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Elkins residents asked to move vehicles for street sweeper
April 30, 2013
The season for spring cleaning has arrived, and the streets of Elkins are no exception....
I clean my sidewalks, house etc. However, the street sweeper should be optional. If I forget one week I shouldn't be dunned for doing so. And If I want the street cleaned, I can hose it down myself.
All the sweeper does is push stuff around. Officer White' comment about being "more sanitary" is a joke.
WVResident is picking strawman arguments.
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It's hard to believe that some people really do not want the streets sweeped - do you sweep your house, porch, sidewalks? Being too lazy to move your vehicle for the street sweeper is like being too lazy to lift your feet when your mother comes by with the vacuum cleaner.
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Suggesting a city wide boycott of the street sweeper. If no one moves their vehicle will the city really ticket everyone? What a waste of city money.
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Isn't it ironic that the Police Dept. who exists to "protect and serve" are actually putting some children in harms' way with this program. The people who don't have driveways are forced to park on the sidewalks whereby forcing school aged children to walk in the streets on their way to the bus stop and/or to school.
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Really hard for the street sweeper to pick up blades of grass??? Or it just doesn't want to? Come on Mister Street Sweeper, a little passive aggressive after the long and lonely winter? My $12 dollar Dust Buster will come and help.
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Since picking up the game of football at the age of 6, Chris Godwin always has been bigger than the other players.
Physically, at first.
"In youth league, I was always at the higher part of the weight limit, so I usually played on the line, tackle, guard and what not. I was the biggest and fastest player on the team. It was kind of weird," Godwin said. "I didn't even play receiver until high school."
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The other kids eventually caught up to Godwin in height and weight, but he's still a giant presence on the football field: Last year he was first-team all-state at three positions and was named Gatorade Player of the Year for Delaware as junior after leading Middletown High School to a 12-0 record.
Although it looked like Penn State might not have room for Godwin in its NCAA-restricted 2014 recruiting class after landing wideouts Troy Apke and De'Andre Thompkins in the last couple of weeks, the Nittany Lions found the big-time talent from the small state too good to pass up. The 6-foot-2, 198-pound Godwin called Lion coach Bill O'Brien to give his verbal commitment mid-Tuesday night and become the sixth recruit in a group expected to eventually wind up at 12 or 13.
"If you watch Chris Godwin on film, you really like him. If you talk to him, you love him. If you sit down with him, you offer him [a scholarship]," said Middletown coach Mark DelPercio, who's had numerous Division I players come through his program but called Godwin the best player he's ever coached. "When it comes to Chris Godwin, you look at it and go, 'Even though we don't need another receiver, this is a kid we want in our program.'"
Godwin was closing in on his 20th scholarship offer when he committed. His other top schools were Ohio State, Rutgers, South Carolina, USC and Virginia Tech - he'd been offered by and visited all of those but Southern Cal.
"The main thing is I realized [Penn State] was a great fit for me," Godwin said of his decision and its timing. "I feel very comfortable with everyone at Penn State, from the head coach to the strength and conditioning coach and training staff. It's a very good situation for me as far as the quarterback situation and the offense that they run."
Godwin is coming off a season in which he caught 42 passes for 834 yards and 12 touchdowns, rushed for another 427 yards and five TDs and took four of 10 kickoff returns the distance.
Only one of Middletown's wins was by fewer than 26 points. Godwin's Cavaliers beat Salesianum and fellow Nittany Lions recruit Troy Reeder twice.
"I've seen way too much of him. I'd hope he graduated. That was the biggest challenging [to defending Godwin]," Salesianum coach Bill DiNardo joked. "He might be the best all-around football player I've seen in all my years of coaching. He's strong, fast, big. I've seen him play for three years. If that ball is thrown in his area, he's getting it. He's coming down with it every time. Not four out of five times. Not nine out of 10. Every time. He can turn a 5-yard pass into a 95-yard touchdown."
"How many kids do you see who play split end and linebacker? He hits like a truck. And you're dumb if you kick it to him."
Godwin has run a laser-timed 4.48 in the 40, but his ability to be open even when he's well-covered sets him apart, much like is the case with his favorite player, Calvin Johnson.
"I feel like I have pretty good body control and I attack the ball in the air pretty well," Godwin said, "but the thing I like the best is making big catches, and I like scoring touchdowns."
Godwin moved up to the Cavaliers varsity as a freshman and has been a key part of back-to-back Middletown state championship teams. Football has always been his sport. He said it was pretty overwhelming, though, when he began to get noticed by bigger colleges.
"I always thought I was pretty good at football, but, honestly, the first I started to realize I might be able to play college football was my sophomore years when colleges started coming around," Godwin said. "When the bigger schools started coming around, I was surprised. I was ecstatic. I felt really blessed."
Recruited by Ron Vanderlinden, Godwin has been told he'll be an outside receiver by Penn State assistant Stan Hixon. He said the timing of his commitment wasn't affected by those of Apke and Thompkins - Penn State has in the neighborhood of six or seven scholarships left to give out, one for an offensive lineman and the rest on defense by most estimates.
"I just felt it was the right time for me, and I'm really comfortable with my decision," Godwin said. "It's what I feel is the best for me."


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Even as regulatory agencies express abundant caution, adult stem cell therapies are moving steadily toward the clinic and through development for multiple applications. Investors have become more sophisticated about distinguishing between adult stem cell therapies and embryonic stem cell therapies as well as the potential risks, complications, and costs involved in each.
Osiris is a contender to be the first to obtain positive Phase III results for an adult stem cell product. In May the company restarted patient enrollment into a late-stage trial evaluating Prochymal in patients with treatment-resistant Crohn disease; the trial was stopped in March 2009 due to concerns that there was a flaw in the trial design. In February, though, Osiris reported that it showed potential when used as a rescue therapy in children suffering from severe treatment-resistant graft vs. host disease (GvHD). The product is also in Phase II trials in heart attack, type 1 diabetes, and COPD patients.
The development path for Prochymal, derived from mesenchymal stem cells, has not been easy. This will not come as a surprise since most new complex technologies face similar hurdles. The therapy previously failed in late-stage trials in steroid-resistant GvHD and acute GvHD. Osiris thus has a close eye on meeting all its clinical endpoints in the Crohn disease trial to stand the best possible chance of being the first to enter the market with an adult stem cell-based therapy.
TCA Cellular Therapy has six stem cell-based clinical trials including a Phase III study in limb ischemia. The company hopes to gain FDA approval for the condition in 2012. In January the FDA approved the protocol for a Phase I trial in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). "We only need to enroll six ALS patients but need to wait two weeks between each intrathecal transfusion of the cell preparation," Janet Jones, Ph.D., COO of TCA, told GEN. "We think we will have preliminary results within the next six months."
TCA's stem cell therapy uses one or both of two types of bone-marrow derived adult stem cells. For central nervous system (CNS) indications, mesenchymal cells obtained from the patient's bone marrow are separated, purified, tested, and then expanded in vitro to several million cells. For cardiac and vascular conditions mesenchymal cells are mixed with the patient's mononuclear cells obtained from a bone marrow aspiration. Results reported in May from a Phase I study treating patients after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) suggested that development of new capillaries could be a leading event involved in the improvement observed in patients six months post treatment.
Athersys is also taking on AMI with Multistem, which is obtained from adult bone marrow or other nonembryonic tissue sources. In February Athersys completed patient enrollment in a Phase I trial. Results are expected mid-year upon completion of a four-month patient follow-up period and analysis of results. Athersys reports that it also received clearance to initiate a clinical trial in patients who have suffered an ischemic stroke. Multistem, which is an allogeneic stem cell-based product, is also being studied as an oncology treatment support as well as in a range of conditions involving immune system function.
StemCells is trying to tackle CNS disorders with neural stem cells. It uses a library of mAbs against cell surface antigens to identify, purify, and characterize the stem cells of interest, which are then sorted and tested in vitro or in vivo. Purified populations of stem cells are then expanded, banked, and retested in vivo.
