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I recently received 3 pairs of Eotac-Elite Operator Tactical pants from one of our forum sponsors RogueElite.net.
As a matter of full disclosure I won these pants (really a gift certificate) on www.therally.point.org now I would normally not write a review nor accept a free gift from one of our sponsors but this being a special case (at least in my mind) I will make an exception since I believe there is no connection between my moderator status on DC and my winning the prize on The Rally Point. So I will treat this as a regular purchase (which I have since made from RogueElite.net) in writing a review.
Normally I try to shy away from "Tactile" clothing to maintain my normal goofy looking appearance, but since I was in need of some dress pants I decided to try the Eotac line of pants.
I was quite impressed by the quality of workmanship and the positioning and roominess of the pockets. While I am armed at work I must maintain concealment and I struggle to find casual dress pants that allow for IWB, Tuckable or SmartCarry holsters. The elastic waistband of these pants allow for comfortable conceal carry without making me look like I am wearing 'Mom jeans".
I can easily carry my cell phone, radio, extra magazines, wallet, keys, knife, handkerchief, etc… and I still contemplate what else I can carry in these pants. There are pockets in the knees to place kneepads, which I might use in the fall when I attend a carbine class. They have Teflon stain-protecting coating, which my sons have tested by getting, juice, cookie and snot rubbed into the pants.
The main compliants I have about these pants are that the pockets all have hook and loop (Velcro) closures instead of buttons or snaps, while this is a small thing, I have found that hook and loop can fail to work over time as dirt and lint build up in the hooks and that they are made in China. Also the inseam measurements seem a little long so adjust accordingly if you order
I am including pictures of the pants, but don't worry, it's not the pants that make me look goofy, its my genes.
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Home > Religion and Politics 2012
Religion and Politics 2012
Thursday, March 29, 2012
In the midst of this year's election season, join us to hear from nationally recognized experts as we consider a wide range of issues concerning the intersections of religion and American society.
Conference Schedule
7:30am Registration and Breakfast
8:00am Welcome: Dr. Graham Reside, Executive Director, Cal Turner Program for Moral Leadership in the Professions and Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt Divinity School
8:15am Opening Address: Dr. Robert P. Jones , CEO and Founder, Public Religion Research Institute: "God & Politics: What Public Opinion Tells us about the Role of Religion in the 2012 Elections"
BREAKOUT SESSIONS (Attendees rotate through all three sessions.)
Rev. Linda Walling, Executive Director, Faithful Reform in Health Care
Stephen Fotopulos, Executive Director, TN Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition
Dr. Robert M. Parham, Executive Director, Baptist Center for Ethics and EthicsDaily.com
Susan Pace Hamill, Professor of Law, University of Alabama
9:00 – 9:50am Breakout Session #1
10:00 – 10:50am Breakout Session #2
11:00 – 11:50am Breakout Session #3
12:00pm Lunch
1:00pm Closing Address: Dr. James Hudnut-Beumler, Anne Potter Wilson Distinguished Professor of American Religious History and Dean, Vanderbilt Divinity School
2:00pm Conclusion of conference

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Nicki Minaj, here pictured at the MTV VMA's, in what appears to be a micro-mini leopard print dress and borrowed shoes – seriously they look about half a size too large – is riding high on the success of her Anaconda twerk video. It was recently reported that it has some 4 million views – or sum such… We knew not why it was all the rave.
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Comedic actor and sometimes lewd mess Andy Dick, here pictured attempting to tongue Fred Durst at the MTV VMA's circa 01, has been arrested for alleged sexual assault in West Virginia, FoxNews reports .
"Based upon statements of two victims and independent witness accounts alleging that he had engaged in unwanted and uninvited groping of the two victims' genital areas, Andrew R. Dick (AKA Andy Dick) of South Pasadena, Calif., was arrested and charged with two counts of Sex Abuse in the First Degree," Huntington Police Department statement reads.
The one time uber funny and talented "News Radio" alum has, in recent years, been on a steadfast downward spiral with alcohol and narcotics his constant companion. Seriously y'all this mothafucka has been thru rehab more times than LiLo and Winehouse put together.
This marks one additional bout with molestation charges – which violates his 2008 probation on a similar conviction involving a teen.
Sad part in the story is that Dick is actually funny. But brotha man, one can only look past a talents shortcomings but so many times before you get written off!
Brittany Murphy Dead at 32
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Today, Sunday, December 20th, marks a sad day. Brittany Murphy, 32, has passed after going into full on cardiac arrest, reports MTV News.
I will forever remember the sassyness the New Jersey native Murphy brought to any event she attended here in NY. Whether it was a red-carpet stop-and-repeat or attending a fashion show at the tents – she was always straightforward and playful. Never once taking herself too seriously.
I especially recall her once telling a publicist who attempted to drag her off a carpet, "I got this."
A star has permanently dimmed in the world of entertainment. Her talent will be sorely missed. RIP Murphy.
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Hollywood's latest buff beefcake and Twilight: New Moon all around hotness is set to take on the role of Max Steele, based on the Mattel figure. HOT DAMN!
Me thinks Lautner can kiss the 'I don't want to be known for my body' bit goodbye given that the character is a extreme sports junkie who acquires superhuman powers after an accident. Body showcase!
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Now that it's been confirmed that "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn" is being split into two flicks , fans want even more details on how screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg will adapt the Stephenie Meyer novel, which includes a lot of sex and an incredibly gory birthing scene, into two PG-13 films. Well, there's a good chance the graphic images of Bella in labor won't be shown at all, Rosenberg says.
"On the fan site, on Facebook, all the comments are, 'It has to be R rated! You have to show the childbirth! Gore and guts and sex!' For me it's actually more interesting to not see it," Rosenberg recently told the Los Angeles Times. "You know, you can do childbirth without seeing childbirth. … It doesn't mean it's any less evocative of an experience."
When MTV News caught up with Rosenberg to talk about "Eclipse," she said she was going to leave a lot of those hard decisions, like how to show Bella giving birth to vampire spawn Renesmee, to director Bill Condon. "From a screenwriter standpoint that's gonna land more squarely in the director's hands," she teased. "That's one of those things [where] I kind of say [and] make a few sort of general suggestions on the page and say, 'Go! Go, Bill! Do it!' "
Franchise star Robert Pattinson told MTV News that he's glad he doesn't have to be the guy who decides how to bring the birthing scene to life. "I think that's going to be very funny," he said. "The only thing I know about it is the famous scene: the kind of cesarean scene … I do not envy Bill Condon to have to think of some way to do that."
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The idea of bringing in Bill Parcells to coach the New Orleans Saints in 2012 might have seemed a bit drastic at first. Presumably, the Saints would like to keep things as normal as possible during these unprecedented circumstances, with Coach Sean Payton about to begin a suspension that will last until the end of the season.
But in many ways, replacing Payton with Parcells might be the best way of maintaining normalcy.
Payton suggested Tuesday that the Saints prefer to keep offensive coordinator Pete Carmichael and defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo in their roles. Promoting either one of them could be even more disruptive than bringing someone in from the outside.
Plus, Payton said he has modeled the Saints' structure after the one Parcells ran in Dallas, so the routine and philosophy wouldn't change much.
And last but not least, there's the added bonus of instant credibility from one of the most accomplished and respected coaches in NFL history. The Saints could eliminate any kind of "substitute teacher" concerns by bringing in such a strong authority figure.
"Put yourself in the players' shoes. Here's a guy who's won Super Bowls. He's gonna be in the Hall of Fame. They'd want to hang on every word," said NFL Network analyst and former San Francisco 49ers coach Steve Mariucci, who worked closely with legendary coach Bill Walsh when Walsh was in the 49ers' front office.
"He would be an authoritative figure, making sure things are done right, making sure the team is practicing hard, focused. He'd be a good person in front of the room. And he'd do all that without coming in and rearranging everything," Mariucci said. "It'd be like a substitute teacher, but with a professor coming in to be the substitute teacher. He makes a lot of sense to me, as long as Bill is willing to commit to it and jump in with both feet -- and I think that would be the case if he does this."
Out of coaching since 2006
That would be the biggest concern with Parcells, 70, who hasn't coached in the NFL since 2006 or worked in the NFL since 2010. He would need to be fully committed to the job and not just acting as a place-holder.
"He's retired once before, and it's been a number of years since he's coached. So will the energy level be there? That's a legitimate question to ask, and it's one he'll have to answer himself," said longtime former NFL executive Charley Casserly, who works as an analyst for the NFL Network and CBS. "If the answer is 'yes,' then I'm sure he'll be all in."
When Sports Illustrated's Peter King asked Parcells on Monday whether he still has the coaching "bug," he said Parcells paused and answered: "I don't think so."
However, Parcells' interest is clearly piqued.
