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Likelihood Inference in Some Finite Mixture Models
Parametric mixture models are commonly used in applied work, especially empirical economics, where these models are often employed to learn for example about the proportions of various types in a given population. This paper examines the inference question on the proportions (mixing probability) in a simple mixture model in the presence of nuisance parameters when sample size is large. It is well known that likelihood inference in mixture models is complicated due to 1) lack of point identification, and 2) parameters (for example, mixing probabilities) whose true value may lie on the boundary of the parameter space. These issues cause the profiled likelihood ratio (PLR) statistic to admit asymptotic limits that differ discontinuously depending on how the true density of the data approaches the regions of singularities where there is lack of point identification. This lack of uniformity in the asymptotic distribution suggests that confidence intervals based on pointwise asymptotic approximations might lead to faulty inferences. This paper examines this problem in details in a finite mixture model and provides possible fixes based on the parametric bootstrap. We examine the performance of this parametric bootstrap in Monte Carlo experiments and apply it to data from Beauty Contest experiments. We also examine small sample inferences and projection methods.
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Signorello Padrone Cabernet Sauvignon 2010
Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley, California
Winemaker's Notes
Aromas of coffee, raspberry creme, and dark chocolate arise from the glass. Second aromas of fresh tilled soil and black cherries add to the complex nose. On the palate, the rich mouth-feel is layered with flavors, raspberries, and dark chocolate. Toasty oak and a touch of vanilla enhance the well integrated tannins and impressive length. This is a balanced wine with power and grace.
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The Wine Advocate - "The 2010 Cabernet Sauvignon Padrone (100% Cabernet Sauvignon) boasts a blockbuster nose of blackberries, blueberries, camphor and acacia flowers. Sweet tannins and a wonderful sucrosity and ripeness on the palate conceal some serious structure. This pure, long, full, rich wine possesses lots of black fruits as well as an impressive finish that lasts nearly 45 seconds. "
Connoisseurs' Guide - "This year's Padrone is comprised of 100% Cabernet Sauvignon as is testified by its sheer sturdiness. Very much adhering to the Signorello preference for wines of extract and substance, it is long on stuffing and depth, and its very ample serving of ripe, blackcurrant fruit is seasoned with plenty of rich oak. It is a big wine with big tannins and will not be ready any time soon, and it belongs in the cellars of those who have the patience to wait for the ten-plus years that it demands."
Vinous / Antonio Galloni - "The 2010 Padrone (Cabernet Sauvignon) comes across as super-ripe and almost jammy, at least judging by this barrel sample. It is a big, voluptuous wine with tons of inner perfume and expressive dark red raspberry jam, smoke, licorice and tar. There is plenty of energy in the glass, but I don't find the 2010 Padrone meaningfully more complex or interesting than the Estate in this vintage. This is a bit on the heavy side today.
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Raymond Signorello Sr. and his son, Raymond Jr, founded Signorello Vineyards in 1985. The are producers of estate grown and produced varietals including Seta, a proprietary blend of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc; Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon. Signorello's Padrone is dedicated to Ray Signorello Sr. who passed away in 1998, a visionary whose dreams became a reality in the wines at Signorello. The grapes used for this Bordeaux blend are sourced from an extemely rocky portion of the estate vineyards yeilding a mere 1.5 tons per acre. The 1999 Padrone is a blend of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Merlot and 8.5% Cabernet Franc and is fitting tribute to the life of Ray Signorello Sr. - the Padrone. View all Signorello Wines
About Napa ValleyView a map of Napa Valley wineries
It's hard not to think of Napa Valley when thinking of California wines. The region is, after all, the one that brought world recognition to California wine making. The area was settled by a few choice wine families in the 1960's who bet that the wines of the area would grow and flourish. They were right. The Napa wine industry really took off in the 1980's, when vineyard lands were scooped up and vines were planted throughout the county. A number of wineries emerged, from large conglomerates to small boutiques to cult classics. Cabernet Sauvignon is definitely the grape of choice here, with many winemakers also focusing on Bordeaux Blends. Whites are usually Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc.
Notable FactsWithin the Napa Valley lie smaller sub-AVAs that lend even more character specifics to the wines. Furthest south is Carneros, followed by Yountville, Oakville & Rutherford. Above those two is St.-Helena and finally, just granted an AVA, Calistoga. These areas are situated on the valley floor and are known for creating rich, smooth Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay. There are a few mountain regions as well, nestled on the slopes overlooking the valley AVAs. Those include Howell Mountain, Stags Leap and Mount Veeder. Wines from the mountain regions are often more structured and firm, benefiting from more time in the bottle to evolve and soften.
About CaliforniaIt's not rare to see a wine's country of origin listed as "California." A country into itself in the wine world, California makes enough varieties and styles to match many European wine countries. It produces a diverse range of wines that span the quality spectrum.
The most famous of the California wine regions is Napa Valley, and these wines are certainly outstanding – but it's not as broad and diverse as its larger neighbor, Sonoma County. Down south, Santa Barbara's Santa Maria Valley is well-known for its Rhône blends, as well as cool-climate varieties like Pinot and Chardonnay. The Central Coast, the largest California AVA, has many different microclimates that lead to a wide range of wines with many sub-AVAs.
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The man convicted of driving drunk and killing two sisters in Santa Fe sent a letter to Action 7 News recently.
James Ruiz is suing the restaurants where he was drinking before the accident that killed the Peshlakai sisters in 2010.
In the letter, he said he filed a civil suit against Applebee's and Blue Corn Café to recoup the money his family spent for his defense. He said he wanted the restaurants to take full responsibility for his part in the tragedy and wants them to be held accountable.
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A woman has been taken to hospital after her vehicle hit a central reservation barrier on the A3, near Guildford, on Monday morning.
The crash happened on the northbound carriageway at around 8.30am when a white Mini Cooper left the road and collided with the barrier.
Surrey Police said the driver, a woman believed to be in her mid-20s, suffered minor facial injuries and was taken to hospital.
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Motorists faced delays because the road was partially closed until 10.15am when the vehicle was recovered. The road was then cleared and fully reopened.
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Friday, 4 – 5 PM: Stuck Between Lahaina and Kihei
July 12, 2014 - Ray Tsuchiyama
I had heard about the sudden mass traffic pile-ups along the highway to Lahaina from Kihei, but I did not experience it first-hand until yesterday late afternoon.
In retrospect, the slowing of traffic by the time I reached the one-lane highway just around Maalaea as I entered from Keahuilani highway in early afternoon should have been a warning, but I thought it was just Friday afternoon traffic, not an indication of what was to come later.
After a meeting in Kaanapali, I suddenly thought to mail my postcard to a dedicated son of a former colleague now in U.S. Army basic training in Ft. Benning, Georgia – so I turned leftward into the Lahaina Post Office, atop a knoll overlooking Honoapiilani Highway. When I opened the blue Post Office Mailbox, there was a four-inch gecko that darted away – again, a sign of something going-to-happen.
