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HOW TO USE: Take this medication by mouth with or without food as directed by your doctor, usually every 12 hours. If stomach upset occurs, you may take it with food or milk.Antibiotics work best when the amount of medicine in your body is kept at a constant level. Therefore, take this drug at evenly spaced intervals. To help you remember, take it at the same times each day.The dosage and length of treatment are based on your medical condition and response to treatment. In children, the dosage may also be based on weight.If you are using this medication to treat an infection, continue to take this medication until the full prescribed amount is finished, even if symptoms disappear after a few days. Stopping the medication too early may result in a return of the infection. Tell your doctor if your condition persists or worsens.If you are taking this medication to prevent certain bacterial infections, take it exactly as directed by your doctor. Do not stop taking the medication without your doctor's approval. Tell your doctor if you develop signs of infection such as fever or night sweats.
SIDE EFFECTS: Diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and changes in taste may occur. If any of these effects persist or worsen, tell your doctor or pharmacist promptly.Remember that your doctor has prescribed this medication because he or she has judged that the benefit to you is greater than the risk of side effects. Many people using this medication do not have serious side effects.Tell your doctor right away if you have any serious side effects, including: hearing loss, mental/mood changes, muscle weakness, eye problems (such as drooping eyelids, blurred vision), slurred speech, persistent nausea/vomiting, severe stomach/abdominal pain, dark urine, yellowing of eyes or skin.This medication may rarely cause a severe intestinal condition (Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea) due to a type of resistant bacteria. This condition may occur during treatment or weeks to months after treatment has stopped. Tell your doctor right away if you develop: persistent diarrhea, abdominal or stomach pain/cramping, blood/mucus in your stool.Do not use anti-diarrhea products or narcotic pain medications if you have any of these symptoms because these products may make them worse.Use of this medication for prolonged or repeated periods may result in oral thrush or a new yeast infection. Contact your doctor if you notice white patches in your mouth, a change in vaginal discharge, or other new symptoms.Get medical help right away if you have any very serious side effects, including: severe dizziness, fainting, fast/irregular heartbeat.A very serious allergic reaction to this drug is rare. However, get medical help right away if you notice any symptoms of a serious allergic reaction, including: rash, itching/swelling (especially of the face/tongue/throat), severe dizziness, trouble breathing.This is not a complete list of possible side effects. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist.In the US -Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.In Canada - Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to Health Canada at 1-866-234-2345.
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Hyrule Warriors Review (Wii U)
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This week it's E3. Read On
Surely you've played the mobile versions already? Read On
Activision and Mind Candy catapult our favourite Moshi Monster, Katsuma, into a heroic journey to save the world from the evil Dr Strangeglove and his band of Robot Moshlings in their latest title on the Nintendo 3DS. Let the fur fly. Read On
You shouldn't want to catch them, or let them catch you. Read On
The resident Pokemon Bros address the Pokemaniacs! Read On
There are a few worse looking consoles..... Read On
It had been a few days since I planted some bananas that I got from another town and today they finally gave me my own bananas. Rather than sell these I took them and planted them further along the beach so I can have more trees. If you remember, there was a spot reserved for Shari, so I tho... Read On
Today's fortune cookie was a bit more mysterious, any guesses? Read On
Today was another lesuirely day here in Nagrand. Mainly back and forth to the Island in order to catch rarer fish and bugs to make some money. Not only do I have a hefty mortgage on my house to pay but I'm also the main contributor to the town's community projects. So I wandered off down to the be... Read On


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With the popularity still strong for "The LEGO® Movie," could it be possible that it wins again? It could as the newcomers will need a big outing to top it.
Perhaps "Pompeii" has the right ingredients or the latest Kevin Costner vehicle, "3 Days to Kill." But the mass appeal still seem to be with the toys. "Pompeii" tells the gladiator tale of love and honor. Oh, and the volcano. One cannot forget about Mount Vesuvius. How can anyone forget about that as the word Pompeii invokes it, like it or not? People may not know Mount Vesuvius, but they know Pompeii.
The main ingredients here are Kit Harrington as Milo and Emily Browning as Cassia.
If the premise of them battling for their love amid corruption and disaster, then it is a film to see. If not, word of mouth could doom it. But still, "The LEGO® Movie" is in over 3,000 theaters and the newcomers are not. That alone will ensure that they need to do much better.
1. "3 Days to Kill" - 2,872 theaters
2. "Pompeii" - 2,658 theaters
3. "In Secret" - 266 theaters
4. "The Wind Rises" - 21 theaters
Costner, meanwhile is back on the big screen in "3 Days to Kill." He was also in the recent release "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit." Here he is the lead and searching for a terrorist and his daughter at the same time. Sounds like plans overlapped here. The need to do both at the same time has to lead to danger. Got it and that will add to the drama.
That one, too, has the ingredients, but can it put it all together?
"In Secret" stars Elizabeth Olsen, Jessica Lange and Oscar Isaac, among others. Based on the novel, the period piece delves into the usual items as love and affairs. The acting will drive this one.
The Oscar-nomination animated film,"The Wind Rises" gets its small release as well this weekend. It has been praised for its visual journey but when that happens, the story is usually left behind. But, it does have that nomination, so it rose about many others.
So far, 2014 has not been bad at all at the box office. That only means something has to fall in a big way soon.


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Many cultures have ancient stories about creation and the global flood, which were passed down orally from generation to generation, and later written down; each culture with its own distinct language.
Traditionally Chinese writing is composed of a series of iconic characters, or pictographs and when combined are called calligraphy. However, until recently most have long forgotten what each symbol means when they are broken down into their ancient component parts. Ancient Chinese writings have revealed that the culture's original beliefs were monotheistic.
According to Reverend C.H. Kang and Dr. Ethel R. Nelson, co-authors of The Discovery of Genesis, ancient Chinese texts not only confirm that the early Chinese culture believed in only one God, it also describes the Biblical Genesis in startling detail. For example the calligraphy for boat is made up of the characters for vessel, eight, mouth; there were eight people on Noah's ark. Kang and Nelson go on to describe other similarities to the stories told in Genesis. The calligraphy for creator is comprised of characters for dust, mouth, life, and able to walk. In Genesis 2:7 the Bible reads, "the Lord God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being."
The parallels do not stop there. God, called ShangTi by the ancient Chinese contains the characters Heavenly and Emperor. Devil encompasses the pictographs, private, garden, and man. When you combine devil with the characters for tree and cover you get the word tempter.
Dr. Ethel R. Nelson's theorizes as to why the ancient Chinese writings had these ideograms. Dating back to the story of the tower of Babel, Nelson writes that God confused the language of the inhabitants of ancient Babel, when they tried to build a tower to heaven. No longer able to communicate with one another, the construction was abandoned, and the people scattered to the ends of the earth. Interesting enough the Chinese word for tower is: clay, united or joined together, and to undertake.


