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Sets: 3
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Hold a medicine ball at arm's length in front of your thighs and stand with feet shoulder-width apart. Squat down to just above parallel and then jump. Explosively throw the ball straight overhead. When it lands, pick it up and begin the next rep.
2. Med Ball Jerk
Sets: 3
Reps: 5
Perform as you did the med ball snatch but hold the ball at chest level.
3. Hex-Bar Clean
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Use a hex bar (also called a trap bar). Stand with feet hip-width apart and bend down to grasp the handles with your lower back flat. Drive your heels into the floor as you extend your hips to stand up explosively. You should come up with enough speed that you rise onto the balls of your feet and shrug your shoulders at the top of the movement.
4. Single-Leg Squat
Sets: 3
Reps: 5 (each side)
Raise one leg straight out in front of you and squat down on the other one as deeply as possible. If you have trouble balancing, you can hold on to a power rack for support or squat down onto a box or bench.
5. Suspended Row
Sets: 4
Reps: 8
Attach a suspension trainer to a sturdy overhead object such as a power rack and grasp a handle in each hand. Walk your body back with legs straight until your torso is 45 degrees to the floor or lower. Squeeze your shoulder blades together and row your body to the handles. Decrease your body angle to make the exercise harder; increase it to make it easier.
6. Cable Curl
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Attach a curl bar to the low pulley of a cable station and hold it at arm's length but with a slight bend in your elbows. Make sure there's tension on the cable. Curl the handle.


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Packed with lots of variety and unique, natural flavors, recipes feature the most popular and versatile gluten-free ancient grains available today. It's easy to super-charge all your meals with these health-boosting, nutrient-dense superfoods:
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Grain Power is a complete cookbook featuring everything you need to know about cooking these amazing ancient grains, as well as combining them into unique superblends.
Grain Power features over 100 easy-to-make, delicious recipes like Pumpkin Spice Steel-Cut Oats, Chewy Chocolate Granola with Cherries & Buckwheat, Millet & Quinoa Blueberry Pecan Snack Bars, Smoked Ham and Leek Amaranth Chowder, Thin-Crust Vegetable Pizza with Fresh Basil, and Caramel Apple Buckwheat Crêpes.
"If you haven't yet tried trendy quinoa, this cookbook will win you over. And if you already love this amazing grain, it will take your breakfasts, lunches, and dinners to a whole new level. This a mouth-watering collection of healthy and clearly written recipes, accompanied by fabulous photographs."
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Why I do so much outreach and science communication
We do science for different reasons and different motivations, but curiosity and being life-long learners are probably at the core. Our careers, however, are never static, and even when landing the 'dream job' (such as I did), things change and evolve, including perspectives on what it means to do scientific research. For example, I realized a few years ago that I had essentially traded field biology for a desk job. I was no longer spending long periods of time collecting data, and was instead managing money, people, and emails. I don't lament this fact: it's not necessarily a negative change, but it is a change and was a different path than what I expected during grad school.
As a career develops, the work-life balance also comes into play with more and more force – a growing family puts additional pressures on time, from sitting poolside while kids are at their lessons, or spending volunteer time sitting on an elementary school governing board. There are continual shifts in personal and professional life, and I found that, after getting tenure, I was just getting busier and busier with family and work, but I wasn't feeling the satisfaction that I expected. Something was missing.
A few years ago a respected colleague said to me "It's no longer just about the next publication or research grant, it's about how we interact with our larger community, how we, as scientists, affect policy, and change lives". This resonated strongly with me: my career can and should be dynamic and it should continually evolve. For me, this involved a deeper commitment to outreach activities (which, in my opinion, is broad terminology that includes science communication).
Many scientists will continue to be happy to be in the lab or field, collecting data and writing papers until CVs are long. That is a wonderful and worthy use of time and although I will continue to do this, it's not my only priority anymore and my personality is such that I need to do outreach: I've always loved to discuss my science with anyone who will listen, whether it be friends at a BBQ, readers of this blog, or kids in Iqaluit. However, that aspect of my personality sometimes felt stifled under some of the strict structures of a University. I love doing outreach, but it takes precious time, and, my job is primarily about research and teaching and doing service within my Department and University.
