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As we started Saturday with Part 1, we're posting a long interview Astros general manager Ed Wade gave to the Chronicle and chron.com.
Today we're posting Part 2 of the three-part blog.
In the long interview, Wade discussed every aspect of the Astros' major-league roster, offering a candid take on each position and each battle heading into spring training, based on the players currently on the 40-man roster or signed to minor-league contracts with invitations to spring training.
In Part 1, Wade went over the outfield and infield.
In Part 2 today, we're going go through the starting rotation, bullpen, top pitching prospects and the "High Noon" players, better known as guys whom Wade says need to show they belong in the majors.
In Part 3, which we'll post Tuesday, we'll go through the catching situation and other issues.
Many of you have wondered what options the Astros have for the starting rotation in the farm system heading into spring training. As you all know, sooner or later, teams have to call up pitchers from Class AAA or Class AA to start when injuries or struggles hit.
In previous springs, we've heard a ton about the potential of Fernando Nieve and Felipe Paulino. Now it's time for those Venezuelans to step up or else. This year Bud Norris is the young pitcher the Astros are excited about, and I would expect he'll be a key to the bullpen in 2009.
On potential candidates for starting rotation spots: Fernando Nieve, Felipe Paulino, Bud Norris, Sergio Perez.
Wade: "It's literally High Noon for Nieve. He's out of options. He's going to have to come in and win a job in spring training. So that's a given at this point. He's gotten to a point in his career at this stage where he has to go out there and show to us and everybody else that he's capable of pitching at the big league level.
"Paulino still has options, but frankly I think Paulino is in the same position. People know how good the arm is and he had some health issue last year, but he needs to come into camp geared up to win a job from the first day. We never got him to the mound last year from the very first start he was scheduled to pitch in spring training. And I think it's important for him to get on the right track from the very beginning.
"Norris, I think we have to look at him as a legitimate candidate to come in and win a job in our bullpen and at some point he's got a chance to slide into a starting role for the club and be very, very effective.
"Sergio Perez is another guy that we think is close. He's had some health issues. Every young pitching prospect that we had last year had some nick or dent along the way that sort of slowed their progress.
"It's certainly the land of opportunity as it comes to somebody taking advantage of a chance to come in and taking a job away from someone. The depth that we have, were' not as deep as we would like to be. There's quality there, but there are also opportunities for some of these guys to step up and take a job."
The bullpen includes Jose Valverde, LaTroy Hawkins and Doug Brocail, lefthanders Tim Byrdak, Wesley Wright and righthanders Chris Sampson and Geoff Geary. Gilbert de la Vara, who was picked in the Rule 5 draft, also will compete for a spot in the bullpen.
Wade: "It's got a chance to be stronger than it was a year ago. The fact that we were able to retain Brocail and Hawkins, we have two solid veteran guys setting Valverde up. Geary did a good job for us last year. Sampson when he moved to the bullpen made the bullpen stronger. Once we signed Byrdak it gave us better balance from the left side with Wright. So I think if you just look at the guys we're retaining from the end of last season, that group was better than what we started with.
"And I do think that with the kid we picked in the Rule 5 draft and Bud Norris and a couple of these other arms that we'll bring to spring training, I think the bullpen has a chance to be a real strength for us. The one area that I think you can look at and say that the fact that we were able to get to the off-season without having to do anything from a subtraction standpoint only makes that group stronger."
On rotation, which has Roy Oswalt, Wandy Rodriguez, Brian Moehler, Mike Hampton, Brandon Backe.
"The one negative was our inability to retain Wolf. Everybody in the organization wanted to have Randy back. Coop, the coaches, everybody in the front office, Drayton. We all were geared toward having Randy back in our rotation on our multi-year contract. Unfortunately the economics dictated that we couldn't continue the negotiations. The way I look at the rotation at this point: Roy got off to a tough start last year but was a prototypical No. 1 starter in the second half of the season. And one would expect that he's going to be in true form the very beginning season. A full year from Roy would be an upgrade for us.
"The fact that Wandy continues to get better. Wandy's problem last year was trying to stay healthy. When he was healthy, he was pretty good in that role.
"Hampton, there are question surrounding Mike from the standpoint of what he's gone through over the last couple of years. We made our evaluation based on how he pitched in the second half of the season for Atlanta last year. He gave every indication that he's back to the point where he could be very successful. From the standpoint of ability and makeup he brings a lot to our rotation.
"Backe had a tough season last year, but when you look back at 166 innings. If we had been able to be patient in a couple situations he may have gotten to 185 or 190. I know it was a rough season for him, but he's a full year removed from surgery.
"Moehler was the ultimate professional last year, got us deep into every game that he pitched. He prepares very well. I think we have to look at Brian as a guy that's going to get you into the sixth or seventh inning. With the bullpen that we have and the offense that should be enough."


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D.O.A. Farewell Tour dates!
USA Farewell Tour
Thursday Aug. 29th, The Shakedown, Bellingham, WA
Friday Aug. 30th, El Corazon, Seattle, WA
Saturday Aug. 31st, Hawthorne Theatre, Portland, OR
Wednesday Sept. 4, Station 4, St. Paul, MN
Thursday Sept. 5, Crunchy Frog, Green Bay, WI
Friday Sept. 6, Shank Hall, Milwaukee, WI
Saturday Sept. 7, Reggie's Rock Club, Chicago. IL
Sunday Sept. 8, Pyramid Scheme, Grand Rapids, MI
Tuesday Sept. 10, 2013, Bug Jar, Rochester, NY
Wednesday Sept. 11, Bogies, Albany, NY
Thursday Sept. 12, Middle East, Cambridge, MA
Friday Sept. 13, Firehouse 13, Providence, MA
Saturday Sept. 14, Europa, Brooklyn, NY
Sunday Sept. 15, The Brighton Bar, Long Branch, NJ
Tuesday Sept. 17, The Note, West Chester, PA
Wednesday Sept 18, Black Cat, Washington DC
Thursday Sept. 19, Rex Theatre, Pittsburgh, PS
Saturday Sept. 21, Rumba Cafe, Columbus, OH
Sunday Sept. 22, Wander Inn, Mishawaka, IN
Farewell to Europe Tour
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Thankful or Entitled?
An extra $20 to give away.
A PB&J for lunch.
A beautiful sunset.
The eyesight to see one.
When an unexpected blessing comes to a thankful person, we may hear an impromptu broadway song, belly laughter, or even witness a joyful hop, skip or jump.
But too often, I run across people who operate from an entitled heart:
"I'm quitting if they don't hand out bonuses this Christmas!"
"If my engagement ring doesn't have at least 2 carats, the answer is no."
"The church service better have the music I like."
As we celebrate Thanksgiving day after tomorrow, do you find yourself thankful or entitled? Just replay your thoughts and conversations over the past few days.
I operated from an entitled heart for many years. And it never brought me joy, drew me closer to people, or satisfied my deepest desires. And it certainly never fostered a surrendered life toward God.
What we're entitled to is hell. Literally. Were it not for a sacrificial Savior who died to offer us the path to life, hell would be our eternal address.
Even though Christmas has always been my favorite season, this year's holidays represent the first time I've honestly felt like celebrating in two years. The sadness of my marriage exploding in December 2009 and stark reality of being divorced as December 2010 arrived tainted my holidays on many levels.
But I learned something only experience teaches: heaven-based thankfulness remains regardless of our circumstances. Circumstantial-based thankfulness fluctuates by the second.
This year I find myself thankful for the simplest things. Priceless treasures that far exceed the best Black Friday sales.
The laughter of family and friends that will fill my home.
A loving God who resurfaces hearts.
A Savior who brings forth beauty from ashes.
This Thanksgiving, I am ... simply thankful.
"Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done." Psalm 105:1
What are you most thankful for this year?