I should have not turned in – five precious minutes wasted.
I did another time-waster by driving into Keawe Street (good name, after the pointy bush) and the Lahaina Gateway Mall and browsing the bookstands at Barnes and Nobles. In hindsight, another bad idea. If my home was in Lahaina or Launuipoko or even Napili, that would have been a nice 30-minute diversion from work issues, but I had to return to my home in North Kihei.
The sun was very hot as I walked out of the cool Barnes and Noble bookstore (sadly, now the only "real" comprehensive bookstore in entire tri-isle Maui County), and turned my car engine on. I called my wife and said I would be home in about 30 minutes, 40 minutes "with traffic". Instead, it would be a tortuous 1 hour and 10 minutes by the time I reached home – a distance of 21 miles on Google Maps.
For the first few miles through Honoapiilani Highway, it was stop-and-go traffic. For the blinking speed-measuring lights that compares your driving speed to the "25 Miles Per Hour Speed Limit", I did not have to brake as I was already crawling at barely 10 miles an hour.
I seemed to be part of a car caravan snaking along, and a few miles out again, I saw on my rear mirror a huge yellow Maui County fire truck, followed by another car blaring a siren, and I turned on the road. This incident occurred way before the cool shady trees of Olowalu, so I was barely outside Lahaina, perhaps even before Launuipoko State Park.
It was stop-and-go traffic along the desert-like hills, then even more slowing down along the beachfront, where people had tents and were looking at the cars. One biker overtook the cars on a narrow strip on my right, not a good idea if a car suddenly turned to park.
To make this traffic story shorter, after the wending hilly area beyond Papalaua State Park, I saw stopped traffic, and slowed down again: there was a battered green truck in the middle of the To-Lahaina lane, and no one was behind the steering wheel – the truck engine had stopped just in time for the 5 PM Go-Back-To-The-West-Side-Rush, and behind the truck as the traffic started to move on my lane, there were about three – four miles of stalled traffic, full of cars, trucks, taxis, buses, and hotel shuttle vans.
Nearing Maalaea, I saw a big SUV turning around on the middle grassy area and trying to merge with the To-Kihei traffic. Not a great idea, but I could sympathize with the driver. It was a good thing my air-conditioning was working as I turned, finally, onto North Kihei Road and to a far-less crowded road.
I don't know what happened to the drivers stuck on the highway before the wending hills, but I was glad I did not stay even longer in Lahaina, given the nervous gecko's warning.
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Yen Falls in Longest Streak in 2 Months; Euro Advances
The yen fell for a fourth day versus the dollar, the longest losing streak in more than two months, as investors sold the Japanese currency to buy higher-yielding assets.
The euro rose against the majority of its most-traded counterparts as Greece won a second international bailout and its government submitted debt-swap and austerity measures to the country's parliament for approval. Gains in the dollar were limited as U.S. stocks rallied to the highest levels since 2008 before retreating. The yen has declined against all its major peers since Japan's central bank increased its asset-purchase fund to 30 trillion yen last week.
"As the market conditions calm down a little and we have less volatility, there is more interest in selling the yen against non-major currencies," said Nick Bennenbroek, head of currency strategy at Wells Fargo & Co. in New York. "What we've seen with dollar-yen has a lot to do with Bank of Japan easing."
The yen fell 0.1 percent to 79.74 at 5 p.m. in New York, after touching 79.89 yesterday, the weakest since Aug. 4. The euro declined less than 0.1 percent to $1.3234 after reaching $1.3293, the highest level since Feb. 9. Europe's currency rose 0.1 percent 105.54 yen after earlier rising to 106.01 yen, the most since Nov. 14.
The implied volatility of three-month options for Group of Seven currencies fell as low as 9.97 percent, the least since Feb. 13, according to the JPMorgan G7 Volatility Index. A decrease makes investments in currencies with higher benchmark lending rates more attractive as the risk in such trades is that market moves will erase profits.
'Risk Being Taken'
The S&P 500 rose less than 0.1 percent after climbing as much as 0.5 percent to 1,367.76, the strongest since June 2008. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 13,000 for the first time since May 2008.
Benchmark interest rates are 10.5 percent in Brazil and 1.75 percent in Sweden and Norway compared to near zero percent in Japan.
"You're seeing risk being taken in the equity markets and some of the money that was parked in yen moving out and removing support for the local currency," said Samarjit Shankar, a managing director for the foreign-exchange group in Boston at Bank of New York Mellon. "There is an isolation of euro-denominated risk in global portfolios, especially on the bond and currency side, but that has not deterred investors from making tactical plays elsewhere."
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Sweden's krona rose against most of its major counterparts as the central bank borrowed 10 billion kronor to restore reserves. The krona fell 0.1 percent to 6.6570 per dollar and was little changed versus the euro at 8.8099.
The Australian dollar weakened as policy makers "judged that if demand conditions were to weaken materially, the inflation outlook would provide scope for a further easing in monetary policy." The central bank unexpectedly held rates at 4.25 percent this month after two quarter-percentage-point reductions late last year
Australia's currency fell 0.9 percent to $1.0663. The Aussie dropped 0.8 percent to A$1.2411 per euro and declined 0.7 percent to 85.02 yen.
Euro-area finance ministers awarded 130 billion euros ($173 billion) in aid to Greece and reached an accord for greater debt relief from investor representatives in an exchange offer to tide the nation past a bond redemption next month.
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Greece's government submitted two separate laws on a voluntary debt swap known as private-sector involvement, or PSI, and collective action clauses and on fiscal measures in return for international financing to the country's parliament for approval. The laws were posted on the Hellenic Parliament's website.
Greek Prime Minister Lucas Papademos said the debt-swap process should be complete by March 10. The goal is for the nation to escape the full 14.5 billion-euro cost of a March 20 bond redemption.
"The euro reaction, we have seen for the most part, is extremely lackluster," said Kathy Lien, director of currency research at online currency trader GFT Forex in New York. "Investors want to get the all-clear from the PSI and they want to see how many private bondholders actually participate in the deal. If we have less participation and the ratings agencies deem it a credit event, we're back on the slippery slope."
The so-called three-month 25-delta risk reversal rate was at minus 2.6275 percent today, rising from minus 2.98 percent on Feb. 16. A negative rate signals greater demand for euro puts relative to calls. Calls grant the right to purchase a currency, while puts allow for sales.
The euro depreciated 4.5 percent in the past three months, the most after the yen's 6 percent decline, according to Bloomberg Correlation-Weighted Indexes, which track 10 developed-market currencies. The dollar slipped 2.3 percent.


