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Robert Griffin III has become one of the most exciting and dominant quarterbacks in the NFL. Through the season so far, he has accumulated almost 3,000 total yards, as well as 18 touchdown, with only 4 interceptions. However, he has also been injured twice. This can mostly be acquitted to his reckless play style, which I believe will lead to his eventual downfall.
RG3's skills can not be argued at all. He has an impressive arm, and even more impressive running game. But its the way he uses these skills that will end up costing him in the long run. When he was injured the first time, he attempted to run through a linebacker, which resulted in a concussion. The second time, he tried to evade two safeties, and is currently out with a sprained knee. Although both of these injuries likely won't come with a week out, they offer a sneak-peak about how his future career will unfold.
Giffin needs to learn from his mistakes, and stop trying to extend plays just for a yard or two. When running the ball, he needs to just slide, loose a couple yards, but save his body from injury. The way he tries to run through tackles, has resulted in two injuries already. Currently, Griffin acts more like a running back than a quarterback. If he keeps playing like this, his body will deteriorate prematurely, and end his career early.
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- 2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- 3 cups shredded lettuce
- 1 medium green pepper, chopped
- 1 medium cucumber, peeled, seeded and diced
- 3 hard-cooked eggs, sliced
- 1 cup shredded red cabbage
- 1 small red onion, chopped
- 2 medium carrots, shredded
- 1 cup diced fully cooked ham, optional
- 1 package (10 ounces) frozen peas, thawed
- 1 cup (4 ounces) shredded Colby-Monterey Jack or Monterey Jack cheese
- 1 cup Miracle Whip
- 1/2 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup chopped green onions, divided
- 1 tablespoon spicy brown or horseradish mustard
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Cook macaroni according to package directions; drain and rinse in cold water. Drizzle with oil; toss to coat.
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- In a small bowl, combine the Miracle Whip, sour cream, 1/4 cup of green onions, mustard, sugar, salt and pepper; spread over the top. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
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The notebooks part of the EliteBook series are the 2530p and 2730p. Both of these include an Intel Core 2 Duo ULV processor, solid state drives, and most wireless technologies. The EliteBook 2530p with only 3.19 pounds is HP's smallest and lightest business laptop with a built-in optical drive and starts at $1,499, whereas the EliteBook 2730p is a bit more expensive at $1,670, largely due to its convertible tablet design.
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highmountain dice Hey Margarida, what a fabulous book. I love that you say you are not a prof photographer but a profesional observer. This shows in your photos. What a great book, and an inspiring adventure. I've been to all the places you've been to in Bolivia and Peru, and I've been to Argentina and Chile. My book is called Drawn by a Star ( on amazon.com) it's about a journey down though Patagonia. You might be interested in it ? Patagonia is fabulously beautiful. Thank you for making your book public. I will buy a copy for my daughter in law's next birthday !
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Gika dice
Muito bom e muito boa história. Não encontrei foi o site... mas o livro já valeu a pena.
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Hello Gparker.
You can create using an image editor software.
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magagirao dice Thanks Paul!
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Hi Margarida, I like your photo travel book. Congrats!!
If sometime you want to come to Caribbean, specially Puerto Rico, I can help with some suggestions.
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Bonsante's battle for Minnesota
Interview & photos by Jesse Kelly
Anthony "The Bullet" Bonsante (32-10, 18 KOs) of Shakopee, Minn. will defend his Minnesota state middleweight title this Saturday against rival Andy Kolle (17-2, 12 KOs) of Fergus Falls in a 10-round bout at the Grand Casino in Hinckley.
This will be the first defense of the title that Bonsante won by beating Saint Paul's Matt Vanda in January of 2007. Close to 9,000 screaming fans witnessed that fight and the same type of atmosphere is expected when Bonsante and Kolle meet.
Bonsante, 38, says that this will be his last year in the ring. But before retiring, he wants to give Minnesota fight fans the local fights they want to see.
"It is a little bit more about ego and pride when it is for the state title," says Bonsante. "Me and Kolle are going to beat the hell out of each other. When all is said and done, the winner of this fight will stand in the middle of the ring to show the fans who the best middleweight in Minnesota is."
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You faced Carl Daniels in your last fight. Daniels and Andy Kolle are both southpaws. Give us your thoughts on the fight with Daniels and how much you believe that might have helped you prepare for this fight.
We brought in a few southpaws to get ready for that one since he was a little different then what we were used to. Carl was a proven veteran and a former world champion. He was a very tough opponent. He came in a little overweight so there was a little discrepancy there. Everything got resolved though and the fight itself was actually pretty good. Daniels came to fight. We really wanted the fight because we had a feeling Kolle was going to come knocking. It just so happened that we did good against Daniels. He hit me with a few shots but we got through it. I am sure Kolle will hit me with some shots too but I should be just fine.
I noticed that you and Daniels were talking a lot during the fight. Can you tell us what was being said?
Just banter and jaw jacking between me and Carl when we would clinch up. He came in with his head and I would yell "watch your head". He would yell back "quit pushing". Carl is a good guy though. I talked to him afterwards and I respect him. He is a former world title holder like I said. He was just a really nice guy.
You and Andy Kolle will be meeting on March 28th. Kolle was stopped in his last fight by way of knockout in the first round to Paul Williams. I know you have seen the fight. How do you look at that loss?
I did watch that fight and you know, Andy Kolle is better then what happened in that fight. I knew that going into that fight, he probably wasn't going to do as well as he wanted to. He probably wishes he would have gone a little longer to get more experience. You know I had the same type of experience with Adonis Stevenson. Granted I thought it was a bad call when the ref stopped it but I learned a valuable lesson not to play possum with your eyes closed in a fight. I should have opened my eyes in there. But I think Kolle knows he probably could have done a little better in there with Williams. So I don't even look at that fight. I look at the fights with him and (Matt) Vanda and when he fought Jonathan Reid. He fought right handers and went the distance in both of those fights. Kolle has some skill and ability and he is coming in there to kick my butt. He is 17-2 so has a good record. But I feel I have the experience and wisdom and I just don't think he is going to be able to hang in there with a veteran like myself. I am coming in there to win and god damn if I don't win.
You brought in some experienced southpaws to prepare for Andy Kolle. Most notably former world champion Bronco Mckart and former Canadian champion Larry Sharpe. Talk about the decision to bring in such an experienced fighter like Mckart and how you feel he has helped you prepare.
Yes, we brought in Bronco Mckart who is the 1997-98 former IBF and WBO middleweight titlist. The guy is still quick as hell. He came in and did a very nice job. Actually he taught me a lot. He would stop during sparring and show me some stuff. He is just a genuinely nice and respectable guy. Both him and his dad Gene. I went in there and I worked my butt off for 5 or 6 days straight and got great work. I know damn well that if I can hang in there with Bronco Mckart then Kolle doesn't stand a chance.
Can you talk more about what kinds of things you say you learned with Mckart?
He taught me how to deal with the left handed stance a little more. Which shots to throw and which shots to look for. Also what types of stuff will be open for me to find. Obviously I am not going to say too much right now but you guys will see the details when I fight Kolle.
What this fight means to you and why is this fight is so big for Minnesota?
I am not going to trash talk Kolle, he is a good kid. He is from Fergus Falls which is up by my area of Crosby-Ironton. It is for my Minnesota state title. It is for the belt, and that means more to me then the money. I want to keep my middleweight title. I want to be known as the best Minnesota middleweight right now. There are no bad feelings toward Andy. Me and Zach Walters (Kolle's stable mate) had our words in the past but that was resolved as well. But there Coach Chuck Horton is also a big reason that I want this fight. He's not a bad trainer, don't get me wrong. But I am going to fight this fight and prove that Bill Kahn is the best trainer in Minnesota, If not the country. He's been around since god was a boy, he knows his stuff. Bill has forgotten a lot more then Chuck will ever remember. After I am done beating the hell out of Kolle, I will tell that to Horton. There is no love lost between me and Chuck. But I am going to go in there and me and Kolle are going to beat the hell out of each other. If they want my secrets, well here's my secret, I am coming after you.
