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Rookie RB Sankey arrives at Titans camp
Titans rookie running back Bishop Sankey is behind schedule in camp after missing time, but his coaches remain impressed with his potential, writes Greg Pogue.
NASHVILLE -- Titans rooking running back Bishop Sankey has been a student twice over since becoming the team's second-round draft pick last month.
On one hand, he's been carrying the Titans playbook on a team-issued iPad. On the other, he's got the textbooks needed to wrap up his junior year at Washington.
Because of NFL rules, rookies can't join teams until their work for the current school year is complete. With Washington on the quarter system, that meant Sankey -- the heir apparent to replace Chris Johnson in the Titans' backfield -- didn't take his final exam until this past Tuesday. In the meantime, his teammates -- veterans and rookies alike -- have been working through 10 OTAs (organized team activities) over the past three weeks. Sankey arrived in time to participate in the final one on Thursdays.
"It's just a great feeling to be back," Sankey said, "Finally being able to come back to Nashville and get in the flow of things. It was a little tough because you just want to be here and get in the mix. Sometimes, you feel like you are falling behind, but today I felt good just getting back into the swing of things."
There is no doubt that Sankey is behind, especially if you ask Titans running backs coach Sylvester Croom.
"Oh, he's behind, without a doubt," Croom said of Sankey, the first running back taken in last month's NFL Draft with the 54th overall pick. "You can't miss as many snaps as he has missed and not be behind. You're talking about hours and hours of film work, hundreds of repetitions that he's missed, and just the comfort zone of just being around these players and learning what playing in the National Football League is all about."
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Not that Sankey hasn't been on the Titans' practice field already. He participated in a three-day rookie minicamp last month before returning to the west coast to finish two courses -- History of Mass Media and Mass Media Law -- as part of his communications major. But that's nothing compared to practicing with a full roster of veterans.
"The more reps I get, the more comfortable I'll feel with making those movements again in actual practice time setting," Sankey. "One or two times, I did slip up and didn't run the right play, but that will be corrected in time and the more reps I get."
Titans coach Ken Whisenhunt didn't hold Sankey back today in any part of the practice, but rather wanted to get a feel for where he was heading into next week's mandatory three-day team minicamp. "Mentally, he is in good shape," Whisenhunt said of the 5-foot-10, 209-pound Sankey. "But physically when he gets on the field with the speed, he's not there yet. So, that is going to take some time to adjust to.
"You can see it. You can talk to him, and he can tell you what he's doing. But (it's) when those guys are moving around and the speed going the way it is, which is natural."
The Titans are already seeing Sankey's versatility that made him appealing as a fit in the new offense. He's expected to emerge as the lead back, but also share time with veteran Shonn Greene, who's more of a power runner but has been slowed last year and this spring with knee surgeries. The Titans also signed versatile Dexter McCluster through free agency, and he's expected to line up in a variety of positions. Also in the mix is veteran running back Jackie Battle, a special teams standout.
Last season as a junior at Washington, Sankey rushed for 1,870 yards, fourth-best in the country, with 20 touchdowns. He also had 304 receiving yards and a touchdown and was named second-team All-American. As a sophomore, he rushed for 1,439 yards and 16 touchdowns.
"The things that we saw in the evaluation process and in the rookie minicamp," Croom said, "and the work that he did when he was here verified that, a lot of it is his versatility. We think he can develop into a good every-down back. He's a strong runner who's smart. He's athletic enough to make people miss. He's strong enough to run through tackles. He has good running instincts and good vision. He catches the ball. And he's physical enough to be a good pass protector."
Best of all, Sankey's complete attention can now be turned to helping fill the void left by the departure of Johnson, who rushed for 7,965 yards the past six seasons. He led the Titans in rushing every season since being the team's first-round draft pick in 2008.
After declining to renegotiate a contract that would pay him $8 million this year, Johnson was released. He later signed with the Jets.
"I think I can have a big impact," Sankey said of his rookie season with the Titans. "For me, it's just getting in the plays and comfortable with the playbook. Once I get used to everything, practicing with the vets and getting used to the speed and things like that, I think I can have a big impact."
If that is to happen, time is ticking for Sankey to come out of next week with plenty of work, especially with it put on film for coaches to dissect and Sankey to learn.
"Every day now is critical," Croom said. "It can't be wasted. We'll have to do extra work to get him caught up. Thank goodness the way we do things as helped as far our technology with our iPads.
"It's helped him to be not as behind as he would have been otherwise, but it is still a lot of ground to catch up."
After next week's mandatory minicamp that runs Tuesday-Thursday, the Titans break until reporting to training camp in late July.
"(Sankey's) done the work," Croom said. "He's been very diligent. He has been professional about doing the things that we asked him to do, but that's been a limited process because there is only so much you can do when he's not here."


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29th Bromsgrove National Exhibition 2011
32 acceptances and 9 awards for DAPA Group
Many will know how nail-bitingly agonising waiting for exhibition results to arrive can be, especially when still delivered by the postman! However, for one DAPA member it really was worth the wait. We are delighted to announce that Roger Evans recieved 12 acceptances and 5 awards from this competition. Roger was a little shell-shocked: 'well the postman has arrived and I still can't believe my results, I currently feel like I've drunk four double espressos… I might just make it off the ceiling before this evening'.
Cherry Larcombe recieved the Peter Cheetham Medal for Alone. Phil Dodd recieved the Sandy Cleland Medal for Donna J. Roger Evans recieved a PAGB Silver Medal for Over and Out, a Commended for Silver Studded Blues Mating and Get me out of here, a Ribbon for Charge, and Down and Dirty. Robert Powell recieved a Commended for Moncarch Butterfly. Angela Adams was awarded a Ribbon for The Spell Sill.


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Sure. In a liquid, the molecules are all sort of sloshing around randomly,
with no fixed positions. In a solid, the molecules are pretty rigidly
attached to each other, and (at least in most solids) there's some kind of
regular structure, some pattern in which they're arranged.
That's exactly right. The term "crystal" refers to materials that have that
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So I have now done 5 shows in Australia with 5 left to go.Chameleon Lighting has done a fabulous job down here of giving me quality gear and a top notch crew. Everything on their end seems to be fine. But it seems like every gig in Australia has a difficult time getting the spot operators in their perch at the correct time.
Now some folks may think, "AS long as they are there by the time house lights go off, what's the worry?"
Well the worry is that I just need 2 minutes of your time to explain a couple quick things, before I just say the word "GO" about 100 times tonite. I could call both my spot ops to a designated area backstage for a little talk before the show. I do that on tours where I am using 4-10 spot ops, but on this show I only need 2 lamps. So I choose to let them get to their lights 15 minutes before the show. But apparently the ops don't care what I say and they just show up 5 minutes before house lights go out, and then I am screwed.
Now my spotlite talk takes under 2 minutes. But that's not the biggest problem. I want the operators up at their platform way ahead of time because I need that time to either fix a broken spotlite or fix the intercom patch. Everyday I have guys whine and bitch because I make them go up in the catwalk and fire up the spots. That's my first precaution. I also have them talk to someone at dimmers to make sure they have headset communication. Sound easy right?
It should be, but it isn't. After holding the show for 8 minutes in Perth while the local hands ran up stairs to a catwalk way late, it is slowly getting better. Two days after Perth, I find myself at one of Australias' "Big Day Out" events. A stage parked in a winery, some 40 miles outside of Melbourne. Toby Fleming, the local Live Nation rep tells me not to worry, the spot ops will be in place 30 minutes before the show. My band is playing in daylite so it shouldn't matter unless the video guys need the spots on for the IMAG screens to look good. They don't, which is good as the spot ops appear on headset 5 minutes before show time. But I don't need them.
Next night I am in Melbourne. I have 1 spotlite show up on time and the other is nowhere to be found. Right away we have an issue as the spot ops do not know how to ignite their lamps. Apparently there is a certain procedure with these fixtures in which you have to engage all kinds of power switches in a certain order, for the bulb to strike. The girl op starts freaking out. I ask her to move to one of the other spotlites and try that one. 5 minutes before show and I have no spotlites working. The other operator shows up 2 minutes before time. Fulll of apologies and constant "No Worries mate" as he too finds out he does not know how to turn his lamp on either. Finally, 1 minute before house lights go out, the local dimmer guy gets on cans and informs them of the proper procedure to igniting the lamp. This would have been great 15 minutes ago as now I have to tell the poor spot ops who they are going to cover, while the entire arena is pitch black and I am listening to the intro music.
I get to Adelaide the next day and this time the spot ops have been read the riot act and are in position on time. This is good as it gives them time to rearrange the spot gels and get them in the proper order for the show. Now we are set to go. "Excuse me sir, this is spot 1". Yes, I say, "What can I do for you?" I have lost power to my lamp and it will not come on. "OK then, is there another fixture nearby you can jump on?"