And King, who covered Parcells for four years as a writer with Newsday in the 1980s, suggested five reasons why Parcells might be intrigued by the job: 1. It's a 10-month job. 2. It's with a legitimate Super Bowl contender. 3. He really likes Payton. 4. The money's good or should be. 5. Parcells considers football "fun."
The Saints have a decision to make, as well.
Although Payton admitted he discussed the idea with Parcells, he said that's as far as they've gotten. And the Saints have several in-house candidates worth considering as well.
Options from within
Casserly said his first thought when he heard of Payton's suspension was that Spagnuolo would be a capable replacement. Spagnuolo spent the past three years as the St. Louis Rams head coach.
"Most people in the league, including myself, think he did a good job in St. Louis. I don't think their record was a good indication of the job he did," Casserly said. "So I think he'd do a terrific job."
Mariucci also spoke highly of Carmichael, who did a terrific job taking over the game-planning and play-calling duties for Payton when Payton suffered a severe leg injury last season.
Other worthy candidates include offensive line coach Aaron Kromer and linebackers coach Joe Vitt, though Vitt is facing a six-game suspension during the season.
"I think (Payton's) first thought is that they've got a heck of a team, and they're doing things the way they should be done," Mariucci said. "So first and foremost is continuity, to continue doing things the way they've been doing things. They've won 41 games the last three years (including the playoffs). That's pretty darn good. (The thought is), 'Keep doing what you've been doing, the schedule, the meetings, travel routines.' All those things have to stay intact."
'A delicate balance'
At the same time, Casserly stressed that it's important that the new coach -- no matter who he is -- needs to find his own voice.
"I think either way you go on this thing, there's a delicate balance," Casserly said. "You can have coaching schedules all laid out. But the person who's coaching this team can't try to be Sean Payton, 'cause he's not Sean Payton. Ultimately, the person who coaches the team has to coach this team. He can't get up every day and say, 'What would Sean Payton do?' Every day you go out there you face a new challenge. So for the next year, this isn't Sean Payton's team."
It will be quarterback Drew Brees' team, however, and that's a leader who everyone agrees must be in place for the Saints, no matter who's coaching.
Mariucci stressed that getting Brees signed to a long-term contract needs to be among the Saints' most immediate priorities as they work to fill the leadership void.
"Make sure Drew Brees is on board and happy. He is the key," Mariucci said. "He's the coach on the field. You don't want him distracted in any way, shape or form by his contract this season, or even this offseason. They're going to rely on him. That has to get resolved fast."
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Inzitari, M; Doets, E; Bartali, B; Benetou, V; Di Bari, M; Visser, M; Volpato, S; Gambassi, G; Topinkova, E; De Groot, L; Salva, A (2011). Nutrition in the age-related disablement process. Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, 15(8):599-604.
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The transition from independence to disability in older adults is characterized by detectable changes in body composition and physical function. Epidemiologic studies have shown that weight loss, reduced caloric intake and the reduced intake of specific nutrients are associated with such changes. The mechanisms underlying these associations remain unclear, and different hypotheses have been suggested, including the reduction of the antioxidant effects of some nutrients. Changes in muscle mass and quality might play a central role in the pathway linking malnutrition, its biological and molecular consequences, and function. A different approach aims at assessing diets by dietary patterns, which capture intercorrelations of nutrients within a diet, rather than by selective foods or nutrients: epidemiologic evidence suggests that some types of diet, such as the Mediterranean diet, might prevent negative functional outcomes in older adults. However, despite a theoretical and empirical basis, intervention studies using nutritional supplementation have shown inconclusive results in preventing functional impairment and disability. The present work is the result of a review and consensus effort of a European task force on nutrition in the elderly, promoted by the International Association of Gerontology and Geriatrics (IAGG) European Region. After the critical review of different aspects related to the role of nutrition in the transition from independence to disability, we propose future lines for research, including the determination of levels of inadequacy and target doses of supplements, the study of interactions (between nutrients within a diet and with other lifestyle aspects), and the association with functional outcomes.
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April 9, 2014
|No. 25 NC State at East Carolina
Apr. 9, 2014 | 6 p.m. (ET)
Greenville, N.C.
Audio/Video | Live Stats | ECU Notes | NC State Notes | C-USA Notes
ECU and NC State will be playing for the second time in week with the Wolfpack leading the season series 1-0 ... NC State took game one in Raleigh 3-2 before going on the road taking the series from No. 14 Clemson.
ECU enters the midweek contest having won 11 of its last 25 games, which included its first-ever series win at No. 12 Rice ... The Pirates scored two runs in the ninth inning of Friday's game to walk away with a 3-2 victory ... After dropping Saturday's contest 8-0, ECU bounced back and scored two runs in the top of the ninth Sunday to claim the series, 2-1.
ECU returns 18 letterwinners including Second-Team Louisville Slugger All-American Drew Reynolds and Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American David Lucroy. Joining Reynolds (first-team) and Lucroy (second-team/freshman team), who were also All-Conference USA performers in 2013, are Hoffman (second-team/'13), Zach Houchins (second-team/'13) and Travis Watkins (freshman team/'13).
Also stepping onto the diamond are 16 new faces, which consist of five junior college transfers in Hunter Allen (Brunswick CC), James Gray (South Florida State College), Reid Love (St. Johns River State College), Brandon Saunders (Pitt CC) and Ian Townsend (St. Johns River State College)
The Pirates also welcome to campus 11 true freshmen in Luke Bolka, Kirkpatrick, TJ McDonald, Bryce Harman, Evan Kruczynski, Kirk Morgan, Philip Perry, Cameron Snow, Eric Tyler, Jacob Wolfe and Charlie Yorgen.
Wednesday: RHP Logan Jernigan (4-2, 3.00 ERA) vs. RHP Brett Mabry (2-0, 1.20 ERA)
Mabry Notes: Scheduled to make second start of the season (fourth career) against NC State ... Ranks third on the pitching staff with a 1.20 ERA ... Appeared in nine games out of the pen ... Notched wins against Pittsburgh (LeClair Classic) and Charlotte ... Allowed 10 runs (four earned) on 25 hits in 30.0 innings ... Tossed a season-high 5.1 innings at No. 12 Rice surrendering three runs (all unearned) on six hits with a strikeout ... Also worked 5.0 innings against James Madison and Marshall ... Fanned 11 while walking three ... In 2013, led club with 2.35 ERA in 2013 appearing in 19 games (two starts) with a 4-3 record and one save.
Ryan Williams enters this weeks action as the NCAA leader in wins (9), 10th in ERA (0.84) and ranks among C-USA leaders in seven other pitching categories. In 18 appearances, Williams is 9-1 with three saves and has 40 strikeouts to just three walks ... The right-hander has allowed 8 runs (5 earned) on 41 hits and his holding opposing batters to a .212 composite average ... On March 15, he picked up both wins in the doubleheader sweep against Tulane marking the first Pirate since Gary Smith in 1987 to accomplish that feat (vs. Rider on March 24).
Senior RHP Drew Reynolds became ECU's all-time saves leader after picking up a pair of saves at the 11th Annual Keith LeClair Classic ... The Cherryville, N.C. native entered the 2014 season with 24 and is 4-for-5 in save opportunities this season ... After tying the mark, previously held by Seth Simmons (2008-11), against Pittsburgh on March 1 following a perfect ninth, Reynolds set the new standard of 27 in the LeClair Classic Championship against Ohio State allowing a run on three hits in one inning.
Senior Zach Houchins currently leads the team in hits (44), batting average (.336), doubles (seven) and stolen bases (five) ... Against UNC Greensboro he collected his fifth career game-winning RBI with a double in the 10th inning that scored Kirk Morgan.
Junior Jeff Hoffman picked up his second win of the season helping ECU to a 3-2 win over No. 12 Rice on Friday night, which set the tone for East Carolina's first-ever series win over the Owls ... He allowed one run (earned) on seven hits in eight innings of work ... The right-hander, who punched out seven Owls and walked one, recorded at least one strikeout in six of eight frames with two coming in the eighth stanza ... After allowing his lone run in the fifth, Hoffman retired 10 of the final 11 batters he faced - four via strikeout - before turning the game over to Ryan Williams to start the ninth ... The outing marked the second time in his career that he tossed at least eight innings and struck out seven batters against the Owls in a start ... On the season, Hoffman is 2-3 with a 3.40 ERA in eight starts ... He has allowed 23 runs (20 earned) on 42 hits with 52 strikeouts in 53.0 innings, while holding opposing batters to a composite .216 batting average.
ECU Head Coach Billy Godwin is in his 15th career as a college head coach, where he owns a career record of 565-286-1 ... At ECU he is 303-201-1 in nine seasons ... He recorded his 300th career win at ECU in game two of the doubleheader against UMBC (6-0) ... His 303 wins trails only ECU Hall of Famer Dr. Gary Overton, who amassed 427 wins in 13 years (1985-1997) as the Pirates' skipper.


