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The Expendables 3 isn't the only summer film that has gone character poster crazy; so has Fox's X-men: Days of Future Past. Eleven new one-sheets have been revealed, a couple from the folks at Empire, and nine more found by a user at SuperheroHype. To be honest, most of these are pretty good, simple in design and showing off the amount of talent Bryan Singer was able to assemble. That really is one of the film's great strengths is having James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Patrick Stewart, Halle Berry, Jennifer Lawrence, and Hugh Jackman, so why not show them off?
X-men: Days of Future Past opens May 23rd.

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Collection Management & Acquisitions
New Books and Media at the University Libraries
The list of new book and media purchases for the current month is available here. In addition, lists of new purchases from previous months are available. The lists are in Library of Congress Call Number order - use your browser's Find on Page feature to jump to a section.
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You can make a suggestion for materials to be purchased for the Library by using this form. Faculty members, you may contact the Library Liaison for your area or contact Lucy Duhon, Acquisitions Librarian, at 419.530.2838. To request materials for the College of Law, please contact the Law Library directly.
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If you are interested in donating materials, please contact Lucy Duhon, at 419.530.2838 or email@example.com. If you are interested in donating substantial collections, rare books, books of regional or local interest, or personal papers, contact Barbara Floyd, Director of the Canaday Center for Special Collections, at email@example.com or 419.530.2170.


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How to Preserve a Skull
A good way to learn about animals is through preserving a skull. Age, habits, even how they died can be determined through the skulls and bones. Animal skulls are also used in some houses for decoration. An animal skull must be totally clean prior to preservation and there are several methods that can be used. Here are the steps to follow in order to learn how to clean and preserve a skull.
1Remove all flesh from inside and outside of the skull using one of several methods.
- Cold water maceration is a long process that involves letting the skull soak in room temperature water with a small amount of "enzyme" laundry detergent. This is the safest way to clean the skull and leave it intact. This can take from a few days to a few weeks to complete, depending on the size of the skull.
- Hot water maceration, also known as "cooking" the skull, involves placing the skull in hot water with the enzyme detergent and boiling it. The animal skull needs to be watched carefully, since boiling can damage the skull if it's left for too long.
- Another method of removing flesh from bone is to put the skull on top of an anthill (just about everybody knows where some ants are)be sure to put it in a small cage or otherwise protect it from being damaged or taken by animals. The ants will clean every bit of flesh from the skull without damaging the structural integrity of it.
2Dry the skull.
- Let the skull air dry for several days.
3Bleach the skull.
- This turns the skull a bright white. Skulls are naturally an off-white to yellowish color.
- Soak the skull in water using a small amount of hydrogen peroxide. Do not use chlorine bleach, because this can damage bone and teeth.
4Place teeth back into their sockets.
- If you use one of the water methods for cleaning an animal skull, the teeth will drop out of the tooth sockets. Save the teeth and replace them using a small amount of glue.
- Most animals whose skulls are used in preservation are carnivores and have a set of canine teeth. These teeth have a tendency to be much smaller than the actual socket they fit in. Use some cotton balls soaked in glue. Wrap a bit of the cotton around the tooth and insert it into the socket.
5Dry the skull and the parts that have been glued.
6Preserve the animal skull with spray polyurethane.
- Spray the skull with several coats of polyurethane letting each coat dry before applying the next. This leaves a smooth and shiny finish.
Community Q&A
I have found a goat's skull and it's been left out to dry; the brain is still attached but very dry - how would I clean it up and remove all the matter that's inside the skull?wikiHow ContributorSoak it in a 5 gallon bucket of water with Oxyclean and Dawn dish soap for about 3 or more months, the longer the better. Kind of a "set it and forget it" method. The dried brain will fall off leaving the bone fairly clean. Spray off with a hose or pressure washer.
How many specific coats of polyurethane should you spray on the skull?
Can the skull be stored outside?
How long do I soak it in water and peroxide?
- Due to the decomposition process that is accelerated when using the water maceration method to clean the skull, it is best if done outdoors.
- Use latex gloves when working with the raw material.
- Many diseases that animals carry, such as rabies, can be transmitted to humans, this is called zoonotic infection. These diseases may remain intact even after the death of the animal. Take precautions with this in mind. Wear gloves and thoroughly wash your hands, arms or any other body part that comes into contact with the carcass.
Things You'll Need
- Animal skull
- Pot
- Water
- Enzyme activated laundry detergent
- Hydrogen peroxide
- 1 to 2 cans of polyurethane spray
- Latex gloves
- Face mask (optional)
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Español: preservar un cráneo, Italiano: Conservare un Teschio, Русский: сохранить череп, Português: Preservar um Crânio, Deutsch: Einen Schädel konservieren
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Women's Tennis Defeats Northern Illinois, 5-2
March 18, 2004
DeKalb, Ill.- The University of Illinois at Chicago women's tennis snapped its two-match skid with a solid 5-2 victory over Northern Illinois on Thursday afternoon.
The Flames (8-6) took a close doubles slate with two 8-6 victories and closed out the win with four singles wins over the Huskies (4-5).
Beatriz Cabrera led the way with a dominating 6-0, 6-3 win over Cassie Drake at No. 1 singles. Cabrera also teamed with Corey Steven, a 6-3, 6-4 singles winner over Krista McIntyre, to down Branka Savic and Ivonne Andrade in doubles play.
Molly Smith downed Dani Martinez, 6-1, 6-1, to run her winning streak to seven matches, while Athanasia Giannoulopoulou wrapped up the singles wins with a strong 6-7(1), 6-0, 6-2 comeback victory over Megan Brooks.
Ayca Gumuscu and Iris Jaklin suffered tough-luck three-set losses that were close most of the way.
The Flames return to action on April 2nd to take on Horizon League rival Detroit-Mercy in Green Bay, Wisconsin beginning at 2 p.m.


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Fiction with Faustine: A Journey Into The World Of Moroccan Soccer: Part 3
Junior Faustine Dufka of the women's soccer team recently wrote this fictional soccer story for one of her classes. She has decided to share her piece with Husky Nation by releasing two parts a week. Read part three below.
Junior Faustine Dufka of the women's soccer team recently wrote this fictional soccer story for one of her classes. She has decided to share her piece with Husky Nation by releasing two parts a week. Read part three below.
My first task was to find out who Larbi Ben Barek was. If he had been mentioned in the European press, he must have been important at some point in time. The name sounded vaguely familiar, but then again, Moroccan names all sounded alike. My Uncle Ali was the one to ask. He claimed that he had read the newspaper every morning since he was twenty years old, and joked that he knew more about politics than King Hassan himself. Of course, that joke was never repeated outside the privacy of his home, because we all knew what could happen to Uncle Ali if the wrong person overheard.
The next time we had a family gathering, while all of the women were busy cooking up a delicious meal, I managed to talk to him alone for a few minutes.
"Uncle Ali, have you heard of Larbi Ben Barek?"
"Ah, yes my child... The "Black Pearl" of Football... the "Foot of God" as the Spaniards called him. He was the first black man to play professional football overseas in Europe. His days of fame were in the 40s and 50s, when I was just a young man, like you. He was miraculous. Anyone who saw him play raved about his talent, his feints, his foot skills...He danced with the ball, it was beautiful to watch."
"What happened to him?" I asked a bit too suddenly, divulging my increasing curiosity.