A bulb goes on and yes, he runs to the other fixture and turns it on. But now he needs to go back to his open mic'd headset and literally drag it and his stool along side the metal grill in the catwalk so everyone on headset can be treated to that lovely sound for 30 seconds while he moves. He gets there and says he's ready, immediately turning his light on the guitar player nobody has asked him to illuminate. "Spot 1", I call out. ".Can you please douse your light".An order more than a question. He does. Then I remind him to go back to the other spotlight and take out the gels and put them in the new spot.
Last night in Sydney it all worked out well. 5th show was the charm, hoping they can get the next 5 down.
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cream cheese noodle kugel
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Noodle Kugel
The truth is, I didn't change that much. I used less butter, switched to the salted stuff, swapped cottage for cream cheese and added dried cherries. Fine, that's a lot. But you see, even tradition is forgiving to adaptation. Who knew?
1 pound wide egg noodles
2 8-ounce packages cream cheese, softened
1 pound (16 ounces) creamed cottage cheese, full fat
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 stick salted butter, melted, plus more for greasing the baking dish
8 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup dried cherries
Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9×13 glass baking dish.
Parboil the noodles (5 to 7 minutes) and drain them in a colander. In a very large bowl beat cream cheese until fluffy, add cottage cheese and beat for another minute. Scrape bowl down well. Add sugar and combine, then melted butter, and scrape down the bowl another time. Add the eggs one at a time, beating between additions. Add cinnamon, vanilla and mix, then stir in dried cherries. Finally, carefully mix in the drained egg noodles.
Pour into prepared baking dish and bake for one hour before checking to see if the center is set. It may need up to 30 minutes more. (Yes, I know this range is crazy, but I've baked kugels that took either end of the range. They refuse to be predictable.)
cream cheese noodle kugel was originally published on smittenkitchen.com
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|Retro Gaming and Nostalgia! Where PacMan swallowed his first pill.
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Monty Mole on C64 I think it was ... god that was hard
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|8th December 2011, 08:49 AM
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What springs to mind is the game over (or resurrection) scene from Shadow of The Beast II for Amiga
and "Agnus Dei" used for in Homeworld during the launch of the mothership. When I saw it just now, it felt almost like meeting a long lost friend...
Homeworld Intro Cutscene + Mothership Launch - YouTube
"There is no more problem if the problem is me" - Byob: One Way Road
WIN10 Pro x64, ASUS Extreme V Formula, i3770K OC 4.4GHz, MSi GTX 1070 Gaming X, Oculus Rift CV1, XSPC Liquid CPU/Chipset Cooling, Samsung 305T 30" 2560x1600, CH Products HOTAS, TrackIR4.
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Possibly not the catchiest but the Chrono Trigger theme makes me so happy, I can be in the worst mood, flip this on and within 10 minutes I'll be on top of the world.
Chrono Trigger OST- Main Theme ~ Crono's Theme - YouTube
I don't know what it is about the song.
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I'm going to 2nd Father with the Max Payne 2 Music.
Also going to throw in this oldie
Star Citizen
|25th January 2012, 05:10 AM
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What is wrong with you people, you missed the best 2!!!
My major stand-out game for music is Ascendancy, it has to date the most original score I've ever heard.
These vid cover the 4 main game themes...
And that's not including all of the fab tracks for each individual playable race which were just as brilliant and much more varied/alien.
This composer (Nenad Vugrinec) also scored Wing Commander II, III & Privateer as well as Ultima VII and VIII but I think Ascendancy was his best work.
And who could forget the music of MechWarrior 2. And you people call yourselves Older Gamers. Shame I say, Shame!
Pretty much every track (all 25 of them!) from Mech Warrior 2 was brilliant, but here were my standouts.
Give this one at least 30 seconds.
To this day I still have my original MW2 CD's because of this music.
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I am Playing now the metal gear series HD remake, besides being a game that was way ahead of its time it also has awesome music.
Metal gear solid: guns of the patriots a 4 year old game that still looks and is amazing and is garanteed to give you one of the most memorable gaming experiences ever.
I was a PC gamer at heart and this was the first game i played on a console since then i never looked back
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Minutes of the Bench Bar Committee
Topeka Courtroom 210
April 2, 2007
Topeka Courtroom 210
April 2, 2007
Members Present: Laurie Williams, Chapter 13 Representative and Committee Chair
Hon. Janice M. Karlin, Judges Representative
Joyce G. Owen, US Trustee Representative
Emily B. Metzger, Standing US Attorney's Office Representative
Jay Befort
Douglas Depew
Wesley Smith
Jeffrey Deines
Susan Saidian
Robert Kumin
Christopher Redmond (Mr. Redmond was available for only a portion of the meeting)
Guest(s) Present: Hon. Robert D. Berger
Court Staff Present: Hugh Zavadil, Clerk's Representative
The meeting was called to order at 10:07 a.m. Judge Karlin welcomed the committee.
The first order of business was approval of the minutes of the August 30, 2006 meeting. Jay Befort moved, and Douglas Depew seconded, that the minutes be approved as submitted. There was no discussion on the matter and the motion was approved on a unanimous voice vote.
Hugh Zavadil presented an overview of a packet of proposed rule changes. The changes were being proposed to incorporate most of the Standing Orders of the Court into regular Local Rules. During discussion, questions were asked about proposed D. Kan. LBR 2002.2, dealing with scheduling and noticing of federal and state agencies as creditors (which would replace D. Kan. Bk. S.O. 07-1). Members of the group asked if it would be more difficult to regularly change names and addresses if they were maintained in a Local Rule instead of a Standing Order. Hugh explained that the Registry of mailing addresses for Federal, State and local governmental units responsible for the collection of taxes, required by Fed. R. Bankr. P. 5003, is actually maintained on the Court's website. As such, the publication of these addresses in a Rule or Standing Order is simply a convenience to debtors' counsel.
After a brief discussion of the relationship between proposed D. Kan. LBR 1007.2 (which would replace D. Kan. Bk. S.O. 05-1) and proposed revisions to D. Kan. LBR 1007.1, it was decided that proposed D. Kan. LBR 1007.2 be amended to incorporate some changes proposed by the group (copies of the proposed rules, including these changes, are attached to these minutes). Upon motion by Judge Karlin, and second by Wes Smith, the proposed rules were adopted on a unanimous voice vote.
Doug Depew introduced proposals that he had received to (1) post notices of upcoming Bench-Bar Committee meetings on the bk-kansas listserv, (2) post agendas for upcoming meetings on the Court's website, and (3) to post minutes of the Bench-Bar Committee meetings on the Court's website. During the discussion which ensued, Hugh noted that the minutes from the last two meetings were posted on the Court's website. The group also discussed the problems of posting unapproved minutes. It was decided that the group would develop a procedure to approve meeting minutes via electronic mail, rather than waiting for the next regular BB meeting. Judge Karlin directed Hugh to see that announcements for upcoming meetings were circulated via the bk-kansas listserv.
The group also discussed usability problems with the Court's current website. Hugh informed the group that a redesign of the website was underway.
Doug shared that he was contacted by an attorney in advance of the meeting, who asked if the Court could provide an update on significant legal issues and decisions. Doug responded directly to the attorney that the best way to keep up with these issues is by joining the bk-kansas listserv and attending the annual K.B.A. Bankruptcy Section seminar. It was also noted that all written opinions by all four bankruptcy judges are posted and maintained on the Court website (under Judges' Corner) and often circulated on the bk-kansas listserv. It was observed that the Topeka Area Bankruptcy Council and the Wichita Bar Association's Bankruptcy Council both distribute digests of recent opinions to members. The consensus of the group was that attorneys should be encouraged to join and attend meetings of these organizations and, where possible, obtain program materials. (Lee Hendricks is a contact for joining the Topeka Area Bankruptcy Council and Bill Zimmerman is a contact for joining the Wichita Bar Association's Bankruptcy Council). Judge Karlin also passed out an article she has recently written for the K.B.A. Bankruptcy and Insolvency Section Newsletter, which includes a summary of all post-BAPCPA written decision in the District.
Doug presented another topic he received from a member of the bar concerning use of the Debtor's Certification in conjunction with the Certificate of Completion for the post-petition course in Financial Management. Interim Fed. R. Bankr. P. 1007 requires submission of the statement prepared as prescribed by the appropriate Official Form (Official Form B-23). Members of the group agreed that the Certification requirement duplicates information on the Certificate. Interim Federal Rules are pending final adoption, and as such, will be subject to a public comment period. Members of the bar are encouraged to watch for, and submit, public comments as appropriate (public comment periods are posted and comments can be submitted under "Federal Rulemaking" link at the U.S. Court's website: www.uscourts.gov).