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Keanu Reeves has spoken of his hopes that Bill And Ted will enjoy another excellent adventure.
14:27, UK, Monday 27 August 2012
Actor Keanu Reeves has been talking about his hopes of making a Bill And Ted sequel.
Rumours about a follow-up to the 1989 Excellent Adventure hit abounded earlier this year after the Canadian revealed a script had been written.
The 47-year-old told Collider: "Yeah, there's definitely a possibility that it might happen. People like those films, I love those films."
Reeves and Alex Winter are hoping to reprise their roles as slackers Ted 'Theodore' Logan and Bill S Preston Esq in a third movie.
The script - about the friends travelling through time in a bid to compose the greatest song ever written - was finished in March. Reeves and Winter have since been trying to get a studio and director interested.
The Point Break star recently produced Side By Side, a documentary on the digital cinema revolution. As part of the project he interviewed The Matrix filmmakers Andy and Lana Wachowski.
He said: "I am really grateful that they took the time to meet with me. They have a wonderful passion, knowledge and experience in storytelling, in movie making.
"So for me to have the opportunity to speak about this subject, film and digital, and then broadening that into archival, or starting to speak about the experience of watching a movie.
"It just kind of opened up. To be able to speak to people who have such knowledge and passion. I don't know why they said yes, but I'm really happy they did."
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- Welcome
- Master Artists
- Philosophy, Attachment To Place, And World Culture
- Through The Kitchen Door Antakya
- Cradle Of Culture:
- We Snuck Into The Kitchen…
- Green, Special Proud
- The Future Of Music
- Faith And Stone In Adana
- Wheat In The Form Of Pasta
- Golf In Andalucia
- Cyber War
- We've cracked the Eurovision code!
- The Conquest Of Istanbul Through The Eyes Of Zonaro
Dear Guests,
Welcome to another Turkish Airlines flight. I hope it will be a pleasant one for you.
The board of directors of the Association of European Airlines (AEA) on which I serve is currently bringing to the agenda an issue of crucial importance for the future of the sector.
While the global aviation industry is on the brink of being reborn from its own ashes following the recent difficult period, some countries are imposing additional taxes. This protectionist approaches and attitudes towards taxation and other cost oriented items are making it difficult for the sector to capture strong momentum and hindering the development of international competition. International aviation authorities strongly urge that a more visionary approach be put forward in order to clear the way for the sector.
It makes me happy to announce that while the world is continuing to debate this issue Turkey has emerged as a model. We have witnessed an approximately 60 percent growth in the Turkish civil aviation sector in the last five years. The development in this market, where new players are entering all the time and the existing players are sustaining their growth, has a major impact as well on the quality and diversity of services offered. It makes Turkish Airlines happy to be the key actor in that growth.
Turkish Airlines is a exemplary case in the world for its performance and for the growth momentum it has captured in both the domestic and the global markets. To cite a few examples of its growth, Turkish Airlines is adding new destinations to its flight network by the day to stay abreast of increasing competition in the sector while at the same time making acquisitions and forming new companies to enhance its service quality.
In the background of this great picture that we observe in the civil aviation sector in Turkey are the vision and performance of our Ministry of Transport and of our 60th government under the leadership of our Prime Minister.
Along with the decisions taken and the arrangements being made with regard to opening up the domestic market to competition, ongoing investments in aviation infrastructure and tax and other implementations aimed at lowering airlines' costs and boosting their operational efficiency have cleared the way for the sector. In line with the 2023 targets outlined by our Prime Minister, Turkish Airlines is also going to take its place among the top ten airlines in the world by that year.
Dear Guests,
On our country's combined Youth and Sports and Ataturk Commemoration Day, May 19th, I would like to congratulate our young people, who will be the real actors in achieving our 2023 goals, and to pay my respects to my own mother and all mothers on Mothers' Day, May 8th. I would also like to congratulate one of the strong young actors in Turkish civil aviation, AnadoluJet, which is celebrating its 3rd anniversary on April 23rd. AnadoluJet was able to offer an extremely economical fare of TL 59 to close to 40 percent of the 11 million passengers it carried during its first three years based on the slogan 'Let there be no one who hasn't flown!'.
Thank you for choosing Turkish Airlines and have a nice flight.
Sincerely yours,
Temel Kotil, Ph.D.
CEO and Member of the Executive Committee


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It's a great way to carry your entire 'computer' wherever you are. With automatic hardware detection. A portable Pocket OS without the need to install permanently on a hard disk.
A secure, comfortable and fast desktop with a pleasant look and an easy to use graphical user interface.
A computer (min. i586 or compatible) with at least 192 MB RAM, 512 MB if you would like to enjoy the full functionality. Bootable from CD ROM. A recent BIOS capable to boot from USB will give you the full experience of the LiveUSB version. Monitor with at least 1024x768 resolution. Keyboard, mouse.
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May 22, 2012
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - The women's tennis team will be represented by a trio of student-athletes this week at the 2012 NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex in Athens, Ga. Junior Alexa Guarachi and sophomore Mary Anne Macfarlane will both compete in the singles draw, while Guarachi and senior Courtney McLanewere selected to the field of 32 for the doubles draw.
First round action pairs Guarachi against the No. 7 overall seed in Texas A&M's Cristina Sanchez-Quintanar at 9 a.m. CT on Tuesday, while Macfarlane is slated to take on Anais Dallara from Long Beach State at Noon CT. In doubles, Alabama's duo will face William and Mary's Maria Belaya and Jeltje Loomans on Thursday.
The Tide has already seen two of its three opponents this season as Macfarlane took on Sanchez-Quintanar at the USTA/ITA National Collegiate Indoor Championships, while McLane and Taylor Lindsey were matched up with Belaya and Loomans at the Duke Fab Four Invite.
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AT&T Blackberry Plans Include 4 New Devices
In our series of slides supplied by our friends at Engadget, we find not one, not three, but FOUR new Blackberry handsets on their way to AT&T.
This is great news. We had heard the Magnum was confirmed for AT&T but it is great to hear that the other three are coming there as well. This will give the Blackberry lineup a large boost.
So let's go through each one and see what the slides say, and what info is already circulating about those devices.
Blackberry Onyx
While most of the specs are identical to the Bold, a couple key changes are the 3.2 MP camera, and the slide also mentions using a micro USB connector instead of the standard Mini USB that RIM has used for eons.
The style also looks a little different. It's reminiscent of Bold vs Curve 8900. The below crystal-clear picture shows off the Onyx, reviewed earlier by Kevin at Crackberry.
Blackberry Magnum
Such a detailed picture, isn't it? The Magnum is being touted as the "Blackberry Bold portfolio evolution". We're excited about this one, as it's supposed to have full QWERTY as well as HVGA touchscreen. Nice!
The Magnum is also bragging up a Navigation evolution. Huh? Should be interesting to find out more about this mysterious handset, for sure. Here's a fuzzy pic of what the Magnum should really look like.
Blackberry Pearl 3G
Not much needs to be said of this one, as it is a natural upgrade to the current Pearl line. A much needed upgrade, considering the Pearl dates back a good 3 years. This will be of the non-flip variety and will sport triband AT&T 3G, as well as a high resolution display (exact res TBD). We hope the Pearl 3G will look a little more stylish than the one in the slide.
Blackberry Gemini
Also known as the Blackberry Curve 8520, the Gemini is well-named because of the look and feel of it. Here's the confusing part though — according to our previous reports, the Gemini is supposed to come with an optical trackball (or trackpad, whichever you want to call it) instead of the usual Curve-style trackball, yet the above slide mentions it comes with a trackball.
By the looks of it, the Gemini is meant to be more of an entry-level Blackberry as it won't have 3G, it may have GPS but not sure yet, and 2 MP camera with no flash. Picture below.
As of yet we don't have any release dates for these handsets, but it's refreshing to see a whole slew of new phones to replace the aging Blackberry devices currently for sale on AT&T. Your thoughts?
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The Shrine of The Holy Innocents
The BOOK OF LIFE
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at The Church of The Holy Innocents
128 W 37th St. NY, NY 10018
The Shrine is dedicated in Memory of
the Children Who Have Died Unborn.
Often children who have died before birth have no grave or headstone, and sometimes not even a name. At The Church of The Holy Innocents, we invite you to name your child(ren) and to have the opportunity to have your baby's name inscribed in our "BOOK OF LIFE". Here, a candle is always lit in their memory. All day long people stop to pray. On the first Monday of every month, our 12:15pm Mass is celebrated in honor of these children and for the comfort of their families. We pray that you will find peace in knowing that your child(ren) will be remembered at the Shrine and honored by all who pray here. br>
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SYDNEY, Australia - Ivy-covered walls in Wrigley Field, the Green Monster at Fenway Park and now, it's "the wicket" at the Sydney Cricket Grounds.