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Castle: "They've got a lot in common. She can talk about all the people she's put in prison, and he can talk about all the people he's met in prison."
"For Better or Worse" is the May 12 episode of "Castle." Beware this article contains spoilers. "Castle" returns this fall on ABC (KTRK).
The "case" of the episode is very lighthearted. It is amusing and funny. There really isn't a moment where it comes across serious in any way. The mobster tie is just thrown in there, but it's forgivable. Sadly, the writers don't use this as an opportunity to reveal more of what Beckett, excuse me, KitKat, was like in college. Rogan could have definitely thrown in an anecdote or two, or referenced more of what Beckett was like. He could have even made a comment about how/if she has changed. What are your thoughts on Rogan?
The wedding stuff is cute, especially when it comes to Alexis being on top of everything. It would have been nice to focus a little more on that. We never learn if Ryan got his tux fixed or anything. Still, for the most part, the wedding prep is good. The writers should not have done all the "what if this is a sign" garbage. Been there, done that, it's really not necessary. I mean yeah if Beckett called off the wedding because of it, then show it. We all know they are going to get married. Did you enjoy the wedding prep storylines?
Okay, you know how last week I said it would be better if we wrapped up the Bracken stuff in a two parter? This episode proves even more that that should have happened. The ending is just ridiculous. Would it be so bad to end the season without a cliffhanger? Just let them get married. I would have rather have the cliffhanger come at the end of a two parter dealing with Bracken and Vulcan Simmons than have this happen. If it is revealed next season that the crash is because of Bracken, I will be even more upset.
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Band will Support New Music With 21 Date U.S. Tour,
Co-headlining with Sleeping With Sirens
"Rock's next superstars." - Kerrang!
Pierce the Veil, who rocketed to success with their 2012 release Collide With The Sky, have been sequestered at Dan Korneff's Sonic Deris Recording Studio in New York writing and recording a brand new album due for a January 2015 release on Fearless Records. As yet untitled, the highly-anticipated release is being produced by Korneff (A Day To Remember, Paramore) who worked with the band on Collide.
At Sonic Deres Studio, L-R: Jaime Preciado, Vic Fuentes, Mike Fuentes, Tony Perry
Vocalist Vic Fuentes began working on ideas as early as late last year and began writing new material in earnest this Spring. He and the band - Mike Fuentes (drums), Tony Perry (guitar), and Jaime Preciado (bass) - started preproduction in May in their newly-renovated San Diego home studio. In June, with 11 songs written, the band headed to New York to begin recording; nine of those songs are earmarked for the new album, and the band has written two more since.
Said Vic about the sessions, "We try to stay focused on writing and recording songs that we're happy with, that we like, songs that will be fun to play live and that our fans will want to sing along with, songs that offer a little something different, but are all still very much PTV songs."
The past two years have been a whirlwind for Pierce the Veil. On July 22, 2012, Collide With The Sky debuted at #12 on the Billboard Top 200 Albums chart as well as #1 on the Top Hard Rock chart, the Top Modern Rock chart, the Top Alternative Albums chart, and the Top Rock Albums chart. MTV named the band a Buzzworthy Breakthrough Artist, and to date, Collide has sold nearly a quarter-million copies in the U.S. alone. That same year, PTV performed on the Main Stage for the entire Vans Warped Tour, then headlined the sold out, 34-major market date "Collide With the Sky" U.S. tour. In 2013, they co-headlined (with All Time Low) the sold out "Spring Fever" North American tour, and then played a massive run with A Day To Remember. PTV went on to sweep the Alternative Press Readers Poll, taking awards for Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Song of the Year, Live Band of the Year, Cover Art of the Year, Music Video of the Year (for "King For A Day" which has racked up an astounding 32-million YouTube views), Best Band Merch, Best Drummer and Best Bassist of the Year. "King For A Day" was awarded "Best Video of the Year" at the Kerrang! Awards, and earlier this year, the band's critically-acclaimed documentary, "This is a Wasteland," picked up a Revolver Golden God statue for Best Film & Video. Most recently, PTV received seven nominations at the first annual Alternative Press Music Awards, taking home three "Skullys" - the most wins for the night - for Best Bassist, Best Drummer, and Song of the Year (All Time Low's "A Love Like War" with Vic on vocals).
Leading up to the new album's release, PTV will co-headline 21 U.S. dates, the first leg of "The World Tour," a five-month, multi-leg global trek, with Sleeping with Sirens. Confirmed dates for the first leg are below.
5 Woodward Park Rotary Amphitheater, Fresno, CA
7 Fox Theatre, Pomona, CA
8 Rialto Theatre, Tucson, AZ
9 Sunshine Theatre, Albuquerque, NM
11 The Pavilion @ Lone Star Event Center, Lubbock, TX
13 Brady Theatre, Tulsa, OK
14 Cannery Ballroom, Nashville, TN
15 House of Blues, N. Myrtle Beach, SC
16 NorVa, Norfolk, VA
19 Freedom Hall @ Lancaster Convention Center, Lancaster, PA
20 Pine Bell Arena, Toms River, NJ
21 Washington Avenue Armory, Albany, NY
22 Webster Theater, Hartford, CT
24 The Paramount, Huntington, NY
25 The Paramount, Huntington, NY
29 Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI
30 Compuware Sports Arena (Mega Fest), Plymouth, MI
1 7 Flags Event Center, Clive, Iowa
3 Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO
5 Knitting Factory, Reno, NV
6 The Joint, Las Vegas, NV
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On my Galaxy S II, I've added the Picture Frame widget to the second page. It's the only object on that page, but it only takes up 1/4th of the available space.
I tried adding 3 more frames on a lark, but that was more annoying than anything. Ideally, my one picture frame would take up the entire page. But I don't know how to resize it? Surely this is possible...?


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IMF Statement on SpainPress Release No. 13/144
April 26, 2013
Ms. Christine Lagarde, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), made the following statement today:
"I strongly support the Spanish government's objectives of restoring a sound fiscal position while securing a recovery and creating jobs. Today's announcement to pursue a more gradual consolidation path is a welcome step toward meeting these goals, building on major reforms and structural fiscal improvements last year.
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A couple of years ago, a parenting expert spoke at a training seminar at St. Michael Catholic Church in Wheaton. The statement was about communication between parents and children. The statistics were flooring!
What this person stated for a fact is that parents of today communicate – really communicate – with their children for 20 minutes PER WEEK!! At the time many people present thought this was hard to believe.
If you look around you, though, take a look at all of the other 'important' things there are in our lives that prevent us from creatively pursuing the most important position that we will ever hold – being a mom or a dad! The choices are many but none of them should even be in the realm of consideration when it comes to family and family time.
Sports are one of the biggies that distract families away from one another. Colleges have the right idea by encouraging kids to be diverse and to pursue many avenues, but this should never be at the expense of spending time together as a family. The adults driving these programs should understand family better than anyone, because most coaches have a family that they tend to put on the back burner in order to be a suitable coach.
It is understandable when some people will take advantage of a system and want to play but never show up for practices. It is another thing altogether when a kid is going to see family for a weekend one time per season. That kid should not have his or her position replaced simply because family is more important. Family should always be a viable excuse – as long as it is not just an excuse.
Parents, if you want your children to be successful, you must put your foot down, set a good example and do everything that you can keep your family unit on track by being 'present' in their lives. If you continually choose someone or something over your children, you may as well step back as a parent, because something else will surely take your place.
How hard is it really to get involved and stay involved in your child's life? There are so many things to think about and to discuss with your child. Set aside some time to relax – and just be together.
When you take the time, you will be rewarded over and over again. Having children at home to care for may seem like it takes a lifetime when you are in the throes of it, but childhood is fleeting. Don't blink or it will be gone!


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I'm designing badges for a client's app (when users get a certain number of points, they get a badge). It seems like badges are used in nearly every type of challenge/game app. I understand that it's a reward for the users, but I feel there can be a better alternative. Is there any theory behind why they work, or how they make the UX better?
Badges are one of the best methods of building up users' engagement. They are rewards at no cost for the system issuer, like a perpetuum mobile. The best thing is that this model is universal - it works both in systems like Q&A, forums and games - and most probably in almost any multi-user environment. This is also very similar to real life (e.g. army, sport or work with positions and various awards).
If you take a look at the badges system used here, on StackExchange, you will find that there are various activities one can build up their rank with. Badges are focused on pormoting quality content (bith regarding questions and answers) and also performing other activities.
It is sometimes good to provide ranks alongside with badges. Ranks differ from badges, because these are like titles, whilst badges are like awards. Usually, in digital systems it is pretty much organized, so the closest analogy is to the army, at least regarding ranks. Take for example this person: General George S. Patton. His rank was "general", yet he was awarded for his actions with many orders. His rank was built up from private to general. Of course, in this case awards are discretionary, so you cannot assign a direct condition that causes being awarded with a medal. In digital systems you can do it.
From my experience, some things you should focus on while creating a successful ranks/badges system are:
And, which is very important, badges are strategic elements of your system - you should plan them depending on what you want to achieve, how you want your users to behave, what kind of activities you want them to perform and how much you want these to be promoted. You whould never underestimate the power of badges system. Thus, it is more important to ask how the badges system should be created for a system than if it should be used at all.