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I'm thankful that our college daughter is having such a good year and is enjoying her college fellowship group at her church, that my teacher hubby got a brand new classroom for the first time in his teaching career, and that I'm blessed with so many dear friends like YOU.ReplyDelete
Keli, you have wonderful things to be thankful for, indeed! And I'm so very thankful for YOU, as well!ReplyDelete
I'm thankful for my husband introducing me to his Mom while we were still dating. I'm even more thankful that she wasn't deterred when I declined her offer to go to church. She asked again for the next service, and I said yes. I still don't know why I said yes. I thought I was saying no again! Well, I do know why... Within that very year, I became a member of God's family through baptism. I'm grateful for my Savior who planned my journey to Him all along and in every detail.ReplyDelete
Wow, Deb, what a wonderfully powerful story! Don't you love how He plans every single step? Thanks so much for sharing this!ReplyDelete
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(WOMENSENEWS)--In the late 1950s, Betty Friedan, journalist and mother of three, surveyed her sister graduates of Smith College and found them frustrated.
Her 1963 book, "The Feminine Mystique," analyzed and documented what has by now become a cliche: the plight of the educated white suburban housewife in post-World War II America, trapped in domesticity, consumer of a bill of goods that valued mothering and vacuuming above all else for those whom French author Simone de Beauvoir had already dubbed "The Second Sex." Friedan's book, with its incisive analysis of Madison Avenue and the very women's magazines that the 43-year-old Friedan had been writing for, touched many nerves.
While Friedan articulated a malaise felt but not yet named, women in the labor movement were already organizing against gender inequality. Since 1961, women in labor unions, doing double duty as working women and housewives, had been calling for an end to sex discrimination in hiring and wages and for subsidized child care. In 1961, President John F. Kennedy also had established the Commission on the Status of Women, with Eleanor Roosevelt as chair.
As Friedan's book was being published in 1963, so too was the commission's official report. The words "sex discrimination" echoed from Washington, though not quite as loudly as they did from the union hall. The Equal Pay Act, requiring equal pay for equal or substantially equal work without regard to sex, was passed by Congress that year. When Friedan founded the National Organization for Women in 1966, her allies came largely from the ranks of labor women and members of the president's commission.
Although Friedan, who died in 2006, was considered a radical by the press after her book's publication, a generation of mostly younger women paid her little mind. The new "problem that had no name," in Friedan's phrase, may have applied to their mothers, but not to them.
Connected to the civil rights movement, the student movement, the anti-war movement and world-wide liberation movements, the passions of "women's lib," as mainstream commentators called it, involved what Friedan considered "lifestyle" issues, including consciousness-raising, sexual freedom and lesbian rights, along with an evolving critique of the capitalist system. If that generation had a "Feminine Mystique," it was the 1970 anthology "Sisterhood Is Powerful," edited by Robin Morgan, an underground press writer and one of the organizers of the 1968 Miss America pageant protest.
Abraham Lincoln was said to have called Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," the "little woman who started the Civil War." Stowe wasn't. No single woman or book started that war, and no person or tome started the 20th century women's movement. While "The Feminine Mystique" was a landmark, opening many eyes in 1963, a tremor for change was already apparent and it would take other books, other eyes, other actions, to make the tremor an earthquake.
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TRACY - Parents and students of Tracy Unified schools had an opportunity Thursday to hear from Facebook experts about social media safety and security.
Co-hosted by the school district; Assemblywoman Susan Eggman, D-Stockton; and Facebook, the event helped parents and students understand philosophies, reporting tools, privacy settings and bullying prevention.
The hourlong workshop at Williams Middle School included a period of questions and answers.
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University of Alabama softball freshman Peyton Grantham gets her chance
Published: Monday, March 3, 2014 at 5:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, March 3, 2014 at 5:40 p.m.
Freshman Peyton Grantham made two starts for the No. 10 Alabama softball team over the weekend in the Easton Crimson Classic.
She made one at third base in the 11-4 win over Houston on Friday and the other at designated player in the 12-1 win over Houston on Saturday.
Friday, Grantham was 1-for-3 with a single, a walk and a team-leading three RBIs.
"Peyton Grantham did a good job at third base and with the bat, just missed the three-run home run so I was pleased with that," Alabama coach Patrick Murphy said. "New kid coming in and really can't tell that she's a freshman when she's out there which is a good thing."
She was 0-for-3 on Saturday with an RBI. In the first inning, she hit a sac fly to left field with the bases loaded to score one.
Grantham has six starts in 2014 and played in 12 games. In her 24 at-bats, she is .375 with nine hits and seven RBIs.
The Alabama at Samford game scheduled for tonight at 6 p.m. was postponed. Both teams have agreed to look for a makeup date later in the season.
Alabama (17-4) will host South Carolina (14-4) in the SEC opener on Friday, March 7 at 6:30 p.m., Saturday, March 8 at 2 p.m., and Sunday, March 9 at 1:30 p.m.
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Posted: Thu Jul 05, 2012 11:07 pm
Post subject: Could I be pregnant?
I ovulated on May 24 and on June 7 I was suppose to start my period. But on June 4 two days before that, I started spotting, it was very light bleeding and lasted 4 days. My breast have seem more sensitive, especially my nipples, I'm bloated, I've been eating way more than usual and right I get done 30 minutes later I'm hungry again, I have to pee a lot, and I've had some light cramping, and a little bit of lower back pains. I'm trying to have a baby, I just want to know could I be pregnant??
Please Reply! I need to know!
Thank you!
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Ryleigh, I am in the same boat as you. I am a just over a week late and still coming out negative so off doctors to find out what happening. I think i am pregnant as i never miss AF but i thought better make sure it is that and nothing else.
How late are you?
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:42 pm
Post subject: i need some assistance plz!!!
I have been experiencing some fatigue,white/milky discharge from my breasts when squeezed,cramps,back pains,frequent urination and temperature will sky rocket quick. please give me some input. i wouldnt mind if i am preggo, i just want to know am i the only one out here that this has happen to. oh yea and sometimes my breasts are sore...
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I think you deffo are ladyangel you must be quite late for that to happen, not sure about the other girls because im in same boat not come on 3/4 month and been cramping, lower back pain, weeing more, high temp, headaches, always tired, stooling but I noticed some brown discharge so I dont know what that could be, alot of girls got that and found out they were but sometimes its a sign of coming on your period, brown blood is old blood x
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 2:31 pm
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I have been reading that some people have the run when they first find out they are pregnant? I had for a week after my AF was due. I do get very hot late at night and even though im tired i cant get to sleep so awake for the night.
I ahve done 2 test and came back negative but i never missed before. Doctor suggested i am having delaid stress and that it why ive missed. Even at my highest stress i never missed less days and lighter but never missed.
I wonder if it would take longer than a few weeks before a test result are positive?
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2012 3:11 pm
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Hey lindsey id wait it out a few weeks to see what happens as iv not been on period for yhree months then bam had brown discharge and today watery blood so I dont know whats going on thete lol just hope I get a BFP tonight and tomorrow. Iv never had runs only constipation and stools. Everybodys different im hot too like you but I dont know if its the weather or not. Good luck hun xx
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I feel and look like I've gain a lot of weight! I'm eating all the time, I'm always hungry. My breasts are really tender and sensitive. I'm peeing more frequently. When it comes times for my period I start spotting for like 3 days and isn't heavy at all, with no cramping. I haven't had a regular period since May. And I've only taken one pregnancy test, and it was negative. That's been around July 9.
