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Dutch singer Mar has no doubt got one of those voices that'll give you a tingling sensation or two. Remember the chilling song and video he did for "Avril 14th" with Szjerdene? Whoo!
Listening to Seeing her Naked shows Mar as a modern day Jon B mixed with a little Miguel and topped off with that signature soft-toned Mar that makes us quiver just a little. Have a taste below and give in to the sexy time.
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Australian soul/funk group Dojo Cuts has just released their sophomore album Take From Me, which features the incredible vocalist Roxie Ray as the staple leading lady on the project. The intimate black and white video for "Easy To Come Home" video showcases lively swinging horns and Roxie channeling her some Amy Winehouse.
The whole album is available for stream below – find it to be your soundtrack for a spring clean, a lazy Sunday afternoon, or a little bounce while you chef it up.
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If you were tuned in last month, you might recall how much we adore German electro-soul group Marbert Rocel. Today marks the release of their ever so scrumptious album, Small Hours.
Below, take a look a a video from a recent performance and have a good old time.
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Seriously, guys? Seriously. This is real life? 15 years later, SWV has returned with a new album – yes. Titled I Missed Us, the album effortlessly drips that nostalgic R&B that we've so pointedly been missing in our lives. Excuse while we go scream in a closet like 6 year old girls.
Stream the sampler below while you stand by.
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The School of Music, Theatre, and Dance (MTD) is home to approximately 500 majors and minors, fifty faculty, and four administrative support staff. Additionally, more than 4,000 non-majors representing every department and college at the university participate in the performing arts at Kansas State! Hundreds of events are scheduled each year, most of which are free and open to the public. Campus performances are presented in McCain Auditorium, Nichols Theatre, All Faiths Chapel Auditorium, Purple Masque Theatre, and Forum Hall in the K-State Union. And, excellence in the arts extends far beyond campus. In recent years, KSU faculty and students have performed or presented to audiences in six continents, with more plans for the future.
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|Anush Sahakyan, 34, and her husband Kamo, 49, live in Norashen village in the Gegharkunik region of Armenia with their three children: daughters Arevik, meaning little sun, 14; Lusine, from Lusin, the Armenian word for moon, 12; and son Paylak, meaning lightning, 10. In 2010, the family became Passing on the Gift? (POG) recipients of a cow in Heifer Armenia?s Peace to Our Homes Regional Cooperation Umbrella Project. They will pass on the first offspring of their animal to another needy family in 2013. Before joining the project, the family had only a few beehives, and they lived in extremely poor conditions. Now they have a stable source of income and enjoy fresh dairy products.On a recent visit, we found Anush working in the garden. She met us with fresh carrots in her hand."Since the time we became engaged in the project, a lot has changed in our lives," Kamo shared. "First of all, now we have fresh milk, butter and cheese for the family consumption. Also, we exchange the milk surplus and the honey we produce with other food in the market, such as meat, sugar, eggs, and rice. Moreover, the trainings organized by Heifer Armenia were very useful for us. We learned a lot about animal husbandry; for example, we learned how to care for the newborn calf, which we now practice with our baby calf. We are deeply impressed by the humane work that Heifer does for rural needy families" Kamo shared."We are very proud of our cow Sirun, which means pretty. It is a real helper! It gives us more than 20 liters of fatty milk daily," Anush said with a smile on her face. "This is an excellent indicator. It?s probably one of the best indicators in our village. Here in our region, we have very good highland pastures. It?s a very important factor for milk productivity. Also, the quantity of milk is the result of our good care and the quality feed that we provide to our Sirun cow" Anush added proudly with a gentle smile on her face.
Anush told us that the cheese she makes from the high quality fatty milk of their cow is in very high demand. She has a certain number of customers who visit her every month to purchase the tasty cheese she prepares.
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The sun was moving to the horizon, spreading orange-reddish colors to the valleys around, and the buzz of the bees could be heard from the edge of the garden when we were to move on to visit other families in the village. At parting we wished the family new achievements, good luck, and most importantly PEACE, which is so important to have in the mind and in the soul while undertaking any minor or major work in life…
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Each year Wine Spectator releases a list of the Top 100 wines of the year. In 2013 the magazine shone a spotlight on Pinot Noir from Oregon's Willamette Valley. Four Oregon wineries made the top 100, with Domaine Serene cracking the top ten for the first time at number three with its 2010 Evenstad Reserve Pinot Noir. This type of press is a huge honor for the winery, obviously, but also for Oregon's Willamette Valley Pinot Noir in general.
The other three Oregon wineries are all located in the Willamette Valley. Alexana's Revana Vineyard Pinot Noir came in at number 17; A to Z Wineworks was honored with the number 55 spot; and, Ken Wright's Savoya Vineyard Pinot Noir made a showing at number 79. Congratulations to Oregon's Willamette Valley and delectable Pinot Noir.
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I am looking for a doctor who is cost effective for people without insurance. Meaning that he/she is not part of the whole insurance money engine and will be practical about the work done. I believe I have a stomach condition and want to get some expedient testing done while avoiding unnecessary expenses. Thank you for any recommendations.
I want to pay for someone without medical insurance to have a complete physical - blood work, hearing, vision, AIDS test, the whole thing - how would I go about it? Do you just pick a doctor and make an appointment? Does anyone have an idea on what this would cost? Are we talking hundreds or even close to thousands? If so, what's the next best thing? They haven't seen a doctor in over a decade, so no medical records anywhere of much use. Would prefer a dr. in SF. Thanks.