"No one really knows..." My uncle took a long pause and sighed heavily, shaking his head. "All of a sudden, we stopped reading about him in the sports section, it was as if he had vanished. I'm not sure if he stayed in Europe or ever returned to Morocco."
"Hmmm...." I responded automatically. My imagination was already grinding like a paste of roasted argan seeds, as various intrigue-filled scenarios unfolded in my mind.
"I might be able to dig up some old newspapers that mention him, if you'd like. You know I have a bad habit of keeping everything." We both laughed when he said this.
"That'd be great, thank you so much!" I flashed my teeth, a huge grin spreading across my face. I left my uncle's house with a heavy stack of newspapers digging into my arms. As excited as a young child on the verge of unwrapping a big present, I was impatient to start flipping through the frayed, yellowed pages I held in my hands.
Tarik momentarily toyed with the idea that had caught him by surprise, despite his intuition to repress the thought. He only had a few seconds to make up his mind. His hand shot into the air before he had the time to make a sensible decision, as if his limbs were operating separately from his brain.
"What about my little brother, Karim? He's only one year younger than me. He's pretty good, coach..." His heart was beating rapidly. What had he gotten himself into?
The newspaper clippings my Uncle Ali gave me were incredibly useful. Scanning the headlines, I was able to trace the path Ben Barek had taken in his professional career, from his debut at the Olympique de Marseille in 1938, to his return to the Union Sportive Marocaine of Casablanca during the war, all the way though his last international match for France in 1954:
"Ben Barek scores two in first official match at Olympique de Marseille" (24 November 1938)
"Ben Barek late goal sends OM to French Championship" (13 May 1939)
"3 from Ben Barek spurs France win against Poland" (23 January 1939)
"Ben Barek eyes more titles with USM" (14 May 1941)
"Ben Barek leads USM to crown of North African Cup" (6 July 1942)
"Ben Barek late goal earns Paris the win" (2 November 1947)
"France downs Portugal, Ben Barek scores two" (24 November 1947)
"France blanks Czechoslovakia, Ben Barek man of the match" (13 June 1948)
"Ben Barek to Atletico de Madrid for 8 million" (24 July 1948)
"The Foot of God leads Madrid to Spanish title" (12 June 1950)
"Ben Barek key to success, Madrid cruises to second consecutive title" (10 June 1951)
"Son of OM President convinces Ben Barek to return to Marseille" (17 December 1953)
"The Black Pearl keen on French title, leads OM to another championship" (24 May 1954)
"Public protest follows Ben Barek's dismissal from France squad" (28 August 1954)
"Ben Barek returns to France team by popular verdict" (10 September 1954)
"Leg injury forces Ben Barek to withdraw from France squad" (18 October 1954)
"The Black Pearl retired French jersey" (June 4 1955)
"Ben Barek coaches Morocco to gold medal in Beirut Pan-Arabic games" (28 October 1957)
Several things caught my attention as I read the articles. The press had been very quick to point out that Ben Barek did not have French nationality or citizenship. They had also been extremely critical of his play, despite the success he had brought to all the teams he had played for, resulting in Ben Barek's dismissal from the French national team. I was stunned by the influence the press had in such matters. However, I learned that Ben Barek had been recalled to the French squad by popular demand, revealing the deep chasm between the opinion of the general public and that of the political actors on the European football stage. The recurring trend I picked up on in the news clippings was that regardless of how talented he was, Ben Barek had always been blamed for his origins and for the color of his skin, a consequence of the racism and colonial mindset inherent to any type of international relations, even a mere game of football.
I sensed that a big piece of the puzzle was still missing. The events I had uncovered thus far could not possibly explain why Monsieur Larbi had killed himself. And who was this Hassan to whom he had written his farewell letter?
"Anyone will do," Ahmed responded morosely, handing him an extra uniform.
Ahmed cared deeply for his players. He had grown up in similar circumstances and understood that the moments playing football represented a temporary escape from the hardships they faced on a daily basis.
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How can I begin to wean my daughter from breast to bottle?
My Sofi is 6 mos old. She had her first teeth come out at 2 mos. Now at 6 mos she has a total of 7 teeth, and I can no longer breastfeed her. She refuses to take a bottle and will not sleep at night. She cries all night and during the day for long periods as well. She has been exclusively breastfed, but she has hurt me because she bites me. I don't want to scold her, she doesn't know what she does, but I've made her cry because I scream when she bites down on my nipple. I'm sleep deprived and so sad because i want to continue breastfeeding but I can't. Please help me!!!!
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|Progressive Insurance Miami International Boat Show 2014 -- Commercial Vessel/Eq. (Non-Fisheries), Electronic Components, Pleasure Boats/Accessories, Sporting Goods/Recreational Eq., Travel and Tourism Industries
|Event Summary:
The Miami International Boat Show & Strictly Sail (MIBS) is one of the largest boat shows in the world. Entering its 72nd year in 2013, the show will occupy over 2 million square feet of exhibit area and host over 100,000 visitors. The MIBS spans three locations—the Miami Beach Convention Center, Sea Isle Marina and Yachting Center, and Miami Marina at Bayside—and features more than 3,000 boats and 2,000 exhibitors from all over the globe.
From the latest in powerboats, sailboats and engines to cutting-edge marine electronics, equipment and accessories, this 5-day event is your delegates' once-a-year chance to view all that the US has to offer and meet with industry leaders all in one place.
|Julie Balzano, National Marine Manufacturers Association
Phone: 954-441-3234
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Robot Rising
- Release Date: Aug. 23, 2012 (OB)
- Publisher: Stomp Games
- Developer: Stomp Games
- Genre: Strategy
- Official Site
Robot Rising is a new robot-themed title which combines role-playing and robot battles into the conventional strategy gameplay. Set in a sci-fi backdrop, the game allows players to control robots to explore in the complexes in the space fighting for resources and build a cool base to support the exploration. Upgrade the base, conduct researches to empower robots, fight enemies to collect resources, and engage in fast-paced robot fights.
Robot Rising Review:
You start out with small base with power lost momentarily, which requires a hard reboot. Access the backup database in the Master Control building, start building Teleportal, the structure you need to travel to-and-fro between your base and the complexes, and teleport your robot to the complex to collect resources and equipment. All has to start over. You are the Artificial Intelligence that controls your robot in combats and takes charge of the base construction at once. You are in Robot Rising.
There is not any back story to tell why the robot and the resource war are there. You are simply entering the game in the base and start the way most strategy titles do. In-game tutorial is quite helpful, presenting a brief overview about how the game is. Build the base, do the research to better improve the robot, and teleport to the dungeon-like complexes to collect resources that are needed in construction.
Unlike traditional strategy titles, Robot Rising is more emphatic in the role-playing and combat. You don't build mines to harvest resources; instead, you need to explore in the complex to get what you need in construction, i.e. Alloys, Polymers and Conductors. You can choose to enter three difficulty levels of each complex and conduct missions from resource and storage locker collection to upgrading robots to certain level and challenging five Elite Enemies. In the complex, you will explore around, fighting different enemy robots and minion-generating machines somewhere and collecting dropped resources and various boxes containing consumables such as repair kit, mines and grenades.