You said recently that you would like to finish out your career fighting in Minnesota. You said that this will be your last year and that you would like to face Andy Kolle, Kenny Kost and possibly a rematch with Matt Vanda before you retire. I would assume you could make more money fighting out of state. Can you discuss why it is important for you to fight locally against local fighters?
The reason I would like to finish out my career fighting the other local middleweights is all about pride. Pride and I guess ego gets in the way a little bit. We actually offered Kenny Kost this fight. His trainer turned it down. So Kenny's kind of out of the picture right now but we have Kolle, and all of my focus has been on him. It is a little bit more about ego and pride when it is for the state title. Yeah I could go off to Vegas or where ever and make more money but there is nothing like fighting an in-state rival and Minnesota wants that. You put a guy like Andy Kolle from Northern Minnesota against a guy from Shakopee and meet in the middle; it is going to be a packed house. There are going to be just as many Kolle fans as there will be Bonsante fans. We are going to give it hell for 10 rounds. I think it is a great fight for the state, Andy, and myself. When all is said and done, the winner of this fight will stand in the middle of the ring to show the fans who the best middleweight in Minnesota is. Minnesota has a lot of good middleweight coming up. We have Caleb Truax and Dave Peterson to name a few. Granted they don't have the experience yet, but they are going to get it. If and when I am gone, somebody is going to have to take my spot.
Matt Vanda recently stated that if you beat Kolle and he beats KJ Noons in April that you two could be having a rematch. What are your thoughts on that?
Well he is fighting a tough guy on April 18th at the Target Center and I am fighting a tough guy in Andy Kolle. Who knows what happens in June. I already beat him once pretty convincingly and Vanda knows that. But everybody knows that money talks. If Midwest Sports Council comes to me with a chunk of change to fight Vanda again, who am I to say no? Who knows, it depends on what we have going on. I have to get past Kolle first and that is not an easy task. Kolle is coming to beat me. He has some ability and some skill, and he is a good kid. But there is only room for one Minnesota middleweight champion, and that is me.
Anything you would like to add?
I would like to thank the state of Minnesota and Jesse Kelley from MinnesotaBoxing.com/Fightnews.com
The co-feature of the night pits undefeated 4-0 featherweights Antwan "Lil Superman" Robertson of Minneapolis against Saint Paul's "Bad" Brad Patraw. Four other bouts are scheduled.
Grand Saturday Night Fights "High Stakes" takes place at the Events & Convention Center at the Grand Casino in Hinckley, MN on March 28, 2009. The first bout will begin at 7:30 p.m. General admission tickets are priced at - $25, $35, VIP - $55, Table Seating $100. For Ticket info or other questions visit www.grandcasinohinckley.com.
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Wiz Khalifa's concert in Mountain View, California on Friday ended with the fatal shooting of a 38 year man. The rapper, along with Live Nation, had to cancel the show scheduled for Saturday night in Chula Vista.
The shooting incident is rumored to have occurred backstage of the Shoreline Amphitheatre. Police, who rushed to the scene shortly after 11pm, initially would not release the name of the victim but reports from ABC7 reports that family and friends identified him as Eric Johnson of Oakland, California.
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Journeying Down the Road to the Horse, 2013
March 15, 2013
h4>Two former champs, two young women and some really nice colts from the Four Sixes Ranch are the cast of characters for the 2013 Road to the Horse.
By Holly Clanahan
Around the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, there's been a lot of talk about some Texas horses. This year, for its 10th anniversary, Road to the Horse, billed as the world championship of colt starting, has moved to Lexington from its longtime home in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. And so the colts from the famed Four Sixes Ranch in Guthrie, Texas, are now in bluegrass country. The ranch sent a remuda of 12 3-year-old colts — sired by Playboys Buck Fever, Royal Fletch, Stoli, Sixes Pick, Waresthecat and Sixes Country — and AQHA again signed on to sponsor the remuda.
The competitors — Guy McLean, Dan James, Obbie Schlom and Sarah Winters — drew numbers to see who would pick first. With first dibs, Dan chose a buckskin named Playboys Ginnin Buck, sired by Playboys Buck Fever, who earned a National Reined Cow Horse Association Supreme award and
earned more than $62,000. His first 22 performers have earned nearly $300,000 in reining, reined cow horse, roping and barrel racing. Playboys Ginnin Buck is out of a Tanquery Gin mare, Ginnin Rose, who has AQHA points in working cow horse and has earned money in the Ranch Horse Association of America.
Next up was Guy, who wanted to check out a Waresthecat horse. He selected the solid bay Streakin Cat, whose dam is Natural Streaker, by the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame racehorse Streakin Six. Waresthecat is a young Four Sixes stallion sired by High Brow Cat, a leading sire of cutting horses.
Guy and Dan won last year's competition, working together as Team Australia. This year, they're competing as individuals against the first women since Stacy Westfall to grace the Road to the Horse arena.
Sarah selected Salt Creek Lad, also sired by Playboys Buck Fever and out of a Tanquery Gin mare. His dam, Ginnin Woman, once placed third in senior reining at the Palomino Horse Breeders of America World Show.
Obbie's chosen horse is Surprise Fever — another Playboys Buck Fever colt. His dam is Naturally A Surprise, by AQHA and National Reining Horse Association world champion Surprise Enterprise.
The remining horses in the remuda were chosen by "wild card" contestants, who will take the colts home for a year before returning to compete with them at the 2014 Road to the Horse. The winner of that competition will then step forward as a competitor for the 2014 Road to the Horse.
So, with that cast of characters, how did the first day of competition go? Well, former champs Dan and Guy ended up with very different, but very challenging horses. Dan's buckskin is very sensitive, which requires Dan to slow down a bit and get a good foundation laid. Guy's horse, however, didn't have much "forward" in him, and it's important for these colts to get their feet moving. So Guy used tarps, stock whips (cracked only in the air, not on the horse) and other training aids to generate some energy. Both Obbie and Sarah worked slowly and methodically, using good fundamental training techiniques.
It was charming to hear 19-year-old Obbie give credit to her colt. "He's a good kid," she said midway through her session. "I like this pony."
And the judges liked Obbie, giving her a score of 243.5 and putting her on top of the leader board going into Saturday. "That horse is making me look really good," she said. Sarah was close behind with a score of 240.5, then Dan with a 202 and Guy with a 196.5. Of course, there are two more days of competition, and anything can happen. Stay tuned! We'll have updates on America's Horse Daily, on Facebook and on Twitter so you can follow along!
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By Cherih-Oracle on Sep 18, 2014
The R12 RTI CONSOLIDATED PATCH: SEPTEMBER 2014 has been released via My Oracle Support:
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This is a consolidated patch addressing Real Time Information bug fixes impacting P60 reporting, FPS reporting, and the RTI Year to date Reconciliation Report, and more. The bugs fixed are listed in the My Oracle Support Doc ID 1916775.1 .
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Madonna calls President Obama a Black Muslim
September 26, 2012 1 Comment
Her majesty Queen Madge gave us a
lecture power talk in politics, about freedom and Abe Lincoln and MLK. Then somewhere along her speech, she tells her fans to vote for Obama and immediately say "We have a black Muslim in the Whitehouse". It's at exactly the 2 minute mark.
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TONY HETHERINGTON: Our home has been put at risk by investing with a carbon credit cowboy
R.S.writes: I am concerned that Carbon Commodities Consulting (CCC) may have been acting in a fraudulent manner, and my investment has been lost. Director Mark Blyth visited me and my wife at home to discuss investing in carbon credits linked to a project in Kenya.