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"We'll definitely be challenged. There are lots of very good individual wrestlers on the Bacone squad. I hope people can get out and attend our last home dual of the season. The gym should be rockin'," stated head coach Jimmy May.
The team traveled to Northwestern College (Iowa) on Saturday for the Paul Bartlett Red Raider Invitational to face 10 teams from the NAIA and NCAA Division III. No. 1 Augsburg College won the team title (178.0). Host team Northwestern claimed second (114.0), Waldorf College was third (99.5), and the Baker Wildcats finished a close fourth (94.0).


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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Genre
November 2, 2012 | by Robert Havey
In 1997, LSA Professor of English Eric Rabkin was invited to a Michigan seminar to discuss the emerging field of complex systems, a method of study that allows researchers from a variety of disciplines to use advanced mathematics and computer modeling to solve difficult, dynamic problems. The work covers everything from the growth of terrorist networks to the spread of disease. Complex system modeling was being applied to biology, epidemiology, computer network design, and economic decision modeling, but not yet, as far as Rabkin could tell, to any areas of cultural research. Art. Anthropology. And, yes, English.
Could the same models that follow and predict the spread of the influenza virus also track the evolution of literature, he wondered?
At that seminar, Rabkin met LSA Professor of Economics and Mathematics Carl Simon, one of the experts on complex adaptive systems at U-M. "After the meeting, he came up to me and said he had some idea of how this might work in studying literature," Simon recalls.
Tentative though the ideas may have been, it was enough to launch what would eventually become the Genre Evolution Project (GEP), a collaboration to use advanced mathematics and computing to understand the cultural impact of science fiction.
Now, after 14 years, nine presentations, seven published papers, and more still in the pipeline, the largest portion of the GEP is complete. It's now possible to say whether Hugo and Nebula award winner Ursula K. Le Guin was a pioneer for women in science fiction, or part of a general trend. Or to say whether one's publication odds for a science fiction short story are better if the story is about aliens or medical technology.
But how did this happen? And how does one actually code stories?
The first meeting of the GEP was held in Angel Hall in the winter of 1998. "The first exciting piece was the understanding that maybe we could link literary genre and complexity," says Simon. "The second piece was having the students build the structure."
Linking literary genre and complexity was something Rabkin was all too ready to try. Through his own research, Rabkin had begun to suspect that just studying the masterworks was too narrow to understand literature's cultural impact. Complex systems appeared to offer a way to view a genre holistically. "This always had been clear to me: the traditional approaches of literary criticism are incomplete," says Rabkin. "Everything that functions in human culture functions in a larger context. To be able to answer even so simple a question as, 'is this a good book?' is improved if you can find a way of looking at that larger context."
Together, Simon and Rabkin came up with the idea of treating every story in a given literary genre like a pseudo-organism and the publication process like biological evolution. Each story is treated as a very complex organism consisting of traits ranging from the simple, such as publication date, number of characters, and presence of space travel, to the more subjective, such as complexity of the main character and theme development. If the story is well suited to the environment of editors and readers, the story gets reprinted. "If a story is published in a science fiction magazine, then a year later it is in an anthology, then three years later it is in another...people keep thinking, 'yes, this is a story we want to bring before the public.' That's a measure of evolutionary successes," says Rabkin.
"It's sort of like having a DNA string for these stories," says Simon.
Covers: 1984 and Dune courtesy of The Penguin Group; The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy courtesy of Simon & Schuster.
Student volunteers read the stories in pairs each week, then broke the story down into key characteristics. The results were then compiled in the database for analysis. As of this year, student research assistants have read, analyzed, and created a database of almost 3,000 American science fiction short stories written between 1926 and 1999.
Unlike most other research projects, the students doing the legwork had a strong influence on the project's definitions and goals. "To a large extent, the students set the ground rules," says Simon. "They set the categories, set the definitions, chose the boundaries."
The approach wasn't without its drawbacks. Not every story fit neatly into chosen criteria. H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, for example, could be considered both a story about time travel and about exploration.
"Inter-coder reliability is difficult," explains Simon. "If two smart people would read the same story, would they come to the same conclusions? I think the answer is: not always. Hopefully enough stories make up for that. We kept refining the definitions to make them sharper."
While they worked, the group had to deflect criticism for in-depth study of a genre many in the academy felt was too low-brow. Rabkin, however, knew the value, having published a book and several papers on science fiction before the start of the project. He knew how deeply ingrained the genre is in American culture. "Science fiction is something that not only produces stories, but also turns out to be the underlying genre for the vast majority of box office movies. It also influences city planning and popular music," Rabkin says. He also argues that science fiction is the only genre explicitly engaged in understanding the consequences of new technology and the uneven distribution of knowledge—topics relevant in the current culture. "Of course science fiction is better suited to deal with these issues than the other genres. It's the genre that's supposed to deal with them."
Armed with a unique database of quantifiable evidence, the GEP has produced several papers and presentations over the past decade. It is now possible to debate about the genre of science fiction without being restricted to abstract concepts. For example, in a paper published in 2008, Simon and Rabkin were able to show the science fiction stories that women wrote had the same characteristics as the stories male authors wrote, including the likelihood of a hard-science background. The exceptions were that women authors wrote shorter stories with younger main characters, and half the stories by women authors had female lead characters, compared to only five percent of the stories by male authors.
The work is nearly completed, and the weekly meetings were reduced to once a month in 2011. In the summer of 2012, the meetings were suspended altogether. Side projects are continuing, however.
Simon and Rabkin hope other schools will benefit from their collaboration and that it might even be modeled at other research institutions. "Michigan really has the thinnest wall of any university I know," says Simon. "This kind of thing, the fact that it rose from this interdisciplinary sort of meeting of minds, where people purposely got together to see how ideas in other fields might affect how they think and about what they do—that's a real Michigan thing. That was the catalyst for this whole project."
Learn more about the genre evolution project by visiting www.umich.edu/~genreevo.