It's not mandatory that you must complete one complex to leave, but it's advisable that you leave after clearing, for the entrance to a complex costs Energy. The complex and robot fights are all rendered with details, which add a lot of enjoyable to the click-only gameplay. While the exploration and combat are interesting in the beginning, tedium pokes its neck out of the door soon due to the limitedness of the enemy types, non-challenging battles and solo play. Yes, you don't have real player rivals to take on, or real player teammates to party together. As you get familiar with the well-depicted complexes and combats, you soon begin to feel lonely and pointless there as you travel in the tiered complex.
With resources won from exploration and quest completion, you can improve the base, building and upgrading more structures and activating more buildings that function differently. To build the base is both quick and slow. While the buildings at the starting levels take seconds to finish, you need long time of exploration (or grinding) to gather enough resources required to build or upgrade a certain structure. Surely, you have the usual hard currency, Robobucks, to help speed up the construction and gain different advantages.
Robot Rising doesn't really fit in to the social platform since it's basically a single-player game. And it really needs enriching in playable contents, especially multiplayer experience, to be really interesting and enduring. It starts well but falls short soon. It has potential to be great but it is currently not.
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We embarked on a short journey to Long Island's North Folk region to delve into the passion of antiquing with television talk show host, Jason Galka and antique shopping has been a hobby of his for some time and he said, "I love the look of antiques preferably furniture."
One of Jason's most recent acquisition, is a 1890 Concord piano built in New York City by a company founded by George P. Bent, which closed in 1929 during the Great Depression era. This particular purchase happened to be a phenomenal find for only $350 and after doing a little research, Galka discovered that the piano unfurnished is worth $5,000 and should he decide to refurbish it like a collector did, he can command an impressive amount in the tune of $12,000. "I found the piano at one of our favorite thrift stores that also carries dozens of antiques. The store is called, Psalms 34:8 Thrift on the North shore of Long Island," says Jason of the familiar place to local collectors.
Originally, the piano was a mahogany wood finish that has been repainted black by a previous owner. The piano is picturesque as it is nestled in a corner between family heirlooms, antiques, a tiffany lamp and a sofa by Laura Ashley. In fact, the piano compliments the living room, with it's soft green accents and white moldings inside the 813 square foot modern townhouse somewhere in Long Island behind a gated community.
A lover of theater and the art of music, Jason Galka knows that this type of piano has been used in many old films and a common cabaret fixture. The famous American jazz pianist, Richard "Dick" Hyman performed on a similar Concord piano like Jason's. The talk show host says, "I love to play it everyday. I manage to set an hour a day aside to play it and unwind from a long day. My piano teacher was a Ukrainian woman who taught me classical's and the "Moonlight Sonata" and "Fur Elise" sound beautiful on this beauty. I love it!"
You can follow Jason Galka on social media @JasonGalka on Facebook, twitter and instagram.


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Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love. ~Hamilton Wright Mabie
Conspire to love your family, your friends, your fans, and your enemies because He loved us first.
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16 / "We love because he first loved us." I John 4:19
Merry Christmas from my family!


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College Hockey:Friars End Hockey East Skid
Zancanaro Nets Winner As PC Topples UML
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Seventy-eight days of pain and anguish finally came to an end for Providence.
A Tony Zancanaro third-period goal broke a 2-2 tie Saturday night as the Friars knocked off the Masschusetts-Lowell River Hawks, 3-2, to collect their first victory in Hockey East since Nov. 14 versus New Hampshire, a span of two and a half months.
The decision ended a nine-game winless skid in league for the Friars, and moved them from eighth place past idle Boston University into a three-way tie for fifth place with the River Hawks and Merrimack.
According to Providence head coach Paul Pooley, part of the team's gain Saturday was proving to itself its ability to play with the lead.
"We have to learn to play with the league," said Pooley. "We haven't won in Hockey East in a while. So it was interesting going down the stretch. So I think that's a good confidence builder for us."
Providence played one of its most complete games of the season, putting solid pressure on Lowell's defense with fast-paced, physical hockey, winning faceoffs and generating scoring chances.
"Our game plan tonight was to get it out, get it in and then we had to be good on faceoffs," said Pooley. "I was watching [Lowell] on tape today and was like, 'Oh my gosh,' because they have more faceoff plays than you'd imagine."
Providence was also the beneficiary of solid goaltending from sophomore Bobby Goepfert (28 saves), who was benched a night earlier in a 4-0 loss to Boston College for a violation of team rules.
"I think [Goepfert] looked a little uncomfortable early and he was fighting the puck," said Pooley of his goaltender.
Goepfert settled in as the game went on, eventually making top-notch saves in the middle period when Lowell had a chance to put the game away.
"He ended up making some really smart plays late to keep the puck moving. That's just smart and being alert," said Pooley.
The win marked the end of a difficult weekend for Lowell, having won Friday in an emotional game against Boston University before finding out that the club would have to forfeit five wins for using an ineligible player. Though head coach Blaise MacDonald said he didn't think his club let the sour news bother it, he admitted that his team was worn down.
"I just thought we really ran out of physical and mental energy as the game progressed in the third period," said MacDonald. "But our team was really excited to play the game. If anything, this is a reflection of a young team, where we're fighting ourselves and not fighting our opponent."
A high-intensity first period saw Lowell hold a lopsided shot advantage, 14-6, but grade 'A' chances were even at four. With that, it was the Friars that jumped on the board first.
On the power play, Chris Chaput picked up a loose puck in the slot to the left of Lowell's netminder John Yaros (30 saves). Holding the puck, he eluded all Lowell defenders, waited for Yaros to commit to going down and slid the puck around the fallen tender into the open net, giving the Friars a 1-0 lead at 4:05.
It was the second straight night that Lowell fell behind, 1-0, and again the River Hawks responded on the power play.
This time, it was tic-tac-toe passing from Elias Godoy at the center of the blueline to Danny O'Brien at the left post across to Andrew Martin at the right pipe. Martin, who scored the game winner Friday, tapped the puck into the open net to knot the game at one.
After Providence's Jeff Mason was assessed a minor for slashing as the first period expired, Lowell began the second on the power play and wasted little time capitalizing. A strange bounce behind the net gave Godoy the puck at the goalmouth with Goepfert out of position. Godoy bobbled the puck but had time to slide it home 20 seconds into the frame to give the River Hawks their first lead, 2-1.
And if Providence is to make a late run in Hockey East as the club has been known to do, it will be easy to look at what transpired next as a turning point.
After the River Hawks were assessed back-to-back penalties midway through the second, a 48 second Providence five-on-three resulted in a shorthanded Lowell getting two two-on-one odd man rushes that the 'Hawks could not convert.
That ended up haunting the River Hawks as minutes later, with UML on the power play, Providence's Bill McCreary scored shorthanded. After taking a headman pass from Mason, McCreary got a step on the Lowell defender and blasted a bullet over the glove of Yaros into the top left corner to knot the game at two.
"That's a tough goal to give up to tie the game," admitted MacDonald, "when we had two or three great chances to go up, 3-1, and we failed to do that. Then boom! We give up a shorty and it's a whole new ballgame."
With a 20-minute hockey game left to play, the Friars took advantage. Looking like they were fueled with high-octane gas between periods, the Friars came on with guns blasting, pinning Lowell into its zone before producing the game-winning goal at 4:01 left to play.
On a scramble in front of Yaros, Zancanaro was given the chance to be the hero as a loose puck skipped to his blade thanks to the pressure of Colin McDonald on the Lowell defense. Zancanaro took advantage, snapping off a quick shot through a screen that beat Yaros glove side, hit the crossbar and ended up in the net to send the 1,362 in attendance into a frenzy.