I've heard of medical practices and individual MDs (maybe NPs, too) who have become so fed up with the private health insurance system that they stopped accepting it and just charge, basically, an affordable fee for service patients pay out of pocket for. I presume you readers know what I am talking about ... so my question is, do any of the readers of this list know of any such practices in the East Bay or SFBA? (I'm in Berkeley.) I do not have health insurance (or course I work in health care - there are many RNs without health insurance) and it is near impossible to get an appointment in the FQHC and community health clinics or even Highland's clinics. I would like to find one of these self-pay practices because I think the fees would be affordable - I need primary care, no chronic diseases. It would be great to pay less than $100 for the visit (labs & tests extra of course). Thanks! Anonymous
Your desire to spend less than $100 is not exactly realistic, considering the expenses medical practices have to cover (rent, utilities, staff salaries, malpractice insurance). Even plumbers charge over $100/hour these days -- and they didn't go through the rigors and expense of medical school. Sorry for this rant, but I strongly feel doctors should be fairly compensated. I am sympathetic to all of this because my sister is an internist back east, so I've witnessed her frustrations with running a practice while trying to deliver the best quality service to her patients. - Believer of fair treatment of good doctors
I lost my position six months ago and medical insurance as well. Now I find I'm out of thyroid and that's not good. The HMO will not help as I am not insured with them. People suggested going to a free clinic or the county health agency, but they're completely overloaded because of this terrible economy. I could pay for an office visit, but when I try to talk to doctors they claim they only want someone insured. I know this is a lie because when I bought insurance for my teenagers I couldn't get a doctor for them because every doctor I called in their network ''was not taking new patients'' even though they were listed as otherwise. Does anyone know of a decent authority who could write a simple prescription for thyroid? I rummaged through the cabinets and found an old bottle with 1 refill left from years ago, but I'm worried it too old to refill. Can I refill it anyway? Any advice that isn't more of the ''go to the state'' because it *doesn't work* is greatly appreciated. Stuck in Medical Limbo
1. Call your old doctor that you had before your medicine ran out, if you can't get thru the buzz try to talk to his/her nurse and tell them about your situation, or send a certified letter that needs to be signed for by the doctor. There are probably legal and or ethical considerations that this doctor is required to help you with prescriptions.
2. Call your pharmacy or pharmacies that have refilled your scripts and try to get the old one filled, if you can't tell the main pharmacist your situation - they may have a way to get your script conditionally refilled or provide you some recommendations where to see someone. I have had great help from all Walgreens pharmacies wherever I go. No soap from Longs. People also speak well of Costco Pharmacy.
3. There are internet pharmacies and some have doctors online.
4. You still need to see a doctor, so even though the free clinics suck keep trying to get into one.
5. Emergency room is probably required to see you, go to one with a pharmacy.
6. Partnership for Prescription Assistance: https://form.pparx.org/SelectMedication.php
7. Consider a trip to Canada for ''vacation'' purposes. Medical service is provided for Americans on vacation in Canada. I was easily treated when I was in France.
If other people on this list have ideas please speak up, I am very sure that in these economic times, this kind of health information is something many of us need to know now, have friends/family in this situation, or we may need it.
Please take a serious look at the Health Care legislation in Congress, and call/email your representatives. Nothing is perfect, and for the last 60 years we have been looking at this, if we keep talking about it, another 60 years can fly by. concerned
Otherwise, get on the phone and try to find doctors that don't accept insurance. There are a few and they will cost more. You might have to call 50 doctors, but eventually you could find one. You could start by looking for a women's clinc. Anonymous
just was cut off ex-wife's health insurance. don't want to go back to paying $500/month, as i seem fairly healthy. i have a daughter to raise and would rather go old-school and pay a good health provider when i do get sick (ex-wife still pays insurance for daughter) and will take my chances with catastropic events. any recommendations for such a provider who would also tolerate a patient without much use for most traditional medicine? i know that's asking a lot. we live in central contra costa, but i'd go far, even s.f. if necessary. thanks. d
I would also like to suggest, however, that health insurance plans can be inexpensive when you are young and healthy and are willing to pay a high deductible. Blue shield offers these type of plans, the premium is low, the deductible is high, but you are covered for catastrophic occurances like surgery or hospitalization. Think of it in the same way we think of homeowners insurance which is significantly less expensive than health insurance; you use your homeowners insurance for a fire or robbery, not to change your light bulbs. One of the reasons health insurance is so expensive is that we expect to pay nothing or little out of pocket to see the doctor. You pay for that convenience in huge premiums.
If you need and insurance broker, I can happily recommend Fleming Associates. They are a father son team and will come to meet with you at your convenience. (925) 891-3000 Good luck and good health. Elizabeth L
Does anyone know where to get a tetnus shot, inexpensive, for someone without insurance? We just need the shot and do not want to pay for a physical. Thanks!
I have rarely had health insurance and have found there are some advantages. You can contact specialists of your choice directly and don't need a referral. Plus when you mention you will be paying cash they always have room to see you right away and often the cost is substantially lower than if they had to bill your insurance. Also, some doctors will charge you less just because you ask them to (I mention that I am low income). I found out that an emergency room in Missouri I went to had a sliding scale! I've even bartered for services. You never know unless you ask! Hope this unsolicited advice is useful too. Cheers, Lindsey
A friend of mine, who is self-employed, got a mammogram before she signed up to get insurance. The mammogram results showed a spot even though she cannot feel a lump. We are now worried that she won't be able to get insurance because companies may claim a pre-existing condition. We are afraid she will not be able to pay for treatment. In fact, it took a month for her to even get an appointment (later this month) to see if she has a lump and if so, whether or not it is malignant. Any advice about getting insurance or medical treatment? worried
I need to find a good pediatrician or family doctor for my children. We just moved to California, and we don't have insurance. We are trying to get on Medi-Cal but it is taking a while. I think my daughter may have an ear infection. I made an appointment to see a nurse practitioner from Dr. Winokur's office, but it will cost $125 - $165, which is WAY too much for us.Is this a normal price to pay for someone without insurance? Does anyone know of a good doctor (in the Albany/Berkeley area) who is not so expensive? My daughter has had a history of tubes and ear infections and I can't just let this pass in hopes that it will go away, but on the other hand we are really strapped financially.Help! Josh
There are many options for un- & underinsured families in California. Know that you can always go to Alameda County or Berkeley health department clinics and the financial counselors there will work with you on sliding scale/payment plan basis. They are providers of last resort (w/ some very good docs & NPs) and are obligated to serve everyone regardless of ability to pay. You can go to urgent care tomorrow if need be if she has an ear infection. Berkeley Health Dept. is 644-6489. A.C. Public Health is 628-7600. Oakland Healthy Start 628-7600. Cyfloyd
Second, you may want to contact Bay Area Legal Aid ("BALA") and ask them for help expediting your Medi-Cal application, based on your child's medical history. In Alameda County, the phone number for BALA is (510) 663-4744. In Contra Costa, it's (510) 233-9954. When you first call, be sure to tell the receptionist that you're calling about your child's urgent health problem and a pending Medi-Cal application. Good luck! Ellern
Another option is to try to get into one of the local public health clinics around. I'm sure they would charge you much less than a private practice office. I don't know the names of any off hand but you might call Children's Hospital in Oakland. I believe they have an information and referral line.
