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Iowa State releases 2014 football schedule
Chris Williams
Iowa State football released its 2014 schedule on Tuesday morning.
It looks like this.
Aug. 30 NORTH DAKOTA STATE
Sept. 13 at Iowa
Sept. 20 TOLEDO (FW)
Sept. 27 BAYLOR
Oct. 4 at Oklahoma State
Oct. 11 KANSAS STATE (H)
Oct. 18 at Texas
Oct. 30 or Nov. 1 OKLAHOMA
Nov. 8 at Kansas
Nov. 22 TEXAS TECH
Nov. 29 WEST VIRGINIA
Dec. 6 at TCU
It is a much better schedule than 2013's. The byes (Sept. 6, Oct. 25) are spaced out nicely. It features five Big 12 home games. The Cyclones will host Toledo on Family Weekend and Kansas State for Homecoming.
A few notes from Iowa State's press release on the schedule include:
--- The conference shared that several conference games could still have date changes pending network television decisions. One potential conference date changes already identified involve the Cyclones.
--- Iowa State will play host to Oklahoma on either Thursday, Oct. 30 or Saturday, Nov. 1.


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Professor Peter Simmonds
Contact Details
Infection and Immunity Division
The Roslin Institute
University of Edinburgh
Easter Bush
Edinburgh, EH25 9RG
Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution
University of Edinburgh
Ashworth Laboratories
Kings Buildings
West Mains Road
Edinburgh, EH9 3JT
Tel. (+44) 131 650 7927
Fax. (+44) 131 650 6564
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Selected Publications
The influence of CpG and UpA dinucleotide frequencies on RNA virus replication and characterization of the innate cellular pathways underlying virus attenuation and enhanced replication
N J Atkinson, Jeroen Witteveldt, D. J. Evans, Peter Simmonds — 2014 — Nucleic Acids Research Vol: 42 Pages: 4527-4545
The influence of viral RNA secondary structure on interactions with innate host cell defences
Jeroen Witteveldt, Richard Blundell, Joris J Maarleveld, Nora McFadden, David J Evans, Peter Simmonds — 2014 — Nucleic Acids Research Vol: 42 Pages: 3314-3329
Modelling mutational and selection pressures on dinucleotides in eukaryotic phyla -selection against CpG and UpA in cytoplasmically expressed RNA and in RNA viruses
Peter Simmonds, Wenjun Xia, J Kenneth Baillie, Ken McKinnon — 10 Sep 2013 — BMC Genomics Vol: 14
Influence of genome-scale RNA structure disruption on the replication of murine norovirus--similar replication kinetics in cell culture but attenuation of viral fitness in vivo
Nora McFadden, Armando Arias, Inga Dry, Dalan Bailey, Jeroen Witteveldt, David J Evans, Ian Goodfellow, Peter Simmonds — Jul 2013 — Nucleic Acids Research Vol: 41 Pages: 6316-6331
Characterization of a canine homolog of hepatitis C virus
Amit Kapoor, Peter Simmonds, Gisa Gerold, Natasha Qaisar, Komal Jain, Jose A. Henriquez, Cadhla Firth, David L. Hirschberg, Charles M. Rice, Shelly Shields, W. Ian Lipkin — 12 Jul 2011 — Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - PNAS Vol: 108 Pages: 11608-11613

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Piles of bomb material from dismantling US nuclear arsenals and still no plans for disposal brings new focus for world concerns.
DALLAS (May 5, 2014) – In the year 2000 the United States agreed with Russia to each dispose of 34 tons of plutonium from nuclear weapons, looking at burning it in reactors for fuel as a way to both eliminate it and make disarmament irreversible. But in March of this year the US Department of Energy abruptly stopped work on a plant for that purpose being built near Aiken, South Carolina, citing massive cost overruns.
This is among the larger unresolved issues coming out of what many scientists call an otherwise very successful world nuclear summit held in The Hague last March 24 – 25. "We really have a challenge globally to deal with this," says Corey Hinderstein, VP International Program with the Nuclear Threat Initiative, "we need to start working together and this conversation so far has been disjointed." Many believe finding another way for the US to dispose of the plutonium may well mean renegotiating the original agreement reached with Russia. That may prove difficult now with Russia a world pariah over it adventures in Ukraine.
"When we think of nuclear threats there are really three main categories," says Hinderstein, "nonproliferation, disarmament and nuclear terrorism. And while there are linkages and overlaps among them, the methods one might think about reducing those threats are a little bit different."
Hinderstein spoke by phone from her office in Washington, D.C., on the ScienceNews Radio Network program Promise of Tomorrow with Colonel Mason. The broadcast originates in Dallas, Texas, and then can be heard webcast for its world audience at www.PromiseOfTomorrow.biz.
There are nine countries in the world that we know of possessing nuclear weapons. NTI not only seeks to prevent the spread to other countries, but would like to disarm the nine. A big concern, of course, is terrorism. "We talk about nuclear terrorism, non-state actors (with) nuclear weapon, or more likely the nuclear material itself falling into the hands of a terrorist or criminal, or being on the black market somewhere to be acquired by somebody who intends to use it." In the commercial nuclear industry Hinderstein believes vigilance must be enterprise-wide, from the boardroom on down. "We have to have the best possible practices with regard to safety and security."


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Baker will next take on Ottawa University, Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m. in Atchison, Kan. Baker improved to 3-1 on the year, while Park fell to 2-2.
The Wildcats received a season high 22 points from forward Rashida Simpson and four assists each from Alisha Fanshier and BriAnna Garza to grab the eight-point win.
Despite 26 turnovers and shooting just 41.2-percent from the floor, Baker was able to knock down seven three-point baskets and held the Pirates to just 33.3-percent shooting from the field and 0-2 from three-point land.
They held leading scorer Brianna Beridon to just 13 points and caused 20 Park turnovers. They also outrebounded Park, 39-37.
Kyrstie Ehm and Garza tied for second on the team in points with seven and Shea Shoemaker knocked down a team high two three-point baskets.


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The season in which little went right and much was left to wonder about the near future came to an end for the Cleveland State men's basketball team with an 82-59 loss to host Illinois-Chicago on Tuesday night at the Pavilion.
The Vikings, who saw standout center Anton Grady play just seven games before an injury ended his year and had just one senior in Tim Kamczyc, were again swamped by an early slow start in getting eliminated from the Horizon League tournament in the first round meeting with the fifth seeded Flames.
UIC, which advances to the league semifinal on Friday against Green Bay, broke out to a 19-3 lead in a period that saw the Vikings go 1-for-19 from the field with that make a 3-pointer from Kamczyc.
The lead grew to 30-6 before the Vikings, who got 17 points from sophomore Charlie Lee, rallied behind Lee's 3-point shooting. The Vikings saw their point guard hit on four consecutive 3-pointers that helped CSU shave the UIC lead to 36-26 late in the opening 20 minutes.
But that was as close as it got for the Vikings, who bow out at 14-18 overall, failing to win three in a row at any time in the season.
Cleveland State, which will get Grady's sophomore season back with a red shirt, also will be beefed up on offense with the addition of Garfield Heights graduate Trey Lewis, who sat out this season after coming back home following a season at Penn State.
Lewis has fullfilled his NCAA transfer obligation and will be expected to be a big part of a revamped offense that was hurting all year long.
That hurting concluded with the Vikings yet again being held to 60 points or less in all but six of the final 19 games including the season finale which also had Bryn Forbes, the league's newcomer of the year score 16. They were supported by sophomore Sebastian Douglas, who scored nine for the Vikings.
The offense was no problem for the Flames, who snapped a 12-game losing streak to Cleveland State behind five in double figures, led by Josh Crittle with 20 that included 10-for-12 from the free throw line. UIC, 17-14 with the win, also got 16 points from Daniel Barnes, 11 from Gary Talton and 10 each from Hayden Humes and Marc Brown.
UIC's most recent win over the Vikings had been a 74-68 decision on Jan. 31, 2008 on the Flames home court.
While the Horizon League tournament will go on without the Vikings, two others advanced on Tuesday with Youngstown State besting Loyola 62-60 and Green Bay getting past in state rival Milwaukee, 62-46. The Penguins will meet third seed Wright State. Sitting out with their second byes are top seed Valparaiso and second seed Detroit.
Valpo begins play on its home court in the second of two semifinals on Saturday, meeting the Green Bay-UIC winner. That follows the first semifinal pitting Detroit against either YSU or WSU. The championship game, set for March 12, will be played at Valpo if the Crusaders win their semifinal or at the home of the highest surviving seed.