But things have changed: being a scientist can really take on new directions, especially now that we're in digital age where we have technology that can effectively facilitate knowledge exchange. We have tools that make it less of a burden. Broadening my social media profile, and becoming a science blogger is something that I enjoy immensely, largely because it's allowed me, as a scientist, to interact and discuss science with a broader community. Sometimes this community really is the 'broader public' when a blog post eventually makes its way into the mainstream media; often this community is found on Twitter or through Facebook, and it's a fascinating network of people from different sectors and with different perspectives. This community will challenge me, debate, and discuss areas of interest both within and beyond my direct area of expertise (and provide me laugh or two). So many people are insanely eager to discuss science with scientists, and it's gratifying and validating to have opportunities to do outreach, and make outreach a component of my professional life. And I've learned that all these outreach activities create a positive feedback loop: they make me a better communicator, a better advocate for science and education, a better scientist, and a happier person (the latter point should never be understated).
Outreach can do all of these things without a significant investment of time (I probably spend 1-3 hours per week doing this blog, similar to other bloggers). That's the beauty of it. Although outreach doesn't always get the 'direct' support it should within the Ivory tower, I believe firmly that the tide is starting to shift. My University has been nothing but supportive, and outreach and community engagement are words being used by upper administrators at Universities across Canada. Future scientists will likely live in a world where outreach is a core activity for scientists, and this will be an exciting time for science and society.
Note: this is an exert from a presentation I gave at a recent workshop on Science Blogging.


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School district buys 14 riflesFONTANA, Calif. - The school police force in this Southern California city has acquired 14 high-powered semiautomatic rifles for officers to bring to campuses.
Fontana Unified School District police purchased 14 of the Colt LE6940 rifles in the fall, delivered the first week of December, a week before the massacre at a Connecticut elementary school.
"I think it just further solidified the need to give our officers the tools they need to respond to an active shooter on campus," schools Police Chief Billy Green said Wednesday about the tragedy.


text: Passing on the emergency regulations on Non-Minor Dependents (NMDs), as well as some CalWORKs changes. (The CalWORKs changes include exempting NMD's from: Statewide Fingerprint Imaging System requirements; state residency requirement when placed with an approved relative who resides out-of-state; referral to the local child support agency for child support payments (for NMD's over age 19 and if living with their own minor children). [Download]


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Kelvin Sampson was an assistant coach with the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks when Sporting News spoke to him in a lengthy magazine interview in February 2009 and gave him the opportunity to tell his side of the story regarding how his tenure at Indiana imploded. A lot of people didn't want to hear his side; they wanted an apology, or silence.
No doubt he'll be asked about it again, because Sampson is back in college basketball — the new coach at Houston, a source close to the search told SN.
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Houston basketball, irrelevant for nearly three decades, incompetent for most of that time, is about to get really good. Because Sampson is that kind of coach. How good is he? He won at Washington State, people. Everyone else who coached at WSU since he left in 1994 either failed, or was named Bennett (Dick, Tony).
Sampson, 58, also coached Oklahoma to a Final Four in 2002, an Elite Eight and Sweet 16 and 11 NCAA Tournament bids overall.
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He is most remembered, however, for his (not quite) two seasons at Indiana. He arrived at IU with an NCAA infractions case pending against him from Oklahoma, where he was accused of making excessive phone calls. When his hearing results were made public two months later, he was restricted from initiating phone calls with recruits. While at IU, however, the NCAA alleged that on fewer than 10 occasions he participated in three-way phone calls with prospects that violated this directive.
Indiana supporters, still angry over the manner in which Bob Knight had been forced out as Hoosiers coach in 2000, were not pleased to have their program involved in NCAA indiscretions, and the NCAA was not pleased to be dealing with the same coach so soon after a previous incident.
As Sampson neared the end of his second season, he resigned under pressure. He was replaced for the remainder of that season by staffer Dan Dakich, now an ESPN broadcaster, and subsequently on a permanent basis by Tom Crean.
Sampson ultimately received a five-year show-cause penalty from the NCAA, which made it difficult for him to be hired by an NCAA member school. That order expired in 2013.
Sampson has been coaching in the NBA since 2008, first on the Bucks staff and more recently with the Houston Rockets.
Sampson appealed the show-cause, explaining to SN: "I've always been a fighter. The phone calls at Oklahoma, that was just dumb. It wasn't because I was a bad person. Just carelessness and not being as on task as I should in that area. But I've never had a problem following NCAA rules in any other area."
Coaches now are permitted to make unlimited phone calls to prospects once they reach a certain age.
Houston finished this past season a disappointing 17-16, with victories over SMU, Memphis and Connecticut.
As a college coach, he is 496-271. Among the most successful players he coached were Mark Hendrickson at Washington State (who became a Major League pitcher), Hollis Price at Oklahoma (first-team All-American in 2003) and Eric Gordon at Indiana (now an NBA star).