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Hey lindsey id wait it out a few weeks to see what happens as iv not been on period for yhree months then bam had brown discharge and today watery blood so I dont know whats going on thete lol just hope I get a BFP tonight and tomorrow. Iv never had runs only constipation and stools. Everybodys different im hot too like you but I dont know if its the weather or not. Good luck hun xx
Hiya Ames12, I am waiting till the end of the month now and then if i test and still negative ill go doctors I suppose either way ill be going doctors. I dont feel bloated no more like i did when i missed AF the first week. The pain is alot better and the only thing that is not good is my temperature going high and cant sleep for it. I ahve some night when i hardly sleep and feel fine the next day but the day before i am soo tired falling asleep??
I hope im pregnant as i cant have anymore thing go wrong down there ill be know to all the hospitals lol
Ryleigh, I feel like im heavier but i just weighed myself and lost a couple of pounds woo hoo.Not loads but it is starting. Have you tested since you last done one? I would go doctors and ask them to do one then it wont cost you nothing either.
Speak soon girls and baby dust to you all.


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A multifaceted Land; the region of Rabat Salé Zemmour Zaer occupies a strategic place, due to the fact that it is home to the Kingdom's capital.
Equally welcoming all major national and international institutions as well as all diplomatic missions, it offers a pleasant living environment, modern infrastructure and business-friendly governance.
Engaging by the diversity of its landscapes, its attractive economic strengths and the richness of its heritage and its people, the region works every day to fully enter the new millennium.
Contributing 14% of wealth creation at the national level, it is also distinguished by the diversity of its economy, where highly innovative sectors such as microelectronics, offshoring and aeronautics coexist with more traditional sectors such as textile, leather and food processing.
The region has ambitious tourism prospects through the launch of major projects with the objective of upgrading the Atlantic coast and the banks of the river Bouregreg, without neglecting the hinterland.
In addition, a region of sun and light, largely irrigated, RSZZ equally enjoys a remarkable natural and environmental heritage, including a forest area covering 305,000 hectares, agronomical tests garden, a green belt and many sites that play a role in the conservation of biodiversity and eco systems. Sustainable development aims to preserve this environment that represents the future of all.
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Hey everyone I'm new here and looking for advice. I am currently trying for a baby for past 12 months and now I think I may be pregnant took an ebay early pregnancy test yesterday morning checked after 10 minutes and there was a pink line but as I thought it may be past the time limit I took another later that night and there seems to be a very faint line you have to squint to see. Could I be pregnant I have heard about evaporation lines and am worried it might be that so don't want get my hopes up. Thanks in advance.


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Come and enjoy free chamber music presented by Classical Revolution DC:
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When: Jan 9th, 2011, 6:30pm – 9:30pm
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Sonata for Cello/Piano(III movement) by S. Rachamninoff
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New Zealand Rugby Struggles for Investors Despite World Cup Win
New Zealand may have the world's most successful national rugby union team, the All Blacks, but its governing body is struggling to attract investment in the sport at a regional level.
The New Zealand Rugby Union, or NZRU, which manages the national team and is in charge of club rugby around the country, last year announced it was selling the operating licenses for four professional rugby teams-the Hurricanes, Crusaders, Blues and the Chiefs. New Zealand hosted, and won, the 2011 Rugby World Cup, revitalizing support for the game Down Under.
But on Monday, the organization said it had found a buyer for the license of just one team-the Wellington-based Hurricanes, which from next year will be operated as a joint venture by the Wellington Rugby Club and three private investors, including the Welnix consortium, owners of local football club the Wellington Phoenix. An announcement on the Christchurch-based Crusaders team was expected in the next couple of weeks, it said.
The teams are all household names in rugby mad New Zealand. But with the country still emerging from a 2009 recession, ticket sales are down as fans choose to watch matches on television rather than pay relatively high prices to attend games. The country's small stadiums also limit returns.
The rugby union has so far struggled to make the Southern Hemisphere's top regional tournament, known as Investec Super Rugby, commercially viable. The competition pits five New Zealand teams against rivals from Australia and South Africa.
An offer for the Waikato-based Chiefs fell through, while a deal that would have injected new investment in the Auckland-based Blues in 2013 also wasn't completed, NZRU chief executive Steve Tew said.
"It is disappointing the Chiefs were not able to finalize a bid," Mr. Tew said. A bid for the Blues license would be issued for 2014, he added.
A license for New Zealand's fifth Super Rugby team, the Highlanders, wasn't offered. None of the franchises paid a dividend to their shareholders, which are provincial rugby unions, last year.
"The returns in New Zealand sport are not spectacular," said Gareth Morgan, a Welnix shareholder. The Hurricanes license will cost the group, which also includes private investors ForsythMorison and Cohiba Traders, between 2 million New Zealand dollars (US$1.6 million) and NZ$3 million annually.
"As long as it washes its face and gives a reasonable positive return that we can reinvest… in the game then we'll pretty happy as investors," Mr. Morgan said. The group wants to keep the Hurricanes team, which finished eighth in this year's competition, based in the country's capital Wellington.
Under the NZRU licensing plan, the governing body retains ownership of the brands, funds players and coaches, and pays for travel and accommodation costs associated with the Super Rugby Championship. The license holder manages and markets the team, and pays administration, match, trading and marketing costs. Any income will come from ticket sales and some sponsorship.


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Finsbury Printing was established in 1973 by Ernie Orel and Doug Cleland in the suburb of Woodville North, previously known as Finsbury.
The two men quickly gained a reputation for their tireless assistance and advice to customers and support of designers, and their undeniable passion for printing.
The company grew from strength to strength and today, Finsbury Green has developed into a national company responsible for some of the country's finest printing.
Much of this growth is attributed to the knowledge gained from working closely with designers that demanded high quality printing, and this in turn encouraged Finsbury Green to achieve even higher standards.
Rod Wade, National Environmental and Technical Manager at Finsbury Green, said that this standard of excellence saw the company develop of environmental approach.
"We believe that we must take responsibility for the economic, social and environmental impacts of our policies, practices and decision making," Wade said.
"Finsbury Green is Australia's leading environmental, printing and solutions group, using clean efficient processes."
As Australia's first independently audited carbon neutral printing process, Finsbury Green is acknowledged as the leader in environmental printing practice in Australia.
Finsbury Green is head quartered in Adelaide and employs 200 staff. It also operates in Melbourne and Sydney.
It offers a complete and extensive range of services including:
- Sales and marketing – Account management and account service
- Prepress – Proofing, scanning, construction, design and technical support
- Printing – Sheetfed offset and letterpress
- Finishing – Guillotining, folding, collating, saddle stitching, perfect binding and plasticoting
- Solutions – Auditing, online ordering, inventory management, warehousing and distribution.
As one of the larger commercial printing groups in Australia, Finsbury Green is also one of the most decorated, resulting in consistent recognition of excellence.
In its 37 year history Finsbury Green has won an impressive 407 international, national and regional industry quality print awards and ten environment awards.
Wade said that these awards could be attributed to the company's craftsmanship, knowledge and experience combined with its state of the art technology to provide an extensive range of printing services.
"As a solutions provider, we deliver an efficient, best practice service that promotes sustainability right through our green supply chain," he added.
Wade said that many businesses are becoming more aware of their environmental responsibilities and its benefits.
"Business in Australia is slowly warming to greening their supply chain but it has been a long journey in terms of convincing corporate Australia to genuinely get on board.
"The GFC of course has put many 'green' issues down the list in preference to price but this is gradually improving."
The communications sector has undergone many changes in recent time as technology has developed and reliance on the internet has increased.
Rod noted that the printing sector is entering a new phase where it will hold its own in the marketplace, working in conjunction with other media
"What marketers are finding is that by combining print communications with digital they can get some terrific results," Wade said.
"So it might seem that print is a dwindling due to digital media, rumours of its demise are very wide of the mark. The demand for printed materials is still very much there.
"While companies look to find new ways of communicating with their clients, printing options that include smart designs and impressive finishing can tantalise the senses of consumers."
With such high standards in its printing and environmental practice, there is no doubt that this Business SA member is a real industry leader.