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Wrath listened as Andirrul told him what he had done. He nodded his head when she finished speaking.
"I know about the three mercs Andirrul, I remained hidden in the shadows when you did so. I was there in case things got out of hand. Let me deal with Ulim, Mech, and Terror. I'll tell them what they will do next. As for Lord Tyrannus, he wouldn't think to do a thing. Without you the New Empire would fall apart and even if he tries he'll have to get through me first. I would be honored to duel you Mistress if you would still like to."
Kurt took off both of his gauntlets and looked down at his pale hands. He removed the helmet as well and let it sit on a table. His face was just as pale as his hands. He checked the jedi's pulse and began looking for things in the med bay.
"Sir while I've never had it, I can picture what it does. I don't think its the only thing. Her heart rate is dropping which is preventing blood from reaching her brain. That's whats causing her to faint."
Kurt came back with a needle that contained a clear liquid in it. He injected the liquid into the jedi's arm.
"This is going to keep her heart rate up and allow blood to get to her head. Remember that woman we bumped into back in front of the ruins? I think she has something to do with this."
Kurt walked back to search for bacta. He found some and filled the needle slightly with it. He walked back and injected this as well.
"I think she was poisoned sir. This explains her constant vomiting. The bacta should finish off any poison in her bloodstream that our hermit friend didn't already remove. I believe she would have suffered from the Hibernation sickness long before we arrived on this planet. I'd still check her for it anyway though. She should be clear of toxin now."
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Who says rock is dead? Well, just about everyone, all the time, but last night at least it seemed to be doing OK, as dudes with guitars (and/or banjos) owned the nominations in most of the major categories announced during the Grammy nomination concert last night. Fun. and the Black Keys are both up for Record of the Year and Album of the Year, while the Album category also makes room for Jack White's Blunderbuss and Mumford and Sons' Babel. Best New Artist includes Alabama Shakes and Fun. again, the latter of whom have a chance at sweeping the four majors with a nomination for Song of the Year as well, for "We Are Young."
Crashing the rock fest in the four major categories as well is R&B cultural sensation Frank Ocean. Frank is up for Best New Artist, while his Channel Orange is a Best Album nominee, and that album's hit single "Thinking 'Bout You" is up for both Record and Song of the Year, despite having technically been out since last summer. Kelly Clarkson is also up for Record and Song for her chart-topping "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)," while Miguel (yay!) and Ed Sheeran (boo!) both sneak into the Song category, for "Adorn" and "The A Team," respectively. And you know the Grammy committee couldn't ignore Our Girl Carly Rae Jepsen entirely, also stuffing her into the Song of the Year category for "Call Me Maybe."
Conspicuous among all the songs nominated in the major categories is a total lack of both EDM and hip-hop. The EDM snub is less surprising, since the genre has still just recently come to a more national prominence, and the scene hasn't produced a ton of artists who have received significant critical acclaim. But the absence of hip-hop is jarring, as the most hip-hop moment of the night during the Nominations concert was Taylor Swift beatboxing under LL Cool J's rendition of her song "Mean." No Drake, Kanye or Nicki Minaj at all in non-rap-specific categories? Doesn't quite seem right, and feels like another step in hip-hop's sudden increasing marginalization among mainstream American culture.
Check out the complete list of nominees in the major (pop relevant, anyway) categories below. Frank Ocean and Fun.—the committee could've done a whole lot worse.
Album Of The Year:
"El Camino" — The Black Keys
"Some Nights" — FUN.
"Babel" — Mumford & Sons
"Channel Orange" — Frank Ocean
"Blunderbuss" — Jack White
Record Of The Year:
"Lonely Boy" — The Black Keys
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" — Kelly Clarkson
"We Are Young" — FUN. Featuring Janelle Monáe
"Somebody That I Used To Know" — Gotye Featuring Kimbra
"Thinkin Bout You" — Frank Ocean
"We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together" — Taylor Swift
Best New Artist:
Alabama Shakes
Hunter Hayes
The Lumineers
Frank Ocean
Song Of The Year:
"The A Team" — Ed Sheeran, songwriter (Ed Sheeran)
"Adorn" — Miguel Pimentel, songwriter (Miguel)
"Call Me Maybe" — Tavish Crowe, Carly Rae Jepsen & Josh Ramsay, songwriters (Carly Rae Jepsen)
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" — Jörgen Elofsson, David Gamson, Greg Kurstin & Ali Tamposi,
songwriters (Kelly Clarkson)
"We Are Young" — Jack Antonoff, Jeff Bhasker, Andrew Dost & Nate Ruess, songwriters (FUN. Featuring
Janelle Monáe)
Best Pop Solo Performance:
"Set Fire To The Rain (Live)" — Adele
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" — Kelly Clarkson
"Call Me Maybe" — Carly Rae Jepsen
"Wide Awake" — Katy Perry
"Where Have You Been" — Rihanna
Best Pop Duo/Group Performance:
"Shake It Out" — Florence & The Machine
"We Are Young" — FUN. Featuring Janelle Monáe
"Somebody That I Used To Know" — Gotye Featuring Kimbra
"Sexy And I Know It" — LMFAO
"Payphone" — Maroon 5 & Wiz Khalifa
Best Rock Performance:
"Hold On" — Alabama Shakes
"Lonely Boy" — The Black Keys
"Charlie Brown" — Coldplay
"I Will Wait" — Mumford & Sons
"We Take Care Of Our Own" — Bruce Springsteen
Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance:
"I'm Alive" — Anthrax
"Love Bites (So Do I)" — Halestorm
"Blood Brothers" — Iron Maiden
"Ghost Walking" — Lamb Of God
"No Reflection" — Marilyn Manson
"Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)" — Megadeth
Best Rock Album:
"El Camino" — The Black Keys
"Mylo Xyloto" — Coldplay
"The 2nd Law" — Muse
"Wrecking Ball" — Bruce Springsteen
"Blunderbuss" — Jack White
Best Rock Song:
"Freedom at 21″ — Jack White
"I Will Wait" — Mumford & Sons
"Lonely Boy" — The Black Keys
"Madness" — Muse
"We Take Care of Our Own" — Bruce Springsteen
Best Alternative Music Album
The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes
Will Ever Do — Fiona Apple
Biophilia — Björk
Making Mirrors — Gotye
Hurry Up, We're Dreaming — M83
Bad As Me — Tom Waits
Best Dance/Electronica Album:
"Wonderland" — Steve Aoki
"Don't Think" — The Chemical Brothers
"> Album Title Goes Here <" — Deadmau5
"Fire & Ice" — Kaskade
"Bangarang" — Skrillex
Best R&B Performance:
"Thank You" — Estelle
"Gonna Be Alright (F.T.B.)" — Robert Glasper Experiment Featuring Ledisi
"I Want You" — Luke James
"Adorn" — Miguel
"Climax" — Usher
Best Urban Contemporary Album
"Fortune" — Chris Brown
"Kaleidoscope Dream" — Miguel
"Channel Orange" — Frank Ocean
Best R&B Album:
"Black Radio" — Robert Glasper Experiment
"Back To Love" — Anthony Hamilton
"Write Me Back" — R. Kelly
"Beautiful Surprise" — Tamia
"Open Invitation" — Tyrese
Best R&B Song:
"Adorn" — Miguel
"Beautiful Surprise" — Tamia
"Heart Attack" — Trey Songz
"Pray for Me" — Anthony Hamilton
"Refill" — Elle Varner
Best Rap/Sung Collaboration:
"Wild Ones" — Flo Rida Featuring Sia
"No Church In The Wild" — Jay–Z & Kanye West Featuring Frank Ocean & The–Dream
"Tonight (Best You Ever Had)" — John Legend Featuring Ludacris
"Cherry Wine" — Nas Featuring Amy Winehouse
"Talk That Talk" — Rihanna Feautring Jay–Z
Best Rap Performance:
"HYFR (Hell Ya F***ing Right)" — Drake Featuring Lil Wayne
"N****s In Paris" — Jay–Z & Kanye West
"Daughters" — Nas
"Mercy" — Kanye West Featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz
"I Do" — Young Jeezy Featuring Jay–Z & André 3000
Best Rap Album:
"Take Care" — Drake
"Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album, Pt. 1″ — Lupe Fiasco
"Life Is Good" — Nas
"Undun" — The Roots
"God Forgives, I Don't" — Rick Ross
"Based On A T.R.U. Story" — 2 Chainz
Best Rap Song:
"Daughers" — Nas
"Lotus Flower Bomb" — Wale featuring Miguel
"Mercy" — Kanye West Featuring Big Sean, Pusha T & 2 Chainz
"The Motto" — Drake Featuring Lil Wayne
"N****s in Paris" — Jay-Z & Kanye West
"Young, Wild & Free" — Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa Featuring Bruno Mars
Best Latin Pop Album:
"Independiente" — Ricard Arjona
"Ilusion" — Fonseca
"Kany Garcia" — Kany Garcia
"Con Quien Se Queda El Perro?" — Jesse Y Joy
MTV Unplugged — Juanes
Best Country Solo Performance:
"Home" — Dierks Bentley
"Springsteen" — Eric Church
"Cost Of Livin'" — Ronnie Dunn
"Wanted" — Hunter Hayes
"Over" — Blake Shelton
"Blown Away" — Carrie Underwood
Best Country Duo Performance:
"Even if It Breaks Your Heart" — Eli Young Band
"Pontoon" — Little Big Town
"Safe & Sound" — Taylor Swift & the Civil Wars
"On the Outskirts of Town" — The Time Jumpers
"I Just Come Here for the Music" — Don Williams Featuring Alison Krauss
Best Country Album:
"Uncaged" — Zac Brown Band
"Hunter Hayes" — Hunter Hayes
"Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran" — Jamey Johnson
"Four The Record" — Miranda Lambert
"The Time Jumpers" — The Time Jumpers
Best Americana Album:
"The Carpenter" — The Avett Brothers
"From The Ground Up" — John Fullbright
"The Lumineers" — The Lumineers
"Babel" — Mumford & Sons
"Slipstream" — Bonnie Raitt
Best Blues Album:
"33 1/3″ — Shemekia Copeland
"Locked Down" — Dr. John
"Let It Burn" — Ruthie Foster
"And Still I Rise" — Heritage Blues Orchestra
"Bring It On Home" — Joan Osborne
Best Spoken Word Album:
"American Grown" (Michelle Obama) — Scott Creswell & Dan Zitt, producers (Various Artists)
"Back To Work: Why We Need Smart Government For A Strong Economy" — Bill Clinton
"Drift: The Unmooring Of American Military Power" — Rachel Maddow
"Seriously…I'm Kidding" — Ellen DeGeneres
"Society's Child: My Autobiography" — Janis Ian
Best Musical Theater Album:
The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess
Nice Work If You Can Get It
Once: A New Musical
Best Comedy Album
Blow Your Pants Off — Jimmy Fallon
Cho Dependent (Live In Concert) — Margaret Cho
In God We Rust — Lewis Black
Kathy Griffin: Seaman 1st Class — Kathy Griffin
Mr. Universe — Jim Gaffigan
Rize Of The Fenix — Tenacious D