If I never coach in college again, I've had an unbelievable run," Sampson told SN in 2009. "I've had a storybook college career. I hate the way it ended. I've been so lucky to do what I've done."
But he's not done. He's back. The American Athletic Conference just got a lot more interesting.


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Why we need 'The Dark Knight Rises' right now
4. Christopher Nolan is one of the best directors working today
Nolan has only been directing high-profile films for a decade or so, but has already become one of the most formidable -- dare we say "visionary" -- talents in the studio system. "Memento," "Insomnia" and "The Prestige" found him dealing with strong, sympathetic characters in increasingly fantastic situations, while "Inception" brought his grand sci-fi/action style to near Kubrickian heights. With his Batman films, Nolan and his writers (notably his own brother, Jonathan Nolan) have endowed the familiar storyline with a dramatic grit and resonance previously unseen in the Tim Burton films (let's not even mention Joel Schumacher's). With a huge budget and a truly stellar cast, we can't wait to see what Nolan will dream up for the last chapter.
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BATTLE CREEK, MI -- A man who fired a rifle at his neighbors during an argument has been arrested.
Battle Creek police were dispatched to the 22000 block of Waubascon Road Monday night on the report of a felonious assault, according to a news release.
Police say the suspect was in a dispute with his neighbors when he got a rifle and fired it in their direction. When officers arrived, they found the suspect moving through the trees near his home.
Officers ordered the suspect to put his gun down and took him into custody without incident on a charge of felonious assault.


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By David Holloway
At least one good thing came out of the confusion and ugly realities in the wake of the 2010 BP oil spill.
It was the formation of Alabama's first ever state-appointed commission aimed at promoting the state's vast seafood resources.
The commission was created in March 2011 by executive order of Gov. Robert Bentley with the intent of advancing the Alabama seafood industry. That industry was defined as "any seafood product sold by Alabama businesses and sourced from Gulf and local waters."
Commission members are a diverse group of Alabamians with a common goal of making sure the word gets out about one of the state's best natural resources. Chris Blankenship was selected as chairman of the group. In his day job, he is the head of the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Marine Resources Division.
"After the oil spill, there was obviously some damage caused to the industry," Blankenship said. "There was the perception that all of the seafood was damaged and we set out to prove that not true."
With a $5 million grant from BP, the commission members set out to change the way people viewed seafood from Alabama. And since it started from scratch, the group had a blank slate from which to work.
To that end, the commission undertook a massive marketing campaign last spring that aimed at breaking stereotypes at every level. They flooded the airwaves with snazzy television spots and blanketed the region's highways with billboards, all of them touting the benefits of Alabama's bounteous seafood.
One of the keynotes of the program has been a stunning new website that explains everything, from where to find local seafood in the market to how to catch it in the sea. My favorite part is, understandably, a comprehensive section on how to cook it. (Check it out at www.eatalabamaseafood.com).
It turns out that the commission members themselves learned something in the process. "I think the biggest thing I've learned is that one size doesn't fit all when it comes to marketing seafood," Blankenship said.
For instance, he explained that different restaurants need different things when it comes to supplying the needs of customers.
Wintzell's Oyster Houses.
Donlon said she was excited when she found out she had been appointed by Gov. Bentley to serve on the board. She brings a frontline sense of what consumers want when it comes to seafood.
"Our servers and the people who are staffing the restaurants have firsthand knowledge of what people are asking for," she said. "Not a lot of people know it, but 80 percent of all the seafood is sold at seafood restaurants."
Donlon added that it was encouraging to see how various entities have joined together with the common cause of promoting the state's seafood industry. "And not just within the state, but all across the country and hopefully internationally," she said.
Donlon and Blankenship were recently in New York City for an event that showcased Alabama's seafood in a unique setting. The 10th-annual Big Apple Barbecue Block Party event featured chefs and professional barbecuers from across the nation in a massive cooking demonstration and party in downtown Manhattan.
While most of the entries featured the usual suspects - pork, beef and chicken - only one offered seafood and it was from Alabama. "People were clamoring for Alabama seafood; they couldn't get enough of it," Donlon said.
James Beard Award-winner Chef Chris Hastings of Hot and Hot Fish Club in Birmingham. Hastings, a commission member himself, cooked up heaping offerings of Alabama shrimp, oysters and fish.
"It was really gratifying to see that people were anxious and excited to get Gulf seafood," Donlon said.
Additionally, the commission played a big role in the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo held in July and took part in the Great American Seafood Cook-off contest held in New Orleans.
Blankenship said the committee plans to continue to get the word out about the managed sustainability of Alabama seafood, long after the BP grant money is gone. "We're looking at ways to continue funding because the work is so important," he said.