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Intel will continue shipping flawed Sandy Bridge chipsets
Not as bad as it sounds
CHIPMAKER Intel will continue to ship Sandy Bridge chipsets carrying a flawed chip, after discussions with PC makers.
Chipzilla said it will resume shipments of products using the Cougar Point chips, but only for PCs that are not impacted by the design issue. Obviously the agreement suits all concerned, as it means Intel should suffer less financially, while the computer makers won't have to delay bringing out their 2011 lines of PCs.
While this was decided, Intel has been busy building a new version of the support chip, which should arrive in mid-February. According to Reuters, five per cent of the PCs using the flawed chipsets would have failed over a three-year period.
But there are laptops with components that aren't affected by the flaw. This means that PC makers can get away with bringing out hardware using the chipsets that have the problem.
It sounds like a fair move, as long as it's true that the flawed chipsets won't cause problems for the PCs that use them. So far Intel has been transparent throughout the whole situation, so we are confident this will be the case.
Companies like HP, Dell and Lenovo can breathe a little sigh of relief, as this means they won't have to delay shipments of PCs in a weak market affected by smartphones and tablets. µ
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A produce auction house built by the Amish earlier this month won't open for business until the Homer Township Board of Zoning Appeals rules on a challenge to the project.
The decision is expected at the board's May 30 meeting.
Several hundred Amish men built the 28,000-square-foot building at Jeffery Road and state Route 301 over the weekend of May 4 and 5.
The project was granted an agricultural variance by township Zoning Inspector Nancy Lilly in late April, F.W. Owen, who owns Homerville Wholesale Produce Auction, 9430 Spencer Road, filed a challenge to the exemption with the township Board of Zoning Appeals on May 2.
The next day, he filed a lawsuit in Medina County Common Pleas Court seeking a temporary injunction to bar the new auction house from opening.
On May 7, Visiting Common Pleas Judge Thomas J. Pokorny issued a temporary restraining order, which prohibited the auction house from opening until the appeals board decides the case.
At a hearing Tuesday, Pokorny withdrew the restraining order because Owen never posted 10 percent of the $10,000 bond required to activate the order.
Owen's attorney, Trina Devanney, said her client didn't post bond because it was no longer necessary — the township appeals board issued its own order preventing the opening of the auction house, 11701 Jeffery Road.
The new auction house, owned by County Line Land Co., was set to open May 15.
The two auction houses are within two miles of one another.
Mark Fusco, Country Line's attorney, said there will be no further activity at the auction house until the appeals board makes a decision.
"The township zoning inspector issued a stay," he said, "My client will abide by that stay."
Contact reporter Nick Glunt at (330) 721-4048 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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When it comes to weddings, Jen Doll has seen it all. She's been a guest or a bridesmaid at every imaginable type of wedding, and she shares the details in her new anecdotal memoir "Save the Date: The Occasional Mortifications of a Serial Wedding Guest."
In some ways, "Save the Date" is a anthropological study of current wedding practices. She went to her first wedding at age eight, and "couldn't wait for the next one." She knew that "Someday, I'd meet a boy, too."
Doll's been there for friends who had destination weddings in Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. She was a bridesmaid for a childhood friend's down home wedding in Decatur, Alabama. She was there to witness her friends' vows at City Hall in Manhattan. She RSVP'd "Yes" to weddings that took her from Connecticut to Washington State, from New Jersey to Vermont. The only wedding she has yet to take part in is her own.
What most of these weddings share for Doll is an abundance of alcohol. So, many of these musings are filtered through the lens of an endlessly refilled glass of wine, bourbon, or signature cocktails.
For twenty-somethings, those first weddings are a license to party. And Doll does know how to have a great time, tossing strappy dresses, sandals, and bathing suits into a bag to head to exotic destinations where nightcaps and umbrella drinks take their toll with late night vomiting episodes. By the time Doll is well into her thirties, she should know better. But doesn't. In one particularly unhappy chapter, her friends strong arm a totally tanked Doll out of a Connecticut bar where she was foisting herself on a stranger and tossing her $450 platform heels at her friends. Vomiting most likely ensued. At this point, it's a wonder this same tight-knit group of friends keeps inviting her to their weddings as she has clearly become a guestzilla and liability.
Doll is a talented writer, with a brightly humorous confessional voice. The book is arranged in short chapters -- each devoted to a wedding, as well as to a look at her own parents' long-lasting marriage -- "Marriage is a process.It's the journey, not the destination," her father says -- and her own musings on what marriage means. Many of her friends get it right, though she loses her friend Ginny when Ginny does not take her advice to leave the husband Doll never liked. Ginny sticks with it and seems to work out her marital problems. Doll, despite all her efforts -- or perhaps of some of her drunken rants at weddings where they are both guests -- is left mourning a lost friendship.
She is clear-eyed, though, about what weddings should be:
The wedding isn't the thing: it's what comes after that's truly important, yet the wedding is our focus, the vehicle chosen to represent a couple's love and the guests' love for that couple. It's an established, functional transaction, but it's also a performance with only a certain level of truth to it, everyone well dressed and on their best behavior -- or at least that's the idea. It's supposed to mean more than it does, to be more than a party or a day. With all the implications and expectations riding on this single event, it should be no surprise that things occasionally go off course.
Weddings are fun -- and it's fun to read about them. As Doll puts it:
There's fun even before you get to the chapel or the reception hall or the rented suite of the fancy hotel or the country club or your best friend's parents' backyard. The weeks and months preceding each wedding will inevitably involve secondary parties -- bachelorettes and bachelors and showers and engagement celebrations and whatever else is deemed necessary to get the crowd pumped for the headliner. Do not be fooled by these seemingly casual additions: They are the octopus tentacles of the ultimate party, stretching farther in all directions, part and parcel of an event that in most cases, when all is said and done, guests will have shelled out rather a lot of time and energy and cash to attend.
Doll attends these celebrations alone and with dates. She hooks up with old friends and new acquaintances. She is, at times, even set up with someone at a wedding. She is never jaded:
I felt a little nervous, that pre-wedding anxiety that comes before the first glass of Champagne when you contemplate what will happen in the hours to come. The moments before a wedding can feel like anticipating a spaceship launch, and then, if all goes well, the evening is steeped in the euphoria of We have liftoff. The opposite is too terrible to contemplate. It will be great, I reassured myself. I was over the wedding ridiculousness of immature times past, puking and fighting and crying.
This is a mostly fun tour of 21st-century weddings, which aren't, in the end so different from any others. "They are fraught with emotion. They can be powder kegs. They are full of love, but they are tinged with anger, resentment, insecurity, doubt, and all the baggage we come with as adult humans."
So here's to Jen Doll: she's learned her limits: "If you're me, it's important to try to stop somewhere around the sixth glass of wine. Or, fine, the seventh. Hey, it's a wedding." And, underneath it all, she remains the optimistic eight-year-old girl who is still hoping that someday will come when she meets a boy, too. Readers will hope so, too.


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Legends Sales & Marketing Selected For Wolf Pack Ticket Sales Operations
July 18, 2012
The University of Nevada Athletics Department has selected Legends Sales & Marketing to handle the department's ticket sales operations for its football and men's basketball programs, the school announced today.
Legends (LSM), which is based in New York City, was founded by the Dallas Cowboys and New York Yankees and the group will be responsible for selling season, partial and group tickets for the Wolf Pack.
"We are extremely excited to partner with LSM," said Rory Hickok, Nevada's senior associate athletics director for external operations. "After a thorough evaluation of our sales operations and as we enter the Mountain West Conference, we determined that bringing LSM on board will allow us to provide better service to our current ticketholders and exponentially increase our outbound sales efforts. This will lead to higher sales and attendance figures and, in turn, a more exciting gameday environment."
Legends will be adding up to six new sales positions for the partnerships and the sales team will be based on campus in Reno.
"It is an honor for us to be working with the University of Nevada," said Mike Ondrejko, Legends' chief operating officer. "Our goal has always been to form partnerships with properties that are built on strong foundations and positioned for tremendous growth and the University of Nevada certainly fits that profile. We are looking forward to folding our expertise into the Wolf Pack culture and are very bullish on the potential for success."
Nevada recently became a member of the Mountain West Conference. The Wolf Pack football team has competed in seven straight bowl games and it's 2012 home schedule includes games against South Florida, San Diego State, Fresno State and Boise State. The Nevada men's basketball team is coming off one of the most successful seasons in school history, including a conference championship in its final season in the WAC and an appearance in the quarterfinals of the famed NIT.
Ricardo Ramos will be the general manager of sales and will lead the LSM team at Nevada. Ramos comes to Nevada from Denver, where he ran a ticket sales consulting company working with various university athletic departments. Prior to that, he spent time as the Director of Ticket Sales and Service for the Colorado Rapids soccer club and a consultant for teams in the NBA.
Legends Sales & Marketing has proven experience in selling ticket inventory for sports venues, and currently manages ticket sales for the San Francisco 49ers' new stadium, the Rose Bowl, Stanford, SMU, the New York Red Bulls' Red Bull Arena and Circuit of The Americas (Formula 1 Grand Prix) in Austin, Texas, along with a number of other world-class venues.
LSM is currently conducting a national search for qualified sales associates to work at the University of Nevada property. More information is available by contacting Ramos at firstname.lastname@example.com. Click here for a note from Ramos to the Wolf Pack Nation.
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2015-16 Wolf Pack Moments of the Season
Women's Soccer
Quintos blanks CSU and Wyoming
With three goals scored and zero goals given up, the Nevada soccer team completed the weekend sweep shutout against Colorado State and Wyoming. The Pack scored two goals vs. the Rams to earn the program's first win over CSU in three tries and followed that up with a 1-0 victory over the Cowgirls to close the weekend. Also against Wyoming the team set a new attendance record with 1,043 fans.
View all 2015-16 Stars of the Week.
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Monday, June 8, 2015
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Thursday, May 28, 2015 - General
Pack women's golf signee Collom wins state tournament
Thursday, May 21, 2015 - Golf
Letter from Doug Knuth: Questions and answers about our 2015 football schedule
Monday, March 9, 2015 - Football
Pack puts on clinic for local children in Puerto Vallarta
Friday, March 6, 2015
Former Nevada coach headlines Boys and Girls Club Dinner
Friday, January 30, 2015 - General
Christenson earns spot in World Cup rifle competition
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - Rifle
Pack freshman Surin races against her Olympic medalist father
Tuesday, January 6, 2015 - Track and Field
A letter to Wolf Pack fans from Doug Knuth: Successes on the field and in the classroom.
Monday, January 5, 2015 - General
Former Nevada track & field standout Hanson passes away
Tuesday, December 23, 2014 - Track and Field
Tonight's Wolf Pack basketball game will feature "Kindness Minute"
Saturday, December 13, 2014 - General
A letter to Wolf Pack fans from Doug Knuth: Mackay Stadium renovation approved
Friday, December 5, 2014 - Football
Wolf Pack Fans, Reward Yourself and the Team
Monday, November 17, 2014 - Football
Wolf Pack women's basketball hosts free skills clinic
Monday, November 10, 2014 - Women's Basketball