Seems as though each venue has its own characteristics and elements which distinguishes from other ball parks or structures.
For the Sydney Cricket Ground, affectionally known as SCG, that means do not temper with history, tradition and the specter of the game of cricket.
That's one of the nuisances the Diamondbacks face when they open the National League season this Saturday night here.
While the hallowed and revered SCG underwent a "blasphemous" transformation from a cricket ground to a baseball diamond, one of the treasures of the venue will not change.
The 22-foot long "wicket," that stretches from just beyond second base to shallow centerfield, remains. That's the directive from the SGC Trust, which controls use of the facility.
The message is loud and clear.
We gave permission to construct a baseball diamond, the Trust indicated, but this will be baseball on cricket terms. Both the Dodgers and Diamondbacks have conducted practices slamming a baseball off the wicket and trying to play the launching sphere.
This is one of the elements of the venue facing D-backs' manager Kirk Gibson and his players.
"They did a good job of getting the field ready," Gibson said after the D-backs workout Wednesday afternoon. "However, there are a few things we need to figure out."
After the Diamondbacks took their first batting session Wednesday, the consensus thought the background was strong and SGC would likely be a decent hitters' park.
During night games, Gibson said he was worried about the possibility of dew in the outfield. That would slow the ball down and cause some slippery conditions. The D-backs play Team Australia Friday night and open the season with the Dodgers on Saturday night.
"I suspect the ball might carry a little better during the day," Gibson said, referring to the Sunday daylight game with L. A. "I also have some concerns with the lights. It will be interesting to see how we adjust to the lights here."
With five light towers positioned for cricket, there could be a concern that part of the playing field may be brighter or darker than others.
Then, there's the issue of foul territory.
The SGC structure is essential an oval. When the baseball field was constructed, the design left a great deal of space between the third base line and the dugout and ditto on the first base side.
Given the scope and size of the foul territory, Gibson said the dynamics must be addressed, but added, "we're excited to play here and be part of the history of the game."
With lefty Wade Miley is set to start the season Saturday night and Trevor Cahill to follow on Sunday, manager Kirk Gibson said the rotation to open the Chase Field portion of the season remains uncertain.
After two with the Dodgers here, the D-backs have four pre-games back in Arizona before taking on the San Francisco Giants March 31 in Chase Field for keeps.
"At this point, our options are limited," Gibson indicated. "We hope (Bronson Arroyo) will be ready and able to take his turn."
Right now, Arroyo is suffering from a budging disc in his back and if not recovered properly could land the 37 year-old native of Key West, Fla. on the Disabled List.
Gibson still must decide on a fifth starter to replace Patrick Corbin and try and keep Brandon McCarthy healthy and off the DL. For his part, McCarthy landed on the DL in each of his previous six Major League seasons.


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When bowlers take to the lanes for the final weekend (June 28-29) of the 80th annual Florida State Bowling Association championship tournament in Orlando, there will be new and higher scores to beat in two of the eight event categories.
According to up-to-date unofficial standings released to Examiner.com on Monday (June 23), there were changes atop the leaderboard in scratch team and handicap singles.
A Palm Beach team called Oregon Ducks -- consisting of Adam Colton, Rickie Sajek, Mark Booke, Steve Wilson and Paul Koehler -- fired a three-game pinfall of 3,502 to relegate Mike's Pro Shop No. 4 of Miami to the runner-up position with 3,410.
The new handicap singles leader is Victoria Navarro of Spring Hill, who posted a score of 857, six pins better than the 851 that had previously given Anthony Hampton of Ocala the lead.
Thomas Slusser of Bradenton continues his longtime leadership in handicap all-events with a nine-game net score of 2,363, and Matthew Gilman of Broward County is still atop scratch all-events with 2,210.
Holding firm in the doubles classifications are: Robert Platz and Jon Blum of Citrus County, handicap (1,669), and Craig Montesi and Michael Moore of Orlando, scratch (1,481). And the other continuing leaders are: Once Rivals Now Teammates of Tallahassee, in handicap team competition with 3,778, and Jeremy Mooney of Palm Beach in scratch singles (782).
Among representatives of the Sarasota-Manatee County USBC Bowling Association, Darlene Bonds made the biggest impact over the weekend, moving into the No. 4 position in handicap all-events with 2,304, and she is also tied for 52nd in handicap singles with 784.
Cynthia Territo of Sarasota is now tied for 43rd in handicap singles with 790, and three area teams are listed among the handicap team leaders: Friends & Family No. 4 (10th at 3,519), Wagler Homes (11th at 3,518) and C&L Awards (tied for 45th at 3,419).
The tournament's perfect-game total climbed to 14 when Jamey Osborn Jr. of the Space Coast Bowling Association strung 12 consecutive strikes in doubles competition on Sunday.
The current top three in each tournament category, plus any Sarasota-Manatee County bowlers in the Top 75:
- TEAM EVENT HANDICAP: 1, Once Rivals, Now Teammates (Tallahassee) 3,778; 2, James Team (Space Coast) 3,648; 3, Mike's Pro Shop No. 4 (Miami) 3,607. [Sarasota-Manatee entrants: 9th, Fletcher's Bunch 3,523; 10th, Friends & Family #4 3,519; 11th, Wagler Homes 3,518; 15th, Four Aces 3,494; tie 45th, DJ & Crew 3,419; tie 45th, C&L Awards 3,419.]
- TEAM EVENT SCRATCH: 1, Oregon Ducks (Palm Beach) 3,502; 2, Mike's Pro Shop No. 4 (Miami) 3,410; 3, Flying Circus II (Seminole County) 3,207. [Sarasota-Manatee entrant: 66th, Semi-Pro 2.878.]
- DOUBLES HANDICAP: 1, Robert Platz and Jon Blum (Citrus County) 1,669; 2, Lauren Bland and Mike Mojzak (Orlando) 1,602; 3, Craig Montesi and Michael Moore (Orlando) 1,567. [Sarasota-Manatee entrants: 9th, Tom Slusser and Stephen Gergle (Bradenton) 1,523; tie 18th, Ian Gray and Thomas McTigue (Bradenton) 1,505; 32nd, Ed Swietek and Ed Slusser (Bradenton) 1,479.]
- DOUBLES SCRATCH: 1, Craig Montesi and Michael Moore (Orlando) 1,481; 2, Doug Becker and Todd Minotti (Orlando) 1,467; 3, Korey Cieslinski and Richard Stefanik (Jacksonville) 1,422. [Sarasota-Manatee entrants: tie 51st, Ed Swietek and Ed Slusser (Bradenton) 1,245; tie 64th, Derek Lucas and Brent Dykstra (Venice) 1,234.]
- SINGLES HANDICAP: 1, Victoria Navarro (Spring Hill) 857; 2, Anthony Hampton (Ocala) 851; 2, Chris Giacamino (Orlando) 848. [Sarasota-Manatee entrants: tie 13th, Tom Slusser (Bradenton) 818; tie 31st, Curtis Miccichi (Bradenton) 798; tie 43rd, Cynthia Territo (Sarasota) 790; 50th, Ronnie Hayes (Bradenton) 786; tie 52nd, Darlene Bonds (Sarasota) 784; tie 57th, Beth Owen-Cipielewski 783.]
- SINGLES SCRATCH: 1, Jeremy Mooney (Palm Beach) 782; 2, Michael Moscato (Space Coast) 767; 3, Tyson Kurth (Ocala) 762. [Sarasota-Manatee entrant: tie 18th, Ronnie Hayes (Bradenton) 730.]
- ALL-EVENTS HANDICAP: 1, Tom Slusser (Bradenton) 2,363; 2, Lauren Bland (Orlando) 2,349; 3, Angeline Rolle (Port St. Lucie) 2,305. [Sarasota-Manatee entrants: 4th, Darlene Bonds (Sarasota) 2,304; tie 24th, Ed Swietek (Bradenton) 2,244; tie 35th, Preston Willis (Bradenton) 2,224; 75th, Ian Gray (Bradenton) 2,187.]
- ALL-EVENTS SCRATCH: 1, Matthew Gilman (Broward County) 2,210; 2, Michael Moore (Orlando) 2,175; 3, Bobby Walters Jr. (Broward County) 2,154.
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More homeland security duties are being loaded on state disaster offices with insufficient funds to cover the costs, a new report concludes.
The National Emergency Management Association, which represents state disaster offices, says in its 2006 Biennial Report from that the federal emergency management performance grant program, which it calls the only federal funding available to state and local governments for all-hazards planning, training and exercises as well as some personnel costs, is short by $287 million.
According to the NEMA, the responsibility for carrying out three national priorities identified by the Department of Homeland Security –the National Response Plan (the blueprint for how the country responds to disasters), the National Incident Management System (a command-and-control system during disasters), and the National Preparedness Goal (to make states more resistant to natural disasters and acts of terrorism) is assigned most frequently to state and local emergency management offices.