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Asian stock markets settled lower on Monday. Japan's benchmark index, Nikkei 225 lost 10.09 points or 0.23 percent to settle at 4,325.22. While China's benchmark index, Shanghai Composite lost 154.55 points or 1.01 percent to close at 15,215.71. Hong Kong's Hang Seng lost 4.59 points or 0.22 percent to end at 2,054.48. Singapore's Straits Times fell 67.65 points or 0.29 percent to end at 23,387.14. South Korea's KOSPI went up 3.74 points or 0.11 percent to end at 3,314.27. Taiwan's TAIEX lost 0.92 points or 0.05 percent to end at 2,018.50.
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Don't forget that it's totally part of the plan because you're *supposed* to go off 20%. ;-)
Lately I've been reading a lot of posts about eating ice cream, white potatoes, white rice and things that according to Mark we shouldn't be eating on this diet. Are people just tired of the lifestyle and figure what the heck I'll just alter as I see fit. Its the long term affects that we have to worry about and it seems that some just feel that since they feel good now, why not eat what I want.
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Don't forget that it's totally part of the plan because you're *supposed* to go off 20%. ;-)
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i think mostly people are talking about indulgences. i don't eat ice cream every day, but once in a while i'll have some that i made at home with very few and mostly primal ingredients. the white potatoes and rice is also something people will eat in moderation (not everyone is here for fat loss and so not everyone is going to be super careful about carb intake), or often times if they are doing a carb-refeed. they may not be the most primal foods available, but they are far superior to a lot of the alternatives out there.
But they are giving advice to those who are trying to loose weight and I'm sorry but eating rice and potatoes isn't gonna help. I agree about the infrequent indulgences but I'm here for those who eat like me. I don't want those grains in my life at all, they don't do anything for me at all. Also I'm confused about the times to eat and how eat only when you're hungry, well I lift heavy weights about 4-6 days a week and I'm hungry a lot. I tried eating only when I was "HUNGRY" and I think I gained weight. So now I eat small little things after breakfast like berries, or a hard boiled egg etc if I didn't there would be no way to get through my workouts!
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I think a key point here is that some of the threads are referring to primal ice-cream e.g. homemade using coconut milk and berries with a splash of alcohol. Such things are both a treat and can be 100% primal.
White rice and potato are a little more contentious, but as has been said, if they are eaten in moderation (i.e. total carbs remain below 150g per day), they are just about okay under primal eating. It must be said, I don't eat rice and only occasionally eat white potato if I'm eating out e.g. big steak, salad, and a few chips...
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eating when hungry takes a while to get under control...probably a lot longer than most people think and certainly longer for some people than others. it sort of demands that you be in touch with your body...because there is a big difference between physical hunger and psychological hunger, but they pretty much feel the same. i didn't really get it until after i tried fasting. your hunger could be caused by your eating as much as my your exercise...give us a sample of what you eat and how you exercise, and we might be able to help satiate you a bit more.
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It's also true that not everyone "trying to lose weight" is in the same place. For obese people, leptin signalling is a problem, even if their bodies have plenty of leptin. But the time you get to trying to take off that last 15 pounds after several months of low carb dieting, your body may actually lack leptin. Or you may be engaging in higher intensity workouts that demand a higher carb count. And in those situations, several people have seen better results by re-introducing potatoes (which we absolutely know were "paleo" FWIW) or white rice. That's not a license to go overboard on those items or to say "screw it" and start eating pasta. But I doubt that even Mark has a problem with mindfully upping the carb count.
You are lumping together three very different things:
Ice cream - If you are talking about regular, sugar sweetened ice cream, then we should not eat it except maybe for rare tribal events (e.g. family birthdays).
White rice - We should eat only when we really need extra carbs or occasionally as a treat, e.g. in sushi. I eat some about once a week, usually with Asian food.
White potatoes - While I have great respect for Mark, other paleo-oriented experts (e.g. Jaminet and Harris) say they are fine. Grok and Grokina ate lots of tubers. I eat potatoes once or twice a day.
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Hari, a 30-year-old taxi driver, lives in a small village near the town of Dharamsala, in the Himalayan foothills of India. His father is a poor farmer. For generations, people like him have scraped a living by farming small parcels of terraced land. But not anymore.
India is developing at a breakneck pace, and Dharamsala is a special town. The Dalai Lama lives here and his presence draws visitors from around the world. The city comprises an unusual mix of foreigners, exile Tibetans and native Indians. Hari makes a good living driving his cab, and he excels at it. He speaks some English, is outspoken, opinionated and funny, and is always ready with a wisecrack or home-grown insight.
Now Hari is getting married. To a girl he has never met. Her name is Suman. Two years ago, his father arranged the match. Hari has only ever had one glimpse of his future wife. Her face was covered and all he could tell was that she was very small. Initially reluctant, he finally agreed to the marriage to keep his father happy.
Tradition dictates that Hari will see his bride only after the wedding. But Hari has found another way to get to know her: on the mobile phone. For the past two months, Hari and Suman have spoken to each other every day. He teases her and tells her that he loves her, but at heart he is nervous about finally meeting her.
Meanwhile, wedding preparations are afoot and pre-wedding rituals conducted. Family members congregate every evening to sing and dance. Hari gets drunk with his mates. On the day of the wedding, the entire village gathers to celebrate the happy occasion.
Hari and Suman begin their new life together in their small one-room home. What will the future hold for them in a country that is undergoing massive social and cultural change? Will weddings like theirs be a thing of the past? How will India's age-old traditions survive modernization and globalization?
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I'm not much of a slow-down-and-look-back person. Ask me right now about God's greatest blessings, and I'm likely to tell you about what happened last Sunday or what I'm looking forward to in the coming days.
But I did something this December that I don't normally do: I listed specific highlights of God's blessings from the past twelve months.
To be honest, 2014 had its challenges. But it also had its blessings. And as I, with the help of my calendar, looked back over the past twelve months, I was amazed at some of the great blessings God gave our family and ministry in 2014.
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Sonic Unleashed Review
Once again SEGA has released a new Sonic game that we really wanted to like, but numerous flaws bring down what would have been a solid entry in the series.
As annoying as the werehog levels are, we could have overlooked them had they not taken up so much of your time with the game. You absolutely need to play them in order to collect enough sun tokens to open up more traditional levels, and those levels are so quick that you seem to spend the greater part of your time as the nocturnal nasty. It's a real shame as Unleashed is still the most accomplished Sonic game we've had in years. After the initial few levels you're presented with a world map, which is how you move from one part of the world to another. You can manually pass time, with the time of day determining if you're going to be playing as Sonic the Hedgehog or Sonic the Werehog.
On top of the two core level types, there's also a small amount of exploration and talking to characters in hub areas. It's here that you get a sense that SEGA is clearly designing Sonic for kids (not a bad thing at all, but perhaps disappointing for gamers who grew up playing the series), with the dialogue being akin to something you'd find in My First RPG. The human characters you'll speak to have a smart visual style similar to that seen in Pixar's Ratatouille, but you'll still want to rush through in order to get to the more proper gameplay. On the Wii these sections are presented via a rather plain map, and not explorable 3D worlds, which isn't a huge loss but a point of difference all the same.
