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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- On their longest trip of the season, the Sharks skidded into a roadside ditch.
San Jose was embarrassed 6-3 Tuesday night by the Columbus Blue Jackets -- a team well-entrenched in the NHL's basement and one the Sharks thumped 6-0 at HP Pavilion in late January. The loss dropped San Jose to 1-4-1 on its nine-game journey and its once healthy lead at the top of the Pacific Division has virtually disappeared.
The disappointing performance came the same night the Canadian sports network TSN reported the Sharks were "a strong contender" to land the big prize at the Feb. 27 trade deadline, Columbus captain Rick Nash. The price would not be cheap, but after a fourth consecutive loss, general manager Doug Wilson might be ready to do something dramatic.
With or without Nash, the Sharks aren't in a good place.
"We've pretty much hit bottom now and hopefully we can dig our way out of it," captain Joe Thornton said, "because we're definitely in a race now to get into the playoffs."
While coach Todd McLellan was most concerned about his team's lack of urgency, San Jose's troubles also could be traced to undisciplined penalties that led directly to three Blue Jacket goals.
"Right now, as fragile as this team is, we can't take those undisciplined penalties," Thornton said.
Antti Niemi started the game in goal for the Sharks, but was gone after 15:18 of the first period after giving up three goals on 11 shots. Backup Thomas Greiss ended up taking the loss as Columbus center Jeff Carter's hat trick led a suddenly explosive Blue Jacket offense.
R.J. Umberger, Nash and David Savard also scored for Columbus, while the Sharks got two goals from Logan Couture and one from Thornton.
Columbus jumped all over the Sharks early, holding a 4-0 lead after the first period. And two of those goals came on power plays after Joe Pavelski was sent to the box for showering Blue Jacket netminder Steve Mason with snow and Ryane Clowe earned two minutes for roughing while another fight was already going on.
Pavelski didn't like the call against him, but recognized his own responsibility.
"I think it's soft on my part and on the ref's part, but it's a judgment call," he said. "The game happens fast, the puck was kind of laying there, we all reached for it. ... I guess you just can't give him any reason to call it."
Two goals 26 seconds apart -- the first when Colin White's shot from the point went into the net off Thornton's skate at 5:11, the second on a 26-foot snap shot by Couture that Columbus goalie Steve Mason could only wave at -- did make it a 4-2 game.
But Clowe overheated again just two minutes after Couture's goal. Called for cross-checking, Clowe earned another two minutes for unsportsmanlike conduct when he slammed the penalty-box door so hard the boards rattled.
"It was a bad call on the penalty so I got upset," Clowe said.
San Jose did kill off 3:22 of the double minor, but Savard scored through traffic, and Columbus once again had a three-goal lead and all the momentum.
The teams traded goals in the third period -- Carter notching his third on an easy tap-in, Couture getting his second on a power play by deflecting a shot from Pavelski -- but the game was long-decided by then.
With 69 points, the Sharks are tied with the Phoenix Coyotes on top of the Pacific Division, but have two games in hand and one more victory. The Los Angeles Kings aren't far behind with 66 points.
"I don't know if some guys really understand where we are at this point in the season and how the season is dwindling quickly," McLellan said. "You can't just come to the rink and wear a jersey. You have to find a way to contribute. There's been a few that haven't lately and that'll be my job tomorrow. We'll address it in one-on-ones."
He noted that not everybody is playing with a lack of urgency, but that some players have been "missing in action" for a while now and that needs to change.
As for Clowe's costly lack of discipline in the second period, McLellan said he liked neither the call that led to the outburst nor the outburst itself.
"I'll talk to Clowe about it tomorrow, but frustration seeps through a little bit there," McLellan said. "He was sent the message. He wasn't put back on the ice for a little while. But in the same breath, he does take care of a lot of his teammates."
Thornton, like the coach, questioned the lack of urgency in the locker room.
"You can talk so much but it's up to that individual to come out and perform," he said. "This is why we get paid -- to perform every night -- and for whatever reason everybody's not on board."
For more on the Sharks, see David Pollak's Working the Corners blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/sharks.


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text: Dear List Members, I sent this query on Lycidas to my advisor, Professor Luiz Fernando Sa (UFMG/Brazil) and he sent me back the message followed (below), which is also a passage from his book. I think it might do with some help. Best wishes, Miriam Mansur UFMG/Brazil De:"Luiz Fernando Ferreira Sá" saluiz at terra.com.br Para:"miriammansur" miriammansur at terra.com.br Cópia: Data:Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:39:36 -0200 Assunto:Re:En:[Milton-L] Lycidas Query Sure, the answer is in my book The Myth of Orpheus in Milton's L'Allegro, Il Penseroso, and Lycidas on pages 141-142. The two-handed engine may, among other things, be Saint Peter's keys which may open up the doors to heaven. Or, it may be Saint Michael's scales which will weigh the virtues and vices of Christians in the end of times. The important thing is: the engine refers to the threshold of things profane and things divine just as the expression "yet once more" does. Cheers, Luiz. De:"miriammansur" miriammansur at terra.com.br Para:"saluiz" saluiz at terra.com.br Cópia: Data:Sat, 22 Nov 2008 20:10:03 -0200 Assunto:En:[Milton-L] Lycidas Query > I am sure you can answer this question! > > Kisses, > > Miriam > De:milton-l-bounces at lists.richmond.edu > Para:"John Milton Discussion List" milton-l at lists.richmond.edu > Cópia: > Data:Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:59:34 -0800 (PST) > Assunto:[Milton-L] Lycidas Query > I received an email from a blog reader who posed this question: > > "I have to close with a Milton question -- has any progress been made in figuring out what he meant by 'the two-handed engine at the door' in Lycidas? Thirty years ago, a professor told me that no one had any idea." > > I don't know the answer -- and only with the request learned that there was a question -- but I promised to ask. > > What is meant by "the two-handed engine at the door"? > > Jeffery Hodges Luiz Fernando Ferreira Sá Prof. Adjunto de Literaturas em Inglês e de Literatura Comparada Adjunct Professor in English Literatures and Comparative Literature Programa de Pós-Graduação em Estudos Literários Graduate Program in Literary Studies Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais Av. Pres. Antonio Carlos 6627 Pampulha 31270-901 Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais Brasil Tel 55 31 34096015 ou 55 31 32875719 Fax 55 31 34096004 e-mail saluiz at terra.com.br -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.richmond.edu/pipermail/milton-l/attachments/20081124/dd28065f/attachment.html


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I am delighted to announce that effective 1st September 2011, Menzies Aviation have commenced operations at Southampton International Airport following the successful acquisition of Airosupport, an aircraft presentation business which provides both catering and cleaning services to a number of airlines at SOU. The staff and management will transfer to MA under TUPE and join the UK&I GH team.
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Here's a nice side choice to compliment your main course of Nexus Tablet rumors this evening: NVIDIA CEO spoke with the New York Times about lowering the price of Android tablets. Quote mister Jen-Hsun Huang: ""We took out $150 in build materials, things like expensive memory. At $199, you can just about buy a tablet at a 7-Eleven." That's a long way from any sort of confirmation, but it shows that NVIDIA is as anxious as we are to lower the price of Android tablets, especially those with high-end components like the Tegra 3 processor.
Most of the mainstream manufacturers out there seem intent on fighting Apple on its home turf, i.e. the $500+ market. To be blunt, that hasn't worked in the year or so that Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich have been available... and it's given Apple time to hit back with the reduced $399 iPad 2. ASUS seems to be the only company having any luck with high-end tablets, and even then they don't hold a candle to the $200-250 "reader" tablets in terms of sales volume. A combination of power and rock-bottom price could finally break Android tablet sales out of the doldrums to join Android's lead in smartphones.
We had previously hoped that the ASUS MeMO 370T would be the tablet to do just that, but the current scuttlebutt is that it's been scrapped in favor of an even cheaper Nexus Tablet. None of this is confirmed by anybody at the moment, so consider it firmly in the rumor category. As for NVIDIA, who knows: they're a component supplier, not a manufacturer. If OEMs won't find ways to lower the prices of tablets, there's not a lot that anybody else can do about it.