We agreed to invest £52,500 at £15 per credit and were assured we would see a return within eight weeks by selling our credits at £20 each. We paid Mr Blyth's company, but months later the carbon credits have still not materialised.
Like other scam carbon credit investment companies, CCC has been a disaster for investors. For you, the result is particularly serious – you could lose your home.
These firms entice investors with the tale that giant industries need permits to spew carbon into the atmosphere. They explain that through connections to forestry schemes or similar green projects, they have carbon credit certificates to sell.
Smokescreen: The firm CCC, like the carbon credits it promised, has simply vanished
What they do not tell you is that there are two types of credit – certified and voluntary. Big businesses hold certified credits. No prizes for guessing that small investors are stuck with the almost pointless voluntary credits, and a tough time trying to turn them back into cash.
But CCC excelled itself, even by the standards of its rip-off industry. It took your money but failed to deliver the carbon credits. Instead of making £17,500, you stood to lose your stake. In a bid to conceal this, CCC tried to persuade you to switch into a scheme in Belize. You refused, still believing you held 3,500 Kenya credits.
Next you were told that 1,000 of those had been sold for £18 each, but CCC said you could not draw the money until the rest were also sold. And finally, Blyth told you he had moved you into the Belize credits anyway because the Kenya credits were poorly priced.
So, even though you said no, you ended up investing in Belize. Or did you? Because the next shock came when Blyth said CCC had been let down by its supplier, and though your money had been handed over, you had no Belize credits after all.
More from Tony Hetherington, Financial Mail on Sunday...
- TONY HETHERINGTON: Why did NatWest give loyal couple 60 days to quit? 19/06/16
- TONY HETHERINGTON: Thanks for backing up my case – now I have a cheque for £50,000 11/06/16
- TONY HETHERINGTON: British Gas moved our meter in 1995 - then never read it again or billed us 04/06/16
- TONY HETHERINGTON: PPI claims firm made 2.5m cold calls... and one got you to part with £238 28/05/16
- TONY HETHERINGTON: These people claiming to be from the Postcode Lottery are fraudsters - and stupid ones 21/05/16
- I'm living in fear of bailiffs over my last tenant's £3,668 British Gas bill, can you help? 14/05/16
- TONY HETHERINGTON: Pension 'freedom' with a sting in the tail from taxman 14/05/16
- TONY HETHERINGTON: Miss Wisdom, the Canary Wharf 'whizzkid'... and missing £7,000 07/05/16
- TONY HETHERINGTON: A Victorian time warp? No, it's a Legal Aid battle that's been dragging on for more than 30 years 30/04/16
The final straw came when Blyth and his colleague Antoinette Pearson
visited you and offered a five per cent stake in CCC in full settlement.
This would value CCC, a recently formed company with no audited
accounts, at more than £1million.
Not surprisingly, you declined and
set a deadline for the return of your cash. This passed, but
miraculously he found he could lay his hands on the Kenya credits after
Yet how could Blyth offer you 3,500 when CCC had already told you that you had these and that it had sold 1,000? Any faith you still had in CCC vanished and you turned him down.
I asked Blyth to put me in touch with just one of his investors who had
made a penny. I also asked why CCC's website had been altered to remove a
claim that it was committed to 'giving our clients complete peace of
mind'. It is hard to see how Blyth provided this to you and your wife.
Your mortgage is due for repayment in
December, and you are facing an endowment shortfall. The £70,000 you
expected from CCC was a lifeline. Instead you have lost tens of
thousands of pounds and now stand to lose your home.
Blyth did not reply, but CCC's
solicitor contacted me with an offer to repay you at £2,000 a month.
After some negotiation, this was increased to £5,000, but Blyth refused
to provide a personal guarantee.
You received two payments of £5,000, but the instalment due last Monday failed to arrive. The receptionist at CCC's offices in Canary Wharf, east London, said the firm had gone, leaving no forwarding address. The phone still worked, but it simply played pointless taped messages.
Last Wednesday afternoon CCC's solicitor told me: 'You may report that the company has ceased trading.' Tragically, I could have guessed this would happen.
In 2008, Blyth was managing director of stockbroker Bishopsgate Capital. I reported then that it collapsed after being raided by police. Investigators linked the firm to high-pressure sales of unlisted shares in Natrocell, a rat poison company where Blyth was also a director.
And last April, I reported that CCC had attracted complaints from Visa, Aviva, Barclays and HSBC. CCC had used their logos without permission, suggesting they had invested in its carbon credits.
The real problem is that carbon credits are a recent invention, not covered by investor protection laws. Anyone can call themselves a broker. There is no ombudsman, and definitely no compensation scheme.
Perhaps our legislators could take time off from their busy schedule of saying sorry for past sins, and abusing police officers, and find time to plug this gap in the law. Or would this be a step too far?
Atlantic trip to sort out bank mess
R.G.W.writes: When my daughter (Mrs D) married and moved to the US she retained her account with Alliance & Leicester, which was taken over by Santander. A few months ago she instructed Santander to transfer funds to her bank in the US, but despite numerous calls, the transfer has not been made.
Your daughter wanted to transfer about £7,000 to her bank in Vermont, but calls and emails had no effect.
She even asked her UK stockbroker to intervene, but the bank refused to accept her signed authorisation and told him she would have to set up a Power of Attorney.
When she complained, Santander said its investigation would take another four weeks. Happily, while I was looking into this, your daughter visited Britain and took the sensible step of going to a Santander branch and withdrawing her money, sidestepping the need for the bank to make the transfer it was finding so difficult.
Santander told me: 'We are very sorry that Mrs D experienced disappointing service and there was a delay after she contacted us to request the closure of her account. To apologise, we have agreed a goodwill payment of £100.'
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Five Star Dive Bar is hot place
Marshall V. King
Dining A La King
Bars, like athletes, get hot.
A bar will have a streak and suddenly it's one of THE places to go.
Places often get a lot of attention when they first open. But they don't always get hot, so to speak, within the first year.
In the past, Gubi's, Brownstone, Lakeshore Grill and Harrison Landing, among others, took their turn as the place.
Right now, from what I'm hearing, it's Five Star Dive Bar.
Is it luck?
Nope. It's a new owner who's savvy and is paying attention to the mix of what people want.
Jason Curtis worked in sales for WRBR for a number of years. He had a passion for food and music and thought he'd be good at running a bar, he said. One night he was playing music at Whiskey Dick's, which is what the place was called, and decided to buy the place from Troy Harrington. They were partners from October to February, when he bought out Harrington entirely.
Years ago, this was Gropp's, a beloved fish place. It was Vincenzo's, followed by Dakota, which was featured by CBS News during the Great Recession. Those stories didn't make Elkhart look good and the footage ended up in a Michael Moore movie. Then it was Whiskey Dick's.
Five Star's food sales already outstrip the total sales of the last place. And total sales are way above what they were.
Curtis tries to run a clean, safe bar. A big stage and sound system highlights the music. Four of the 10 staff members are full-time bartenders.
On a busy weekend night, 300 people will go through the doors of the bar, which has a capacity of 175 at any one time.
I was curious how good the bar food is.
I found eight $5.55 lunch specials that are served from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The menu says they can be ready in 15 minutes.
Two sliders with mojos was a plate full of food. And the mojos were the sliced potatoes the way Shakey's and others used to do them.
The burgers are hand-pattied. The fries are made from scratch. The mozzarella sticks and the mushrooms are breaded by hand in the restaurant. Curtis said you can't do better than Brew City onion rings, so they buy those. I'd challenge him on that. A handmade onion ring is a thing of beauty and I'd go out of my way for one.
The soups are made from scratch too. There are a few salads on the menu, but most of the menu isn't health food. "We're not scared of calorie contents around here," said Curtis.
He's not kidding. The 5 Star Stack is the most expensive sandwich on the menu ($10.49) has two seven-ounce burgers between two grilled cheese sandwiches.