By the way, if you do not qualify for MediCal you should apply for the Healthy Families program, which covers low-income families who make too much to qualify for MediCal. Here is the website with information on that program: http://www.healthyfamilies.ca.gov/. Good luck. Hannah
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As I was eating an orange from my Farmhouse Delivery bushel this week, it reminded me of a recipe for oranges in ginger-cinnamon syrup.
What a great end to a meal to celebrate Chinese New Year, which is coming up on February 10. This a big week by the way, as Mardi Gras is February 12 and Valentine's Day follows on Friday.
I like that this dish is light, yet sweet and satifying. Sometimes I want that in a dessert. Especially this week with food-centric holidays, best to keep things light, at least to start.
And if you are looking for Asian-inspired entrees, here are some favorites:
Ginger Beef Stir Fry
Pork and Veggie Stir Fry
Broiled Red Snapper with Shiitakes
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- 8 oranges, peeled and sliced
- 2 cups water
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 inch piece of ginger, sliced
- 1 cinnamon stick
- ½ cup Cointreau
- mint for garnish
- Combine water, sugar, ginger and cinnamon stick in a medium pot. Heat gently until sugar has dissolved. Simmer for 10 minutes, remove from heat, add the Coinreau and let cool completely. Remove the ginger and the cinnamon stick.
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Hal B. Goode recently received an honor that could easily be called humbling – he was named one of the top 20 people to know in economic development in the state.
The list is compiled by Louisville Business First and based on nominations they receive.
"They're getting nominations from around the area," Goode said.
The day has finally come.
After a month-long setback, Monday morning saw the groundbreaking ceremony for the new
Washington County Public Library, which is set to open its doors on June 20, 2016, winter weather permitting.
Local and state government, as well as students from St. Dominic School, library employees and others, attended the event.
For Tara O'Hagan, the Washington County Public Library director, the moment was astonishing.
The Washington County fiscal court will be able to partially resurface five roads within the county roads system after a motion was passed during Monday's special-called meeting.
"As you all know, we are constantly applying for supplemental money," Washington County Judge-Executive John Settles said.
After meeting away from the public for executive session over pending litigation, the Washington County Board of Education returned by mediaplayer"> to open business during a special-called meeting on Sept. 21.
During her report, Washington County Superintendent Robin Cochran said board member Pat Clements recently had a meeting with Alliance over trying to resolve the soil issue at the new high school.
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The countdown has begun for this year's Sorghum Festival, and when Friday rolls around, people in Washington County are sure to be delighted. That's because there's a number of new attractions for people to see this year.
According to Wendy Devine, the executive director of the Springfield-Washington County Chamber of Commerce, things will kick off early with the Farm City Breakfast Friday morning at 7 a.m. Tickets are $10 each and available through the Extension Office.
In a small wood cabin, sweet things to be are being made and packaged, with a little love, of course. The warm, spicy smell of cinnamon fills the air as Jamie Mills whisks together various dry ingredients, which will form a product, apple cider muffin mix, that will be unveiled at Marion County's Country Ham Days Festival, a mere two days away.
Despite the fact the dedicated kitchen is a business, the atmosphere can only be described one way – homey.
Injuries are a part of football, but Washington County Commanders (2-3) head coach Eric Sagrecy had never enountered a situation like he had to face on Friday night in a 26-16 loss to the Casey County Rebels (3-2).
Four starters were forced out of action either the day before or during the game. Chaz Curtsinger, a starter on the defensive line, was hurt during walkthrough, and Morrison Smith, Garrett Floyd and Anterius Edelen all sustained injuries in the first half, forcing them out for the remainder of the game.
The Washington County Fire Department responded to a late night fire last week on McMurtry Lane off of Highway 55 that left no one injured but two dogs dead. They received mutual aid from the Willisburg and Mackville Fire Departments in battling the blaze.
According to Washington County Fire Chief Jim Logsdon, they received the call at 10:58 p.m. on Sept. 15 and responders were on scene 10 minutes later.
On Sept. 9, a trailer was stolen in Washington County, along with a lawnmower and air compressor. And according to Washington County Sheriff's Deputy Melissa Knopp, it's just one of several thefts of its kind in the county.
"Most of these have all occurred during broad daylight," Knopp said. "People will leave their trailers in their side yards, back yards and people will just drive up, hook to them, take right off. You know, it takes a matter of minutes."
The Washington County Judicial Center will be a hotbed of activity this week as the We Stand with Francis on Climate Change Rally is set to take place Thursday.
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Elisabeth Hasselbeck, a former cast member on ABC's "The View," is to begin her job as co-host of "Fox & Friends" in New York Sept. 16, Fox announced Thursday.
Hasselbeck, 36, will join current co-hosts Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade, who have been with the show since its inception in 1998, EW.com said.
Hasselbeck left her position as co-host of "The View" this summer. She was the show's lone permanent conservative panelist since she first appeared on the series in 2003.
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I just painted an apple. Two actually. But the first looked like an apple only until I painted the second, the first no longer looked like an apple by comparison to the second. I wondered, as I always do at times like this, "If I paint a third apple will the second then look as unlike itself as the first did compared to it?". This is a fairly good example of how thinking can interrupt the otherwise blissful thing of painting. It also reminds me of the old line about the golden ratio "The shorter is to the longer as the longer is to the whole.' If I were to paint a series of apples receading in a spiral across a rectangular universe I could call it 'Golden Delicious'. If you don't know the golden ratio you ought to. Find it here :-
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One Direction's Harry Styles Parties With Rita Ora
One Direction's Harry Styles had another woman in his sights this weekend - Rita Ora, no less!
She tweeted this pic of herself and her pal Harry as they hung out with Nick Grimshaw at G.A.Y after her performance, and captioned it:
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Will the Titanic Tale Finally Sink?
Will the 100th anniversary sink the unsinkable story?
"Publishers always underestimate the Titanic," Walter Lord said with a smile as we sat in his memorabilia-filled Manhattan apartment on an autumn day in 1986. I was meeting with the celebrated author of "A Night to Remember" to discuss an introduction for Robert Ballard's book about his exploration of the Titanic wreck. There had been some resistance to the book from publishers at the Frankfurt Book Fair – many thought it was just a National Geographic article, others thought it too specific a subject. Put it in a volume on great disasters said one. Perhaps you could get Prince Philip to write a foreword, suggested a British publisher.