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Pittsburgh girls know and love fashion! They know what colors look good on them, what designer looks they covet, and where to shop. Pittsburgh girls are more than just Pens jerseys and Terrible Towels, they are fashionistas! Mary, a 25 year-old teacher from Pittsburgh gabs about her personal style and fashion!
What is one store you could spend thousands of dollars on clothes in?
That would be fairly easy to do in a number of stores for me. To get my money's worth, T.J. Maxx or Marshall's would be great to snag some really great designer deals. It's easy for me to spend hours in either store searching for great deals and finds. Also, J.Crew. I love their prints and the way they put a modern spin on classic looks. Now as for online shopping, where I do a good portion of my shopping, I'd have to say gilt.com. I could easily order from that site every day with their daily sales.
What is your favorite Pittsburgh mall?
Ross Park Mall is a great place to go for designer finds and some more savvy options as well in the Pittsburgh area.
What color do you think you look best in?
I've never been one to shy away from color, so I wear most colors, but one has to be careful to make sure a color complements one's skin tone and does not drown them out. For me, I always think blue complements me the best. It brings out my blue eyes and complements my blond hair.
What is one piece in your wardrobe you could never live without?
There are many items that I would consider essential staples of my wardrobe, but this winter it has definitely been the cable knit sweater. Whatever form, style or color, the cable knit sweater has been my staple this winter. They're easy to dress up or down and can be worn with a number of items from shorts, jeans, skirts and over dresses. I have added a good number of cable knit sweaters to my "collection" this winter alone.
What is your favorite cut of jeans?
I'm a skinny leg jean, in a dark wash, girl all the way. They look great with flats or heels and are versatile. Though, I am currently in the search for some great boyfriend jeans for those more casual days.
What is your ideal winter coat?
This winter it has been brutally cold and I have relied on some great long wool coats to keep me warm. I got a good deal on a camel- colored, long wool coat with some leather accents a couple of months ago and it is my go-to.
What is your favorite kind of dress?
Asking me to pick a favorite kind of dress is like asking a Meryl Streep fanatic which one of her films is their favorite. There are just too many good ones to choose from. Maxi dresses, shift dresses, shirt dresses, fit and flare, and sweater dresses are all wonderful; there aren't many styles I don't like. I can't get enough dresses.
What is your favorite type of footwear?
This one is tough to answer because I have a slight obsession with shoes. I have a love for most styles of shoes, but a classic pump would be an easy choice. A classic pointed-toe pump in a neutral tone will go with anything and never go out of style.
Money is no object, who is your favorite luxury fashion brand?
In my eyes, Chanel rarely does any wrong. I also love the classic looks from Michael Kors and from the recent Spring and Fall fashion shows, I loved looks from Giambattista Valli and Burberry Prorsum. I could go on and on. As you can see, I am rather indecisive and can rarely pick a favorite when it comes to anything.
5 adjectives to describe your style and wardrobe?
Chic, sophisticated, classy, adorned, and variegated.