The company says that its lead candidate, HuCNS-SC, can adapt in host brain environments and behave like host neural cells, dividing, migrating, and differentiating. And because cells are normal, genetically unmodified, and highly purified human CNS stem cells, they may prove safer and more effective than unpurified mixtures of cell types, it adds.
In November 2009, StemCells begun a Phase I study in Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, a myelination disorder that primarily affects young children. And on April 27, StemCells submitted a protocol to the FDA for initiation of a second clinical trial in neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis, a brain disorder seen in children.
On May 7, Cytori Therapeutics reported results from its clinical trial using adipose tissue-derived stem and regenerative cells (ADRCs), prepared using the company's Celution device. The cells were tested in 27 patients with chronic myocardial ischemia. The trial demonstrated a statistically significant improvement in several measures of cardiac function including maximum oxygen consumption and patients' aerobic capacity measured as metabolic equivalents. The treatment also reduced the extent of infarct size in the left ventricle.
ADRCs, also called stromal vascular fraction cells, consist of a heterogeneous or mixed population of cells found in adipose tissue, including adult stem cells, endothelial progenitor cells, leukocytes, endothelial cells, and vascular smooth muscle cells. The Celution device allows relatively easy access to the adipose tissue via liposuction and then separation of these cells without the need for cell culture, Cytori explains.
While stem and progenitor cells usually make up less than 5% of all ADRCs, this is 2,500-fold more than such cells in tissues such as bone marrow (0.002%). Also, the abundance of ADRCs in adipose tissue and the ability to easily collect large amounts of adipose tissue via liposuction at the point of patient care eliminates the need for tissue, says the company.
Cytori says that its technology will be regulated as a device. It plans to file an investigational device exemption (IDE) application by the end of this year to initiate a clinical trial, although the indication has not been decided. An IDE allows a device to be used in a clinical study to collect safety and efficacy data to support a PMA application or a 510K submission to the FDA.
In May the company was notified by the agency that it will be required to conduct a clinical program prior to final approval of the Celution System. Cytori's device is currently marketed in Europe and Asia for reconstructive surgery applications.
Celgene uses human placenta-derived cells obtained through its proprietary processes. It too is investigating therapy-resistant Crohn disease with PDA-001 in Phase I. Celgene CEO, Robert Hariri, told GEN, "We believe that the placenta provides an ideal source of highly diverse stem cells. While we have advanced only one type of cell derived from the placenta, we have recovered several classes of cells with many different phenotypes."
Dr. Hariri further points out that "what is particularly interesting is that the placenta is a foreign tissue accepted by the mother, a foreign tissue that resides in the host without rejection. This is due to specific molecular mechanisms in the placenta that induce a state of tolerance in the mother, unique enzymes in the placenta, and surface markers that prevent T-cell mediated organ rejection."
The company has reportedly developed a highly scalable process for collecting placental cells. Hariri says that the objective is to "pharmaceuticalize" human cells to create a highly consistent product that can be easily delivered by physicians by the same systems that are currently in use.
On April 8, Celgene reported that positive results from a Phase I study. Twelve patients with moderate-to-severe Crohn disease who were unresponsive to at least one prior therapy were given two infusions of PDA-001 one week apart. The study met its primary safety goal and demonstrated encouraging signs of clinical benefit, including clinical remission among four patients out of six in the low dose group, the company said.
The interest in stem cell technology is evident and companies have deals to show for it, Ren Benjamin, a senior biotech analyst from Rodman & Renshaw, pointed out to GEN. For example, Osiris has a collaboration with Genzyme, and together they have a contract with the DoD. The firm also has deals with JCR Pharmaceuticals and Boston Scientific. Athersys has strategic partnerships with Pfizer and Angiotech. Cytori has agreements with GE Healthcare, Green Hospital Supply, and Olympus related to its devices including Celution, StemSource® 900/MB Tissue Processing System, and StemSource® 9000 series Cell Bank.
While setbacks that occur in mid- and late-stage trials certainly serve to temper investor enthusiasm, the fact that more small biotech companies are getting the go-ahead to move these complex therapies into clinical development is a good sign. "Biotechnology moves forward in baby steps, and stem cell technology isn't any different," Benjamin noted. Further clinical investigations will bear out the risks associated with these products and, in turn, fine-tune stem cell technology in general. Issues such as tumorgenicity and immunorejection still need to be worked out and carefully regulated.
Patricia F. Dimond, Ph.D., is a principal at BioInsight Consulting. Email: [email protected].
Patricia F. Dimond, Ph.D., is a principal at BioInsight Consulting. Email: [email protected].
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This weekend's series between The Citadel and College of Charleston won't mark the end of the best baseball rivalry in town.
TALE OF THE TAPEThe Citadel and College of Charleston's 15 years together in the SoCon;Category Citadel CofCOverall 532-393 551-323Pct. .575 .630SoCon 262-172 281-147Pct. .604 .656Regular-season titles 4 4Tournament titles 4 1NCAA bids 4 5NCAA record 2-8 9-10Head-to-head 26-31 31-26BY THE NUMBERS5,419 -- Fans at The Citadel's 8-2 win over C of C in 2003, largest in SoCon Tournament history.8 -- Regular-season SoCon titles since 1999, four for each.5 -- SoCon Tournament titles since 1999, 4 for Citadel.9 -- NCAA Tournament bids since 1999, 5 for C of C.
Both Bulldogs coach Fred Jordan and the Cougars' Monte Lee pledge that the teams will play in the future, after College of Charleston leaves the Southern Conference for the Colonial Athletic Association next year.
"The baseball is too good, and we're too close together not to play," said Jordan, whose Bulldogs host the Cougars starting today at Riley Park.
But the three-game series does mark the final regular season meeting between the schools as SoCon rivals. In 15 years together in the SoCon, since College of Charleston joined in 1999, the programs have combined for eight regular season titles (four each), five tournament championships (four by The Citadel) and nine NCAA tournament appearances (five for the Cougars).
This weekend, the Bulldogs (28-21, 15-9) and Cougars (26-22, 14-9) are scrambling for position in the SoCon tournament, which both teams almost certainly need to win to make the NCAA regionals.
No matter what the future holds, their rivalry won't be quite the same as when the Bulldogs and Cougars were chasing the same trophy and the same precious NCAA bids.
Best game
The Cougars and Bulldogs met four times in the high-stakes atmosphere of the SoCon tournament, but only once with the title on the line.
That was in 2006, when coach John Pawlowski's Cougars won 5-4 before 4,462 fans at Riley Park to claim their only SoCon tournament title (so far).
That Charleston team went on to win an NCAA regional title, falling to a Matt Wieters-led Georgia Tech team in the super regional.
"That's the one that sticks out in my mind," Jordan said. "Brett Gardner made two unbelievable diving catches in the outfield, and they won the tournament. That was part of a pretty good run over there."
That was the third of three straight NCAA appearances for the Cougars.
Big crowds
The 10 largest crowds in SoCon tournament history all involved The Citadel at the Bulldogs' home field, Riley Park. Four of those also included College of Charleston, including a record throng of 5,419 to witness an 8-2 Citadel win in 2003.
The others: No.4 — 4,892 fans saw the first tournament meeting between the teams in 1999, won 4-3 by The Citadel. No. 7 — The Cougars' trophy-clinching win in 2006, before 4,462 fans. No. 10 — The Citadel won, 6-3, before 4,127 in 2000; Furman eliminated both teams on its way to the title.
Good players
Since 1999, the programs have produced 17 SoCon players and pitchers of the year, six for The Citadel and 11 for College of Charleston. Ironically, that list does not include the best major league player produced during that time, former walk-on Brett Gardner — whom the Cougars cut twice — and who now plays centerfield for the Yankees.