Walter Lord, of course, knew better. His 1955 bestseller about the Titanic's fatal night was still providing him with a comfortable income over thirty years later. That book and the 1958 film based on it are the main progenitors of the phenomenal boom in Titanic interest today. Lord interviewed 63 survivors to create his minute-by-minute evocation of the sinking and it was –and remains—a highly popular book. After being captivated by the movie version when it played at his father's cinema in Indian Orchard, Massachusetts, a teenaged Ed Kamuda founded a group in 1963 called the Titanic Enthusiasts of America. It's now the Titanic Historical Society, the oldest of a number of organizations for Titanic devotees around the world.
And today there is no publisher, and scarcely anyone else for that matter, unaware of the extraordinary allure of the unsinkable ship. There have been ebbs and flows in Titanic interest since 1955 but never a high water mark quite like the present one. Walter Lord would, I'm sure, be bemused but not surprised to learn that among the dozens of new titles this year is a book about the passengers in just one lifeboat, Boat 8, another about what happened to the survivors after the Titanic, and a novel about Captain Smith battling zombies on the maiden voyage. Walter would no doubt want to visit the stunning new Titanic museum that has just opened in the Belfast shipyard where she was built. And I can see him willingly donning 3D glasses to view the newest version of James Cameron's movie, a film on which he consulted before his death in 2002.
It was Cameron's movie that transformed the Titanic from a coterie phenomenon to a mass one. Since the late fifties there had been a core audience of Titanic buffs, sometimes dubbed 'rivet counters', who pored over deck plans and could rhyme off the launch times for all the lifeboats. But after Cameron's blockbuster, it seemed as if everyone was a rivet counter. At school talks, eight-year-old boys would catch me up on the transverse bulkheads and the number of watertight compartments. Young girls knew all about the dogs on board. And at every book signing there was at least one person claiming that their great-grandparents were almost on the Titanic ––that they had booked tickets and then unaccountably changed their minds. Every Titanic historian I know reports hearing similar stories and it would take a thousand Titanic's for them all to be true but I've stopped disabusing people of this notion. I find it touching that so many people wish to enshrine a connection to the Titanic, however apocryphal, in their family histories.
But why people feel so connected to the Titanic is a question I'm asked on a daily basis these days, as I promote my own new book for the centenary. I asked Walter Lord, to ponder this same question in his introduction to Robert Ballard's book, "The Discovery of the Titanic," and he wrote:
"…the thought occurs that the Titanic is the perfect example of something we can all relate to: the progression of almost any tragedy in our lives from initial disbelief to growing uneasiness to final, total awareness. We are all familiar with this sequence and we watch it unfold again and again on the Titanic – always in slow motion."
This resonance of the Titanic story with the human condition has made it resilient to the fatigue that inevitably follows each upsurge in interest. As Harvard's Steven Biel noted in his cultural study of the disaster, each decade has a way of interpreting the Titanic story to suit the zeitgeist – from the 1950s cold war anxiety of "A Night to Remember" to the 1980s high-tech of Ballard's expeditions to today's awareness of just how easily big things can fail. In a time when classical and Biblical stories are no longer widely understood, the Titanic remains our most-cited metaphor of human arrogance and folly.
The unsinkable story sails on.
Hugh Brewster has been responsible for over twenty Titanic books as an editor, publisher and author. His latest book "Gilded Lives, Fatal Voyage: The Titanic's First-Class Passengers and Their World," is published by Crown.


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Outwell Road Trip Double - I'll happily go on a Road Trip at that price!!
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the Outwell Road Trip Double Sleeping Bag stuffs into it's own compression sack so doesn't take up too much room,is lightweight but really warm. and i love the fact that you can open it up like a duvet for when it's just too warm to get inside.
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NALP: the future of law firms
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Back from a lengthy trip, I have a lot of catch-up blogging to do. Just to get the ball rolling, here are my speaking notes from last Friday's plenary session at the NALP Annual Education Conference in Toronto, in case they're of interest. I was honoured to be part of a distinguished panel of speakers,… Read more »
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There are a couple of well-known phenomena about legal careers that, when juxtaposed, might give us better insight into how lawyers enter the profession. The first is the common assumption that a law degree is far easier postgraduate degree to obtain than, say, a medical degree or Ph.D. Would-be doctors spend four years in medical… Read more »
The culture-driven law firm
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The era of the free-agent lawyer, and the law firm lateral hiring frenzy that it spawned, is drawing to a close. The rise of the culture-driven law firm is at hand. It's going to take me a while to explain how I got here. I'll try to do this in two parts. 1. Followership in… Read more »
Major-league recruitment
My new column at SLAW is up. It's titled "A Major-League Approach to New Lawyer Recruitment." You should go read the article there, because I guarantee you'll find tons of other great stuff at SLAW, which you already know if you're a regular reader, and if you're not already a regular SLAW reader, why aren't… Read more »
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There are a lot of reasons to dislike the term "work/life balance." It's grammatically absurd, for one thing, implying that work and life are two equal sides of a coin, which is a far more disturbing concept than any 2,500-hour billable target: work is part of life, not its opposite number. "Work/life balance" has also… Read more »
The perils of client interviews
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Via Larry Bodine comes this Legal Intelligencer article about law firm Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, which has hired a 30-year veteran journalist to be a full-time client interviewer, asking clients about their needs, perspectives and complaints about the firm's services. It's a good, innovative idea, not least because it involves a tactic that too… Read more »
Client-based lawyer ratings
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I haven't written before now about Avvo, the online lawyer rating system that generated so much controversy when it was first launched last year. Most of what you need to know about the site can be found in this collection of articles at Legal Blog Watch, but in a nutshell: Avvo provides a numerical rating… Read more »


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E.J. Manuel looked mobile
Showing no signs of last season's injury, Buffalo QB E.J. Manuel had a lackluster couple of series. He went 2-7 for just 19 yards. Though moving well, Manuel was not very sharp with his reads.
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Offseason acquisition Rashad Jennings made his debut in a New York Giants uniform. If the the Giants hope to get back to the power running which highlighted all four of their Super Bowl championships, Jennings will have to live up to billing.
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As much as I hate siding with x42 (and I'm sure he feels the same way about me ), this is a bug.
As much as I hate siding with x42 (and I'm sure he feels the same way about me ), this is a bug.