Equally bizarre is Sonic Team's desire to put in quick time events at what feels like every possible opportunity. At times you'll suddenly have to enter a series of button commands while screaming along as Sonic, interrupting the flow quite spectacularly. You can also press a series of buttons to dispatch enemies while playing as the werehog. Your very first boss encounter in the game is entirely QTE based, with you firing missiles at targets based on the button above them. We know Sonic always has been and probably always will be a series targeted at kids, but do kids really like this extremely basic form of gameplay?
It's worth pointing out that the Wii version of Sonic Unleashed, while similar in terms of core gameplay, isn't a direct copy of the 360 game with inferior visuals. The 360 game actually has more stages and seems to have a better balance between werehog and normal sonic, whereas the Wii game includes support for the GameCube controller and Classic Controller, which makes the game far easier to play than when using the Wii Remote and Nunchuck. While not a terrible version by any means, we'd recommend the 360 game if you have the choice.
We've already touched on the impressive visuals in the fast-paced Sonic levels, which feature far and away the best looking environments we've ever seen in a Sonic game, but this is just one part of the experience. The werehog levels once again let the side down. Without the speed the levels look bland and because of a ton of graphical effects whirling all over the place (the energy released by enemies and destroyed objects), the frame rate can get awfully slow. We're also somewhat bemused by the frankly terrible looking fur on the werehog. Again, this is a real shame as the production values elsewhere are extremely good, including the voice acting and impressive cut scenes. On the Wii the game does lose some of what makes the 360 version as fun as it is, with the visuals not popping nearly as much, but you still get some impressive speed and views.
Once again SEGA has released a new Sonic game that we really wanted to like, but numerous flaws bring down what would have been a solid entry in the series. The traditional Sonic levels are the best we've played since Sonic Adventure on the Dreamcast, yet they feel like the gravy on top of a rather overcooked roast that you're trying desperately to hide. The werehog levels reek of an idea born out of trying to turn Sonic into something that kids like, instead of just giving them the Sonic many of us grew up with. We didn't need gimmicks back then and we don't think kids need them now either. Ultimately we can't help but feel disappointed... yet again.


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It is just a LONG PROCESS to make good money in boxing...TOO LONG ACTUALLY! Then after going through that Long Proccess it is not even a guarantee you will get a Big Money Fight since most of the Top Fighters Cherry Pick
What deal with all that when you can just go play NFL Football and make Millions then maybe comeback and try boxing once your Pro Career is Over
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I agree, however you have to remember these guys started boxing very late (their 20s) and are very very raw, Tyson on the other hand was a teen when he started boxing. Why was Tyson so good? Because he was extremely athletic and had a freakish body just like these guys.
Punching is an unnatural movement, you don't know how to box unless you are taught, punching is not like throwing a ball, wrestling etc, these things are natural movements, your fists were not made to punch, its why peoples hands break so damn easily even with gloves.
Having said that you can easily see if a guy could at least make a decent boxer by the way they move, their athletic ability. When you see them move laterally, blocking shots, jumping in the air, the way their waist moves, just how quick their reflexes are and how explosive these guys are, running extremely fast etc. you can tell these guys have fast twitch muscle fibers and that they'd easily adapt to boxing.
You can also tell which guys have slow twitch muscle fibers like Valuev, Tye Fields, Julius Long, Ustinov a slow plodding athlete, slow puncher no head movement etc. Now compare that to a gifted athlete like the Klitschko bros who are extremely athletic.
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I don't really put that much thought into the whole "what if" or "coulda woulda" arguments. By that logic the next Sugar Ray Robinson could be working at Burger King right now and has never been considered any kind of athlete. We will never know. So, what is the point of speculating. Boxing is dying because of promoters. Boxing is a dying sport. There are many reasons why more people don't box and that probably has to do with the whole, knocked out, detached retina, brain damage thing. There is a reason this sport isn't as popular as other sports. I don't think many people find inflicting damage on their bodies very appealing. It is what it is. If those football players like their chances in boxing, then they will lace up some gloves and show what they are made of. Instead, most like to train and talk about fighting big names and talk about how tough they are and this and that after hitting the bag a couple of rounds. Athleticism is a small part of the equation in boxing.
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When you have two big countries watching a sport, it shouldn't be considered dying.
Soccer is a global sport, the 'NFL' is a single country sport. That single country is enough. Germany and Mexico are two big countries that definitely keeps boxing active.
That being said I rather boxing be popular in the States than anywhere else.
Boxing is dying in the States though and that is a massive issue because it is still the true life blood of boxing to a extend.
Take for example: Soccer.
Soccer is extremely popular in Europe, but marketability wise Spain and England are the life line.
Barcelona, Manchester United, Chelsea, Real Madrid etc...
Soccer is just as popular in Germany as it is in England, but from a global marketing standpoint: England is more important.
Just like boxing from a global stand point is more important if America was at the center.
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Very few IF ANY High Schools have any form of boxing program now. While wrestling and football/basketball and baseball are mainstays of intramural athletics.
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As far as wrestling, I love wrestling and respect all real wrestlers. Unless you've put another wrestler in some kind of weird pretzel cradle, please don't try to tell me it's natural. The flexibility in wrestling is crazy.
PS. I have to say this is one of the best thread I've seen in a while. Actual real discussion and opinions instead idiocracy and troll bait. Thanks to everyone.
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Celgene (NASDAQ: CELG ) announced good news today about its blockbuster drug Revlimid. Did the stock jump as a result? Nope. Shares actually fell by more than 4%. Here's what happened.
Good news
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Revlimid as a treatment for patients with mantle cell lymphoma whose disease has relapsed or progressed after two prior therapies, one of which included Velcade, a drug marketed by Johnson & Johnson and Takeda. Revlimid was previously approved in the U.S. as a second-line treatment for multiple myeloma and for treating myelodisplastic syndromes.
Mantle cell lymphoma is a type of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma that is very rare, affecting only around 15,000 patients in the United States. Although a few treatments for the disease are available, Dr. Andre Goy with the Hackensack University Medical Center says that "there remains a tremendous unmet need" for patients who have not responded satisfactorily after previous treatments. FDA approval for Revlimid makes it the first oral therapy for mantle cell lymphoma.
... but old news?
You might think that approval of a new indication would cause some excitement for investors. So why did Celgene's shares fall?
One reason is that the market most likely already baked this approval into the price of the stock. Celgene announced solid results from its phase 2 study of Revlimid in treating mantle cell lymphoma in late 2012. In February, the FDA granted priority review for the supplemental New Drug Application. Most investors fully expected the approval to come through.
The FDA announcement also came soon after Celgene announced some disappointing news related to Revlimid. The biotech presented results earlier this week at the American Society of Clinical Oncology, or ASCO, annual meeting from a phase 3 study of a Revlimid combined with melphalan and prednisone in treating newly diagnosed multiple myeloma. Unfortunately for Celgene, patients on the Revlmid combo had median progression-free survival and overall survival rates that were lower than patients taking a high-dose chemotherapy and a tandem autologous stem cell transplant regimen.