Finsbury Green are currently running a series of educational presentations and workshops. To register visit http://seminars.finsbury.com.au/ or at www.finsbury.com.au


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The pendulum of surgery of the large intestine, according to Hinton,1 has returned to primary resection with primary anastomosis, with or without a complementary ileostomy or colostomy.. The early experiences with this method were discouraging. Billroth, in an analysis of 17 patients operated on by the one stage method, reported a mortality of 60 per cent The exterioization method first practiced by Heinecke, by Paul, and by Bloch, and made popular by von Mikulicz, reduced the mortality from 60 per cent in the material of Billroth to 16.6 per cent in the cases reported by von Mikulicz. The multiple stage exteriorization operation or one of its modifications is now considered the operation of choice for resection of the colon at all levels, excluding the rectum. Despite its many advantages, especially in cases of obstruction of the bowel, the method presented certain
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ROCKFORD — NIU announced the names of 18 local graduates who received degrees in December from the College of Health and Human Science. December graduates include Nikiala Anderson, Nathan Augustin, Rockford; Mary Bohne, Genoa; Darby Canciamille, Rockford; Jesus Dominguez, Belvidere; Ashley Ferrante, Kirkland; Caitlin Holtzhauer, Rockford; Elizabeth Hopkins, Melissa House, Rockford; Katherine Myers, Durand; Rachel Neir, Roscoe; Jeremy Nordbrock, Jasmine Paige, Rockford; Broc Pagni, Capron; Eliott Porter, Rockford; Kristina Rangel, Rochelle; Donna Strike, Monoe Center; and Brianna Tracy, Belvidere. For information: niu.edu.
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Gov. Haley Barbour isn't saying anything about the affair of South Carolina governor, Mark Sanford. But he's moving forward as the new chair of the National Republican Governors Association.
Barbour took over that position Wednesday after Sanford resigned in the wake of a scandal over his Argentine mistress.
Barbour wouldn't talk about Sanford, but he says the RGA is staying focused on winning more governorships.
"I've been around politics for 40 years and I have always made it a policy that I don't talk about people's personal problems. I don't think it's polite. I don't think it's appropriate and I don't there's anything to be gained from it," said Barbour. "But I will tell you that the Republican Governors Association is very focused. We're going to keep going in the exactly the direction we're going. We're focused on the New Jersey and Virginia governor's races. Both of them are extremely competitive."
Barbour has previously served as chairman of the association. He was serving as vice-chair until Sanford's resignation.


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Police investigate suspicious pkg in Covington
Maggots found in cooler
UPDATED 10:48 AM EDT Apr 22, 2013
Police investigated a suspicious package outside a government building in Covington.
Officers were called after someone noticed a blue cooler outside the Kenton Co. office building on Court Street.
Police investigated and found the cooler had maggots in it, but was not a threat.
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With services that include online photo printing, sharing and personal publishing our client is Europe's leading online photo service with over 20 million members. In the process of launching a new online photo customisation service this is a unique opportunity for an Artworker / Graphic Designer with strong Adobe CS6 / Illustrator skills to join the team.
Working closely with the Creative Director you will be responsible for liaising with the creative and IT teams in converting and formatting original illustration and graphic design concepts into technical artwork to upload into a website admin and management area. Joining the project from an early stage, you will help to define the spec and processes they work too whilst playing an active role throughout a fast paced calendar year of innovative, product roll outs.
Expect an exciting, fast paced and sometimes frenetic environment working at the front line of new technology, expect to combine creative design concepts with detailed technical execution for online delivery.
To qualify... Whether you call yourself a Technical Artworker, Artworker, Graphic Designer or similar it doesn't matter, your CV/Portfolio just needs to be able to demonstrate the following:
- Excellent Adobe CS6 knowledge, in particular Illustrator.
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- That you can communicate clearly, intelligently without over-complicating things.
- Previous online or retail publishing, gift or greetings industry experience, you should come from the online world.
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Research on the Design of the Categorization System for Moving Information in Video Stream and Its Implementation
Los Angeles, California USA
Mar. 31, 2009 to Apr. 2, 2009
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DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/CSIE.2009.231
The moving objects are what attract most attention in the video surveillance system, and also the key part for study. Currently, the video surveillance system relies much on the subjective initiative of the observers while having the real-time surveillance. In this study, applying the mixture Gaussian model algorithm, the profile image of the moving objects in the picture got from the video surveillance is obtained, and then denoised so as to extract the feature vector
Moving objects, Categorization, Video Surveillance, Mixture Gaussian
Haifeng Li, Zhezhou Yu, Xubing Ma, Rencai Gao, Li Yang, Lingjiang Fang, "Research on the Design of the Categorization System for Moving Information in Video Stream and Its Implementation", CSIE, 2009, Computer Science and Information Engineering, World Congress on, Computer Science and Information Engineering, World Congress on 2009, pp. 406-410, doi:10.1109/CSIE.2009.231


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Stop by author Aubrie Dionne's blog to check out my new cover for a new story of mine coming out in June! Thank you, Aubrie!
New Cover Action!
More Guest Posts & Giveaways!
Whew! I have hit the blogging trail running! Today I'm at Fang-tastic Books asking: What secondary characters have captured your heart over the years?
Contests are ongoing at Manic Readers, where I talk about genre mashing, and at The Qwillery, where I talk about banshees and other misunderstood creatures. The contest at Book Lovers Inc is also ongoing, stop by to discuss integrating fantasy and reality in fiction.
I hope you'll stop by to say hello!
Guest Blogging–January 23rd
I am guest blogging on a couple of really great blogs today.
The lovely folks at Book Lover's Inc. have been kind enough to host my guest post: Integrating Fantasy and Reality. If you comment you can win a free ebook copy of Banshee Charmer. They also have a great review of Banshee Charmer up today as well.
The Quillery has been kind enough to allow me to guest blog on the topic: Banshee — Divine Portent or Misunderstood Maiden? Commenting there will also put you into a drawing to win an ebook copy of Banshee Charmer. Two chances in one day, yay!
Banshee Charmer Released!
Banshee Charmer hit the virtual shelves of Amazon and Barnes & Noble today! You can see a full first chapter excerpt in the books section of my website. Here's the blurb:
When she's sent to a crime scene and finds her second dead woman in as many weeks, half-banshee detective Kiera "Mac" McLoughlin is convinced a serial killer is on the loose. Incubi are extinct, her boss insists. But what else can kill a woman in the throes of pleasure? When her partner is murdered after using witchcraft to locate the killer and Mac is thrown off the case, her frustration turns to desperation.
Certain the killer is an incubus, Mac works behind her department's back to chase down slim, sometimes perilous leads. While the killer eludes her, she does discover handsome Aidan Byrne, an investigative counterpart from the enigmatic Otherworlder Enforcement Agency. Mac typically runs her investigations fast and hard, but with Aidan at her side, she's running this one "hot" as well. But Aiden knows more than he's letting on—something that could shatter their blazing romance and add Mac to the killer's growing body count…
And here are some great reviewer comments about the book:
"With a spark of sexual heat, a budding romance, and a tough-cop heroine, Tiffany Allee creates a well balanced, highly engaging story."
—Heather from Book Savvy Babe—
"Banshee Charmer is a well written paranormal romance / murder
investigation novella…a mixture I can never resist."
—Mary from Books, Cats, Movies & Coffee—
"…an exciting first installment which looks to be a really fun and really sexy series. Full of revenge, naughty words, and surprising lust for a sexy stranger."
—Amber Elise at Du Livre—
"Banshee Charmer was a delight to read. It's fast-paced plot, unique characters and sexy romance made it hard for me to put down."
—Angel Ray from Lore Lush Book Reviews—
"What an exciting debut to a new series! The mystery plot was thrilling, the world-building complex and the love story sizzling. Perfect mix and great story, I loved it!"