Unfortunately, these growing responsibilities that are mandated by the federal government are not supported by adequate funding, the report concludes. The fear is that as the responsibilities increase but the funding dies not the nation's ability to respond to disasters of all types is seriously compromised.
Moreover, while the Federal Emergency Management Agency is reorganizing to apply lessons learned from Hurricane Katrina, the states are losing experienced emergency managers and have few plans to recruit new talent. Currently, 43 state emergency management directors have been in their jobs three years or less, according to the report. This presents a challenge to agencies as the federal government tries to implement lessons learned, because if states can't retain their knowledge bases, it will be difficult to apply the lessons to prepare for future disasters. - Robert Block


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A new helpline geared towards troubled teenagers in Sebastian, FL is a great resource for finding a teen recovery center.
LIGHTNING RELEASES (7/17/2014) – Being an adolescent in Sebastian, FL these days isn't easy. As a result, many teenagers are finding themselves experimenting with drugs and alcohol because it helps them deal with that little thing called life. Fortunately there is a new helpline for young adults in Sebastian, FL who are serious about turning their life around and living free from drugs and alcohol. By calling the helpline today at (772) 646-0019, teenagers in Sebastian, FL can start taking the first steps towards sobriety. Speaking with a qualified substance abuse therapist can often make all the difference in the world when it comes to recovery.
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Editorial - Sure, Mary Lee's a deadly predator. But we're still fascinated by great white shark
Published: Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 6:48 p.m.
Last Modified: Sunday, February 3, 2013 at 6:48 p.m.
Jaws who? The shark world has a new, more sympathetic rock star.
Mary Lee, a great white shark that has attracted widespread attention when she visited the waters off the coast of Southeastern North Carolina, is basking in her 15 minutes of fame, largely because she wears a satellite monitor that allows researchers to track her movements. Cape Fear area residents have followed her journey via a website that records where the shark has surfaced.
She logs a lot of miles. After spending a number of weeks meandering around the Southeast, including a few brushes off the Cape Fear and Bogue Banks coastlines, she's apparently back in cooler waters up North.
The New York Daily News had a story last week about Mary Lee, who was off the coast of Long Island on Thursday, and one of her biggest fans, Carolina Shores resident Jo O'Keefe. Although not a registered volunteer for Ocearch, the nonprofit group that tagged the 3,500-pound shark, O'Keefe is fascinated by Mary Lee and her visits to the area.
Although the great white is among the most feared predators around, somehow people have developed a soft spot for Mary Lee.
She is one of only two great whites tagged by Ocearch, but the group also is monitoring nearly three dozen other sharks.
Researchers want to know more about the sharks' habits, including their migration and breeding patterns, in an effort to help protect them. By monitoring the sharks, they also can get a better picture of the health of their ocean feeding grounds, which also supply part of the human food chain.
Mary Lee was tagged in September, and Ocearch has reported that as many as 100,000 people a day were monitoring the shark tracker website.
What is it we find so fascinating about this member of a species whose very name brings chills to the spine? Somehow, as she swims up and down the coastline just trying to survive, Mary Lee shows a side of the great white shark that most humans can relate to. Oh, she's still an efficient killer, but she's also on her way to becoming a beloved celebrity of the fish world.
Safe travels, Mary Lee.
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The Phoenix Suns will play an intra-squad exhibition game at McKale Center to wrap up their training camp in Tucson on Saturday, October 8 at 7 p.m. (MST).
The suggested donation for admission is $7 for adults, $3 for kids ages 18 and under and UA students with current university ID. Tickets are available exclusively online through www.arizonaathletics.com beginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday, September 24. The McKale Ticket Office will begin selling tickets to the exhibition game by phone and in person at 9 a.m. on Monday, September 26.
All proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the Wildcat General Scholarship Fund.
Doors open for the event at 6 p.m. Fans will be treated to music and appearances by the Suns Dancers and the Suns Gorilla. At 7 p.m., the 2005-06 Suns take the floor publicly for the first time.
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This is partly because I am an extremely pale blonde and just about anything I put on my face makes me look as if I were going to clown school and partly because I haven't a clue how to apply it. But it's mostly because I have this take-me-as-I-am-or-don't-take-me-at-all attitude. To start with the eye-lifts at this point would make me feel very — you should pardon the expression — two-faced.Age AcceptanceAs I go down the list of friends who've had Restylane, Botox, and what have you, I find that one thread unites them: They all had the distinct pleasure of going through life beautiful, and they keenly feel what they view as the loss of that beauty. I have not had that particular satisfaction. I am waiting ever more eagerly for what my late mother assured me would happen someday: my growing into my looks. This is not me being charmingly self-deprecating. I am perfectly willing to say I have a good figure and am quite amusing at parties. But the bottom line is that because my looks never paid big dividends, I was never hugely invested in them and thus have no particular incentive to make capital improvements at this late date.It's all in how I look at it — or don't. While I have generally regarded my extreme myopia as a liability, as I've pushed past 45, it's become an asset: Unless my nose is touching the mirror, anything that may be happening — marionette lines asserting themselves, stripes tromping briskly across my forehead — is a lovely blur. The fact is, thanks to some decent genes and a well-worn sun hat, I have a fairly young-looking face. That — presto! — others can have one too simply by spending a few minutes at the dermatologist's seems like cheating. The late great prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn was once asked during an interview whether she would ever have a face-lift. "I suppose I should," she answered. "It would be much kinder to my friends."Friends, don't be kind to me. You know I won't be kind to you. Joanne Kaufman also writes for the Wall Street Journal.Originally published in MORE magazine, March 2007.
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|Written literature on this topic can be traced at least to Aristoteles about 350 BC. Much was incorrect and certainly little was definitive prior to the remarkable achievements of Laplace in his 1806 treatise on mécanique céleste. Almost 200 years elapsed till other work of comparable precision on this topic began to appear. Currently open problems are becoming recognized (among them a curious connection with billiards theory), and there is activity toward resolving them. I will discuss the current state of that theory, with emphasis on the question of determining when a body denser than a given liquid can be made to float on a surface of that liquid.
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(Washington, D.C.) Almost 18 percent of Americans reported in September that they had struggled to afford enough food to feed themselves and their families at times over the last 12 months, according to the Food Research and Action Center's analysis of data from the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. FRAC released the findings, together with the Coalition on Human Needs and Witnesses to Hunger, on a conference call with reporters today.
FRAC's analysis shows that food hardship (the ability of a household to afford enough food) declined slightly in 2010, down from an average of 18.5 percent in the last quarter of 2009 to an average of 17.7 over the six months of April to September 2010. This trend mirrors previous findings by FRAC, released in January of this year, which showed a rapid increase in the food hardship rates throughout late 2008 and early 2009 until an increase in monthly SNAP benefits, passed as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), took effect in April 2009.
"The fact that the food hardship rate did not grow in 2010 and even declined a bit is only modestly comforting," said FRAC's President Jim Weill. "It shows, however, the impact of increased SNAP benefits which helped people put food on the table and is mitigating the most damaging effects of the recession. Over the past 18 months, unemployment increased from 8.6 percent to 9.6 percent, yet the food hardship rate did not rise over the same time period."
Proposals in Congress, however, would cut short the benefit boost and return SNAP benefits to lower levels. A bill passed over the summer took nearly $12 billion from future SNAP benefits, and a second proposal would cut further. The child nutrition bill, passed by the Senate and being considered by the House, would cut an additional $2.2 billion from future SNAP benefits by ending the ARRA boost in 2013. If it is passed, SNAP recipients would see their benefits fall by about $59 a month starting in November 2013.
"Given continued unemployment and underemployment, the food hardship rates should actually be much higher," said Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director of Coalition on Human Needs, who was on the call. "What this shows us is that SNAP is a program that works. Congress should be supporting programs that work, not weakening them."
When Congress returns for its lame-duck session on November 15, it is expected to complete final negotiations on the child nutrition bill, which includes the school meal programs, among others. FRAC, along with many other organizations, is urging Congress to fix the SNAP cut and pass a strong child nutrition bill.
"We've all heard of Robin Hood who takes from the rich to give to the poor, but taking from the poor to give to the poor lacks common sense. The increased benefits helped struggling families put food on the table, and these cuts will have a real impact on their ability to afford enough food," said Mariana Chilton of Witnesses to Hunger. "We're optimistic that Congress can find alternative funding sources for the child nutrition bill other than SNAP funds."
The data were gathered as part of the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index project, which has been interviewing almost 1,000 households daily since January 2008. People were asked, "Have there been times in the past twelve months when you did not have enough money to buy food that you or your family needed?"
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Well, it was a rainy day in Washington
Well, Seattle, Washington has been notorious for years as being a really wet and rainy city. Well, these last few days and what is sure to be the next two or three, Seattle will live up to it's name.