Then there's the bigger picture. After a nice run in 2013, the markets seem to be taking a breather this week. Biotech stocks got hit even harder than the major indexes. Celgene is down 9% so far this week, but the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF isn't too far behind. The biotech ETF is down more than 5% for the week.
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I think investors should take a long-term view with Celgene (and any other stock, for that matter.) Revlimid's juggernaut appears likely to keep on rolling. Even though J&J and Takeda have been on the market longer with Velcade, Revlimid is still the top dog for treating multiple myeloma.
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text: Pro Tips Industry Mourns Guy Mascolo By Web Editor July 10, 2011 | 11:10 pm EDT UpvoteClick if you like this articleOne upvote per userLog in to upvoteComments Print Guy Mascolo Guy Mascolo, one of the five Mascolo brothers whose work has redefined hairdressing for decades, died unexpectedly May 6. Guy (Gaetano) and his brother Toni (Giuseppe) founded Toni & Guy in London in 1963 while still in their teens. The successful hairdressing company continued to grow, and brothers Bruno and Anthony came into the business followed by Andrea who joined the companyâs U.S. division. Toni & Guy opened salons in several fashionable London neighborhoods and participated in hair shows around the world. In 1983, Guy and Bruno moved to Dallas where they opened a U.S.salon division, an academy and launched TIGI professional products. Guy Mascoloâs talents as a hairdresser were legendary and he also expressed his enormous creativity as a musician, painter and cook. He was known for his kindness and generosity. In addition to his brothers, Mascolo is survived by his wife Flora, daughters Emanuella and Zara, and sons Guy Junior and Zak, creative director of Toni & Guy New York. For more, click here.


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More than one-third of Americans are obese. And I was one of them. About five years ago, I decided to finally do something about it. No more purchasing a dozen doughnuts. I exchanged 1 percent for the 2 percent milk I was drinking, and added more fruits and veggies to my diet. It was a start, but I knew I needed that dreaded "e" word - exercise. Ugh!
Since I love music and dance, I decided to try a zumba class at my town fitness facility. About halfway through the class, I thought I'd never make it. How do these younger girls swivel their hips like that? But I laughed and learned and lived another day. I've been zumba-ing for three years now.
Recently retired, I didn't want to accumulate extra pounds by sleeping in each morning, relaxing for hours with my morning coffee and sitting around doing my crossword puzzles. "I'll get up at my usual work time and take a walk," I thought. The first day was exhilarating. It felt wonderful. The second day was just OK. The third day, I was sore, unmotivated and realized I hate just walking! Although I was feeling more energetic, my clothes fit better and it was the healthy thing to do, how could I stay motivated?
Here's what I discovered about myself: Getting up each morning and then deciding whether to take a walk doesn't work for me. I have to make it a part of my regular routine. There are too many excuses for not going. I did decide that I wouldn't walk if it was raining hard, but I guess Mother Nature was on the side of exercising this summer.
I found that I could do some research for my garden. While I am no green thumb, I could study which plants are in bloom each week, the varied hues and heights of plants and note the ingenious containers and yard decorations along the way. My yard won't be in next year's garden walk, but I have a vision of what it could become.
Varying my route each day keeps it fresh. I am fortunate to live in a residential area where I can take a 45-minute walk every day of the month and never retrace my exact pathway. I enjoy the warm smiles and greetings of my fellow walkers and meeting some adorable dogs, bunnies and squirrels. I've also learned which homeowners are likely to sprinkle their lawns in the early morning, in case I need to cool off in the heat.
I sometimes need a more practical purpose for taking my walk, and now take advantage of small errands I can do in the morning. I walk to the mailbox to mail bills. Walking to the nearby grocery store for a few items is quite motivational for me, especially if I want creamer for my coffee or fruit for my cereal. I've walked to the parcel store to mail important papers and gifts. I've saved gas, didn't pollute the environment and gained some exercise in the process. I've occasionally even taken a small bag with me to pick up litter marring our neighborhood landscape. No one probably notices, but it boosts my civic pride.
Sometimes I use this quiet time to plan out my day, think about solutions for problems overwhelming and minuscule or verbally describe the vista around me. No electronic music device for me. That's how this column started - it was written in my head as I was walking. So that's how I am staying motivated and fit. I look forward to the change of scenery in the fall. Now, if only we could have another winter like this past year. Otherwise, I'll have to check out the flora and fauna of the mall.


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Double chocolate cake mix cookies
I had some friends visiting this weekend and wanted to whip up a quick dessert. I didn't have much time since we had just come back from dinner. Since my friends have quite a sweet tooth, I opted to make some chocolate chocolate chip cake mix cookies. Chocolatey, soft, and gooey. These cookies are a great dessert to whip up when you are in a time crunch.
I've been trying to get better at taking step by step pictures, but I was in a rush for this recipe, so sorry there are no step by steps!
Chocolate chocolate chip cake mix cookies
- 1 box of your favorite chocolate cakemix (preferably one with pudding mix added already. I've used milk chocolate, dark chocolate, devil's food)
- 1 cup baking chocolate chips
- halfway in-between 1/3 and 1/2 cup oil
- 2 eggs
1. Mix together in a large bowl the cake mix, eggs and oil, using
large mixing spoon, until dough is well combined.
2. After the dough has come together, stir in chocolate chips.
3. Take chunks of cookie dough, rolling between your palms to make 1 inch round balls. Place cookies on sheet, about one inch apart.
4. Bake at 350 degrees, for 6-8 minutes. Cool for a few minutes before serving.
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Conrad Black is going back to prison.
Despite a personal appeal to judge Amy St. Eve, the Chicago court room determined that Black would have to serve an additional 13 months to the 29 months he has already served.
Even though he tried to express regret for trusting long-time business partner David Radler, the judge had no sympathy:
"I still scratch my head as to why you engaged in this conduct," Chicago Judge St. Eve said. "Good luck to you."
(via Globe & Mail)
Wife Barbara Amiel Black reportedly collapsed in her seat as the sentence was read.
Even though Black was optimistic about the legal proceedings regarding his fraud convinctions when he gave his talk at last week's ideacity — you can watch the full talk here — commentators have suggested that Black's failing was his own hubris:
As Black's unauthorised biographer, I have long wondered how someone who literally "had it all" could lose it all. In the late 1980s, media mogul and arch-rival Rupert Murdoch figured Black was a billionaire in dollar terms. Black is well known for his abrasive, belligerent and self-involved manner. He often gives the impression of living inside his own bubble, of remaining impervious to the world around him.
While behind bars from 2008 to 2010, he often referred to himself as a "guest" of the US government, someone who would never dream of committing a crime. He even claimed to be a public benefactor serving the cause of America's many downtrodden and unjustly convicted inmates. He repeated this Friday before Judge St Eve that he had been a "guest" of the US government.