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What is a Co-op Apartment and What are the Closing Costs for a Manhattan Co-op Apartment?
A co-op apartment is a unit in a building that is owned by a corporation and operates as a housing cooperative. This corporation (usually an LLC) is made up of shareholders (apartment owners) who in turn own a piece of the corporation. As a purchaser, you own shares of a corporation that owns the building, and you are issued a proprietary lease by the LLC. There is no deed issued.
In NYC condos, you own your unit as well as part of all common areas of the building, and more importantly purchasers are issued a deed.
Further Reading: What Home Buyers Should Consider When Deciding What Type of Manhattan Housing to Buy
The following guides will give you general closing costs associated with the purchase or sale of a co-op apartments in New York, Manhattan. Please note that these are estimates and potential buyers or sellers should consult their real estate attorney and financial advisor for specifics. We do not represent that these cover the spectrum of potential costs, but rather is a general guide.
Manhattan Co-op Closing Costs for Sellers:
1. Typically 6% depending on the size and marketing
2. Own Attorney: $2000-$2500
3. Co-op Attorney: $500+
4. Flip Tax: 1%-3% of sales price (if applicable)
5. Stock Transfer tax: $.05 per share (if applicable)
6. Move Out Deposit: $500-$1000 (refundable)
7. NYC Transfer Tax: 1% of price <$500,000; 1.425% of price >$500,000+ and $100 filing fee
8. NY State Transfer tax: $2 per $500 of price or .4% of purchase price
UCC-3 Filing Fee: $75+
Manhattan Co-op Closing Costs for Buyers:
1. Buyer's Attorney: $2000-$2500
2. Bank Fees: Points- 0%-3% of the loan amount
3. Application & Credit Check: $500+
4. Bank Attorney: $750+
5. Misc. Bank Fees: $500+
6. Lien Search: $300+
7. UCC Filing: $75+
8. Appraisal Fee: $400+
9. Short Term Interest: Equal to interest for balance of month in which you close
10. Move In Deposit: $500-$1000 (refundable)
11. Aztec Recognition Agreement Fee: $250+
12. Maintenance Adjustment: Monthly carrying costs for maintenance and assessments if any, are pro-rated depending on the close date
13. Mansion Tax: 1% of entire purchase price for $1 million +
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The Supreme Court's recent decision in the Hobby Lobby case is still causing quite a ruckus, and with good reason. Employers can now exclude all types of birth control medication from coverage in employee health insurance, the decision says, which can directly affect all of the 15.4 million American women who use prescription contraceptives.
Even worse, this decision completely overlooks that those contraceptives are used for many other purposes aside from birth control alone. In fact, 58 percent of women using prescription birth control do so for alternate reasons, including endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome, and even skin conditions.
The public is upset with SCOTUS' decision, too, as a majority think no company should be able to restrict insurance coverage of any type of contraceptive. Just like an employer can't tell an employee where to spend the money he or she earns, so too should an employer not be able to restrict the type of insurance coverage a worker gets, either. That benefit (for which the employer gets to skip out on additional employment taxes) is the property of the employee alone.
And the ladies who work for social media giant Buzzfeed didn't take that recent Supreme Court decision too lightly, either. And to demonstrate their opinions, they gave a classic photo-message response on their website on July 16. They state their arguments with pride, poise, and poignancy. Check out their photos by clicking on the picture in the top-left of this page.
You can see a few other of Buzzfeed's photo responses on its website, too.