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dpkg-repack creates a .deb file out of a Debian package that has already been installed on your system. If any changes have been made to the package while it was unpacked (ie, files in /etc modified),the new package will inherit the changes.
File `diversions' are a way of forcing dpkg not to install a file into its location, but to a `diverted' location. Diversions can be used through the Debian package scripts to move a file away when it causes a conflict. System administrators can also use it to override some package's configuration file, or whenever some files (which aren't marked as 'conffiles') need to be preserved by dpkg, when installing a newer version of a package which contains those files.
show what has been changed in a new version of a Debian package Using apt-listchanges
apt-listchanges is a tool to show what has been changed in a new version of a Debian package, as compared to the version currently installed on the system.
apt-config is an internal program used by various portions of the APT suite to provide consistent configurability. It accesses the main configura-tion file /etc/apt/apt.conf in a manner that is easy to use by scripted applications.
APTonCD is a tool with a graphical interface which allows you to create one or more CDs or DVDs (you choose the type of media) with all of the packages you've downloaded via APT-GET or APTITUDE, creating a removable repository that you can use on other computers.One thing you need to remember this will create backup all the packages installed using apt-get,synaptic because these package arcives are stored in /var/cache/apt/archives


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In the spring of 1775, the towns of Lexington and Concord became targets, scenes, and symbols of actions which would ignite a war culminating in the birth of a new country. In those towns were people caught at the crossroads of Revolution. "At the Crossroads of Revolution: Lexington and Concord in 1775" is designed to immerse our participants in the evocative 18th-century landscapes of those towns, as well as the port city of Boston, to examine the decisions and dilemmas involved in the events of 1775 and the subsequent interpretations and uses of those events.
The workshop will be offered twice in 2010: July 18-23 and August 1-6. Applications must be postmarked by March 2, 2010. For more information about the workshop, including application guidelines, visit the Massachusetts Historical Society's website: http://www.masshist.org/crossroads or contact the Society's Education Department at (617)646-0557 or email@example.com.


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I Am Empowered - I am the National Urban League
Great Partners Make it Easy
On April 4th, 2012 Sea Ray of Knoxville, a local boat manufacturer, hosted a Behind the Business Tour for middle school students in the Project Ready program of the Knoxville Area Urban League. The event was so impressive that staffers from the National Urban League hope to "bottle the magic" so more businesses can partner with Urban League affiliates to replicate this success nationwide.
It started out like a typical manufacturing tour: students donned safety goggles and received a vocabulary list of boat building terms – not only port and starboard, but also ways to describe the quality of a boat's gel coat finish, such as "alligator" and "orange peel." In small groups, the students walked with facility managers through the boat building operation. Back in the conference room, managers talked about industrial safety and briefly explained key metrics of the boating industry: Sea Ray has the capacity to produce up to 60 boats per week, but since the industry fell into depression in 2008 production has fallen to about 12 per week. The international market for these pleasure boats, which sell for $70,000 to $400,000, is shifting from Europe to Canada and Brazil. Sea Ray is part of Brunswick, a holding company that also makes bowling balls and Life Fitness gym equipment and is one of the oldest publicly traded corporations in the U.S.
These are abstract facts for a 12-year old, so then the tour shifted to a rapid round-table in which each adult tells a personal, three-point story: "what did I want to be when I was in middle-school, what do I do now, and how would you know if you'd like to do what I do?" The Sea Ray speakers included the facility nurse, chief engineer, comptroller, production manager, environmental and worker safety coordinator, human resources generalist and line workers. Students asked questions, won prizes and enjoyed snacks before getting back into their bus.
Participation is high, Ms. Glibbery said, because employees are motivated and rewarded by how much students appreciate sharing stories at their level. Sea Ray has run this tour several times (the Urban League's Project Ready high school students got an expanded version on April 9th) and best of all, she said, "it's easy!"
By Nicky Grist, Senior Director for Evaluation, National Urban League
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April 2nd, 2012
Baby's First Steps
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*chor* "Hi Tommy."
"I started when I was 15 Weeks old… I mean, still inside (if you know what I mean). Mamma was going on a fieldtrip…"
Field trip? Young mom!
aww sorry, in German "fieldtrip" could be a vacation… nevermind…
Alcoholic n smoker as well
Found you guys through Cyanide & Happiness. Just read through all the comics – disgusting, crude, puerile… keep it up!
You misspelled distinguished, cool, and penile.
Lol so true! But C&H is pretty epic too, thats how I found Toonhole as well! Keep up the good work!!!