(via The Guardian's George Tombs)
Worth noting is our own community's — in particular our Zoomers on Facebook members — take on Black's fate:
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So what do we think of this latest sentence? Is Conrad Black a victim? Or has justice been truly served?
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It's evident that the people don't like anyone who has made it big.
Is he enjoying the initiation rites? Ask Rick Mercer about that (his talk show appearance on George Papadopoulos in 2009-10).
Don't do the crime if you can't do the time
I cannot but admire the man and to me he is the embodiment of the poem 'Invictus'
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Hey, no one believes more in the rule of law, and in going to prison for the crimes for which a person is convicted than conservatives and right wingers. No bleeding hearts, in that group, as I remember and no excuses.
He has been convicted by his peers. He was proven to have robbed his shareholders. The rule of law has spoken. Black doesn't even fit the criteria for a liberal's heart to bleed. He was never down and out, and was always aware of the standards for right and wrong, the law, and community moral values. Judge St. Eve had a point. He never showed any remorse.
So, by all counts, and by everyone's standards, he should be marched off to jail. If he has as much class as Martha Stewart, he would just go and do his time and not waste any more of his and the taxpayer's money. But he's going to keep on fighting, keep on spending money he has less and less of, and probably in the end, will end up doing the time anyway.
And Barbara Amiel, who was so proud of never being a loser, found herself at a loss.
No doubt you'll be the first in line to buy shares in his next company. Good luck.
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I cannot but admire the man and to me he is the embodiment of the poem 'Invictus'
Patrick MacKinnon
Victoria Bc
But but... he had the best lawyers money can buy!
For those of you who would call those of us, who are glad that someone is actually serving time as a "white collar" criminal, jealous... it is just laughable. Money buys favours and fawning fans. (fanatics... admirers) Sorry, but I can't be bought and may the banksters be next. (The insider traders are a distraction)
Patrick, he has won you over and you are not alone.
Consider this true story of a Welsh music teacher who was married with 2 children and was a Deacon in his church. He had an incredible Tenor and of course had won many awards for his voice. People were awestruck by him. 6 students, all male and 9 years old, suddenly began to do poorly in school, smoking and acting out. It was finally discovered that all were molested by the deacon ... His fellow parishioners were not just shocked, they were outraged. "But he has a family and such a beautiful voice." And so of course he was believed, until it was discovered that this was his third new home town in as many years. His admirers let him walk away from his crimes each time...
Sometimes admiration is misplaced.
The word HUBRIS describes Conrad Black exactly: Overbearing pride, presumption, arrogance, excessive pride & self-confidence; that usually leads to the downfall of said person, who is Conrad Black.
His wife Barbara is a DRAMA QUEEN!! NO sympathy for either of them.
You reap what you sow Black, it is called Karma and your criminal actions & disrespect for others have been brought upon yourself with the inevitable results in this life. Black thought he could 'lord' it over everybody as he saw fit without any consequences for his actions. All his bad Karma all resulted from his own bad actions, and he is responsible for putting himself in jail for his criminal activities. Remember, every action has a reaction! Black should learn that every life has value and be shown respect, not just his life and his drama queen wife.
Thanks to the American justice system for putting Conrad Black back into jail for his crimes!
The question above is: Conrad Black: Back in jail again — do we care? Well, I do: I care. Do you know that there are over one million people in prisons in the United States of America? Perhaps it's that we don't care that there are so many.
Q: And exactly who do you think put these 1-million+ convicts in the USA prisons?
A: These lawbreakers put themselves into the penitentiary for committing a crime; theft, murder, sexual assault against children, women & men, fraud, racketeering, scams, shoplifting, muggings, kidnappings, etc.! I hope you understand a few of the reasons.
It was the criminal's choice, decision, and action to break the law, no one else's. The police did their job & arrested the criminal, and the justice system of courts sent them to be incarcerated according to their directed legal responsibilities at upholding social control, and deterring crime. In Canada, the criminal justice system aims to balance the goals of crime control and prevention and justice (equity, fairness, protection of individual rights).
The innocent victims of these crimes have the right to justice & of seeing their criminal perpetrators pay for their crime(s)!
Conrad Black is back in jail for committing crimes against society. Yes I do care that he is in prison because that is where he belongs for knowingly committing crimes. No one is above the law, including Conrad Black!!
The question above is: Conrad Black: Back in jail again — do we care? Well, I do: I care. Do you know that there are over one million people in prisons in the United States of America? Perhaps it's that we don't care that there are so many.
Yes, indeed. The USA is number one in number of people per ratio, incarcerated. It used to be Russia, then South Africa, but now the US really is Number One. But it is not Conrad Black I feel sorry for. He knew the rules, had the good background, was very rich already. He did not need to break the law. The ones I feel sorry for are the ones from impoverished, abused, poorly educated backgrounds who have been treated like garbage by everyone in their lives until garbage was the only way they knew how to act.
I feel sorry for the marginalized and those of the wrong race, who when they committed the slightest misdemeanor, or happened to be at the wrong place and wrong time had the book thrown at them.
feel sorry for those with brain chemistry disorder problems, problems with controlling anger and impulsivity, people with fetal alcohol disorder, who no one cared to have diagnosed and mentally treated when the problems first showed themselves.
I blame a system that thinks you can abuse and humiliate a person into being good - that the more you treat a person like shit, the more well-adjusted citizen they will want to be when they come out.
And guess what folks? In spite of all the evidence that it has not worked in the States, we are going to get one just like it in Canada if this government has its way. You will not see your taxes go to healthcare, or better education, or job training, or services for the those with brain chemistry problems but you will see your taxes go to build a larger, more robust prison system and all the bells and whistles that come with it.
And yes, occasionally someone rich, powerful and well-connected gets to taste it. No one from Wall St. yet, but Conrad Black at least.
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The question above is: Conrad Black: Back in jail again — do we care? Well, I do: I care. Do you know that there are over one million people in prisons in the United States of America? Perhaps it's that we don't care that there are so many.
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[QUOTE=JoanieL;1172424]+1 on that. The only hangover I can remember in years was the day after drinking cheap gin. Ogod that was awful. Never again. If I have to go cheap, I'll stick to vodka because for some reason cheap vodka doesn't hurt the day after.[/QUOTE]
When I was a cheap drunk (read: youth and the military years) cheap vodka was indeed my juice of choice.
It's clean, it's cheap, it's pretty painless.
I didn't drink gin for YEARS after a bad night with a cheap fifth... yeah, I drank pretty much the whole fifth straight up neat. I was 16. Bad idea...
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"For the first time in more than 40 years, today we stand with a constitutional school funding formula, based on needs, not on zip codes." -- Attorney General Anne Milgram
"I think everyone knew it was really important for us to get a formula the court could find Constitutional, so we could focus on children and the educational outcome." -- Education Commissioner Lucille Davy commenting on Milgram arguing the case herself before the Supreme Court.