But anyway, there has been a ton of rain, lots of accidents, flooding, roads turned into rivers. And it's been constantly raining everywhere for the last 20+ hours. On Saturday it snowed, then it melted, then it started raining.
Anyway, for those who care here is a new story about our Governor declaring a state of emergency. I wouldn't go that far, but it has been hella wet.
tl:dr - Seattle... it's been raining a freaking lot.
But anyway, that's not the only reason why I made this utterly boring thread. The interesting part is what happened to my dad today at his work.
So my father works at the technology HQ thingie at T-Moblie, basically where they have a ton of servers and stuff. I've been in their main server room, basically row after row of multi-million dollar servers that make as much noise as a ship engine room and miles and miles of fiber optic and CAT5 cable everywhere.
But basically things started to get bad at his place when the waters started to flood the parking lots around the place. So they contacted the DOT probably and started filling sand bags and evacuating people. My dad stayed to help, so for around 8 hours my dad worked like a construction worker filling sand bags, far from his normal white-collar position.
They had sand bags everywhere in the office building, doors and hall ways and entrances and loading docks were all blocked. So after putting in a ton of labor my dad got to go home. When he got back he called his co-worker to tell him that he got home okay. That's where he learned that the water had broken through and filled parts of the building with two feet of water.
They had a plan to cut out the power if it broke through, but they were too late and the water got to the generators and other power box thingers, shorting everything. So they may have broken a lot of expensive things from this. That's all I know right now, but it'd be nice to get some photos or something, but don't know if that's likely.
tl:dr - $1 million Servers and generators + Water = Bad
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Feb. 8, 2011
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WSU RETURNS HOME TO HOST STANFORD AND CALIFORNIA: Washington State men's basketball (16-7, 6-5) returns home to host its only February games at Beasley Coliseum as it takes on Stanford (12-10, 5-6), Thursday, Feb. 10 and California (13-10, 6-5), Saturday, Feb. 12. Thursday's game will tip at 7 p.m., while Saturday's is set for 3 p.m. Neither game will be televised, but both games can be seen via webcast at www.wsucougars.com.
Washington State is currently 16-7 overall and tied with California for fourth in the Pac-10 with a 6-5 league mark.
WSU is 8-2 at Beasley Coliseum this year and 4-1 at home in Pac-10 play...the Cougs' two losses came against then-No. 5 Kansas State (Dec. 3) and league-leading Arizona (Jan. 22).
Klay Thompson leads the Cougars this season with 21.2 points per game, leading the league, while ranking 10th in the nation.
Thompson also ranks in the league's top-six in 3-point field goals made, free throw percentage, 3-point field goal percentage, assists and steals.
First year player, junior college transfer, Faisal Aden is second on the team and 12th in the Pac-10 with 13.6 points per game.
DeAngelo Casto is the third Coug in double figures with 10.6 points per game while leading the team with 6.6 rebounds per game (10th in the Pac-10)...he also leads the team and is second in the league with 1.6 blocks a game.
Point guard Reggie Moore, who missed the Cougars' first five games with a left wrist injury, and the Stanford game due to a suspension, is adding 9.9 points per game, along with 3.9 assists.
Washington State trails the all-time series against Stanford, 68-58.
The Cougars lead the series at home, 35-25, and 34-25 at Pullman.
WSU won the first meeting of the season, 61-58, Jan. 15 at Stanford.
Nine of the last 11 meetings between the Cougars and Cardinal have been decided by single digits.
Washington State has dropped nine of the last 13 meetings between the two teams, going back to March 10, 2005.
The Cougars have won the last two meetings at home, and three of the last four.
Last season WSU defeated Stanford at home, 77-73, Jan. 16, 2010...the two teams split the season series.
Prior to the first meeting this year, the home team had won the previous five matchup.
In the first meeting this year, Washington State defeated Stanford, 61-58, Jan. 15 at Maples Pavilion.
With five seconds to go in the game, Abe Lodwick hit two free throws to give WSU a 61-58 lead and the eventual victory.
WSU snapped a five-game losing streak at Stanford, notching its first win at Maples Pavilion since 2005.
For the fifth time this season both Klay Thompson (21) and Faisal Aden (20) reached the 20-point plateau (only Cougar duo to do it this year).
For the second year in a row the game at Stanford was decided by three points or less (two last year).
Reggie Moore did not play due to an indefinite suspension.
Washington State trails the all-time series against California 71-46.
The Golden Bears have won the last five meetings, the last Cougar victory was at California, Feb. 28, 2008.
California leads the series 28-27 on the road and the series is tied at 27 at Pullman.
In the last meeting Washington State fell at California in overtime, 88-81, Jan. 13.
Klay Thompson tied the game at 74 with 15 seconds to go on a long 3-pointer, forcing overtime.
Thompson reached 30 points for the third time this season with 36 points...the most points by a Pac-10 player this season...his 36 points are both Pac-10 and season highs.
WSU played its second overtime game of the season...moved to 1-1 this season and 1-3 under second-year head coach Ken Bone in OT.
DeAngelo Casto had his second double-double of the season and the ninth of his career with 11 points and 11 rebounds...his 11 rebounds are a season-high.
Thompson's 12 field goals mark his Pac-10 high...he was perfect from the free throw line for the eighth time this season (7-for-7).
Patrick Simon scored a personal Pac-10 high eight points.
With 22 points at Oregon last season, Klay Thompson surpassed the 1,000-point for his career...he finished the season with 1,023 points.
He now has 1,510 points and currently is fourth on the Cougars' all-time scoring list...he just passed Mark Hendrickson in fourth.
Thompson became the 31st Cougar to reach 1,000 career points and the third-fastest, accomplishing the feat in his 63rd career game.
The only two Cougars to do it faster than Thompson were Steve Puidokas (52 games) and Jim McKean (57 games)...Thompson surpassed Larry Beck who was previously third as he did it in 66 games.
If Thompson continues to average 21.2 points this season, he will finish his junior year with at least 1,715 points, making him the third-leading scorer in Washington State history....Isaac Fontaine holds the school record with 2,003 points, while Steve Puidokas scored 1,894 in his career.
Over the last four seasons (2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10) the Cougars have the third most overall and conference wins among Pac-10 schools.
WSU is 101-55 overall and 44-39 in conference play over the last four years and this season.
UCLA has the best four-year record at 122-44 overall and 59-23 in league play.
The Cougars need one win to catch up to second-ranked Washington.
With 21.2 points this season Klay Thompson leads the Pac-10 and ranks 10th in the nation in scoring.
Thompson is also 23rd in 3-point field goal percentage (.417) and 18th in 3-point field goals per game (3.0).
The other categories Thompson ranks in the top-100 are steals per game at 44th and assists per game at 93rd.
Washington State currently ranks seventh in the nation and first in the Pac-10 with a .381 field goal percentage defense.
No WSU team in the last 10 years has held an opponent to .381 or less shooting from the field at the end of the season.
In 2008-09, the Cougs led the nation in points allowed per game, but finished with a .387 field goal percentage defense, ranking 10th in the nation.
The only other WSU team to hold an opponent to a shooting clip under .400 was the 2005-06 squad that finished with a .389 mark.
WSU EQUALS 2009-10 WIN TOTALs:
With its victory over Oregon State, Feb. 5, Washington State improved to 16-7 overall and 6-5 in Pac-10 action.
The Cougars matched their win totals from last season, as they went 16-15 overall and 6-12 in league action a year ago.
Just three games ago WSU entered its game against Washington with its same record from a year prior, 14-6 overall and 4-4 in the Pac-10.
Last year the Cougs lost that game, 92-62, after holding a halftime lead.
This year the Cougs won the game, 87-80.
After going 4-5 in the first nine Pac-10 games last year, the Cougs went just 2-7 in the second half of league play to finish 6-12 in conference action.
The loss at UW last Jan. 30 contributed to a 2-10 record in WSU's final 12 games of the season.
This year Washington State was 5-4 after the first half of the Pac-10 season.
Klay Thompson is dominating not just games, but halves over his career.
In his career Klay Thompson has had 70 halves with at least 10 points, 35 times in the first half and 35 in the second half.
He has scored 15 or more points in 22 halves, 10 in the first and 12 in the second.
Thompson has scored 20-plus points in a half six times, three in the first half, three in the second half.
In 19 games Thompson has scored in double figures in both halves, three as a freshman, eight as a sophomore and nine so far as a junior.
This season Thompson has scored in double figures in 28 halves, 11 more than his freshman total and the same number as his sophomore total.
Faisal Aden (12 halves), DeAngelo Casto (five halves), Reggie Moore (four halves), Brock Motum (two halves) and Patrick Simon (one half) have each reached double figures in at least one half this season as well.
Moore reached double figures in 16 halves last year as a freshman, one shy of Thompson's freshman mark.
Washington State bounced back with a 61-55 victory at Oregon State Saturday at Gill Coliseum.