But the burger I've been waiting to see on a menu is at Five Star. The Krispy Dream burger uses two Krispy Kreme donuts as buns.
For the Five Star customers who want some grub early in the morning, he's also planning to open a cafe called The Bacon Strip at the south end of the same building.
The place is near downtown but not in it. It has plenty of parking. It's near Hacienda. Curtis called it the "perfect storm" for a great bar.
But he's doing some good things to make all this happen.
He's found a mix that's drawing a blue collar crowd, a professional crowd, a music crowd and those who want good bar food.
For those who don't want to hear the music, there will soon be a 1,600-square-foot patio on the north side of the building. It'll seat about 100 people, he said.
Curtis is having fun, wearing flip-flops to work. He's doing great business. And he didn't imagine that in less than a year after opening, he'd be operating a place that's selling two cases of Jagermeister a week. (That's 24 bottles for those who don't buy it by the case.)
The most popular item at the bar is a Jagerbomb — the spirit and Red Bull served in a little frosted mug.
"We sell more of those than anything else in here. It's crazy. More than Bud Light," Curtis said.
I don't plan to try one. But I can vouch for the food I had. And until I can get there, I'll dream about that Krispy Dream Burger.
Marshall V. King is managing editor and food columnist for The Elkhart Truth. You can reach him at 574-296-5805, email@example.com, on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
If You Go:
What: Five Star Dive Bar
Where: 561 E. Jackson Blvd., Elkhart
Fare: Bar food
Hours: 11 a.m. opening Monday to Saturday, noon opening Sunday. Closes late.
Details: Credit cards accepted. Live music five days a week. Bands start at 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
On the web: jasonkzk.wix.com/5stardivebar
Phone: 574-294-7500


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New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu called the bounty scandal that's rocked the Saints this offseason "a really unfortunate set of circumstances for everybody" and maintained optimism the situation would eventually "blow over," while speaking at the Aspen Ideas Festival -- at the Aspen Institute in Aspen, Colo.
Landrieu said he didn't think the scandal would adversely effect the city's economy or its legendary support of the club.
"We have an unconditional love for the Saints," Landrieu said to reporters after a panel discussion with Aspen Institute CEO Walter Isaacson. "That's kind of what you have to do. I mean, we used to go to games with bags on our heads, instead of not going.


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Sea-Doo: Spark – The Ultimate Gift for Adventure Seeking Dads
Why give dad another tie or bottle of cologne this Father's Day? Instead, pass on the predictable presents and give dad a gift he'll truly enjoy – the gift of fun and adventure with the new Sea-Doo Spark.
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Oakland - Release Party for ZYZZYVA: Fall Issue
Diesel, A Bookstore in Oakland welcomes local contributors Dean Rader, Rosie Cima, Nana Twumasi and Kate Milliken to the store to celebrate the release of ZYZZYVA's Fall Issue on Friday, September 20th at 7pm.
ZYZZYVA, the San Francisco literary journal recently honored with a Best American Short Story 2013, a Best American Essay 2103, and a Pushcart Prize 2013, celebrates the publication of its latest issue with a reading with four of its contributors - come early to get a seat! There will be wine and snacks, as well as copies of Issue No. 98 available. Editors Laura Cogan and Oscar Villalon will host.
The readers:
Dean Rader's poetry collection Works & Days was the winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize. His new book, Landscape/Portrait/Figure/Form will be published in November.
Rosie Cima is a political writer at MapLight, a nonprofit research organization that tracks money's influence on politics. Her story in the Fall issue, "Going Solo," is her first fiction in print.
Nana K. Twumasi is the editorial program coordinator at John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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I am trying to find the coefficient on the $x$ term of $\displaystyle{\prod_{n = 1}^{20}(x-n)}$. The issue is that the binomial theorem can't be applied since our $b$ value is changing from term to term. Is there any simple way to do this problem, perhaps a way to change the expression so that the binomial theorem applies? I've tried to do that, and tried looking for a pattern on similar expressions, but I haven't come up with anything. Any help you might have would be appreciated.
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The coefficient is given by $$\sum_{k=1}^{20}\prod_{n\not=k\atop n=1,\dots,20}{(-n)}=-\sum_{k=1}^{20}\frac{20!}{k}=-20! H_{20}$$ where $H_k$ is the $k$-th Harmonic number. Those can be looked up in tables (see A001008 and A002805): $H_{20}=\frac{55835135}{15519504}$ and thus the coefficient is given by $-8752948036761600000$.
This is one of Vieta's formulas.
One way is to just use Maclaurin's formula: $$ f(x) = f(0) + \frac{f'(0)}{1!} x + \ldots $$ In this case: \begin{align} f'(x) &= \sum_{1 \le n \le m} \prod_{\substack{1 \le k \le m\\k \ne n}} (x - k) \\ f'(0) &= (-1)^{m - 1} m! H_m \end{align}
The question has been well answered by others. However, I would like to point out that this polynomial has a name---Wilkinson's polynomial---and its own Wikipedia article. It was put forward by Wilkinson as an example of an apparently innocuous polynomial with remarkable numerical-analytic properties.
A generalization to other coefficients (and limits different from $20$) is given in the generating functions of Stirling numbers of the first kind, Pochammer symbols:
$$(x)_n:=\prod_{k=0}^{n-1}(x-k)=\sum_{k=0}^n s(n,k)x^k.$$
The coefficients are the Stirling numbers of the first kind :


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Are women who disagree with Obama already tuning him out?
First, it is important to note that whether you agree or disagree with President Obama, today's inauguration ceremony's finest moment was the singing of the National Anthem by Beyonce. Whether lip-synched or not, it was still a wonderful rendition of our nation's celebratory song. Beyonce can sing.
If you are among the 96% of readers who took our poll and indicated you were not planning to watch the Inauguration, you're in good company. The question at hand is this –
Are women who disagree with Obama already tuning him out?
We started www.thoughtfulwomen.org a little over six months ago as a new media website "to challenge the status quo and the idea that the media and government bureaucrats know what's best for us in our daily lives."
We have enjoyed connecting with women all over the country, offering political commentary and stories on topics women care about. Whether you are a working woman, stay-at-home mom, retired grandma or just starting out, we have done our best to offer you the opportunity to connect, engage and be inspired by women from all walks of life.
I have to say that I was a bit startled when I saw the early results of the poll today on our website which asked one simple question:
Will you be watching President Barack Obama's second inaugural address?
We offered our readers several different options on whether they would observe the President taking his oath of office on television, viewing it on the Internet, listening on radio, or in person on the U.S. Capitol mall.
Of the 845 people who took the poll, 96% said that they had no plans to watch the President at all as he took the oath of office.
Not one reader indicated that she would be there personally at the Capitol Mall to observe the event.
As the mainstream media continues to talk of the historic nature of the Obama presidency, 96% of our readers weren't at all interested in hearing what the leader of the free world has to say.
That was startling to me. Startling because it demonstrates the continued division in our country – and more to the point – a continued lack of trust in our leader by those who prefer less government intervention in their daily lives.
Obama's approval going into today was 52% – only 1% more than the popular vote percentage of folks who voted for him for President. He has done little in the last 75 days to change America's point of view.
The official White House transcript of the President's second inaugural speech is here. Much of it is very eloquent, as one would expect from a President who is a great communicator.
Some, however, outlines the exact Obama agenda, as stated in this passage:
"That is our generation's task — to make these words, these rights, these values of life and liberty and the pursuit of happiness real for every American. Being true to our founding documents does not require us to agree on every contour of life. It does not mean we all define liberty in exactly the same way or follow the same precise path to happiness. Progress does not compel us to settle centuries-long debates about the role of government for all time, but it does require us to act in our time."
Key in on the last sentence – settling centuries-long debates about the role of government and acting "in our time".