"She's created a wonderful para world with all the fun things that you don't see in the average Para/UF book. That's probably why I loved it so much. I want "different" and Ms. Allee gave it to me."
—Rachel Firasek, author of the Curse of the Phoenix series—
I hope that you'll give the book a try!
Fantastic News
Great news for one of my publishers this morning was released on Publishers Weekly. Congratulations to the Entangled team!
Banshee Charmer
For those of you who know me, you'll know that lately I haven't stopped talking about my novella, Banshee Charmer. I just wanted to announce that information for Banshee Charmer can now be found in the books area of my website. It now includes a excerpt. Banshee Charmer is not available on Amazon or B&N yet, but it does have a scheduled release date of January 24th, 2012. And it can be found on Goodreads. And for any interested reviewers out there, it is also up on NetGalley, although I confess I have zero idea how requesting through that site works.
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New Year's Eve around the world
Nations around the world ring in 2013 with massive fireworks displays.
Nations around the world ring in 2013 with massive fireworks displays.
Robert: It's pretty clear the context of how the conversation went and how both Trump and Nieto can be right and why neither of them bothered to correct the other. The Mexican president tried to open strong and firm about the wall payment, while Trump likely refused to talk about it. Why should he talk about how the wall will be paid for or what Mexico thinks of it? Mexico's input is worthless on this topic because they will not have a choice in the matter. There are plenty of methods that the US can do through taxation and tariffs that do not need Mexico's permission, which Trump made very clear in the beginning of his campaign. Even indirect methods like the money saved from our welfare state not supporting so many illegals technically count toward Mexico paying for it.


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Business loan fraud that involves former NFL great Dave Butz expands in court with more plaintiffs.
Find out which former football stars are hanging onto – and even growing – their nest eggs.
Investigation follows a civil lawsuit filed by Eugene Schill and NFL legend David Butz.
Dave Butz accuses the St. Louis Rams' official credit union of fraudulently extending credit in his name.
Professional football greats Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith and Joe Theismann promote PenFed credit card.
Jerry Rice, Emmitt Smith and Joe Theismann sign on to meet fans through credit card promotion.
Illinois credit union in sponsorship pact with NFL team.
New England Patriots wide receiver Brandon Lloyd visited a Lowell, Mass., high school on behalf of Jeanne D'Arc Credit Union.


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Chapter 1: Digital Literacies, Technological Diffusion, and Globalization
Chapter 2: Digital Media & Transnational Connections: From Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, and Sydney, Australia
Chapter 3: Cultural Designs for Writing Digitally: From Urbana, Illinois, and Afar
Chapter 4: Acts of Translation in the Academy and Across National Boundaries
Chapter 5: Global Digital Divide: From Nigeria and the People's Republic of China
Transnational Literate Lives in Digital Times
Patrick W. Berry, Gail E. Hawisher, and Cynthia L Selfe
Transnational Literate Lives in Digital Times is a book-length project designed to document how people outside and within the United States take up digital literacies and fold them into the fabric of their daily lives. This research contributes to our knowledge of the impact of digital media on literate practices and also provides a basis for developing approaches for studying and teaching successful practices. The goal of the book is to suggest different and increasingly accurate ways of understanding the life histories and digital literacies of those with transnational connections, attempting to take into account local perspectives and the complex processes of globalization. With its multimodal format, the project represents the authors' first attempt at crafting a born-digital book.
We dedicate this book to all coauthors of Transnational Literate Lives in Digital Times and to the community of rhetoric and composition/writing studies, especially those who also claim computers and composition as a field.
We also dedicate this book with great admiration to all those who have contributed to making Computers and Composition Digital Press (CCDP) a reality. The scholarly collective devoted to computers and composition has supported all of us far more than the individuals involved know, and, for this, we thank them. We are especially grateful to Michael Spooner, Director of Utah State University Press, for his long-standing support for our work. We're not sure what we would have done without him, but we are certain that the end results would have been far less effective without his magic touch.
Because this born-digital book has touched all our lives for many years, we ask that all future citations of this book acknowledge the three of us as authors: Patrick W. Berry, Gail E. Hawisher, and Cynthia L. Selfe.
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Berry, Patrick W., Gail E. Hawisher, and Cynthia L. Selfe. Transnational Literate Lives in Digital Times. Logan, UT: Computers and Composition Digital P/Utah State UP, 2012. Web.
Date of Publication: February 2012
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All pages in this digital book have been created using valid XHTML Transitional and CSS level 3 with vendor prefixes (Meyer, 2010). All pages have successfully passed through the WAVE (Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool). Transcriptions appear as on-page links and in the resources section of the project.
Transnational Literate Lives in Digital Times has been tested on numerous browsers including Firefox 9.0.1, Google Chrome 16.0.912.77 and 16.0.912.63m, Safari 5.1.2 (7534.52.7), and Internet Explorer 9. It has also been tested on iPad 2. We have benefited greatly from the expertise and guidance of Karl Stolley and Patrick Williams. Of course, any shortcomings are wholly our own.
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My Drap: Halfway Between Paper & Cloth Napkins
They are reusuable and can be laundered approximately 6 times before starting to break down. Once they can no longer be used, they are recyclable, biodgradable and compostable. Available in a large amount of colors,patterns and sizes we can see this new product (from Spain) catching on as a fun alternative for tabletop.
Definitely a step up in looks and durability from paper napkins but without quite the commitment of cloth napkins in terms of price and upkeep, we can imagine giving these a go when wanting to do a an unusual color or pattern for a special occasion table where buying good quality cloth napkins in an offbeat color wouldn't fly. Also, they would be a fun touch for upmarket picnic outings and casual entertaining.
What do you think of the concept? Would you go for a roll of cloth napkins?
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Shelton State Community College to dedicate cable technology center Thursday
Published: Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at 3:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, October 22, 2013 at 11:21 p.m.
Shelton State Community College will dedicate a new state-of-the-art teaching lab, the Lapp Center for Excellence in Cable Technology, on Thursday afternoon.
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Shelton State partnered with U.I. Lapp Group, a German company that manufactures wire and cable technology, to develop the center, which will train students for jobs in industry.
The Lapp Center is equipped with Lapp-manufactured high-tech cables for students to use in the mechatronics, industrial electricity and industrial electronics courses. Lapp Group also will supply a curriculum to train students with the most up-to-date tools and equipment in the cable
industry. The goal is to prepare students to use their training in the workplace.
Andreas Lapp, chairman of the Lapp Group, and members of his executive team plan to be at Shelton State for the center's "cable cutting" ceremony at 2:30 p.m.
"The Lapp Center for Excellence in Cable technology represents a model of close collaboration between industry and technical training that will give the students chosen for the program a competitive advantage in the global work place," said Dara Longgrear, executive director of the Tuscaloosa County Industrial Development Authority, in a prepared statement.
Joan Davis, Shelton's
interim president, said the center "will be a wonderful addition to Shelton State Community College, and we are extremely fortunate to partner with the Lapp Group in this endeavor.
"The facility will certainly enhance the college's ability to improve the lives of the people we serve."
Steve Fair, Shelton State's dean of technical services, said the college is "thankful for the Lapp Group's generosity and willingness to share their knowledge and resources in the field of high-tech cable technology.
"Through these industry/education partnerships we will continue to strengthen the workforce in West Alabama," he said in the statement.
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Edited excerpts from a telephonic chat with Anil Agarwal - Chairman, Vedanta Resources Plc:
The merger will create a large, diversified resources company. India, with one-fourth of the world's population and huge natural resources, does not have any such company now. Australia has that kind of a company in BHP Billiton, the United Kingdom has Anglo American, and Brazil has Vale. Likewise, Sesa Sterlite will be India's ambassador to the global market. Such diversified conglomerates can do a lot for a country. Only resources can help eradicate poverty. Also, our investors wanted a simple structure of a company with diversified resources. We have been working on it for the past two to three years.