Doug received a question from a Kansas City attorney about why attorneys and clients were being required to appear at Reaffirmation Hearing dockets when the attorney had already signed the Reaffirmation Agreement. Judge Berger stated that these cases were being set for hearing in Kansas City when the Reaffirmation Agreement shows "undue hardship" and contains no rebuttal of undue hardship. Judge Berger also noted that in the past, the Clerk's Office had set a number of cases for the Reaffirmation Hearing docket that should not have been set. As a result, he is now reviewing these settings prior to the Reaffirmation Hearing docket so attorneys can be notified if a hearing is unnecessary. He also suggested that if an attorney feels a case would be more appropriately heard on the Chapter 7 docket, he/she should call the Clerk's Office to request such a setting. He also noted that he has discussed the matter with the attorney who raised the question and considers the matter resolved.
Doug also introduced a discussion about § 707(b) motions filed by the office of the U.S. Trustee, the fact that these are noticed by the Clerk, and that the notice sets the matter straight to the docket without requiring any response from debtor or counsel. The U.S. Trustee has to send someone to court, because she doesn't know whether the debtor is going to object (or, even be present). Further, if there is an objection, the hearing will usually be continued to another docket on another date. The consensus was that these motions should be noticed to a hearing about 30 days down the road, but with an objection deadline at least 5 days prior to the hearing. The thought on the 30 days is that some attorneys exclude representation of a § 707(b) motion in their fee agreements, and they need time to get in contact with their clients to explain the Motion To Dismiss, to see if their client wants to retain them to defend, and if not, for the debtor to potentially retain new counsel. The committee agreed that these matters should appear on the docket, even if no response is filed. Judge Karlin said she would like to discuss this issue with the other judges. Specifically, the judges will discuss how far in advance these matters should be set, whether there should be an objection deadline inserted, and whether the hearing should occur regardless whether a written response is filed.
Laurie Williams introduced a discussion of how the Chapter 13 trustees should approach questions of discharge eligibility under § 1328, for post-BAPCPA debtors who have completed, or are about to complete, plan payments. Their concern involves at least four issues: 1) has the debtor completed the financial management course and filed the requisite paperwork; 2) is the debtor current on child support obligations; 3) is the debtor even entitled to a discharge because of a previous discharge; and 4) how is the determination that § 522(q)(1) is not applicable to the debtor going to be determined. Initially, the Chapter 13 Trustees discussed the possibility of preparing and filing a "Notice of Completion of Plan Payments." After discussion, the Trustees could not come to any consensus on the form or content of such a document.
As a related matter, Judge Karlin distributed a copy of a notice currently being developed by the Court regarding post-petition Financial Management course. The Notice is patterned after a similar Notice currently used in Chapter 7 cases. One Chapter 13 Trustee suggested that the proposed notice might be too complicated. Judge Berger suggested sending this notice six months or a year from the date of filing. This permits the Court to discharge it's duty to inform debtors and still permits the Notice to go out before most debtors are close to plan completion. After some additional discussion, the consensus of the group was that six months from date of filing would be best, because debtors would get the earlier benefit of the content of the financial management course, and the reminder would come at a time closer to when their attorney and the Chapter 13 trustee had reminded them to take the course. Judge Karlin noted that she needed to discuss these matters with the other judges, and that the Court would likely start issuing these notices.
Laurie led a discussion about a Standing Order and proposed Local Rule from Vermont that require mortgage creditors, service centers, and other secured creditors to provide debtors with information including principal balance, maturity date, current interest rate, current escrow balance, interest paid to date, and property taxes paid to date, as well information containing any payment changes or interest rate changes, with an explanation why those changes were required. Some creditors decline to send this information, even including monthly statements that they would otherwise send to non-debtor customers, fearing the allegation of a § 362 stay violation. Several members of the creditors bar had been solicited prior to the meeting to comment on these items. The consensus of those attorneys was that the Standing Order and proposed Rule were overbroad and that not all creditors were capable of complying with the requirements due to computer software issues. In addition, these attorneys expressed concerns about being required to produce different forms of information in each of the 94 judicial districts.
Attorneys who regularly represent debtors shared problems they have encountered in obtaining information about their clients' mortgages, including where payments are being applied, what the payment amount should be, why payments have precipitously risen in some instances, and whether the mortgagees' records showed the debtor as "current" at the end of a Chapter 13 plan. After an extended discussion, it was agreed that some mechanism needs to be developed to improve communication between debtors and creditors to allow conscientious debtors to keep up with changes in their mortgage accounts and to stay current with requisite payments. In addition, creditors need to be able to provide this information without fear of sanctions for violating the automatic stay. Numerous anecdotes were provided illustrating the extent of the problem.
Judge Berger proposed that a subcommittee draft a proposal for consideration by the entire committee. Bob Kumin, Wes Smith, and Emily Metzger agreed to constitute the subcommittee, and their mission is to deal only with residential consumer mortgages at this time. The proposal should allow creditors to provide information without fear of sanctions and the information required should include, at a minimum, any payment changes, any interest rate changes, a legible and understandable payment history when requested, and the amount necessary to cure. Laurie also suggested that the rule require the mortgagee or servicer to also provide the information to the trustee in those cases when the trustee is making the ongoing mortgage payment through the plan. The subcommittee was asked to circulate of draft proposal by the end of April.
Susan Saidian presented a request she had received to modify D. Kan. LBR 6007.1 and D. Kan. LBR 2002.1 to further clarify noticing requirements for abandonment and sales. After discussion, it was concluded that the combination of the 341 Meeting Notice and any electronic notice obtain via the Court's CM/ECF system were adequate and that D. Kan. LBR 6007.1 should not be amended. Susan will also seek further clarification of the proposed change to D. Kan. LBR 2002.1 from the constituent who had asked for a review, and communicate same back to the group.
Susan also discussed a request she had received asking that creditor contact information appear on the first page of all reaffirmation agreements. After discussion, it was noted that reaffirmation agreements should be filed on Director's Procedural Form B-240 if at all possible. The Director's Procedural Form has the creditor name on page one and contact information on page 6. The group did not propose any Local Rule change as a result of this proposal.
Wes discussed a Notice (that a debtor had not completed his financial management course), which he had received from the Court that did not include a case number or caption. It was noted that this form has now been replaced by a system generated Notice that references the caption of the case, so this issue is resolved.
Bob Kumin presented an issue he received from an attorney, who questioned whether a "no look" fee could be set for the filing of stay relief motions. The issue is that if a seemingly large fee for filing a routine RFS motion is included, a debtor's counsel must then file an objection (even when there is no objection to the underlying stay relief), which then necessitates a hearing. The proponent thought that if the Court set a "no look" fee for "average" RFS motions—like two courts have for Chapter 13 attorney fees for debtor(s)' counsel, it would help creditors know what fee to ask for, and it would help debtors' attorneys know when it would be cost-effective to object. Bob noted that not all MRS were "garden variety" enough to justify setting a "no look" fee. The consensus of the group was that, while a presumptive fee may eventually be set as a result of litigation over a particular fee, it would be inappropriate to establish such a fee via local rule. Judge Karlin also noted that she frequently discusses during hearings whether a particular requested fee–on its face and without hearing evidence—seems high, based on her own experience, and that creditors attorneys' seem to be taking that conversation to heart in requesting fees.
Judge Karlin made an announcement about an upcoming Topeka Area Bankruptcy Council program and the Court's planned implementation of a new phone system. Judge Karlin also thanked Laurie Williams, Wes Smith and Doug Depew for their service on the Committee, since this meeting was likely the last official meeting before the end of their terms. Laurie also thanked the group for their efforts.
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BERKELEY, Calif. ?- The No. 6 Arizona volleyball team fell in four games (30-26, 27-30, 23-30, 27-30) to No. 18 California at Haas Pavilion tonight. With the loss, the Wildcats fall to 17-5 overall and 9-5 in the Pac-10.
Arizona hit .151 on the match, compared to the .188 of California. The Wildcats out-blocked the Bears 11-10, but committed 16 service errors to Cal's eight.
"It's obviously disappointing to lose," Head Coach David Rubio said. "Cal played terrific, but we sealed our own fate by committing too many errors. We lost to a team wearing the same uniform tonight. We need to regroup and get ready for Stanford tomorrow."
Senior Kim Glass led Arizona with 25 kills and 12 digs for her 15th double-double of the season, while fellow senior Jennifer Abernathy chipped in 14 kills and 14 digs. It was her 10th double-double of the year. She also had four blocks.
Senior Bre Ladd finished with nine kills and two service aces, while sophomore Dominique Lamb tallied a team-high five blocks.
Junior Kristina Baum notched a team-best 18 digs to go along with seven kills. Libero Brittany Leonard had 10 digs.
Sophomore setter Amy Dyck split playing time with junior setter Stephanie Butkus, who saw her first major action since injuring her knee against UC Santa Barbara on Sept. 8. Dyck dished out 32 assists, while Butkus has 18.