An all-Citadel team for the 15-year era: 1B Phil Hartig, 2B Bryan Altman, 3B Chris Ard, SS Matt Matulia, C Richard Jones, OF Nick Orvin, OF Chris Swauger, OF Sonny Meade, DH Chip Cannon, UTIL Dallas McPherson, SP Brian Wiley, SP Wes Wrenn, SP Asher Wojciechowski, SP Jon Ellis, RP Jay Morgan, RP Randy Corn.
An all-CofC team for the 15-year era: 1B Michael Harrington, 2B Chris Campbell, 3B Lee Curtis, SS Oliver Marmol, C Alex Garabedian, OF Brett Gardner, OF Phillip Coker, OF Marty Gantt, DH Matt Leeds, UTIL Joey Bergman, SP Nick Chigges, SP Ryan Johnson, SP Christian Powell, SP Danny Meszaros, RP Brett Harker, RP Josh McLaughlin.
• The Bulldogs plan to start pitchers Austin Pritcher (6-2, 2.56 ERA), Logan Cribb (3-3, 3.54) and Austin Mason (3-3, 6.40). The Cougars will counter with Jake Zokan (3-1, 2.57), Ryan West (4-1, 4.28) and Matt Pegler (3-2, 3.55).
• The games, set for 4 p.m. today, 2 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday, can be heard on WQNT 1450-AM.


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1 1/2 Tbsp Eden Shoyu Soy Sauce
1 1/2 Tbsp Eden Mirin, or to taste
1 Tbsp fresh ginger root, finely grated
1/3 cup green onions, thinly sliced
Cook noodles as package directs, rinse and set aside to drain. Prepare the broth. Bring water and kombu to a boil. Remove pan from the heat, add the bonito flakes, cover and allow the flakes to sink to the bottom of the pot. Remove the kombu (keep and use in other dishes), strain out the flakes and discard. Place the broth over a medium low flame. Add the shoyu and mirin, simmer 3 to 5 minutes. Squeeze the juice from the ginger into the broth. Place the noodles in bowls and pour the hot broth over. Garnish with green onions.
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Life Coach Elaine Williams explores eating disorders
Williams was put on her first diet when she was six years old, and was binging, purging, and abusing laxatives by the time she was twelve. Her weight went up and down as she went from diet to diet over the years, obsessing about food, exercise, and her weight. After finally putting down the laxatives and other drugs, she had to uncover the underlying reasons why she abused herself and ate when she was not hungry. Williams shares her insight into why so many young adults struggle with emotional eating when dealing with the pressures of college life.
Certified through the Ford Institute for Integrative Coaching at JFK University, Williams is a sought after speaker and respected expert in the field. This presentation is part of the college's Arts and Lecture series. For more information, contact the Office of Campus Life at 610-396-6076.


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Gisele Bündchen and husband Tom Brady welcomed a baby boy on Tuesday night.
Brady announced the news to reporters Wednesday after People.com reported the story. The football star called his son's birth "a wonderful experience in my life." He also told reporters happily, "I didn't get much sleep last night," USA Today reports.
Bündchen, 29, and New England Patriots quarterback Brady, 32, were married in a private ceremony in February in Los Angeles. In April, they held a follow-up wedding for friends and family at Bündchen's Costa Rican estate.
The child is the first for the Brazilian supermodel. Brady has a 2-year-old son, Jack, with actress Bridget Moynahan.
Brady had said earlier this month that he was aware of the baby's gender, but that Bündchen preferred not to know.
"I wanted to find out and she didn't, so she said, 'Go ahead,'" he explained. "It will be a surprise for her."
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quote: Wireless induction has been known for years, but is still in its infancy for such a usage. Given time, I'm sure we'll be able to get a better efficiency.


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Consistent playing string for all seasons and any weather conditions. Thin 18 gauge supplies ultra playability but less overall durability.
Comments: This is an excellent string. Forget it's low cost. I have used it as a full bed and as a cross with poly
mains. It's all good. Nice feel, easy on the arm, plenty of pop depending on how you can handle lower tensions, and holds up
surprisingly well on clay. I do my own stringing so at $3/set every 2 weeks I cut out the old and put in the new. Been playing with
the string for 5 years. Now my tennis buddies use it. I'm a 4.5 senior player.
From: Jose, 9/14
Comments: I used Gosen on hybrids on crosses with a poly and it feels great and has a lot of power even though
the poly is low power. I didn't play tennis for a while and put the Gosen on the main for more feel and power. It feels even better
and stringing it low at 50 lbs with a poly on the cross feels really really good. The best set I have tried.
From: MJ, 7/14
Comments: Using this in a Babolat Pure Storm Tour, at 56 pounds, full
bed. I have played with various polys and other strings. I am at about
a 4.5 to 5.0 level with big topspin strokes. For the last few months I
have been suffering from tennis elbow, caused by repetitive work, and not
my tennis I believe. I was looking for an arm friendly string and
tried Wilson Shock Shield, Head Synth. Gut, etc.. I am so glad I found
this! It is comfortable, adds some power to the shot, yet gives good
control. I am sure anybody could fine tune the tension to fit their
I am using string savers in the middle of the racquet as the string
moves around quite a bit without them (having to adjust them after
every rally). It has been about a month with 3 hits per week and the
string shows no signs of wear.
So, it is good, cheap, even with the string savers and very easy to
string too!
I love it and bought a reel...even easier to string!
From: Werner, 7/12
Comments: Borris Becker London, 60#s full bed, local park hitter (3.0-3.5ish???), Semi-western FH, Eastern BH. I
haven't really settled on a regular/go to string as I am moving from co-polys to multi/syn gut due to elbow pain. This is a
candidate on being a regular string. This string seems to have ample power and when the strokes are working well with a good
use of the torso, depth is not an issue. Durability seems to be just fine for me as I have not broken many strings as of yet. I get to
play maybe 2-3 times a week of doubles. There is some notching and I think I may get another 2-3 weeks. If I get to rally or play
singles maybe less. I enjoyed the feel and comfort of the string. It is comfortable and gives good control on varied shots (flat,
slice, spin). The spin on groundstrokes was fairly decent but not like a shaped poly gives. I was able to see some nice movement
on slice and kick serves (as my technique improves).
I haven't used a tension meter of any sort to find out how much the tension has dropped but I feel that the qualities of play have
been consistent from when new. I have enjoyed playing with this string and so has my elbow. This string gives me nice directional
control and have been able to hit spots in the service box with more confidence. As my strokes continue to improve I can only
look forward to how this string will perform. I miss the spin and bite of polystrings but enjoy the comfort that I have found with
these. I used X1 Biphase before and it was great on power/spin/feel/comfort but lost control and was a rocket launcher when the
tension dropped. I thought about using X1 in a hybrid with a poly but think I may use OG Micro instead. Price, comfort,
consistency. Thank you, Gosen!
From: Nathan (Talk Tennis - djneight). 7/11
Comments: I like everything about this string except the durability. Great spin and soft feel. I string my own
racquets but it is not worth the time and trouble to keep using this. I have tried it twice and it has not made it through 3 complete
doubles matches. If I played singles or some groundstroke games it would not make it through one day.
From: Steve, Tulsa, Ok, USA. 4/11
Comments: I use this as a cross with og micro 17 as the mains. It produces a lot of spin with good pop. I string
both at 63 lbs. I like this combination a lot and for the money you can't go wrong. I haven't tried it for a full bed as hybrid only last
1 maybe, maybe 2 matches 2-4 hours. the prince duraflex seems to have better feel, spin, and durability, but for the reel price of
gosen it cannot be beat.
From: Justin, Asheville, NC, USA. 03/10
Comments: Acceptable performance, IF you consider the low price. For an 18 gauge, ball bite is just okay. Thin, but
the texture is very smooth, so you cannot expect to hit strong top spins. I do hit better slice shots though. Thicker gauges that are
textured seem to work better for top spins. Stings tend to move around easily and breaks after hitting a few strong dead-flat
From: Yoshi, Torrance, CA, USA 10/09
Comments: This string has a recommended tension of 45-55 lbs which I did not know at purchase time. I normally
play at 65 lbs so I initially strung my racquet at 60 lbs. The string felt soft and I could hit my flat shots with a nice pop. I could
also generate spin when needed, and there was good response from the string bed. However, I had a problem with many of my
balls going long because of the low tension. I tried to string my racquet at 65 lbs and the string became useless. I could not feel
the ball and there's not much of a response from the string bed. I think this is an excellent string for players who prefer low
tension and with a low budget. I will have to go back to my Forten Thin Blend which is also very affordable.