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Fine, decent, or respectable: she were a gradely lass
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- Don't call me Mr Hudson, he were me Dad and a gradely bloke.
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SEBRING - Hispanic student enrollment continues to increase in Highlands County, which now has more Hispanic than white elementary students in the greater Lake Placid area and in the northern part of the county. Steady growth in Hispanic enrollment in Highlands County has been evident from district data. From February 2006 to January 2013, Hispanic enrollment increased from 23.2 percent to 31.4 percent of the total enrollment. White enrollment is 46.2 percent and black enrollment is 16.6 percent. The largest percentage of Hispanic enrollment — 33.8 percent — is at the elementary level, where two schools: Avon and Lake Country, have more Hispanic than white students.About 10 percent of the district's elementary students are classified as "limited" in their English proficiency and are receiving services or are enrolled in a program to meet their instructional needs. Spanish is the primary language of most of the district's English Language Learners. At Avon Elementary, 19 percent of the students are classified as English Language Learners. Principal Pam Burnham said the younger students learn English very quickly, but often their parents aren't fluent in English, which can hinder communication and understanding the needs of the student. Her school has several bilingual teachers and staff members so that is usually not a problem, she said. All notices to parents are printed in English and Spanish. Burnham noted her school has seen a gradual increase over the years in its Hispanic enrollment, so the school has been able to adapt with the change. The majority of the Hispanic parents are very supportive of the school and want their children to do their best, she added. District resource teacher Deborah Wood, who oversees federal programs, including the migrant program, said most but not all of the migrant students are Hispanic. She also pointed out that the majority of Hispanic students are not from a migrant family, according to district data. Over the past three years, the district has had a total of 1,000 migrant students, she said. The district's Jan. 18 enrollment count shows 3,832 Hispanic students out of a total enrollment of 12,204. Following is enrollment data from the Jan 18 count showing which elementary schools have the highest Hispanic enrollment: The Hispanic population trails the white population by less than 20 students at three elementary schools: Lake Placid, Memorial and Park. Looking at the two Lake Placid's two elementary schools: Lake Placid Elementary and Lake Country Elementary, the total Lake Placid area elementary school enrollment is 43.0 percent Hispanic, 40.2 percent white and 12.5 percent black. Between Avon and Park elementary schools, the northern Avon Park area enrollment is 39.1 percent Hispanic, 39.0 percent white and 16.3 percent black. District enrollment data includes categories for Asian, American Indian and multi racial, but the numbers are very small in comparison to white, Hispanic and black enrollment.
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Cyrano de Bergerac
by Edmond Rostand
Ragueneau Timeline and Summary
- When the play starts, we see that Lignière has already introduced Ragueneau to Christian.
- Ragueneau immediately shows his wit by making puns on bread and prostitutes ("tarts").
- Ragueneau gives the first lengthy description of Cyrano, emphasizing his pride and his big nose.
- He makes a bet with a marquis that Cyrano will show up at the play to mock Montfleury, and shortly thereafter wins his wager.
- In his pastry shop, Ragueneau is delighted with his confectionery creations—especially a lyre made completely of puff-paste. As he goes through each confection, he comments on them—usually criticizing them using the language of poetry. This goes way over the cooks' heads.
- Ragueneau gets angry at his wife, Lise, for using some of his manuscripts as pastry bags. When giving his children pastries, he takes his time picking a bag to fill with sweetmeats and give away. It pains him to see his verses so ill-used.
- Ragueneau greets Cyrano by congratulating him on his impressive victory the night before against de Guiche's 100 assassins.
- When Ragueneau's poets arrive, he entertains them all by reciting his newest creation—"A Recipe for Making Almond Tarts"—in rhyme. It's a cute little ditty.
- As Ragueneau entertains his poets, they take advantage of his kindness and gorge themselves on his pastries. Cyrano asks him why he lets the poets take advantage of him, and Ragueneau sheepishly replies that he "love[s] a friendly audience" and also that he's vain (in the sense that he likes to hear praise for both his poetry and his pastries).
- In the meantime, Cyrano discovers Lise rendezvousing with a musketeer. He warns her not to take Ragueneau's name in vain. In other words—don't fool around with other men because it makes your husband look bad.
- Later, we learn that Lise has run away with the musketeer and that Ragueneau, upon hearing this news, tried to hang himself. We hear that Cyrano found him just in time and cut him down. Afterwards, Cyrano set up the ruined Ragueneau with a job as Roxane's steward.
- A month later, Roxane arrives at Arras with her disguised coachman—Ragueneau. Together they have duped the Spaniards, stolen their food, and brought it to the French soldiers.
- The men rejoice at seeing Ragueneau and the food he brings. He helps unpack and serves the food to the starving cadets. As he serves, he waxes more and more lyrical about the food.
- When Christian is shot, Ragueneau rushes up with a bucket of water to try to revive him—but it is futile.
- While Cyrano rushes off into battle, Ragueneau directs the carriage toward safety, with the swooning Roxane and Comte de Guiche inside.
- Fifteen years later, Ragueneau rushes to the convent to tell Roxane of Cyrano's "accidental" injury. She won't listen to him, so he tells Le Bret instead. Cyrano is injured, but unconscious, he says, and has the aid of only one doctor who came out of charity. The two friends rush off to help Cyrano.
- They miss their friend by just a few minutes; it is Saturday, and Cyrano means to keep his weekly meeting with Roxane.
- Eventually Ragueneau and Le Bret return to the chapel to find Cyrano on the edge of death. Ragueneau reveals Cyrano's injury to Roxane, who has not yet noticed it.
- Ragueneau tries to make light of the situation by telling Cyrano of a play in which the playwright, Molière, stole some of Cyrano's lines. This triggers Cyrano's bitter soliloquy about always being unrecognized while others claim his glory.
- When Cyrano falls, Ragueneau and Le Bret catch and hold him as he dies.