Arizona faces No. 4 Stanford at 7 p.m. (PT) tomorrow, Nov. 11. The Wildcats defeated the Cardinal in five games in the teams' first meeting this season on Oct. 13 in Tucson.


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Who wrote this?
"Camila Batmanghelidj of the estimable Kids Company writes in the Telegraph this morning about how we have got into a situation where children kick a man to death. Batmanghelidj's argument that those who have grown up in a brutal environment are more likely to behave brutally makes perfect sense to me...The extent to which we as a society fail these children is brought home by the fact that as, Batmanghelidj notes, 570,000 children a year are referred to child protection services but only 37,200 of them are actually offered help."
Only James Forsyth of The Spectator. Whatever next? Hugging hoodies? More decent, hard-working tax-payers' cash spent on "young thugs"? Smack his bottom, Mel!


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Avi Goldfarb
University of Toronto
Avi Goldfarb is Professor of Marketing at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Northwestern University in 2002. His research focuses on understanding the opportunities and challenges of the digital economy. He has editorial roles at the Journal of Economics and Management Strategy, Management Science, Quantitative Marketing and Economics, Marketing Science and the Journal of Marketing Research. Recent publications include "Privacy Regulation and Online Advertising" with Catherine Tucker in Management Science, and "The Internet and Local Wages: A Puzzle" with Chris Forman and Shane Greenstein in the American Economic Review.


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Dolphins welcome offensive tackle Lydon Murtha
The Miami Dolphins have gotten back to their poaching ways.
Last week they poached tailback Kory Sheets off the 49ers practice squad, and this week they've claimed offensive tackle Lydon Murtha from the Lions practice squad.
To make room for Murtha, a Nebraska standout the Lions selected in the seventh round of the 2008 draft, the Dolphins cut Shawn Murphy, the team's 2008 fourth-round pick.
While Murphy showed progress in training camp, he apparently wasn't developing to the point where the coaches felt he was worth a continued investment. Nate Garner, who spent the past season-plus at tackle, had leapfrogged him as the primary backup guard.
Murphy hadn't been active for one game in the 22 games he'd been on the roster, and it appears he falls intoBill Parcells' "if they don't bite as pups they probably don't bite" category.
Now the coaches have a couple of weeks to evaluate Murtha, determining if this 6-foot-7 athlete, who in high school was rated the No. 1 offensive tackle prospects in the nation, is a player that presents some upside.
I know the Dolphins were high on Murtha in the draft process two years ago, but they already have two backup tackles in rookie left tackle Andrew Gardner, and Garner. So why add Murtha now?
Could this be yet another message the Dolphins are sending to the players on the backend of the roster? Are they reminding the team that the churning that was consistent last season hasn't stopped, so don't get too comfortable?
I hate to put someone on blast, but I feel violated.
This was a bad ripoff job of a story I JUST WROTE. You be the judge. The dude at Bleacher Report could have at least waited till my story actually ran in the newspaper (it's in Wednesday's edition, but went online Tuesday around 3 p.m.) before he plagiarized it.
Here's some advise. If you're going to steal borrow material, at least change up more than a few words. Or better yet, give your boy a little credit.
I write things that interest and educate me. I wanted to break down all the things that account for hidden yards, and see how the Dolphins were doing. My thinking is: Hey, maybe it'll inform my readers and make them more knowledgeable fans in the same way it makes me a more knowledgeable report.
This was one of those stories I had done a lot of leg work on, and research for, so I know it's an original.


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There's a lot to like about Apple's iOS 4.2 update; especially if you're an iPad owner. Then again, Apple has given as well as taken away. Their help forums are all abuzz because the update has rendered many previously iPad friendly USB devices useless. If you've got this problem, here's why:
The culprit in the update is that the USB power output has been dropped from 100ma to 20ma, making more power hungry card readers, keyboards, and such unable to get the juice they need to function even if they are straight from Apple themselves. Expectedly, this has iPad owners in an uproar that use their device for photo manipulation and with higher power devices. Nothing official from Apple on why the change was made has been released.


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Lahaina Noon 2013
It is that time of year when the Hawaiian Islands experience the astronomical phenomenon known as "Lahaina Noon." That is when the sun reaches its zenith and makes shadows virtually disappear for vertical objects set at a 90 degree angle. Hawai'i is the only state in the nation with this phenomenon, because it only happens in the tropics (between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn). It occurs twice a year at every location in the islands.
During Lahaina Noon at 'Imiloa in Hilo, our 14 foot mosaic "Voyage of the Navigator" will be illuminated when the sun will be directly over the sky light, thus creating a great example of Lahaina Noon. Visitors are welcome to watch as this happens; let's just hope we have a sunny Hilo day.
Lahaina Noon Dates, Times:
May 18 12:16 p.m.
July 24 12:27 p.m.
May 18 12:20 p.m.
July 24 12:30 p.m.m
May 27 12:28 p.m.
July 15 12:37 p.m.
May 26 12:28 p.m.
July 15 12:37 p.m.
May 25 12:24 p.m.
July 16 12:34 p.m.
Lanai City
May 24 12:24 p.m.
July 18 12:33 p.m.
May 24 12:23 p.m.
July 18 12:32 p.m.
May 24 12:22 p.m.
July 18 12:32 p.m.
May 30 12:35 p.m.
July 11 12:42 p.m.
See our video of the 2011 Lahaina noon event.
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It's official…
UPDATE! Some screenshots seem to have also been leaked…
Published on March 1, 2012, by Hitman H94 - Posted in Games, Media 55
It's official…
UPDATE! Some screenshots seem to have also been leaked…
Damn thats badass! If only that were a game!
It's either this or a game about 90 year old Ezio stuck in a retirement home run by templars.
American revolution should be interesting to be honest.
is this real
I hope to god this isn't real at this point they're milking the series they said multiple times the third one was supposed to be about desmond
I personally think they should have left desmond out of the equation all together, expanded more on altair in the first game so it didn't feel like you were getting thrown into the middle of something, and just never had the "desmond in the animus" storyline
now unless they pull something out of nowhere they need to explain why desmond is in the animus AGAIN instead of saving the world or what ever it is he's supposed to be doing
That actually does look pretty badass. Maybe Big George himself will be in the game.
At least they seem to have stopped whoring out Ezio now.
It's not milking the series, it's what I wanted in the first place. To have multiple assassins in multiple time periods using Desmond and the Animus. Not stick to Ezio like flypaper.
I hope they pull this off.
Yeh this is official.
Buying this game as long it has a good story… I don't really care about Desmond, prefer the history aspects of the game.
@Dr. Doctor
Agreed on that much.
Wonder how far will the game's storylines go.
"Maybe Big George himself will be in the game."
Maybe he's a templar…
Washington was a Freemason, as were most of the founding fathers, meaning they were templars, I think one of Subject 16's clues involved that actually.
Also, he has to find the key to how to save the world now so maybe thats why he's in the Animus again? or maybe its a different characters ancestor entirely?
@Commander and Doctor
I'm guessing its going to involve trying to stop the templar conspiracy surrounding the war which is really for the secret bunker found at the end of Revelations by Desmond his dad and co. In order to unlock the secrets of the base he must go through the history of the bunker perhaps
"It's either this or a game about 90 year old Ezio stuck in a retirement home run by templars."
That would either be horrible or
""Maybe Big George himself will be in the game."
Maybe he's a templar…"
I bet he'd be an Assassin.
When are they going to have a modern one with Desmond as the main assassin? I'd like to see how assassin like running would work out in an modern city environment.
on George as I said historically he's a freemason, and at one point it was hinted at that the entire continental congress is involved with the Templars, Washington actually started the tradition of the President holding the Apple of Eden meaning that the Presidents use it to manipulate the populace.
"on George as I said historically he's a freemason, and at one point it was hinted at that the entire continental congress is involved with the Templars, Washington actually started the tradition of the President holding the Apple of Eden meaning that the Presidents use it to manipulate the populace."
OMG, the final boss battle will be with George Washington
FINALLY they stopped prostituting Ezio >_>
so……..people of the revolutionary war WOULDN'T notice a guy like that running around?riiiiiight
"so……..people of the revolutionary war WOULDN'T notice a guy like that running around?riiiiiight"
Not really seeing how he'd stand out. He looks like he could be regular hunter at first glance.
He doesn't look like a ghost.
He could rise up the ranks, get close to the klan leader then surprise him with his dago heritage before he kills him.
Honestly during a war seeing a guy armed to the teeth killing people is a bit unremarkable, plus he could pass as a hunter as Lowk said, hell he could probably just say he was a scout, who's going to question the legitimacy of the claim. Especially when he's being shown killing redcoats on one of the box arts, its liable that he doesn't know till near the end of the game that the founding fathers are templars, or till its too late period.