WSU got its first series sweep of the season...improve to 2-4 on the road in Pac-10 play.
Faisal Aden tied his career high with seven rebounds (five in the first half)...he had five in WSU's last meeting with OSU Jan. 6...was the third Coug in double-figures with 10 points.
DeAngelo Casto got his third double-double of the season and 10th of his career...finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Reggie Moore led the Cougars with 14 points...was 6-for-7 from the free throw line.
Klay Thompson fouled out for the first time this season and third in his career...has fouled out once each season he played.
Thompson finished with six points...season low and second single-digit performance of the season...led team with five assists in 32 minutes.
Marcus Capers fouled out for the sixth time in his career and the second of the season.
WSU improved to 6-5 in Pac-10 play, matching its season total from last season...sixteen overall wins also match season total from last year.
Klay Thompson was one of five candidates for the 2010 Male Sports Star of the Year presented by ROOT SPORTS, put on by the Seattle Sports Commission.
The award was given to Olympic speed skater Apolo Ono at the awards show held Jan. 26.
The Male Sports Star of the Year is awarded to a male athlete or coach for outstanding achievement in 2010 in a non-professional sport.
Also nominated for the award are University of Washington student-athletes Quincy Pondexter (basketball) and Mason Foster (football), and Olympic speed skaters Apolo Ono and J.R. Celski.
For the second year in a row, Klay Thompson captured Pac-10 Player of the Week honors for the week of the Thanksgiving holiday...this year the week was Nov. 22-28.
For the week, he averaged 28.5 points, while shooting 21-of-33 (.636) from the field, 5-of-10 (.500) from three-point range, and 10-of-12 (.833) from the free throw line...he also averaged 5.5 rebounds and 3.0 assists in the two contests.
This is the third honor for Thompson who becomes the first Cougar to earn a Player of the Week honor three times in his career...last year he became the first Cougar to earn the honors in back-to-back weeks as he was Pac-10 Player of the Week Nov. 23 and Nov. 30.
Four WSU student-athletes have earned the honor twice in their careers.
For the second time this season and the fourth in his career, Klay Thompson has been named the Pacific-10 Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Week for the week of Dec. 6-12.
The junior guard helped lead the Cougars to wins over Gonzaga and Texas-Pan American last week.
For the week, he averaged 19.5 points, 5.0 assists, 3.5 steals and 3.0 rebounds.
Klay Thompson is one of 30 midseason candidates for the 2010-11 John R. Wooden Award, The Los Angeles Athletic Club announced Jan. 6.
Earlier this season, Thompson became the first Cougar to make the preseason list since Derrick Low and Kyle Weaver were both named to the preseason top-50 prior to the 2007-08 season.
He is the first to move on to the midseason top-30 since Low went on to make the midseason cut that year.
This season's midseason list contains student-athletes from nine different conferences, including three from the Pacific-10 Conference.
Thompson is joined by Isaiah Thomas (Washington) and Derrick Williams (Arizona).
Through the first five games of the season Klay Thompson and Faisal Aden held the third and fifth-best scoring out puts by a Cougar in his first five games of the season since the 3-point line in 1986-87.
Thompson also holds the second spot after scoring 127 in the first five games of his sophomore season.
Aden has the second-most points by a Cougar in his first five games of his career, second to Neil Derrick who scored 111 in his first five games after transferring prior to his junior year.
With its win Nov. 30, WSU finished the month 40-0 all-time in the month of November at Friel Court.
The Cougars have won 40-straight November games in Pullman and are 42-1 (the loss came before the Cougars moved into Beasley Coliseum).
WSU's only loss in Pullman in November came against Colorado State, Nov., 30, 1962, by a score of 77-47.
The Cougars opened the game with a 27-0 run as they defeated Sacramento State, 84-36 Tuesday, Nov. 30 at Beasley Coliseum.
WSU held Sacramento State to .319 (15-for-47) shooting from the field and .067 (1-for-15) from beyond the 3-point arc.
WSU's 48-point margin of victory ties for third most since 1945...the largest was 54 points against Delaware in 1989.
Sacramento State's 15 first-half points are tied for 15th fewest points in a half (first or second half) since the 1968-69 season (when WSU joined the Pac-8).
WSU was chosen to finish fifth in the Pacific-10 Conference in 2010-11, according to a poll of media members who cover Pac-10 basketball.
2010-11 Pac-10 Men's Basketball Media Poll
1. Washington (33) 348
2. Arizona (1) 296
4. Arizona State 215
5. Washington State 191
7. California 151
8. Oregon State 120
9. Stanford 98
10. Oregon 47
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Travel: Delays on the A19 - Stockton-on-Tees
Minor delays are possible on the A19 southbound exit slip to the A1046, due to a broken down vehicle closing one lane.
Normal traffic conditions are expected from around 9:30 am.
Delays on the A1058 Coast Road heading into Newcastle after multi-vehicle crash
Motorists are being advised that there has been a collision on the Coast Road at Wallsend. Delays are expected.
Mixed response in Newcastle to rail fare rise
The news that average rail fares could increase by around 3.5% next year sparked anger but also understanding among passengers in the region. Unions claim costs are rising too quickly for people, while the government says extra money is used to improve services.
RMT Union criticises expected rail price rise
Mickey Thompson, from the RMT Union, claims that a rise in rail fares would be unjust to passengers:
A1 accident causing delays
The A167 onslip on the A1 southbound is currently closed due to an accident.
The southbound carriageway is passable but there are delays.
Motorists are advised to avoid the area if possible.
One woman was injured in the collision has been taken to hospital for treatment.
Northumberland road closed after level crossing failed
Police have closed a road in Belford, Northumberland, after the level crossing failed.
Officer were called at 8.45am to reports that the barriers are currently stuck in the down position.
Network Rail are at the scene repairing the barriers and have advised this may take most of the day. The road is closed from the A1 Cragmill Road towards Wareham Mill while the repairs take place. Drivers should use the B1342.
Severe delays on the Tyne and Wear Metro
Passengers on the Tyne and Wear Metro are facing severe delays due to a technical problem.
The routes affected are between Haymarket and South Shields and between Haymarket and South Hylton.
TRAVEL: A19 southbound closed due to accident
The A19 southbound is closed after a crash involving three vehicles.
Traffic is queueing after the accident between A690 Durham Road / B1286 City Way (Herrington Interchange) and B1404 Seaton Lane.
A1 Western Bypass Northbound is blocked
The A1 Western Bypass Northbound is blocked and there is queueing traffic because of an accident at A692 Lobley Hill Road, B601 Lobley Hill Road. There is congestion to A1(M) J65, A194m, A1231, B1288 Birtley. Travel time is estimated to be around 20 minutes.
Trains between Kings Cross and North East disrupted
Trains between London and the North East of England and beyond may be delayed because of a lineside fire.
All lines are currently blocked through the area of the fire, which is between Huntingdon and Peterborough. There is no estimate so far as to when normal service will be resumed.


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To set the scene, I work for a very small sub-consulting company in an even smaller town, on a tiny road just a few miles from where I live. Most days I will go home for lunch because it's easier and less expensive than eating out at a restaurant I don't like, or don't care about. Like most Monday's, I was running a little behind after my weekend trip to New York left me drained (happy, but drained). I couldn't muster the slightest bit of interest in making myself something for lunch, nor did I want to eat Chinese food, or Pizza or Taco Bell for the umpteenth time, so I did a little digging and found Simple Gourmet - on Ardmore Boulevard in Forrest Hills, PA. They have never received less than 5 stars on any review they've received from Yelp. That's just outrageous! There's always one jerk on Yelp! But not where this little gem is concerned.
From the outside looking in, there was a cheerful white sign above the worn wooden screen door with fun colorful flowers accenting the long, bold print; "Simple Gourmet," it said to me. The rain had been coming down, and there were cars flying past me at alarming speeds making it difficult to make a break from the street to the door, but I finally managed and ran like hell. The first thing I noticed was how good everything smelled once I had made it inside. It smelled like real food being cooked on a real stove top. The second thing I noticed was a woman, presumably the owner and head cook, smiling brightly at me as she welcomed me to her establishment. It reminded me so much of my grandmother's kitchen, I couldn't help but smile back. I noticed cookbooks off to left and meandered over to check them out while the lady in front of me finished her order. There was a sign stating that each book was $1.00 and that the money would go towards feeding Veterans.
I grabbed two very old books; The Homemaker's Guide to Cooking and Nutrition had a publication date of 1946, and Good Cheap Food was dated 1974. In each of the books, there were little notes left in the margins by the previous owners which tugs on my heart strings so I bought them.