You can only really say that if your able to look at the code and if it was inteded to work this way, as the OP has not given SI anything to check up then i dont see how anyone can say its a bug. As much as i love these back and forths with X42 there is nothing in this thread that really says bug 100%, warrented it could be a bug, but i still think the OP's lack of domestic success has been his downfall, even if the new boards decision is questionable.
Because I've worked in the industry for over half a decade, including on several FM titles
It's a bug.
Well then get it fixed Mr!!
I don't work there now
And even if I did, my job is to point at stuff and shout BUG! Someone else has to do the actual work
So basically the same as you're doing now then except SI aren't paying you anymore
Yeah... but... wait...
Shut up
You could be right, but from what we were told in the press and what JC has said in interviews is, he was not warned a lack of cup success would cost him his job, he was sacked and told the reason for his sacking was the lack of domestic cup success, two very different things really.
You don't know that the OP's aims were to deliver the title, and either way, delivering a harder prize - the Champions League - twice in four years, for a team starved of recent success under Wenger - should be forgiven. He's won the hard prize several times - league success is inevitable. I'd argue that even if he doesn't win the league in 10 years, but delivers the Champions League 50% of the time with the odd domestic cup every now and then, wouldn't deserve a managerial sacking, because it is so hard to win the Champions League. Sure, Arsenal fans might be complaining a lot about how the OP doesn't build a squad that lasts 38 games, but if you are winning the Champions League every other year on average, that's still a great haul.
That post offered nothing new & has simply combined a number of comments that you've already made, this is not a competition on who can have the last word.
Lets keep the personal comments out of the thread please
If it's a bug, it needs to go in the bug forum to get acknowledged as such and fixed. Until then, I'm still not convinced it should be considered as one.
Also, if you want to make the Accrington Stanley 50-0 Man Utd argument, I'll line up behind the "it could happen" brigade. The chances are infinitessimally small, maybe so unlikely as to happen once every few billion meetings, but that's not the same as impossible and shouldn't be treated as such.
"The ball is round, the game lasts 90 minutes, everything else is pure theory."
And I don't give two hoots about Jimmy Calderwood.
here can be dismissed with "maybe one day the agent fell down the stairs and went into the meeting medically insane". Possible? Sure! Not a bug. Nuh-uh. This wouldn't be a bug, because it is possible that all AI managers suddenly decide to only teach their teams one formation and that AI corner delivery becomes so good consistently (hey, it's possible! A one-in-a-billion thing!). Heck, spelling mistakes in emails in this game could be dismissed with "not everyone writes emails with perfect spelling".
In some cases, the very occurrence of an event can be statistically significant. Therefore there is no need to hide behind this "it's possible, so it's not a bug" curtain.
must agree with the OP that's a very silly thing to put in a game. Made me laugh though.
Seems completely stupid to me. It should be an option you have to turn on if they really feel the need for it and some people want it.
Who did the new owners replace you with? If it was someone with a good resume, I could see it as being unfortunate, but not a flaw in the game. However, if they replaced you with some retread that has driven clubs into the ground like the game always seems to do (ie. Laudrup getting two clubs relegated then becoming Chelsea manager), then I think it needs to be addressed.
They replaced me with some German guy whose name I didn't recognize - Jurgen something (no, not Klinsman).
Calderwood was a good manager for you guys.
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Firstly, i think if/when you are sacked, it should be made abundantly clear why you are sacked. In this case, perhaps it would be for the lack of league titles won. But in this case im not sure such a sacking should have occured. Perhaps a message from the new board saying "While we appreciate the cup success you have brought, the board has placed a greater focus on the league title, and will be looking forward to your success in this target, (ie we know you do cups well, but win the league, or you're sacked)".
My 2 cents anyway
I suspect it relates to too much expectations on a team having to do well in all competitions, resulting in a new board over-emphasising the 'not winning the league' element when taking against 'winning CL twice'. I find it annoying to see the team expected to win the league, get to the final of the FA CUp and CL at a minimum. It's far too specific. It would be far better to have a plan for the length of the contract, such as:
We have awarded you a four year contract. During this time, the Board expects you to win at least two domestic trophies, including one EPL, comfortably qualify for the CL every season, and be a regular presence in the last eight of the European Cup.
Failure to qualify for the CL might result in the termination of your contract. Failure to qualify for any European competition will result in the immediate termination of you contract unless the Board is happy there are mitigating circumstances and the strong likelihood of immediate improvement. If the Board feels you are unable to deliver on its minimum requirements during any stage of this four year period, your contract is highly likely to be terminated. If you exceed these requirements, the Board would be willing to renegotiate your contract after three seasons.
This could be compared to a less ambitious / glamourous club, which might state:
We expect to gain promotion to a higher division during the course of your three year contract. We expect to turn a small profit every season, either through player sales or cup runs. If at any stage of your contract the Board feels you will fail to achieve these aims, we will strongly consider termination.
The Board hope you will be able to turn the club into a promotion challenger during your three year contract. We are also hopeful of at least one good run in the cups during this period. Of prime importance is the financial security of the club, and it is imperative you do not overstretch the budget.
The Board expects you to reduce the average age of the squad and the the club's expenditure on wages. We are hopeful you can do this while still remaining competitive at the current level.
V Interesting thread. I have to side with the opening poster. This is a computer game. If it was meant to imitate real life as closely as possible then we wouldn't be able to get anywhere enar jobs managing football clubs! There has to be a happy medium.
It's supposed to be enjoyable and based on our merits at playing this game. The scenario that happenend doesn't seem so.
There should be some balancing between fun and realism in this. As such, I'd support a "unsackable" or at least a "unsackable by board takeover" / "no takeover" option for player controlled clubs. At least some sort of control over the sackability would be nice to help players get the type of game they want.
As for realism: I think there is a large perception bias in favour of long term managers. In fact, long term managers like SAF and Wenger are huge exceptions. Managers leave clubs all the time, for all sorts of reasons, from the mundane underperformance to more exotic reasons like:
- You've brought us success, but we don't think you fit the profile to bring us to the next level
- Your contract is up and we feel we need some new blood in our staff. Sorry.
- We want a different brand of football (more attacking, fewer soft goals given, more youth players breaking through, a more marketable name, etc) and feel a change in management is the way to get there.
- Your contract is up and it just happens that Mourinho is a free agent right now, so we won't extend your contract.
- Mourinho is a free agent now. Sucks to be you.
