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HOOVER, Ala. -- Auburn dipped into Georgia Thursday to claim a commitment from one of the region's top high school receivers.
Antonio Goodwin of Washington High in Atlanta picked the Tigers over offers from Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Florida State and others.
He joins Springville's Jeremy Richardson as one of two receivers in the 2010 class, which is now up to a dozen commitments.
"Auburn is a great school and a great fit for me," Goodwin told AuburnSports.com, which reported the commitment. "My family likes it. I like it. There's not much not to like about it."
Goodwin said he was recruited by defensive line coach Tracy Rocker, an Atlanta native, and assistant head coach Trooper Taylor.
The 6-foot-2, 170-pounder visited Auburn last weekend with his family, and the trip sealed his commitment.
"I'm done," he said. "I'm going to sign with Auburn. I'm excited. My family is very excited."
Goodwin gives Auburn five commitments from Georgia. The Tigers have four players from Alabama, and one each from Florida, Mississippi and Louisiana.
CHIZIK WENT FOR SEARELS, GARNER: Auburn coach Gene Chizik reportedly made attempts to hire or interview Georgia offensive line coach Stacy Searels and assistant head coach Rodney Garner during the offseason, but the two Auburn alumni decided to stick with the Bulldogs. Both coaches received raises.
"Assistant coaches' salaries are going up," Georgia coach Mark Richt said. "It's difficult sometimes to keep your entire staff because of the amount of money out there. We have a bunch of fine coaches, a bunch of veteran coaches. Everybody has a pool of money. Some schools' pools are a little bit bigger than other."
Richt said sometimes non-monetary benefits -- like extra autonomy -- can be the biggest perks.
"The goal is to create an atmosphere where your coaches enjoy coming to work, where you allow them to have responsibility and give them the authority to carry it out," he said. "I think if you micromanage good people, they get bored and frustrated with that. They tend to move somewhere where they can grown and shine. I try to allow these guys to try to do that here at Georgia."
MCCLAIN TALKS NFL: Minutes after telling an ESPN reporter that he planned to be back for his senior season, Alabama's All-American junior linebacker Rolando McClain hedged into saying, "I haven't even thought about it, really."
"That's not something I really worry about," McClain said. "I've got to get through this season, and when that comes, I'll sit down with coach (Nick) Saban and my family. If he thinks it's best for me to go out, all right. But if not, OK. Right now, I'm focused on trying to get better for my team and making my team better so we can win an SEC championship."
PRAISING AJ: The top Alabama offensive newcomer to catch McClain's eye during offseason workouts is former St. Paul's quarterback AJ McCarron.
"That guy, he's good," McClain said. "He has a great arm, a great release. He goes through his reads pretty good also. ... His arm stood out to me a lot. His ability to throw the ball deep is pretty good."
GRANT ROLLS WITH TIDE: While Saban was busy Thursday in Hoover, Alabama formally picked up commitment No. 18 when Opelika running back Corey Grant chose the Crimson Tide over Auburn and Florida during an announcement at his school.
Grant (5-10, 186) is No. 48 on the Press-Register's Super Southeast 120 and roundly viewed as the state's best tailback, carrying a host of local scholarship offers and others from national schools, including Oklahoma and Stanford. He produced more than 1,000 yards of total offense as a junior and could potentially be a slot receiver in college.
"There wasn't a second-place team -- I just had an overall winner," Grant told BamaOnline.com. "Alabama wants to use me as a space guy and as a kick returner. They really want to use me in a variety of ways, but the main thing is to get me out in space and use my speed."
MORE FOR JULIO: Saban said former Foley star Julio Jones will have "an expanded role in the offense" during his sophomore season.
"We didn't move him around a lot (last year)," Saban said. "I think if we do move him around, it will be a little more difficult for people to double-team him, which is certainly a goal, and he's certainly ready to do that."
O-LINE ROTATION: Alabama senior left guard Mike Johnson said former Foley standout DJ Fluker has been lining up behind junior college transfer James Carpenter at left tackle.
Taylor Pharr and Tyler Love have been at right tackle behind starter Drew Davis, while freshman Chance Warmack has been at both guard spots. When asked about the right guard competition, Johnson mentioned three names: Brian Motley, Barrett Jones and John Michael Boswell.
IN DEFENSE OF OVERSIGNING: The SEC's new rule limiting the number of football recruits a program can sign in a given year to 28 is known by some as the "Houston Nutt rule." And with good reason: Nutt signed 37 players in the Rebels' 2009 recruiting class.
Nutt obviously couldn't add 37 new scholarship players this year. But he said there were a couple of good reasons for signing so many in February.
"We knew eight to nine definitely would not make it academically," Nutt said. "When you sign a young man on signing day, it gives them the idea that 'I'm in the Ole Miss family.' And it gives them a goal: 'I'm going to a junior college and I'm coming back to play for you.'"
Nutt said he also wanted to build relationships with coaches at Mississippi's many junior colleges. "There's not a better way to develop those relationships than to send a kid to their school," he said. "I wish it was 30, but the rule is the rule."
HOW TO BEAT FLORIDA: Since Ole Miss was the only team to defeat Florida last year, Nutt was asked the keys to beating the defending national champs. His response was simple: Turnovers and big plays.
"I don't know if you recall, but going into Gainesville we were about a minus-9 (in turnover ratio) and they were a plus-9," Nutt said. "They didn't turn the ball over, not one time, until that game. We got three turnovers that game.
"The other thing is, Tim Tebow is going to make plays. They've got speed all over the field. They're going to make plays. Limit those big plays and win the turnover margin and it gives you a chance to win the game."
Nutt said the 31-30 win helped spur the Rebels' success the rest of the season. "That Florida game gave us the confidence that we could beat anybody if we have 11 guys doing it the right way and take care of the ball," he said.
PARTY OVER?: Georgia's Richt evaded questions about the future of the Bulldogs' annual game against Florida in Jacksonville.
The contract for the game, popularly known as the World's Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party, expires after the 2010 season. Richt has reportedly expressed skepticism about whether the venue -- about 75 miles from Gainesville, Fla., and 350 miles from Athens, Ga. -- is truly a neutral site.
"This is what I want to do: I want to focus on winning that game," Richt said. "That's all I want to focus on when it comes to that game."
Asked if that meant he doesn't care where it was played, Richt replied with a smile: "I really just want to focus on trying to win that game. That's my goal from here on in. That will be my pat answer from here on in."
STILL HERE: With the offseason departure of former Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer, Richt is now the longest-tenured coach in the SEC. (South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier had a 12-year stint with Florida, but has only coached the Gamecocks since 2005).
"Year nine -- I'm amazed I'm still here," said Richt, who is 88-22 with the Bulldogs. "It's a very volatile business and a volatile league. But I'm very blessed to be at Georgia."
THE SPEECH: It has simply become known as "The Speech" -- Florida quarterback Tim Tebow's words following the Gators' loss in Gainesville last year to Ole Miss. Tebow guaranteed that no player would work harder the remainder of the season than he would, and that no team would play harder the rest of the season than Florida.
Of course, Florida didn't lose another game the rest of the season and Tebow helped lead the Gators to the national championship, defeating Oklahoma in the BCS national title game. "The Speech" has become Florida football lore.
Tebow was asked if he realized at the time how his words would be viewed later.
"I didn't think it would become what it has become," Tebow said. "I wanted (Florida fans) to know something good was going to come of it, that something positive would come from the negative."
ONE MORE TIME: Florida coach Urban Meyer was asked how difficult it is to deal with rumors that he may be a candidate for others jobs. And, yes, Notre Dame was mentioned as an example.
"It's disturbing," Meyer said. "I care about my family, my football players and recruiting. If it affects that, it upsets me. ... If it affects your life, it bothers you. I understand it, but it bothers me."