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For years a distinctive and intensely pruritic form of hives has been noted in certain people as a result of heat, emotion, or exertion. The numerous small lesions have been labeled "cholinergic urticaria." Critical wetting of the sensitive areas of the skin surface, which triggers cholinergic urticaria, can be achieved by a few minutes immersion in a water bath, contact with distilled water, or sweating itself. Water reacts with a component of the sebum or sebaceous gland to produce a histamine liberator which is absorbed with subsequent discharge of histamine from the perifollicular mast cells. This produces pruritus, axon-reflex erythema, and follicular urticaria. Inert oil coating of the skin and systemic antihistaminics have been found effective in preventing attacks.
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IV.Q.13. Prevention of Heat Injuries. Assurance of U.S. Army capability to operate in hot environments lies at the heart of the Force Projection concept now guiding strategic planning. This program establishes the scientific foundation for Army doctrinal development governing operations in thermal extremes and identifies and refines effective strategies to sustain health and performance following rapid deployment to environmentally challenging operational settings. This research will demonstrate the efficacy of strategies to sustain and enhance performance and to prevent and treat thermal illnesses.
By FY98, develop and implement new cellular, organ, and animal models to assess mechanisms of thermal injury. By FY98, determine if anti-lipopolysaccharide is a key protective factor which explains the lower susceptibility of female, compared to male, Marine recruits to exertional heat illness. By FY99, develop acclimatization strategies using heat shock protein-70 as a biomarker of heat tolerance to improve immediate heat tolerance and accelerate heat acclimation. Determine effect of estrogen supplementation on heat acclimatization in servicewomen. By FY00, develop strategies for 21CLW ATD to modify skim blood flow to maximize the effectiveness of microclimate cooling and heating. By FY01, determine the feasibility of immunoprophylaxis in preventing thermal injury.
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You step into a chamber dominated by a massive statue of a robed humanoid. It stands ten feet in the air, the folds of its hood casting its face in dark shadow. Grasped in the statue's left hand is a scythe, its razor sharp blade carved out of black stone. The statue's right arm is raised out in front of it, holding in its clutches the end of a metal chain. This chain stretches to the floor, suspending a wicked blade inches over a circular indentation, roughly eight feet wide. This circle is hewn two inches into the stone, and is decorated with lettering spiraling towards its center. The script is fine and spidery, and glows with a faint red tinge. Twelve candles mark the edge of the circle, standing at regular intervals. All are lit, their wicks slowly burning and casting flickering shadows over the chamber. On closer examination, you find that you can read the spidery text.
The statue before you
Holds chain that was made
For keeping the time
With its pendulum blade
The mid hour of night
Is farthest away
From where the eyes of the statue
In its head lay
Hours of daytime
And hours of night
Here are the same
I shall shed that light
Each hour is named
After person or thing
Your job is to find me
I am not hiding
With the silence of grave
A death come too soon
The master of Shadow
Stands thirteen past noon
Past him stands the Gypsy
And somewhere between, a valiant sight
A Knight of the realm
And a Dragon who fight
Merchant, a trader
His wares beside him in Wagon
Crouches as far away as he can
From the infamous Dragon
The mystical Gypsy
With her tarot cards
Steadies his wares
Lest they crash into shards
The beast of red scale
And long crimson tongue
Is caught right between Knight's blade
And the shadowy one
Across from the Castle
Stands the Giant of rock
The Hydra of nightmares
Stands across from the Hawk
The Hawk is majestic
With feathers of red
Perched next to Gypsy
Who keeps it well fed
The Peasant sleeps poorly
He tosses and screams
For his is the hour
Of ghosts in his dreams
My place is not tricky
Find where I lie
I stand where not mentioned
Which hour am I?
Hour Marks: Holding the pendulum blade over any of the candles (which serve as hour markers), causes that candle to flare up, signifying a possible answer. If the pendulum is then released the answer is assumed to be given.
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Wednesday, 05.17.2006 / 1:08 PM MT / Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton Oilers
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Jacob Boychuk's winning entry
Jacob Boychuks hand painted Ford F-250 was selected as the Grand Prize Winner by the judging panel of Oilers President Patrick LaForge, Oilers Chairman Cal Nichols, and CISN Afternoon Drive announcer Chris Scheetz. The vehicle had been painted in Oilers colors, and a homemade oil derrick had been erected in the bed. As well, Jacob and his crew were dressed head-to-toe in Oilers gear, with their faces painted in copper and blue. For his efforts, Jacob was presented with a pair of Silver Club tickets for tonights sold out Oilers game against the San Jose Sharks.


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Minimum Wage Fuels Poverty
Minimum wage has become a contentious political issue, even though it has nothing to do with a living wage. Workers are paid for the worth of the job they are paid to do. Nevertheless, Democrats plan to tap into what they perceive as income inequality by using minimum wage as a plank in their populist economic platform heading into the November elections.


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A firefighter: there's always a firie nearby to rescue you or your house from flames
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- Note the firie up the ladder in the shop.
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As Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises" nears its debut, Warner Bros. has released six new character posters showcasing Christian Bale as Batman, Tom Hardy as Bane and Anne Hathaway as Catwoman.
Can't check out Warner Bros. newest trailer for Christopher Nolan's "The Dark Knight Rises? CBR has you coverred with an extensive gallery of screenshots from the director's final Batman film.
Warner Bros. has premiered the ominous third trailer for "The Dark Knight Rises," director Christopher Nolan's third and final Batman film heralded as "the epic conclusion to the Dark Knight legend."
A new hi-res image of Anne Hathaway in her Catwoman costume offers fans the best look at the classic Batman villain/love interest's "Dark Knight Rises" incarnation to date.
Writer Judd Winick speaks to CBR's THE OWL SIGNAL about how May's "Night of the Owls" event affects "Catwoman," "Batwing," and his fill-in issue of "Batman: The Dark Knight."
Courtesy of DC Comics, CBR presents an exclusive first look at the solicitations and covers for "Batman," "Nightwing," "Birds of Prey" and the rest of the Bat-family's May-shipping titles.
Batman group editor Mike Marts spoke with THE BAT SIGNAL about his goals and plans for the Batman family of title as the New 52 enters 2012.
Fans have been chomping at the bit for more info on Anne Hathaway's role as Catwoman in Christopher Nolan's final Batman film, "The Dark Knight Rises," and CBR has new details.
DC Comics has released their full solicitations text and images for product being released in February, 2012, including the latest from "Green Lantern," Justice League," the return of "Batman Beyond" and more.
Writer Derek Fridolfs spoke with THE BAT SIGNAL about writing "Arkham Unhinged," a complimentary story to the hit "Batman: Arkham City" video game, explaining what fans should expect from the digital-only series.
Think you've discovered everything there is to find in the Dark Knight's latest game? Think again! CBR has the rundown of the best Easter Eggs hidden away in "Batman: Arkham City" darkest corners!
Robot 6's Michael May talks about criticism from both "real" critics and fans, authorial intent and how its applies to comics, and what makes a "fair" judgment of a piece of work.
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The iconic voice of Batman, Kevin Conroy arrived at New York Comic Con to discuss his work on the soon-to-be-released "Batman: Arkham City" and the specific technique involved in voicing a game character.
Bruce Timm, Eliza Dushku, Kevin Conroy and Anrea Romano gave fans a first look at "Catwoman," discussed "Batman: Year One" and shared NYCC-exclusive footage from "Justice League: Doom."
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DC Comics has provided CBR News with an exclusive preview of Judd Winick and Guillem March's "Catwoman" #2. The further adventures of Selina Kyle continue on October 19.
New photos of Amy Adams on "Man of Steel" set! Paramount receives credit on Disney's "The Avengers!" First clip from "Tintin" appears online! Also, a possible report from the Batcave and more.
From Joss Whedon's "Wonder Woman" to John Milius' "Sgt. Rock," CBR runs down 22 screenplays that never moved beyond the written word, but could prove to be bona fide hits on comic shelves.
A pair of leaked Achievement/Trophy awards indicate Batman's former protege, Dick Grayson, will join the list of playable characters in the upcoming sequel to "Batman: Arkham Asylum"
Is it a waste of time to push for better portrayals of women? Sneak peek at "Batgirl" #2! Alex Ross art exhibit opening at The Warhol! A look at the growth of webcomics! Mikel Janin goes exclusive with DC!
DC Comics has created the internet's new comic book water cooler. Augie explains what he means by that while looking at seven more of those first issues after a preview of next week's "Holy Terror" review..
In a week when DC declared sellouts and bloggers decried certain content, retailers continued to move New 52 launches like "Batman," noting the challenge of matching books to fans in the longterm was yet to come.
DC Comics claims its relaunched number one issues are new reader-friendly, so CBR News asked non-comic book readers to weigh in on this week's batch of New 52 comics, from "Batman" to "Catwoman" and more.
Two DC Comics grabbed headlines this week for titillating scenes, and ROBOT 6's Kevin Melrose rounds up reactions to the first issues of "Catwoman" and "Red Hood and the Outlaws."
Warner Bros. Animation has unveiled the first image from the Eliza Dushku-starring short attached to "Batman: Year One" along with the announcement of a first-look screening at New York Comic Con.
DC Comics has provided CBR News with an exclusive first look at the publisher's Batman family solicitations for december, 2011 releasing issues, including "Batman," "Detective Comics," "Batwoman" and more.
According to an early "Batman: Arkham City" walkthrough guide listing, Rocksteady Games' anticipated sequel may feature downloadable Catwoman content.
Eliza Dushku and Casting Director Andrea Romano, spoke with CBR TV about the "Batman: Year One" animated film and the Dushku-starring "Catwoman" short.
Judd Winick spent some time with CBR TV to discuss his role in the DC Comics relaunch, from the specific and unique challenges in writing "Batwing" to maintaining Catwoman's criminal roots and more.
Augie has some unanswered questions about the new Ultimate Spider-Man, shares his thoughts on two new movie promo images, considers a comics purge (again), and looks at Marvel collections for October
Hours after the first official image of Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle in "The Dark Knight Rises" debuted, photos have surfaced of her stunt double driving the Batpod, revealing a better look at Catwoman's costume.
Warner Bros. has debuted the first image of Anne Hathaway as Selina Kyle in "The Dark Knight Rises," the conclusion of director Christopher Nolan's Batman trilogy.
Courtesy of DC Comics, CBR presents exclusive looks at two comics hitting stores July 27, as Superboy Prime returns in "Teen Titans" and Poison Ivy and Catwoman have a heart-to-heart in "Gotham City Sirens!"
At the DC Comics booth at Comic-Conl, fans can test out Rocksteady Games' "Batman: Arkham City." CBR News tried their hand, and here are the results.
Making today a Batman Monday, DC Comics has released solicitation information and cover for October's Bat-titles including the second issues of "Batman and Robin," "Detective Comics" and more.
"Cowboys & Aliens" director interviews Steven Spielberg! Kevin Feige talks "Captain America!" Warner Bros believes in "Undying Love." Also, new Tintin photo, S.H.I.E.L.D. at Comic-Con, and more.
Eliza Dushku reprises her "Batman: Year One" role as Catwoman in the direct to DVD film's accompanying short written by Paul DIni. SPINOFF has details.
Warner Bros. Interactive and DC Entertainment have released more than 10 minutes of gameplay video from "Batman: Arkham City" featuring Catwoman! Watch the video now to get a real taste for all the action!
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The Freedom Center continues to celebrate its 10th anniversary this weekend.
The center turned 10 on Saturday, and to mark the occasion, events were planned all week.
On Saturday night they held the International Freedom Conductor Awards at the Duke Energy Center.
There will be a ceremony honoring former Polish President Lech Walesa and former South Africa President Nelson Mandela.
Luvuyo Mandela will accept the award on behalf of his great grandfather.
"To be invited to come to Cincinnati be present at the Freedom Center is a great honor on our part," Luvuyo Mandela said.
Organizers said they expect 1,000 people to attend Saturday night's sold out awards gala.
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Will Dumping CEO Boost BP Stock? History Says Probably Not
Is business better after a breakup?
With BP ready to dump CEO Tony Hayward to let him spend more time on his yacht after three months of environmental disaster and a $74 billion crater in the company's U.S. market cap, we wondered how other companies have fared after they gave their chiefs the old vaudeville stage yank off.
BP's ADRs are trading 4.9% higher today after news the company plans to toss Hayward out as CEO and send him (literally) to Siberia
A look at other companies that recently have called for corner office bullpen relief shows a new face doesn't always help:
Citigroup, Chuck Prince: Losses from the early stages of the mortgage market meltdown and years of blah financial performance cost Chuck Prince his job in December 2007. Vikram Pandit took over, and promptly ran into the same buzz saws, capped by the small matter of the bank's near failure and the $45 billion lifeline from Uncle Sam. The stock, which traded at nearly $38 apiece just ahead of Prince's dismissal, is now at about $4, up from $1 in the crater of early last year. Of course, shortly after Prince's departure, Citigroup was buffeted by a near total collapse of the mortgage and credit markets that was beyond the control of any one CEO. The stock has also been under pressure by the huge stake that Citigroup's other boss– the U.S. government — still owns.
General Motors, Frederick "Fritz" Henderson: After the U.S. government forced a quickie bankruptcy, pushed out Henderson and helped pour more than $50 billion worth of debt and equity into the troubled car company, GM has made progress under outsider CEO Edward Whitacre Jr. GM has started getting attention for its cars instead of for its financial mismanagement, and the company appears on track for an IPO that would help it repay the U.S. taxpayer. One worry: GM's recent deal for subprime auto lender AmeriCredit Corp. may mean the car maker is running before it can relearn to walk.
Bank of America, Kenneth Lewis: The long time CEO resigned under pressure after the bank's controversial takeover of Merrill Lynch. Bank of America shares are down about 18% from when Mr. Lewis announced he would step aside, and BofA's successor CEO spooked investors earlier this month by saying new financial regulations could cost the bank more than $10 billion by the end of 2011.
Motorola, Edward Zander: Before pushing aside its CEO in late 2007, Motorola was a troubled mobile phone company without a hit phone and a languishing stock price. More than two years later with a pair of CEO replacements, Motorola is a troubled mobile phone company with a couple of fairly popular – but unprofitable - phones and a languishing stock price.