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Dominican Republic 2013-14: Qualifying/Rates
Trip Dates: May 4-9, 2014
- Counselors and managers in good standing at the date of the trip are eligible.
- Participants will earn award points for business received by Precoa between Feb. 1, 2013 and Jan. 31, 2014.
- Counselors will earn points for each dollar of funeral face value sold (minus chargebacks):
- One award point for all single pay sales (including EPOs) over age 75 and all TIs (+1 bonus point for CEP)
- Two award points for all other sales from national leads, including direct mail & Precoa internet-driven leads
- Three award points for all other sales from local lead sources (+1 bonus point for CEP) and all Door Knocker sales
- Managers may participate as a counselor and receive points on business that they personally produce as outlined for counselors. Additionally, managers will earn an override equal to one fourth of the award points earned by counselors in their region.
Award Points Needed
Counselors must earn a minimum of 1,100,000 points to qualify for the trip (May 4-9, 2014). Additional points can be used for room upgrades, extra nights, excursions, etc. Perk Points carried over from previous years can be used for upgrades and excursions once the counselors or manager has already qualified based on 2013 sales.
The Road To Europe
Prorated Qualification Schedule
February/March – 1,100,000 points
April – 1,040,000 points
May – 980,000 points
June – 920,000 points
July – 860,000 points
August – 820,000 points
September – 780,000 points
October – 740,000 points
November – 700,000 points
Room Rates
Garden Suite – included with qualification
Junior Suite – upgrade for 50,000 points
Master Suite – upgrade for 200,000 points
Royal Service Ocean View Suite – upgrade for 350,000 points
Royal Service Ocean Front Suite – upgrade for 500,000 points
Excursion Rates
Outback Safari – 50,000 points
Saona Island Speedboat & Catamaran Adventure – 60,000 points
Caribbean Festival: Stingray Bay – 55,000 points
Dolphin Explorer – 60,000 – 105,000 points
Shopping Tour – 20,000 points
Canopy/ Zipline Adventure – 50,000 points
Helicopter Tours – 50,000 – 90,000 points
Fishing Charters – 65,000 points
Speedboat Adventure & Snuba – 50,000 – 85,000 points
ATV Adventure – 40,000 – 65,000 points
Extra Guest Rates
*Rates are for guests staying in the same room as the incentive trip qualifier
The cost of round-trip airfare for each additional guest will be individually priced based on the actual cost.
Who's Qualified?
Updated Jan 23, 2014
Bart Ah You (Modesto, CA)
George Alleman (San Antonio, TX)
Samuel Ashby (Lincoln, NE)
Faith Avner (Glenview, IL)
Ovsep Ayrapetian (Glendale, CA)
Rob Baas (Kalamazoo, MI)
Holly Barragan (Turlock, CA)
Petros Badalyan (Glendale, CA)
Lisa Bates (Lakeland, FL)
Ryan Bates (Lakeland, FL)
Debra Beckman (Naples, FL)
JoJo Berango (Granada Hills, CA)
Erik Bergquist (Gillette, WY)
Agnes Bisgaard (Los Angeles, CA)
Armand Blais (Menifee, CA)
Kathleen Bloesinger (Parma, OH)
Jenn Bormann (Springfield, IL)
Amy Bowling (Yorktown, IN)
Kelly Brennan (Bend, OR)
Janet Brewer (Danville, IL)
Terry Bryan (Cantonment, FL)
Juanita Caesar (Detroit, MI)
Rebecca Carroll (Sarasota, FL)
William Cea (Glendale, CA)
May Chui (City of Industry, CA)
Myriam Coussa (Burbank, CA)
Jessica Crowley (Lake Worth, FL)
Greg Cunningham (Garden Grove, CA)
Roosevelt Curren (St. Louis, MO)
Rodney Davidson (Warren, MI)
Angilena Davis-Lindsey (Davison, MI)
Dianne Dismukes (Brenham, TX)
Marilyn Dixon (Yukon, OK)
Safronia Dodd-Owens (Milwaukee, WI)
Adelina Dorusinec (Sunland, CA)
Mark Ercanbrack (St. Petersburg, FL)
Amy Ervin (Mount Pleasant, MI)
Mark Evans (Flint, TX)
Riley Facer (Abilene, TX)
Kelly Ann Franz (Stillwater, MN)
Mary Galstian (North Hollywood, CA)
Ruth Garcia (San Antonio, TX)
Richard Goeken (Modesto, CA)
Sally Gray (Fairview, TN)
Samuel Gray (Nashville, TN)
Inna Grigorian (Panorama City, CA)
Lida Gyulbudakyan (La Crescenta, CA)
Arshavir Hajibekyan (Glendale, CA)
Joe Hajibekyan (Glendale, CA)
Ramona Hall (Hendersonville, TN)
Steffanie Hermann (Cedar Hill, MO)
Zach Hillstead (Newnan, GA)
Tammy Hopper (Danville, IL)
Raffi Hovhannisyan (Los Angeles, CA)
Emily Huang (Chino Hills, CA)
Danny Jacquez (Helena, MT)
Karen Johnson (Haysville, KS)
Shirley Ann Johnson (Merced, CA)
William Johnson (Greenwood, IN)
Annie Kambourian (Sherman Oaks, CA)
John Kang (Fullerton, CA)
Brian Kennebeck (O'Fallon, MO)
Andrew Kent (Great Falls, MT)
Nazik Khachatourian (Glendale, CA)
Jackie Leathers (Gallatin, TN)
Martha Lind (Linden, MI)
Tonja Listovitch (Nolensville, TN)
Mary Machmueller-Gunther (Wausau, WI)
Arpenik Makuchyan (Tujunga, CA)
Mirta Marconi (Burbank, CA)
Cheryl Marshall (Flint, MI)
Donald Martin (Lowell, MI)
Kim Martin (Lowell, MI)
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Many cities use wireless networks to provide a variety of services. That means that the basic connectivity for noise monitoring wireless sensors is already there and there's no need for additional connectivity for them to work.
Urban wireless sensor networks (WSN) offer a sustainable solution to address the challenge of monitoring noise over long periods of time. WSNs also give the flexibility of collecting additional information, including pictures and other environmental data, without anybody needing to be present at the monitored locations.
One of the current examples is the SmartSantander project, developed by the city of Santander in northern Spain. The test-bed is composed of around 2,000 IEEE 802.15.4 devices in different areas of the city. The sensors provide real time information about the environment including light, temperature, noise, and CO levels, as well as other parameters like the occupancy of parking lots in downtown areas.
Santander uses a two-pronged approach to monitoring noise. The primary one is sensors installed in buildings and in "city furniture" like lampposts, which use a sensor board with an omnidirectional microphone (with an almost flat response in the whole frequency range of human hearing). The second approach is several nodes in public buses, taxis, and the city's service vehicles to provide additional data.
But the biggest contributor to real time, effective noise maps of the city could come from smartphones. The ubiquitous presence of mobile sensors presents a revolutionary opportunity for collecting and sharing instant information about noise levels anywhere, anytime. The functionality of smartphones, as we can see when people share information on social networks, offers a mechanism for sourcing data from citizens' phones, in addition to raw data collected by city sensors.
In 2010 Sony Labs released in Paris NoiseTube, a free smartphone App for Android and iOS devices using the phone's microphone and GPS to measure noise levels as the user walks around. This data is combined in real time with other users' data in order to plot the current noise levels on a city map, a technique dubbed "participatory sensing."
The goal was to help Paris meet the requirements of the European Union for member states to measure noise pollution levels periodically. Now NoiseTube is used in 431 cities around the world. Unfortunately Sony has not continued the development of NoiseTube, due to lack of public funding, but the source code is available under GNU license for anyone to use.
More and more cities are looking at hybrid solutions to collect data about environmental issues such as noise, traffic, and pollution, and getting people involved is one of the biggest challenges, but also the greatest opportunity.
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Michael John Laekas is the author of five published books that pay tribute to his parents, Mary and John Laekas. In 2009, he embarked on a project to provide a legacy for future generations. The result is a set of books that will appeal to fans of stories about love, war, and family. First came the trilogy Mary and John, The Early Years that describes the rough and tumble world of his parents, from their childhood to young adults. Then he created a remarkable photo album with narrative (Reliving Their Journey) that followed his emotional 47-day visit to places in Canada, Great Britain, and Europe that marked significant events in his parents' young lives. His latest book is a compelling story of his father's years as a Canadian soldier during the Second World War in A Soldier's Journey 1940-1945.
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Captain of the Thames (Xenogears) a real man of the sea.
Power/Ability to:
Use the traits of pinnipeds
Power to use the abilities of pinnipeds. Variation of Mammalian Physiology.
User with this ability either is or can mimic/transform into pinnipeds, including seals, walruses, sea lions, etc.
- Body Temperature Manipulation
- Cold-proof Skin
- Enhanced Agility
- Enhanced Endurance
- Enhanced Lung Capacity
- Enhanced Senses
- Pressure Resistance
- Speed Swimming
- Odobenus Physiology (walrus): Dermal Armor, Enhanced Strength, Enhanced Durability, Tusk Protrusion, Decelerated Aging, Enhanced Touch
- Otariidae Physiology (fur seals and sea lions): Enhanced Strength/Enhanced Durability (fur seal males only)
- Phocidae Physiology (true seals)
Mythical pinnipeds:
- May need practice to change back to original form.
- May exhibit the same fears and or desires of taken form.
Known Users
- Gren (Bakugan)
- Billy the Seal Boy (DC Comics)
- Gomamon (Digimon)
- Ikkakumon (Digimon)
- Dewgong evolutionary line (Pokemon)
- Walrein evolutionary line (Pokemon)
- Mobian pinnipeds (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Rotor the Walrus
- Sealia Seal
- Wally Tusket (Ultimate Muscle)
- Captain of the Thames (Xenogears)
- Brawlrus (Skylanders Trap Team)
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Former Liberal Bee Jay pitcher Shocker hero Greg Brummett is a part of the 2010 Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame class. Brummett played for the Bee Jays in 1987. The Bee Jays won the Jayhawk League that year going 26-12 and finished third at the NBC World Series. Brummett, from Wichita, was an All-American pitcher at Wichita State Univeristy. He was on the mound when the Shockers won the 1989 College World Series. Brummett went on to pitch in the major leagues and is now baseball coach at Cloud Community College in Concordia.
Chadd is Vice President of Amateur Scouting for the Detroit Tigers. Prior to that, he led the scouting departments of the Boston Red Sox and Florida Marlins. Chadd was an All-American outfielder at Kansas State and coached at Kansas State and Wichita State.
Sanagorski started the baseball program at Newman University in Wichita in 1978 and would go on to win 766 games over 23 years. In 2000, he left to serve as a hitting coach for the Florida Marlins organization and is currently working in the same capacity in the Washington Nationals organization.
Savage is president of the Wichita Sports Hall of Fame, which became home to the Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007. Known for his incredible passion toward sports and hall of fame projects, Savage personally collects the memorabilia on display and builds the exhibits.
Wilhoite was born in Hiawatha and played in the major leagues for four seasons. In 1919 with the Wichita Witches, he set a professional baseball record that still stands – a 69 game hitting streak! Wilhoit died in 1930 at the age of 44. Last year BJ general manager Bob Carlile was inducted into the Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame.
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College: Pittsburgh (school history) (Jury college stats)
Drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the 3rd round (63rd overall) of the 1978 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 4 (9949th overall since 1950)
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While DC has always been known for their iconic superheroes they have been branching out more into some of their more supernatural character these days. Of all of these characters Constantine has probably gotten the most exposure thanks to the film adaptation and the upcoming TV series, but now you can bring home the latest collection of the latest comic series with Constantine Volume 1 The Sparks and the Flame that includes issues 1-6 and takes him on the hunt for a mystic artifact and a run in with Shazam!
It is no surprise that these types of books play in a different world than the normal heroes, but at the same time manages t o bring them all together. Obviously if you are one of the legions of fans of character then you know going in what to expect from the series, but if not it's the perfect time to jump in. These first issues do a great job at reintroducing the character to those new readers while keeping the character intact for the old school ones. While the story takes the time to re-introduce the character it jumps right into the meat of things. The story itself pulls no punches introducing some new cool characters and bringing the supernatural aspects in full effect. The visuals by Renato Guedes fit this story perfectly bringing all the dark details of the surroundings and magic to life. His art style is both crisp and chaotic making for the perfect direction for this series. Like most of these series it features appearances from other DC characters as well including The Spectre, Zatanna, and one of the coolest Shazam stories in a long time.
This is a great chance for fans to reconnect with the character and for new ones to jump on board. In addition to issues 1-6 it also includes variant covers, character designs by Jim Lee and cover sketches. Grab your copy of Constantine Volume 1: The Spark and the Flame available now.
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R video tutorial number 1
Here a video tutorial on how to get started using the R Language for Statistical Computing.
The tutorial is best viewed in your browser's full-screen mode, try pressing F11 in Windows.
R is free and open source, and constantly being improved upon by countless contributors worldwide. DSN highly recommends using R.
Topics covered include:
* Downloading and installing R in Windows * The R graphical user interface * Viewing the graphics demo * Vectors and basic stats * Simple plotting