@Dr. Lowk McNinja
thought hunters of that era wore animal hides……but if hes near revolutionary soilders they would hesitate to attack.
@Mister Teal
welp i gotta go again see ya.
Anyone think they going to introduce a better sneaking mechanic other then Blend and roof tops.
I don't really picture a lot of buildings for that era and location.
So I'm not the only one who thinks it should be set in the Civil War era.
Oh, this is the Revolution? Works for me.
@Geek Lord
As Lord of the Geeks, where are your knights?
"Anyone think they going to introduce a better sneaking mechanic other then Blend and roof tops.
I don't really picture a lot of buildings for that era and location."
They're just going to make everything snowy, and say his wearing white makes him invisible.
On the Xbox Avatar Marketplace they have a cowboy outfit under the "Assassin's Creed Universe" section. So maybe they'll roll a bunch of different times and places into the next game.
From what I've seen and read the man is at least part Native American. Hence the Tomahawk and Bow n Arrow.
I can see this for a few reasons.
Desmond grew up in the American Midwest (so plenty of Native Americans in them parts. He could travel to the colonies, or maybe he is a native who lives near the colonies then leaves later on to start a tribe of assassins)
Native Americans respect nature and animals. The Eagle is kind of the link between Assassins in these games, so making his name "Swift Eagle" or something is easy.
Natives were always fighting with the colonists. And since it's likely that the Americans will be the antagonists (Washington=Freemason/Templar) its easy to make conflict.
In my discussions about the game toda, my group of friends hopes the game becomes more about stealth and hit n run stuff than gadgets. Ezio had (gun, poison dart gun, 2 blades, poison blade, hookblade, parachute, crossbow, throwing knives, a dagger, a sword, and armor. Not to mention a money pouche, bombs, and even room to put flowers, pieces of eden, keys, scrolls, and books.) Yet he was like 65 and could still swim and climb shit? Talk about realistic -_-
I want it to be about real stuff, like stealth, silent kills, relying on your cunning and wit over weapons and flashy clothes. Ezio made no sense as a sneaky assassin. Too much metal clanking around and bright colors.
How many games did Ezio appear in on the series?
^ 3
This is official? Not photoshop? Alright, this is cool.
This will be an interesting setting. I honestly cannot wait for this game.
Will miss Ezio a little though, his character grew on me after 3 games.
"Ezio made no sense as a sneaky assassin. Too much metal clanking around and bright colors."
I though Ezio's thing was hiding in plain sight. Other then a sword(most of his other weapons were hidden) he seemed to fit in fairly easily with the people around him.
Though I am hoping more for this
"I want it to be about real stuff, like stealth, silent kills, relying on your cunning and wit over weapons and flashy clothes."
"They're just going to make everything snowy, and say his wearing white makes him invisible."
Ezio's probably going to have a lot of cameos in this game. I don't see why they wouldn't after how much Altair was mentioned in Ezio's games.
@Dr. Doctor
I don't think that this is continuing from Desmond, so there won't be Ezio or Altair.
The assassin on the box has a name, Connor he's half mohawk and was raised by his mothers tribe
it cites Gameinformer
Screenshots look good. So Washington was an ally to the Assasins?
Just read something, this is Desmond's ancestor, but this will be the last game featuring Desmond.
Poor Desmond… Nah, I don't really care, lol.
Is it a definite that the Founding Fathers are Templars? I mean, if there's one thing that would antagonize an American fan base, it would be seeing the FF portrayed as evil.
>assasins creed
>implying the american revolution is as interesting a backdrop as the french revolution
Some info has been leaked!
The game's new hero is a half-English/half-Native American assassin called Connor and he'll encounter and interact with a number of key figures from the American Revolution period, including George Washington and Benjamin Franklin.
Assassin's Creed III will be set in and around New York and Boston between 1753 and 1783, which will see Connor growing up from a young boy on the American frontier, where he's raised by the Mohawk before leaving to confront the Templars after his village is burned down by white colonists.
Ubisoft is apparently also aiming to make Assassin's Creed III feel more like Assassin's Creed 3.5, with a completely overhauled engine allowing for improved facial animation and large battle scenes featuring loads of soldiers on screen at once. And not all of the game's British colonists will be pure evil either. You'll meet some nice ones too.
More details about the protagonist/scenarios: You will experience Connor's childhood on the American frontier as he is raised by the Mohawk. The Mohawk eventually clash with white colonists who burn their village down, causing Connor to dedicate his life to confront tyranny and injustice.
A new traversal approach that has players leaping and climbing trees and mountain cliffs.
Uses a new version of the Anvil engine that can "depict thousands of troops engaged in bloody battle" along with highly detailed face close-ups.
They later imply that if they used version numbers, they would be like going from Anvil 1.0 -> Anvil 2.0 or something of that nature.
Combat is focused on putting you on the offensive and based on speed/momentum.
The main character has thousands of new and unique animations (no carry over from other titles) to support the new combat system.
George Washington: Interacting with Washington is one of the core relationships of the game.
Benjamin Franklin: He's not a convenient inventor a la Da Vinci.
Charles Lee: His role is a mystery.
You will see the great fire of New York. You will visit Valley Forge as a location that is currently occupied by Washington's forces. You will visit these places in the moment that they were important, and hopefully, experience the reason why we know where they are today. That's the goal.
Connor is in the heart of major battles, and they can now have a couple thousand guys on screen, whereas before it was capped at about 100.
The overall story is still centered around the Assassins versus the Templars and Connor's journey.
Not all the Colonists will be cast as good people, and not all the British will be cast as evil oppressors. They're trying to focus on how both the Assassins and Templars viewpoints exist in a gray morality as the Templars really believe they're saving the world.
The French and Native Americans will also feature in the game, as was probably really obvious.
The modern day stuff relates to that location in New York at the end of Revelations.
There will be all sorts of wilderness in the game referred to as the Frontier.
The map of the Frontier is 1.5 times bigger than the entire map of Brotherhood.
The Frontier is not empty like in Assassin's Creed 1, but features a third of the game's missions and gameplay content.
You can hunt animals for resources, and how you kill them effects your reward. A one hit kill on a bear gets you a much more valuable pelt than stabbing it eight times.
The wilderness traversal plays a big part in the gameplay in the Frontier, allowing you to use trees, cliffs, ledges, and more to set up kills and combat.
Connor does have a hidden blade.
The world changes as time passes, so a field where a battle happened in one year may just be a series of empty encampments a few months later.
The entire world will change with seasons, so the cities and the wilderness will all exist in both Summer and Winter settings.
In the winter, soldiers will move slowly and stumble about in the snow, and lakes and rivers will freeze over allowing you new terrain to work with. This gives Connor an extra advantage since he can still use the trees and wilderness pretty effectively during this time of year.
There are all sorts of clubs and groups who want you to join and give you quests. These are separate from the mission system. These clubs will contact you based on what you do in the game. For example, hunting a lot will get you an invitation to the hunting society.
There will be a goods based economy, a new property system, and more Desmond stuff.
There's going to be some new puzzle thing like the first person Tetris.
There's a new Animus database known as Animus 3.0.
They're not unveiling anything about the multiplayer yet.
There will be more platforming levels.
Full synchronization returns, but with major tweaks. Missions have checkpoints, You also get significant rewards for doing these tasks instead of a 100%. "Imagine a leveling system in an RPG, except there's a finite amount of XP to find. The more in-sync you get, the more you fill your sync bar. Within each mission, each activity you complete has a value". You can replay everything to increase your score.
They imply there is something resembling the Brotherhood system of picking up fellow assassins.
Aligned groups are gone, but something new is replacing them in regards to factions. They don't say what.
There's a new notoriety system that is more hidden and doesn't penalise you for exploring risky areas.
The game has fast travel because the game has more traveling.
Don't expect more den defense.
You can upgrade Connor's gear and costume as the game goes on in an attempt to make it feel more authentic.
The cities have a lot more subtle detail now in terms of ambient things that happen.
You can now leap over wagons or slide under obstacles, including navigating over and around moving objects. The free running stuff also has you jumping through windows to trees and then on top of church roofs. Basically, expect the free running stuff, but more fluid and presumably generally closer to the ground.
Connor enters battle with two weapons. The game uses the same controls in and out of battle.
The tomahawk and knife are a "constant presence" in battle. They also let you do double counters and multiple takedowns, and you can chain kills.
There's no more target locking, it just automatically detects your target.
Counter/defense are the same button to prevent turtling.
You can use human shields and other context sensitive moves.
They want you to constantly move in battle.
There are lots of secondary attacks like the one shot pistol on the Y button.
There's a new dynamic camera to track the action and make it look as cinematic as possible.
There is a new sprinting system also, so you can hold the button to instantly turn around and start fleeing from combat. They also let you kill people while still moving so you can keep chasing a target. They kind of imply you can even leap off of them after you kill them, though I'm not sure if that makes you faster or just doesn't impede your movement.