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You walked around a bit, it probably wasn't the largest kitchen in the world, but it was still surprised you with how vast the area seemed. One of the kitchen walls were knocked down, so that it led straight into what seemed like another guest room, making the space seem even larger, instead of closed walls which gave more of a sense of claustrophobia, to you at least. The dim lighting accompanied by the music muffled by the walls, and the bright lights that would flash every once in a while gave the room a bar-like feeling, especially since there was a counter where people were fetching their own drinks at. No one stayed too long there though, just grabbing something quick alcohol or something and leaving to go where most of the others were at, the main area with the dancing and deafening music.
But none of that interested you right now, not the dancing, or the music, or the drinks. You were here strictly for homework, it's not like you were invited to this party anyways.
'You don't belong here...' The voices of the girls from earlier rung through your head again, "They're just words..." You tried to convince yourself, "Of course I 'belong' here, they're the ones who invited me in the first place. It's not my fault they happened to be throwing a party too. Maybe... maybe they did it on purpose, maybe they wanted me to be at Alfred's party with them..." But as much as you tried, the things they told you before still stuck in your head. It didn't matter what others may believe, words hurt you more than you'd think reasonable, and the thought of them actually wanting you to party with them seemed completely unreasonable. Who would go to so much trouble to invite you to something so... fun?
You sighed and leaned against a wall. 'Yeah, they're right; I really shouldn't be here...' Your eyes trailed around to the faces of people walking by, all of them laughing and giggling. They were gossiping, and chatting, and knowing each other, and knowing what to do in this place, and where to go, and how to have fun. And then there was you, you who didn't know where to even start looking for the three.
'Heck, I haven't ever even been to a party before, too,' You thought sadly. It wasn't something to brag about, but it wasn't surprising to you. How could you go to a party if there were no friends to invite you? This was technically the first party you've been invited to, and you weren't even invited. Your eyebrows creased as you stared at the ground, as if there was an intricate puzzle there that had to be solved, though it really was just you zoning out, listening to the thoughts at the back of your mind that told you that everything you were doing was just a big mistake.
'I was mistaken, of course they don't want me here, the only reason Alfred didn't kick me out was probably because Francis invited me over. I bet the guy would have kicked me out just as quickly as he had those other girls, he didn't seem to have a problem doing that.' You inhaled a shaky breath, feeling your heart starting to race and your hands become clammy, even though you were just standing there, you started hyperventilating as you felt a panic attack going along. Why here of all places? You haven't had an attack for a while now, so why did you have to start receding into your head, into those thoughts in the first place? You knew how words and thoughts always ended freaking you out in the end.
"I never should have come here," You concluded with a whisper as you tried taking deep breaths to calm down. None of it was really working though. 'And this is why I don't come too close to others; somehow, I just get hurt in the end.' You thought, anger starting to seep in. But it wasn't the fact that you were panicking that was making you angry, it was that you couldn't get close to others without feeling like this in the long run. It was that you kept blaming others, when in reality, it was all you. It wasn't anyone else making you feel this way; no one really came up and told you those things. It was all just you and how you interpreted them.
The hardest part was that you understood that it was all just you, but even still, you felt so terribly dysfunctional and depressed. And knowing that no one was forcing you just made you more confused and even more miserable with yourself.
"Heyyyy, it's the frau! She really did come! Kesesese, see Francis, I won the bet, hand over my winnings!" You were rudely brought back to reality with the voice of Gilbert; his voice seeming to stand out from all the rest of the chattering that surrounded you. They waved as they started walking towards you, and you weren't sure then that if you were happy to see them, and happy that they brought you out of your thoughts, or if you were angry that they were interrupting your mental rant.
They walked towards you as you looked over them, they were all dressed up as if they were expecting a party in the first place, though the more you thought about it, you realized that those three seemed to always be dressed that way. It was as if they thought the world was going to spontaneously break out in some type of world-wide party, where everyone would just break out in song and dancing, and they would be completely prepared for it. You smiled at the thought of America shaking with the vibrations of everyone dancing simultaneously, oh how ridiculous that would be! And even though it looked like they had been partying for a while now, they still seemed as clean as before.
Especially Francis, you giggled as you saw that his hair was just as well tamed as it usually was, while Antonio's and Gilberts were nice looking in their own, messed up way. But then you reeled in your mind as you realized how much you had noticed about them in the little time you had met up with them. Just from what you knew now, you could probably assume that Francis held a comb on his person at all times, that Gilbert probably had the most unique laugh you had ever heard, and that Antonio was probably more caring and kind than what a lot of girls could ever hope to be. How could you have learned this much only from speaking to them, like, twice?
You were starting to sound like one of those boy-obsessed girls who always seemed to analyze everything about the guys around them. You had always found it ridiculous about how they could notice simple things like how many pairs of jeans a guy had, or if the guy had cut off half an inch of their hair or something, it had just seemed too absurd to bother paying heed to all those things... but here you were, doing the exact thing subconsciously with these three guys. How ironic.
Blinking rapidly as you backed away, Antonio stopped waving his hand in front of your face. "Haha, you're really dazed aren't you, __________?" The three of them were standing around you now, probably wondering why you had gotten so silent. You were thankful at this moment that you weren't the more talkative type, at least to them, or else your silence would have been even more awkward than what it already was.
"Oh, haha, sorry," You laughed, trying to hide your nervousness of being here, "But um, what's going on Francis?" Turning to give as serious a look as you could muster, you asked, "Weren't we going to study? I mean, my grade relies on this, and-and we can't procrastinate. I don't want to leave this to the last minute, and I don't know if I'll have more time to get together to work with you guys again, I really only had today, and then I came here and there was all this, and Arthur was at the door (which by the way Francis, he seems like one crazy house mate), and I don't even know what that was about, but I made it in still and then those girls coming up to me..." You thought about those girls and things they had told you again.
"Whoa whoa whoa, calm down, s'il vous plait!" Francis cried out, grabbing at your arm, "No need to get so antsy, ma Cherie," You hadn't realized that you had been subconsciously scratching at your arm through your jacket in the first place, until Francis had grabbed it. And that scared you.
"Francis didn't even know that there was going to be a party here," Gilbert tried explaining, draping an arm around your shoulders and pulling you towards the
You all sat down on some barstools, "So we're sorry that we aren't able to work today," Antonio said, genuinely sounding upset, and mimicking the tone of what the other two's faces told you.
You shook your head, "No, no you're alright." It really wasn't their fault, so it didn't matter anymore. You smirked at them though, saying, "So you didn't actually plan out a sneaky party to sneakily try inviting yours truly over?" You swear you could have choked on all the cockiness your tone held in that last sentence.
"No no no no, don't worry, we certainly didn't trick you into something like that," They all laughed cheerfully, "We really were going to work today, we swear, if we knew there was going to be a party like this, we would have rescheduled it! Sorry to be a bother to you," Antonio apologized for the group again, something that seemed like his specialty.
You laughed along of course, but still felt your stomach drop a bit. They obviously didn't mean to be rude, but some small part of you had actually hoped that they would have actually invited you over, like the sneaky tricksters they were, to a party like this. But that was just setting your hopes too high, you were just a classmate they got partnered up with. Nothing more.
"No, no, you're fine." You assured them, you were a bit disheartened now, but you didn't let it show, "Well, I'll be off now. No need for me to keep imposing your party, we can just reschedule working on the project later, I guess." You moved to stand up, but they stopped you.
"Wait a second frau, how about we just study at my house next time?" You looked at Gilbert hesitantly, after what happened today, you weren't too sure... "Don't worry, ____________, mein bruder would kill me if I tried to host a party, so there's no worries about that happening!" Francis and Antonio chuckled along with Gilbert, all three of them remembering Gilberts brother, "He's totally such a pain in the ass, he's just the biggest neat freak I know!" Gilberts eyes seemed to twinkle mischeviously as he spoke, "He will make sure we don't get off track, so we can get the stupid project over with. And we can just go after school tomorrow,"
He looked around at everyone, "Don't worry about it, I'll drive us. I live pretty close to the school anyways." He listed his address off for you, and you almost hesitated at the thought of him taking you there. Him taking you somewhere meant that he would have to drop you off too. And you didn't want them dropping you off at all. But the address he gave sounded close enough for you to walk home, so you agreed.
He seemed like he would have continued talking, but you interrupted him. It wasn't late at all, but you still didn't feel like overstaying your welcome here right now, you felt uncomfortable being at someone else's house anyways, "Um, well, sure Gilbert. Anways, I'll see you guys later!" You waved and stood up to leave again when they stopped you once more.
"Slow downnnn," Francis complained, "Don't be in such a hurry, I don't see why you are, you're here anyways, so why don't you just stay?"
"Pleaseeeeeee," Antonio pleaded, "Pretty please with a cherry tomato on top?"
You shook your head, "No, I really should be going..."
Gilbert grabbed your chin with his hand and suddenly your eyes were staring straight into his striking red ones, you never really realized how unnatural they were. They just seemed so accepted on his face, his red eyes and his white hair... but now was not the time to think about this. He face was close, just a little more than wayyyy too close for comfort. "Please please please please please please, stay for the party with us?"
You felt your cheeks head up in his hand as you heard the rest of the trio snickering at this little scene. Snapping out of your daze you pulled away and huffed lightly, "Fine. If you really want me to." You couldn't help but let a little grin flash on your face as you realized someone wanted you to actually 'hang out' with them.
"Yay!!" They all cheered happily.
You shook your head as you giggled, 'I guess they're a little more drunk than what they let on. Not as much as Arthur... but certainly still drunk.' You used their drunkness to explain their odd behavior. Your mom always acted weird when she came home from a bar, so why not them?
"Have you guys been drinking?" You asked lightly, feeling slightly more comfortable knowing that they didn't mind you being here.
They looked at on another, stifling laughter, "Of course we have, what type of party would it be if we didn't drink anything!" Antonio stated, as if it was an obvious face everyone knew about.
"Oh..." You said, a bit confused and embarrassed. It wasn't like you would know, considering your lack of knowledge, "Well sorry for my idiotic-ness, I wouldn't know about this stuff. I've never been to a party before, how would I know what to do!"
That's when it seemed like everything just stopped. The trio had frozen and stared at you as if you grew a third head. "Y-You have never been to a party before?" Francis restated, sounding like he was either very surprised, or very terrified, as if the possibility of a teenager who had never partied was impossible.
You cringed at their responses, "Oh yeah... right. I... don't really get out much."
After a few more awkward stares at you, Gilbert chuckled, "Well then, we'll just have to fix that now, don't we." He smirked cockily towards Antonio and Francis, a silent agreement flashing on their faces.
"Out, ma Cherie, it seems like we're going to have to show just what it's like to have fun at the part with the Bad Touch Trio!" Francis said as he stood up dramatically.
Antonio cheered, feeling more pumped now that they seemed to have a 'goal' in mind for tonight. "You'll see, partying is a lot of fun chica!"
You shook your head at their silliness, well, if this is what they really wanted, you weren't going to object to having fun for once in your life. "Fine," You said as you grinned at them, "Show me what you've got."


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Ryan Named MCC Pitcher of the Week
Feb. 22, 2000
For the second straight week, a UIC pitcher has named the MCC Pitcher of the Week as sophomore righty Kevin Ryan earned the honor on Monday. Last week, junior Nick Worm picked up the award.
In his lone appearance on the mound last weekend against Georgia State, Ryan tossed three innings without allowing a hit or an earned run. For the year, Ryan hasn't given up an earned run in two appearances and sports a 0.00 ERA. Additionally, he is holding opponents to a stingy .111 batting average.
UIC returns to action this weekend in Cookeville, Tenn., as it faces Tennessee Tech for a three-games series which begins Friday at 2:30 p.m.