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You know you're the luckiest person alive to have landed your perfect partner but when it comes to their relations, the laws of probability are not on your side. You've upset the balance of their family: at best you've swelled the ranks, further dividing the pot of love and attention, at worst you're the cuckoo in the family nest, stealing their beloved son/daughter/brother/sister.
Even wonderful in-laws can create problems. If they're warm, uncritical, unfailingly supportive, always pleased to see you, dedicated and hands-on with their grandchildren and generous at Christmas-time, this will play merry hell with your relationship with your own less-than-perfect parents or siblings.
Treat a bad in-law as you would childhood chicken pox. You don't want it, you don't deserve it, you can't really do much to alleviate it but it's a necessary evil and if you stay calm and are careful not to aggravate it, you'll come out barely scarred.
Comfort yourself with the thought that your partner chose to leave the bosom of his/her family and create a new family with you - if the in-laws are truly toxic then your cleverest plan is to sit tight, behave immaculately and trust that there will be no doubt about which family is the better bet.
As for perfect in-laws, don't boast about them to your own family (that way lies perdition) instead just secretly enjoy the fact you've bucked the trend.


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My daughter made dinner the other night and magic happened. She got into the kitchen with the intent (and craving) of making fries with a topping of some sort. She crafted a pan of delicious Philly cheese steak fries that were to die for. I ate more than I should have, but it was difficult to stop eating them!
They were simple to make and are definitely a new favorite in my household.
To make these yummy fries, you will need:
- Beef broth
- steaks (one to two good sized steaks or beef strips)
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1 green bell pepper
- 1 package shredded Mexican style cheese
- salt
- pepper
- 1 onion, diced
- Butter
Preheat oven to temperature required to cook fries.
In a frying pan, saute onion, red and green peppers until caramelized. Cut steak into strips or if using steak strips, ensure the strips are small enough to fit nicely on fries.
Place fries in oven.
Add 1/4 cup beef broth and cover pan. Allow steak and pepper mixture to simmer for about 10 minutes.
Uncover pan. Add salt and pepper to taste. Pour cheese over the top and cover for a minute or two until the cheese is melted.
Once the fries are cooked, pour steak mixture over the top. If preferred, bake in oven for about 10 minutes to crisp the dish.