"Call it what ya' wanna call it, I'm a f*** alcoholic"
Xzibit 😉
HA! God damn, that's hilarious!
Being an infant ain't easy!
There's a lot of pressure on babies these days.
Ha! That was unexpected. Nice!
hahah I totally didnt see that coming! AWESOME!
Oh the misleading tags… reminds me of the days when I used to read books because of the titles and then find out it's about boring history.
Your higher power is your mom & dad baby; admit you're powerless!
The intervention was a bunch of toddlers…"we knew things got bad when you started taking the nipple off of your bottles, Tommy. We love you and want you to get help."
The others chimed in by saying "gah gah gooo" in agreement
Worst part is, his AA buddy is still in the womb. Very hard to call when he falls off the wagon.
I've learned so much about the AA from this comic.
Speaking of toddlers taking their first steps -http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=MuOvqeABHvQ#t=267s
Nothin' better than drunk, chain smokin' babies!
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"Understanding people lets us design the optimal customer experience."
According to a recent report, 66% of all technology transformation projects fail. To put this another way, $6.2tn is ploughed into failed technology projects every year. This makes depressing reading for any organisation about to invest in a technology project, but it highlights a trend that has been emerging for some time.
For new technology to be successful, it has to be adopted by customers and employees. However the benchmark for usability has changed, where before we had SAP or Oracle super users, now Apple has made iPads so simple that toddlers are mastering them. Our expectations have changed in line with this, if users pick up a new product or launch a new system and cannot intuitively figure out how to operate it, they will be frustrated. Yet despite all this, simplicity of design and intuitive usability are often afterthoughts when defining a solution.
In our experience, the root cause of technology transformation failures is often an outdated project framework, which includes:
The most forward-looking companies are starting to realise this, and building in a customer insights and experience design phase at the outset of the project. This has a number of benefits over the traditional approach:
Given this, we always recommend that all technology transformation projects begin with a customer insights and experience design phase prior to vendor selection, to clearly articulate success from a customer and business perspective and understand the true requirements.
"Understanding people lets us design the optimal customer experience."


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Defense Does It
LINCOLN — It doesn't matter how a team wins the must-win games, only that it does. That was the message from coach Bo Pelini following Nebraska's 23-9 win over Michigan in Lincoln on Saturday night.
It was a game and, for now, a division lead that swung unmistakably when Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson left the game with an injury to his throwing arm following a first down run late in the second quarter. A scoreless first quarter saw the Wolverines doing their best to limit Nebraska's offense by simply keeping the Huskers off the field. Michigan had the ball for more than 10 minutes in the opening quarter as the teams traded punts and long fields early on.
After a chop block left the Huskers facing first-and-24 to open the second quarter, Nebraska decided to push the pace. Taylor Martinez hit tight end Ben Cotton for a 15-yard gain, then found Jamal Turner and Quincy Enunwa on back-to-back plays to move Nebraska out to midfield. Two plays later, he found Steven Osborne for 19-yards, setting up a 32-yard touchdown pass to Kenny Bell on the next play. The entire drive took 2:10 off the clock.
Michigan answered with a field goal on the ensuing drive and, two drives later, moved inside the Huskers' 10-yard line on a 7-yard scramble by Robinson but it was a costly one. Robinson landed on his right arm and, according to television reports, aggravated a nerve injury suffered earlier this season. The Wolverines netted a field goal out of the drive to make it 7-6 but, without their star quarterback, it was as close as Michigan would get the rest of the night.
What kind of difference does Denard make? Despite playing only a third of the game, he still lead Michigan in rushing (46 yards) and passing (55 yards). With Robinson, Michigan had 136 total yards and 11 first downs at the half. Without him, the Wolverines managed just 52 yards and seven first downs – two of which came courtesy of Nebraska penalties. Coach Bo Pelini said after the game that Robinson's injury didn't change a lot for Nebraska defensively.
"Maybe we pressured a little more," Pelini said. "We got a little bit more aggressive, especially on third down."
The Huskers held Michigan to just 1-for-5 on third downs in the second half. Russell Bellomy, Robinson's backup, went just 3-for-16 passing on the game with three second half interceptions while being sacked twice.
Even factoring in Robinson's absence, it was a defensive effort that represented progress for Nebraska. The 188 yards by Michigan were the fewest allowed by Nebraska since the Huskers' win over Michigan State last October. Like that game last year, the Nebraska staff handed out the Blackshirts after this one as well.
"I tried to give them to them last week and they didn't want them," Pelini said. "It shows the character of our kids and the type of standards that they have…They said they hadn't earned them and we'll revisit it after the Michigan game. I think they earned them."