From: Khang, Tracy, CA, US. 8/08
Comments: Fairly good string with a great price. Durability isn't very good however, broke in 8 days, recommended
if you don't mind paying your stringer every few weeks.
From: Anon, 03/07
Comments: At first this string is pretty good and great for its price but soon after that, the feeling goes way down,
not my cup of tea.
From: Lawrence, Placentia, CA, USA, 02/07
Comments: Great string at a great price. Very good control, feel and spin. Yes, it will break quickly in some
racquets, but it lasts me many matches and holds high tension in my Liquidmetal Prestige MP, which has a dense string pattern
and flexible frame.
From: Mark, Toronto, Canada. 12/06
Comments: I have been playing with this string for the past 2 weeks with a total of 8 sets of playing time. This
string is awesome. Very good spin and feel. This is the best synthetic I have ever played with and will continue to play with.
From: Mario, Milpitas, Ca. USA 07/06
Comments: I bought this string to try out different synthetics. I never have tried 18g string before. I
was hoping that this string would provide good durability because I am not a string breaker. I usually hit a flat
shot to my standards, but others say that I have a heavy topspin shot. This string lasted 5 hours for me. It was
used in a Prostaff 6.0 85 strung at 64lbs. The strings moved a lot during play, but the feel was good. Power
was on par. Of course I knew durability was going to be suspect due to the gauge. This is a good string if you
have a stringer and don't mind stringing racquets all the time.
From: Mike, Bloomington, MN, USA, 06/06
Comments: The Gosen Micro 18 gauge has to be one of the best inexpensive strings that I have
played with in my
14 years of playing. It offers excellent spin, feel, power, comfort and control. I play with the Head Prestige
Classic strung at 54lbs
and have a bit of lead tape on the head. This string plays well in a racquet with a dense string pattern like the
Prestige. The
durability is excellent for a thin gauge string. I'm a 4.5 player that hits with topspin on both sides. The string
generally lasts
about 2-3 weeks or about 12-14 hours of play before it breaks in my racquet. I highly recommend this string if
you play with a
conventional frame and are looking for playability with low cost. Lastly, the string holds it tension well.
From: Ken, Brooklyn, NY, USA. 9/05
Comments:I use Polylon (Ice) 17 gauge mains and OG Sheep 18 guage crosses. This hybrid has
good feel and
excellent durability. Occasionally I've gone back to a 16 gauge one piece syn gut but I break these in a match
or two. The hybrid
probably lasts me 10 matches. I string the poly at 57 and the syn gut at 59 on my NCode 6.1 95. I'm a 4.0
baseliner and hit the
hard with moderate to heavy topspin.
From:M Neil City, State, Country: Huntersville, NC, USA 7/05
Comments:Far too weak to perform on its own! However, when I strung it up
with Enduro Gold 16 on the mains it was great. Soft enough to save my arm, yet firm enough
that I could take a big cut. I'm a 5.0 junior who plays a lot of tournaments and this string
hybrid definitely pulls its weight. I use 61 lbs of tension on my LM prestiges.
From: Derby, Grand Folks, MA USA 07/05
Comments: A nice string! Good ball bite. Nice touch and feel for the ball. Normal power for a nylon-string.
Just tried this string for fun in my Babolat pure drive and tested how long it would last on a
clay-court. It lasted about 20 minutes of practice before it broke. I normally use Luxilon Alu
power and that lasts for 10 hours of heavy hitting.
If you donít break string very often and if u have a racket with a tight string pattern, then this
string could work well for you (on hardcourts.) On clay it will simply snap to quick.
From: Henrik, Jˆnkˆping, Sweden 05/05
Comments: I am an open level player and I use Gosen OG Sheep Micro 18. This
is a great string, however it will break fast. I break this string every 4 hours. Nevertheless, it
is not expensive, it gives excellent ball feel along with power and control. I recommend this
string if you will not mind re-stringing everytime.
From: Mike, Fresno, CA, USA. 11/04
Comments: Great string. I string my 7G at 52 lbs. It gives good power, good
control, good feel. I hit a very flat ball.I cut the strings out after about four months playing four
times a week.
From: Gil, Santa Rosa, Ca, USA. 11/03
Comments: It is a very nice string, but very easy to break. I use a 2 string method
with the mains at 58 and crosses at 55. I have a Wilson ProStaff 6.0 Original with 85 sq. in.
head. I would recommend this string only if you have means to string your own racquet
cause the cost of re-stringing is prohibitive.
From: Mahmood, Boston, MA, USA. 5/03


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My life.
I am thankful.
You have such a beautiful family! And how lucky they are to have a wife and mom who loves them so much!ReplyDelete
Love this!ReplyDelete
I love the pic of you and Jeff. Happy Anniversary!ReplyDelete
The way you look at life makes me really happy ^_^ReplyDelete
So very beautiful and perfect.ReplyDelete
Simple and yet very profound! And absolutely beautiful!!ReplyDelete
I have read your blog over the past few days- from the beggining - some of the middle - some of the end. And I think you're so wonderful. I want you to know you're exactly what i would like to be, close to god, teaching my family to be close to God, reading the sacred scriptures and doing what is right for your children and family.
i just got married about two months ago and I've been so excited to have started my family... we were engaged just 4 months after we met! it was amazing, My husband and I feel like our lives have been directed toward eachother all along, and we are guided because of him. I think you truely are a choice daughter of God.
Thank you so much!
This is the most beautiful post. Not a lot of words, but filled with Love.ReplyDelete
Simple beauty and love i great to see is such a complex world!ReplyDelete
You guys are such a cute couple! :) (That have cute kids...) Sweet!!! Have a happy Sunday! :)ReplyDelete
You definitely have so much to be thankful for! Congrats to you for having such a beautiful family!ReplyDelete
You have such a way with words. You say so much with so few words and some pictures.
I totally admire that about you.
What a charmed life!
That last photo is really great. You're growing into a sweet little photographer.
Beautiful post! Thank you for the inspiration.ReplyDelete
Great post! Everyone should be reminded of how blessed we all are! Family is everything!ReplyDelete
You have a beautiful family.ReplyDelete
Love you Steph, and the fact that you feel gratitude palpably every day. xoxo ChristineReplyDelete


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One day British cook Nigella Lawson found herself inspired while watching an episode of MTV Cribs.
"I saw Missy Elliott had the world's biggest fridge, and I thought, 'One day I've got to have that fridge!' " says Lawson, as she gestures toward the 7-ft.-tall Sub-Zero appliance at one end of her expansive London kitchen.
"So it's called the Missy Elliott Memorial Fridge. It is so huge, but I love it."
In recent weeks, however, Lawson, 53, has barely been around to cook from the vast quantities of food stored inside. Along with promoting her new Italian cookbook Nigellissima in the U.K. and preparing for a U.S. book tour, Lawson has been starring as a judge and mentor on ABC's new reality cooking competition The Taste, providing the compassionate counterpoint to Anthony Bourdain's acerbic wit.
"When I'm doing my own shows, I have total control," she says, "but I felt drawn to do reality TV – and a little frightened." And a little exhausted. Given her whirlwind start to the new year, "I'd like to take a little time off and be a normal person at home and cook."
Nigella Lawson: Inside Her Kitchen
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Virgin Australia operates flights to Fiji (Nadi) every day, from Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.
Food and Beverage
All guests travelling on Virgin Australia flights between Australia and Fiji (Nadi) receive a food and beverage offering.
