed by their passing.
I went to college but ran out of funds & was unable to complete my [Cum Laude] BA, only 12 credit-hours away, to my intense frustration. Screwed over and medicated almost to death by the appalling psychiatric industry (gaaaah!) , I have gone from a lean, mean, hiking, bouldering, climbing, vibrantly active BMI 18 (that's not underweight for me; the BMI scale is too general and I'm very Ectomorphic) to a lethargic, disgusting, depressed BMI of 27 (horrors! Adjusted for me that's 30: OBESE!) with: PAT, MVP, asthma, high cholesterol, thyroid trouble, "the Change," Reynaud's, advanced arthritis, fibromyalgia, peripheral neuropathy, epilepsy (partly from the beatings, 25 concussions and a subdural hematoma), a MENSA-level IQ I'm only really starting to use at age FIFTY, and a host of Gastro issues too disgusting to mention that do include a brush with Adenocarcinoma, the same cancer that killed my Dad at the end of 2010; he died in my arms. My Mom had died of pancreatic cancer the previous year.
I also lost one of my best friends to cancer (a Boomer like me), my favorite cousin died, then my beloved Aunt; and now my life-partner (Commonlaw), a very driven lifelong disabled athlete who pushed the boundaries for the handicapped for his generation in the UK and then here in the USA, is very ill; he is 77, the age my Dad was when he died. My best friends - one has cerebral palsy but is a genius and is having serious health issues; the other is right now sitting at the bedside of her son as he fights for his life against a mysterious brain ailment. I have a counselor for the PTSD, who just got diagnosed with cancer and is undergoing serious surgery.
Yes, I'm depressed. I'm frightened. And I'm also...well, I'm FAT. And I don't mean a little chunky. I mean VERY fat.
Put simply: I am a huge, waddling, lumbering mass of adipose tissue. And I know that is SO unhealthy! It is what's KILLING ME!!! But there's a problem: It's not from over-eating. My diet is already technically less than half what they call "absolute minimum requirements". I eat between 0 and 800 calories per day; usually around 500. 1000 is supposed to be the cutoff point.
Yesterday my cardiologist said, "I don't care if you're only taking in 500 calories a day; if you're fat, and you certainly are, YOU ARE EATING MORE THAN YOUR BODY NEEDS!" I'm deeply ashamed to say he reduced me to tears of shame and self-hate. Then I got over it. I said to myself, "It's finally time for Extreme Fasting!"
I've therefore decided that instead of cutting that to the 350 calories a day suggested (yes, again, I know 1000 is the cutoff point for Anorexia Nervosa, but we all know how arbitrary THAT is, don't we?!), I'd go on a complete fast using only water, for about 50 days.
I've only done water fasts for up to 11 days before, and ended up quitting because I fainted repeatedly, plus the meds I'm on started taxing my liver and kidneys to the danger point.
Years ago, I was thin & very active. When I weighed 85 pounds (I'm only five-two), however, I was too underweight: I had significant cardiac arrhythmia (A-Fib) that relented when my weight got up to about 92. Since I'm an Ectomorph, a slender body type with tiny light (now with osteopenia) bones, I need to weigh about 110 if more of it is lean muscle, because muscle weighs more than fat.
That means I need to lose 40 pounds. Since eating salad, Luna bars, etc. at up to 800 calories a day is still "more than your body needs" as my Doc said, the only possible answer is fasting. I've been reading avidly about it, total fasting, combined with high-impact workouts (my rheumatologist has forbidden them, saying they've caused massive joint and connective tissue damage, but I simply cannot resist them; for just awhile, I actually feel HAPPY!), and I desperately want this fat OFF of me. I'm buried alive in it!
I used to do eight miles of hiking and lots of good hard climbing a day every day. Never missed a day. And occasional hikes up to 35 miles with only one or two 10-minute rest periods and no food. It was PARADISE. Like FLYING, soaring in my Soul. Then I was forced to quit it all, because first my weight suddenly dropped from a healthy 116 to a sickly 88. I was threatened with hospitalization and intravenous feeding. My late Dad (a fanatical lifelong athlete who took Third Place in a Biathelon with 6 months left to live, in agony & riddled through with cancer, at 77) would sneak me out for a little light approach-climbing now & then. Nowadays if I tried those hills we climbed, I'd drop dead, literally. Sad.