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Design Specifications for a Good Camera
Apropos of Mike Johnston's Simple Cameras, can someone please build a small rangefinder camera made of metal with an optical viewfinder, fixed 35mm f/2 lens with mechanical aperture and manual focus rings, a mechanical shutter speed dial, a sensor with a fixed ISO 400 setting that saves 10 Megapixel JPEG files to an SD card?
The top of the camera would have a mechanical shutter speed dial with settings from 1/2000th of a second to Bulb, and a threaded shutter release with a surrounding switch with the settings 'On' and 'Off'.
The back would have a screen to display pictures, a button labeled 'See Pictures', a button labeled 'Settings', and four directional triangles with a button labeled 'Action' in the middle.
When a person depresses the 'See Pictures' button they see the last picture they took. They can use the directional triangle buttons to go forward and backward. If they depress the 'Action' button a transparent overlay appears over the current picture with the following options:
- Send (if this is selected the picture is sent to a connected computer)
- Print (if this is selected the camera tries to print the picture either by sending it to a connected computer or printer)
- Delete (if this is selected a confirmation dialogue box with the text 'Are you sure?' appears.)
When a person depresses the 'Settings' button they see the following settings:
- Set Black & White or Color
- Set Date & Time
- Send all pictures to your computer
- Delete all pictures from your camera card
The sides of the camera would have strap lugs to connect a camera strap, a USB port to connect a USB cable to a computer, an SD card slot and a very stiff switch with the following settings:
- Single
- Timer (2 Seconds)
- Timer (10 Seconds)
The bottom of the camera would have the access door to the battery compartment and a screw hole for mounting on a tripod.
The camera would come with leather straps and a leather half-case with a flap that covers the entire back which can be opened and closed easily with metal 'snap' buttons.
An advanced version of the camera could also be made available with more ISO settings, DNG raw files, hotshoe for flash and interchangeable lenses.
If this existed, I think it would be the best camera to teach and learn photography with.
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Great Basin's Staph ID/R Blood Culture Panel is a sample-to-result, automated, DNA multiplex assay for simultaneous identification of Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus species directly from positive blood cultures in about 2 hours. The panel also detects the mecA gene, a major drug resistance marker that confers resistance to methicillin and other beta-lactams and creates the superbug MRSA.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Though I don't like reverse split, the news today will start pumping money into GBSN and the reverse split will become a distant memory.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Initially I was dissappointed by earnings being pushed out to end of this month. Also I was disspointed by lack of price movement, But I am jumping back in pre-announcement.
Pushing the the earnings release until the end of the month can be for a number of reasons;
1) Getting ready for a potential buyout
2) Moving off Pinksheets to another exchange ( Ilya Nikolayev has mentioned this desire in the past to improve investor equity)
3) Forecast earnings for the next qtr and next year, like a real company
Any of these reasons requires the books to be as acccurate as possible. They have never really provided forecast numbers in the past and they likely weren't on the position to have good future visibility. Now they do so this could be the #1 reason for getting the numbers straight. Ilya has a strong reason to get TAPM above $1.
My best guess is that Ilya wants to move from Pinks Sheets to OTCBB, which requires filing a quarterly financial report with the SEC, while companies on Pink Sheets are not required to report financial statements. This would easily explain taking longer in March to ensure they report quarterly thereafter.
Sentiment: Buy
AH volume still light. Mostly because it resumed trading so late in the AH I guess.
Sentiment: Hold
I am not a fan of reverse splits, but it was punished after the announcement down to 16 cents.
And it seems overlooked now, that they will have 2 products on the market shortly. The Multiplex Panel and Shiga Toxin test will be in demand.
The opening price equated to14 cents pre split. If it were to trade near the 30 cent pre split high , that would equate to $9-10.
$6 is a good entry point today
Sentiment: Buy
If BlueBalls can continually reply to his own messages, so can I. LOL
I repeat, they have products that will be in demand!!
GBSN was already punished when the reverse split was initially announced.
Sentiment: Buy
You guys are funny... do you realize that for the last 2 hours your pumping and bashing has had little effect. The stock price movement in the last 2 hours has been flat. Like all your brain waves. LOL
Sentiment: Buy
Give me a break on giving people a heads up. No one on these boards is here to help someone "avoid making a mistake". That is so much BS. No one is here for altruistic reasons. Lets me honest, this is a narcissistic outlet like facebook. We are all here because we like hearing oursleves talk.
Regarding 12%, 10:30 price was around 6.1-6.2, 12:30 price was around 5.85. much less than 12% and really negible. 6.05 are current print.
Nice play glenntrader. I was't going to play this. But when I saw the AH follow through, I too shorted at 8.20. It seemed like a no brainer.
Secondary still a possiblity and makes it worth the play in AH.
Sentiment: Sell
Wow are you missing the point. The potential for Proelelex for use on endometriosis is now closer to reality. When people see "endometriosis" on the news wire, they will chase this higher tomorrow morning.
Sentiment: Hold
Yep, there is more $$$ potential for endometriosis. People will be chasing RPRX all morning tomorrow!
Sentiment: Hold
LOL you jump on a typo...how pathetic. Proellex is also good to help shorts stop their bleeding tomorrow.
Sentiment: Hold
touché 8*), though I am not sure I am worthy of looking up past messages. Thanks anyway
Sentiment: Hold
I have to admit that I am no longer in TAPM. I bailed after the qtr announcment. I was dissppointed that thier growth had somewhat stagnated from the previous qtr. I know the market in the middle east may help. But I just can't help but wonder if this truley is a commodity based industry now.
I mis judged the potential for TAPM. I will continue to follow it because I have a soft spot for TAPM and I want to see it do well. My biggest concern in the near team would be the need to do a reverse split. That would be disastrous short term.
Sentiment: Hold
When you look at the revenue miss of 572M versus 596M estimate, it doesn't look that huge. Except they were expected to easily beat expectations. AND they are trading at a forward PE of 41 with a PEG of 2.72.
This will not be met favorably tomorrow morning. Especially since we will all have to wait until May 3rd for EPS forecast.
Sentiment: Hold
12-15 is not a reasonable level for a growth stock. PE range of 25-35 is reasonable.
Sentiment: Hold
I shorted last night with the belief that ILMN would test $133 (April 2014 low). But I did not have enough conviction to wait long enough and I covered at 139 (left money on the table, oh well)
I kept one eye on ILMN and when I saw a little capitulation around 133 I decided to go long. Overall investor sentiment is still prett positive on ILMN and I think that many will use this as a buying opportunity. Today's plunge has reeled in the Forward PE to a more reasonable 31.
Sentiment: Hold
Somehow I don't think their problems are over. Who is this "forensic investigator"? Very secretive. Sounds suspicious, like an insider. "Big four"?? who?
Sentiment: Hold
This may impact earnings a little, but overall a very healthy sign. This has been a pretty volatile stock due to its low float. But with its very low PE and PEG, $81 looks like a great entry point.
Sentiment: Buy
I understand why some may have (past tense) thought this was a good stock to short. But Outerwall is diversifying AND there is a larger segment of the population that still needs an option to streaming.
Yes, most of us middle - upper class are willing to pay $120-200/mos for cable and internet. But there are many families that have low cost cable/satelite with no add ons and need a movie option. Redbox won't go away soon and their other businesses are doing just fine.
PE and PEG says buy buy buy. Or cover cover cover.!!
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Juan Manuel Marquez. Mike Alvarado. Shawn Porter. Paulie Malignaggi. For Robert Guerrero, any of those four would be a compelling opponent.
But Guerrero won't be fighting any of them in the near future. They're fighting one another. Monday's announcement that Porter and Malignaggi will vie for Porter's IBF welterweight title, on April 19, followed last week's news that Marquez will take on Alvarado on May 17.
Guerrero hasn't fought since his competitive but clear-cut loss to Floyd Mayweather last May, which reportedly earned Guerrero $3 million. He isn't eager to fight an inconsequential bout on the heels of the biggest fight of his career.
But he has painted himself into a promotional corner that becomes a greater crisis the longer he doesn't fight. Spokesman Mario Serrano says that while his handlers are trying to come up with a bout for Guerrero, The Ghost "is training, and when they get him a fight, he'll be ready."
Andre Ward is also in limbo, a term that is beginning to apply to the Kingpin Trio as a whole.
The third Kingpin, Nonito Donaire, is fighting WBA featherweight champion Simpiwe Vetyeka on May 31 in Macau. That's symbolic for a fighter who divides his time among the Bay Area, the Philippines and Las Vegas.
Top Rank's Bob Arum promotes Donaire, and Ward would like to jump to Top Rank from his long-time association with Dan Goossen, who can't duplicate Arum's stranglehold on big-time pay-per-view facilities
But if Arum is of a mind to unite the Kingpin Trio in the most viable way possible, he's in no rush to, say, co-promote a Ward fight with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.
"I can work with anybody," Arum told me last week at the Beverly Hills Hotel, a tony tour stop for Arum's Miguel Cotto-Sergio Martinez middleweight promotion for their June 7. "The question is, can Andre Ward work with Goossen. A contract is a contract."
Given the likelihood that I can't make it to Macau for the Donaire fight, I asked Arum if there will ever be a Donaire fight in the Bay Area. There hasn't been a big fight in the Bay Area since Ward knocked out Chad Dawson in Oakland in September 2012.
"No, close as I can get him is Macau."
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During the weekend of February 14-15, the second annual British Plus
Size Fashion Weekend will be happening, and it is boasted to be an
event to not miss. Taking place at Vinopolis in London, the weekend
will feature four fashion shows, pop-up shops, panel discussions,
seminars and much more.
Designer Remi Ray and CEO/Creative Director of Evolve Magazine Rianne
Ward came up with the event and brought it back for a second year
after the previous year's success. The idea of the weekend was to
unite plus size brands, buyers and consumers together and embrace the
increasing demand and respect for the market.
Haley Hasselhoff--David Hasselhoff's daughter--will be along the list
of models running the catwalk during the shows.
For more information on British Plus Size Fashion Weekend and to
purchase tickets, visit the official website or head on over to their
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Primo warmth on and off the slopes.
Not even the coldest days of the year bring down your stoke level on the slopes when you wear the Patagonia Women's Primo Down Jacket. Watertight zippers and a Gore-Tex membrane block the elements so you're totally protected from your waist to your head. The 800-fill down insulation keeps you nice and toasty in weather that chills even the abominable snowman. Down insulation also means this jacket is super warm without being heavy, and it compresses into small spaces in your luggage for easy travel.
The Primo features venting zippers underneath your armpits to let out some steam, because this jacket is seriously warm. Its removable powder skirt rotates with your every move for comfort and protection, and you can leave it behind when you're strolling downtown. Its hood slides over your helmet with ease, or you can cinch it down on your head with ease thanks to the Touch Point System.
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This jacket is awesome! It is a Gore-tex shell, with a down insulation. That insures that you will stay dry in any weather, and warm. Down is the best insulator out there, and this jacket has really high quality down coming in at an 800 fill. If you want to stay warm skiing, snowboarding, or walking around town, this is the jacket for you. It's awesome!
Has a nice length, not too long, won't impede movement; not too short as to allow wind/snow in.
Very warm & cozy (with great vents for when things get too toasty)!
Center length
Women's version should have a similar fit, to slightly shorter.
Added protection for "just in case".
I think someone asked this before and was pointed in the direction of the size chart - but that only helps with the fit - I'm after the centre back length of an actual jacket. Debbie? Anyone? Thanks
Sorry I didn't have a chance to read your question earlier...crazy busy & just haven't had any time for Q & A.
For a Large, the center length is 31" (that
s from the top center to the bottom center; not including hood, of course).
He is 5'9", approx. 180lb, and it hits low at the hips; nice length, good coverage while still allowing plenty of easy movement.
I would guess that the length may vary by no more than a 1" up/down by sizes up/down.
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Height: 6-1 Weight: 203 lbs.
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High School: Lanier
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Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 7 (8324th overall since 1950)
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FRESHMAN 2013-14: Played in 21 games and made 14 starts ... averaged 6.5 ppg and 2.0 rpg ... led team with 3.1 apg ... started in first career game at UNLV and played 28 min., scoring nine pts. on 3-7 shooting from deep with five ast. and six reb. ... started and played 27 min. with nine pts., eight ast. and one stl. vs. San Jose State ... started and scored six pts. with four ast. and 1 stl. in 29 min. vs. UC Riverside ... started vs. UC Santa Barbara and scored eight pts., with 2 reb. and 1 stl. in 28 min. ...started at CSU Northridge and scored nine pts. with two ast. and four reb. in 32 min. ... played 34 min. in the start vs. Hampton and scored five pts. with six reb. and three ast. ... started and played 21 min. at Fresno State while collecting one reb., one ast. and one stl. ... scored five pts. with two stl. and one reb. in 15 min. at Utah Valley ... played nine min. and scored one pt. with one ast. vs. San Francisco ... returned to action at San Diego and scored 1o pts. in 13 min. ... scored five pts. with three ast., two reb., and one stl. in 29 min. at BYU ... had three stl. and one reb. in 23 min. at No. 23 Gonzaga ... played 32 min. the start at Portland with 11 pts., one reb., and one ast. ... scored two pts. with two reb., two ast., and one stl. in 27 min. vs. BYU ... had three ast., one stl. and one reb. in 19 min. vs. San Diego ... scored 20 pts. with four threes in the start at San Francisco and had three ast. and one reb. in 35 min. ... played 32 min. in the start at Pacific and scored three pts. with four ast., three reb., and one stl. ... scored 26 pts. in the start at Saint Mary's with seven ast. and four reb. in 37 min. ... started vs. LMU and scored seven pts. with nine ast., three reb., and one stl. in 33 min. ... had two reb., one ast., and one stl. in 28 min. in the start vs. Pepperdine ... started vs. Pepperdine in the WCC Tournament and had four ast. in 29 min.
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The Jazz in the Junction Music Festival is Thursday, April 24 all day at the Nazarene Church. Colorado State University Pueblo's jazz band will be performing at noon, and all performances are free and open to the public.
Participating schools are Cheraw, La Junta, Lamar High School and Middle School, Pueblo East High School, Pueblo South High School, Rocky Ford High School and Trinidad High School.
Following is the schedule for Thursday, April 24, listed by performance time, school, ensemble and director.
- 9 a.m., La Junta H.S., Jazz Band, Josh Race
- 9:30 a.m., Rocky Ford H.S., A Cappella Choir, Alicia Millemon
- 10 a.m., Lamar M.S., Jazz Ensemble, Greg Ludwig
- 10:30 a.m., Pueblo S. H.S., Jazz Band II, Garren Cuthrell
- 11 a.m., Pueblo E. H.S., Jazz Band II, Dan Wiley
- 12 p.m., CSU-Pueblo
- 1:30 p.m., Pueblo S. H.S., Jazz Band I, Garren Cuthrell
- 2 p.m., Lamar H.S., Savajazz, Bob Seay
- 2:30 p.m., Pueblo E. H.S., Jazz Band I, Dan Wiley
- 3 p.m., Trinidad H.S., Jazz Band, Charles Shober
- 4 p.m., Lamar H.S., Noteables, Bob Seay
- 4:30 p.m., La Junta H.S., Jazz Choir, Josh Race
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Unlike last November, there will be no four-game winning streak to begin the season for the Eastern Hancock girls basketball team.
The Royals were topped 48-39 by host Elwood Wednesday in the season opener for both squads.
EH jumped out to a 10-8 first quarter advantage and led 20-10 in the second stanza. Then, the Panthers embarked on a 15-0 run to go up 25-20 at halftime, and the Royals never recovered.
"We had a good start. We established our transition game and were playing well defensively," said second-year EH coach Jeremy Powers. "For some reason, we got away from what we were doing."
Kiersten Schrope (10 points, six rebounds, six steals), Lauren Harmon (six points, seven rebounds, three blocks), Kristin Eischen (six points, five rebounds) and Alora Marshall (four points, six rebounds, three blocks) paced EH.
The Royals turned the ball over 29 times — a total Powers termed "unacceptable" — and shot 26 percent from the field. They were also three of 10 from the foul line and committed 27 fouls.
"The reason why we got beat was more self-inflicted," Powers explained. "Elwood is decent, but they're not better than we are."
EH is back in action for its home opener Saturday against Muncie South, a team it bested 60-44 last season.
Muncie South opens against Anderson Prep Academy today.
"If we come focused, if we come ready to play, we'll be fine Saturday," Powers added. "I told them it's a marathon, not a sprint. We'll be better."
Prep calendar
All times p.m. unless noted
Girls basketball — Cambridge City Lincoln at GC, 7:30
Football — MV vs. Cathedral at Tech , 7 p.m.
Girls basketball — Muncie Southside at EH, 1; GC at Franklin, 7:30; Whiteland at NP, 7:30; Connersville at MV, 7:30
Girls swimming — MV at Franklin, 10 a.m.
Boys basketball — Waldron at EH, 6 (Scrimamge)
Girls basketball — New Castle at GC, 7:30; Lawrence Central at MV, 7:30; NP at Franklin Central, 7:30
Girls swimming — NP, Roncalli at Greenwood, 5:30
Mt. Vernon basketball schedule changes
The Mt. Vernon-Western Boone girls basketball game originally scheduled for Jan. 29 at MV has been moved to Jan. 3 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse at 6:30 p.m. for a varsity-only contest. The JV will play as scheduled on Jan. 29 at 6 p.m. at MV.
The Mt. Vernon-New Castle boys basketball game originally scheduled for Jan. 5 at MV has been moved to Dec. 8 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse at 7:30 pm. for a varsity-only contest. MV will host New Castle for freshman and JV games on Jan. 2 beginning at 6 p.m.