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Posted by Jane Janeczko on December 12, 2013
I really have a love/hate relationship with shopping. I absolutely love hanging out at the mall and scrounging the clearance racks for great deals, but on the flipside, when you are a plus-size shopper, it can be rough finding cute, affordable clothing options at your local stores.
That does not mean that plus-size shoppers should or can only shop online, it just makes it that much harder for plus-size women to have the same fruitful, enjoyable shopping experience as straight-size women.
Speaking as someone who has relatively few friends who are in the US size 16 range and above, it can be a little disheartening to go shopping with people who can essentially walk into any store they want and buy an outfit off of a mannequin (and I don't mean the amazing mannequins at Debenhams).
In honor of that struggle, I have made a list of my top six shopping tips to help you shop with your straight-size friends at stores that might not stock your sizes.


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Determine if the equation is a differential equation.
f (2)(x) + f (x) = 7x
x2 + f 2(x) = 0
No, because f 2(x) means the square of f, not the second derivative of f.
x2 + y2 = 4xy
No, because there are no derivatives in this equation.
y + y2 + y3 = x
y' + 2y'' = 3 – x
Determine the order of the differential equation.
This differential equation has order 2:
y" + y' – y = 0
The highest derivative we have is a second order one, so the order is two.
f '(x) = x2 + 3x + 5
This differential equation has order 1:
f (x) – f 3(x) + f (2) = 7x
f (x) - f 3(x) + f (2) = 7x
The order is 2.
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AUGUSTA, Ga.---Officers in Richmond, Columbia, and Aiken counties are still searching for a man they say robbed eight convenience stores over the last two weeks, and tried to rob a bank today.
Investigators say this suspect was responsible for an attempted robbery at the Regions bank at 1219 Augusta West Parkway. That's just off Wheeler Road near Hillcreek Drive.
A man demanded money from a teller shortly after 10 o'clock this morning, but didn't get away with any.
The suspect is described as a white male, approximately 25 years old, 5'10" tall and 185 pounds, with brown hair. He was wearing a black ball cap and a white polo shirt.
Agent Ed Reinhold with the FBI says the suspect is the same man wanted in seven other robberies around the CSRA.
"I don't think he's doing it to be malicious," Reinhold said. "I think he needs the money."
The sheriff's office is following leads and looking at the suspect's patterns. In some cases he's been armed. During the Regions bank robbery, he was not. Officers have no definite getaway vehicle description.
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SMTH - Last Straw f. Capital STEEZ (Video)
Rest in peace, STEEZ.
Rest in peace, STEEZ.
KarmaloopTV and L-R-G honor the one year anniversary since the death of the Pro Era MC.
One Take Steelo. RIP Capital STEEZ.
Capital STEEZ would have been 20 today. In honor of his 20th birthday, Pro Era member Joey Bada$$ drops the first offering off STEEZ's upcoming posthumous project, King Capital. PREVIOUS: Capital STEEZ Freestyles On JonJohnTV (Video)
Directed by Jonah Schwartz. The Statik Selektah produced intro off Pro Era's PeeP the aPROcalypse gets some matching visuals. R.I.P. Capital STEEZ. Capitalizing the name "Capital STEEZ" is now as good as remembering any credible historic leader leading a militant army of troops. "Like Water" is the visual stepping stone to what STEEZ lead for
JonJohnTV resurrect the previously unreleased clip of a freestyle from the late Pro Era MC Capital STEEZ. R.I.P. PREVIOUS: Capital STEEZ – Apex (Video)
Joey hit Twitter earlier today to announce the title to his new project, B4da$$ (which is not a mixtape), slated to drop this Fall. On top of that announcement, he also made public that the late Pro-Era member Capital STEEZ will drop a posthumous project, King Capital this Summer. Nice. My new project "B4.DA.$$." is
Click for uncensored artwork. #ProEraWeek continues with a previously unreleased cut featuring the late Capital STEEZ. And incase you missed Joey Bada$$ and Chance the Rapper's collaboration, grab it here.
As it appeared on his AmeriKKKan Corruption mixtape, Pro Era let loose of an unreleased visual from their late brethren CAPITAL Steez with a few words for the late rapper: "As my bro Steez would have said, Valentines day is Amerikkkan Korruption. Love is free. So instead of buying something, share the video with someone
Shot by Slick Jackson BarrelhouseBKLYN presents The Vintage Collection, a treasure chest full of unreleased footage from the archives that BHBK's Slick Jackson has filmed over the years. Here we have Joey Bada$$, Capital Steez & CJ Fly doing an impromptu freestyle in December 2011 before Joey dropped his critically acclaimed 1999 mixtape. RIP Capital
By now many of you have heard about the unfortunate passing of a talented young man, Pro Era member Capital Steez. The Brooklyn native allegedly took his own life the night before Christmas Eve and his passing sent shockwaves through the hip hop industry as he seemed to be on the track to a bright
During ShowOff Radio on Shade45 tonight, Statik Selektah and Sammy Needlz dedicated 20+ minutes to Pro Era's lost gem, Capital STEEZ.