Some pundits are saying the the President was further reinforcing his plan to reverse the Reagan Revolution. One of them was Charles Krauthammer.
Remember when "our best days were yet to come" or when President Clinton said that "the era of big government is over" in his 1996 inaugural speech? Yes, it was President Clinton who said that. Why? Because he wanted to unite the country and work with people who disagreed with him to solve problems.
You can judge Obama's words and actions on your own in weeks and months ahead. It would appear obvious to this writer that he will continue the road to more dependency on government, regardless of whether he has support for that agenda or not.
I did not watch it. I can't get away from it though since all media is covering it. I guess the picture that is sticking in my mind is the picture of him chewing a big wad of gum (chomp! chomp!) as if he has no reverence for the highest office. Class has left the building!
He also used the words "collective action" and we all know what that means. May I remind you that "A government big enough to give everything you want is also big enough to take everything you have."-Ronald Reagan
It was Abraham Lincoln who said that but I agree it bares repeating. I agree I would not go to his inauguration under any circumstances.
You get away from it by letting you children play video games I missed the whole thing Yeah me
I did not watch it and you could not have paid me enough to watch it I cannot stand that man he is destroying our great nation
Wasn't inclined to cause illness by watching a sham (Constitutionally-mandated oath was taken on SUNDAY). Besides, why would I want to know what his speech-writer has lied about, again?
Beyonce did a great job on the Nation Anthem. In fact, I think it the best since Mehalia Jackson sang it so very many years ago.
Whitney Houston still the number one.
Can only speak for myself…and yes. I have tuned him out completely. Every time he opens his mouth he lies. And his lies are hurting everyone and everything I love….including my country. Not to mention all those that have fought for our freedom and now this fraud is trying his best to usurp it.
I couldn't have said it better. I tune him out and change the channel whenever he happens to be played and replayed on the news.
I am 74 yrs. and this is the first inauguration that has been televised that I didn't watch. The hypocrisy is so blatant that I chose to stay quiet and meditative and in prayer for our great Republic and it's leaders. They need divine intervention.
Thanks, but no thanks! Did not watch and have not watched all day. Proud of myself and am not stressed out from his lies. He did not earn or deserve my watching.
Did you ever notice the funny feeling you get at the back of your mouth when you see a snake? That is the same feeling I get now when I hear Obama speak. He has no interest whatsoever in working with anyone who disagrees with him and he is destroying this country. He is the most divisive president ever, and he revels in it. Someone referred to liberalism as a cancer, and that is exactly how I feel about Obama — he is a malignant tumor on this nation.
I wonder if this happened in Germany in the '30's? If people who could see the threat of Hitler but were helpless to change this avoided it altogether. I wonder.
You don't want to know.
I did not watch the Obama circus Sunday, Monday or any other time someone chooses to broadcast it over the airwaves. I do not believe he has our country's best interests in mind. And I certainly don't want to hear about any more of Moochelle's vacations with her huge entourage of friends, when so many people can't even afford a trip to a local theme park with the kids.
And as for this article stating– "The official White House transcript of the President's second inaugural speech is 'here'. Much of it is very eloquent, as one would expect from a President who is a great communicator.
I sure the president had his speech writers come up with that eloquent speech, I doubt much if any was his own words.
I feel cheated!!!! I thought the video was of the Star Spangled Banner but it was Beyonce singing something else!
I will never listen to him speak for any reason whatsoever. Every time he opens his beak a lie comes out of it. I am tired of a lying scumbag for president.
If I NEVER hear another pop star oversinging the Star Spangled Banner (or any other song) it will be too soon! Just keep running up and down those scales…eventually you will hit the right note, or maybe not! And, no, I am definitely no interested in hearing obama's continued lies.
There is nothing wrong with the Anthem as written. Why must all these people turn it into pop music a vehicle to enhance their next pop CD? Sure she has a loud, strong voice, Done. And no, I wouldn't listen to any of today's goings on. Listened to Mike Francessa instead, and Xm Symphony.
I didn't watch it. I'm so tired of the Government and Obama telling me how to live my life and raising my taxes even though I don't make even 20 thousand a year, yes I said 20,000.00 dollars a year. Do I ask for handouts from the Government … NO I SURE DON'T. I make it on the amount that I work my hands to the bones to get!! I am sick of this gimmie/freebie society that they are so carefully nurturing! My kids were raised to work for a living and not to expect it to just be handed to them. My grandfather always told me … a job worth doing was always worth doing right the first time. You don't see that in today's society. To many of our youth were given things and not made to work hard for them. This is a very sad day and I sit in disgust from the way our Government seems to think that we can no longer work or think for ourselves. The day you stop learning is the day you become UNEDUCATED!!! Wake up America, soon, because if you don't then you will not recognize the awesome UNITED STATES that you use to know and you might not like what you see. United States Air Force Veteran and proud of it!!
I cannot stand Obama. He is arrogant, narcisstic, and is destroying our beloved country by dividing the people. He has created class warfare and is not interested in the economy but his own selfish interests. He is making people dependent on the government instead of themselves. You could not pay me enough to watch him.
The cult of personality that surrounds this president is shameful. Sure, if you're going to spend 8 years with someone you want them to be likeable, that that can't be their only qualification. Going forward, why not just elect our presidents American Idol-style?: they can "perform" for us on live TV and then we get to vote. Would save a lot of money and hard work.
Did not watch the inaugration, watched a movie instead. I watched some reruns of NCIS again!. I had a good day, I am not letting that man ruined my days. He is a very sad, sad little man, who thinks he is King.
Anyone can sound great singing the national anthem when it's recorded in a studio…with pitch correction, parametric equalization and other studio trick, Roseanne Barr could have sounded good…Beyonce lip-synched the entire performance…typical deception from an Obama supporter…
Do any of you know that he is giving some of our best developable lands and Energy to China in exchange for them continuing to lend us money. That he has UN troops here in this country to take us down if we refuse to hand over our arms when that time comes? Evil doesn't even begin to describe this despot and the Communist/Marxist revolution that he plans for us. We no longer are the USA we have become remade in Obama's image which makes us the United Socialist States of Amerika. God help us all…..
The writer of this article writes:
"today's inauguration ceremony's finest moment was the singing of the National Anthem by Beyonce. Whether lip-synched or not,". First, it was lip synced. She was not singing. This is a fact, not an "or not". She may be able to sing but this performance was as phony as the person she was "singing' it for.


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KOTOR2 - Telos Hidden Area
Go to either end of the L-shaped area that goes around the Cantina and Dobo emporium, against the sloped side. There's a small interruption in the walkmesh there. If you cram your characters into one corner of the doorway, you can get one of them to teleport over to the other side. Move your lead character into the corner there, running. While that character is still running, pause the game and switch to another party member. Have that character also run into the corner, against your other party member. Then do the same for the third party member. Keep this up until one of them disappears. Then pause the game and switch to that party member, who will have teleported to the adjacent inaccessible area. The other party members will shortly show up in that area.
From this area, I couldn't see a door in the small area on the north side of the module. There's also a Republic Officer visible on an even lower platform in the southeast quadrant.
The walkmeshes in these areas extend a bit over the edges of the walkways, and a bit into the walls. They also end abruptly in the middle of what looks like a walkway because of adjacent areas above or below. It looks like Obsidian intended these areas for NPCs to walk about, making the place look larger than it is. Moza is there for the "we're under attack" message when you leave the Ithorian compound area.
I was thinking that it would be nice is someone could mod access to this area on Citadel Station that you could only normally access through a glitch in the system. Or would this affect the Moza "we're under attack" video?
khm nice discovery
I wish I could take the credit for it but I first heard of it on the Team Gizka forums, I believe.