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What bad things can happen to me while using a plain vanilla
"Limited" Windows XP user account? In the most extreme case,
suppose I am totally reckless, and I visit every questionable web
site I can find, and click on every questionable attachment that
comes my way. In theory it would still seem that nothing really
bad can happen, other than having files owned by that account spied
on and/or altered. In fact it seems reasonable to expect that any
malware I ran into would -- on finding itself in an unexpected
non-Administrator environment -- simply fail, so even that sort of
compromise wouldn't be too likely. But I am just speculating, and
I'd rather know the facts. So what are the risks?
One thing I have heard is that IE, being fused to the kernel, always
runs with full privileges, and is thus always a security risk, even
in a Limited account. However I always use Mozilla, which I would
think would take care of that problem. Or does it? Is there maybe
some way a malicious web page could get to IE through Mozilla?
And what about Outlook? Does it have the same problem as IE? I
don't use Outlook either, but I an just trying to understand the
issues. In general I am interested in both likely and worst case
scenarios. Any thoughts?
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How do you grow ornamental grasses?
The growing of ornamental grasses is becoming more popular, especially as water restrictions and drought bring their case against our water loving flower gardens. It wasn't too long ago that many gardeners would shy from these 'weedy' grasses and opt for flowers and ornamental perennials.
Ornamental grasses have had some bad publicity, and it's not entirely unjustified. In some parts of Australia, the United Kingdom and the US, several species reside on the noxious weed lists and have been banned from being grown in home gardens as they are incredible propagators and spread out of control.
Most ornamental grasses take full sun and prefer sandy soils over loams and clay. They don't need large amounts of rainfall or watering to live and can easily survive extended periods of drought. They do well in xeriscape gardens. Don't grow ornamental grasses along with high water usage plants as either the grass will struggle with excessive dampness or the water needy will struggle with not enough.
Instructions for the feeding of ornamental grasses are really very simple – don't do it. Most grasses prefer to be grown on the 'lean side.' They are sturdier without the addition of extra nutrients. You may think that fertilizers, such as are used on lawns, would also be good for ornamental grasses. However, have you noticed how quickly the lawn grows after fertilizing? Tall growing ornamental grasses will shoot for the sky and with such rapid growth will be unable to hold themselves up with the result being, floppy plants.
Ornamental grasses, whether plugs or field-grown clumps, need to be well watered their first year. The soil was broken up when you dug the hole, so it will dry out faster. Mulch can be used the first year to help retain moisture. But, do not mulch right to the crown of the plant. This can cause the crown to rot because of constant dampness. It is very important we plant our ornamental grasses so that the crown of the plant is level with the soil's surface. Some grasses are quite sensitive to being planted too deep. The crown rots and then the plant dies.
Following these basics should get us off to a good start.
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Monday, December 6, 2010
December Cover of the Month
Based on your votes, the winning cover for Cover of the Month is WICKED LOVELY by Melissa Marr. I love this one! I think it is especially fitting for December because of the icyness of the flowers on the cover :) I also love how the foreground is in focus and the background is fuzzy. I used to know what that was called, but it's been years since I took that class :)
Enjoy this month's cover!
Enjoy this month's cover!
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I remember when I first read this book...loved this cover from the start! :)ReplyDelete
Hmm, not too sure I like this cover. A good choice for December though as the girl looks like she is suffering from hyperthermia being that bluey-purple colour.ReplyDelete
Petty Witter that is so dang funny! I think you're right. The book is interesting, I'm still not finished. It always takes me forever to listen to an audiobook.ReplyDelete
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5 fun facts about nursing students
Is it true that nurses are just doctor wannabes? Find out the statistic about nursing education that handily debunks this myth, plus four more fun facts that will prove to be food for thought the next time you set foot in a classroom.
1. First, let's debunk a myth. Ever heard the phrase "Nurses are just doctor wannabes"? If this is true, why are nurses almost 100 times more likely to go on to graduate from nursing school than medical school?
2. Just a century ago, nurses weren't allowed to be married…and certainly not pregnant. It was almost 100 years ago (in 1919) that Great Britain established the first oversight nursing training and standards. Conditions have certainly changed since then—nurses are now allowed to be married and even work while pregnant.
3. Meet the first U.S. nurse. In 1873, Linda Richards became the first nurse to earn a nursing diploma in the United States. The first hospital nursing school on record was established in Germany in 1864.
4. And the first nursing masters degree? Columbia University School of Nursing was the first university to offer a master's degree in a clinical nursing specialty, in 1956. It's estimated that 13 percent of the nursing population, or 377,046, have a master's or doctoral degree.
5. Nursing is a popular choice of study. Nursing students make up more than half of all students in all health programs. This shouldn't be surprising. Nurses comprise the largest group of healthcare professionals in primary and long-term care.
How many of those nursing students do you think actually end up working as nurses? Leave us your best guess in our comments section.
Career, Fun & Humor, Lists and Ideas for Nurses, New Nurse, Nursing Student Advice, Your First Years
Marijke is a professional writer who began her working career as a registered nurse over 25 years ago. After working in clinical areas ranging from rehab to intensive care, as a floor nurse to a supervisor, she found she could combine her extensive health knowledge with her love of writing. Although she has been published in a wide variety of publications for professionals and the general public, her passion is writing for the every day person to promote health literacy.
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just thought i'd make a proper disclosure that i do currently own around 60K shares worth around $286K in this stock. my average price is around $5.36.will look to up stake to 100K shares in the next couple of days if we hover around this point. i've asked some of my hedgie friends to look into this stock for me. current plan is to hold on to this stock for a year or so, or at least until fair value is hit around $9.40.despite what is a definite bear market, from what i can tell, the institutions seem to be in a buying mood: http://thomson.finance.lycos.com/lycos/iwatch/cgi-bin/iw_ticker?ticker=supg will post more if i do any more analysis. i'm currently also in HPQ and CTRP, which are due to report in the next 2 weeks. do the iwatch on these too! big money momentum is definitely behind these two!good luck longs!
Well... my two other plays, HPQ and CTRP (which i recommended in my previous posts) both panned out. Next up, BRCD and NCTY.Still long and very strong on this one. Suspect the turn is coming right after options expiration on Friday. Thinking about doubling my stake...
"...personal stakeby: amateuress (26/F/New York, NY) Long-Term Sentiment: Strong Buy 05/11/06 10:13 pmMsg: 65695 of 65751 just thought i'd make a proper disclosure that i do currently own around 60K shares worth around $286K in this stock. my average price is around $5.36..."xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxWow, you're now down $52,200.00 at a share price of $4.49.Where the hell is your stop/loss, anyway?
stop-loss is for traders.i'm an investor.if you need advice, look up J.M. Keynes on Wikipedia.
4.37 now. Every ten cent drop and amauress loses six thousand dollars. lol.She should have listebed to Larry and sold at 5.90.Smart guy.
i have to say that i too have hedge buddies and Ursus Capital who has/or had? a big position in this stock has been dead wrong on supg. and another guy i know who runs his own fund has been negative on supg for any real short term upside. i dont know who you are talking to but in the short run supg will, i think remain weak. i do not see what may drive the stock higher, other than maybe stronger than expected dacogen sales, but i would not put my 25k shares on that investment idea. i sold.
"definite bear market" ?????What you smokin dude?c


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FONTANA, Calif. Sept. 24, 2013—Takuma Sato flew from Tokyo, Japan and A.J. Foyt flew from Houston, Texas and the two saw each other at Auto Club Speedway for the first time since early June.