- The new owner worships Hiddink so you're out of luck
- The owner dislikes your taste in ties and can't stand to have you around any longer
I think sackings (and non-extensions of contracts) actually don't occur often enough for players (compared to reality) and that all sackings seem to be related to either performance or takeovers. If you meet the performance, extensions are almost guaranteed unless a takeover happens. The simple "contract ran out, you did a perfectly reasonable job, thank you goodbye"-non-extensions just don't seem to happen to a player.
Not that I want those types of non-extensions per se, as the game should stay fun and this would make the game unenjoyable for many people.
I don't have a strong opinion on whether or not the OP experienced bad luck or a bug. I can imagine a new owner wanting "a different brand of football" or "Just bring me Mourinho, whatever the cost". And if I can imagine such a situation, and SI thinks it should on occasion happen, then it might be weighed into the game, though with a very low probability. Which would make it near certainty that at least several players, including some forum members (like OP) have experienced such a thing just due to the large numbers involved. So then it's not a bug per se, though perhaps it's a mis-specification (the software does what was intended, though the intention is wrong). If SI doesn't think it should on occasion happen, it's a bug (the software doesn't do what was intended)
In that Aberdeen forum, I see a lot of fairly annoyed comments towards him... At best, he certainly wasn't a fantastic manager, as the OP apparently is (in fact, as a two-time Champions League winner, he would be ranked as one of the best in the world).
You aren't in a position to comment on this really as you obviously don't follow the SPL. He wasn't a fantastic manager no, but then again it's the SPL we are talking about. He done a good job at Aberdeen, if you ask most Aberdeen fans nowadays they will realise Calderwood did a good job for them compared to where they are now.
Obvious troll is obvious.
This thread has been going for a while so keep it on topic please guys.
With respect to the OP's situation, we are talking about at the time of his sacking. That a manager is sacked despite being perceived to be doing well. I'm arguing this does not apply to Calderwood.
Tell me, what was so good about Calderwood that he is comparable to the OP, who has won the Champions League twice with a club that has had a barren trophy run immediately prior to his arrival?
Oh, and: "One does not need cancer to analyse its symptoms."
Tbh I was never comparing Calderwood's reign to the OP's, I was just arguing about the fact he done a good job at Aberdeen!
As for your ending comment, imo that doesn't apply to football. You NEED to have good knowledge of that league to form a worthy opinion.
it is a sim look at ranieri at chelsea only got the 1 season under abramovich as he was waiting for a manager he wanted. ranieri finished second only to arsenal invincibles so not that bad a job
Old thread is old.
And closed.


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TUCSON, Ariz. – Arizona sophomore Kevin Cordes won a gold and a bronze, while freshman Bonnie Brandon earned a silver to help pace Team USA at the FINA World Swimming Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. Meanwhile, Arizona head coach Eric Hansen coached the U.S. men to 16 medals, which doubled the next closest country.
In Sunday's finale, Cordes helped lead an impressive gold medal winning performance by the U.S. in the 4x100m medley relay. Cordes (57.15) along with Matt Grevers (50.00), Tom Shields (48.66) and Ryan Lochte (45.22) ripped off a 3:21.03 for the victory.
Cordes, who broke a pair of American records just a couple weeks ago at the AT&T Winter National Championships, earned a bronze medal in the 100 breast with a time of 57.83. The bronze medal was the first for Cordes in international competition.
Meanwhile, Arizona freshman Bonnie Brandon continues to impress as she earned a silver medal in the 200 back with a time of 2:03.19. It was the second fastest time in the world this year and it also ranks in the top-20 all-time. Like Cordes, Brandon also shined at the AT&T Winter National Championships two weeks ago as she shattered the school record in the 200 back with a time of 1:51.49.
Grevers, who trains with Tucson Ford Aquatics, won gold in the 100 back with a time of 49.89 and earned a silver medal in the 50m backstroke with a time of 23.17. Meanwhile, Grevers also captured gold in the 4x100 free relay along with Anthony Ervin, Ryan Lochte and Jimmy Feigen with a time of 3:06.40.
The United States' 27 total medals were the most among all countries at the FINA World Championships. The U.S. also won a country-high 11 gold medals which matched any other country's total medals. Ryan Lochte was named Male Swimmer of the Meet with his six gold medals, one silver and one bronze medal.
Current Wildcat Ellyn Baumgardner along with postgraduates Clark Burckle and Christine Magnuson also competed for Team USA in the event. In addition, Michael Meyer, who will join the Wildcats for the spring semester also participated in the event, while swimming for South Africa.
The Arizona women will be back in action on January 4 when they host Northern Arizona, Oregon State and New Mexico State. The men's swim team will return to competition on January 25 when Cal comes to town for a Pac-12 dual meet.
For continued coverage of Arizona Wildcat swimming and diving, visit ArizonaWildcats.com and be sure to follow the team on Twitter @ArizonaSwimming.


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Common links for Erie between past, future
The consultant's report shows a path for a better Erie — better public access to its waterfront, more open spaces, wider streets, among the many suggestions.
Some of the recommendations sound like something out of 2013, but the report wasn't released this year.
The document was commissioned 100 years ago — and the report and its author, John Nolen, will be celebrated Thursday night at Preservation Erie's inaugural awards ceremony honoring three groups that have restored buildings to help maintain Erie's heritage.
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A record-setting weekend came to a close yesterday with the No. 14 UMass women's lacrosse team earning its third consecutive Atlantic 10 Women's Lacrosse Championship Tournament title with a 16-12 win over Richmond. Jesse O'Donnell was named Tournament MVP after tying her career-high with five goals (eight for the weekend), while Jackie Lyons broke the UMass record for career points with two goals giving her 220 career points. Rookie Katie Ferris tied the school's single-season goals record of 52 as the high-octane Minutewomen racked up 32 goals to set a new league record for a tournament weekend.
UMass will host Canisius on Saturday at McGuirk Stadium (1 PM) for the NCAA Play-In Game.
Daily Collegian: Minutewomen three-peat as A-10 champs
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Butter Cream Frosting Recipe:
Cream shortening, flavor, and water. Add dry ingredients. Mix on low speed until all ingredients have been thoroughly mixed together. Blend additional minute or so, until creamy.
White Chocolate Cream Cheese Filling Recipe:
Microwave the white chocolate chips for only about 20-25 seconds, enough so they melt while you stir them. Put all ingredients into mixing bowl for your electric mixer.