And they did. Senior defensive end Eric Martin – who added to his team leading sack total with another one on Saturday — was sporting his in postgame interviews. But this game was as much about contributions from a few forgotten players as much as the usual suspects.
Linebackers David Santos (10 tackles), Alonzo Whaley (8), and Sean Fisher (7) – three players who have struggled to see the field consistently this year – led the team in tackles. Stanley Jean-Baptiste, starting his third straight game at corner back, and safety Daimion Stafford recorded their first interceptions of the season.
"It was a good team effort," Pelini said of the defense. "We played well front-to-back. That's a good offense, it stresses you in a lot of different ways.
"Even when Denard was in there, I thought we played well. We did a good job of containing him, keeping him bottled up."
The win moved Nebraska to 3-1 in Big Ten play, tied with Michigan atop the Legends Division but the Huskers now hold the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Wolverines.
"This game just makes the next one that much more important," offensive tackle Jeremiah Sirles said. "Every game we win from here on out just raises the stakes more and more to get us where we want to be. Every game is a must win for us."
Nebraska travels to East Lansing next week to take on Michigan State. Big Ten officials announced late Saturday that game will kickoff at 2:30 p.m. CT.


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Leigh Ann Bolin and Craig Tipping, both of Amarillo, were married Saturday evening at Paramount Baptist Church. The Rev. Dr. Gil Lain and the Rev. Terry Tamplen officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Jane Ann and Wayne Shipp of Waxahachie. She is also the daughter of the late Roy Bolin. She is the granddaughter of Gen Bolin, who attended the wedding.
Parents of the groom are Wanda and Larry Tipping of Amarillo. Grandmother of the groom is Minnie Walraven, who attended the wedding.
Maid of honor was Mary Liz Wills. Bridal attendants were Jill Horton, Sheila Sanders, Bennett Lewis, Haven Howard, Cherri Engram and Mendy Shugart.
Best man was Chris Norton. Groom's attendants were Brandon Bolin, brother of the bride, Jaret Greaser, Chris Carson, Brent Horton, Silas Girgis and Brady Marr.
The wedding reception was held at the Ambassador Hotel. Reception attendants were Monica Hetrick, Stephanie Westenburg, Alicia Timberman and Emily Timberman.
The bride graduated from Amarillo High School and is pursuing a degree in business at West Texas A&M University, where she is a member of Zeta Tau Alpha. She is a teller at Bank of America.
The groom graduated from Amarillo High School and WT, where he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega. He is a physical therapy technician at Baptist St. Anthony's Health System. He is applying to physical therapy school.
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A multivariate cointegration analysis of the role of energy in the US macroeconomy
This paper extends my previous analysis of the causal relationship of GDP and energy use in the USA in the post-war period to a cointegration analysis of that relationship. It is found that the majority of the relevant variables are integrated justifying a cointegration analysis. The results show that cointegration does occur and that energy input cannot be excluded from the cointegration space. The results are plausible in terms of macroeconomic dynamics. The results are similar to my previous Granger Causality results and contradict claims in the literature (based on bivariate models) that there is no cointegration between energy and output.
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In some ways, professor Jim Norris's cancer therapeutic start-up SphingoGene (see Page D3) is a case study of the Medical University of South Carolina's tech transfer struggles.
Norris, an experienced biologist but a novice businessman, incorporated in 2006 amid what he said was a push at MUSC to commercialize basic science. But the company didn't go anywhere.
"We're a bunch of academics," Norris explained last week. "We didn't know ... what we were doing."
Only in 2010, after a consultation with a life sciences lawyer in Raleigh, did Norris reincorporate in Delaware and license the molecules he discovered from the MUSC's Foundation for Research and Development. Three years later, however, SphingoGene's still in a holding pattern.
The company got a few government grants and had an office in the SCRA MUSC Innovation Center but was "kicked out" of the biotech incubator last summer to make way for a local publisher, Norris said, and he hasn't yet been able to raise the private money needed to develop a cancer drug.
While other MUSC spinoffs, like Immunologix and CharlestonPharma, have had more success, Norris' frustrations are representative.
To its credit, the university has acknowledged the issue and recently has taken a couple of concrete steps to increase the flow of discoveries "from bench to bedside," as it were.
In August, MUSC hired Tom Finnegan, a veteran biotech entrepreneur and investor, as the director of its new Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurialism. Finnegan has been meeting with the university's researchers and clinicians and promoted its budding technologies to out-of-state venture capitalists.