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The four-year curriculum in Psychiatry at Wright State University is designed to fulfill appropriate educational goals for each phase of training, making maximum use of the available physical, human, and clinical resources.
The goal of the first year of training is to solidify the identity of the resident as a psychiatric physician. A firm grounding in medicine and neurology is integrated with early exposure to clinical psychiatry. The R-I resident attains familiarity with psychiatric diagnosis and therapeutics, and emerges prepared to continue with specialty training. It is made up of 13 four-week blocks.
The R-I curriculum consists of:
- Four blocks of Primary Care
- Two blocks of Neurology
- Four blocks of Inpatient Psychiatry
- One block of Substance Abuse
- One block of Emergency Psychiatry
- One block of Child Psychiatry
See: Sample R1 Didatctics (PDF)
The second year of training marks the entry into full-time psychiatric education. Goals of the experience are to learn the fundamentals of diagnosis and therapeutics in hospitalized patients and to become familiar with the continuum of care for psychiatric patients. It is made up of 13 four-week blocks.
Clinical rotations of R-II constitute hospital-based services, including:
- Five to six blocks of Consultation Liaison Psychiatry
- Four to five blocks of Inpatient Psychiatry
- One block of Geriatric Psychiatry
- One Block of Interventional Psychiatry
At the beginning of the second year, residents begin to see patients in individual psychotherapy. Our residents have the unusual opportunity to follow some patients through as much as three years of intensive psychotherapy.
See: Sample R2 Didactics (PDF)
The R-III year is primarily devoted to learning outpatient psychiatry. The goals are to attain skill in various modalities of psychotherapy and outpatient pharmacotherapy, to become competent in the assessment and diagnosis of emotional disorders in children and adolescents, and to achieve proficiency in the care of individuals with severe and persistent mental disorders.
Most of the third year curriculum is devoted to treatment of patients in the outpatient clinics and in the residents' offices. Training is provided in psychodynamic individual psychotherapy, brief and focal therapies, cognitive therapy, marital and family therapy, group psychotherapy, supportive psychotherapy, and psychopharmacologic management of ambulatory patients. Residents receive longitudinal exposure to patients with chronic mental disorders, and a year of experience in outpatient child psychiatry.
See: Sample R3 Didactics (PDF)
By the final year of the general psychiatry program, the resident has become a reliable therapist of many types of patients in varied settings. The goals of this year of training are to assimilate specialty skills and to pursue elective opportunities.
Each R-IV resident may serve three months as a Senior Resident Instructor, leading a clinical care team of junior residents and medical students. A rotation in Forensic Psychiatry and an experience in Administrative Psychiatry are provided to all R-IV residents.
Elective opportunities change from year to year; representative electives include:
- Advanced consultation-liaison
- Advanced child psychiatry
- Community psychiatry
- Geriatric psychiatry
- Marital and sex therapy
- Pain management
- Research
- Sleep disorders
See: Sample R4 Didactics (PDF)
The community-based structure of the Department of Psychiatry allows residents to draw on the talents of an unusually large faculty. The central department faculty are full-time educators who function as the core of the training program, maintaining the focus of the educational philosophy. Each training site has faculty members with the designated task of teaching residents. Dozens of community psychiatrists eagerly donate their time for supervision of residents' psychotherapy cases, and for elective rotations. The generous didactic schedule and conference series augments the on-site and off-site supervisory hours to provide a high ratio of teaching to clinical work.
The faculty of award-winning teachers possesses a particular degree of expertise in the practice and teaching of psychotherapy. The time honored perspective of depth exploration of the minds and lives of our patients is applied in the context of a medical philosophy suitable for the twenty-first century.
It is a policy of the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine that residents and medical students rotate together. The Department of Psychiatry wholeheartedly endorses this policy. Teaching is viewed as an integral part of the psychiatrist's job, and the training of medical students enhances the resident's learning.