Economy guests receive a complimentary meal and selected beverages, and can purchase a limited range of snacks and beverages from the onboard menu, subject to availability.
Premium Economy guests enjoy all-inclusive food and beverages, and can select items from our Luke Mangan inspired menu – including signature items such as sandwiches, wraps and pies.
Business Class guests can indulge in premium meals, snacks and beverages available from our sophisticated Business Class menu, designed by celebrity chef, Luke Mangan.
Nadi Airport Information
Nadi Airport is located approx. 6km north of Nadi town and approx. 12km north-west of Port Denarau, and can be accessed by various transport options, including:
- Car Hire: Receive mates' rates when you choose from a great choice of hire cars from our car partners
- Taxi: Taxis at Nadi International Airport are owned and operated by individual proprietors. It is mandatory for taxi meters to be utilised for all journeys. Note that the Flag Fall rate or starting rate for any journey out of Nadi International Airport is FJD5.
- Bus: Modern, air-conditioned coach trips can be booked through booking agents at tour desks located within the airport. Local open-windowed buses also serve resorts and major towns, and can be hailed from the roadside by waving to the driver.
Nadi Domestic and International Airports are connected, and can be transferred between by foot.
Things to do in Fiji
When most people dream about a tropical paradise, images of swaying palm trees, deserted beaches, scattered coconuts, crystal clear water and friendly locals spring to mind. Spurred on by popular blockbusters like Cast Away and The Blue Lagoon, these images are most commonly associated with Fiji. Located in the picturesque South Pacific, Fiji was formed hundreds of millions of years ago by volcanic activity, and inhabited in the second millennium BC. Today, the beautifully remote island nation is rich with culture and tradition, and is a popular holiday destination for families and honeymooners, and solace seekers and adventurers alike.
The Fijian archipelago boasts some of the world's most striking scenery. Made up of over 300 islands and 500 islets, the country's natural beauty is best experienced by island hopping. The Yasawa and Mamanuca island groups are Fiji's most idyllic settings for island hopping adventures – offering perfect opportunities to dive, snorkel and surf Fiji's beautiful waters. Fiji's main island Viti Levu is also rich with adventure. A gateway to the Mamanuca Islands, Denarau Island is a haunt for the rich and famous, home to Port Denarau – one of Fiji's finest retail and dining experiences. Tourism hub, Nadi town is dotted with a myriad of handicrafts and souvenir shops and markets and eateries. The country's capital Suva features Fiji's most concentrated mix of ethnicities and cultures, amid a piecemeal of colonial buildings and modern shopping centres. While the Coral Coast is speckled with small towns and rolling green hills, and fringed by reefs and the Pacific Ocean.
Nadi town is a popular shopping destination, bustling with a myriad of shops and service providers, and traffic and pedestrians. Fiji's largest merchants Jack's of Fiji, Prouds and Tappoo all have stores on Queen's Road in Nadi town, selling clothing, leather goods, electronics, perfumes and jewellery, including Fiji's famous J. Hunter black pearls. Fijians are renowned for their handicrafts, particularly carved kava bowls, war clubs, cannibal forks, woven baskets, mats, pottery and masi cloth. Nadi Handicraft Center, Nad's Handicrafts and Nadi Handicraft Market are great places to pick up local handicrafts. Outside of the downtown area Port Denarau is a great shopping destination. As Denarau Island's shopping Mecca, the marina features a modern mall with well-known Fijian stores and several eateries. Most Fijian hotels and resorts have on-site shopping facilities.
Fiji has two main cuisines, indigenous Fijian and Indo-Fijian. Indo-Fijian cuisine largely consists of rice, spices and chili; while indigenous Fijian cuisine focuses on fresh seafood like fish, crab, prawn and lobster, and local fruits like sweet pineapple, mango and ripe papaya. Most resorts cater for guests with several dining options – the most traditional of which is a lovo night, where food is cooked in an underground oven. Restaurants and eateries can be found all throughout Nadi and Suva, however Viti Levu's most celebrated dining options are located on the marina at Port Denarau – where western-style and Fijian eateries have been establish to specifically satiate guests in transit to the Mamanuca and Yasawa island groups.
Kava (also known as yaquona or grog) occupies a central place in everyday life in Fiji. Kava ceremonies are crucial elements of diplomacy, and can be experienced in most villages and resorts, where guests are asked to participate with reverence and respect. Most resorts cater for guests with bar facilities; while bars and restaurants throughout Nadi and Suva, and on the marina at Port Denarau, serve cocktails and beers by the plenty catering to holidaying guests.
Fiji Holiday Packages
Experience all that Fiji has to offer, our holiday partner Virgin Australia Holidays has a great array of Fiji holiday packages and Fiji Islands holiday packages. Packages include flights, accommodation and a great variety of extras.


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Virgin Australia operates flights to Hamilton Island every day, from Sydney and Brisbane.
Hamilton Island Airport Information
Hamilton Island Airport (also known as Great Barrier Reef Airport) is located on Hamilton Island, approximately 2.5km from Hamilton Island Marina.
Hamilton Island accommodation bookings include complimentary transfers from Hamilton Island Airport to hotels, apartments or holiday homes. All commercial flights arriving at Hamilton Island Airport are met by the free airport transfer service. Transfers to Hamilton Island accommodation are also provided to and from the Marina, meeting the Shute Harbour ferry from the mainland.
Things to do in Hamilton Island
Hamilton Island carries the tagline "Where in the world would you rather be?" for good reason. Situated on the edge of the Great Barrier Reef, in the heart of the Whitsunday Islands, Hamilton Island enjoys idyllic weather, sapphire waters, beautiful beaches, captivating coral reefs and unique flora and fauna. A long-time favourite for holiday makers looking for the perfect island escape, Hamilton experiences year-round sunshine, and boasts a huge variety of activities, covering everything from golfing to snorkelling and deep sea fishing to sunset charters.
On the edge of the Great Barrier Reef, in the heart of the spellbinding Whitsunday archipelago, Hamilton Island greets guests with crystal-clear sapphire water, white-sand beaches, unique flora and fauna, and world-class resorts and facilities. Families are particularly catered for on the island with snorkel safaris, kayaking adventures and bush walks. Rich with scenery and a relaxed appeal, Hamilton Island can be a romantic holiday destination too; with restaurants, resorts and spas custom built for lovers. Hamilton Island also caters to business people as a great conference destination accommodating 1,000 delegates. Above everything else Hamilton Island is the perfect escape for the outdoor warrior – brimming with natural splendours that must be seen to be believed, like Whitehaven Beach.
Hamilton Island's shopping scene is mainly focused at the Marina Village and Resort Centre, where local art, fashion and jewellery are on display at 20 boutiques and specialty stores. The Gallery is the island's go-to for arts and crafts from the local area, along with jewellery from unique and hard-to-find designers. Guests staying at qualia (a Condé Nast Traveller recognised resort) have exclusive access to the qualia boutique, which stocks a wide range of premium labels – the boutique is so special that Collette Dinnigan produced a bikini especially for it. Guest can pick up souvenirs to take home from specialty stores or stock up on holiday essentials at the island's general store.
Hamilton Island hosts more than a dozen restaurants and cafés, catering for every occasion. Families are specifically looked after with the Kids Stay and Eat Free program, where children aged up to 12 eat for free when dining with their parents at a range of restaurants that feature kids' menus. Located smack bang in the middle of the world's most famous coral reef, it comes as no surprise that seafood is the island's crowning culinary glory. Mediterranean cuisine is also done well on the island, with menus featuring wood-fired gourmet pizzas and fresh seafood prepared with Italian flair. Hamilton Island's resort hubs, Catseye Beach and Marina Village are the island's go-to for a variety of food, covering everything from fish and chips served poolside to international bistros served throughout the day and into the night. Hamilton Island's signature restaurant, Bommie is a must visit, celebrating inspired meals with a vista of the Marina and Dent Passage.