Then, after 8 years spent getting my weight back up to 109, I was allowed to work out again, but I'd totally lost my edge. And I'd aged greatly. I ended up in crippling pain and found out I had advanced arthritis and much more. I was put on Lyrica and gained 75 pounds in about 10 months! I lost about 20 but it crept back; I'm only down 10 from that max weight now. And still on Lyrica. That teensy workout last night has me in so much pain I'm gritting my teeth. How can I have fallen so far?
I believe my prodigious weight is making it much worse now. I'd go on a complete fast using only water, no vitamins, for about 50 days. If I could be sure it wouldn't kill me; that's totally not the idea!
I want to get vibrant, strong, and free from the excruciating pain that has me on (ugh!) Lyrica! I want to be out there exploring the world again. Losing my parents and the other deaths recently plunged me into severe grieving, but I will not take anti-depressants; that stuff is crap. It gave me Serotonin Syndrome & nearly killed me.
Give me a healthy, abstemious lifestyle full of activity, intellectual stimulation and challenge - and ACCOMPLISHMENT - and I would feel like I could live "forever"! And enjoy every microsecond of it!
I hope things will work out for you and your situation. You're so young; I think it will.
I got completely over depression with: transdermal magnesium chloride; 500 mg of elemental magnesium per day, vitamin d3; 2,500 to 10,000 IU daily, and 1-3g of omega-3 daily.
Anxiety is another matter entirely... I have tried many things over the past year, spent around £1000 and a couple thousand hours of online research only to see mild to moderate improvement.
Anxiety is tricky. I think sometimes it is a lot more tied to habit than depression. I hope you will not give up in finding the right treatment for you. For me, it has taken time, and amino acid supplementation. A combination of 5-HTP and L-Tyrosine helped quite a bit and nowadays I am able to use mental tricks to keep the worst of the anxiety at bay.
I studied magnesium like a full-time job for a month or two so I can help you out with that. Magnesium chloride was the best supplement I came across whenever I went through forums and the websites of experts. By applying the magnesium chloride, or magnesium oil as it is also called, to the skin, your body will absorb more of it as it dissociates completely at skin pH. As long as you leave it on for 20 minutes you get a lot of it in.
Elemental just refers to the magnesium itself, someone getting a form of magnesium in a 1,000 milligram tablet for example, may only be ingesting around 100 milligrams of elemental magnesium, with the molecule or compound it is chemically bonded to accounting for the other 900 milligrams.
Chelated forms (ending in -ate) such as citrate, taurate, glycinate, threonate, the list goes on, are the best forms of oral magnesium. Citrate seems to be the one (out of the chelates) that causes the greatest increase in bowel movements, as magnesium travelling through the digestive tract causes water to be brought into the gut leading to diarrhoea. Glycine combines magnesium with the amino acid glycine and is a double whammy for anxiety as glycine is an inhibitory / calming neurotransmitter that people use as a sleep aid. Taurate is another good one but I avoid all oral forms of magnesium to prevent any bowel irregularities and get maximum absorption. Even if you have food poisoning and bowel inflammation / permeability, that will not be a problem with transdermal magnesium.
However, even with the effect of ingested magnesium increasing water in the gut and relieving constipation that way, there are still constipation-relieving benefits from having magnesium transdermally as simply increasing the body's magnesium levels are enough to aid constipation by reducing muscular spasms of smooth muscle which typically cause constipation.


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Constance Gesina Weismann, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology) and Assistant Clinical Professor of Nursing
Research Interests
Heart Diseases; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; Cardiovascular Abnormalities
Public Health Interests
Cardiovascular Disease; Genetics
Research Organizations
Pediatrics: Pediatric Cardiology
Extensive Research Description
Echocardiographic assessment of right ventricular and pulmonary valve function following surgical vs. transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement.
Vascular-ventricular interaction in children with aortic coarctation and/or bicuspid aortic valves
Vascular and ventricular function assessment in the fruit fly using OCT imaging
3D imaging of the aortic valve annulus
Quantitative echocardiographic assessment of right ventricular function in health and disease.
Prospective study on echocardiographic and biochemical screening for pulmonary hypertension in preterm infants with bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Site Principal Investigator for the ACHD and ES QuERI studies (Study Chair: Michael Landzberg, MD)
Selected Publications
- Weismann CG, Hellenbrand WE. Author response letter to letter to the editor by Koestenberger et al. on "Normal Pediatric Data for Isovolumic Acceleration at the Lateral Tricuspid Valve Annulus – a Heart Rate Dependent Measure of Right Ventricular Contractility. " Echocardiography 2015; 32(3):611.