"The things we talked about between periods were what resulted in [the game-winning] goal," said Pooley. "Tony [Zancanaro] was in the sweet spot and we found him for a great shot on goal."
As the victory catapults Providence into the fifth-place tie, it also comes at a good time for the Friars' momentum. Providence will play its next three games against opponents below .500 in the league (two against BU and one against Lowell).
Lowell is in a similar span, facing Northeastern and Providence in its next two contests in what now seems like a fight for fifth place instead of the home-ice battle the River Hawks were entrenched in two days ago.
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A driver was arrested on suspicion of DUI Tuesday afternoon after her small SUV crashed head-on into a tractor-trailer on the Interstate 5 offramp to the Clark County Event Center at the Fairgrounds in Ridgefield.
Around 3:40 p.m. the big rig was taking the southbound off-ramp to Northeast 179th Street while the SUV was going north on the ramp, getting on the freeway going the wrong direction, said Trooper Will Finn, spokesman for the Washington State Patrol. The driver was trying to navigate her way home to Ridgefield, he said.
She suffered minor injuries in the crash and was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of intoxicants.
Fuel leaked from the big rig and Fire District 6 was dispatched to a vehicle fire. No fire was found when crews arrived, Finn said.
The right lane of I-5 southbound was blocked, backing up traffic four to five miles, Finn said. The Exit 9 ramp was closed and the Washington State Department of Transportation assisted with traffic control.
The collision was cleared just before 5 p.m., according to WSDOT.
The woman's name was not released.
The Washington State Patrol will investigate the incident.


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Beer Salad Dressing
- 6 Tbsp olive oil
- 1/2 cup finely minced onions
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 3/4 cup citrusy wheat beer
- 3 Tbsp basalmic vinegar
- 1 Tbsp whole grain mustard
- 1 tsp honey
- Salt and pepper to taste
Using the olive oil, cook the onions and garlic over medium-low heat until soft. Whisk in the beer, vinegar, mustard and honey. Reduce to low and simmer for 4-5 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool. Add the salt and pepper to taste. Toss with your favorite salad ingredients and enjoy!
Recommendation: I love this dressing on a salad of baby spinach that's been tossed with mandarin orange segments and pecans, as well as chopped celery and green bell pepper, cucumbers, crumbled bacon and shredded Colby cheese.


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What Is PPC (Pay Per Click) All About?
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PPC. It's another of those SEO, SMS, OMG type things that people mumble about in strategy meetings. So what on earth is it?!
Essentially, Pay Per Click is a general term for any Internet search result that you pay to have listed by a search engine – so anything that isn't an organic result. They appear in higher priority positions, than organic results, near the top of the search engine's list or in the sidebar.
You don't pay a lump sum for the listing since you pay each time someone clicks on your listing. That's great because you're only shelling out when something potentially valuable happens. But be warned: it has been known for some keywords to generate loads of clicks, use up an entire PPC budget and not produce much business – so careful choice and planning are needed.
With the Internet quickly filling up, competition is extremely high and getting on the first page of Google is pretty difficult. The best way to ensure you don't get lost in all those other companies is to assign some of your advertising budget to paid search results.
Here's a few tips to help you get started:
1) Think about a budget for the campaign. You can start small and set a top limit for your spend while you try it out for size – 50 clicks at 1p each for example. Any PPC manager will be able to advise you on what kind of investment will get you results, but it's completely customisable to your budget.
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The Marquee Grill and The Dram Host Fundraisers for Injured Dallas Bartender Andrew Lostetter
Andrew Lostetter, bartender at The Marquee, and formerly of Neighborhood Services Tavern and Fireside Pies, was injured in a ski accident in Breckenridge, Colorado last month. A skier lost control, struck Andrew, and propelled him into a tree. His extensive injuries included a fractured pelvis (four places), two fractured vertebrae, and a dislocated sacrum, the triangular […]Read More


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Strange Bedfellows Alert: Brown Backs Boehner Questions on Libya
Washington is full of unusual alliances these days – Democrat Dennis Kucinich and Republican Dick Lugar on Libya, conservative Tom Coburn and liberal Dick Durbin on the deficit.
Now, Sen. Sherrod Brown, a liberal Ohio Democrat, and House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican from the same state, agree on the growing list of questions President Barack Obama should answer about the U.S. military operation in Libya.
Mr. Brown said Thursday that the sharply-worded letter Mr. Boehner sent to the president Wednesday posed "the right questions" in demanding to know, as the speaker wrote, "What is your benchmark for success in Libya?"
"I think the questions Speaker Boehner asked were generally legitimate questions—I mean, they were legitimate questions," Mr. Brown said on MSNBC.
Mr. Obama, who has no events on his public schedule Thursday, is under fire from members of both parties for not seeking approval from Congress before authorizing force in Libya. The White House has pushed back on such criticism, stressing that the U.S. will soon transition responsibility for the military operation to its allies and pointing out that Mr. Obama met with congressional leaders, including Mr. Boehner, on Friday before the operation began.
The defense has not curtailed the criticism. Mr. Brown said Mr. Obama needs to better explain to the nation and to Congress the U.S. military's involvement in Libya.
"I think he needs to face the nation and tell the nation and tell Congress what the endgame is and how this is going to play out," Mr. Brown said. "I think we're all concerned."


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Brain inflammation a hallmark of autism, according to large-scale analysis
The causes of autism, also known as autistic spectrum disorder, remain largely unknown and are a frequent research topic for geneticists and neuroscientists. But Arking noticed that studies of whether and how much genes were being used — known as gene expression — involved too little data to draw many useful conclusions about autism. Unlike a genetic test, which can be done using nearly any cells in the body, gene-expression testing has to be performed on the specific tissue of interest — in this case, brains that could be obtained only through autopsies.
To combat this problem, Arking and his colleagues analyzed gene expression in samples from two different tissue banks, comparing gene expression in people with autism to that in controls without the condition. All told, they analyzed data from 104 brain samples from 72 individuals — the largest data set so far for a study of gene expression in autism.
Previous studies identified autism-associated abnormalities in cells that support neurons in the brain and spinal cord. In this study the research team was able to narrow in on a specific type of support cell known as a microglial cell, which polices the brain for pathogens and other threats. In the autism brains, the microglia appeared to be perpetually activated — and the genes for inflammation responses turned on.
"This type of inflammation is not understood well, but it highlights the lack of current understanding about how innate immunity controls neural circuits," said Andrew West, Ph.D., an associate professor in the UAB Department of Neurology and co-author of the study.
"Given the known genetic contributors to autism, inflammation is unlikely to be its root cause," Arking said. "Rather, this is a downstream consequence of upstream gene mutation."
The next step, he says, would be to find out whether treating the inflammation could ameliorate symptoms of autism.
Other authors on the study are Simone Gupta, Shannon E. Ellis, Foram N. Ashar, Anna Moes, Joel S. Bader and Jianan Zhan, all of The Johns Hopkins University.
The study was funded by the Simons Foundation and the National Institute of Mental Health.
By Bob Shepard
UAB Media Relations
Worried about dementia? New UAB clinic offers personalized risk assessment
"I recognized the need for a dementia risk-assessment clinic because a lot of my time in the care of people with memory loss is spent advising people without memory loss how to protect themselves," Geldmacher said.