Hamilton Island provides the perfect setting to sit back and relax with a cocktail or beer in hand. Resorts offer swim up-bars, where with a guests don't even have to dry off to grab a drink. A number of beachside and Marina bars and restaurants provide an ideal opportunity to have a tipple as the sun sets. While the island even features a nightclub, in which guests can party the night away.
Hamilton Island Holiday Packages
Experience all that Hamilton Island has to offer, our holiday partner Virgin Australia Holidays has a great array of Hamilton Island holiday packages. Packages include flights, accommodation and a great variety of extras.


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Fitness Photos
Photos: Runners pelted with colored chalk at the Color Run 5K
Photo: Steve Pfost/Staff Photographer
People from around the Dallas / Fort Worth area headed to the state fair grounds to participate in the Color Run; an event where Participants are asked to wear white t-shirts; at every kilometer, they're pelted with colored powder. February 19, 2012.
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Hidden Rotational Symmetries in Magnetic Domain Patterns
While ubiquitous in nature, symmetry is not always evident. The first observation of hidden rotational symmetries in a magnetic system gives scientists a toolbox for discovering hidden symmetries in diverse material systems. Read more...
Contact: Keoki Seu
Borrowing from Nature to Produce Highly Structured Biomimetic Materials
Researchers have turned a benign virus into an engineering tool for assembling structures that mimic collagen, one of the most important structural proteins in nature. The process they developed could eventually be used to manufacture materials with tunable optical, biomedical, and mechanical properties. Read more...
Contact: Woojae Chung
This week saw the successful installation of the latest elliptically polarizing undulator (EPU) at the ALS: a 35-mm-period device to complete the undulator pair at Sector 6. The new EPU will provide polarized soft x-rays for ALS Beamline 6.0.2, which will soon operate independently for the first time. For the last several years, Beamline 6.0.2 has shared the use of the in-vacuum insertion device (IVID)which will now be dedicated to the production of hard x-rays for ALS Beamline 6.0.1. With this addition, the ALS ARRA project is completed. After accelerator tuning is complete, it is expected that light will be introduced into the beamline starting August 1st. This will initiate a new facility for fast studies using soft x-rays, including femtosecond slicing.
Contact: Tony Warwick
All light source users and staff who are attending the 2012 Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation (SRI) Conference in Lyon (July 9-13) are invited to visit an exhibit being hosted by members of lightsources.org, the international collaboration of light source communicators. More than 30 facilities will be represented by posters that will feature each facility's capabilities, research opportunities, recent science highlights, and future plans.
ALS Beamline Scientist Kate Jenkins recently spent an afternoon discussing the scientific vailidity of The Avengers with 16- and 17-year-old high school students. It was all in the name of promoting science as cool, relevant, and something to consider as a future career. Jenkins visited with AP and college prep physics students at Albany High School as part of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) program "Day with an Engineer." Read more...
The ALS User Meeting will be held October 8-10, 2012. The keynote speakers for this year's meeting are
For more information regarding the User Meeting program, including workshops, please contact the meeting co-chairs Peter Nico and Chris Cappa.
User Meeting AwardsPlease consider nominating a colleague for an ALS User Meeting Award. The awards and the nominating process are described here. The nomination packages are due the first week in September. For more information, please contact the Awards Committee co-chairs, Adam Hitchcock and Yves Idzerda
Project Scientist SearchThe Experimental Systems Group (ESG) offers an immediate opportunity for a synchrotron radiation experimental scientist to work in the area of micro-focused x-ray absorption spectroscopy. More details are available on Berkeley Lab's employment Web site.
Contact: Brandy Toner
Berkeley Lab Wins Four R&D 100 Awards
ALS Develops a New Way to Understand Organic Semiconductors
Faces at the Lab: ALS's Jim Floyd
Advanced Light Source Update (SRN)
Waves of Berkeley Lab responders deploy omics to track Deepwater Horizon cleanup microbes
Faces at the Lab: ALS Beamline Scientist Michael Martin
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MARTINSBURG - How a child reacts to the emotional and, sometimes, physical pain of bullying differs greatly. One local family lost their child after he was bullied. Other families are struggling with serious problems related to how a child reacted to the torment of bullying.
Trying to raise grandchildren, while not uncommon today, is enough of a challenge without additional problems. When that grandchild struggles emotionally, the job can be overwhelming.
One grandmother watched her granddaughter struggle with stress and depression after suffering racist bullying from another teenager and her parents.
According to her grandmother, the bullying began last summer when the granddaughter rejected a boy's wish to become her boyfriend. The boy talked about the rejection, and his ex-girlfriend started to torment the granddaughter on the boy's behalf.
During the summer, the boy told the bully and her mother the location of the swimming hole that the granddaughter regularly visited. The bully and her mother then went to the swimming hole. While the mother remained in the vehicle, the bully approached the granddaughter, called her racial slurs, held her arms and kicked her in the legs with heavy boots until the granddaughter hit the girl to make her stop. The bully then ran back to her mother with a mark on her face, the grandmother said.
"(The mother) had to see or hear something," the grandmother said about the incident.
After a call from the bully's parents, a policeman showed up at the grandparents' house. They showed the policeman the marks on the granddaughter's legs, and the officer reportedly returned to the bully's residence, informing the parents that the bully was lucky not to be punished.
The grandmother said the girl and her friends continued to tease the granddaughter upon returning to their middle school, where she attended eighth grade and the bully attended seventh grade.
Upon hearing rumors that the bully was going to beat her up, the granddaughter once became so nervous that the assistant principal walked her to the bus after school.
On another occasion, the granddaughter and her friends were walking in the neighborhood when the bully's parents spotted the granddaughter, pulled over, rolled down the window and screamed racial slurs at them, the grandmother said.
At school, the bully reportedly told the granddaughter, "My parents are coming to your house and are going to kill you."
The grandmother said school officials talked to both girls.
"She won't stand at the bus stop, and she's always watching door," the grandmother said. "I can only protect her so much. ... She's angry, upset, frustrated and very stressed."
The stress and fear of attack are taking their toll on the granddaughter.
"I don't think (schools) are emphasizing the consequences enough. The kids need to know this is not acceptable behavior. ... I know this kind of stuff happens, but it needs to stop. It needs to stop before we have another problem like that boy," she said, referring to local student who took his own life after being bullied.
The granddaughter now receives professional medical help and attends regular help sessions for depression.
"This child lives in fear," the grandmother said.
Another couple's grandson moved here from Colorado, and he began having troubles shortly after entering middle school.
His grandmother said the boy was bullied and teased and got into fights. As a result of the fighting, he was suspended from school for the year and attended Vicki Douglas Juvenile Center.
Upon attending the local high school, the bullying started again. At one point, his grandparents said, five boys chased him down the hallway and challenged him to fight, and when he refused, the bullies threatened to stab him.
Her grandson has since gotten into trouble at school for drugs and is once again at the Vicki Douglas Juvenile Center.
His grandparents are heartbroken and angry about the situation.
"The school should have some sort of a program and teach these kids the harm they do to other kids," said his grandmother, explaining she believes the bullying and teasing are at the heart of her grandson's troubles.
The boy and his grandparents have a meeting set with a representative of the Berkeley County school board along with a prosecuting attorney, the boy's lawyer and a child psychologist to determine the boy's fate.
Editor's note: This is the fourth segment in The Journal's series "Bullying: When growing up hurts." To protect the children involved, many articles have confidential sources and don't identify the schools or officials. Because official documents in such cases are not open to the public, the articles don't present a two-sided picture of any one incident but only the personal viewpoint of the family of the victim involved.