BEAR RETURNS: Meyer was asked if he had read or studied the accomplishments of former Alabama coach Paul "Bear" Bryant. "I have a great story on that," he said. "In my first season (as Florida's head coach) we were at Alabama and I was standing in the end zone and up on the (Bryant-Denny Stadium) scoreboard, Bryant is talking to me." The reference is to the video used at Alabama home games. Meyer said he said to himself, "He's not supposed to be here anymore."
GETTING STARTED: Mississippi State will be the first SEC team to begin fall practice, taking the field Aug. 3. The Bulldogs will be closely followed by Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee, which all hit the field Aug. 4. Auburn is the lone SEC school to get started Aug. 5, while Alabama, LSU, Arkansas and defending national champion Florida begin practice on Aug. 6. Kentucky and Vanderbilt get started on Aug. 7. Ole Miss starts on Aug. 10.
FEW RULE CHANGES: Rogers Redding, the SEC's coordinator of football officials, reported Thursday there wasn't much to talk about. "I've been involved in football officiating in one way or the other for more than 35 years," he said. "This has got to be the smallest number of rules changes I have ever seen."
Redding said there are no changes in clock rules or in safety or unsportsmanlike conduct penalties. Redding said the NCAA has gone to a two-year period for new rules, meaning there will be no rules changes next season.
(Gentry Estes, Evan Woodbery, Mike Herndon, Tommy Hicks of the Press-Register contributed to this report.)


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Consumer confusion in 2015 - Judges block state abortion clinic regs - 8 million paid signups
CONFUSION IN STORE FOR RE-ENROLLMENT— It's not looking much easier the second time around, with many consumers likely to see changes in premiums, but not subsidies. Insurers are expecting guidelines any day now from the feds about what staying on the same plane will cost people next year. "But," reports POLITICO's Brett Norman, "the political irony is that the very subsidies that make insurance affordable for millions of people make it extraordinarily difficult to explain what's happening to the portion of the premium that most people pay." The full article: http://politico.pro/1ClIdqh
LOUISIANA ABORTION CLINICS STILL OPEN, FOR NOW – A federal judge on Sunday temporarily blocked a law that would've required abortion providers to have admitting privileges at local hospitals. The move came just days after a federal judge in Texas ruled that state's law — which required abortion clinics to meet the hospital-like standards of ambulatory care centers — is "an unconstitutional undue burden on women throughout Texas and must be enjoined." As POLITICO's Natalie Villacorta reports, the admitting privileges part of the Texas law was upheld last year and forced half the state's clinics to shut down. In Friday's decision, U.S. District Judge Lee Yeakel wrote that Texas has reached a "tipping point" on access. The full Texas report: http://politico.pro/Z4VB2F The Louisiana ruling: http://politico.pro/1x2xsc8
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Welcome back to Tuesday PULSE, where we offer HHS Press Secretary Ben Wakana a hearty welcome to the tipsheet-writing game. Pretty canny of, you, Ben, to put out your inaugural "#ACA Week in Review" during PULSE's week off, when folks were starving for a newsletter. But now we're back, with daily updates of the varied health news diet you need. Tell us what you're hungry for: firstname.lastname@example.com.
"My PULSE is back and you're gonna be in trouble. Hey ya, hey ya."
8 MILLION PAID ENROLLEES — The ACA hit a milestone on Sunday, according to Charles Gaba's calculations: 8 million people paid their first month premiums after buying a plan at Healthcare.gov. He estimates there have been about 9.2 million total signups, but only a bit over 7 million currently with plans. The post on ACASignups.net: http://bit.ly/1A0JcrS
WHAT GOES UP, MUST COME DOWN – A reminder from Florida about how aggressive attrition rates can seem from the exchange plans: HHS trumpeted almost a million signups in the Sunshine State after open enrollment, despite a hostile state government. But according to a presentation put together by the state's Office of the Insurance Regulator, current enrollees are at around 760,000. That number could get even smaller after this week. About 100,000 Floridians — about a third of the nationwide total -- are at risk of losing coverage if they don't meet a Sept. 5 deadline for verifying citizenship data.
Some other numbers that caught our eye in the presentation: almost 104,000 Floridians bought QHPs off-exchange. The state expects almost 1.1 million to have ACA plans in 2015. The PowerPoint: http://bit.ly/1sVGql2
** Biosimilars are predicted to transform U.S. healthcare. Hospira, the only U.S. company selling biosimilars in Europe and Australia, is working with POLITICO to explain how biosimilars will deliver savings and expand access to these important treatment options. Get smart on biosimilars at www.hospira.com/biosimilars. **
STATE WEEK: COULD TENNSESSEE EXPAND NEXT? - Gov. Bill Haslam signals he'll "probably" send HHS a waiver application for an alternative expansion in the coming months. All California insurers must cover abortions, and Washington state is using special enrollment to make up for problems during the first enrollment period. Brett Norman rounds up this and more action in the states: http://politico.pro/1q68i7J
CHIP-ING AWAY — What might happen if Congress does not act to keep money for the Children's Health Insurance Program flowing before the end of next year? All the states run CHIP differently, so we offer three case studies: Utah, where Obamacare-mandated changes shrank the number of kids dependent on CHIP by more than half this year; Arizona, which essentially phased out CHIP as its own cost-cutting measure; and Virginia, which still has a big program and a lot to lose. The article: http://politico.pro/1toWjEJ
OBAMACARE AND WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION — The ACA give employers good reasons to limit new hires, and offers workers incentives not to get jobs, leading to a "Health Care Employment Squeeze," writes Tevi Troy in a new study. An HHS official under President George W. Bush who now heads up the American Health Policy Institute, Troy writes that labor force participation has lagged behind economic recovery, and the role of the ACA is "often overlooked" by economists studying the problem. The Labor Day-themed report: http://bit.ly/1CjQJ91
POOL SAFETY GUIDELINES, JUST IN TIME FOR, UM, FALL – Some of these CDC statistics certainly make us feel less sad about the approaching end of swimming season: the number of pool-related outbreaks, mainly diarrhea, has increased over the past 20 years, and just in 2009-2010, 1,000 swimmers were sickened and 40 went to the hospital. Improper use of cleaning chemicals sent another 5,000 to the ER in 2012. Then, of course, there are the drownings: 4,000 each year, mostly kids under 5. The CDC on Friday put out its first ever Model Aquatic Health Code, and pool operators and policymakers now have plenty to consider during the off season, with guidelines on design, ventilation, staff training and more. The code: http://1.usa.gov/1A0wiKn
SAVINGS PROJECTED FROM FEDERAL BENEFITS PROPOSAL -- A microsimulation by the Center for Health and Economy (a project of Doug Holtz-Eakin) finds that a White House budget proposal to let the Office of Personnel Management adopt new plan types for the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program could save the government $1.8 billion over seven years. The study: http://bit.ly/1pjXJJ0
APCO NAMES NEW HEALTH HONCHO – Elizabeth Funderburk will be a director in the health policy practice at APCO Worldwide, based in D.C. Prior to joining the strategic communications firm, Funderburk was a senior director for communications and public policy at the Consumer Healthcare Products Association, where her work included running campaigns against OTC drug abuse and pushing to keep popular allergy meds available without a prescription.