Building on international studies that examined risk factors for dementia, Geldmacher created the UAB Alzheimer's Risk Assessment and Intervention Clinic, the first such clinical service in the nation. Patients receive a detailed, personalized risk assessment, which includes family history, a detailed memory history for the patient, cognitive testing and a baseline MRI scan. That information is incorporated into existing risk-predictor models, which have been validated by research studies that followed thousands of patients for as many as 20 years to produce an accurate risk assessment.
"It's about an hour-and-a-half process of collecting a detailed risk-factor history, and we focus on the reversible risk factors," Geldmacher said. "So many people facing dementia focus on the irreversible risk factors, such as 'I'm getting older' or 'my dad or mom had dementia.' We can't change those things, but we can change things like levels of physical activity and cholesterol counts and blood-pressure numbers."
Geldmacher says the studies have shown that reducing one or more risk factors can have a significant effect on reducing one's overall chances of developing Alzheimer's disease.
"For most people, Alzheimer's disease is an illness you live with, not an illness from which you die," Geldmacher said. "With a better understanding of individual risk, there are steps that people can take to minimize the risk for serious memory loss. One of the common themes for both short-term and long-term risk is cardiovascular health, which is something that is more or less under our control through lifestyle changes or medications."
He presents a hypothetical patient — a woman in her 50s with a family history of dementia who is mildly obese and has cardiovascular issues.
"If she reverses one of three things — loses weight, brings her cholesterol under control or brings her blood pressure into the normal range — she can cut her risk in half," Geldmacher said. "And if she manages all three of those reversible risk factors and brings them all into the desirable range, she can cut her dementia risk in half again."
Jon Kling is a nonhypothetical patient. His mother had dementia, as did all four of her sisters. The 72-year-old, semiretired financial planner is reasonably healthy, but worries about his risk of dementia. He was one of the first patients to see Geldmacher at the new clinic.
"I really wanted to be able to establish a baseline of where I am today," Kling said. "I didn't feel like I was at particular risk right now, but down the road I didn't know. I just wanted to see where I stood."
Kling got good news: His dementia risk is relatively low. Geldmacher's assessment included recommendations on how to keep that risk low, including increased physical activity and proper diet. Kling was already practicing some of those recommendations.
"The physical activity of walking and working with light weights — those were things I've been doing for years," Kling said. "The assessment was really a reinforcement that I was doing the right things and that I need to continue to do so."
Geldmacher says the research models offer a long-term risk assessment of 20 years for people in their late 40s and 50s and a six-year assessment for older patients. Kling believes the assessment also helps with awareness and education.
"If I asked you what your ideal weight was, you could probably tell me exactly what that weight should be," he said. "If I asked you to name three or four risk factors for dementia or Alzheimer's, could you do it? Most people really don't know, and this will provide a great deal of needed awareness."
For Geldmacher, preventing or slowing the progression of dementia is key.
"At this point in 2014 and for the foreseeable future, we don't have any medications that meaningfully attack the processes in the brain that lead to Alzheimer's disease," he said. "We still don't understand the cause of Alzheimer's disease, so prevention by medication is a distant goal for us. It's something we work on every day in our research labs and our clinical testing, but it's not something that will emerge tomorrow or next week."
For Kling, having the assessment and a baseline of where he stands today is comforting.
"There's peace of mind with knowing my risk," he said. "And knowing that we have this type of help in our own backyard right here in Birmingham, Alabama, is fantastic. It's great to have the type of professional risk assessment that Dr. Geldmacher and his program provide. I think it's invaluable."
Patients will have two clinical visits with Geldmacher and his staff. The first will be to compile histories and conduct testing. The second will be to review the personalized treatment plan, including how to access resources to help achieve lifestyle changes, and where to find supportive and educational materials. The clinic will also suggest coping strategies that can be employed to ease the burden of dementia on the individual and his or her family. The two-visit assessment is fee-for-service and will cost about $1,000, which includes the MRI scan.
Geldmacher anticipates that the risk-assessment clinic will ultimately serve as a gateway to research projects aimed at finding medications or other treatments designed to lower risk of memory disorders.
Call 205-975-7575 for more information or to make an appointment for a personalized dementia risk assessment.
By Bob Shepard
UAB Media Relations
UAB Researcher Dr. Kristen Triebel Awarded Multiyear Grant for Research on Cancer and Decision-Making
Published on December 12, 2014
CCTS KL2 Awardee Granted American Cancer Society Mentored Research Scholars Grant
Kristen Triebel, PsyD, will start her new year off right by beginning a five-year, $728,000 American Cancer Society Mentored Research Scholars grant on January 1, 2015.
Triebel's research is on "Decisional Capacity Evaluation in Metastatic Brain Cancer," looking at long-term decision-making abilities in patients with advanced cancers, including lung and breast cancer that has metastasized to the brain, and pancreatic cancer. It also examines issues in these patients' treatment, cognitive function and quality of life.
"These patients are seriously ill and have to make a lot of important medical decisions," Triebel says. "We are looking to see if our initial findings from metastatic cancer patients can generalize to other cancer populations who have comparable levels of illness—even those who don't get tumors that spread to the brain." The goal, she says, is to be able to improve decision-making capacity. "We hope this research leads to better understanding of patients at risk, so we can advise on best practices for assessment and interventions to support patients in this capacity, ultimately improving their quality of life."
Triebel, who received a KL2 award from the CCTS in 2012, leveraged that research into this five-year grant from the American Cancer Society (ACS). She is an assistant professor of Neurology and Director, Neuropsychology Fellowship Training Program in the Department of Neurology. The award provides opportunities to conduct grow a research program by fostering collaboration with other cancer investigators in the Comprehensive Cancer Center, she says. It also allows her to pursue career development opportunities in coursework, plus participate in research conferences.
Triebel's primary mentor on the award is Karen Meneses, PhD, RN, FAAN, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, UAB School of Nursing. Her primary mentor on the KL2 award is Burt Nabors, MD, Department of Neurology, UAB School of Medicine. She learned of the award through her affiliation with UAB's Comprehensive Cancer Center, she says.
"Kristen's research is an extremely important area of study for which we have little data, specifically decision-making and quality of life among a seriously ill population," says Meneses. "She is a remarkable young scientist with the requisite strength, tenacity, and clinical experience to conduct and complete this vital work. I consider it a great honor to serve as her mentor along with Dr. Burt Nabors and our interdisciplinary mentoring team."
An article on Triebel's research entitled, "Cognition in patients with newly diagnosed brain metastasis: profiles and implications," was published in 2014 in the Journal of Neuro-Oncology. (Gerstenecker, A., Nabors, L. B., Meneses, K., Fiveash, J., Marson, D. C., Cutter, G., Martin, R., Meyers, C. A., & Triebel, K. L. Cognition in patients with newly diagnosed brain metastasis: profiles and implications. Journal of Neuro-Oncology 2014; 120(1): 179-185.[PMCID in process]) Two other UAB researchers are currently conducting research funded by an ACS Mentored Research Scholars grant: Dori Peckmezi, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health; and Elizabeth Kvale, MD, associate professor, School of Medicine and director of the UAB Supportive Care and Survivorship outpatient clinic.
In her research career, Triebel says, "the CCTS has been and continues to be critical, providing research support in terms of my time and effort, and a lot of resources. The resources of the Training Academy have been wonderful in helping me come up with a road map for what would be competitive for the KL2."