-Staff writer Megan Fisher can be reached at 304-263-3381, ext. 132, or firstname.lastname@example.com


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well ladies and gentlemen, we are about four weeks away from training camp, and it is crunch time. i have increased my cardio, continued to push myself in "power hour" and to be honest i continue to crush the weights.
i recently realized that this was all working when i decided to throw on a shirt that i have actually have never fit into. another gift from sofletes from a few years ago. he got me a large, and said it was because i was a meathead and figured i would want something tight…i think he got the large with the intention of letting me know that he thought i was fat. either way i am officially willing to wear this shirt in public(well at least in the gym), it reads:
the first rule of "ioc" is:
you dont talk about "ioc"
the second rule of "ioc":
you dont talk about "ioc"
and if this is your first day in "ioc":
you have to fight
Just a little spin off of a great movie (fight club). by the way "ioc" is a recon marine unit (at least i think) and yes i do know that it was made for meat heads to wear but hey i think i am a meathead at heart. dare i say "metro meathead"…i am defintely a "metro redneck". anyway i love that i can wear a large and at worst i look like one of those jerks inthe weight room in a wife beater, who is doing curls in the mirror, grunting, and taking frequent water breaks at the water fountain near the yoga studio, i love red bull. ok i think you get the idea.
lets get down to business. today i got an e-mal from trey reader of the new jersey pride, wanted to know what size jersey i wanted, uhhhhh hello xxl. and for cryin out loud how many options do we really need for elbow pads…some of these things freakin things cover your whole dang arm..what ever happened to taking it like a man? i have requested the absolute smallest elbow pads that are available, and the smallest shoulder pads that warrior makes, even though i have no plans on wearing shoulder pads. what about the shafts? ummmmm, dont they just sell titanium anymore? oh, you mean there are 400 different variations of titanium and several hundred "alloy mixes" out there…i chose two shafts that i never plan on using…red diamond thingy-ma-jiggers, that will be traveling to southern md to my wifes cousins, that is of course if they dont already have one.
now to the heads…i mean i dont have a freakin clue about the heads…i use an edge that i baked in 2001 and a blade that paul cantebene gave me since they are hard to come by anymore(the original blade mind you) soooo what is a "clutch" and a "truth"? nevermind i'll just take one of each, by the way in the case you were wondering i would like my ferrari in black, thats right baby dont forget the navi in that joint.
huh, you arent buying us cars. . .what about an apartment for the season? no d***ok well i at least get a signing bonus dont i? huh? well i know i get a new helment and some new gear, that and the oportunity to smash heads with some dudes that i quite honestly believe are over rated (no names, sorry).
the count down has begun, in the next couple of weeks i will be pushing myself to the limit. i would love to hear any of your comments, on how you like to get ready for the begining of your season. how do you relax, get pumped up, and how do you get your mind in the right place to compete for a whole season of pounding it out on the field?
hopefully some of you can give me some suggestions for how to get geared up that i dont already use…thanks in advance!


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A former Perkins restaurant in Hamburg that lost its franchise has been sold to an Amherst restaurateur, who plans to open his second Asian-themed eatery at the McKinley Parkway location.
Ming Li, owner of Kyoto Japanese Restaurant at 4060 Maple Road, has acquired 4245 McKinley Pkwy., paying $925,000 through A&J Ming LLC to buy the real estate, equipment and assets, said Jim Geiger, director of business development at McGuire Development Co., who brokered the deal.
Li and his wife bought it from The Restaurant Group LLC, a Rochester-based former franchisee of the Perkins Restaurant and Bakery chain. Geiger said Li plans a second restaurant but it won't be the same format as Kyoto, which opened several years ago in a former Bennigan's restaurant location next to Red Robin. Neither Li nor the general manager of the new restaurant could not be reached for comment.
"I'm excited about the possibility of a new restaurant opening at the Hamburg location," Geiger said.
This is the second of six former Perkins locations in the Buffalo and Rochester areas that are being sold by The Restaurant Group and listed through Geiger. The firm, which held the rights to the Perkins brand in Central and Western New York for the past 10 years, abruptly lost its franchise agreement with Memphis-based Perkins & Marie Callender's LLC in May over lapsed franchise payments and a failure to adhere to operating standards, the parent company said at the time.
Perkins said in May that it had tried to work with the franchisee, co-owned and run by Philip C. Gelsomino II, but wasn't satisfied with the Rochester group's performance. The Restaurant Group had already closed the Hamburg restaurant in January on its own, before the company yanked the franchise, but six others closed after the termination.
"All of these properties are positioned in prime locations with plenty of parking and customer access," Geiger said.
So far, he sold one in Penfield, outside of Rochester, in addition to the Hamburg site. He's still seeking buyers for a property on Transit Road in Amherst and another on Military Road in the Town of Niagara, as well as two more in the Rochester suburbs of Gates and Greece. All are free-standing buildings that are identical in size and design, with 5,791 square feet of space and seating for 210 to 240 people.
"We've had some interests and activity in the other four locations, and I'm in the middle of interviewing people and showing them the property," Geiger said.
Founded in 1958, Perkins operates more than 440 restaurants in 34 states and five Canadian provinces, but mostly in Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, Florida and Pennsylvania. It has reduced its footprint in New York State, however. It still has a corporate-owned restaurant in Olean, and also has locations in Cortland, Middletown, Newburgh, Plattsburgh, Wappinger Falls and on Staten Island in New York City. It has 52 restaurants in Pennsylvania, 16 in New Jersey and 30 in Ohio.
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After winning best country album at the 40th Annual American Music Awards on Sunday, Carrie Underwood and husband Mike Fisher celebrated at Koi Los Angeles.
"They looked happier than ever. Carrie seemed overjoyed and excited throughout the evening and every time her husband made a toast," an onlooker tells PEOPLE. "Her demeanor made it obvious to everyone – even those who didn't catch the show – that she had taken home an important award."
Underwood and Fisher weren't the only two enjoying Koi after the AMAs. On the back patio, Gloria Estefan, joined by her husband and several friends snacked on signature sushi rolls and crispy rice.
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White House sources indicate that President Obama intends to release an executive order Wednesday which will be targeted at preventing cyber-attacks against the United States.
Recently, cyber-hackers from Anonymous took credit for the embarrassing breach on portions of the Federal Reserve computer system, reportedly in response to the suicide of Reddit founder, Aaron Swartz.
According to an ABC News release, the Anonymous attack paralyzed the ability to communicate with financial institutions in the event of terrorist attacks of natural disasters. A fed representative said the disruption was temporary and was never any threat to monetary or financial policy information. But it was a wakeup call for the Feds and a full investigation was opened.
Technology News claimed the threat of terrorist-backed attacks on sensitive and vital US financial and communication systems have been growing for years, prompted by initially unsophisticated cyber-attacks on banking systems that started in 2011.
However, the broadband size has been increasing and the attacks have been escalated, with Wells Fargo bank being added to the list that already includes Bank of America, JP Morgan and Citigroup.
Iran has long been suspected in the banking cyber-spy game, but Iranian leaders continue to deny they are involved.
The Obama administration has been preparing defensive policies to better protect the US from cyber-terrorism since lawmakers on Capitol Hill failed to pass cyber-security legislation last year.
A report in Monday's The Hill put it this way:
The highly anticipated directive from President Obama is expected to be released at a briefing Wednesday morning at the US Department of Commerce, where senior administration officials will provide an update about cybersecurity policy. The executive order would establish a voluntary program in which companies operating critical infrastructure would elect to meet cybersecurity best practices and standards crafted, in part, by the government.
President Obama is still working on his State of the Union agenda for Tuesday night, but it was unclear if he would include cyber-security in his already-packed speech.
"It represents a huge challenge for our country. The president has called on Congress to take action. Unfortunately, Congress has thus far refused legislatively," said WH spokesman Jay Carney at a Monday press briefing. "But I don't have any previews to provide."
President Obama and Republicans in Congress continue to lock horns and have found little they can agree on legislatively after the 2012 election, with the possible exception of immigration reform, but any final consensus has a long way to go.
Republicans railed against Obama's "liberal" agenda from his inaugural speech, which included a commitment to tackle climate change and the defense of equal rights for gay Americans, so executive order may have to be the tool-of-choice for Obama in his effort to get anything meaningful done in his second term.