For Foyt the return to racing action in the IZOD IndyCar Series was a welcome one following his recovery from hip replacement surgery July 1. "Today was pretty tiring but I had a great day and a lot of fun," said 78-year-old Texan who jetted in Tuesday morning and headed home that evening. "A lot of people came up to me and said 'Nice to see you back.' It's different now though because I don't play the role I used to play but it's great to be back and be with the team again. I guess I missed it more than I thought I did."
"It was good to see A.J. back at the track after such a long time away," said Sato.
For Sato his 24-hour stay in the States was "productive." In Tokyo since the beginning of the month, Sato made his whirlwind trip to California for the one-day test and returned to Tokyo on the red-eye because he is scheduled to race in the Super Formula Series in Sugo, Japan this weekend.


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–Irving City Council will hold a work session at 11:45 a.m. today at the West Irving Library, 4444 W. Rochelle Road.
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Gear West Duathlon
4.5 km Run • 30 km Bike • 4.5 km Run
Sunday, May 18, 2014 8:00am
Orono High School - Orono, MN
Duathlons are a great way for anyone to experience a multisport event without agonizing over having to complete an open water swim. The Gear West Duathlon is a great season opener with a cross-country run and a surprisingly challenging bike course on rolling hills. Both running portions of the race are through the school's ball fields and an orchard, in true cross-country style. The 30k bike portion of the race features some of the most scenic rural roads west of Minneapolis.
Geared as the most affordable duathlon in the Midwest, the 2014 Gear West Duathlon will be held on Sunday May 18th at the Orono High School in Orono, MN. The duathlon is a spring classic Run-Bike-Run event for every level of multisport athlete put on by Gear West Bike and Triathlon. For 21 years, this race has been a professionally run event, featuring some of the best athletes in the Midwest.
Whether you are just beginning your multisport racing experience, looking for a new fitness goal, or an elite athlete, you will enjoy the fitness test that this race offers near the beginning of the season.
How To Get There: Take Interstate 394 west from Minneapolis. 394 turns into Hwy. 12. Take the Cnty Rd 112 exit and continue west three miles, through Long Lake to Old Crystal Bay Road. Turn right and immediately see transition area at the Orono High School. Park on the school's north side.
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AureliusRex, on 28 November 2012 - 10:34 PM, said:
Totally agree with this. No matter what your opinion on VP, GW2 is just a mess of a game right now. If you want to be where there are any people at all you are running fotm, and even then, you're looking for a group your level if you can find one. The economy is bad, the open world is empty, the launch day dungeons are empty, spvp is a complete flop, there are reams of bugs that haven't been fixed, and the community is at each other's throats.
This ship is starting to take on water and Anet had better start taking some serious action soon. If the community perceives the ship is sinking there will be mass exodus.
This ship is starting to take on water and Anet had better start taking some serious action soon. If the community perceives the ship is sinking there will be mass exodus.
I've taken a two week break from both the game and the forums (minus some tp posts) and this is going to be my last post, but the break has really given perspective for me.
As much as I hate gear treadmills and ascended (and I still think it's stupid btw), ascended really isn't the reason to strop playing GW2
It's a lot of reasons. Reasons that together make this game really suboptimal, but it's hard to see after the initial excitement of waiting 5 years for the sequel to the game I loved guild wars. It's kinda silly if you've seen my posts, but I really think of myself as somewhat of an arenanet fanboy given how much misplaced excitement I had for this sequel. Many of the reasons can be seen by just comparing the original to this one, others are just general * ups for this game.
1) PvP aside, both games were inevitably about grind. Realistically speaking, you tended to do things that were profitable in the original GW even if some things were less fun, although there were so many ways to do this you could usually find something that was both fun and profitable.
The difference is the grind was open and fun. In guild wars 2, if you want to reasonably grind for something, you honestly only have like 3 or 4 grind options and they're all boring as hell. You can grind orr, now you can grind fotm, you could do ori runs, or maybe you could solo farm in Frostgorge. And you'll be doing this all with a build which you can techincally modify but will ultimtely just be the same damned obvious build as anyone else, even if you choose different traits.
In guild wars 1 even in the beginning you could chest run, run people through areas, farm mursatt, farm any of a million other areas since lack of downscaling meant you could farm just about anywhere for profit, run FoW or UW, holiday farm (since you the required ingredients for holiday collectores reamined the same you could farm for next holiday), and even do PvP for PvE rewards via Hall of Heroes. Now realistically speaking, FoW and UW were no different than any other dungeon of GW2, but all the others were massive fun. Everyone had their own special running build that they worked on and specfically used, and running required quite a lot of skill: You needed to know every inch of your run. Not everyone could do droks (I actually couldn't reliably! although I found marhan's more profitable anyways :3 ) and many of the others were difficult. But you went through it and mastered it and it was quite enjoyable when you could help people out and make money doing it. Especially fun is when you come up with your own runs, like when I figured out how to run captured son in like 2 minutes flat.
And thats just describing running people! There were also these grouped chest runs in FoW which were absolutely hilarious. People who had a warrior in prophecies know what I'm talking about. You basically had 8 warriors join the dungeon all together and just keep running as a group hoping you didn't die, until eventually the group wiped and you opened a bunch of chests along the way. It was incredibly fun, and the rewards were very fun too since you never knw what you were going to get. You could sell the stuff unidentified and make a solid profit, or you could take a gamble and hope for something really great.
And then of course there was standard farming, but even then you used your own unique build. People were always tweaking and messing around with builds and while there were some accepted specific builds for some areas (namely 55s/ bond monks), you could really run whatever you wanted that worked for you, but at the same time it was always incredibly different from everyone else. Ever run sorrows furnace with 8 fire eles and no tank or monks? That's a friggin blast.
For anyone who read all that and is a GW1, you know these were all fun. And compared to what in GW2? Spam 1 in an event. Spam AoEs in frostgorge or grind your one friggin set of fractals with the same build everyone else uses of your profession. Oh and there's ori runs, but not nearly as fun to do solo, and not nearly as difficult or amusing. What a joke. And now you guys are going to be stuck in one place, fotm really.
Furthermore, while there was techincally a gear grind, the top stuff only put you at 1-2% more powerful, and since guild wars was much more skill oriented, aside from running you didn't even notice it in the slightest (and even then, 1-2% is 1-2%!). But this was great, because the few hardcore grinders who needed that top stuff for whatever reason payed through the nose for it, so even the most modest of farms could fund you with the money to pay for several alts' armors and runs to the highest level areas.
tl;dr Grind was still the point of PvE, but it was much more open and fun.
2) Pvp again, in comparison is an absolute joke in Guild wars 2. The excuse given for dumbing down builds so everyone runs the same damned crap and everyone expects the same damned crap is that at the very least it would be easily balanced. The problem? 3 months into the game now and there is still less viable build variety and formats than in guild wars 1. This is an atrocity. I think they realized a bit too late now that roles such as interrupters and prot monks were what kept what balance guild wars had going, and removing them actually made guild wars 2 balance even worse, only now it's dumbed down and stupid to boot. Without profession specific roles, people just choose whichever class runs that role best, and so we see a neverending set of nerfs and Arenanet scrambles to try and bring some semblance of class balance. In the end, we're left with about 20 or so viable builds across all professions, which is truly terrible.
3) WvW, the final format, is a format that fails on a level greater than Hero battles, and considering the latter was actually an attempt to make solo players try and handle 4-5 capping zones by themselves rather than fight, that's saying something. With the substantial amount of AoE in the game, both defensive and offensive, realistically you need large parties to counter anything, and because of the high population size per map, realistically you had to zerg up to take a tower, as organized groups had scouts that could stop small groups. And there's severe population imbalance. And there's no decent reward (negative for new players actually). And there's hacks on a level unseen in guild wars. And you cant even see your enemies names so there's no social value at all. They probably know what they need to do: lower the population queue max all around and force people to spread around, fix outmanned so it's fun to play at odd hours, and increase the towers per map to prevent zerging. But they just don't give a shit.