"This will be a conversation as we move forward with the election this fall. We will do whatever we can to educate our community about the legislation, which we believe is hostile to the interests of the Abbott districts." -- James Harris, president of the New Jersey State Conference of the NAACP.
"This is a major shift by the court. It's a very big victory for the Corzine administration and the Legislature." -- Gordon MacInnes, a former assistant state education commissioner who recently wrote the book "In Plain Sight: Simple, Difficult Lessons from New Jersey's Expensive Effort to Close the Achievement Gap."
"Our goal is to raise Paterson's graduation rate to the state average. Currently, Paterson graduates only about 60 percent of its children. Today's decision makes that goal infinitely more difficult to achieve." -- Irene Sterling, president of the Paterson Education Fund, an advocacy group.
"The court uses language in this opinion deferential to the elected branches that we have not often seen in Abbott cases. For many, many years this case has been source of some tension of the government branches. Some of that tension has now evaporated." -- Peter G. Verniero, former state Supreme Court justice and Attorney General.
"Our responsibility to give every child access to a quality education is not just a requirement imposed on us by the state Constitution -- it is a moral imperative...Today's decision by the high court shows we have written a school funding law that satisfies our constitutional requirements and gives all our children the resources they need to succeed." -- Sen. Barbara Buono (D-Middlesex), chairwoman of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee and sponsor of the school funding bill.
"We are deeply concerned that the (School Funding Reform Act) formula will quickly return New Jersey to the unequal school system we had in the past, and undo a decade of measurable educational improvements for our poorest school children." -- David Sciarra, executive director of the Education Law Center in Newark.


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This year at Colts Authority we're trying a few new things (including the very cool Colts Authority Annual /end self promotion) to bring you the best content possible.
As well as beautifully laid-out digital magazines (I promise I'm done now), we're going to try and amp up our analysis with more visual aids as well. If you haven't already seen Josh Boeke's GIF presentation of Andrew Luck's five best throws of 2012, go check it out. That's one example of the new media-y stuff that we'll be adding this year, and now I'm proud to introduce another: Colts Authority Video Breakdowns.
Throughout the year I'll be doing weekly breakdowns of a certain player of play(s) that caught my eye (with the aid of All-22 film once the regular season starts). This is the first installation of that, a look at Caesar Rayford's productive night during the Colts' 20-12 win over the Giants.
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Back in 2009, Tim Chartier had an idea. An associate professor in the mathematics and computer science division at Davidson College in North Carolina, he thought about putting a method together in order to correctly predict the outcome of the NCAA Tournament. Until then, he was like everyone else every March: He saw the bracket, picked a few upsets, picked a few favorite teams and that was that.
So he developed a formula and filled out a bracket on ESPN.com in the site's annual contest.
It finished in the 97th percentile.
"Now I'm spending most of my time helping students and friends," Chartier said Tuesday morning by phone, laughing.
He has not been banned from any office pools — at least none that he knows of. But as a result of coming pretty darn close to filling out a perfect bracket just by crunching the numbers, brackets have become a labor of love. He teaches a course at Davidson in mathematics, using the NCAA Tournament field as a base model.
Students then create different formulas in order to correctly predict the outcomes of matchups.
It's a lot of trial and error, he says, but a course that has caught fire at the tiny Carolina school.
"Now that the brackets are actually out, I've had students in and out of my office all week, sharing new ideas," he said. "For me, that's more fun than filling out a bracket. They will all be filling out brackets, so it's like I'm doing parallel processing. I know what might work, but watching them figure out the odds, is a thrill."
Chartier said it's made the month of March much more fun for him. But while numbers can correctly predict how a game between a No. 7 and a No. 10 seed can turn out, there can still be hiccups in the method.
For instance, last year, a student submitted a proposal that had 14th-seeded Harvard upsetting third-seeded New Mexico. No one else in the class had come up with a formula that led to that outcome. So Chartier and his class dove deeper into it the day after the game took place.
"I was so excited when she told me that," Chariter said. "But it turned out that it was a coding error."
So, it's not all perfect in Davidson's bracketland.
But this math professor is inclined to have a little bit of fun and still get his students to learn at the same time. Chartier never thought this excursion in his curriculum would take off like it has, but is more than happy to run with it. He even has a book coming out in a few weeks — being published by the Princeton University Press — thanks to his notoriety this time of year.
That was something that not even he could predict.
"In 2009, it was literally just for our research," Chartier said. "In 2010, it was an assignment for class. Now I'm doing actual research just in bracketology. It's just from the ideas that people give me. As a mathematician, it's just so much fun seeing people engage in it — that's a wonderful thing."
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A time for football—some good, some not so good—and, of course, a time for point spreads. Most teams in the top 25 will not be tested this week, but each game is a test for all parties (if you want it to be) thanks to our fine friends out in lovely Las Vegas.
The smallest point spread featuring teams in the AP Top 25? Two. The largest? 59. Yes, 59.
As for how all the teams in the top 25 will fare against the number this weekend, from the monster spreads to the monster matchups, let's make some plays.


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Expect points.
That's the first thing that comes to mind when writing about today's Tiffin University season finale at Lake Erie. A look at the Storm's record (3-7, 2-6 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) indicates that it's been something of a struggle this year.
A look at the team's statistics says that that struggle is on one side of the ball.
Despite its record, Lake Erie leads the GLIAC in yards per game - it's averaging 559. It's quarterback, Brendan Gallagher, is first in the league in completions, second in yards. The Storm also have players that are among the league leaders in rushing and receiving.
"They're averaging scoring over 40 points a game," said Tiffin coach Gary Goff. "However, they're also averaging giving up over 40 points a game. [Today's game] is probably gonna be a shootout, I would guess. I think five of their last games have been a combined 100 points or something."
On defense, Goff said TU's goal is simple.
"You've got to contain 'em," he said. "I still think everything starts up front with their run game, and their running back [Anthony Bilal] is having a great season."
Bilal has 1,346 yards so far this season.
"I think we've got to do a good job of mixing things up, and it starts with our run game," Goff said.
Goff said he can relate to the Storm's situation. He said it's similar to when he was an assistant earlier in his career.
"They're giving up too many points, obviously," Goff said. "We were exactly like that at New Mexico State. We had the No. 1 passing offense in the country, yet we didn't win a lot of games because we were giving up the most points in the country."
Tiffin lost 49-30 to Ashland last week, but scored 23 points in the final quarter. Now they will look to keep that offensive momentum going against a struggling defense.
"Last week we did a good job moving the ball," Goff said. "We still didn't do a good job of protecting the football.
"We did have about 500 yards of offense last week, and we did score, so that was encouraging. We're trying to build off the momentum a little this week."
Goff said it's important to end this year with a win.