Using the paddle attachment, start beating on low speed until all ingredients are incorporated. Increase speed to medium, and beat for a few minutes until smooth and dry.
Marshmallow Fondant Recipe::
Grease microwave-proof bowl with Crisco. Also grease wooden or heat-proof spoon. Pour marshmallows and water into bowl.
Microwave for approximately 2 minutes, stopping and stirring at 40 second intervals. Mixture should be soupy. Take out of microwave and immediately add corn syrup, lemon juice, salt and extracts. Stir well.
Sift confectioner's sugar into mixture, one cup at a time. After approximately 5 cups, grease your hands well with Crisco and knead the mixture in the bowl. Add the 6th cup and continue to knead.
Now grease your work surface well, and turn mixture out of bowl onto counter. Sift remaining sugar, re-grease hands, and knead well.
If mixture seems soft, add one additional cup of powdered sugar. Shape into a mound and put a coating of Crisco on outside. Double wrap in cling wrap and insert into Ziploc bag. Press air out of bag and seal.
You can allow the mixture to rest overnight, or use it after sitting for a few hours. (Hint: I didn't use all of the powdered sugar. I was able to use it quicker than 3 hours like recipe states.)
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Prepare 2 boxed cake mixes. Spray a 10 inch square cake with nonstick cooking spray. Then line the pan with wax paper the same size as the pan. (I just traced the pan onto wax paper, and cut it out.) Bake per box instructions for 2-9 inch cakes.
I used craft glue to adhere ribbon around base of the cake board. Let this dry before putting cake onto board.
Let the cake cool before flipping over to the cake board. (I have an extra cake board to use at home.) I flipped cake over on top of additional cake board.
Cut the top to make it straight across. Then I flipped it onto the 14 inch cake board. So now the bottom of the cake is on the bottom of the cake board.
I used white chocolate cream cheese filling in between 2 layers. I stacked both bridal shower cakes on top of each other.
I tinted the fondant a light pink, then rolled it out. Then I used a Wilton Impression Mat and a rolling pin, and pressed the scroll design onto the fondant. (Hint: It works better if you use luster dust and brush it onto the impression mat. This helps with fondant sticking to the mat.)
Then I carefully lifted the fondant onto the cake. I used Wilton ready-made black icing to trace the scroll design onto the cake, top and sides. (Hint: By using the ready-made icing you can just apply a Wilton tip, and not have to worry about bags, or much clean-up.)
Then I made a pink bow out of fondant I had tinted. (Hint: I used a piece of paper towel, and rolled it into the size I wanted my loops to be. Then I let the fondant set-up.)
There you have it - a finished wedding shower cake!
Cake submitted by Rebecca M. from Burlington, Canada
I used Wilton 3D Teddy Bear cake pan and 2 Betty Crocker cake mixes.
I added a package of vanilla Jello pudding and an extra egg to the the cake mixes. Once the cake was baked, I cut off the bears' ears. I then used these pieces to create a bun at the back of the head which I secured with toothpicks.
I used silver dragees for an engagement ring, earrings and necklace. I also found a piece of wire and bought a remnant of lace from a fabric store, and created a veil to attach at the back of the head.


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0comments DLC: Elongating gaming experience or simple profiteering?
Posted Sat 17th Jul 2010 11:49pm by Gavin Lowe
Are we paying too much? Are we getting enough?
DLC may now be an institution in gaming, but it is not a universally acclaimed practice. There are complaints about cost, and the deliberate withholding of content by game developers from the release of titles to ensure extra revenue streams shortly after the bulk of initial sales are made.
DLC add-ons for games like Fallout 3, GTA IV, and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion are touted as a great value by developers and gamers alike, as they represent entirely new content created after the game's release.
When loyal fans discovered that the first batch of content for Bioshock 2 was already on the disk, they felt rightly affronted and expressed their anger on forums and with direct appeals to 2K Games, the developers. But is there a reasonable explanation for 2K's choice to block content like this? They retorted to criticism in a calm and low-key fashion, explaining in a short post that the decision had been made due to the way that post-release DLC is made. 2K argued that if the extra multiplayer levels were developed separately at a later date then gamers would be separated from their friends in online sessions, if one set had purchased the DLC and the other had not. This is apparently due to how players are grouped in multiplayer. They seem to suggest that if you have downloaded post-release DLC then you will only be grouped with other players that have it, but if the extra content is present on the disk then players can be grouped together when playing the basic multiplayer levels, even if some had the DLC and others don't.
So this begs the question: why not simply make the maps available for all? The customer had already paid a lot of money for the game, so why don't they deserve to have access to all of the content? It brings us to the sad conclusion that developers do see DLC primarily as a way of generating cash. Even with 2K's explanation, which if true could hold for the Street Fighter and Resident Evil examples too, then they are making a conscious choice to charge more for content available at the game's release. From a business stand point this is understandable, as selling DLC can net vast sums of money. Call of Duty: World at War generated $70 million from its map pack sales alone; but there is a clear line between what people consider to be value for money and what is seen as simply profit generating extras within the realms of DLC.
It is possible that DLC is produced on a separate budget from the main game, and that it is developed in tandem. If this is the case the 2K's explanation may hold some water, as the development costs would need to be recovered. It also leads to the conclusion that if multiplayer DLC is so difficult to integrate then the future of DLC may be on-disk. That being the case then I would suggest that the DLC tag be dropped and the term "unlockable content" may be a suitable substitute. This doesn't make the players feel any better about shelling out cash for more game, but it doesn't wrongly lead them to believe that what they are paying for is being downloaded separately either.
Judging from what is posted in the forums and chatrooms of the gaming world, gamers don't mind paying for DLC if they deem it value for money. There are many examples of excellent DLC which adds so much to the gaming experience, but the large sums of money created by DLC has made the industry greedy it is now rare to find a game release that doesn't have some form of DLC attached. Ultimately gamers are the judges in this trial and the only way for their complaints to hold weight would be to boycott the purchase of DLC considered below par, or which is obvious profiteering.
That all said, Xbox LIVE is the biggest online DLC provider and a business model that remains extremely profitable, so as long as we keep downloading it appears that they'll keep charging. Perhaps players should take a look at what it is they're paying for though, before they part with their hard earned Microsoft points.
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The re-energized focus on Long Island Sound's story is obvious in the colorfully redesigned main hall, which has been renamed Newman's Own Hall in celebration of a $1.2 million grant from Newman's Own Foundation."