Earlier this year, the university created the Institute for Applied Neurosciences, an aspiring nonprofit accelerator that will partner with a yet-to-be-named company to speed commercialization.
"The focus of the IAN is on medical devices, in part because the cost of development is comparatively lower and because the regulatory process is easier and quicker to navigate," MUSC President Ray Greenberg explained this month.
Heather Woolwine, an MUSC spokeswoman, said many of details of the IAN project are being finalized but that it is part of the university's "full court press" to improve tech transfer.
It may be too late for Norris and SphingoGene, but the prognosis for MUSC is good.
Reach Brendan Kearney at 937-5906 and follow him on Twitter at @kearney_ brendan.


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Birdman on Nicki Minaj/Lil' Kim Beef, "Nobody has to Salute or be Saluted"
The most talked about beef in hip-hop these days unexpectedly is coming from up-and-coming rapstress Nicki Minaj and Brooklyn vet Lil' Kim. XXLMag,com recently caught up with Minaj's boss, Cash Money co-founder Bryan "Birdman" Williams, to find out what he thinks about the situation.
According to Baby, neither him nor his label ever wanted to get involved in beef, but in this case he has to roll with the punches. "Well, you know with Nick we're just doin' music, I don't care to get caught up in that and I don't care to make money off of that," he said. "We never fucked with that. It is what it is. That's not our thing, but it is what it is so we gotta let it be what it be."
Speaking on Kim's initial problem with Nicki failing to give her respect publicly for paving the way for female rappers, Birdman said he disagrees. "Nicki is grown, Nicki does her own thing, I don't think she has to— nobody has to salute or be saluted, we in this hustlin'," he said. "The hustle gonna make you salute, just watchin' a nigga grind and see how he shine. Nicki's with her team, we ain't doin' nothing expect putting out good music. So if somebody's fuckin' with that, to me, they're violating. Bullshit don't weigh nothing, the grind and the money do."
Nicki's debut album, Pink Friday, is in stores now.
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Drake Calls Four Grammy Nominations 'Dream Come True'
Drake's life has certainly changed in recent years. And like many musicians, the singer/rapper has dreamed of the moment when he'd walk up to the podium to accept the music industry's most coveted award: a Grammy. The Toronto lyricist spoke with Global Grind about his four Grammy nods, including Best Rap Album for Thank Me Later.
"It's always, to get any type of Grammy accolade or anything, it's cliché but it's a dream come true in the literal sense, that thing you have between sleeping and waking up," the rapper said. "That time spent I used to think about being on the stage and being able to thank the people that have done so much for me in my life."
Drake described a long-standing dream he's had since his acting days on "Degrassi: The Next Generation." "I've been having this dream, I never knew where it was and it never really specified what the award was," he continued. "But I knew it was a night I could let the people know — the people in my life know — how much they have done with me. To have four opportunities to have that chance is incredible."
In addition to his Best Rap nod, Drizzy is also up for Best New Artist, Best Rap Solo Performance for "Over" and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for "Fancy" with T.I. and Swizz Beatz.
Fans better get used to seeing the 24-year-old rapper hit award-show stages, as it was recently announced that Drake will take hosting duties at the 2011 Juno Awards, which air live on CTV on Sunday, March 27.
With academy and industry acclaim under his belt, Drake also tells the hip-hop blog that he understands the ups and downs of media scrutiny. "I'll be honest with you, some of these gossip sites, it's scary how accurate they actually might be or are," he said. "Sometimes they really have real things to report first. But then there's other times it's just a slow day. I usually pop up on the slow days, to be honest with you, 'cause they say some sh-- and I have to say where did you even get that from."
He goes on to explain that certain media outlets "pride themselves on trying to tear down artists," adding that it's hurtful to see industry newbies undergo such early career tribulations.
The 53rd annual Grammy Awards air February 13 on CBS at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
Do you think Drake will pick up any awards at this year's Grammys? Sound off below!
Nicki Minaj Top Billboard's New Social Media Chart
With the popularity of YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, MySpace and iLike.com, it was only a matter of time before someone would use the social media sites to rank an artist's importance. Billboard did just that, recently releasing their inaugural Social 50 Chart, which lists the most active artists online.
Rihanna and Justin Bieber topped this first chart at No. 1 and No. 2, while Eminem—who just nabbed 10 Grammy nominations—picked up the No. 3 spot. Other hip-hop artists to appear in the top 10 include Young Money Princess Nicki Minaj at No. 5, Lil Wayne at No. 8 and Kanye West at No. 9.