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Jennifer Lopez: Totes Pregnant!
- Jennifer Lopez is with child! But you suspected that. Also, this means that In Touch was right about something, so we're scared of the implications. [Page Six]
- Rock of Love Winner Jes has a new boyfriend, and it's not Bret Michaels. Surprise, surprise. [Page Six]
- PETA has written a letter to Kevin Federline, asking him…


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Curtis Jeffrey Painter
Position: QB
Height: 6-4 Weight: 230 lbs.
Throws: Right
Born: June 24, 1985 in Watseka, IL
High School: Lincoln
College: Purdue (school history) (Painter college stats)
Drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the 6th round (201st overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 2 (11632nd overall since 1950)
Other SR Links: College Football at Sports-Reference.com


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Director James Cameron said he feels younger and healthier after following a vegan diet for two years. "I feel great," Cameron said in a Reddit Q&A. "I feel like I set the clock back 15 years." Judging by a photo comparison of James in 2011 and 2014 (at left), he appears thinner and more youthful after going vegan.
Cameron said he improved his health and experienced effortless weight loss after switching to a 100% plant-based diet. James joins a long list of celebrity vegans, including Jared Leto, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Samuel L. Jackson, who are sold on the anti-aging benefits of a vegan diet.
Enjoying improved health and weight loss on a vegan diet isn't surprising to medical experts like Dr. Joel Fuhrman. "The more greens you eat, the more weight you will lose," said Fuhrman, author of The End of Dieting.
Vegan triathlete Brendan Brazier, author of the bestseller, Thrive Fitness, agrees. Brendan, a former professional Ironman triathlete and two-time Canadian 50km Ultra-Marathon champion, got incredible results on his plant-based diet.
"Shifting to a plant-based diet will give you more energy without stimulants such as sugar and caffeine," said Brazier, who also penned the Thrive Energy Cookbook. "You'll also enjoy better sleep quality, faster recovery time, better digestion, reduced inflammation, reduced risk of injury, and longer endurance."
James Cameron: Factory Farming Is Destroying the Planet
Cameron switched to a vegan diet in 2012, citing a desire to protect the environment. "The single biggest thing that an individual can do to combat climate change is to stop eating animals because of the huge carbon footprint of animal agriculture," he said.
In 2006, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization released a report indicating that 18% of the world's man-made greenhouse-gas emissions come from livestock production. In reality, that figure is closer to 51%, according to a 2009 report by Robert Goodland and Jeff Anhang of the World Bank.
Nathan Pelletier, an ecological economist at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, underscored that eating cows isn't the main problem; it's eating cows raised on factory farms. Pelletier told Time that grass-fed cows are better for the environment that cows raised on livestock farms, where they're pumped full of hormones, antibiotics and live in horrific, unsanitary conditions before they're slaughtered.
"If your primary concern is to curb emissions, you shouldn't be eating beef," said Pelletier. "Conventional cattle raising is like mining. It's unsustainable, because you're just taking without putting anything back. But when you rotate cattle on grass, you change the equation. You put back more than you take."
'The West's Environmental Crisis Is Due to Livestock'
However, some experts take issue with the notion that grass-fed beef is more environmentally friendly than factory-farmed livestock. Dr. Jude Capper, an assistant professor of dairy sciences at Washington State University, says grass-fed cows do as much harm to the planet as factory-farmed ones.
"There's a perception that grass-fed animals are frolicking in the sunshine, kicking their heels up full of joy and pleasure," Capper told Fox. "What we actually found was from the land-use basis, from the energy, from water — and particularly, based on the carbon footprints — grass-fed is far worse than corn-fed."
One thing all vegetarian experts agree on is that livestock production damages the planet, and a plant-based diet is more eco-friendly than a meat-centric one. Marc Reisner, former staff writer at the Natural Resources Defense Council, summed it up best when he wrote:
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Wrought Iron Fencing
Wrought iron fence designs provide both security and allure. They often incorporate masonry or brick pillars or gateposts. Wrought iron fences usually follow a gothic or British design. The iron pickets often have pointed, spear-like tops, which add to this motif and provide added security. There are a myriad of different iron fencing designs. While most follow the same general pattern, there are intricacies that are specific to different manufacturers.
Common Adornments
Common adornments to wrought iron fencing include rings between two top rails, finials (picket tops), which provide both appeal and safety from jagged
spear points, and custom pickets. Wrought iron gates are a prominent design feature. These gates stand out, usually via an arched design. Gates are sometimes custom-made and fixed with automatic gate openers.
Known for its elegant adornments and strength, wrought iron fencing provides an excellent perimeter for your home. It does, however, come with a hefty price tag, but many homeowners are so drawn to the beautiful wrought iron designs that they don't mind the extra costs. Here is some more information.
Wrought iron, while durable, certainly doesn't come cheap. On average, you can expect to pay between $50 and $250 per section depending on the size, style, and manufacturer. For help with purchasing and installation, get a free estimate from a licensed contractor.
Also easy to maintain, particularly if your wrought iron is painted.
Wrought iron fences are extremely durable—more so than wood or vinyl.
They are excellent at providing extra security.
Wrought iron fences are costlier than other types of fences.
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Wrought iron fences can be damaged by harsh weather conditions over time.
Considered one of the most durable fencing options out there, wrought iron fences can easily withstand the test of time—as long as they are properly maintained. However, if exposed to extreme long-term weather conditions, they are known to corrode.
The amount of maintenance required on a wrought iron fence depends, in large part, where the fence is located (climate, etc.), and how much wear and tear it will receive. In order to avoid rust, it's important to apply a rust-resistant finish every couple of years. Small scratches can be taken care of with steel wool and wax.
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What is the difference between iron fencing and wrought iron fencing?
The difference is mainly in the makeup. While iron fencing is a mix of steel and aluminum (and various other metals), wrought iron has stuck to the traditional material
What are some of the common adornments used on wrought iron fences?
Common adornments to wrought iron fencing include rings between two top rails, finials (picket tops), which provide both appeal and safety from jagged spear points, and custom pickets.
Wrought iron gates are a prominent design feature. These gat
HistoryWrought iron was used as far back as the Middle Ages, and was the building material of choice for early skyscrapers. However, when mild steel came onto the market in 1856, the demand for wrought iron dropped because of its higher price tag.
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Breast cancers are thought to be organized hierarchically with a small number of breast cancer stem cells (BCSCs) able to regrow a tumor while their progeny lack this ability. Recently, several groups reported enrichment for BCSCs when breast cancers were subjected to classic anticancer treatment. However, the underlying mechanisms leading to this enrichment are incompletely understood. Using non-BCSCs sorted from patient samples, we found that ionizing radiation reprogrammed differentiated breast cancer cells into induced BCSCs (iBCSCs). iBCSCs showed increased mammosphere formation, increased tumorigenicity, and expressed the same stemness-related genes as BCSCs from nonirradiated samples. Reprogramming occurred in a polyploid subpopulation of cells, coincided with re-expression of the transcription factors Oct4, sex determining region Y-box 2, Nanog, and Klf4, and could be partially prevented by Notch inhibition. We conclude that radiation may induce a BCSC phenotype in differentiated breast cancer cells and that this mechanism contributes to increased BCSC numbers seen after classic anticancer treatment. STEM CELLS 2012;30:833–844