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Because so many boaters seem to be encountering the humpback whales currently in the western end of Long Island Sound … and because boaters of Long Island Sound aren't accustomed to sharing the water with 30-foot creatures that come to … Continue reading
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We won't be changing our name to the Shed Aquarium any time soon. (There would be too much confusion with the venerable Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.) But there's sure a lot more shedding going on here at The Maritime Aquarium … Continue reading
So far, when it comes to picking a Super Bowl winner, The Maritime Aquarium's harbor seals Rasal and Orange have been pathetic pinniped prognosticators. Zero correct in three tries. Polly gets the call off the bench this year. (Hey, if … Continue reading
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A Texans cheerleader is headed to the prom, thanks to a simple invitation and about 10,000 twitter supporters. Caitlyn Beth, a 20-year-old cheerleader with the NFL's Houston Texans, has a May prom date set with 17-year-old Texas high school senior Mike Ramirez.
How cool is that?
According to Yahoo! News on Tuesday, the varsity football player will have endless bragging rights with his buds after landing the prom date with Beth, who agreed to the date after his Twitter invitation went viral.
Sitting in English class, the bored Ramirez messaged Caitlyn on Twitter, and asked her to be his date if he was able to get at least 10,000 retweets of his proposal.
She said yes, and it was off.
10,000 Retweets and I'll be taking a Texans cheerleader to prom @HTC_Caitlyn . RETWEET RETWEET RETWEET pic.twitter.com/xSwNhH9D5E
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The Texans cheerleader, after clearing the idea with the club, and likely realizing what a huge promotional opportunity this was, helped "Big Mike" get the requisite tweets.
If you retweeted the prom tweet and I haven't followed you yet, please tweet me and I'll do my best to follow everyone :)
— HTC_Caitlyn (@HTC_Caitlyn) February 28, 2014
Even the Houston Texans' Twitter page assisted with his campaign.
"I was talking to my friend Colton about prom and I just said, 'Man, what if I asked a Texans cheerleader to prom,' so I did," said Ramirez. "So I sent her a message and she replied like instantly and said she'd do it."
According to Ramirez, he was shocked when she replied, double shocked when she agreed.
"Honestly, I didn't think she'd respond," Ramirez said. "But, you don't hit unless you swing."
Beth said Mike's proposal was sweet, and is looking forward to their date.
"I thought it was the sweetest thing ever and I immediately said yes, and I confirmed with my coach and the Texans and it took off from there," Beth said, who later tweeted: "Can't wait for prom."
Of course, Ramirez's Twitter success has opened the door for every pimply teen to start asking out models, cheerleaders and the actresses of their dreams. But so far only Big Mike has gotten lucky.
"I'm so excited," Ramirez said. "My buddies are excited for me too. They said I have to do it big, so that's what I'm going to do."
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This Syrian civil war is extremely sad and tragic, but it has become abundantly clear that there are no "good guys" when it comes to the main factions fighting. The idea that we would provide aid to a side that is allied with al-Qaeda, the terrorist group used to justify the destruction of civil liberties domestically, is beyond absurd.
As we see from today's New York Times article, these rebel factions are not fighting for peace or democracy, but more often than not for simple bloodthirsty revenge. Some of the factions are actively trying to form an Islamist state, while others are calling for the extermination of an entire group of people based solely on the fact they are part of a particular religious group, the Alawites. From the New York Times:
The Syrian rebels posed casually, standing over their prisoners with firearms pointed down at the shirtless and terrified men.
The prisoners, seven in all, were captured Syrian soldiers. Five were trussed, their backs marked with red welts. They kept their faces pressed to the dirt as the rebels' commander recited a bitter revolutionary verse.
The moment the poem ended, the commander, known as "the Uncle," fired a bullet into the back of the first prisoner's head. His gunmen followed suit, promptly killing all the men at their feet.
This scene, documented in a video smuggled out of Syria a few days ago by a former rebel who grew disgusted by the killings, offers a dark insight into how many rebels have adopted some of the same brutal and ruthless tactics as the regime they are trying to overthrow.
In the more than two years this civil war has carried on, a large part of the Syrian opposition has formed a loose command structure that has found support from several Arab nations, and, to a more limited degree, the West. Other elements of the opposition have assumed an extremist cast, and openly allied with Al Qaeda.
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Less Meat, More Veggies Prevents Prostate Cancer
New research in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics reveals diets low in fat and red meat and rich in fruits and vegetables helps prevent and treat prostate cancer. Using an evidence-based review of dietary recommendations, researchers found avoiding processed or charcoaled meats and dairy products and eating more tomatoes, broccoli and cauliflower has beneficial effects on prostate cancer prevention and treatment; Wiley-Blackwell reports.
According Dr. Fuhrman, humans are designed to consume a lot of plants and these foods are essential to preventing disease, such as prostate cancer. Recently, the World Cancer Research Fund said better diets, i.e. fruits and vegetables, could help curb global cancer rates.
In April, experts found pomegranate juice helps slow prostate cancer doubling times and omega-3 fatty acids have been shown to slash prostate cancer risk by as high as 63%.
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I can think of several reasons meat is not good:
1) Most livestock are fed with GMO corn. And in the documentary "King Corn", all ranchers featured admitted that feeding corn beyond 120 days will make their livestock (cattle) sick. According to Allen Trenkle of Iowa State University, the more acids the cows produce, the more likely these cows will tip over to acidosis. And if not treated quickly, these cows die. As a result, livestock now consume 70% of the world's antibiotics consumption.
2) The more lactic acid, the tougher the meat and the less digestible for humans. Exercise is what gets rid of lactic acid. Today's livestock do not get enough exercise. And after slaughter, lactic acid continues to build.
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As PPI in no way is a "head organisation" for all pirate parties around the world, it wasn't really correct to use the word "umbrella organisation". For lack of better ideas I've put this up, meanwhile:
PP International (PPI) is a collective for the Pirate Party movement around the world. PPI offers a common resource for international collaboration, and can provide help to form a local party in your country.
This can be subjected to change, obviously, and would like to see more input on the subject.
I think it's important not to give impression on that PPI somehow is in controll over all national PPs around the world, but the opposite, more like support for international collaboration. Just like I'm not the "boss of PPI" which somebody jokingly called me earlier!
Quite possibly PPI will become it's "own entity" down the road, but I feel, personally, that this is not the case at this moment in time. Please put up your opinion on the matter!