Triebel emphasizes the protected time and money to conduct the research that the KL2 allowed, as well as "access to successful researchers who taught me how to conduct research and write grants," she says. "That grant was great, providing two years of support that allowed me to do the research, which in turn helped me secure this larger grant."
Triebel says she also benefited from CCTS activities such as the Training Interdisciplinary and Emerging Research Scholars (TIERS) program. She attended the Association for Clinical and Translational Science annual Translational Science conference in Spring 2014 where she presented this research. "It was an excellent opportunity to see people advocating for NIH funding and getting to present the research."
"I'm a huge advocate of the CCTS, I couldn't have done this work without it," Triebel says. "For people starting out there's really nothing else like it, for mentoring, for networking." In addition to the CCTS, she acknowledges "incredible support" received from the UAB Department of Neurology, including Dr. David Standaert and Dr. Daniel Marson, UAB President Dr. Ray Watts, the Comprehensive Cancer Center, and her research team, including Amanda Eakin, program coordinator.
Brain Inflammation a Hallmark of Autism, Study Shows
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 10, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Brain inflammation, triggered by an overactive immune system, is common among people with autism, a new study finds.
However, this inflammation does not cause the developmental disorder. Rather, it's a response to the different factors that can trigger autism, the researchers stressed.
Their findings are based on autopsies performed on 72 brains of people with and without autism. In the brains of those who had autism when they were alive, a certain type of cell had its genes for inflammation permanently turned on.
"There are many different ways of getting autism, but we found that they all have the same downstream effect," study author Dan Arking, an associate professor at the Institute for Genetic Medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, said in a university news release.
"What we don't know is whether this immune response is making things better in the short term and worse in the long term," he added.
The next step is to find out whether treating this inflammation would reduce symptoms of autism, Arking said.
The study was published online Dec. 10 in the journal Nature Communications.
"This type of inflammation is not well understood, but it highlights the lack of current understanding about how innate immunity controls neural circuits," study co-author Andrew West, an associate professor of neurology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, said in the news release.
More information
The U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke has more about autism.
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'We'll just buy it and fire everybody,' says Gene Simmons
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"The Real Housewives of Atlanta" star NeNe Leakes hosted a party for the girls and their husbands on Sunday's episode of the show. Many of the viewers thought that NeNe was being a little too pushy with her talks about relationships, especially because there had been so many issues between people on the show. According to a new Wetpaint Entertainment report published on Jan. 29, "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" star NeNe Leakes is now blaming editing and she isn't happy with the portrayal of her on her pajamas party.
"Here's my thoughts abt last nite's episode! Let give a round of applause 2 the editing team," NeNe wrote sarcastically. NeNe claims that Kenya got out of her seat and charged at Natalie, which wasn't shown on the episode. For some reason, that part was cut out. "Here's a few questions I would like to ask you: Why do you think they let Kenya narrate the whole fight scene? Why do you think they took the part out when Kenya was charging across the room? All the housewives would say we were having a good time! Why do you think they showed it as if we were not?" NeNe asked.
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|Sissy Jimenez stands in the box against Houston on her Senior Day, May 1, 2011.
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As A Senior (2011)
2011 Game-by-Game Statistics
Second-Team All-Conference USA selection after playing in 56 games and starting 39 of them ... Logged 34 starts at first base and remaining five as the designated player, with the Pirates going 5-0 in those contests ... Batted .262 for the year with 32 hits, 15 runs batted in and nine scored ... Led the squad and finished third in Conference USA with 10 hit by pitches ... Defensively, recorded a team second-best 169 putouts ... Hit most often in the fifth spot of the order, with the Pirates going 10-4 in such contests ... When batting sixth, ECU went 7-1 ... Drove in squad-best nine, of 13, runners from third base with less than two outs - good for the highest conversion rate (69.2 percent) on the team ... Tallied a team second-best four pinch-hit base hits ... Paced the Pirates with a .356 batting average and .451 on-base percentage in home games ... Team's second-best hitter in March with a .313 average and 15 hits ... Finished the Conference USA season with a team third-best, and career high, 17 base hits ... Also drove in a personal-best seven runs during C-USA contests ... Recorded a career-best six multiple-hit games and added a team third-best five multiple-RBI contests ... Matched career highs with three runs scored and three driven in during final contest versus Tulsa (3/27) ...Drove in game-tying run as a pinch hitter in the bottom of the seventh inning during second game against UCF (4/9) ... Went 2-3 with two RBI and a run in game two versus N.C. State (4/13) ... Drove in game-winning run during the second contest at UTEP (4/22).
As A Junior (2010)
2010 Game-by-Game Statistics
Started a career-high 51 games and played in 57 of the team's 62 contests ... Made 41 starts at first base with the other 10 coming as the designated player ... Established personal-best season totals in hits (34), runs scored (17) and runs batted in (22) ... Eight doubles were the second most on the team ... Ranked third on the squad in slugging percentage (.380) and fourth in RBI ... Recorded five multiple-hit and five multiple-RBI games ... Went 3-5 (.600) with the bases loaded ... Achieved a career-long hitting streak of seven games (4/11-20) ... Produced a team second-best 12 two-out runs batted in ... In Conference USA contests, hit a squad second-best .265 ... Established or tied career highs in hits (3), runs scored (3) and runs batted in (3) during the second contest of a doubleheader at N.C. Central (3/24) ... Drove in the game-winning run in the opener at UCF (4/2) ... Hit first two career home runs during second game at N.C. State (4/14), leading ECU to the 7-0 win ... Stole first career base in game one at Memphis (5/8) ... Went 2-3 with two runs scored in the second game at Memphis, when the Pirates clinched the league regular-season title with an 8-0 victory ... Named to the C-USA All-Tournament team after tallying three hits, scoring once and driving in at least one run in each game of the event (5/13-15) ... At the NCAA Austin Regional, hit a two-run home run against Iona (5/21) and had a hit in three of the team's four games ... Drove in a run against BYU in the regional final (5/22).
As A Sophomore (2009)
2009 Game-by-Game Statistics
Played in 29 games, starting three, one at first base and the other two as the designated player ... Pirates went 2-1 in those three starts ... Led the team in games appeared in as a substitute with 26 and in pinch-hit at-bats with 20 ... Had four of the team's five pinch hits during the season ... Reached safely as a pinch hitter in three straight at-bats (3/29, 4/4, 4/5) ... Was successful advancing runners six of 14 times ... Picked up second hit and second RBI of the season with a pinch-hit single up the middle against UCF (3/29) ... Started first two games of the season during Seminole Classic (2/21-22).
As A Freshman (2008)
2008 Game-by-Game Statistics
Registered action in 29 games, including 12 starts, three at first base and nine as the designated player ... Had two multiple-hit games ... In first career start, against George Washington (2/9), went 2-3 with a double ... Initial collegiate run driven in came as a pinch hitter against Southern Miss (3/15), knocking in the game-winning run in the bottom of the seventh for the 3-2 walk-off victory ... Recorded a career-high 14 putouts at Virginia Tech (4/29), when the Pirates upended the 18th-ranked Hokies.