So to all of those still pissed off at ascended and the gear grind, I challenge you: just take two weeks off from the game and the forums. If you can't take a two week break from it, when you would probably otherwise be playing for months to years, that should be a bit of a warning sign that you're only playing to keep up with the grind in the first place. I actually had a hard time even quitting BEFORE ascended for even a few days because I know I would fall behind on playing the tp from not doing my daily ori runs and stuff and it would put me behind, but I realized this is not a good reason to be playing a game.
And if you do come back after two weeks, and play with all the more fervor, then good for you. You actually do like the game in spite of it's flaws and there's nothing wrong with that, enjoy yourself. But my instinct says most who would take this challenge will never play the game again, not once.


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I had a possum in my house about a week ago and I think if something that big got in maybe a snake could be in here hiding here somewhere. I just want to know if anyone out there can tell me how can you tell if a snake is in your house or not. Please tell me, I'm scared to death.
I have just read your article about Joseph Duncan. I agree with you on most if it. I think dying fast would be too easy for him. They should put him through some of that same torture he put that poor child through. If it was up to me I would vote to castrate all sex offenders.
If I have to sit through one more thing about preserving Mayberry when it comes to the city of Oran because they have to adhere to the laws that every small town in the United States has to adhere to. Then your paper decides to print an article about preserving Mayberry because these people don't want to go by the same laws as everyone else. I live in a small town, population 5,000, and we still have seat belt laws and we still get pulled over for speeding and we don't have an Andy Griffith in our sheriff's department. What is the fuss? This year is 2005 and everyone has to move ahead to the future whether you like it or not.
I want to call in about these yard sales that people have on Fridays and Saturdays. It is getting to where normal people don't even have a chance to go to a yard sale because all the dealers are going and stripping them of all the good stuff. They are giving little to nothing for it and then selling it for twenty times what they paid for it. Normal people just can't go in and get in a yard sale because the dealers are coming in an hour before opening time and staying there until opening time. It is just ridiculous. It is getting to where you got to walk over a bunch of dealers to get to a yard sale. I don't think it is right. You can go around to the junk stores and man they charge you an arm and a leg for a little bitty ol' something. But they got that little bitty ol' something in a yard sale for like 50 cents then sell it to you for $20 or $50. I just don't think it is right. If people keep selling to dealers I don't think there will be many yard sales left because I think normal people won't even go out there. They need to call the dealers if they have something they want to sell to them instead of holding a yard sale.
Mike Davidson at Bertrand. I have all the trash barrels you could ever want 683-2402.
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I just read your interesting article on martial arts, Thursday, Aug. 4. It was very good but I think you might have mentioned there are a number of other good martial art schools in this area.
I like to comment on the person who wrote in the other day and said those who don't believe in the war have apparently forgotten about 9/11. I don't think anything could be further from the truth. To most people the reason they oppose the war in Iraq is because it was not under the pretenses that we were told it was under. President Bush, Prime Minister Tony Blair as well as Secretary of State all claimed the war was being done to get at weapons of mass destruction from Iraq. Now, we discover they don't exist and may never have existed. Now the soldiers are left fighting a war that never seems to end. This person also states that the people who died in 9/11 died for no reason, sure, it was irresponsible deaths and they should not have died but also the soldiers who are fighting the war in Iraq right now are fighting a war they shouldn't have to fight. We should be fighting the war in Afghanistan, not Iraq, that is where the terrorists are supposed to be, right?


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Jesse Tubb and I rode into Xterra Ex2with a plan to pull a Shake in Bake. I went after the Tri Solo to chase more points to qualify for the USA Championship. While Jesse hit the Duathlon to chase a spot on the podium. Lucky it all came together for us. I took 2nd in the age group getting 67 points and Jesse nailed the 1st place spot on the podium.
This was my 3rd Xterra for the season. I was 2nd in the US point standings Atlantic region, only one point behind 1st place. Everything was set for a great race, course was dry, sun was out, the Superfly 100 was looking, and I was feeling fast. That might have just been the 2 large cups of coffee.
On the first lap of the swim I saw some nasty toes go by and knew right way it was Eric Sorensen. I jumped on his toes, knowing he would have a fast pace. I checked my pace time on Suunto t6d on the short run between swim laps. I was a little ahead of pace but felt good. I could not keep up with Eric and was on my own for the 2nd lap. I hit T1 and jumped on my Trek Superfly 100and was out on the bike. The Suunto bike pod engaged and I was right on pace. I was confident going into the bike as I had done Ex2Aventures 9hr Cranky Monkey race on the same course 2 months earlier. I rode smart and had no problems. A quick dash in and out of T2 I slipped on my K-Swiss Keahou with the Sunnto foot pod. I was running down the 5 remaining miles. I took a moderate pace for the first 3 miles. As mile 3 to 4 has you scrambling down rock's and crawling backup the other side. Then I opened it up for the run into the finish.
My nutrition was right on. I had a bar at the being of the bike and GU Roctane gel at the end of the bike. On the run I had a GU Roctane at miles 2 and 4. I sucked back a bottle or two of the course Gatorade.
Crossing the finish in 2nd place gave me enough points to be ranked 1st in the Xterra Atlantic region and 13th nationwide.
I found Jesse in 1st for the Duathlon age group and 2nd overall. We could not be happier with how our day went.
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I am racing my 3rd Xterra tomorrow for the season. Xterra is a point series to earn a spot for the USA Championship. I am currently ranked 2nd in the Atlantic region. One point behind the first place holder. Hopefully tomorrow will bring me that needed point.
The Trek Superfly 100 is ready to go. I double checked everything and had my last shakeout ride Thursday. I could not be happier with performance of the bike. For my riding style the Superfly 29'er has definitely made me a faster rider.
I didEx2Adventures 9hr Cranky Monkey race at Rocky Gap in May. I was able to get 6 laps completed. It was the best pre-ride training for Xterra will use 90% of the same course.
I have made some adjustments in my transition setup. I will cover my T1 and T2 in a YouTube video next week. I have dialed in my nutrition with GU Energy gels. I have a triple threat bar at the start of the bike,GU Roctane at the end of the bike, and a GU Roctance every 2miles of the run. I wash it all down with GU Brew and try to finish at least 2 bottles.
The results should be out in a few days and I will post another update and video.
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http://youtu.be/UfIrd0OLEtQMy YouTube video on how I setup the Trek Superfly 100.
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Public Lecture - Admiral the Lord Boyce
Admiral the Lord Boyce KG GCB OBE DL, former Chief of Defence Staff
The United Kingdom – the importance and utility of maritime power
Wednesday 24 April, Old Sessions House, Longport, Canterbury
The sea has, to a large extent, ensured the UK's survival over the centuries; and it is via the sea that the country's global dominance was established in the 18th and 19th centuries. This dominance permitted the sea to be exploited for trade, allowing for growth in wealth and influence, which saw the creation of the British Empire – a huge global military and trading power with a significant proportion of the world under British rule. What is the importance and utility of maritime power to the UK today?
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Freshman center Joel Embiid, who has a stress fracture in his back, will miss the opening weekend of the NCAA tournament, Kansas Coach Bill Self said.
"He's not going to play," Self told Kansascity.com. "I'm not saying there couldn't be a miraculous act occur, but we're certainly not planning on that or expecting that."
Embiid missed the final two regular-season games and the Big 12 tournament. Kansas, the No. 2 seed in the South Regional, plays No. 15 Eastern Kentucky on Friday. He has yet to return to practice.
"He's doing really well," Self said. "We've told him that we were not going to put him on the practice floor until he does really, really well in rehab. And that's what the doctors told us, and that's what we were going to do all along.
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