VA hospitals have struggled with backlog, but small military hospitals are having the opposite problem, reports The New York Times, and some have so few patients that staff have trouble with diagnosis and treatment: http://nyti.ms/1vGKHOc
An analysis from NBC News details the surging costs of surgeries since 2009, and quotes an expert arguing that the push toward ACOs in the ACA is driving up surgery prices: http://nbcnews.to/1rJsG0N
Pointing to Pennsylvania's recent adoption of an alternative Medicaid expansion, The Washington Post's editorial board calls on Virginia lawmakers to figure out a way to extend eligibility as they meet in the coming weeks: http://wapo.st/1Cl8t3R
Dave Ress lays out some of the proposals currently out there, and the political calculations for Gov. Terry McAuliffe, in The Daily Press: http://bit.ly/1rK0pHv
The Tennessean's Tom Wilemon lays out the charges and counter-charges in the state's dispute with the feds over the Medicaid backlog. A federal judge is expected to decide this week whether a class-action suit can proceed: http://tnne.ws/W2CwMA
Sen. Ron Wyden tells the The Statesman Journal in Salem, Ore., that he wants to pass a permanent doc fix by the end of the year: http://stjr.nl/1qjyRGt
The Times editorial board calls on Congress to help figure out ways to cut the wait list for kidney donations and avoid payments for organs: http://nyti.ms/1lvcdL0
A CDC advisory panel is recommending seniors get two different vaccines to prevent pneumonia starting this fall, The Wall Street Journal reports: http://on.wsj.com/1A15wS8
In Liberia, a radio station has changed its format from hip hop to all Ebola, all the time, featuring news and songs by local artists like the new hit, "Ebola is Real." From PRI's The World: http://bit.ly/1lFoddg
Emily Bazelon looks at the practical and political issues facing the movement to help women induce medical abortions at home, in The NYT Magazine: http://nyti.ms/1q8ydLE
Lanhee Chen critiques the plan by fellow conservative Avik Roy to "transcend" Obamacare, in Bloomberg View, with an emphasis on what's feasible while President Barack Obama is in power: http://bv.ms/Y7lyP0
** Biosimilars approved by the FDA will be as effective as an originator biologic drug — but with potential cost savings capable of transforming U.S. healthcare and expanding access to millions. Experts estimate biosimilars will cost 20%-30% less than originator products, possibly saving the U.S. healthcare system up to $250 billion over the next 10 years. Hospira is the only U.S. company selling biosimilars abroad. We're working to help U.S. stakeholders understand how biosimilars deliver savings and expand access to treatment options. Get smart on biosimilars at www.hospira.com/biosimilars. **
** A message from PhRMA: Navigating health insurance coverage can be complicated. For example, many patients face insurance barriers to accessing treatment, insurer practices known as utilization management, that sometimes interfere with a doctor's prescribed course of treatment. It's important for patients to have access to information about such medication restrictions and the clinical information used to establish them, so they can make more informed choices about their coverage. Learn more in this new video, and visit AccessBetterCoverage.org for more solutions to engage and empower consumers. **

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I was wrong.
In this case, I am ecstatically happy to be wrong, but that does not change the facts. To elaborate, I was convinced that Russell Westbrook was not a point guard. This flawed belief was a huge catalyst in my full-throated lobbying to select Ricky Rubio with the #3 pick in last Summer's Draft (along with my belief–which continues to this day–that Rubio was one of the two players in the draft pool with superstar capability).
My impression of Russell Westbrook after his rookie season was that he was either a selfish player more interested in his own scoring statistics than setting up teammates, or else he just lacked the instincts to be a point guard meaning he had no feel for where his teammates were and when they had a better shot. Obviously, those snap conclusions were incorrect. Despite some inconsistency this season, he has blossomed into a serviceable floor general and, at times, one of the best in the NBA.
Over his past nine games, he has had double digit assists in five and zero turnovers in two. For the year, his assist-to-turnover ratio is a respectable 2.4, far better than the 1.6 he recorded as a rookie. While no one is confusing him for Chris Paul, yet, his decision making has improved exponentially. If his outside shooting shows as drastic an improvement over the next few years, he will be an all-first teamer before we know it.
So, how did this light bulb go off for the Thunder's ultra-athletic point guard? It could be natural maturing…but I think it probably has more to do with all the role models that the franchise has surrounded him with. Head Coach Scott Brooks was a cerebral point guard who won a ring with the Rockets and made it in the NBA only because he understood the game so well. His career ast/to ratio was 3.57.
That, in itself, is a good mentor. But, in the off-season, Sam Presti made only one true free agent signing: minimum salary veteran journeyman Kevin Ollie. Ollie is a guy who has managed to stick in the league, much like Brooks during his playing days, simply by being a steady presence on the floor. Going up against him in practice early in the season, as opposed to Earl Watson and his flash without sizzle style, has likely been a major factor in Westbrook's development.
Of course, the biggest influence has probably been the new Assistant Head Coach Maurice Cheeks. Most Oklahomans who knew about Cheeks before this season probably knew little more than that he helped an embarrassed little girl finish the "Star Spangled Banner." In all actuality, however, he is very likely the player team management would like to see Russell Westbrook become.
Known as "Mo" in his playing days, Cheeks was a bad mamma jamma. Playing primarily with the 76ers, he earned four all-star invitations, was named to the NBA All-Defensive first team four times, and played in three NBA Finals, including a championship as the starting point guard of the 1983 team. Like Westbrook, Cheeks couldn't shoot a lick from the outside (although, unlike Westbrook, he only tried a three once every four games), but he was able to influence the game with his quickness and decision making. What really makes him a perfect mentor for the blossoming star is that Maurice Cheeks knows what it was like to be mentored.
When he came into the NBA as a second round pick in the 1978 draft, he became part of a very cerebral team. The star of that team was "Dr. J" Julius Erving, but his teammates included former USC (and Oklahoma City Calvary) coach Henry Bibby who taught Cheeks how to take his spot in the starting line-up. Doug Collins, who coached Michael Jordan to become Michael Jordan, was the starting small forward and current Boston College head coach Al Skinner was another guard on the team. (edit. On a completely unrelated note, Joe "Jelly Bean" Bryant was on the roster and during Cheeks' rookie season, he brought his son, Kobe, home from the hospital.)
While Mo Cheeks was cutting his professional teeth along side a plethora of future coaches, he was also learning several lessons that could be of import to Russ. First and foremost was winning. Cheeks' was perenially leading the teams he quarterbacked to the playoffs. The second bit of wisdom he can impart is learning to play in the shadow of superstars. "Dr. J" was only the first big name to eclipse Cheeks. As his career progressed, he also dished off to Moses Malone, and in his waning days in Philadelphia, Charles Barkley.
So far, it seems like the mentoring program is working. Now if only they could bring in Jeff Hornacek to teach the guys on this team how to shoot.


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Release Date: 20/05/2009 Languages: ENGLISH, JAPANESE Genre: Action/Adventure, Anime, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance Subtitles: ENGLISH subtitles Number of Discs: 4 Runtime: 650.0 mins Format: DVD, Region 4 (PAL) Aspect Ratio: 4:3 Original Aspect Ratio Buy it from RightStuf Buy it from Amazon Fushigi Yugi introduces us to 15 year old Miaka Yuki and her best friend Yui Hongo. They are Japanese middle school students who are trying to prepare themselves for entrance exams to enter the same high school together. One afternoon, Yui has to return a book to the National Library. Much to the surprise of her friend, Miaka volunteers to go with her. While Yui is handing in her book, Miaka has a bit of a look at the vending machines. Just as she pulls out a coin to buy something, a gush of wind rushes past her and a red light is seen going up a flight ofRead more →By Naomi in Turning Japanese 1 Comment »
Hey Jude…
"don't make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better. Remember to let her into your heart, Then you can start to make it better." Any Beatles fan knows this song. This song has been an anthem for many people going through rough times or people that just enjoy a good slow song once in a while. Across the Universe helped its popularity. Bands have done covers of it. Including my high school's marching band. This song has a lot of meaning for me because I played it my Sophomore year in high school (just 4 years ago, okay?) as the senior band students' song, when we do our good-byes and recognize everything they've done. The year we played that song was my first year as a trombonist. I practiced hard to make sure every line was perfect; I wasn't playing for myself, I was playing for myRead more →


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It will be partly sunny with a high near 81, according to the National Weather Service.