They really, really, really want you to constantly move. I mean like they say this every four sentences. Not just in battle, but in every section of the game.
They also try to keep you more in control of the combat than ever before.
Game Informer really loves their animation system.
There are around 2.5 hours of character scenes in the game that are fully acted and recorded. They mean this in Naughty Dog style where they have the actors being mocaped while performing on a set that resembles the scene in the game.
They're aiming for accuracy by having historical dialog consultants and actual Native American actors.
More screenshots!
We get a fucking rifle! YES!
A rifle, dual wielding weapons, as well as an upgrade to the full-synch system…dude, I want this game.
This is definitely game-of-year material just by looking at its revamped system.
No more swords?
I'm willing to bet that the tomahawk will be interchangeable, just like how Ezio could buy weapons and armor. Though I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't.
Still, it will be sad to see swords go, if they do.
I'm digging it
Good grief!
I'm telling my roommate about this now!
Now with trailer
Connor looks to be replacing Ezio as my favorite of the assassins.
Also if that trailer is anything to go by Zomb might be right about the snow thing. The tree running thing is a nice touch though.
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To view a video of Lea Graves cutting Vancouver resident Tabi Evans' hair for the Master of Beauty Contest, visit:
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Woodland resident Lea Graves got hooked in high school on the gratification of making others feel beautiful. That passion led the stylist at Vancouver's Essentials Day Spa & Salon to vie for a national Master of Beauty award, for which she is one of three finalists.
"I love to make people happy," Graves said. "It's so rewarding to know when someone sits down that you can fix their hair or make them feel beautiful. That's the ultimate goal as a stylist to make (clients) feel confident and make them feel good about themselves. It's a very rewarding job."
Graves was scheduled to depart Friday on an all-expense-paid trip to New York, where stylist Nick Arrojo of TLC's "What Not to Wear" will announce the winner of the Master of Beauty Contest early Sunday at the International Beauty Show.
The first-place recipient gets to present a class on stage with Arrojo during a Masters of Beauty event, plus receives $10,000, three Masters of Beauty skills classes by Empire Beauty Schools and three classes at Arrojo's studio in New York.
Graves found out on April 4 that she was one of three finalists in the contest.
"I was shocked, ecstatic, overjoyed," Graves said. "I just can't believe it."
Her involvement in the contest began about a year ago, when Graves attended the 2011 International Beauty Show in New York. Professional stylists at the event were invited to participate by uploading photos of their work on the Masters of Beauty Facebook page, http://www.facebook.com/mastersofbeauty.
The contest drew more than 300 applicants, said Angela Watson, director of media relations for Empire Education Group.
For her entry, Graves asked her longtime client, Vancouver resident Tabi Evans, to be her hair model. Evans hadn't seen Graves in a while because Evans was growing out her hair. Evans said she agreed to go shorter because she trusts Graves with her hair.
"She was the first person I could say, 'Do whatever you want (to my hair),' and it would turn out great," Evans said.
Graves gave Evans a classic bob and submitted the photo.
Fans of Masters of Beauty's Facebook page voted on their favorites, then Arrojo and five judges from Empire Beauty Schools weighed in to select 10 finalists, Watson said. Official judges whittled contestants according to their skills, precision, technique and whether any signature Empire techniques were used, she said.
The second round involved making a video of a cut. Again, Graves used Evans as her hair model. This time, she gave Evans a mod-inspired razor cut with hidden layers beneath.
"It was a really technical haircut," Evans said. "It was really cool. I went to another a salon, and they asked me who was cutting my hair and if they needed a (new) job."
Evans, a sociology student at Washington State University Vancouver who works as a barista, said she carries Graves' business cards around with her, because so many people ask her where she gets her hair cut.
"I really loved (the cut), and I guess the judges loved it, too, which is great," Evans said.
Arrojo, who travels the nation teaching his techniques, is known for using straight-edge razors for his haircuts. Graves had learned from him while taking classes in Las Vegas and New York.
"His trademark is his razor," Graves said. "I was just in love with how he was cutting with razors."
For the final round, a videographer contracted by Empire visited Graves and interviewed her on camera.
"Because the winner is going to become a platform artist, at that point it was important to see the finalists' personalities and presentation skills," Watson said. "We want someone who (is comfortable on stage) and can teach others."
Arrojo and five employees from Empire Beauty Schools, who were judges for the final round, chose Graves and two other female finalists, one from Richmond, Va., and one Fairfield, Conn.
"The fact that this contest has gone on for a year, and she is one of three finalists — and the only one from the West Coast — out of hundreds of applicants is pretty exciting," said Teresa Schultz, Graves' mother and manager of Essentials.
Graves, 30, graduated from Woodland High School, where she began her training as a stylist in the Clark County Skills Center Program. The program allows high school students to explore various careers. She completed part of the Vancouver Phagan's Beauty School program before leaving high school and finished the rest after graduation.
Essentials is the fourth Vancouver salon she's worked at since launching her career. She started taking professional development classes nearly eight years ago while a stylist at Vancouver's Park West Studio, where she first heard of Arrojo. She has been at Essentials for nearly six years and charges $45 for a haircut.
"I don't feel (like) I'm going to work every day," Graves said. "I get tired, but it's fun. I can't imagine doing any other job."
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RIM forms a team to solve downtime problem
Mobile firm wants answers
CANADIAN COMMUNICATIONS FIRM Research in Motion (RIM) has pulled together a team that it hopes will find out what happened to cause the spread of its significant downtime.
The firm experienced a four day outage earlier this month that saw its users locked out of its internet, email and messaging services. The initial outage was blamed on a core switch failure at the time and gave RIM's reputation a kicking.
Since then the firm has scrabbled to restore confidence amongst its users, and has veered from one apology to another grovelling apology and offered a rather disappointing reparations package.
These are external moves though, and apparently more action has been afoot internally. According to a report at Bloomberg the firm has created a special team to sort out the issues and find out the root of the problem once and for all.
The group is operating under the leadership of CTO David Yach and is asking such questions as, "Should we start over and build a new network?"
That might be rash, but if your network has alienated customers and investors and the market just as your competitor Apple is launching the Iphone 4S, then you might be tempted to take it outside and shoot it. µ
INQ Latest
Sending text messages creates a whole new brainwave
Something else for carriers to blame poor reception on
Apple iPhone camera patent could unplug gig recording
Will it work on Songs for the Deaf?
Government websites to use HTTPS encryption from October
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Notice that there isn't ONE WORD about the mother of these girls. It appears pretty obvious that killer daddy EMIRATI SAOD had custody.
And what a sh** this guy is. His daughter was tortured to death, and all he cares about is that the cops may have lied about his dirty apartment? Shows you where this dude's priorities lay. He can't even fake grief for his kid.
He also can't help but show his true colors. Attacking witnesses, lunging at the police.
Under a regime of institutionalized fathers rights (where mothers have virtually no rights), this is what happens. Vicious sociopaths like this guy get custody of vulnerable children--then they try to play the Clueless Daddy card and blame the abuse on the new gal pal. Must be in the fathers rights playbook some place, because they all do this, everywhere in the world. Play dumb. And too often, they get away with it.
Wadeema's dad says cops are lying about 'torture flat'
Thursday, January 03, 2013
A father accused of torturing and killing his eight-year-old daughter with the help of his girlfriend has claimed cops are lying about the conditions they found in his flat.
Hamad Saod allegedly murdered his daughter Wadeema and subjected his other child, Meyra, seven, to horrific abuse.
Police officers have described the family's studio apartment in International City, Dubai, as unfit for humans to live in.
But 29-year-old Emirati Saod told Dubai Court of First Instance yesterday: "They took the oath that by the name of God they will say the truth, why they are telling lies?"
He added; "They (police) came to the flat but they created the mess." Saod's 27-year-old lover Al Anood Mohammad Al Ameri was also in court carrying her newborn baby boy.
She stands accused of also abusing the girls and made mocking remarks to journalists in the courtroom.
During a previous hearing, drama had broken out when Saod tried to attack a witness.
He launched himself at the policeman when the witness said the pair used to lock Wadeema and her sister in the bathroom while the couple had sex. Al Anood joined in and started insulting the witness.
Dubai Public Prosecution have asked for the death sentence in the case. Prosecutors say the couple burned the girls with irons and cigarettes, poured boiling water on them and beat them with bars and electrical wires.
Saod has denied murdering Wadeema and Al Anood claims she worked alone to abuse the young girls. The judge adjourned the case until January 20 when two defence witnesses will give evidence.


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by Sunderland AFC
Cork popping night in store.
Champagne lovers from across the north east will be popping their corks at a special event in Sunderland next week.
On Friday, May 9, the Stadium of Light will be hosting an evening dedicated to the world-famous bubbly, pairing a selection of Champagnes with the finest food from around the world.