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By Maureen Foley 05/03/2007
On Monday morning, at approximately 4:30 am, a local mother who lives in Ventura woke up to the jarring sound of broken glass. Near her head, a brick rested. After checking to make sure her children were safe and unharmed, she waded through a sea of dangerous shards to call the police. "God forbid one of us had been killed," she said.
The woman, a disabled nurse and city college student, did not see who threw the brick. When the police arrived, they spotted a few vehicles on the street. Although no one was caught in the act, the woman said she has a sick feeling about who committed it. The woman suspects that it is one of the Latino drug dealers who has been operating near her house for weeks.
After first realizing that they were selling drugs in front of her house, the mother tried talking to the men. She asked them to leave because she didn't want her children to get shot or injured during a drug deal. She said that the men seemed understanding and agreed to move.
Unfortunately, they just re-located to her backyard. That's when the woman's ex-husband, who is African American, got involved. While visiting his children at the woman's house, he saw the men in the backyard. A few days before the brick incident, he told them that they needed to leave. That's when the men threatened him, told him not to call the cops and called him a racial epithet, according to the woman.
The woman thinks that the thrown brick is meant as a warning message. She sees it as retaliation for calling the police on the group. And the woman, who is Caucasian, now considers the brick incident a hate crime. "We've got race issues here," she said.
Was this actually a hate crime? According to "Hate Crime: The Violence of Intolerance," an essay published on the Department of Justice's web site, a hate crime "is the violence of intolerance and bigotry, intended to hurt and intimidate someone because of their race, ethnicity, national origin, religious, sexual orientation, or disability."
Was the brick that broke this Ventura woman's sleep, peace of mind and window thrown because of her (or her ex-husband's) "race, ethnicity, national origin" or other social marker? Or was it simply thrown to intimidate her because she dared to try to protect her children from crime?
The true reason why the brick was lobbed into the window may never be known. However, the incident itself raises the specter of race-related violence and it points to the possibility of a much larger problem related to race. Groups of Latino men are selling drugs. Why? The Latino drug dealers throw out a racial epithet at an African American man. Why? A woman is the victim of violence and assumes that it is racially motivated. Why?
Why aren't more people asking and trying to answer these, and other, difficult race-related questions? In Ventura County, people of different racial backgrounds are becoming increasingly isolated from each other. People have stopped talking. "Immigrant" and "Mexican" have become code words for the new racially dictated underclass.
In the future, like the rest of California, Ventura County is not going to become less racially diverse. Tensions and violence between people of different backgrounds will continue to grow unless steps are taken to start a collective conversation.
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As detectives combed the alley near the 8700 block of Loch Bend Drive for evidence of an unknown gunman, friends of the victim, 30-year-old Ramel Baker, recalled him as a positive influence in a community that has more than its share of negative ones.
"Mel was a wonderful person. He was like... I call him the mayor of our community," said Kimberly Dempsey. "This is a lot of homelessness here in our community and Mel was always the person to give a helping hand."
But late Sunday evening, Baker died at the hand of an armed assailant, and at this point police say they have little to go on.
"The initial investigation into the incident has indicated that the victim was standing in an alley when he was approached and shot by the suspect," said Cpl. John Wachter of the Baltimore County Police Department. "This incident is under investigation by our homicide unit. Detectives are going to be working to determine if this was a targeted crime."
Now a single candle burns at the base of a makeshift memorial to the man whose life was snuffed out in a matter of seconds.
"I came outside and I just saw people running, and that's how I learned about it... just laying here," said Dempsey.
And his neighbors and friends are balancing their grief over his sudden death with memories of the humanity he brought to the indifferent streets that surround them.
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The team leaders for this Hubble Space Telescope project are Assistant Professor Nitya Kallivayalil from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, and Professor Roeland van der Marel of the Space Telescope Science Institute and Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore.
Within a seven-year period, the Hubble telescope was used to measure very slight movements in hundreds of individual stars in a galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud, adjacent to our closest galaxy, known as the Milky Way, which is roughly 170,000 light-years' distant from us.
For some time, in exploring near-field cosmology, astronomers have been able to measure the sideways directional motions of celestial objects that are closeby; but now the precision tracking of the Hubble Telescope has enabled virtually a three-D perspective, allowing the motion of the field itself to be captured in the process of rotation, and recorded.
Professor Kallivayalil explains:
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Professor van der Marel, who is the lead author on the paper now published in the Feb. 1 issue of the Astrophysical Journal, notes:
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For at least one hundred years now, it has been possible to calculate galaxy rotation rates by what's known as the Doppler Effect; by observing a slight shift in the spectrum of the galaxy's starlight, indicating that on one side of its spinning disk of stars, those stars that swing toward the Earth show a blue-shift in the compression of the light waves, and those stars that swing away from the Earth on the opposite side of the galaxy, will show a redshift on a light spectrum -- due to the motion of those stars away from the observer.
These Doppler motions that had been previously measured, coupled with those now measured by the Hubble telescope, have provided for the first time a combination of results that has allowed the team to gain what they have described as "a fully three-dimensional view of stellar motions in another galaxy."
Because of its very sharp resolution, and its capacity for image stability -- as well as its having been operative for nearly a quarter-century -- only the Hubble telescope can make this unique form of observation.
Professor van der Marel explains further:
"If we imagine a human on the moon, Hubble's precision would allow us to determine the speed at which the person's hair grows. This precision is crucial, because the apparent stellar motions are so small because of the galaxy's distance. You can think of the LMC as a clock in the sky, on which the hands take 250 million years to make one revolution. We know the clock's hands move, but even with Hubble we need to stare at them for several years to see any movement."
Professor van der Marel's experience at the Space Telescope Science Institute and at earlier at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, allowed him to develop expertise with two of the instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope: in calibration for the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) and in the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2). He now assumes leadership for the team that is responsible for "issues related to the telescope structure, guiding, focus, and Wavefront Sensing and Control" on both the Hubble Space Telescope, and for the future James Webb Space Telescope , which is to be launched in 2018:
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- Dalai Lama: 'The main purpose of Meditation is the transformation of the mind'
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We intend to use it in our web app to encrypt some data and store the encrypted data in database. When needed we decrypt the data and present them on UI(web page). It works well if we hosted the web app on a single web server. But the problem appears when we migrate it to a load balance environment - hosting the web app on multiple web server. Because the app cannot decrypt the data which encrypted on another machine.
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Anne Stuart
1993, European Historical Romance (1790s [Georgian] England & France)
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A Rose at Midnight begins with cook Ghislaine de Lorgny planning the murder of her employer's unscrupulous rakehell cousin, Nicholas Blackthorne. Without a doubt, this is one of the most original openings ever for a romance.
In her life before the French revolution, Ghislaine had been part of a noble family. She blames Nicholas for not saving her family before her parents were guillotined and she and her brother narrowly escaped. In order to survive, and to help her weakened little brother, Ghislaine did what she had to, including selling her body. She and her brother are separated, and she eventually ends up in England, hired by delightfully plump Lady Ellen.
Because of Blackthorne's reputation, Lady Ellen leaves her estate when he comes to visit, leaving Ghislaine alone to plot mayhem and murder. He survives his poisoning and decides turnaround is fair play, so he kidnaps her. They set out on an adventure that takes them to Italy, and back to France, where Ghislaine is still in danger.
While on this adventure, Nicholas uses his sexuality to dominate Ghislaine. Many authors who write of sexual domination turn me off, but it worked for me here, probably because she didn't overdo it. Most likely, it is because there is so much chemistry between the hero and heroine that the reader feels intimately connected with their torment, dispair, and, finally, redemption.
Ms. Stuart is masterful in her writing. She descends into melodrama upon occasion, but I forgive her that because the chemistry is strong enough to out-weigh it.
My favorite scene is the confrontation between Nicholas and Ghislaine after he learns of her past abuse by a lecherous customer. In fury, she stabs him. His response? Not at all what you'd expect - he tells her his blood marks her as his. Unbelieveable, and under the hand of a less talented author, I'd sniff in disdain, say "Humbug!", and throw the book against the wall. I didn't - I read on and was mesmerized.
The author also provides a splendid secondary romance between Lady Ellen and her brother's friend, Tony. She is unable to see that he's got the hots for her and the lengths to which he'll go to convince her of his attraction are funny and sexy.
Most romances have just one tortured, tormented character. In A Rose at Midnight, Ghislaine matches Nicholas torture for torture, and yet I wasn't overwhelmed by all the bleakness. There's enough humor in her writing to even out the darkness with light. And, of course, the ending provides a splendid conclusion to the torment both have endured.
I've read this book again and again and haven't found another historical by Anne Stuart to match it in terms of drama, excitement, and romance.
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