Oakdale High School
Was a four-year starter for head coach Larry Loger ... Led the Mustangs to three Valley Oak League (VOL) titles and two sectional crowns ... Was an Honorable Mention VOL selection in 2004 ... In 2005, named to the Modesto Bee All-District Second Team, West/Tracy High School All-Tournament Team and was a member of the Nike Softball Camp Instructors Cadre in Reno, Nev. ... Garnered a multitude of honors during junior and senior campaigns, including being named two-time: VOL Offensive Player-of-the-Year, First-Team All-VOL, Modesto Bee First-Team All-District, and Cal-Hi Sports First-Team All-State ... Selected for the Sac-Joaquin Senior All-Star Game ... Gained travel ball experience with the 10-U Valley Magic, 12-U Hughson Hurricanes, 12, 14 and 18-U California Grapettes and All-American Sports Academy Gold ... Was a member of the Renaissance Gold Honor Roll 2004-06 and the Renaissance Platinum Honor Roll in 2007.
Majoring in health education and promotion - pre health ... Full name is Britain Ashley Jimenez ... Daughter of Jaime and Cheryl Jimenez ... Has three siblings (Brooke, Baylie and Bastian) ... Volunteered for the Oak Valley Youth Softball Association Clinics and the MS Wave of Hope.
|I got my nickname Sissy because:
|My older sister gave it to me and it has just stayed with me throughout my life
|Favorite athlete:
|Derek Jeter because of how he respects the game
|Favorite vacation spot:
|Being at home with my family
|Biggest DVR obsession:
|Law and Order: SVU
|If I could be a character in a movie or TV show, I would be on:
|Dream date:
|Going to a San Francisco Giants game and enjoying hot dogs and a soda
|One thing about me that would surprise most people reading this:
|I love to be outdoors - four wheeling, camping, hiking and snowboarding
|The weirdest thing a coach ever said to me is:
|"You look like a crab when you field!" - Current ECU graduate assistant Cristen Aona
|My favorite softball memory is:
|Winning the Conference USA regular season and tournament titles
|If I could change one thing about softball, it would be:
|I would make it so that all teams had to cheer like we do! This would make it so much more entertaining.
|Advice I would give to young girls who want to play softball:
|Never let anyone tell you that you aren't good enough to play. And always do the right thing, even when no one is looking.


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Quick question - I have searched the forum, including the FM2012 FAQ, but I can't find a comprehensive list of the changes, updates, improvements, etc between FM11 and FM12.
Can someone help me out?
Quick question - I have searched the forum, including the FM2012 FAQ, but I can't find a comprehensive list of the changes, updates, improvements, etc between FM11 and FM12.
Can someone help me out?
There's no such list, you'd really need to read all the blogs to compile one, you can get to them from here http://community.sigames.com/showthr...ntained-within
In that case, could someone who's played both let me know what the significant differences are, in their opinion?
I have FM11, and am wondering whether it's worth getting FM12? What benefits would I see/experience?
Also, does anyone know of any data updates for FM11?
Players updated / added / deleted, new rules. It's less than £8 to buy now, you really don't need to know anything more.
Can anyone help me out - in your experiences, what have been improved between 11 and 12? If you own both games, are you happy that 12 represents £20-25 worth of improvement? I appreciate anyone's comments - it's proving difficult finding out what the differences are between 11 and 12 using Google searches.
The add/remove leagues feature was a main selling point. Sadly adding leagues is bugged so I wouldn't buy the game for that. Other than that there weren't any major changes. Redesigned team talks, some UI changes but not much else.
I've recently gone back to FM 11 so I can probably help you
I prefer 11. It just feels, I don't know, cleaner than FM 12. I got 12 for the add/remove feature, but it didn't really do much to my games, as I only added La Liga once in all 10 games I played.
I breeze through seasons in 11 as well. I've had 3 main saves so far, Peterborough, England and Man United and I did a season in a day on my England game. On my league games, it's taken me an absolute maximum of 4 days to finish a season, whereas it used to take me at least 2 weeks on FM 12.
I prefer 11 overall, although if you want 3D (I play in 2D) 12 will obviously be better
£8 is a good price for what might effectively be a data update, but I'm thinking if I get it, I'll want another update in 6 weeks or so when the season starts, so I'll hold out until FM13.
Thanks, appreciate your comments.
I think a lot of people mainly buy the new games for the roster updates. I know it's one of the reasons that I always buy they new version. The add/remove leagues if a nice feature if it works, as are the team meetings.
It sounds like 12 is mainly going to be about a roster update, so it seems like my best option is to stick with 11, and just download (or make) a data update.
Magicz, I'm pretty sure 11 is in 3D, isn't it? When I watch a game, it's definitely 3D? Is 12 better at this, graphically?
I might stick to 11, and wait for 13. I'd expect a bigger jump in all areas from 11 to 13.
I found 12 slower, but it might be due to a difference in laptop speeds. My new laptop is a lot quicker than my old one...


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Thinking About the Future: Five changes that may be coming to digital sports and how to meet them
Sportswriters of this generation have seen quite a few changes to their job description.
Digital publishing proved a perfect fit for sports, unleashing a pent-up demand for more sports news, analysis, opinion and chatter. At first, the web was just another outlet for beat writers' game stories and columnists' takes. But it soon became a new demand on their time: In addition to gamers for various print editions, writers had to file online and feed blogs, and readers soon came to expect news in close to real time.
At the same time, digital publishing brought new competitors into the mix. Sportswriters were no longer competing just with their peers on the newsstand – now, they were competing with every other publisher with a web presence, including new digital-only outlets. As blogging software became easier to use, more and more readers took to their keyboards, bringing their passion for a team, sport or issue to a potentially world-wide audience. Most such efforts were dreck (as most of everything is dreck), but a few were smart, well written and came to command audiences of their own. More recently, some organizations have begun to wonder why they shouldn't keep readers' valuable attention for themselves, breaking news on their own sites instead of giving it to journalists.
Sportswriters have also been in the vanguard when it comes to adopting Twitter, the microblogging service that's one of those differences in degree profound enough to become a difference in kind. Twitter started as a perfect vehicle for instantly publishing news updates and bits of analysis that would seem undersized as articles or blog posts. But it's become a terrific venue for conversation between sportswriters and readers (as well as between athletes/organizations and everybody), one that usually avoids the toxicity and torpid stupidity of comment sections.
All this has driven a sea of change in sportswriting, for better and for worse. What's better, in my opinion, is that sportswriting has become quicker and more muscular, and more responsive to readers. That should increase readers' loyalty to writers (if not the publishers they work for), in part by reminding them of the value of professional journalists in ferreting out news and offering top-flight analysis. What's worse is that sportswriters have been asked to do more and more things without having much if anything removed from their job descriptions. Being forced to race around like digital sorcerers' apprentices makes it harder to catch one's breath and focus on digging for hidden stories, deeper, richer storytelling and weightier analysis, all things that would differentiate you from the horde.
And of course, digital sportswriting isn't holding still – it's constantly being remade by unexpected changes, additional duties and new flavors of uncertainty. With that in mind, here are five suggestions for getting ready for changes that may be coming:
1. Get ready for athletes as social-media veterans: The first wave of athletes who took to Twitter were already famous before their first tweet – and many of those tweets were written by publicists. Now, athletes are more likely to tweet themselves, and teams aren't always happy about it – witness the dust-ups between the Marlins and Logan Morrison over his outspoken Twitter presence. But the real change is not yet upon us. It will come with the first wave of stars who were Facebook and/or Twitter veterans long before they signed a professional contract. Athletes like that will adapt much more readily to communicating with people they don't know via social media than they will to addressing a scrum of writers with notepads and recorders. In fact, they may not see the point of locker-room colloquies – after all, they're already answering fans' questions.