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Well, we all knew this one was coming — but tonight it was made official on GTTV. SuperBot Entertainment is developing the game. It's a 2.5D fighting game (think Super Smash Brothers). Here are the confirmed characters: Kratos, Radec (Killzone), Sly, Fat Princess, Sweet Tooth, and Parappa Da Rappa. Oh, and did I mention it looks exactly like Super Smash Brothers?
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ArchBeat Link-o-Rama for 2012-10-12
By Bob Rhubart-Oracle on Oct 12, 2012
- This is your brain on IT architecture. Oracle Technology Network Architect Day in Los Angeles, Oct 25
This is your brain on IT architecture. Stuff your cranium with architecture by attending Oracle Technology Network Architect Day in Los Angeles, October 25, 2012, at the Sofitel Los Angeles, 8555 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048. Technical sessions, panel Q&A, and peer roundtables--plus a free lunch. Register now.
- WebCenter Sites Gadget Development Concepts Quickstart | John Brunswick
What are Gadgets? "At their most basic level they can be thought of as lightweight portlets that run largely on the client side of an architecture," says John Brunswick. "Gadgets provide a cross-platform container to run reusable UI modules that generally expose dynamic information to an end user, allowing for some level of end user customization."
- ORCLville: OOW 2012 - A Not So Brief Recap
Oracle ACE Director Floyd Teter, an Applications & Apps Technology specialists, shares his personal, frank, and and extensive recap or Oracle OpenWorld 2012.
- Fusion Applications Technical Tips | Naveen Nahata
"Setting memory parameters for Admin and Managed servers of various domains in Fusion Applications can be, let us say, a little daunting," says Oracle Fusion Middleware A-Team member Naveen Nahata. "While all this may look complicated and intimidating, it is actually relatively simple once you understand how it all works."
- Following the Thread in OSB | Antony Reynolds
Antony Reynolds recently led an Oracle Service Bus POC in which his team needed to get high throughput from an OSB pipeline. "Imagine our surprise when, on stressing the system, we saw it lock up, with large numbers of blocked threads." He shares the details of the problem and the solution in this extensive technical post.
- ExaLogic Hackers Night - November 19th Nürnberg Germany | WebLogic Partner Community EMEA
Want to get your hands on Oracle Exalogic? Make your way to Nürnberg, Germany for this Exalogic Hacker's Night on November 19, 2012. Experts will be on hand to help you test your ideas. (The blog post is in English, but the event registration page is in German.)
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"A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds…"
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The U.K. under water
A semi-submerged car is seen in urban landscape taken in the flooded Somerset village of Moorland February 16, 2014. British ministers will meet representatives of the insurance industry on Tuesday, February 18, who will brief them on their progress in dealing with victims of winter floods across southern England. Some areas of England have been under water for more than a month after the wettest January on record, leaving homeowners displaced and crops ruined. Storms have even washed away key railway lines along the coast. Analysts at Deloitte have estimated the bill for repairs could reach 1 billion pounds ($1.67 billion) if heavy rains continue into the spring.
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Keenan Norris, the young writer whose first novel "Brother and the Dancer" is stirring some talk of a "brilliant new voice" in fiction, has set his sights fairly high with his own reading list. Shortly after finishing an early work of Cormac McCarthy's, "Suttree," a semi-autobiographical novel published in 1979, he turned his attention to the 2013 Pulitzer Prize winner in biography. "The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo" (Crown Publishers, $27, 414 pages) by Tom Reiss, is the account of the real-life adventures of Gen. Alex Dumas, the son of an aristocratic father and a black slave mother who became a revered and feared military commander -- and a rival of Napoleon's -- in late 18th-century France. His own son Alexandre, who was but 4 when he died, used his father's exploits as inspiration for both "The Count of Monte Cristo" and "The Three Musketeers."
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Microsoft Hardware Chief Julie Larson-Green to Take New Job
Julie Larson-Green, a Microsoftveteran who most recently led the company's hardware business, is moving to a new role at the company after she was effectively demoted.
Larson-Green said in an internal email Monday that she will become the Chief Experience Officer, a new position where she will be responsible for making Microsoft web services and software look good and work well on different kinds of computing devices.
"As hard as it is for me to leave Devices & Studios, I'm thrilled about this opportunity," Larson-Green wrote in the email to Microsoft employees, which was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.
In her prior posts, Larson-Green, an engineer and a 20-year Microsoft employee, was responsible for much of the look and feel of Office and Windows, two of the company's cash cows.
As part of a sweeping Microsoft reorganization last summer, Larson-Green was put in charge of Microsoft's computing-hardware operation, which includes the Xbox videogame machine and in-house videogame studio, as well as the Surface tablet-style computer.
Less than two months later, Microsoft agreed to buy Nokia's mobile-device business, and said Nokia's then-CEO, Stephen Elop, would lead Microsoft's expanded hardware business. Larson-Green was slated to report to Elop instead of to Microsoft's CEO, to whom she had reported directly. People who have spoken to Larson-Green said she was disappointed about the change in her role.
A spokesman for Microsoft declined to make Larson-Green available for an interview.
The new post shows how Microsoft and new CEO Satya Nadella will have to grapple with changes large and small following its absorption of the Nokia business and its 32,000 employees.
In her email, Larson-Green said she will continue leading Microsoft's hardware business until Microsoft closes its Nokia deal, which is expected in coming weeks. Larson-Green said she will work for Qi Lu, head of the applications and services engineering group responsible for software such as Microsoft Office and Bing.
Here's the full text of Larson-Green's email:
As you will read in the notes below from Qi and Satya, I've accepted a new challenge, leading the My Life & Work team in ASG and serving as the Chief Experience Officer (CXO). As hard as it is for me to leave Devices & Studios, I'm thrilled about this opportunity. In working with company leaders this year to establish our One Microsoft vision and plan, I thought about ways I could have impact on helping Microsoft prepare for the future and innovate. My discussions with Satya and Qi made clear this is a critical space to drive new thinking and an essential way to help the shape the company's direction. I'm looking forward to developing the Digital Life & Digital Work Experience Substrate that powers modern digital experiences regardless of device, as well as working across ASG to strengthen customer experiences.
I want to thank each and every one of you for welcoming me and supporting me as the leader of Devices & Studios over the past 7 months. I'm very proud of what we have accomplished during such a short timeframe. We launched Xbox One, Surface 2 & Pro 2, blockbuster games like Forza and Ryse, a brand new Xbox Music and Video service, PPI, and some amazing unannounced innovations just to name a few – incredibly impressive!
Our opportunity to grow as a world-class devices and experiences company is greater than ever, and I have every belief that as One Microsoft we're on the right path. The addition of Nokia Devices & Services into the DnS family will add tremendous scale, talent and opportunity for our future.
I'll remain in role leading the DnS organization in the interim until the Nokia deal closes and Stephen Elop makes his transition to Microsoft. We've been meeting regularly throughout and are making a lot of progress, ensuring our teams are ready for the Day 1 close and beyond.
You are all in great hands with Stephen and already we've shared a lot with him and his LT from Nokia regarding all of the fantastic people, teams and products in DnS. I also know many of you are looking forward to welcoming the Nokia team and working more closely with them.
As I look to the future, I'm reminded of a favorite Chinese proverb: "To get through the hardest journey we need take only one step at a time, but we must keep on stepping."
I encourage you all to stay focused on the journey and opportunities ahead, and know that I'll be there in step with you as we launch the next chapter of Microsoft.
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This was the second time I've seen them (Phish) and they didn't dissapoint at all. Great start to the show with AC/DC Bag and a fantastic Psycho Killer. Excellent Jesus Left Chicago and it got better as the night went on. It was one of those nights where the groove was there and the crowd was into it and Phish responded. Great Theme From the Bottom, Tube, Tube Jam and a great finish with Slave to the Traffic Light to end set one. Love the start of set two also. Timber is one of my favorites. Wolfman was a bit of a let down for me only cause it doesn't do much for me. Not one of my favorites at all but the crowd really enjoyed it. Boogie on Reggae Woman really got the crowd going then along with a great Reba, Guyute, Possum finish. They ended the night with a excellent A Day in the Life. I can see why this show is rated one of the best


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"We have the SET Program which stands for Sports Enhancement Training," said Karen Beck, administrator for Health Facilities Rehab Services' outpatient center in Sikeston.
SET programs are twice per week for children ages 8-12 and three or four times per week for children who are 12 and up.
Health Facilities Rehab Services began the program in November. Each individual, pair or group start their own six-week program when they sign up.
Health Facilities Rehab Services' athletic trainers, Kent Schott and Scott Nichols, begin by testing the athletes for speed, agility, horizontal and vertical jump, body fat, flexibility and "two or three different agility tests" to determine where they are.
At the end of the six-week program, they are tested again "to see what our gains were," Schott said.
Power training accounts for the extra two days for the older youths, something younger athletes aren't ready for yet. "Their growth plates aren't established yet so we don't do any power training, heavy lifting with them," Schott said. He recommended the four-day schedule for those 12 and over, however, so enough time can be devoted to developing speed and agility.
"Are you ready for the challenge?" is the slogan for ReStart's athletic training programs including their new off-season conditioning programs, according to Sharon Urhahn, director of marketing for Missouri Delta Medical Center.
Since June 7, girls ages 13-17 are training from 10 a.m. until noon at the Regal Health Club three days per week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at four different stations: spinning, weight lifting, plyometrics and core strengthening.
"It lasts two hours," said Heather Vogler, athletic trainer for ReStart. "It's a half-hour each at each station."
Adopted from Cincinnati Sportsmetrics, the course lasts for six weeks. A four-week course is scheduled to start July 19 at the Charleston ReStart. Classes for the Charleston course will be from 1:30 until 3 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
"The focus of this program is to increase vertical jump, increase strength and to decrease spine and knee injuries," Vogler said.
She explained female knees have a higher incidence of knee ligament tears "just because of female body mechanics."
Vogler said ReStart's program for girls is focused on correct technique for jumping and landing.
While gains won't be measured until the end of the course, "the quality of their jumps has already increased greatly," said Kylie Wibbenmeyer, ReStart's wellness coordinator.
An off-season conditioning program for athletic boys ages 12-17 is also in progress with workouts from 2-3:30 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.
"The boys are doing something just a little bit different," Vogler said. "We're focusing more on speed and agility training."
In addition to weight lifting, the program features plyometrics that are "more detailed," Vogler said, "more advanced."
During the school year, ReStart is looking at putting together a preseason sport-specific program; a maintenance program "so they can keep what they've got during the summer," Wibbenmeyer said; and they are even looking at the possibility of an adult athlete program. Urhahn said that in addition to Vogler and Amy Gordin, ReStart will add a third athletic trainer, Jon Hammontree, in August. "We're really excited."
Schott said they have had some college athletes do a SET Program, but still haven't had any adults yet.
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It started out as just a normal trip to the mall to do a little weekend shopping. But we were low on gas, so that meant we had to pull out the mortgage papers, stop by the credit union, apply for a line of credit ...
OK, so maybe that's a little farfetched, but have you seen the gas prices out there?!? It's almost like you need to mortgage the house just to fill up the car!
So call me an old-timer, but it doesn't seem that long ago that you could fill the tank for 10 bucks or so, and they'd throw in a sheet of Green Stamps, give you some sort of kitchenware and even wash your windshield. Yeah, well those days have gone the way of the dinosaur ... or should I say, the Green Stamps themselves!
"You know," I told my son Kevin the other day, "gas stations used to offer all kinds of different incentives to try to get your business. They used to give away drinking glasses, dishes and silverware with every fill-up."
He just stared at me in disbelief, and then he said, "How old are you, anyway?"
"Hey, wise guy," I replied, "that's how your mother and I were able to get our first set of dinnerware."
He didn't seem to be too impressed.
Anyway, back to the weekend trip to the mall. Natalie and I were rolling down the road looking for a gas station when she spotted a place actually offering an incentive. So we pulled into a station that was charging a mere $4.25 for a gallon of gas, but with a special discount--it was only $4.19 a gallon for customers using cash.
"Oh, great," said Natalie. "You can use cash; it's cheaper."
"We're not going to save that much," I said as I pulled out the debit card. "Anyway, I only have 40 bucks in cash."
Always looking to save a few cents anywhere she can, she said, "That's OK, that should be fine."
So, reluctantly I paid with all the cash in my wallet (there goes my hot dog at the Home Depot snack bar), and we saved ... about 60 cents. Well, not quite. For 40 bucks we only could get 9½ gallons, so we saved 57 cents (wow, that wouldn't have even been enough to pay for the hot dog ... had I had enough cash left to actually buy one).
In fact, we saved about as much as a gallon of gas cost back in the early 1970s. And that was twice as much as we were all paying when I got my first car back around 1965. I think I paid 24.9 cents a gallon when I was filling up as a 16-year-old. In those days, $1 worth of gas would last me a week--even in my gas-guzzling 1956 Oldsmobile. And it was less than five bucks for a fill-up!
Sure, I can remember when gas went up over 30 cents a gallon, and then 40, then 60, and eventually over $1 (yes, Kevin, I am that old!). We all thought it could never get any higher.
Yeah, what did we know?
So, where is it going to go from here? OK, so my salary's a little higher than the $2 an hour I earned in 1970, but gas is exactly 17 times higher than it was 50 years ago when I got my first car. So if it goes up another 17 times in the next 50 years, that will be $72.25 a gallon by the year 2065.
"Hey, Dad," said Kevin, "I don't think you have to worry too much about that. I'm pretty sure you won't be driving when you're 114 years old."
"Thanks for that," I snarled. "I'm just trying to make a point: When will these gas prices stop going up?"
"Yeah, and all of that ranting makes you sound like one of those old guys who sits around saying things like, 'Well, when I was a boy,' " he explained. "You do realize that it's 2014, and that there are no more dinosaurs roaming the streets."
Yeah, and no more Green Stamps, either.