With all the mods introducing changes to KOTOR modules, I thought someone might step up and do something with these areas that have been largely ignored. Perhaps once the walkmeshes are fully cracked, someone might recall this suggestion. (I was only thinking of a simple mod to introduce an elevator or something like that.)
Thread warning being issued here, no one may 'bump' threads here except a modder taking on the project or posting updates about said project, I will infract the next person who 'bumps' this thread with another useless post. -RH
I will take this on. As a trial and error basis on my own time. No timeframe yet, pending other modding prospects for now.
This may just be a standalone for you (depending what I find is possible or not--or within my capabilities) or it may very well end up as part of my plans for a "Telos Expansion" mod. I was already going to see what I could do with this specific area of Telos. So this is actually a jumpstart for me. :thmbup1:
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->"Adds" new areas to the game. (Reusing other areas actually.)
->New additional missions/plot sidestory. New characters. Ideally LS & DS points to be gained. Some minor re-playability.
->Items to be acquired, differing as per outcome.
@ Sith Holocron: as per our discussion elsewhere thank you for this discovery--less work for me to do here. Had been curious about this myself. As to an "elevator", I think I get what you mean but I will contact you via email or PM to clarify. ;) However, "other" prospects we have discussed will have to take priority. :)
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UPDATE 11-01-2009: Sorry I didn't take pics yet, but will post when I can.
I have done as this thread has suggested. There are 2 areas that can be accessed via this "glitch", each on their respective sides:
TSF station doorway side:
This side was where the higher up "observation deck" was. (Personally, "tourist zone" I'd call it.) I took advantage of the walkmesh overlap to use caps lock and "see" through the walls.
The third pic with that twin sun character, on the left if you do the "see through" running against that wall, you will be able to observe this:
I noticed 2 cubby "box" rooms way off in the back corner to the left while facing that direction that were there for no apparent reason. They are not normally visible for scenery, no props or scenery, nor do they have the hovering droids going in and out of them. What I can see of them are just plain walls and floor all the same texture. I could not see all of the rooms so it could contain some stuff.
"Looking" upward I saw several areas in the inaccessible area connected to that higher ramp seen in the 3rd picture. These could have walkmeshes added to them. However this is speculation, not fact. Also I do not know how this would affect that scene. :giveup:
I went to the tourist/observation window and the built in door scenery and did a "look see". Mostly it was just the scenery, but looking down there were some more "cubby box" rooms. One built into the wall and open sided for scenery. The other I'm not so sure about.
Both definitely plain and no other purpose.
Around the corner of these windows is a visible but not walkable area with benches. This platform has some props to work with, so it is a somewhat likely candidate for a small mod. At least a good, professional looking one. However it would require some things to be done to it first and...a purpose of some kind otherwise it's just some Easter-egg area.
The cantina doorway side:
When pulling off the glitch I ended up seeing my character go slowly down and end up hovering above the ground in the "scenery" cubby mentioned above for a moment before ending up on the lower area.
The second picture with the blue visas.
I noticed here the TSF soldier mentioned. No dialogue nor messace text placeholder. But unlike the hovering droids, this one is "interact-able". The droids that you see hovering and flying about are not (BTW, what dictates their behavior?). Perhaps this character could be edited in a theoretical mod. Voice acting, dialogue or text placeholder.
Could not get around the corner as seen in the first picture. I suppose it might make for a nice area to add but it may take some remodelling that would require 3DS--I don't have that. :( This to add props to make it look good--lest you settle for something shoddy and crappy that is rather bare.
There is a section of the wall with windows leading to a blank box of a room. Inaccessible, but walkmesh interference+looksee and you will see what I am talking about.
There is little to work with here.
In terms of access to these, I have an idea or two how to pull it off but it would not be altogether one clean piece.
So far as the other areas seen in the backgrounds I am going to try to access it in-game first. Then as I have time and grow in my modding ability I shall explore what exists. Forgive me if I am keeping to myself the exact specifics of what I might plan to do if anything, it's a bit of self preservation. I am doing this report for your (Sith Holocron and your team/associates) benefit. Especially in case you get to doing something with this before I can.
Maybe this is premature BUT I definitely see a thing or two that could be done with all of this extra areas and stuff. In fact, I think some of this may have been closed off or "cut" due to Obsidian having to cut off their production early.
Existing areas sure beat the hell out of having to use 3DS to create your own. A little tweak here and there might go a long way.
This increases a likelihood I might use this in my own project as well.
Other Hidden Area
What about the Military Base Sublevels
The area is acessible
There is just no way to open the door
True. There are a couple of areas with locked or sealed doors. If you can open it with some cheat abiliity or mod, you see an empty room. Citadel Station has several, Harbinger has one, Telos base has one, the Onderon palace has several, Nar Shadda has a few.
I made a force power specifically to check out these areas. It's quite fun to run around in the area, but I believe there are too many walkmesh issues to do anything substantial with it. Again, like GTA:SWCity said, you'd need 3DsMax to fix that stuff.
Since SH mentioned this thread earlier, I thought I'd grab some more screenshots of the various areas I could get to, and put them here. They're in the same order as in SH's screenshots in post #1:
1. 'Blank' area
Walkmesh stops just short of the big 'bridge' thing.
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Area 2: With Woman
Has a female republic officer with no dialogue lurking in one corner. Area is around the corner from where area 1; walkmesh again stops by the bridge.
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Area 3: Doors, Benches, Adverts
Located above areas one and two; got to from by the TSF office. Walkmesh does not extend to benches.
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Note that all three areas have the same camera-clipping issues with walls as modder-built areas.
Hope that's useful. :)
I wonder if that blast door there is related to the shuttle, either way I remember seeing this a while back...any progress on the mod?
A further image. I imported into gmax the area model. The entire 'central' area, consisting of all the walkways (but not the accessible rooms) is in one area model. There are a lot more rooms than we realised, some much further up, but I can't see how the player would get to them.
I also extracted the walkmesh:
The purple bits represent the walkways past the cantina, the Dobo shop, and the TSF office. The rest, as can be seen, is highly fragmentary, and lacks the purple 'walls' on those areas which are complete (perhaps explaining the wall-clipping in the areas we've been able to jump to?)
The purple walls are made out of non-walk material. Non-walk basically enables you to "slide" along the edge of a walkmesh without stopping, ie, you run into a wall at an angle, and you continue along that wall in that direction, but don't go through the wall. Without the non walk, you run into the edge and come to a dead stop. To move, you have to back up. Unfortunately, the non-walk walls do not seem to be the only ingredient in camera stopping. They may be a part of it, but that's still a mystery to us.
and a walkway directly behind the TSF brig, which connects two dead ends:
I've made a teleporting tool that makes getting around a lot easier, but I've been a bit lazy regarding its release.
I'd love for these areas to be restored, but most of them aren't connected to anything. Some overlap, as well; for example, the walkway is directly above part of the Republic woman's level. Because of the way the engine is, you'd have to sacrifice one for the other. If it were me - and I were capable of modeling with 3ds, which I'm not - I would forget about the Republic woman's level and I'd add a back door to the TSF, connecting it to the walkway. Then I'd add another walkway connecting this area to the nightclub-looking one with the steam down below. Perhaps the area beyond the sealed door could be some freight elevator leading to the cargo area underneath via teleporting. Either one of the alcoves here would make good area transitions too, and with a little work so could the dead stop by the benches.
I believe on Telos, there are also exterior walkmeshes outside the building itself. If you are in the hangar bay and look out the hangar door, you can see 'spacesuit' guys walking around.
Yeah, it's because the skybox isn't set to render in that room. You can get outside 202 as well.
^if that's the case that's an easy fix.
Yeah, you should just have to edit the .vis file.
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Since December of 2008, I've been fortunate to maintain a monthly illustration gig with MORE Magazine Canada. When Faith Cochran initially contacted me, she described the job like this: "The column features a personal essay in every issue. The subject matter is wide ranging, fascinating and challenging. The illustration is small, so the concept needs to be simple but brilliant."