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i recommend you guys to read thisnew manga called"ultimo" by hiroyuki takei, the guy who brought us shaman kingand stan lee, the creator of spidermanthis manga is basically a story about the battle of perfect good (ultimo)and perfect evil (vice)believe me guys, i'm hooked already...
Is the one where the main character has big claws? Hears voices in his head...probably due to his headphones.
i think the claws are just something like mechanical gloves or arms orsomething
Its Stan Lee!!! I read the first chapter in a Shonen Jump preview. It was pretty cool.
he so kicks but there is a good one and a bad one
i already read the preview alsoit so kicks assXD 'blood isnt enough..."
A lot of F-Bombs, but never the less amazing! A bit confusing, but if I keep up with it, it should get better and better! =D
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Teaser Promo Video for Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor [VIDEO]
This english-speaking teaser promo with spanish sub-titles seems to have been leaked on the net today for the Doctor Who 50th anniversary special, 'The Day of the Doctor' - Watch while you can now. It features Matt Smith, David Tennant, and John Hurt along with other familiar faces.
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The Language of Longing by Rob Merritt (Old Seventy Creek Press, 2012, $9.95)
Rob Merritt's "The Language of Longing" is a stunning collection of poems which resonate with a sense of place. Merritt not only celebrates Appalachia. He also deftly guides us through his travels to other parts of the country and the world. As a competent scholar of world literature, he enhances his poetry with references to writers such as Flaubert and Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The poems are breathtaking in their scope and will not fail to delight the serious reader of literature.
The book's opening poem, "Coal Blue Song," praises coal miners. Merritt describes the underground existence of the coal miners whose lives are comprised of a "work-week always night,/both coming in and going out/hauling ebony for heat and light elsewhere." He pays homage to the particular knowledge the miners possess when he describes earth in terms of "Her caverns wounded and waiting/earth endures snowbatter/foreshadowing weedsprout,/yearns for knowhow/to persist in twilight."
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In "Hill-Haunted," Merritt delves into the life of the southern novelist, Thomas Wolfe, by visiting Wolfe's hometown: "Thomas Wolfe drew me to the ridges south of Asheville." In Asheville Merritt visits the familiar haunts of Wolfe including both "the drugstore where Wolfe had wandered,/drunk, one Christmas Eve" and "the backyard of his house on Spruce Street."
He also studies Wolfe's famous novel, "Look Homeward, Angel." Here, Merritt offers us a lesson in what such literary immersion in the life and work of another author may do for a writer. He concludes by stating, "I came out of/the dark woods/held in the web of these stories."
Merritt focuses on his experience as a professor of English in the poem, "Writing a Love Letter, I Hear of Death." In this poem he is busy writing a love letter to the woman in his life when he receives a phone call: "Heather was killed in a single-car wreck/Saturday night." We then learn that Heather was a student in one of his classes:
She was 22 and wanted to teach.
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I saw her hone her curiosity
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The conclusion of the poem is complex. He not only creates a memorial to Heather as he writes but also continues with his words of love to the woman he is writing: "you and I becoming ballads of moonlight."
In a subsequent poem, "Shapes the Nantahala Takes," he changes modes and reveals his prowess as a keen observer of nature. He writes of the Nantahala River: "Rivers/are shaped/by the frontiers/they flow through." He attains a state of lyric intensity as he addresses his lover in her kayak with the words: "Rivers of forgetfulness/can no more drown loss/than fire exploding through pines/can burn out the Nantahala."
Merritt then returns to literature in poems such as "The Healer of Our Village" where he describes Nathaniel Hawthorne's character Hester Prynne as a "shaman." In the prose poem, "Anne Sexton Freedom Trail," he commemorates the life of the poet Anne Sexton, who committed suicide. This poem contains the most striking line in the book. After visiting Sexton's grave, he says, "and I overbrimmed with thanksgiving for those who have mapped the way through fire."
As a poet on a journey, Merritt is also one who has "mapped the way through fire." The poems in "The Language of Longing" offer lessons in life, love, art and literature as well as our relationship with the natural world. These poems redeem as they edify. Reading "The Language of Longing" is a journey worth making.
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Let me translate from Microsoftese to English:
"Secure Boot prevents running an unknown OS loader" translates to "Muahahahaha!!! Take that, you Linux lusers! No more freedom for you lot!"
Is (E)LILO or GRUB considered to be a "verified OS loader" ?
How do I boot Linux with secure booting?
So if I have ripping software, debuggers, decompilers or reverse engineering software installed on my system, then the "attestation service" will deem my system to not be "secure" ?
I want to have ownership of the TPM.
I do NOT want Microsoft or any OEM to have ownership of the TPM.
I am in charge of buying hardware at my (small) company. We buy several tens of thousands of dollars of PC hardware per year... not a lot in the big scheme of things, but a lot for a small company.
We will UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES purchase any hardware that does not allow us to install Linux. So those hardware vendors who want to be Windows 8 compliant, think very carefully. If you don't provide a way to disable bootloader verification or allow end-users to insert their own verification keys, you will not get our business.
I encourage anyone else in this position to post here.
Hands of my hardware.
If there is an option to install keys of the owner's choice, and remove default keys (Microsoft's key will become a prime target for mafias and rogue states), this is a minor but welcome security improvement. If not, it's a reason to spend your money somewhere else.
Seriously, y'all. YOU own your own TPM. Not MSFT, not OEM. YOU set it up and provision it the way you want. You decide what sw is acceptable to you. This is a terrific step forward for PC security.
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Bill Griffin, author of "Voices of the Hennepin Canal: Promoters, Politicians and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers" will speak at the Geneseo Public Library at 2 p.m. Oct. 18. Griffin is a professor emeritus in Western Illinois University's geography department. His book combines years of research on the canal with the worlds of those who were part of its history. A representative of the Renaissance Hennepin Canal project will speak following Griffin's presentation.
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ALPA lists 10 airlines with lowest starting pay for pilots
The Air Line Pilots Association, as part of its argument that low pay is the reason U.S. airlines can't attract enough pilot candidates, has put out a list of the 10 U.S. airlines with the lowest starting pay.
In each case, the salary listed is what a first officer (co-pilot) would earn in his or her first year on the job. Pilots start at airlines as first officers. They can move up to captain if they stay long enough to get enough seniority.
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10 Lowest-Paying Airlines
Estimated First-Year Salary as of July 20, 2014
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|Silver Airways
|SkyWest Airlines
|Mesa Airlines
|GoJet Airlines
|ExpressJet Airlines
|Atlantic Southeast Airlines
|Trans States Airlines
|PSA Airlines
These are all small/regional carriers, not the major mainline carriers. While the regional carriers have struggled to find enough candidates to fill their starting jobs, the major carriers haven't reported problems — mainly because they can pull from the regional carriers' cockpits.
Some of the 10 airlines are under common ownership. Republic Airways owns Republic Airlines, Shuttle America and Chautauqua Airlines. Trans States Holdings owns Trans States Airlines and GoJet Airlines. SkyWest owns SkyWest Airlines, ExpressJet and Atlantic Southeast Airlines.
Only one has a major carrier as its parent. PSA Airlines is a unit of US Airways, a unit of American Airlines Group.
ALPA cited the number of pilots on furlough at North American carriers or working for non-U.S. airlines as evidence that there are enough pilots out there if pay was just high enough.
"The rock-bottom starting pay offered by regional airlines has become a serious deterrent for anyone considering becoming an airline pilot or, if they are already qualified, for choosing to work in the profession in the United States," ALPA president Lee Moak said.
Boeing on Wednesday, in its "2014 Pilot and Technician Outlook," projected 533,000 new commercial airline pilots will be needed over the next 20 years (through 2033). North America will need the third most behind the Asia-Pacific and European regions.
– Asia Pacific – 216,000 pilots
– Europe – 94,000 pilots
– North America – 88,000 pilots
– Middle East – 55,000 pilots
– Latin America – 45,000 pilots
– Russia and CIS – 18,000 pilots
– Africa – 17,000 pilots


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