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On May 24, 2014, Nintendo of America released information about their upcoming game, Hyrule Warriors.
Hyrule Warriors is a game for the Nintendo Wii U game console that combines the hack-and-slash game style of Dynasty Warriors with the Legend of Zelda universe.
At its core, it is the same story as per usual. You play as the protagonist Link as he attempts to save the captured Princess Zelda. (Spoiler alert: he probably saves her). However, you also get to play as other fan-favorite characters from the universe. For instance, for the first time in the game series, players get to play as Hyrulean Captain Impa, Zelda's personal bodyguard and/or assistant. She is equipped with a huge sword that could manage powerful fighting combinations.
The other playable characters have not been announced yet.
Also, a new antagonist has been developed for Hyrule Warriors; a dark sorceress by the name of Cia. It's up to the player to defeat Cia and her army. Aside from that, some familiar enemies will also make an appearance.
As the press release states, "The game-play structure of most of the stages bears a close resemblance to the Dynasty Warrior games, so Hyrule Warriors is a game that can truly be enjoyed by fans of both The Legend of Zelda and the Dynasty Warrior series." It is difficult to tell if Hyrule Warriors will just be a clone of Dynasty Warriors or if it will show a close enough resemblance but can still be considered its own game.
In the end, Nintendo very rarely would mess up the Legend of Zelda series and the Dynasty Warrior series is known for its epic storyline. So, Hyrule Warriors promises to be a excellent representation of the series. More information will be provided at the next E3 Expo, as well as a playable demo if you attend the event.
Hyrule Warriors is set to be released in America for the Nintendo Wii U in 2014 at an undisclosed date, and in Japan in August 14.


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A week after the Insta-Elimination That Shook the World, would The Voice follow up their most water-cooler-worthy moment of the season with something even crazier and more shocking? Nah. Last night's episode basically followed the expected script, minus a couple minor surprises that won't resonate quite the same way as Jesse getting the axe. Of course, that's not to say that nothing of interest happened—here's ten occurrences of varying degrees of notability from last night's show, none of which are Adam Levine quoting The Big Lebowski or Cee Lo comparing himself to Brad Pitt:
1. Who Farted? The show started on a lighter note of sorts, with all of the coaches snickering to themselves and laughing with the crowd, while a confused Carson Daly wondered if he was missing out on an inside joke. "I'm nervous, man," finally admitted Cee Lo. "I have gas." The chuckles eventually subsided, until a Christina Aguilera comment about going "with your gut" brought them back out again. "Can we focus?" repeatedly asked the show's irritated host. Awww, Carson, you never let us have any fun.
2. Can you feel the love tonight, Jamar Rogers? He was already a legit frontrunner in the competition, but the lovefest with Jamar Rogers was just relentless after his opening performance. See if you can spot the fake comment about Jamar from this list of Coach responses to his performance of Bon Jovi's "It's My Life":
"Aw, Jamar, you're just so amazing, man."
"I don't know that there's ever been a better pairing of a song and a person."
"You're not even on my team, and you're honestly one of my favorites in the competition."
"I love that you get cold when it's 71 degrees out. I love that it takes you an hour and a half to order a sandwich. I love that you get a little crinkle above your nose when you're looking at me like I'm nuts. I love that after I spend the day with you, I can still smell your perfume on my clothes."
Tough one, right? And none of those even came from his own coach, Cee Lo Green, who just said "I wanna pause for a minute, listen to the love" as the audience went nuts. "That's your love! That's your love!" Safe to say that Jamar was probably safe from the insta-elimination from the get last night.
3. Katrina Parker hit 'em with her best shot. This is just good advice for any prospective female powerhouse balladeer—when in doubt, don't go with Adele, go with Christina Perri. "Jar of Hearts" is just as striking as anything off 21, but Perri isn't nearly the untouchable that Adele is, and Katrina was able to own the song (with, by far, her best performance thusfar int he competition) in a way that she never could have with "Someone Like You" or "Rolling in the Deep." "That right there was a breakout," commented Blake Shelton. "That's awesome." Indeed it was—and Team Adam Levine might have a new favorite for the finals.
4. Christina fired a shot or two of her own. In her review of Katrina Parker's performance, Christina empathized with Katrina's trappings of always being compared to Adele. "When I first came out, people had…everybody when they first come out, everybody's compared to somebody," Christina related. "And now, who outlived who? Some people you don't even hear about anymore.." Uh-oh. Who might that be that you're referring to, Christina? Jessica Simpson? Mandy Moore? A Miss Britney Spears? More on that last one a little later…
5. Cee Lo's old rap group Goodie Mob reunited on-stage. And are now apparently Black Eyed Peas 2.0. They came out in matching silver and gold suits, and performed a new power ballad entitled "Fight to Win" that had only scattered rap parts that sounded like Will.i.am. That, of course, would make Cee Lo the Fergie, and indeed, he was front and center for almost the entire performance, turning the other three members into Taboos and Apl.de.Aps. Also, the entire thing was lip synched maybe? Very weird stuff.
6. Tony Lucca called on his Mickey Mouse Club past. After getting knifed in the back by fellow ex-Mouseketeer Christina Aguilera on last week's episode, Lucca (and his coach Adam) decided to take the power back by covering a song by another fellow ex-MMCer, "Baby One More Time." The performance was whatever, but the crowd and coaches loved the idea, and the building went nuts for it. ("That was like…Bieber loud," commented an impressed Carson.) "It pisses me off, because that was really smart," admitted Blake. "Tony, I love you for you what you just did. I hate him [Adam] for what he just did." Gotta play to win, Blake.
(Side note: How hilarious is it that Tony Lucca refers to the Mickey Mouse Club as the MMC? Can we get a Maybach Music Group roster shoot with Lucca, Christina, Britney, and company photo-shopped on to the heads of Rick Ross, Wale, Stalley, et al?)
7. Cheesa slaughtered a Whitney Houston song. In a good way, that is. It's funny to think now about how Cheesa was really on the fringes of elimination at so many different points throughout this season—with Jesse gone, she might have the strongest voice left of anyone in the competition. Good thing, too, because she took on one of the all-time powerhouse ballads in Whitney Houston's "I Have Nothing." Where a lesser singer would've been swallowed up by the size of the song, Cheesa embodied it completely, and was positively Whitney-worthy in her performance, getting a standing ovation from her fellow diva among the coaches. "This week…team Cee Lo is where it's at," commented Xtina, and rightly so.
8. The Team Cee Lo and Team Adam performances writ large the difference in roster quality. Going into tonight, of the top eight contestants remaining, Cee Lo probably had four of them and Adam had none. This disparity was brought out and then some by Team Cee Lo's all-star performance of "Dancing in the Streets," easily the best of the team-wide performances on the show thusfar, while Team Adam's "Instant Karma! (We All Shine On)" was awkward and uncomfortable. (Nice girl, that Mathai, but angry, self-righteous John Lennon might be a little out of her vocal wheelhouse.) Adam sure looked like he was having fun on the drums, at least.
9. Juliet Simms wore this.
And a whole lot of feathers fell on her during her performance. "It brought back memories of duck season!" was Blake's rave review.
10. So long, James and Pip. Two fair, unsurprising choices. James' performance of Billy Joel's "Just the Way You Are" was perfectly nice and sweet, and on another team he'd almost certainly live to fight another week, but against a trio of killers like Jamar, Juliet and Cheesa, he just couldn't compete. James seemed to understand, and after the elimination had nothing but love for his guy Cee Lo. "I love him like an uncle," he explained to America. "Uncle Lo, I call him." You get the feeling that even if he doesn't get a recording contract out of it, James'll never have a problem getting laid in Boston again. Plus, he got a cool new letterman jacket out of it—studded and everything.
Meanwhile, it was always only a matter of time for Pip. He escaped last week by virtue of being likeable enough and not being obviously outshined by his teammates, but he was never that exceptional a singer, and even though Keane's "Somewhere Only We Know" was an awesome song choice for him, he botched the ending and failed to cement himself as a real voice to be reckoned with. Plus, once he left behind the bowtie ("That's like me without alcohol!" cried a disappointed Blake), there was just nothing distinctive left for Pip to hang his hat on. Sorry, bud—hope the Pipsters stick with you through these trying times.