Light south winds will be increasing from 10 to 15 mph through the morning.
Tonight, it will be partly cloudy with a low of 66. South winds will drop to 5 to 10 mph, becoming light after midnight.


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That sounds like the perfect getaway :)
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That sounds like the perfect getaway :)
Goodmorning everybody :D
I'm going to CrossFit again with my whole family this morning, DH, oldest son and me have a WOD from 11 tot 12am, 2 youngest sons have a kids WOD from 12 to 1 pm. I've already cut op some (starchy) veggies and programmed the oven, so they will be nicely roasted when we come home for lunch.
Tonight we'll be going to a restaurant for my grandmother's birthday. It has an "all you can eat" buffet, but the quality of the food is not really that great (or at least it wasn't the last time we went there years ago). But hey, it's my grandma's choice. I'll try to make the best possible choices and stay away from the dessert buffet (if there's fresh fruit I'll take that).
I made BBBBalls yesterday, so had 2 for breakfast with a cup of coffee. And I'm taking a banana to WOD for post-workout ;) .
Have a good day everyone and enjoy time with your families as I'm doing with mine!
Hope you have fun!
I think it is wonderful that you workout with your family. Good health is best learned early..
I think it's pretty awesome, never thought I'd have so much fun working out with my family!
The kids were pretty shy at first (they're always a bit scared of new things, middle son Lex has Asperger's syndrome and youngest son Lou is a little perfectionist deep inside and scared to fail) but within 5 minutes the trainer (a very nice girl) had them to join in and they did really great!
The gym offers the first week for free, but now they're going to see if they can give us a "family-discount" :D (I hope so, or it will be a quite expensive business, but I'd rather give up something else instead of this).
I'm gonna dive into the bathtub with my DH now and get ready for restaurant tonight ;).
Tomorrow we'll go egg hunting at my in-laws and then have dinner there, MIL has provided loads of fresh veggies and traditionally we eat boiled eggs :) . If I don't get online tomorrow I want to wish everybody a wonderful Sunday!
Have a wonderful Easter Candy and yes you are so lucky...
Thanks for your support during my tirade yesterday:)
I love that you're making time for exercising, massages and bath tubs - keep it up! Happy Easter to you too.
Happy Easter! We're dying our eggs right now :)
I'm so happy to see my DH is jumping on the wagon too! I'm thrilled!! He's still having (sugarfree) cereal for breakfast, but didn't eat any bread yesterday at lunch (he had roasted veggies with me) and left the fries on his plate in the restaurant.
Restaurant wasn't too bad, I made good choices from the buffet (some steamed salmon, few olives, bit of feta cheese, tomatoes,...); DH and me shared a "côte à l'os" (T-bone steak) with butter (with herbs), we got fries although we asked not to have them, but we left them on our plate.
As desert (there was a buffet) I had 1,5 strawberry and 2 little slices of apple and held them under the "chocolate-fountain" :o . Sooo good :) .
I'm making my bolognese-sauce right now for lunch today. Kids will have (full spelt) pasta and DH and me will have thinly sliced zucchini and pumpkin with the sauce. I mixed the sliced veggies with some olive oil, salt, pepper and herbs and roast them in the oven. I don't miss pasta a bit!
So cool. Most of us are just trying to get ourselves to be healthier. You get a super-woman badge for getting your whole family on board!


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November 13, 2009By: Mary Winston Nicklin
The Marvelous Makeover of Cape Town's Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa
This just in. The dramatically-situated Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa has revealed a refurbishment of all guest rooms, showcasing a completely-transformed Presidential Suite. From its perch on the top floor of the hotel, the suite boasts sweeping views of the Atlantic Ocean, Lions Head, and the Twelve Apostles Mountains. The best part? The free-standing marble bath where you can take in the views while you soak. Not to mention the private terrace where you can sup with those swoon-worthy views. Each guest room has been redesigned emphasizing the hotel's glorious surroundings. Local craftsmen designed some pieces like mud chandeliers made from recycled clay and candy stripe wool carpets
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Katy Perry's heart may be happy again, but she's apparently not ready for the spotlight following Russell Brand's divorce filing.
Two days before the "Teenage Dream" singer's highly anticipated appearance at the People's Choice Awards, she Tweeted, "Unfortunately I will not be able to attend."
Citing no reason as to why she's backing out of Wednesday's awards show, Perry, 27, adds, "I want to thank u all for voting for me, fingers crossed! #KATYCATS."
Robert Pattinson, Demi Lovato, Ashley Greene, Alyson Hannigan, Liam Hemsworth, Julianne Hough, Vanessa Hudgens, and Jennifer Lawrence are all among the celebrities still expected to attend.
A rep for the PCA's did not immediately return a request for comment.
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Transforming a historic caterpillar into a "Class A" butterfly
Babette Kis, A.I.A., Project Architect, and Venu J. Gupta, P.E., Superintendent, Buildings and Fleet Services, Department of Public Works, City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
The Robert A. Anderson Water Tower and Municipal Building is a truly innovative "Class A" facility. The City of Milwaukee Buildings and Fleet Services asked Babette Kis, a staff architect, to develop a plan for the remodeling of the interior of the building. Kis met many construction challenges within a two-year remodeling span. This 1938-1939 art deco-style building, formerly an underused facility, is now a "Class A" office tower with state-of-the-art, highly-efficient heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) and other electromechanical systems.
Underutilized for many years, the historic former Town of Lake Water Tower was given new life as an energy-efficient office environment, and mechanical and electrical systems were replaced. This unique undertaking began in 2001 with a study of the original 1938 structure. At that time, it was determined that the 160-foot-tall building, which appeared to be of Type 1A or 1B fire-resistive construction, had been built as a two-story masonry unprotected building.
The height of the tower, 160 feet, offered opportunity for good transmission capability and now provides revenue to the City by letting private cellular companies install antennas. The City has also taken advantage of this height by installing a transmitter and antennas on the tower to enhance coverage on the south side of Milwaukee for the two-way radio system and emergency communication. "We tried to capture and capitalize on every strategic advantage the site's location and height had to offer," Kis said.
The building is wired for the 21st Century voice and data needs. A SONET network for voice, and gigabit Internet for data, connect the desktop computers using single mode fiber capable of ten gigabits of data. Twenty-four single-mode fibers are available in the building.
As part of the remodeling, a telephone node was installed in the building, which includes a G650 AVIA, PBX switchgear connected using City-owned fiber capable of handling 400 digital and analog telephones. Investigating and correcting the existing conditions turned out to be a monumental task during remodeling.
Old tower meets current Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements
Originally, the Town of Lake Municipal and Water Service offices had been housed on the first floor, in the east wing. In the west wing and center of the building were empty water settling tanks, an old electrical room, and outdated generators. The second floor had been used for storage and some office staff, the third floor was used as a practice area by the Town of Lake Band, and the fourth floor held communications equipment, and all showed signs of water damage. However, the most extensive water damage was located on the fifth level where the metal drip pan for the one million gallon water tank, which rose approximately fifty feet above it, was covered with rust.
In order to utilize the 25,657 square feet located in the first four levels, the building's steel structure was upgraded to comply with current building codes. The exposed steel was protected with fireproofing material, a sprinkler system was added, and electrical and data services were updated. The outdated existing mechanical rooms on the first floor were abandoned and new mechanical equipment was installed on the fourth floor. Remodeling also included new ADA-compliant restrooms, installation of an elevator, new doors, walls, counters, flooring, and lighting.
Historic character preserved, use expanded
Because of its historic significance, care was taken to preserve the original appearance of the exterior of the building. We also restored, as close to original as possible, the two-story east lobby with its art deco-style moldings, massive aluminum and amber glass chandeliers, and two open staircases with metal chevron and diamond detailed balusters. Birch-paneled counters and the new elevator were designed with chevron and diamond patterns to match the art deco details found both outside and inside of the original building. New finishes were selected to coordinate with the existing terra cotta and ochre lobby colors.