The five course feast, provided by SAFC's catering and hospitality arm 1879 Events Management, will begin with tempura chicken strips, rolled in sesame seeds with a lime and ginger dressing and a Chinese duck spring roll, served with spring onion and cucumber julienne and a sweet plum sauce.
For the main course guests will be served marinated lamb loin on a bed of puy lentils drizzled with a mint hollandaise sauce and served with a side of mash, roast vegetables and a rich port wine sauce.
Dessert will be presented in two stages, with an apple beignet and vanilla ice cream, followed by a selection of cheese and biscuits, served with celery, grapes and fruit chutney.
Each dish will be accompanied by a different Champagne, specifically chosen to complement the unique flavours and fresh, locally-sourced ingredients.
Tickets for the Champagne Gourmet Evening at the Stadium of Light are priced at £54.50 per person, including canapés on arrival.
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*** All based on my personal preferences, but I do like to think I have a founding for most of them. Feel free to discuss your picks for best/worst in the comments or wherever!
The year of 2011 is at its close, and quite a diversity of films were bestowed upon us by the studios this year. I found that I saw quite a number of the "major" ones that were released in 2011, but not all of them of course. I also wanted to see a lot more of them but never had the chance. What with all these lists floating around the internet these days stating the "top tens" and "worst tens" of the year, I decided to rank every film I say released in 2011, from worst to best. It's all based on my personal tastes, and obviously some will feel differently.
I've also decided to make one-ish comment for each of them, just so you know where I'm coming from (though I do know that I can come off as a little pretentious sometimes). Okay, are we ready?
Let's start with the worst and work our way to the best:
38. The Green Lantern - Ryan Reynolds' abs are not enough to sustain my interest anymore.
37. Just Go With It - I'm pretty sure Nicole Kidman paid the studio not to put her in any advertising for this film, so nobody would know she was in it.
36. Priest - At least it wasn't as bad as Legion, but still pretty nonsensical.
35. Bad Teacher - Cameron Diaz sure works her body hard, but too bad her character is just so unlikable.
34. Arthur - Man-children that refuse to grow up really start to get on my nerves after a while, and I heartbreakingly can't even say that the presence of Dame Helen Mirren saved this one's skin.
33. The Change-Up - When your film starts off with jokes about babies pooping, you can't expect much.
32. Something Borrowed - These two women are absolute monsters and I can't stand their self-pitying.
31. No Strings Attached - I mean both the stars are charming enough but there is just something about each of them that still remains unlikable to me.
30. The Mechanic - I've seen worse films starring Jason Statham, but it was more or less what I expected in the end.
29. Limitless - I wanted to like this movie much more than I did; it seemed kind of silly when it all boiled down to it.
28. Rio - I don't know, it was a little campy, even for a child's movie with nothing that really stood out.
27. Fast Five - Absolutely ridiculous and with so many factual inaccuracies, but more enjoyable than some of its previous installments.
26. Waiting For Forever - I didn't really know what to expect, and while I liked the performances of Tom Sturridge and Richard Jenkins (as always) it was just a little too melodramatic.
25. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides - This franchise has little to offer us anymore, but at least it didn't have such a convoluted plot like the last one, and featured an actual hottie via Penelope Cruz.
24. The Green Hornet - I know, it's kind of silly, but I like that is wasn't trying to be so serious in terms of glorifying "superheroes".
23. Water for Elephants - For once Robert Pattinson wasn't looking so constipated, and Christoph Waltz is charmingly creepy once again.
22. Gnomeo and Juliet - Just adorable and how could you not like something featuring all that Elton John?
21. Thor - Weirdly outlandish and way more on the "fantasy" end than I expected, but I love my mythology, and Chris Hemsworth and Tom Hiddleston won me over.
20. Horrible Bosses - I think it was the squeaky voice of Charlie Day and my constant love of Kevin Spacey that made me think this one was so hilarious.
19. Justin Bieber: Never Say Never - I watched it for fun and kind of as a joke but ended up being surprised by how talented Justin Bieber actually is.
18. The Conspirator - Solid performances all around, and an interesting subject, but it kind of felt like a generic, old-timey procedural.
17. Paul - Nick Frost and Simon Pegg are hilarious when they are together, if maybe a little childish.
16. Crazy, Stupid, Love. - A solid cast and adorable story, just needed a couple less rom-com cliches.
15. Fright Night - Maybe it's my love of David Tennant that made me biased about this one, but I was actually really tense during the whole thing, despite it not being that scary.
14. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows - The chemistry between Sherlock and Watson is undeniable, plus Guy Ritchie seems very clever.
13. X-Men: First Class - The above mentioned chemistry is only beaten by James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender together in this movie.
12. Midnight in Paris - Some might say that Woody Allen has lost his touch, but I say this was just a light, fun trip, with the ever-natural Owen Wilson.
11. Jane Eyre - They really hit the heart of the eerie, gothic feel of Jane Eyre this time, especially with Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender (again).
10. Rango - There were references to Singin' In the Rain and In the Heat of the Night in this children's movie: how could I not like it?
9. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo - The only thing that I didn't like was a little too much fragmenting of scenes, other than that, it is really engrossing and dark.
8. Friends With Benefits - I didn't have high hopes from the premise, but Mila Kunis and Justin Timberlake knocked it out of the park with their banter.
7. Bridesmaids - Just hilarious, in the most awkward kind of way, but most importantly shows that women can in fact be funny.
6. Hanna - Great use of scenery and sound mixing, as well as the fact that Saoirse Ronan is a strong force to be reckoned with.
5. Drive - I didn't expect it to be so intense, but I must say I like being surprised.
(***The best movies of the year, in my opinion, whose rankings are essentially interchangeable with one another):
4. 50/50 - It's not insensitive about such a serious topic, but it's also not melodramatic about it, which I loved.
3. The Artist - I can't say that this movie is for everyone, but it was just such a feel-good time and extremely clever in its editing and presentation.
2. The Muppets - What kind of a sick person doesn't like the Muppets, Jason Segel, or the musical stylings of Bret McKenzie?
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2 - Maybe it's because I grew up with these characters and this was the true end of it all, but I must say that this movie was incredibly done and came such a long way since the first installment 10 years ago.
And there you have it! What about you, did you have any different favorites or least favorites? Anything you were dying to see but never had a chance to (see my list below)? What are you looking forward to in 2012?
Films I Have Yet to See from 2011 But Want To:
Attack the Block
The Guard
** Shame
*** Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy
We Need to Talk About Kevin
** The Skin I Live In
*** Beginners
The Help
Margin Call
Like Crazy
Martha Marcy May Marlene
The Descendants
The Iron Lady
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I have a single server running SharePoint 3.0 on WS2003 Sp2 not on a domain. My search service stopped working so I just went in to central admin and hit stop, then hit start. I soon found out this is not the way to do this process. I now can not get the search service to start again. I have tried everything I can think of, and nothing works it changes status to Starting but never gets to started. I have to go in with "stsadm -o spsearch -action stop" from the command prompt to stop it. I am using the Local service account for the service and the content accounts. Can anyone help me?
Anything in the event logs that could point to an issue?
Best preactice is to have a local account that is a member of the local administrators group for stuff like search So maybe SPSEARCH for the search account. We had a SharePoint system that used one account for everything and then when we had to troubleshoot, we could not easily tell what was having the issue. Can you create a local account and add it to the Local Administrator group and use that for the service?


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If you wander through the streets of Tehran, you might find that faux McDonald's, or maybe a Pizza Hat. The rise of the "fake franchise" caught the attention of Iranian-American Holly Dagres, a Middle East analyst and commentator, who says some of these eateries "look like the real deal."


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Taking the time to quit smoking cigarettes has hit the new wave with e-cigs. For many people this wave has hit home and helped numerous quit smoking the distasteful cigarettes that promote lung cancer. Owners of "A Cloud of Vapor" Danny & Tosha Quinn have this to say about their products, "When you decide to quit smoking, you are obviously looking at improving your quality of life and your health. Vaping does not mean that you stop smoking entirely; it just means that you are now using an option that does not harm your health in any way. Vaping has come about from the smoking community wanting to have a healthier option to smoking.
For those looking for a cleaner alternative to smoking, one of the first benefits of vaping is that it gives you the same feeling as that of smoking. The delivery process is quite literally the same. The other benefit is that you do not have to exit a room to smoke. It can be done comfortably indoors, just as much as it can be done outdoors. You do not have to give up on your social practices. You do not have to worry about your friends taking in second hand smoke. You also don't need to be concerned about the smell of smoke sticking to your clothes and you.
When you turn to vaping, you will notice how efficient and effective it is almost instantly. You will not feel the desire for cigarettes. In fact you will even wonder why you had not turned to it earlier. As a smoker turning to vaping, it will take a while for your body and your blood pressure to get used to this new form of delivery. In fact your lungs will need a minimum of one day to get clear. You will find that your sense of smell has been restored as will be your sense of taste. You will find your energy levels increasing and will begin to enjoy the food you eat much more.