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KIRKUK - Troops on the ground are much more comfortable carrying out their mission with the protection provided by helicopters in the air. Those helicopters would never launch, however, without the skilled hands of the "silent warriors" who keep them in the air.
The crew chiefs in C Troop, 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment work around the clock at Forward Operating Base Warrior to maintain OH-58D Kiowa helicopters and ensure their readiness to provide ground support for their fellow 25th Infantry Division Soldiers.
The stable of Kiowas maintained by C Troop have logged more flight hours than most other cavalry units in Iraq so far, according to Capt. Tim McGrew, troop commander.
"I call them the silent warriors because without their hard work we wouldn't be able to do what we do," McGrew said.
The crew chiefs conduct daily maintenance based on a Kiowa's number of flight hours, regularly scheduled inspections and repairs to normal wear and tear the helicopters undergo while conducting missions in Iraq.
"We work on the helicopters, fix them and get them back up in the air to cover the ground guys and support them," said Spc. Warren Buchanan, crew chief.
There are maintenance crews on duty 24 hours a day rotating among three shifts. Their responsibilities are divided between preparing the Kiowas to launch, launching them and then conducting maintenance when the helicopters return.
Keeping the Kiowas in the air is critical as they are the most flexible asset the brigade has on the battlefield, said McGrew. They enable pilots to conduct reconnaissance missions and locate improvised explosive devices that may not have been seen from the ground.
From the air, 2-6 pilots are also able to make positive identification on the enemy and maintain contact with them.
"Our helicopters have the capabilities of flying over the enemy," Buchanan said. "The guys on the ground can be informed of what their dealing with in their area."
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By: John Crane, swing trading guru
Projected swing trade dates are very specific and can be very precise in determining major turning points in the futures market. So far I have only used the swing trade dates to identify the most probable end of the move. Therefore, it would stand to reason that a Reversal date might also identify the beginning of a price move in the opposite direction. Usually, it is not advisable to for a trader to try to buy or sell before the trend change has been confirmed. It has always been tempting to try to pick the top or bottom of a major futures market timing move, but the risks are very high.
Once again, the swing trade date Indicator provides a "Market timing Tell" that can go a long way towards confirming a major high or low and provide a confirming price pattern at the major turning point. For this to happen, the specific criteria for the three major components of the swing trade date Indicator must come together. The key to the pattern is the "trail day"; the trail day is the date or price bar immediately following the swing trade date and it can be a very powerful directional indicator. The direction in which the futures market closes on the trail day is usually the direction of the next price move. In other words, if the trail day closes higher than the opening price, the futures market timing will usually continue to trade higher over the next few days. If the futures market closes lower than the opening price, the futures market timing will tend to trade lower. This falls right in line with the overall concept of the Time, Price and Pattern. The swing trade date suggests the Time is correct for a reaction in the futures market timing and the new high or low puts the futures market timing at the right Price level. The only thing left is the Pattern confirmation. Like everything else, the trail day must meet specific criteria for it to be a valid trail day confirming pattern. The rules are as follows for a major high.
1-The trail day must trade above the high of the reversal day and close lower than the opening price.
2-If the first criterion is met, a sell stop is placed underneath the low of the trail day. If the sell stop is filled the following day, a protective stop should be placed above the high of the trail day. From this point on, the individual trader can determine the degree of risk management they prefer.
3-If the trail day is an inside day (the entire trading range is inside the previous day's trading range), the following day must trade lower and not trade above the high of the trail day. The protective stop is treated the same.
4-All rules are reversed for a trail signal at a major low.
The swing trade date and confirming trail day combination is a leading indicator that uses the futures market timing action to identify a major turning point and trend shift. This allows me to enter the futures market at the beginning of a new trend and take advantage of the initial price thrust. Another advantage offered by a leading indicator is a specific stop placement. If the swing trade date has just confirmed a major high the protective stop is placed above the trail day high. A true reversal will not re-test a new high; therefore it will remain below the previous high. If the signal is going to fail, it will do so very quickly.
Let's look at the trail day signals that occurred after the swing trade dates in some of the futures markets we have already reviewed.
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KOLOA, Hawaii Searchers in Kauai haven't found any sign of a 67-year-old California man who went missing reportedly after going for a swim.
Crews have searched the waters for Charles Slezak of Canoga Park for two days but it wasn't immediately clear whether the search would resume on Thursday.
Slezak was reported missing Tuesday morning and was last seen wearing black and white shorts, a blue collared shirt and carrying pink swim fins.
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Some may question how the city can absorb such drastic cuts, laying off 57 police officers and 47 firefighters. According to Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero, there's no doubt the need is there:
"Police and fire protection and maintenance of our roads are paramount. Yet, these are services most at risk in the year ahead because we literally have nowhere else to turn."
News Ten looked at other cities in Michigan, compared to Lansing to see how they fare with the number of uniformed police officers per thousand people. Grand Rapids, the second largest police department in the state has 1.6 officers. Flint, with a population close to Lansing's has 1.3 officers, Ann Arbor has 1.4 and Macomb County's Sterling Heights has 1.2. As it stands now, Lansing has 1.8 officers per thousand people. When you factor in the proposed 57 cuts, that number drops down to 1.4. So, the reality of the data is, right now, the department is operating with more than larger cities.*
Sources we talked to say there are a lot of variables to take into account when you look into which officers you cut and which you keep. There's call volume, crime rate, response time, coverage area. And something that makes Lansing unique is that the city's population swells Monday through Friday because of the state government jobs.
Lansing Police Chief Teresa Szymanski says while Lansing could deal with the cuts, the community-oriented focus, would be gone.
"We would lose officers in uniform patrol, we would lose detectives assigned to the investigations bureau, we stand to lose our motorcycle unit, which is our traffic unit, community police officers, neighborhood watch officers, school resource officers and narcotics investigations," said Chief Szymanski. "If I have to decide whether to send a police officer on a 9-1-1 call or have an officer to stay in the schools, I have to choose to have the officer answer the 9-1-1 calls. They are very difficult choices."
Mayor Bernero has urged the city to consider passing the 4-mill property tax increase to save public safety and reinstate at least half of the staff that would be cut.
"We've already made all the easy cuts and many of the hard ones, " said Mayor Bernero. "But the hardest of all will happen in this budget if the millage is not approved and we lose fully half of our state shared revenue."
These are tough cuts that the citizens of Lansing need to decide if they can live without.
*The data is derived from the current number of uniformed officers, out of the total population, multiplied by 1,000. Initial reports from Lansing, indicated the number of uniformed officers was 250. That number is actually 219. That changed our data and our initial reports to 1.4 (with cuts) from 1.8.