- Luceri MJ, Tala JA, Weismann CG, Silva CT, Faustino EV. Prevalence of Post-Thrombotic Syndrome After Cardiac Catheterization. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2015 Feb 8. doi: 10.1002/pbc.25438 (epub ahead of print).
- Weismann CG, Colson E, Shapiro ED. Letter to the Editor in response to "Publication performance of women compared to men in German cardiology" by Boehm et al., 2014. Int J Cardiol 2014; 182C:227-228.
- Lacro RV, Dietz HC, Sleeper LA, Yetman AT, Bradley TJ, Colan SD et al. Pediatric Heart Network. Weismann C listed as collaborator. Atenolol versus losartan in children and young adults with Marfan's syndrome. N Engl J Med. 2014;371(22):2061-71.
- Patel, A, Weismann C, Weiss P, Russel K, Kadan-Lottick N, Bazzy-Asaad A, Detection Of Early RV Dysfunction In Childhood Cancer Survivors With Restrictive Lung Disease Using Quantitative Echocardiographic Methods. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2014 Nov;61(11):2059-64.
- Weismann CG, Bamdad MC, Abraham S, Ghiroli S, Dziura J, Hellenbrand WE. Normal Pediatric Data for Isovolumic Acceleration at the Lateral Tricuspid Valve Annulus – a Heart Rate Dependent Measure of Right Ventricular Contractility. Echocardiography 2014 Jul 5.
- Lombardi KC, Northrup V, McNamara RL, Sugeng L, Weismann CG. Aortic stiffness and diastolic function in children following early repair of aortic coarctation. Am J Card 2013; 112(11):1828-33.
- Lacro RV, Guey LT, Dietz HC, Pearson GD, Yetman AT, Gelb BD, et al. L; Pediatric Heart Network Investigators. Weismann CG listed as collaborator. Characteristics of children and young adults with Marfan syndrome and aortic root dilation in a randomized trial comparing atenolol and losartan therapy. Am Heart J. 2013; 165(5):828-835
- Weismann CG, Yang SF, Bodian C, Hollinger I, Nguyen K, Mittnacht AJ. Eearly extubation in adults undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2012; 26(5):773-6.
- "Factors affecting the decision to defer endotracheal extubation after surgery for congenital heart disease: a prospective observational study" Kin N, Weismann C, Srivastava S, Chakravarti S, Bodian C, Hossain S, Krol M, Hollinger I, Nguyen K. Mittnacht AJ. Anaesth Analg 2011 Aug;113(2):329-35
- "Multiple thoracic aortic aneurysms after mediastinitis in an infant after repair of coarctation of the aorta" Profitlich LE*, Weismann CG*, Srivastava S, Gelb BD, Nguyen K, Joashi U. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2008 Feb;135(2):444-5 (* shared first authorship)
- "The genetics of congenital heart disease: a review of recent developments" Weismann CG and Gelb BD. Curr Opin Cardiol. 2007 May;22(3):200-6
- "PTPN11 mutations play a minor role in isolated congenital heart disease" Weismann CG, Hager A, Kaemmerer H, Maslen CL, Morris CD, Schranz D, Kreuder J, Gelb BD. Am J Med Genet A. 2005 Jul 15;136(2):146-51
- "Novel TFAP2B Mutations That Cause Char Syndrome Provide a Genotype-Phenotype Correlation" Zhao F*, Weismann CG*, Satoda M, Pierpont ME, Sweeney E, Thompson EM, Gelb BD. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 2001; 69: 695-703 (* shared first authorship)


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People of all fitness levels participate in spin classes. Depending on the location and atmosphere of your gym, you will probably see everyone from the elderly to college-aged, to the fit and toned to the overweight and out of shape in a typical class. Although these classes are multifaceted when it comes to both age and fitness levels, it doesn't change the fact that well over half of the class doesn't know what they are doing…a.k.a. most of them are just spinning their wheels—literally.
Spin classes are so attractive to so many people because they provide a way for cardio to be done in a motivational environment where the work is self-paced, low-impact and easy on the joints, and because they are constantly marketed with the phrase, "Burn 500-800 calories per class!" The problem is that a spin class won't benefit you at all and certainly won't lead to such huge calorie expenditures if you don't know what you are doing and you are not working hard enough. Showing up is just not enough.
So what should you do?