In order to fully realize the potential of this building the Department of Neighborhood Services, the Vector Control staff, and staff from the downtown Zeidler Municipal Building were consolidated in the renovated Water Tower and Municipal Building. The result was a tremendous increase in operational efficiency for the department.
ADA Code building challenges
ADA building codes required an elevator to the four floors. While an elevator shaft existed, the elevator car and mechanism had to be installed. All floors and walls were upgraded to meet the current fire rating. Restroom accessibility was completed and a ramp was added to the front entrance.
Other building challenges
Green Building Initiatives
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FAU Professor Receives 'South Florida Business Leader Award' from Seafarers' House
BOCA RATON, FL (January 11, 2011) — Florida Atlantic University's Leonard Berry, Ph.D., distinguished professor and director of the Center for Environmental Studies within the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, recently received the "South Florida Business Leader of the Year" award from the Seafarers' House at its 15 th annual luncheon. The award honors individual community leaders who have made significant contributions to support and sustain our communities and oceans.
"Community-based universities are essential to the current and future economy of Florida," said Berry. "Current synergies between Florida Atlantic University and businesses include the development of ocean energy technology, ocean monitoring and assessment in response to the Gulf oil spill, and working jointly with business and the community to understand and adapt to the impacts of climate change in our uniquely vulnerable region. Our united efforts produce benefits and change for our region and our future which are simply not obtainable by independent work."
Berry spearheads t he Center which brings together the full resources of the Florida State University System to collect, analyze and promote the use of scientifically sound information concerning tropical and sub-tropical, freshwater and estuary ecosystems. The Center is focused on critical environmental management issues of the state, and of tropical and subtropical ecosystems worldwide. Berry's expertise areas include geomorphology, wetland ecosystems, and adaptation and mitigation of anthropogenic impacts on the environment. He has authored/edited 27 books, more than 250 professional papers and reports, and has been a consultant for many environmental development agencies.
Seafarers' House at Port Everglades is a multi-faith cooperation among Christians, Muslims and Jews, as well as labor, business and civic leaders with a mission "to offer refuge, resources, renewal and respect to the maritime community through multi-faith service." It is open throughout the year as a safe, friendly place where mariners can connect with their families, relax or get emergency assistance if needed. With the help of its supporters and volunteers, Seafarers' House offers many services including low cost international phone calls, free transportation, Internet access, counseling services, liaison with authorities, as well as recreational facilities. Seafarers' House annually hosts more than 100,000 visits by cruise and cargo ship crewmembers.
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University serves more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses and sites. Building on its rich tradition as a teaching university, with a world-class faculty, FAU hosts 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering & Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. For more information, visit www.fau.edu .


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Investar Bank has acquired a 4,000-square foot facility in Mandeville that it will use as a full-service branch. The branch is the second in the metro New Orleans area that Investar has announced in recent months. In April, Investar said it would purchase a three-story building at 500 Veterans Memorial Blvd. in Metairie and convert the structure into a bank branch. Investar is based in Baton Rouge.
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20 Jan 2014
I'm sure this is a dumb question, but why is the qb sneak effective?
I would think it would be more effective to give the ball to a running back, a player who is built for running and who also has more forward momentum than a qb on a sneak.
3 replies , Last at 03 Mar 2014, 1:24pm by SimSportPlyr
Cause the Qb goes under his line or cam Newton goes over the top but most of the time they just need one yard but before it failed like he Troy jump and got the Qb
If you just need an inch or two, the person who has the ball is irrelevant. It's whether or not the center can move a guy he outweighs by 50lbs. The speed that the QB can just dive forward is more of an advantage than the running back's ability to create extra yards. The extra yards are also not important because all you care about is the first down (or TD at the goalline).
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Your's too darlin... your's too. ;)
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Your's too darlin... your's too. ;)
haha *fives it* ;)
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oh god, puppies!
i'm down 4 lbs. i don't know how much of it was water weight. i don't care toooooo much, i just hope the new downward trend continues
my guy found the pcos paleo links for me, just one of the many reasons i adore him.
and i'm still tired a lot
Squashy bully puppieeeeeeee and Mazzy Star... perfection.
I found a Low Oxalate Paleo link today.
The more I dig the more shocked I get about how many foods just hit the chopping block!
No more chocolate, sweet potatoes, baked potatoes (boiled red/gold new potatoes are OK), no cinnamon!, beets, greens, okra, raw carrots and celery, spinach, rhubabrb, nuts, black tea (you know... Iced tea!)... blah, blah, blah.
Add all that to what was off the table... sodium (and all sodium containing products), grains, legumes, alcohol, etc.
If grains and legumes weren't already off the table they would be now... most are high oxalate!
So... I'ma need to eat more meat, fish, and milk. LOL
and so i bequeath unto you... the zero carb diet!
so i used bacon grease with some refined coconut oil topper to try and make mayo
i made bacon creme *la di dah*
i followed directions. meh...
could not sleep again. the bay can't tsk his face at me this time, i laid there for hours. bear puked for some reason. he thought he was in trouble when i leaned dwn to figure out what he'd eaten, so he hunkered down like i was gonna scold. but no, we don't scold sick babies. just babies that hike a leg and pee in the corner on purpose
i joked with my sister the other day that bear himself has ptsd. he's been picked up for spankings maybe 3 times his whole life, so now every time he's picked up he has flashbacks
sometimes i think they are the children i never bore. they are exactly like me in that they are neurotic little boogers
or maybe that's a pom trait. but i still want them around when i'm hobbling around the farm at 95, so i have to find out how to make that happen. and not via taxidermy, thank you.
Ok... fella singing that song has never thought about a "hey, sexy lady", unless it was a lady-man.
That's totally OK, just sayn'.
And all I think of in response to the steam room scene is...
No ladies allowed! ;)
mouth update for the jason naturals toothpastes. the abraded gums sensation was only for a day, teeth feel cleaner, some days when i'd have more than 2 diet sodas my gums would feel a little stingy and that's not happening lately. gums are pinker, but that could be from the lots of salad diet i've got going on with fewer instances of comfort food
and waka loooooves the real life peppermint smell :rolleyes: 'let me stick my snout in your mouth!'
my bay says i'll feel better once my body stops being douchey and lets me sleep. i don't know if that's ever gonna happen. and my new addiction is extreme makeover weight loss edition. i looked up the trainer and he has a book out about carb cycling, and the people work out 4-5 hours a day to lose 200+ lbs in a year. so a lady with pcos lost a fck ton of weight too. and i are so jelly. i am lime green jello
because if i work out my back gives me hell for weeks after
bay asked me what my goal weight was 'victoria secret model skinny with a big ass?' and i said 140 with dat ass and dem titties
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Have you ever seen the whole world suck a backup goalie's dick like the way they are with Tomas Vokoun??? Its absolutely insane. He's a 36 year old backup who hasn't played in an NHL Playoff game in 6 years. I get that he's a veteran goalie and I know literally anyone on the planet earth would be better than Fleury but you'd honestly think Brodeur in his prime is gonna be between the pipes tonight for Pittsburgh.
Tomas Vokoun ain't gonna be the difference in this series. Goaltending for the Penguins was never what anybody feared. That doesn't change now. It all comes down to the Islanders staying out of the box while continuing to play rough, physical hockey with Princess Crosby, Malkin, and the rest of those fucking nancies from Pittsburgh. Continue to control the puck and limit giveaways (least giveaways of any playoff team). And continue to believe.