You will also find that your lungs have increased in capacity and that you are not suffering from coughing or wheezing. Your skin will get a renewed glow. In a year's time you will see a vast improvement in your health. You will also find that your chances of a heart disease are lowered significantly. Your chances of a stroke are reduced as are your chances of contracting lung cancer. Also, the money you save from buying cigarettes can easily add up to some significant savings.
If you are a smoker, then vaping is a good alternative for you. If you find it hard to give up smoking then this is a form of technology that will really make life easier for you."
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Bustin' Loose
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Caramel Apple
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Devil's Curse
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French Express
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Ice Ice Baby
In Your Face
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Juicy Fruit
Kiss My Grits
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Peach Fuzz
Peaches & Cream
Peanut Butter
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Thorne, the lone senior on CU's roster, and Higgins, a junior who was the team's most complete player a year ago, believe the Buffaloes are poised to improve on a season that satisfied no one linked to Jeff Bzdelik's program.
The Buffs hope to set the improvement in motion Friday night against Arkansas-Pine Bluff (7 p.m., Coors Events Center).
"We want to come out and make a statement to fans and try to get a little more support for this program . . . a statement as to how hard we're going to play and the style of play we're going to have all year," Higgins said.
At various off-season stops, Bzdelik has preached what increased home attendance could mean for his third Buffs team, which figures to be deeper, more talented and more familiar with what he expects.
"We've had more competition in practice than in my freshman year . . . because we've got a lot of guys who will play and contribute," Thorne said. "The competitiveness has helped get a better work ethic in practice and get a better feel for what it's going to be like.
"I know there's a lot of anticipation from all of us and the coaching staff and the campus. We just have to come out and play hard. If the effort is there, it's going to be all right - it's going to segue into the whole year."
Higgins believes the addition of three true freshmen (Alec Burks, Keegan Hornbuckle, Shane Harris-Tunks), one junior college transfer (Marcus Relphorde) and the return of a bulked up Trent Beckley (he's now a 6-foot-10, 250-pounder) from a spinal stress fracture will keep him and other front-line players more lively longer.
"Depth is going to be a huge thing," said Higgins, the only sophomore last season to rank among 13 national players who led their teams in five major statistical categories (points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks).
"Quite frankly, I think we got a little tired in games last year," Higgins continued. "Everybody's minutes should go down because of that depth and we should be a little fresher.
"We're more balanced this year and scoring is going to come from a lot more people. It's going to be more of a team effort this year . . . and that takes a great burden off of me."
Chief among Higgins' goals this season is to be a better defender - he wants to make the All-Big 12 defensive team - and to prove that being a repeat team captain is justified.
"First, it's an honor," he said. "Second, with the honor comes a lot of responsibility. I just want to prove I deserve that responsibility and prove to the coaching staff that I can lead this team in the direction it needs to go."
Both captains said this team enters the season better prepared in all areas than the 2008-09 (9-22 overall, 1-15 Big 12 Conference) or 2007-08 (12-20, 3-13) squads.
Said Thorne: "We've worked hard in the weight room, we've got older guys . . . guys who've played a lot of minutes. All of us have experience and the mental fortitude to help us get over the hump.
"I'm excited; this is my fourth year doing this. It's business now. This is a big year for me and my team. I'm anticipating it and I'm ready to play, ready to run up and down and win. We're going to have a good time."
Higgins wasn't taken aback that the Buffs were picked to finish last in the Big 12 in the preseason media poll: "It's not a surprise because we did only win one game last year. So we kind of expected that. But there are some people who are going to be in for a surprise.
"Nobody else might like (CU's chances), but I like them a lot."
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Basic support for Smarty3
By Martin Fousek on Oct 05, 2011
Many of you were asking about editor support for changed delimiters policy which happened in Smarty 3.0. I'm glad that I can announce that NetBeans 7.1 will contain initial Smarty3 support which impacts especially delimiters policy and also adds most of Smarty3 tags into the code completion. See the following example for Smarty3 code from our latest Development version:
If you would like to come back to the Smarty2 behaviour, you can do so in Tools -> Options -> PHP -> Smarty tab.
That's all for today, as always, please test it and report all the issues or enhancements you find in Netbeans Bugzilla -> PHP -> Smarty category. Thanks.


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It's not just big Internet retailers like TigerDirect and Overstock.com making moves to accept payments via Bitcoin; local businesses are getting into the game also. A New York bakery, Coffeetime@Hellasbakery, announced this week that it is now accepting Bitcoin payments for its traditional Greek coffees and pastries at outlets in Schenectady and Albany, plus Manilla in the Philippines, and claims to be the first international coffeehouse to do so.
"Love it or not, Bitcoin is a currency, and a very convenient one at that," said Paul Paterakis, CFO of Coffeetime@Hellasbakery. "We are excited to have the technology within our shops to give customers an additional currency to use."
Paterakis believes that we are in the very early stages of Bitcoin adoption and that it will continue to grow. "Every restaurant or retailer will have to accept Bitcoin down the road to succeed," he said. "We are doing it now. Today."


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Melissa Gorga is starting to share some of the secrets for the upcoming season of the "Real Housewives of New Jersey." The Star-Ledger reports on Monday that Gorga is warning fans the new cast members will bring fire to the show. The reality star states she is still on good terms with Teresa Giudice, so viewers should not expect a lot of drama from them.
Despite ongoing rumors, Gorga confirms that Jacqueline Laurita will not be a part of the sixth season. However, other housewives will return in previously predicted reduced roles, so fans will see less of them. Gorga is referring to Kim DePaola, Rosie Pierri and Kathy Wakile who will be seen as friends of the housewives.
Gorga seems excited about the return of Dina Manzo, but she claims she will miss the other housewives who have left. Nevertheless, she shares the new cast members will add enough drama to keep fans coming back for every episode. Since Giudice is focusing on her legal issues, she cannot be the one to add more drama to the Bravo reality show.
Gorga admits that fans will have to wait longer to see the next season of the "Real Housewives of New Jersey" because Bravo wants to start airing it in the summer. June and July have been proposed as two of the possibilities for the first episode of the sixth season, and producers may have a specific reason for waiting longer. Giudice's trial date is on July 8, so they may want to use this publicity to improve ratings for the program.
The upcoming season is not weighing heavily on Gorga's mind, and she seems to be enjoying her vacation with the family. On Twitter, she is busy posting photos of her beach trips, showing off her new bikinis and posing with her children. Gorga is done filming the season, so she is using the freedom to her advantage.
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If you love fishing and did like to play Fruit Ninja Android game then you should Download Ninja Finish for Android.
Fruit Ninja is one of the oldest Android game which most Android users choose to play every once in a while. For the veterans among Android users, the game titles on play Store is big enough to cover everyone's needs but few are given same extent as we can experience with mentioned title. Fortunately the developer's imagination never seizes to amaze thus Ninja Fishing for Android was born.
You can get an idea about Ninja Fishing for Android by the naming. But note that it is by no means another Fruit Ninja clone. With Ninja Fishing you will benefit from much more extended basic gameplay and it succeeds to capture the gamer's attention and attract long-term motivation. Even when you first start the game you will notice that Ninja Fishing based on the gameplay of Fruit Ninja but in this case it has not made any further improvements. The game offers various game worlds to play. While there are only two selectable options, these will give several hours of gameplay. The fundamental difference between the great model and Ninja Fishing is the unique feature of today's test candidate: The Fishing!
At soon as a match start, we see our – somewhat overweight – ninja armed with a fishing rod. With a looser spell on his lips, he then throws on our whistle, from his tail, and the first part of the game begins. In the following seconds, you now want to hook the hook – as far as possible – to the fish appearing that you have to maneuver past. The maximum depth of the lake is very limited at the beginning. The game has limitation for maximum catch, which was set to 25 fish.
When first 25 fish caught the slicing job begins. The fish then tossed gleefully into the air – and you are now going to swipe and slice on your device's screen. The special thing about Ninja Fishing is that it has always been lacking in Fruit Ninja is the persistence of the various fish. To put it plainly, more valuable fish needs more "hits" to be transported to afterlife. Gold coins can be earned and the game leads into purchasing of (fishing) licenses. There you can equip our Ninja with various improvements and notice why the developers have integrated these various limitations. You can purchase the ability to go to a higher maximum depth and also buy upgrades. All these improvements will lead to catch more fish and you can gradually increase your high score. The score shareable with Open Feint, Facebook and Twitter.
Pros of Ninja Fishing for Android:
+ Exciting gameplay
+ Good HD graphics and sound
+ Achievements & Leaderboards
Cons of Ninja Fishing:
– At times laggy
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