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There is some type of drilling going on in Flowery Branch on Atlanta Highway, which has some high-tech, high-pressure equipment and the police monitoring it 24/7. What is going on there?
If you've been wondering about something in your community, Ask The Times is your place to get answers. The following questions were submitted by readers and answered through the efforts of our news staff.
What was the prison detail outside the Hall County courthouse doing? It looked like they were cutting down the trees.
There was a department store called Big G that was here in Gainesville in the 1980s. When did it open and what happened to it?
I've seen a lot of seagulls lately in the Oakwood area around shopping centers. Is that normal?
I have noticed two large tanks at the entrance to the Atlanta Botanical Garden site on Cleveland Highway. Pretty sure they are not building a gas station there, so what are they doing?
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NEW MADRID - The top-ranked New Madrid County Central Eagles added another impressive win to their resume with a 65-53 victory over the Class 3A No. 5 ranked Dexter Bearcats on Thursday at NMCC High School.
The Bearcats kept it close for a half, but the Eagles pulled away in the second half, outscoring Dexter 36-24.
"I was tickled to get the win," said NMCC head coach Joby Holland. "I thought our kids picked the defensive intensity up a little bit. We pushed the ball a little bit better in the second half. We didn't have quite the intensity in the first half but a lot of that was due to the things Dexter did against us. This ought to put us in good shape for the district tournament."
With the win, NMCC (17-3) probably locked up the top seed in the 3A District 1 Tournament at Sikeston. Dexter (17-3) is looking at either a two or three seed in the tournament.
The Bearcats came out in the first quarter looking sharp, taking a 20-14 lead at the end of the period.
NMCC battled back to tie the score by halftime at 29-29.
The Eagles started the second half with five quick points to lead 34-29 and they never trailed after that. The Bearcats got as close as three in the third quarter but couldn't get any closer.
"They hit their shots in the second half and we didn't," said Dexter head coach Eric Sitze. (Chris) Carr had some easy looks right underneath the basket and missed some of those. We didn't hit our 3s as good in the second half. I thought we did what we had to do in this place to win but we just didn't hit the shots. If we hit the shots then it could be a different ending."
The turnover department was even at 17 apiece, but the Bearcats had a slight edge on the boards, 24-23.
"They attacked the game real hard," said Holland. "We didn't match their aggressiveness and intensity on the boards which disappointed me. But a lot of that was due to Dexter being in the right place and doing the right things."
NMCC continued to extend the lead in the fourth quarter, leading by as much as 17 in the final frame.
"(The third quarter) was big," said Holland. "We got to playing our game a little bit more. Our halfcourt defense was a little bit better and we played more to our tempo. That was a big key. I thought we were a little timid against their 2-3 (zone in the first half). We passed the ball a little too much instead of attacking it. We just weren't real aggressive in the first half."
NMCC was once again led by senior all-stater Dereke Tipler with a game-high 20 points. Brian Murph and Ronland Ranson both chipped in 10 points.
Tipler scored 10 of his points in the fourth quarter.
"Tipler's always going to come through in the end," said Sitze. "They're not 3A state champions two years in a row for nothing. They've got some great players on that team and if you make mistakes, they're going to capitalize. I thought we did a good job defensively. I didn't think we got back well and stop their transition buckets good enough."
Dexter was led by Chad Gill's 15 points and Kyle Christian's 12. Carr followed up with 10 points.
NMCC will host Scott County Central tonight at 6 p.m. Dexter will host Advance tonight at 6 p.m.
"We have a tough district tournament, Kennett's going to be good and Sikeston's going to be good, so if we do get another chance (NMCC) we're going to have to beat a good team to get there," said Sitze.


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By Picerne Military HousingJuly 19, 2012
FORT GEORGE G. MEADE, Md. (July 19, 2012) -- During the spring and summer, the weather brings a lot of rain and thunderstorms. Oftentimes, this can lead to power outages.
At this time, responsibility for utility management and maintenance on Fort Meade is split between the Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. and the Fort Meade Directorate of Public Works.
Picerne Military Housing, however, is the residents' liaison and service provider for all housing needs including utility service coordination.
All residential power outages should be reported to the appropriate neighborhood office. This will allow staff to determine if the outage is widespread or specific to the home, and coordinate the responsible provider to restore power.
As the installation's privatized partner for utilities, BGE is in the process of upgrading gas and electric lines to all facilities on post. Fort Meade will have dual service providers through the ongoing utility upgrades.
At the completion of the upgrade project, BGE will be responsible for all utilities on Fort Meade.
BGE has privatized utilities in most office areas and is now in the process of privatizing lines for the homes on post. This effort will end with a great result of new underground infrastructure that should help to solve a large portion of the current outage issues experienced on post.
As utilities continue to privatize in the neighborhoods, responsibility for utility services will transfer to BGE. As such, it is important for residents to report power outages to their neighborhood staff as they have the most current information to coordinate restoration efforts with the appropriate provider.
Picerne will make every effort to make sure that residents receive the most updated and accurate information on the status of outages and repairs.
In the event a neighborhood office loses power, the phone system also may be affected.
If the office cannot be reached, residents should call the following toll-free numbers to report outages and maintenance emergencies. Calls to the toll-free number will directly connect residents to the emergency on-call service.
Heritage Park and Normandy Bluffs
* Heritage Park: 1-866-860-2403
* Normandy Bluffs: 1-866-866-3709
* Office: 410-672-2000
Midway Common
* Level One: 1-866-524-2404
* Office: 410-672-2301
Meuse Forest
* Level One: 1-866-861-1935
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Financial Industry Survey: 16% Would Commit Insider Trading
Newsflash: Those working inside the financial world can be cynical and willing to commit crimes if they won't get caught.
Given the ongoing Libor scandal, the massive insider-trading rings broken up by law enforcement, and the public angst embodied in Occupy Wall Street, one might have expected the moral compass of the financial world to have corrected itself a bit.
But a new survey by law firm Labaton Sucharow LLP, which looks to work with potential whistleblowers to help SEC investigations, found 26% of financial employees in the U.S. and U.K. surveyed had firsthand knowledge of "wrongdoing in the workplace."
Partly explaining that: 24% of those surveyed believed rules "may have to be broken in order to be successful."
But perhaps most damaging to the industry that has been walloped by allegations, 16% of those surveyed said they would engage in insider trading if they could make $10 million and not get caught. Only 55% said they "definitely" would not, leaving the remaining 29% apparently on the fence about committing crimes.
Though in some slightly encouraging results, 94% of those surveyed said they'd be willing to report wrongdoing and 86% said they are putting their clients first. (Greg Smith and his Muppett allegations aside.)
Labaton Sucharow is hoping it can help get those willing to point out wrongdoing with a new tool on its website that allows financial employees to find out if they are eligible for whistleblower payments and understand their rights.
After all, if bonuses and compensation can be a potential incentive to commit crimes, as the survey also said, a bonus payment could also be potential incentive to report crimes.


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