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User Experience Designer
UxStation is seeking a brilliant User Experience designer to join our
client's development team. Specialists need not apply: we're looking for
someone who has mastered multiple design-related skillsets, from wireframes
to visual design to usability tests and HTML and CSS coding. This is a
diverse range of skills -- we're looking for someone truly talented who is
passionate about great software with A-plus usability and polish. You will
be working closely with the leaders of the company to build ambitious
functionality that will define Social Search on the web. We have a killer
technical team of about 20 people, and we're moving extremely quickly: in
the past few months we've launched a new web interface with dozens of new
features, an iPhone App, IM and Twitter interfaces, and lots more -- and we
only plan on accelerating from here.
Client's company includes founders from more than a half-dozen successful
startups, four AI Ph.D.s, and engineers from Silicon Valley's major
technology companies. They build products that enable users to tap into the
wisdom of their real-world social network. Their first offering takes on the
problem of "subjective search" - finding information that is customized and
relevant to your personal tastes, needs, and context. They are located in
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Required skills:
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Carole Laure with Jean-Marc Barr at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
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Carole Laure (born August 5, 1948, Shawinigan, Canada) is an actress and singer from the province of Quebec in Canada.
Throughout most of her career, Carole Laure primarily collaborated with Anglophone singer, songwriter, producer, and director Lewis Furey, whom she met in 1977 and who later became her husband. She debuted as a singer on the album Alibis in 1978.
In 1989, she devoted an acoustic-oriented bilingual album, Western Shadows, to country and western standards. The album featured cover versions of Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man", Phil Spector's "To Know Him is to Love Him", Rosanne Cash's "Seven Year Ache", and Leonard Cohen's "Coming Back to You". The video for "Danse avant de tomber" (a cover of Boris Bergman's French adaptation of Doc Pomus' "Save the Last Dance For Me") featured dancer Louise Lecavalier of the internationally famous Québéc contemporary dance troupe La La La Human Steps.
For her 1991 album She Says Move On, she recorded a cover version of Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze".
She switched from acoustic to electronic music on her 1997 French-language album Sentiments Naturels. The album featured club-oriented genres such as techno, house, and trip hop, and collaborators included Dimitri from Paris, Mirwais, Shazz, DJ Cam, and Todd Terry. Laure was also named in the songwriting credits.
Laure is also a film actress, appearing in a number of Canadian-produced films, including the controversial 1974 release by Dušan Makavejev Sweet Movie, which was notable for both its sexual explicitness and scatology. Laure and Furey were frequent co-stars in the films of Gilles Carle, most notably, L'Ange et la femme (1977) and Fantastica (1980).
- Alibis (1978)
- Carole Laure/Lewis Furey Fantastica (1980)
- Carole Laure/Lewis Furey Enregistrement Public au Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin (1982)
- Carole Laure/Lewis Furey Night Magic (1985)
- Western Shadows (1989)
- She Says Move On (1991)
- Sentiments Naturels (1997)
- Collection Légende (1999)
- "J'ai une chanson" (1978)
- "See you Monday" (with Lewis Furey) (1979)
- "Fantastica" (with Lewis Furey) (1980)
- "I should have known / Slowly, I married her" (with Lewis Furey) (1982)
- "Danse avant de tomber" (1989)
- "Anybody with the Blues" (1990)
- "She says move on" (1991)
- "Perds ton temps" (1992)
- "Mirage Geisho" (New version) (1993)
- "Passe de toi" (1996)
- "Sentiments naturels" (1997)
- "Dormir" (Sampler) (1997)
(mainly French language)
- Mon enfance à Montréal (1971)
- Fleur bleue as Suzanne (1971)
- Series 4 (1972)
- IXE-13 as Shaïra (1972)
- La Porteuse de pain (TV miniseries) as Marie Harmant (1973)
- La Mort d'un bûcheron as Marie Chapdeleine (1973)
- Les Corps célestes as Rose-Marie (1973)
- Sweet Movie as Miss Monde 1984 / Miss Canada (1974)
- A Thousand Moons (1975)
- La Tête de Normande St-Onge as Normande St-Onge (1975)
- Né pour l'enfer (Born for Hell) as Amy (1976)
- Strange Shadows in an Empty Room as Louise Saitta (1976)
- L'Eau chaude, l'eau frette as Amoureuse (1976)
- L'Ange et la Femme as Girl (1977)
- La Menace as Julie Manet (1977)
- Préparez vos mouchoirs (Get Out Your Handkerchiefs) as Solange (1977)
- La Jument vapeur as Armelle Bertrand (1978)
- Inside Out (1979)
- Au revoir à lundi as Lucie Leblanc (1979)
- Fantastica as Lorca (1980)
- Asphalte as Juliette (1981)
- Un assassin qui passe as Pauline Klein (1981)
- Escape to Victory (Victory) as The French - Renée (1981)
- Croque la vie as Thérèse (1981)
- Maria Chapdelaine as Maria Chapdelaine (1983)
- À mort l'arbitre as Martine (1984)
- Stress as Nathalie (1984)
- Heartbreakers as Liliane (1984)
- The Surrogate as Anouk Van Derlin (1984)
- Night Magic as Judy (1985)
- Drôle de samedi as Véronique (1985)
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- Keep your important documents like your will or trust up-to-date. Keep your legal residence address, marriage status, children, guardian list, etc. updated.
- Keep track of beneficiaries for all of your IRAs, qualified plans and insurance policies. If you don't, they may be going to someone you no longer wish to receive them.
- Maximize the liquidity of your estate. Liquidity is defined as the ability to quickly turn assets into cash. Without sufficient cash to pay taxes, funeral, and other expenses, your family may have to sell illiquid assets - such as a family business or other property - at an inopportune time.
- Maintain an appropriate mix of investment risk. Over time, more risky investments like stocks and mutual funds should be moved into safe and stable investments such as annuities.
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- If you have minor children, consider naming one guardian for your minor children and a separate guardian for the property you've left to support them. The best guardian for your children may not be the most effective money manager you know.
- Estate planning for your spouse. If your net worth is high enough, your estate may be subject to taxes. A simple estate plan can potentially save your loved ones hundreds of thousands of dollars in estate taxes.
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Well-known evangelist Dr. D.G.S. Dhinakaran passed away on what would be Wednesday morning in India (late Tuesday night in the U.S.). He was 73.
Watch for Dr. Robertson's comments on the passing of his friend, following this report.
The long-time friend of The Christian Broadcasting Network and Dr. M.G. "Pat" Robertson is known for huge evangelistic crusades along with his Jesus Calls ministry.
Dhinakaran, considered by many of his peers as the "apostle of this age to India", was known for holding powerful prayer rallies guided by the Holy Spirit, where he'd call out the names of people who were in the crowd, reveal their exact needs, and minister directly to them.
Dhinakaran was joined by Robertson at one rally not long after the beginning of the new millenium in Hyderabad, India, where they ministered to 500,000 people. He also worked closely with Robertson through the years in establishing CBN ministries in India.
The Indian evangelist's biography tells of a 20-year-old young man caught in poverty and unemployment at the point of taking his life. On his way to throw himself in front of a speeding train, he was stopped by his uncle who introduced him to Jesus Christ. He said an immediate peace overwhelmed him, and he went home with hope and a new purpose for his life.
The young Dhinakaran worked at a bank and ended up becoming a top executive for the company. Yet he had a heart for ministry that compelled him to start the Jesus Calls ministry.
Later, he had a vision of the Lord Jesus appearing to him, asking him to train lay people like himself to reach the people of his nation and other parts of Asia with the good news of the Gospel.
Later he started radio and television ministries across India. He also started other ministries related to Jesus Calls ministry, wrote books, and influenced many people in all walks of life for God.
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'Still work to do' as NHL negotiation keep going for fourth straight day
NEW YORK — The NHL and NHL Players' Association appear to be inching slowly towards a deal to salvage the hockey season.
But they still have plenty of ground to cover.
With collective bargaining talks reaching a critical point, the sides have quietly exchanged new proposals and are committed to picking up talks again on Friday. It will be the fourth straight day they've sat across from one another during an intense week of bargaining.