Around the beginning of each year since then, I've half-expected an email from Faith stating the bad news - that "it's been great, but..." Fortunately, they've kept me on - and now through a recent redesign. (Which looks great, I might add!)
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The 56th Annual Grammy Awards took place on Jan. 26, 2014, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Here is what this Grammy winner said backstage in the press room.
Winner of:
Best Country Album: "Same Trailer Different Park"
Best Country Song: "Merry Go 'Round"
How does it feel to win Grammy Awards for the first time that you're nominated, especially since you were up against a lot of veterans?
Everyone in every category I was in is a veteran and is very talented at what they do. I think everyone deserves to be here. I'm very honored as well. I'm thankful.
Are you as shocked as you seem to be?
I am a little shocked. I've always wanted to hold these things [she holds up her Grammy Awards]. But really, it feels like a fast rollercoaster. At the same time, it doesn't, in a weird way, because we've been working so hard. This past year has been indescribable — so many firsts for me. And to be starting out 2014 like this is one I'll never forget.
Other than winning our Grammys, what's been you favorite part of tonight?
Sharing tonight with my mom has been really cool. She's never been to L.A. She's never been to an awards show. So living vicariously through her has been really cool. When my name was called for [Best Country Album], I heard "Same Trailer Different Park," and I was like, "Oh damn, I didn't get it. Oh wait! That's me!" And she was like, "Go! Get up there! That's you!" Anyway, we had so much fun.
When you made "Same Trailer Different Park," did you think that you would end up here at the Grammys?
Going into making this record, literally, Luke Laird and Shane McAnally are the two co-producers that I made this record with. And I feel like the stars aligned for us to come together. We were just three friends who started writing together and making amazing songs together that we really loved. I never thought that I would be here, but I just think that it's meant to be. So many people have had their hand in me being up here.
Did you have any moments of feeling start-struck tonight?
Paul McCartney walked by me earlier. I was just like, "Oh my God." Also, the Daft Punk guys. I just really want to know what's under those helmets!
Do you have any advice to up-and-coming artists?
I don't feel like I'm one to give advice, but I guess if I was going to give any advice, it's just don't do anything that's not what you feel is natural to what you're comfortable with, because that's going to come across. The entire key to this whole thing is having the right people around you — people that you trust, people that will fight for you, and people that won't try to change you no matter what.
If they believe in you, they'll help you get where you need to go. They won't need to change it. I'm lucky to have an entire team of people that from the ground up has never once tried to change anything about me. I'm very thankful for that.
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- According to reports, all of the fighter's drug tests from UFC 68 came back clean. Surprisingly the Ohio Athletic Commission only tested Randy Couture, Tim Sylvia, Jon Fitch, and Luigi Fioravanti.
- UFC Junkie is reporting that Tito Ortiz vs. Rashad Evans will take place at UFC 72. It was originally thought they would fight at UFC 71.
- Josh Barnett released a message on his Myspace blog yesterday stating that it was unlikely he would be appearing on the upcoming PRIDE 34 card. More PRIDE drama…
There are some rumors thaty I will be fighting on the next PRIDE show, April 8th. Well I wish I could say there was much truth to it but at this point it doesn't look very likely at all.
I had been training on a schedule to fight on the now canceled April 28th show and was contacted about now fighting on the 8th. Even though this would cut my time to train significantly, I was still receptive to fighting and planned to fight anyway. But at this point PRIDE has been unwilling or unable to make a match happen. We have yet to make any headway in booking a match and ,to me, it seems as though they are not even trying.
- The UFC has officially released a message on The Ultimate Fighter 6 tryouts. Here is their message and the TUF 6 application.
UFC's The Ultimate Fighter® season 6 welterweight fighter tryouts will be held at the Palms Hotel and Casino, Tuesday, April 10th beginning at 8am PT.
If you'd like to compete for a spot on the next season, fill out the application and send it to the address on the application. It must be postmarked no later than April 7th.
- The Ultimate Fighter 6 Application
- This weekend Jonathan Goulet will look to build on his winning streak at TKO Tourney 2007.
TKOMMA Tourney 2007
Saturday, March 17th, 7:30 PM
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Fight Card
Jesse Bongfeldt (11-2-0) vs. Jonathan Goulet (16-7-0)
Jacob MacDonald (2-5-0) vs. Stephane Dube (4-1-0)
Jason St. Louis (11-9-0) vs. Dave Pariseau (5-3-1)
Chester Post (5-7-1) vs. Sean Pierson (4-3-0)
Ray Penny (1-1-0) vs. Yan Pellerin (8-9-0)
Bob Landry (1-0-0) vs. Sebastien Gauthier (1-1-0)
Behrous Nemati (0-0-0) vs. Jean-Francois Bedard (1-0-0)
Adam Kastner (0-0-0) vs. Tommy Pariseau (0-0-0)
Stjepan Vujnovic (1-0-0) vs. Marco Picotte (0-0-0)
Adrian Wooley (0-0-0) vs. TBA
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Stochastic Processes for Physicists by Jacobs says that we can exchange the order of a multiple Ito stochastic integral, giving the example:
I don't see how this works either for a regular integral or a stochastic integral.
For a regular integral, suppose I let $f=1$ and $W(s) = s^2$ so $dW(s) = 2s ds$. I'm getting that (3.88) evaluates to $T^3/3$ while (3.89) evaluates to $2T^3/3$. Am I missing something?
For a stochastic Ito integral, if $f=1$ and $dW(s)$ is Gaussian, then (3.89) simplifies to
$$I = \int_0^T t dW(t)$$
which gives a Gaussian with zero mean and variance $T^3/3$.
I don't completely understand the meaning of (3.88) in this context. Does it also imply that $I$ is Gaussian with a variance $T^3/3$?
What are the missing steps implied in "discretizing the integral"? (I tried writing this out, but didn't find something that was obviously the same sum.)


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Finding free things to do with kids in St. Louis is always good news for parents, but finding activities for kids that are also educational is even better. The World Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park will provide some great, free entertainment for kids with their Birds in Concert series throughout August.
You may want to encourage the kids to get their minds back in learning mode as they head back to school or you may be looking for fun lessons for homeschool. Either way, the World Bird Sanctuary concerts will provide some valuable animal science lessons while also giving the kids a fun sing–and dance–along experience.
The concert series will feature the World Bird Sanctuary's in-house band The Raptor Project each week. If your family happened to see "Sing Along With the World Bird Sanctuary" during the St. Louis County Library's Summer Reading Club events, you already got a taste of what The Raptor Project does.
World Bird Sanctuary staff members will bring out live birds for the children to see and provide a few facts about the bird's physical features, their communication with other birds, eating habits and more. Each song The Raptor Project sings is then filled with fun facts about those birds and the band members teach the kids certain parts to help them sing along and thus, remember those facts. The Birds in Concert series will be a chirping, hooting, screeching good time for children.
Concerts are held each Thursday night in August, on the 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th. After The Raptor Project performs, families will also be treated to additional entertainment by local artists. Popular local artist Babaloo will perform on August 28. Each concert runs from 7-8:30 p.m.
The concerts and parking are both free and no reservations are needed in advance. It's the perfect combination for busy, budget-conscious families. For more information, visit World Bird Sanctuary online.
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Early voting gets underway today for the May General Primary Election.
"Early voting runs through May 16," said Franklin County Elections Superintendent Gina Chappalear. "In Franklin County, they can come in Monday through Friday between 8a – 4:30p to early vote. Voters need to make sure they have a valid photo ID with them when they come to vote."
In Hart County, voters can cast their ballots from 8a to 5p at the Hart County Registrar's office on Cade St. in Hartwell.