2. Think about location-based services: For all their wonders, digital services still aren't great at delivering information that's timely and local – it's much easier to learn about the society of ancient Mongolia than it is to find a good deal on tires within a couple of miles of your house. Little by little that's changing, with everybody from Facebook to Foursquare and Yelp and pro-sports leagues offering incentives for people to "check-in" to locations. There's an opportunity there for sportswriters – if I'm checking into today's Mets-Marlins game at Citi Field, I'm a prime candidate to read about that game and those teams and athletes, and get other information you or your publisher might want to push to me.
3. You're a middleman, and that means you're vulnerable: Teams are awakening to the idea that they're publishers in their own right, which means the ancient, unwritten bargain between teams and publishers (publishers get access and readers, teams get publicity and customers) is ripe for being reconsidered. What will you do if teams (and leagues and athletic organizations) see news organizations as competition and take on the jobs of breaking news, delivering game stories and supplying reaction from coaches and players? How will you offer readers value beyond that?
4. Consider finding a niche and owning it: The era in which people chose Paper A or Paper B at the newsstand is dying – today's fans read what they want from Paper A, Paper B, Web Publisher C, Blog D and so on down the alphabet. If your coverage is similar to everybody else's, you're in danger of not being read – so why not find something unique and outperform everybody else? That niche might be the minor-league beat, or a historical perspective, or long-form analysis, or the mechanics of the game, or scouting opponents, or the most lyrical writing, or the liveliest opinion.
5. Burn this list in a year – or maybe in a month: The digital era is marked by constant churn, so here's a big caveat: This list will be obsolete before you know it. Or, conversely, one of these changes may only blossom after a series of false starts — how many times were tablets predicted before the iPad finally succeeded? And, of course, I may be dead wrong about what's coming. Predictions are a dangerous business, but so is living in a defensive crouch – so keep your ears open, be willing to experiment, and always serve the reader.
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This is my final column for the National Sports Journalism Center. As a farewell, I've collected 19 of my best columns in an ebook, Sportswriting in the Digital Age. It's available for $2.99 (less than 16 cents a column!) from Amazon for the Kindle, and in other formats (including epub and PDF) from Smashwords. I hope to have it available from Apple and Barnes & Noble's online store soon.
Heartfelt thanks to Tim Franklin for offering me the chance at a gig that turned out to be enormous fun, to John Oehser and Larra Overton for terrific editing and patience with my absurd filing habits, to Dave Kindred and Eric Deggans for being such smart company, and to Dan Drew, Brad Hamm, Linda Blair and Jeffrey Buszkiewicz. But thanks most of all to everyone who read and commented or emailed. I'd love to continue the conversation – email me at email@example.com, visit me on Facebook, or follow me on Twitter.


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It is widely believed crystals vibrate at the same pitch as humans. As such, it is believed that this vibrational power can either combat illness or amplify health. Various crystals and particular colors all have different functions, and can be used individually or can be combined to help with multiple issues. You may also wish to research and learn about color therapy in addition to crystals. Colors and crystals also relate to the chakras, which are fascinating to learn about!
Holistic and alternative healing is becoming more mainstream in Western society, and this includes re-recognizing the role that crystals can play in healing. There are thousands of different crystals on the planet but few are actually used in crystal healing. Learning the general properties of colors can be the easiest way to start understanding and using crystals. The fastest way to incorporate crystals into your life is simply by wearing jewelry made with the crystals of your choice. Crystals can also be placed around the home or work area, and used in meditation as well.
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Many of us drink wine as a portal to a sense of place and time -- to be transported through flavor and aroma to a patch of land and the cumulative effects of a season under the sun in our glasses. No matter what your definition or personal religious stance on the concept of terroir, it cannot be denied that the best wines convey some sense of locality.
Sake, on the other hand, tends to defy our traditional notions of terroir. Of course, there's certainly an analogue to wine's sense of place -- the specific spring water, the particular strain of the koji mold used for the second fermentation, the particular climate where the brewery is situated -- but no matter how you try to apply it (or market it) the concept that the flavor of sake conveys a sense of place just doesn't quite work.
As an aside, one of the many reasons for this includes the fact that many high-end sakes from all over Japan are made from genetically identical rice grown in exactly the same region and conditions.
So if sake does not conjure up a specific place, if the flavors don't evoke the soil and the fruit and the hands that work them, what does it do? I've asked myself this question many times, and I've settled on an answer for myself.
The best sakes do not convey a sense of place, as much as they evoke a certain atmosphere, or mood. When I drink fine sake I find myself drinking a moment in time, the crystallization of a feeling that hangs in the air at certain moments.
My favorite sakes are the ethereal, subtle daiginjo sakes that represent the highest quality designation of sake. These sakes, made from rice kernels that have been milled down to at least 50% of their former mass, can capture any number of exquisite sensibilities: the crisp, glass-like quality of a sunny day below zero after a blizzard; the moments after a tropical summer rainstorm; a clear night lit by the full moon high in the mountains.
The best sakes I've ever had convey such feelings in a striking instant, that either prompts wide-eyed surprise or a closed-eye sigh of wonder at the clarity of their flavors and aromas.
All of which brings me to this phenomenal sake that I drank on my last day in Japan over our Christmas holiday. The brewery known as Masuda Shuzo was founded in 1893 in the far north of snowy Hokkaido prefecture. Twelve years after its founding, however, it moved to Toyama prefecture on the eastern seaboard near the center of Japan's largest island, so that its founder Kamejiro Masuda could be closer to his wife's hometown. The move proved fortuitous, as a nearby bustling port had a large population of sailors and Geisha, all of whom needed something to drink. Masuda was a savvy marketer, and apparently knew the value of a brand name, and therefore chose to sell his sake under the name "Masuizumi" which translates roughly to "fountain of happiness." The brewery has lived up to this name ever since.
Masuizumi is a smaller brewery in terms of the volume of its production, putting out only about 300 kiloliters of sake each year, which is roughly equivalent to about 35,000 cases of wine. Its product lineup is consequently quite small compared to some of its competitors, and it makes only two top premium sakes, this junmai daiginjo, and a more exclusive gold label version of the same brew.
Tasting Notes:
Colorless in the glass, this sake has a gorgeously fresh nose of white flowers and rainwater. In the mouth it is stunningly crisp with perfect acidity and a perfect silky texture that wraps around the essence of snowfall on a stand of cedar trees. You are there, standing amongst the fragrant wood, breathing in the cold air and you can tastes last night's snowfall on the ground. And then all of a sudden, white flowers and ghosts of green melon bloom and fall from the sky, and you realize this is not a dream, this is just sublime sake. The flavors of this sake resonate like a chime struck in the still air, evoking a clarity and purity that only the best of their kind can achieve. Made me use four letter words.
Food Pairing:
Like most junmai daiginjo sakes, this is a sublime pairing with raw, or slightly cooked fish. I recommend it especially with fresh saba mackerel dipped lightly in ponzu sauce.
Overall Score: 10
How Much?: $75 for a 720ml bottle.
This sake is quite difficult to find for sale online (sorry). It is definitely available for sale in the US, however, as it is imported by the New York Mutual Trading Company.
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