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She's already conquered the very different cities of Hollywood and Forks. On Sunday night (September 13), Ashley Greene turned her "liquid topaz" vampire eyes toward a different realm: the runway fashions of cities like Paris, Milan and NYC — home of the 2009 Video Music Awards. Working as MTV's special celebrity fashion correspondent , the "Twilight" beauty turned heads herself in several gorgeous outfits, then sunk her teeth into the best- and worst-dressed A-listers of the evening.
"The perfect VMA outfit is usually something edgy, eye-catching … something out there a bit," Greene said of what she'd be looking for on the star-packed red carpet. "The VMAs is a place where you can let go and be crazy."
One of Alice Cullen's favorite outfits of the night was — no surprise — a Calvin Klein suit worn by Taylor Lautner; as shocking as it may have been to see Jacob Black with his shirt on, Ashley said the suit was well worth covering up his hard-earned six-pack. "I am a fan. I'm a Calvin Klein fan," she told Taylor. "You're going on the best-dressed list, for sure."
Pink might have arrived in style on the back of an NYC fire truck, but the only VMA transportation choice that might have been more desirable was Ashley's flight in, sitting alongside Lautner and friends/co-stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart. "We rode on the plane together," Greene revealed. "And they wished me luck."
As Taylor Swift mentioned to Tim Kash, she called Ashley before the VMAs to give her some advice on the gig — but judging by her composure during the live show, the "Twilight" star hardly needed it. "You look amazing," Ashley said to Jennifer Lopez. "I think it's safe to call you a fashion icon, you've made so many statements. … You look amazing tonight!"
At various points in the evening, Greene herself wore a black silk top with a cranberry skirt and pinstriped tights; a gold skirt, ruffled black top and zebra shoes; and even rocked an Amy Winehouse-esque beehive. But like any good reporter, she always kept the attention on her subjects.
"You look beautiful," Ashley said when meeting up with good friend and "Gossip Girl" star Leighton Meester. "You look incredible. I thought you were going to be on the best-dressed list, and I'm sure that you are." As Ashley threw back to Sway, a supportive Meester could be overheard echoing our thoughts as she told Greene: "That was goooood!"
The 2009 MTV Video Music Awards are live now! Stay tuned for the night's big winners, red-carpet coverage, behind-the-scenes updates and more.


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The cold and rough winter experienced by many Americans these past few months only means that these "winter warriors" are ready to travel.
The Gulfport-Biloxi International Airport is ready to handle the influx of traffic.
Visitors to the modern airport will appreciate the recently completed terminal expansion, and locals are making use of the new parking garage.
Terminal Expansion
The terminal expansion at Gulfport-Biloxi is now complete and the cost was $51 million. A "passenger facility charge" will be placed on passenger's tickets, but the expansion means two new gates, a larger baggage claim area, more efficient security areas and room to add two more airlines to the airport.
This current expansion project expanded the airport terminal area from 92,000 square feet to 165,000 square feet. A lot more room for passengers.
The last expansion to the airport was completed in 1997.
Parking Garage
For those parking at the airport, the new parking garage cost a total of $15 million, but it now offers three levels and room for 800 cars.
Locals will continue to have quick access to the airport from the new garage.
The terminal came in handy during March's 2014 Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic presented by C Spire. This is a PGA Champions Tour event that draws thousands to the area not only to watch the golf, but play golf, gamble and vacation.
Golf is big business in Mississippi.
Six Mississippi golf courses made Golfweek's annual "Best Casino Courses" list.
Per the Mississippi Development Authority, the courses, with their affiliated casino resorts and rankings are listed below:
No. 2: Fallen Oak (Beau Rivage Resort & Casino)
No. 27: The Preserve Golf Club (Palace Casino Resort)
No. 30: Grand Bear Golf Course (Grand Biloxi Casino Hotel & Spa)
No. 33: Dancing Rabbit Golf Club, Azaleas Course (Pearl River Resort)
No. 40: Dancing Rabbit Golf Club, Oaks Course (Pearl River Resort)
No. 50: The Bridges Golf Course at Hollywood Casino (Hollywood Casino)
The Mississippi Gulf Resort Classic was held at Fallen Oak, and Mississippi is one of two states with more than five courses making the prestigious list. Mississippi was behind only Arizona (eight) and ahead of Nevada and California in claiming the most top-50 spots.
For golfers, Mississippi offers more than 170 courses offering a variety of price points and opportunities for all levels to enjoy the sport of golf. The courses have been designed by world-class architects such as Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Jerry Pate, Tom Fazio and others.
For gamblers, Mississippi remains the third-largest gaming destination in North America.


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Perhaps the most complex of all natural lighting techniques is creating direct sun on a cloudy day. You need a battery-powered flash or a strobe to make this happen. [more…]
Size and Distance of Lights in Macro Photography
Although a creative approach can usually overcome any lighting obstacles, in macro and close-up photography you're typically working with subjects and scenes that are very small, and your camera tends [more…]
Accessorize Your Lights for Macro Photography
Accessories are attachments that fix to the front of the light, altering the size, shape, and/or direction of the light source. They're useful for macro and close-up photography a great option for changing [more…]
Good Studio Lighting for Macro Photography
Artificial light can create beautiful results in macro and close-up photography, but it can also cause your images to look forced, cheap, or unreal. Learning to position your lights — the [more…]
Keep a Natural Light Look in the Studio
In order to create a natural-appearing light in the studio for close-up and macro photography, you need both a key light and a fill light. The key light [more…]
Creative Studio Lighting for Macro Photography
After you master the basics of creating a two-light system for a more natural look in the studio, perhaps you'd like to try getting more creative with your photographic style. Doing so can benefit macro [more…]
Balance the Intensities of Lights in Close-Up Photography
The studio can be a close-up photographer's best friend. It's a totally controlled environment, meaning there's wind only if you choose to create it, light comes from whatever direction you wish it to, [more…]
The Benefits of Using Artificial Light in Close-Up Photography
Photographers cannot control natural light. If you rely on the natural light to serve a specific purpose or to create a specific look in your close-up or macro photography, there's always a possibility [more…]
Combine Artificial and Natural Light for Macro Photography
Available, natural light (like that coming in from a window) can sometimes be very dim and require large apertures and slow shutter speeds to capture a correct exposure. This combination causes images [more…]