"We have work to do," commissioner Gary Bettman said Thursday night.
Little is known about exactly where talks stand.
Sources told The Canadian Press that the NHL responded to a pair of union proposals on Thursday and one suggested it was a good sign the sides still planned to keep negotiating. On Wednesday night, the NHLPA tabled new offers regarding revenue sharing and the league's "make whole" provision, with the union suggesting a system where the players' share in revenue reaches 50-50 in the third year of the deal.
That still amounts to a major financial concession — as much as $1 billion over the course of the deal — from the current split of 57-43 in favour of the players.
As a result, the NHLPA is asking for an improved revenue sharing system and isn't eager to see changes made to rules governing contracts, many of which were won in the last round of negotiations.
Bettman and Donald Fehr, the NHLPA's executive director, were extremely careful not to reveal much about discussions after meeting for more than five hours on Thursday.
"I'm not going to characterize (the talks) except to say, as I have before, that it's always better when you're meeting than when you're not," said Fehr.
With all regular-season games cancelled through Nov. 30, negotiations have reached a critical and delicate stage.
Ten days will be needed from the time an agreement is struck until the season starts and there is still hope among the parties that a shortened schedule could begin by Dec. 1.
For that to happen, signs of progress need to emerge soon — something neither side is entirely sure will happen.
"Collective bargaining is a process and it has peaks and valleys and ebbs and flows and it's very tough to handicap," said Bettman.
The underground meetings became slightly more public on Thursday, when reporters managed to track the sides down at the midtown Manhattan offices of Proskauer Rose. That's the law firm that employs NHL lead counsel Bob Batterman and it is located across the street from the office building where the 2004-05 CBA was hammered out.
With negotiations taking on a more urgent nature, the sides have completely turned down the rhetoric. Fehr indicated it was important not to comment on what was being discussed because so much information is now being traded back and forth across the table.
It was one issue where the sides had already found agreement.
"I'm not going to discuss the negotiations or the substance of what we're talking about," said Bettman.
"I really don't think that would be helpful for the process."
The commissioner was speaking only a few blocks from Madison Square Garden, where the Rangers had originally been scheduled to face the Minnesota Wild in one of 11 games scheduled for Thursday night.
Interestingly, a key gap that remains between the sides is figuring out how contracts can be "made whole" now that a full season won't be played. Players were paid $1.833-billion out of the $3.3-billion generated in revenue last year, but the overall pot is bound to shrink now that a shortened schedule is the best-case scenario for 2012-13.
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Red Ledges - and the Other Great Courses - in Park City
It's a common enough feeling around Park City, Utah. Poised at a precipice, your heart's a drumbeat as you contemplate the steeply twisting corridor falling away beneath your feet. You take a deep, steadying breath, and prepare to negotiate the plunging terrain safely.
Some of the Vistas at Red Ledges
But it isn't winter, it's summertime. You're wearing a polo shirt and Bermuda shorts, not goggles and Gore-Tex. You were transported by golf cart, not chairlift. You're at the first tee of one of the nation's most breathtaking new golf experiences - Red Ledges, in Heber, Utah.
This is the 200th U.S. course designed by the preeminent Jack Nicklaus. And this milestone course, with its expansive views, up-and-down sensibility, gorgeous sandstone outcroppings and grip-and-throat-tightening uphill approach shots, continues the decade-long trend of Park City's steady metamorphosis into a high-end golf destination.
One of the Elevated Tees at Red Ledges
Owing to its longtime position as one of the world's great ski towns, a reputation further cemented by its star turn in the 2002 Winter Olympic Games of Salt Lake City, Park City will always be more closely associated with snowflakes than fairways. But in recent years, golf gear has assumed greater importance in area toy-boxes, taking its rightful place next to the skis, snowboards, mountain bikes and hiking boots. Red Ledges is just the latest reason as to why.
His most recent honor was being named official starter at the 2010 Masters, alongside longtime friend and rival Arnold Palmer. But Nicklaus has been collecting awards about as steadily as he collected his 18 major championships, and among others, was named for the fifth time by the editors of Golf Inc. Magazine as "The Most Powerful Person in Golf." Apparently, when it came time for the owners-developers of Red Ledges to pick an architect, they espoused the philosophy, "It takes one to know one."
Holes 8 and 9 at Red Ledges
Anthony Burns is the former CEO of Ryder Systems, they of the ubiquitous yellow trucks. His partner at Red Ledges is Nolan Archibald, who still occupies a similar throne at Black & Decker. Besides heading multi-billion-dollar conglomerates known the world over, both men have deep Utah roots. Archibald was born in nearby Ogden, while Burns married into a family that has extensive land holdings in the Heber Valley.
"I am amazed that in just two years since the ground-breaking, Red Ledges will open what we believe will be the finest course in the West," said Tony Burns, whose master plan eventually will include 1,200 homes on 2,000 acres, tennis and equestrian facilities, and spa. "We are thankful to Jack Nicklaus, who has helped make our long-held vision come to life."
16h Hole at Red Ledges
The architect himself is also pleased with the end result, and his ability to assimilate some significant elevation changes into a seamless whole. "Since the topography of this area is so stunning and diverse, we were challenged to stay true to the Red Ledges vision by planning each hole around its natural surroundings," said golf's "Golden Bear."
"We were able to nestle some holes around the famous sandstone ledges and situate other holes in juniper groves. I am delighted with how the course has turned out."
Equally delighted must be the droves of discriminating golf-lovers who are continuing to discover greater Park City as the perfect vacation-home destination. As a Scotsman might say, those with the requisite dollars and desire are "spoiled for choice." Each of the half-dozen-or-so high-desert venues that have sprung to life in the last decade offers meticulous course conditioning, upscale amenities and 20-mile mountain vistas. Just as importantly, they are all a short drive from a dynamic, culturally relevant, culinary-rich town which in summer is perpetually bathed in sunshine, with 80-degree temperatures and little humidity to speak of. Besides Red Ledges, some of Park City's other golf jewels include:
Victory Ranch is also brand-spanking-new, a Rees Jones beauty bisected by carpets of emerald amidst endless fields of shimmering fescue grass. The two finishing holes are as exciting as any closing holes in Utah, and offer such a steep descent from start to finish a golfer might feel they need a toboggan, if not a parachute. With miles of frontage on the Provo River, Victory Ranch is about fly-fishing as much as golf, but the first of what might someday be several courses on property is a keeper.
"Rees told me when we first spoke by phone that he can't count the number of times a developer has called him and asked for a championship-caliber course on 150 acres," recalls chief developer Bob Larson. "I laughed when he said that, and told him I have 7,000 acres! He quickly agreed to come visit."
While Red Ledges and Victory Ranch are still in their nascent stages, Promontory is a much more established development. Of the 7,000 acres comprising the property, more than 60% will remain undeveloped, leaving plenty of wide open spaces with long-range views of the ski hills in nearby Park City. Nicklaus Design delivered Painted Valley, the newer of the two courses on property. It's a no-nonsense test, with heaving greens and a curious routing where about half the holes from mid-round forward climb relentlessly upward, before a much-needed downhill respite as a player heads back to the (temporary) clubhouse.
Pete Dye's Canyon Course is the original playground, and gets far more play to this point than the Nicklaus effort. The eclectic routing features an outward nine that meanders through a sunlit meadow, the southern exposure offering 30-mile views. The back nine is located over a ridge and within a contained valley. The feeling is more sheltered, less wide open than the outward journey. "The difference between the front and back is like night and day," offers Perry Dye, Pete's son and a noted course architect in his own right. "With 350 feet of elevation change from top to bottom, it's just a gorgeous site."