"I think the team wants to send the seniors out with a win," he said, "and send them out with a sense of accomplishment. We're nowhere near where we want to be, but we're still going down the right path."
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Having a plan means taking a time to figure out where you want to go and how. You will get there. The Bafoma support group was a non profit making organization founded by two women with the aim of helping the HIV patients, it was a very good organization indeed. When they were asked, how many people will you serve? Their answer was, "everyone who needs us." So they began to answer every call for help at any hour of the day and night. They ran a group out of their living rooms. They took more and more referrals from hospitals and from doctors all free of charge. The organization collapsed . Without money two women couldn't feed themselves, let alone to help the organization to prosper. So they made time for fund raising, when they were asked, How much do you want to raise? Their answer was, as much as we can. The problem of this goal is that it is not rechable and measurable.


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David Templeton to perform at free concert
David Templeton will present a free concert Thursday, April 11, at the North Creek Cafe from 4- 5:30 p.m.
Templeton, who has been playing the piano since the age of three, will play songs from his many albums.
Space is limited. Parking is $1. For more information, call Denise Rollin at (425) 352-5462.


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Carol Lynn Townes
A North Carolinian, Townes is best known for the songs she sang on the soundtracks of Breakin' (99½) and Breakin' II (Believe in the Beat). Both tunes are on this album, with new mixes. They're part of a not-too-varied, if vigorous, collection of dance numbers backed by an often clever, if eccentric, set of synthesizer arrangements. Some of that eccentricity may be due to the fact that five different producers and four different arrangers worked on the LP. One side, on which all four tracks were produced by Rod Hui and Steve Loeb, and for which Loeb did all the synthesizer arranging and programming, is much more consistent. The material is on the forgettable side. A duet with Dino Terrell breaks the pace. Both the Donna Summer-David Foster-Rod Temperton cut Love Is Just a Breath Away and Leslie Pearl's I Want a Man Like You give Townes a chance to sing her way out of her routine disco-queen style. Townes comes from a gospel background and clearly has some musical resources. This album doesn't really reveal how much she can do with them. (Polydor)
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The laboratory constitutes a platform where historians of science, culture and technology as well as students can present their recent research on the experimentalization of life and explore new modes of writing history. Since this year, the Virtual Laboratory has an ISSN Number (1866-4784).
In addition, the VL offers several online research tools (pdf download, RSS, EndNote export, Zotero). In the MyLab section, for example, users can create their own workbenches where they can build, manage and share own annotated sets of objects from the Virtual Laboratory. These sets may contain items like library sources, biographies, sites, experiments, etc. but also own text elements, external links and files for download. Due to these features, the Virtual Laboratory is not just a research, but also a genuine teaching resource.


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Carbon atoms are the most versatile building blocks of the molecules used by living organisms because _____.
Each carbon atom can form up to four covalent bonds with a wide variety of bond angles
In a hydrolysis reaction, _____. In this process, water is _____.
A polymer breaks up to form monomers ... consumed
choose the pair of terms that completes this sentence: Hydroxyl group is to ____ as ____ is to amino group.
alcohol ... amino
Ethanol, propanol, and methanol are three simple alcohols. They can be grouped together because they _____. (
all share the same functional group: a hydroxyl
. The four main categories of macromolecules in a cell are _____.
a. proteins, DNA, RNA, and steroids
b. monosaccharides, lipids, polysaccharides, and proteins
c. proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, and lipids
d. nucleic acids, carbohydrates, monosaccharides, and proteins
e. RNA, DNA, proteins, and carbohydrates.
Generally, animals cannot digest the linkages between the glucose molecules in cellulose. How then do cattle get enough nutrients from eating grass?
Microorganisms in their digestive tracts hydrolyze the cellulose to glucose.
Which one of the following components of a tossed salad will pass through the human digestive tract with the least digestion?
cellulose (in the lettuce)
Nutritionally, saturated triglycerides are considered less healthful than unsaturated. What is one major difference between them?
Saturated triglycerides have more hydrogens than unsaturated triglycerides.
Hydrogenated vegetable oils are more like animal fats than are other plant oils. Because they _____ than other plant oils, they can contribute to cardiovascular disease.
contain fewer double bonds
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Enzyme molecules require a specific shape to perform their catalytic function. Which of the following might alter the protein shape?
all of the above
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How does a protein's quaternary structure differ from other levels of protein structure?
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A truly one-of-a-kind Leica M digital rangefinder camera designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson will be auctioned off at Sotheby's to raise money for The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Taking place on 23 November 2013, the (RED) Auction will feature items "from disciplines as diverse as space travel and lighting design to contemporary art and rare automobiles, all unified and distinguished by their excellence and innovation," the organisers say. One of the highlights of the auction, the completely unique Leica M for (RED) has a laser machined aluminium body with an anodised aluminium outer shell.
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Leica Camera is pleased to present The Leica M for (RED), designed by Jony Ive and Marc Newson. The camera, based off the Leica M, will be auctioned off at Sotheby's on November 23rd 2013 to raise money for The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
From a design standpoint, it features a laser machined aluminum body and an anodized aluminum outer shell. A total of 561 models and nearly 1000 prototype parts were made during the 85 days it took to create of this unique, one of a kind camera.
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Moiré anybody?
This was designed by the same guy that did the Pentax K-01. Anyone wanna complain here too?
When i look at this piece of design, i have a strong longing to see the original camera.
The moiré has been mentioned quite a lot online. On my iPhone it looked a bit like tartan. The Special Edition Leica Mc. I personally really like the look of this. As a one off piece of industrial design I think it is very impressive. I'd not want to own an M like that. The exposure dial looks difficult to use. The one in the M as it stands can be tricky to use in the heat of the moment.
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Like the teen sensation, the royal couple will be immortalized as comic book characters. Fame: The Royals will be released this April by Bluewater Productions, whose Fame series has also featured the stars of Twilight, Taylor Swift and Beyoncé.
What makes the couple worthy of their own comic book? "It's funny – they don't make movies, they don't score touchdowns and they don't write best sellers, but they seem to effortlessly capture the American zeitgeist," Bluewater Productions publisher Darren G. Davis tells PEOPLE.
"We don't have royalty on this side of the Atlantic," adds Davis, who provided these sneak peeks at the graphic novel. "And just like Diana and Charles did a generation ago, William and Kate plug into the whole fantasy fairy tale motif that we wish our everyday lives could be."
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"I think the comic format is ideal to recreate [the couple's story] and make it known to all ages," says Martinena. "It is about two people who met and get to fulfill their dreams. William now has a partner he adores. Kate fulfills the dream that a lot of girls have, to marry her prince charming and best friend."
The comic book will explore William and Kate's lives in the spotlight, as well as their wedding planning, from what Kate might wear to where the pair might honeymoon.
Fame: The Royals will be available at comic book retail outlets for $3.99 and a special collector's edition – including pin-up posters – will be available as well.
Long live the royal wedding memorabilia!
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