"We remind voters, our office location is no longer in the Courthouse," said Hart County Registrar John Stercho. "We moved last year to our new address at 182 Cade Street, Suite B, Hartville, GA, which is directly across the street from the old Hart County hospital's location. "
And because there are federal candidates in the May General Primary, there WILL be one Saturday for early voting on May 10th from 9am – 4pm.
This is a party primary, so you will have to declare your party affiliation. There will be Federal, State, and local races this election, which can be confusing to voters. Chappalear says there are a couple of ways to view a sample ballot ahead of casting your vote.
"You can go online to the Secretary of State's office to the My Voter page and pull up a sample ballot for your precinct," she said. "They will also be published in your local newspaper or you can stop by your local Elections or Registrar's office and pick up a sample ballot to take home and study."
Also, if you need a paper absentee ballot, now is the time to request one from your local Registrar's office or Elections Superintendent's office.
"They just need to call our office and request an absentee application," Chappalear said. "They will fill that out and mail it back to us. Once we check it out and make sure everything is OK, we will mail them out a paper ballot, which they will fill out and mail back to us as well."
"Our office is already accepting Absentee Ballot applications," said Stercho. "You may request them by either e-mail, telephone, FAX, or in-person at our new office location. Mailing out of Absentee Ballots will begin on Monday, April 28th ."


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Someone pass the popcorn please.
This is a discussion on Sacrificing caliber for cost within the Defensive Ammunition & Ballistics forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; I really enjoy my handguns and my 10mm handguns are my favorites! I can, if I wish, drop a .40 S&W barrel (accompanied by a ...
I really enjoy my handguns and my 10mm handguns are my favorites! I can, if I wish, drop a .40 S&W barrel (accompanied by a lighter recoil spring) into either my Glock Model 20, or DW Razorback and shoot to my heart's content.
Someone pass the popcorn please.
If you have an orginial 1911A1 it could be worth $1000.00 upward depending on condition and manufacture.
If you decided to sell it. you could buy the handgun of choice and bunches of ammo.
However since it is a heirloom It should be priceless to you.
Hang onto the 1911A1 for sure. Ditch the 38spl and ammo, and buy a 9mm. Keep the 22lr pistol.
I don't know about .380 being so hard to get, I just bought 15 boxes, and I could have had more if I wanted to. The price is still higher than 9mm, but it always was.
.40 S&W is currently the caliber being pushed by the FBI. It costs a bit more than 9mm but I seem to find it everywhere I go. It has penetration that beats the pants off of 9mm, about 12 to 15" in ballistic gelatin which is nice to have in todays drug-crazed society. I prefer .45acp or .44 Magnum but I don't mind carrying my Desert Eagle all day long.
I've bought and shot 5 times the amount of 9mm over .45 this past year. Although not the only factor, cost has had something to do with that. I have just as much confidence (or lack of) in modern 9mm ammo as any other caliber for SD so it makes it a no-brainer for me.
"In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power." -
-- Marcus Tullius Cicero
The number of people killed because they didn't have "enough gun" is dwarfed by those who had none at all. Get a gun you will always carry, and add more capability as you grow.
Someday, when you're 'bigger', I'll let you shoot my EDC, a Glock-36 (.45 caliber).
Even my wife can shoot it...but again, it's not for wimps.
Of course you can shoot a .45, and BG's hate the bigger holes.
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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Many police agencies have switched to .40 pistols because of supposed greater stopping power, as well as still manageable recoil and comparable magazine capacity to a 9mm.
I don't doubt the tests, but I also know that most bullets kill, and the real-world differences are smaller than most people think.
Training and shot placement are considerably more important than caliber. There is a tendency to blame the caliber whenever a combat situation goes wrong, yet unfortunately, training (or lack thereof) is usually to blame.
9mm Walther P5 Compact
.380 and .32 Interarms Walther PPK/S
.380 and .32 Interarms Walther PPK
I carry a .40, but im definitely on the "nine is fine" wagon. Each has advantages and disadvantages i.e. capacity, bullet mass, recoil/follow up shots. I like .40 because I am not very recoil sensitive and I think it's a fine mix of bullet mass and capacity.


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ST LOUIS (LALATE) – Mega Millions winning numbers for February 7, 2014 results tonight have just been released. Did anyone correctly select the Mega Millions winning number in 2/7/14 results tonight, and if not, how big could the draw become next week? The latest draw results this evening have passed the one hundred million dollar mark. And the winning numbers for 2-7-14 have just been announced to news. They are 11, 21, 23, 35, 64, Mega: 10, Megaplier: 3.
The latest Mega Millions winning numbers for February 7, 2014 are prompting one of the biggest payouts this year. They aren't yet a record. But at one hundred seven million dollars, with a cash value of fifty-nine million dollars, the payout today is sizable.
But will anyone get all the numbers right? Donna Yee of Hudson recently told news how hard it is to get all the numbers right. She came forward in late January on behalf of workers who were "just one number shy of taking home a $30 million jackpot in the multi-state game's January 14th drawing." Her fourteen member office pool did not win the big payout but got "a $1 million second prize." The winners were "current and retired coworkers at Hewlett-Packard in Andover."
Meantime tomorrow is the big Powerball payout. So will anyone win Powerball Saturday night as well? For that and all other winning numbers this week click HERE.


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Mahatma Gandhi famously said "chew your drink and drink your food." The wise leader of Indian nationalism meant to encourage taking one's time to masticate while eating, in order to allow the digestive process, which begins in the mouth with saliva, to function properly, thereby receiving the full nutritional benefits of the food, while also preventing obesity and assorted gastrointestinal ailments. Sailor Jerry Rum is going one better than Gandhi this National Rum Day, August 16, by asking people to enjoy their libation and chow simultaneously.
Sailor Jerry Rum is celebrating National Rum Day, which drops this Saturday, and this year's drink of choice, The Sailor Jerry Bloody Mary - or the Bloody Jerry as the folks at Sailor Jerry like to call it, with a #SCREWTHECELERY Bloody Jerry Brunch giveaway. Sailor Jerry Rum believes the bold, spicy combo of the traditional Bloody Mary is worthy of an equally outrageous garnish, hence the hashtag. The iconic rum purveyor is asking people to come up with their own crazy accompaniment, though not too loco, to go with their Bloody Mary/Jerry. Shrimp, cheese, bacon - the possibilities are endless. Think outside the box and show off your best garnish. Post the photo on your social channel of choice tagged #screwthecelery and you can win a bloody good brunch on Sailor Jerry.
Follow these steps to enter the contest: 1. Come up with the craziest garnish you can think of for your Bloody Mary, make it, and snap a photo. 2. Post it to Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter with @SailorJerry and #screwthecelery. 3. Win brunch for you and 9 of your friends complete with Sailor Jerry bar plus all your crazy fixings. Full contest info is available at Sailor Jerry's website or at http://sailorjerry.com/uploadedFiles/Site/Social/National%20Rum%20Day%20....
Sailor Jerry kicked off the contest last night at Nolita's Mother's Ruin, which will be celebrating National Rum Day with a $15 brunch, and Bloody Jerrys by their resident mixologost. The sideboard at Mother's Ruin was piled high with creative condiments like pickled cauliflower, parsnips and okra, mini pizza, pork sliders with Thai peanut sauce, cheese balls, waffle fries, and, best of all, Sailor Jerry's own rum bacon. Guests went all out with their garnish sculptures, a few of which can be viewed in the accompanying slideshow. If, however, you are one of those souls who prefer their Sailor Jerry straight, as this writer does, here is a little summer insight: take your flask of Sailor Jerry Rum to the beach, let the bottle hang out in your beach bag for an hour or two, and then enjoy a few swigs warmed by the summer sun. The gorgeous spices and vanilla flavors are stoked to a warm and deeply fragrant quaff that is beyond description. You just gotta try it for yourself. Happy National Rum Day, with Sailor Jerry.
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