Unlike the other candidates, Glenwild, regularly voted the number No. 1 course in Utah, is not a work in progress. The 900-acre property, with a Tom Fazio gem as its centerpiece attraction, is located in a wildflower-filled valley just a few minutes from Interstate 80 and about 15 minutes to Park City's bustling Main Street. In addition to the site's naturally occurring flora and fauna, 9,000 trees were planted on the property to enhance the feeling of rusticity and remove. The wind is mostly an afternoon factor at Glenwild, which day-to-day isn't buffeted by breezes as regularly as some of the area's more exposed courses.
The homey-but-comfortable clubhouse is centrally located, and its overstuffed couches, porch swings, log-cabin ambiance and tricked-out locker rooms (whirlpools facing plasma TV's) is nearly as big an attraction as the golf course itself. So is the beyond-reproach service, including super-efficient valet parking, and do-everything locker room attendants-slash-bartenders. Is it any wonder that a proud member, who happens to be one of the world's most recognizable and beloved athletic superstars, bops back and forth to his magnificent mansion practically all summer long?
Alpine sports will always be king in Park City. But the aforementioned golf venues, be they brand-new, or well-established, along with several others still in either the planning stages or pipeline, help tilt the town's myriad recreational options somewhat back in balance.
Joel Zuckerman, called "One of the Southeast's most respected and sought-after golf writers" by Golfer's Guide Magazine, is an award-winning travel writer based in Savannah, Ga., and Park City, Utah. He has written five books, including the epic "Pete Dye Golf Courses" in 2008. Joel's course reviews, player profiles, essays and features have appeared in more that 100 publications internationally, including Sports Illustrated, Golf, Continental Magazine, Travel & Leisure Golf, Sky Magazine, Golf Connoisseur, Golfweek, Estates West, Millionaire and Golf International. For more of Joel, visit www.vagabondgolfer.com.
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The California Girl with a Gift for Making People Laugh Has Survived Breast Cancer and Emerged Even More Beautiful—Inside and Out
She has an "angel" of a boyfriend, Dutch bass player Martyn Lenoble, who "loves me from head to toe." She has a cozy Malibu beach house that she calls "the best thing I've ever done for myself." And, after a very public battle with breast cancer that has given her a gratifying "feeling of purpose," she has a new lease on life. Last March Christina Applegate, 37, was diagnosed with a disease that her mother, Nancy Priddy, has battled—and by July the actress opted to undergo a double mastectomy. But within weeks Applegate presented an award at the Emmys in a stunning Reem Acra gown and returned to the set of her ABC sitcom, Samantha Who? "You have to get through the physical transformations, then buck up, go to work and try to be the normal, happy Christina for everyone around you," says Applegate, who had reconstructive breast surgery last November. In an extensive interview the star—now cancer-free—sat down with PEOPLE's Elizabeth Leonard to share her journey and revel in the beauty of living each day to the fullest.
What's your favorite personality trait?
My sense of humor. I like laughing and making people laugh—not just on set, but in life. I used to be really shy, but I started to come into my own in my late 20s and early 30s. Now I'm not afraid to speak up in a room full of people and be a part of the conversation.
What feature do you get the most compliments on?
My eyes and my eye color, which completely changes depending on what environment I'm in. My driver's license says "hazel green" since that's what my mother always told me they were. But they have brown and gold and green in them, and they change colors.
What's your beauty hang-up?
I have short legs and it drives me crazy! I've got a really long torso and short legs. I can pull it off with the right jeans, but it's taken time to figure that out. There are people, like Cameron Diaz, who have incredibly long legs and you go, "Wow, how can you ever have a problem if you just wake up with long legs?!" I'd love to wake up to them one day, but it's just not going to happen!
Can you tell us about your boyfriend?
He's been a friend for about 13 years. [They began dating last May.] Our relationship gets stronger and stronger. I'm really lucky.
You and actor Johnathon Schaech finalized your divorce in 2007. Would you get married again?
Absolutely. You go into relationships hoping they'll last forever, so that's the hope. I was always looking for what my perfect type was, and I never really found it until now. He's an angel.
What about kids?
Absolutely. I mean I can't keep babying just these furry creatures [Tallulah, a miniature pinscher/dachshund mix, and her cat Bella] for the rest of my life!
How did you react when you first learned about your cancer diagnosis?
It's a roller coaster of emotions. But there was a calm about what I had to do. I watched my mom go through cancer [both breast cancer, at age 38, and ovarian-related cancer, at age 54] and so I know how this works. I got macrobiotic chefs, and I wouldn't let stress in my home in any way, shape or form. I really tried to take everything in stride and one day at a time.
Why did you decide to have a double mastectomy?
When they found out that I had the BRCA1 mutation [a gene that increases the risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers], I had to make the decision. If you have the gene, they tell you your chances are 80 percent that [the cancer] will come back. So I was like, "Uh, where's the decision to be made? Obviously, let's go." My mom had a mastectomy when she was 38, so she totally gets it.
Now that you've had reconstructive breast surgery, how do you feel when you see yourself naked?
It's hard. You don't look the same anymore and you never will. A part of you is gone. None of the women I know [who have undergone similar surgery] are like, "Yay, I love my boobs!" But you have to embrace them. It's a decision that you made to save your life.
How does your boyfriend make you feel about your new body?
Beautiful. He doesn't even see it.
What's the most awkward side effect of having reconstructive surgery?
The numbness is strange. I can't feel anything. I don't know if they're hanging out in clothes, so I need someone to make sure they're under wraps.
Are there any positive aspects?
I don't have to wear a bra! They don't hang down to my knees like they did before. They hang up there. They're pretty solid. They're not going anywhere. And the gals look good in tank tops, and they didn't before.
You recovered from your surgery in your new Malibu beach house ...
I've always dreamt of one, but I always thought, "Well, that's just too expensive, blah blah blah." After the diagnosis, I was like, "What am I waiting for?" It's the best thing I've ever done for myself. I love walking on the beach and looking for sea glass. I can do it for hours and hours.
After everything you've been through, do you feel brave, lucky or unlucky?
I think it's okay to feel all of the above. Some days you can't be brave. Sometimes you feel lucky because you've been given this chance to change your life. There's a spectrum of emotions.
A paparazzo snapped a photo of you smoking recently and it caused a stir. How did that feel?
It's been very painful because I feel it was discounting all the work that I've done. The day I found out I had cancer I quit anything that was bad for me that I was putting in my body. Over the last year, with everything that's happened [including the death of her ex-boyfriend Lee Grivas in July], there have been a couple of times that I've slipped up. That was one of those rare occasions—and of course they got a picture.
Having made it through the toughest year of your life, do you feel gratitude?
I'm grateful that I'm through the thick of it, because that was really hard. And I'm grateful that I have been able to influence people in a good way, I hope, with all the work I've been trying to do to open people's eyes about the reality of this [see box on the foundation she started]. I'm very grateful to Martyn for coming along at the time that he did because he's been my rock through all of this. He gave me something to really want to live for and something to smile about.
How has this experience changed the way you view life?
When everything happened I felt a charge to make every day really, really important; and make every experience the best that it could possibly be; and to take as good care of myself as I could; and to give a lot of love. You've got to kind of go for joy and happiness as if your life depended on it and flush away anything that doesn't fit within that. That's not just for people who are cancer survivors. That should be for everybody.
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Members of the Fleet Reserve Association Low Country Branch 269 and Ladies Auxiliary Unit 269 led by Fleet Reserve Association National president, Mark Kilgore, hosted the 61st annual memorial held at the USS Hobson memorial located in White Point Garden in Charleston.
The USS Hobson was a destroyer-minesweeper built in Charleston in 1942. The ship participated in several battles during World War II, both in the Atlantic and Pacific theatres. At the outbreak of the Korean War she was participating in carrier training operations when she was involved in a collision at sea with the USS Wasp. The collision broke the ship in two causing 176 crewmembers to be lost.
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