The menu, which you can see > here, is simple, not over cluttered, and a little more sophisticated than your average sandwich shop. I got the Turkey Cobb wrap and I was not disappointed. Everything tasted amazing. It was the perfect blend of fresh ripe ingredients, harmoniously cuddled together in a tortilla blanket. If you are planning on eating here, you want to make sure you come in early, because the owner only makes enough food for the day, and no more, so you know everything you're eating is absolutely fresh and hasn't been sitting in a cooler somewhere like other chain restaurants which I won't name.
Not only is the food delicious, but she doesn't skimp on portions or overfill your sandwich with lettuce. I split my sandwich up and had the second half for dinner. I'm definitely going back, and I hope to see you all there!


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Scott Joplin: The Maple Leaf Rag
The Maple Leaf Rag
Scott Joplin (piano)
The Greatest Ragtime of the Century (Shout Factory 30160)
Scott Joplin (piano).
Composed by Scott Joplin.
Recorded: Piano roll made at an unknown location, April 16, 1916
Rating: 99/100 (learn more)
From 1899-1917, as jazz gestated in uterine New Orleans, ragtime (contraction of "ragged time") was America's liveliest music. Near the end of its reign, but before the coronation of acoustic recording, Scott Joplin committed his sheet-music bestseller "Maple Leaf Rag" (1899) to piano roll, whereby perforated paper mechanically reproduces a musical performance. To modern ears, the noises of this toilsome contraption are distracting, rather like a milkman's horse-drawn wagon clopping through deserted cobblestone streets at dawn. But when the delivery includes "Maple Leaf Rag," who's complaining? Combining stately rhythms with irreverent syncopation, Joplin made jazz inevitable. A landmark.
Reviewer: Alan Kurtz
Tags: ragtime · solo piano
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text: German pilot of first rocket-boosted glider. Stamer was the first soaring-teacher at the Wasserkuppe, flew the first rocket airplane and constructed a wide range of gliders. During World War II he was an instructor for military transport glider pilots. As of January 1947, he was identified by the Americans as a person of interest, and living at Freilassing, Oberbayern Wielandshag. After the war he was a founder of the German Aero Club (DAeC).


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Travelling Couple Share Business And Marketing Insights From Around The World – With Some Fun Thrown In Too…
Fancy some great free marketing and sales advice from award winning marketing experts?
Want to learn how the best businesses are smashing it around the world?
Need a kick up the backside occasionally to get you to do the things you know you should be doing in your business?
Need a laugh occasionally when the week is dragging?
Look no further – We're Tim and Tracey, travelling couple, world travellers and business growth experts.
Hi there. We're Tim and Tracey Savage. It's not often that you can genuinely say that a couple decides to change their world at 52… but that's exactly what we decided to do in August 2014. We've sold our house, closed down two businesses, given up the jobs and decided to travel around the world for the next two years as a travelling couple!
We'd like to share with you our insights, stories and fun over the next couple of years as we travel the world.
Tim is an award-winning Business Growth Advisor who's helped dozens of small businesses to grow over the past four years. Tracey is a successful social media consultant helping businesses to maximise their returns from social media and helping them to engage with prospects an clients in a fun and interesting way. Working with multi-national PLCs and small businesses such as garages and restaurants, Tracey turns social media into a proper focussed lead generation activity – it's not about likes and follows and more pictures of cats!
Whilst travelling, we intend to keep our eyes and ears wide open, seeking out the very best marketing ideas that you could deploy in your own businesses. We'll also try not to get you too jealous, as we share what we're doing to make our travels fun – we hope to inspire you to travel more yourself and maybe one day do what we're doing!
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Tribal Elders, World Travellers, Travelling Couple!
"I got to a position with my growing business where I simply needed help making some tough decisions, marketing and prioritising the long list of things to do! I've found just what every ambitious small business owner needs in the Entrepreneurs Circle and our local Business Growth Advisor Tim Savage. I now have no excuses; I've got everything I need for success from technical support to simple encouragement! Tim really knows his stuff and the results are starting to show already!"
"Tim's infectious energy and enthusiasm gives you an incredible boost when tackling the blockers in your business. Thanks to Tim and the Entrepreneur's Circle, I've taken a completely different perspective of my business which has so far helped me to double profit and revenue within just a few months!"
"Tim has a wealth of experience in marketing and business. He always presents great information and energetically tries to help others with clear direction. He reviewed my website and gave me so many areas to improve that I was initially blind to."
"As my local Business Growth Advisor, Tim is an excellent source of advice, energy and inspiration. His monthly meetings are always excellent, full of energy and I always leave with some useful nuggets to apply to my business.
As part of the whole Entrepreneurs Circle, I have found these meetings invaluable and I attend them every month without fail! I would recommend that any small local businesses should join up and come and learn how they could improve their business. I would also recommend having a 1-2-1 with Tim, it is great to have someone else look at your business with fresh eyes and he has certainly given us a few ideas to help move the business forward"
"I really valued Tim's support. He is able to integrate himself with the team very quickly, understand the challenge and the required outcome and innovate a straight forward solution. But that's not it – unlike most consultants he can get amongst it and lead an efficient implementation."


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The sky is falling. Particle by red, raw particle. And it's falling on some of the world's best snow.
Dust from the deserts of the American Southwest – Mojave, Sonoran, Great Basin and Chihuahuan – is getting scooped up in spring gales charging fresh off the Pacific. The airborne grit gets hurled across the western states before it is plastered onto the gleaming white snowfields of southwest Colorado's San Juan Mountains. Home to the sweet and steep slopes of Telluride. To the frozen, front-pointable waterfalls of Ouray. To bluegrass fests, meadows of mushrooms, cannabis cafés and robust herds of elk. The effect is dizzying. Because these mountains, a rugged and rarified range where 14,000-foot, incisor-like peaks gnaw at an endless, crystalline sky, loom so large. On the horizon. In the psyche. To see iconic monoliths like the San Juans in such an altered state of color is sort of like having seen Marilyn Monroe after she had dipped her head in a bowl of henna.
You can see the red storms gallop in from 100 miles out. Even before they hit, the scene is palpably apocalyptic. And then: Dogs and cats roll like tumbleweeds. Cars undergo spa-quality exfoliation. Your nose blows rust-colored snot for a week. When the air clears, the San Juans, mountains that span 10,000 square miles (where some swear that grizzlies still lurk), are cloaked in reds and browns. Think of Mordor's Mount Doom. Think anything but John Denver's Rocky Mountain High. And in the storms' odd aftermath, those who venture into the backcountry for spring corn get the wax stripped clean off the base of their boards.
But there's more to this story than the fate of one's skis. Like asphalt on a hot summer's day, the darkened snowfields absorb rather than reflect the sun's rays. This means that a single dust storm can melt the snowpack weeks ahead of schedule. Down below, in the flatlands, the runoff runs so high and fast that there's no way to store it. By midsummer, reservoirs get tapped hard. Crops, wildlands and lawns are left wanting. An annual loss like this can total over 35 billion cubic feet – water that would supply Denver for three years.
That's a lot of snowflakes. And in terms of its effect, what happens in Colorado definitely does not stay in Colorado. When San Juan snowflakes melt, they trickle their way into important rivers: The San Miguel, known for its angling holes full of wily native trout. The Dolores, where bighorn sheep have successfully been restored to narrow sandstone cliff bands above the water. And the San Juan, which borders Navajo Lands and harbors on its shores some of the world's densest clusters of prehistoric art and ruins. All three rivers eventually merge with the Colorado River, one of the West's most vital waterways, which provides power and water for Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona and California. About 30 million people (and counting) rely on this watershed alone. Of the 5 trillion gallons the river provides, those western states manage to use every drop, which means they cannot afford to miss even one bucket full of San Juan runoff.
What happens when, as climate change models predict, we begin to experience prolonged, reduced precipitation in the American Southwest? This alone could decrease the flow of the Colorado River by 10 to 30 percent in the next 30 to 50 years, enough to wipe out the sum of California's annual allocation of water. Building more reservoirs is clearly not the answer. Now figure in an increase in the activities most destabilizing to delicate desert soils; the Bureau of Land Management – which manages a significant number of the West's acreage – found that, in less than a decade (according to the Washington Post), "off-road-vehicle use rose 19 percent, the number of oil and gas wells increased 24 percent, and grazing acreage climbed 7 percent." The verdict: By 2050, the instability of the region's soil "will be equal to that of the Dust Bowl days."
Until now, the mountains – the San Juans as well as other ranges around the globe – have been a tabula rasa for humans. Onto those pristine surfaces we have projected an ancient story, the one in which we use our will and cunning to make the desert bloom like a rose. A blood-red rose. Staring into the rain barrel of our not-so-distant future, we might reimagine ourselves as interdependent elements, rather than the center of interest, within a tapped-out watershed such as the Colorado River Basin. Perhaps it comes down to wiping the slate clean, to erasing the tally of our good fortunes – the dollars earned, the lawns greened, even the days skied. Then, we begin again: And this time, we chalk up the worth of every single snowflake that it takes to water our lives.