Set up your bike right. Don't just jump on a bike and go, especially if it's your first spin class. You'll be more likely to injure yourself and less likely to get a decent workout. As a general rule of them, your seat height should be level with your hips when standing next to it, and your handlebars should be positioned comfortably, avoiding any straining. Don't be afraid to ask for help when setting up your bike—that is what the instructor is there for.
Get a workout. Want to burn 700-1000 calories per class? Though the number of calories you burn in an average class depends on how much you weigh and how hard you work, know you're not going to burn anything just sitting there. You should be using a resistance that challenges you at the appropriate times so that you get out of breath, feel the burn in your muscles, and break a sweat. If none of these things are happening throughout the course of the class, you're not working hard enough.
Race right. During racing, you should have enough resistance on your bike that you're not bouncing, but not so much that you can't race. If you are bouncing, it's visibly obvious both to the instructor and those around you that you're not working hard enough.
Climb Correctly. During climbing tracks, if you're supposed to be on a level 9, and you're almost flying off your bike, you're not working hard enough and your resistance is too light. Climbs should be hard; it should feel like you're climbing up a literal hill.
Know that by not working up to your potential during a spin class you're not fooling others around you or even the instructor—you're only cheating yourself, wasting space on a bike, and wasting your time. You can end up taking three or more spin classes per week without ever seeing any results.
To find a spin class near you, check your local Dallas gym's class schedule. Most gyms offer morning and evening spin classes, as well as lunchtime classes. For an intense 45 minute interval-based cycling class, visit or join your local Dallas Gold's Gym and take an RPM class to change up your workouts, get motivated, and practice proper spinning techniques so that you can get real results.


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Ribar, Subler earn All-Big Ten honors; Watson receives Sportsmanship Award
2013-14... Raced in the Head of the Iowa with an N8 crew during the fall... competed in the spring at the Big Ten Championship at Eagle Creek Park as part of the 2N8+ crew that finished sixth overall with a time of 7:44.997.
Before Iowa... Level 10 gymnast from 2011-2013 and two-time level 10 state qualifier... member of the St. Charles Gymnastics Academy senior year... 2013 state qualifier for level 10... three year member of the Illinois Gymnastics Institute... 2012 state qualifier for level 10... placed 19th in the all-around at the state meet... 2011 state and regional qualifier for level 9... at state placed 4th on vault, 2nd on floor, and 11th in the all-around... for regionals, placed 10th on vault, 6th on bars, 8th on floor, and 9th in the all-around... placed 2nd on vault, bars and All-Around at 2010 state competition and qualified for the Regional competition placed 12th all-around and 6th on vault all for level 9... Honor Roll member all four years of high school... National Honor Society member... club coaches were Tony Toms, Maureen Medel, and Margaret Koczwara.
Personal... Born June 17, 1995... daughter of Robert Cappalli and Jackie Cappalli... father, Robert, played football at James Madison University... sister, Lexi, is a member of the gymnastics team at the University of North Carolina... biology major.
Why Iowa... I love the atmosphere and the people at UI. The academic and athletic opportunities are amazing. I am so excited to be a part of the prestigious Honors Program here while also representing my school in sports.
My favorite aspect of rowing... It is not only physically challenging, but also very mentally challenging. I have been pushed to both my physical and mental limits like never before and I love it. Also the sport is so rewarding. Hard work really pays off.
What made you want to become a rower... I was originally recruited by a few schools for gymnastics. I hurt my back my senior year so I was unable to compete anymore, but I am so competitive I knew I wanted to find something that I was just as passionate about as gymnastics. Rowing has become my new passion. This sport pushes me to my limits and I am so thankful that I have two amazing coaches that have helped me begin to realize who I am and why I joined this sport.


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Will it make it look like we're auditioning to be extras on the set of Spartacus? Perhaps. Do we care? Not a fig. This Leatherette Trim Pleated Chiffon Dress ($44) is too cute and flattering to resist. Just avoid accessorizing it with goldtone hair accessories and gladiator sandals if you'd rather not be mistaken for a time traveler.
I have literally been searching for this dress ever since I saw a stranger with it on walking down the street somewhere in Paris last summer. But it doesn't appear to exist anymore on the website you link to! Do you think it simply sold out since you posted it or is something wrong?
I love it! It's so "She-Ra: Princess of Power"!
We're working on finding it for you,Scarlett. We check things as they go up to make sure they're still in stock, but oftentimes they sell out fast. It might be worthwhile to send the boutique an email.
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