"We continue to adapt the way we chart the changing landscape of music," Billboard's editorial director Bill Werde explained in a statement. "The Social 50 is yet another step in the evolution of Billboard and an important response to our changing times."
The new chart uses information garnered from Next Big Sound, a social music tracking service that takes into account an artists friends, fans and followers on all the leading social networking sites, according to Yahoo News.
"The volume of online activity that top artists now receive is too big to ignore," Next Big Sound CEO, Alex White said. "We are thrilled that social music activity now receives the same emphasis as the music charts for which Billboard is synonymous."
Billboard will release The Social 50 Chart on a weekly basis from now on.


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Profile: Tamyra Wissmiller Harrison
Name: Tamyra Wissmiller Harrison
Position: Polk County Democrat Executive Director for the past 11 years
Currently working on: Presently, Tamyra is writing a book that she hopes to have completed by this summer. The book covers the history of the Polk County Democrats, including some of her favorite memories and individuals. Her book will also introduce political staffers that have less recognition than elected officials. "For every successful politician, there are countless staffers and activists who had a hand in getting them elected, often with little recognition for all of their efforts. I really hope my book lets each and every one of them, not just here in Iowa but everywhere, know how very much they are appreciated." Tamyra added.
When Tamyra will run for office? She is passionate about her community and loves promoting others. However, she "will never say never" about a future run for public office. Making a difference for others appeals to her. Tamyra has proven leadership skills, including working with both sides of the fence, creating civil and friendly relationships even when there are policy differences.
Tamyra is also working a state-wide program, which is featured on our main page: High School Mock Caucuses.
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BB&T Bank, which stands for Branch Banking and Trust, is running a $100 checking account promotion where you get $100 for opening a BB&T Free checking account and then setting up a Direct Deposit or making 3 online bill payments. Your $100 bonus is deposited within 4 weeks of satisfying one of the conditions. The BB&T Free checking account has no minimum balance requirement though the minimum opening deposit is $50. There are no maintenance fees.
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This page describes administrative aspects that usually need to be in place before initiating a U01 clinical trial application. They represent milestones that must be reached for successful completion of a NIAMS U34 Clinical Trial Planning Grant and before proceeding to opening for participant enrollment in a funded study.
The NIAMS recognizes that planning and administrative activities for starting a trial can vary based on the type of study being conducted. For example, regulatory approvals for a Phase III multi-site study of a new therapeutic agent will differ from a trial of a behavioral intervention or a device. An application for a U34 should provide a list of the milestones that must be met before the implementation of the proposed trial can begin, and a plan for reaching these milestones. Prior to awarding a U34 grant, the NIAMS will work with investigators to agree on a timeline for accomplishing these tasks.
Milestones that may be appropriate for a U34 may include, but are not limited to:
- Identify study collaborators and convene meetings to finalize protocol development
- Complete clinical protocol (allowing for subsequent changes by regulatory bodies)
- Budget plan. If requesting funding through the NIAMS, details in the requested budget should include major budget categories (key/senior and other personnel, equipment, travel, trainee support, other direct costs), indirect costs, and total costs for each year of the requested application. PLEASE NOTE: Applicants with budgets with direct costs greater than $500,000 in any year must request permission to submit the application. See Letters of Request.
- Identification and qualification of clinical trial enrollment site (s), data coordinating center (DCC), Clinical Research Organization (CRO), pharmacies and laboratories
- Clinical Trial Agreement (CTA) and/or Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA), when applicable
- Investigators Brochure or equivalent for study intervention
- Manual of Operations (see NIAMS Single Site MOOP Guidelines or Multisite MOOP Guidelines)
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- Data management/collection system for primary and remote sites, including case report forms and electronic system(s)
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- Plans and timeline for submission to Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) and receiving approvals
- Plans and timelines for meetings and submission of documents (e.g., IND or IDE requests) to appropriate regulatory bodies (e.g., the Food and Drug Administration)
- Finalize plans to obtain intervention related products (e.g., drugs, placebo, device)
- If drug or biologic, availability, acquisition and formulation, including placebo, where applicable
- Documentation of adequate co-funding, if applicable and necessary for completion of the trial
- The proposed date of submission of the U01 application
One of the goals of the NIAMS clinical trials programs is to fund timely trials. Thus, NIAMS will strive to minimize any delay between the planning and implementation phases of a trial. To this end, certain milestones will be identified for each U34 which, when reached, would be sufficient to permit the investigator to submit an application for a U01. Most planning milestones should be accomplished prior to submission of an application for funding for implementation of a trial. Please note, once these milestones are met, it may be appropriate to submit the application for the U01 even if it is before the end of the planning grant, with an agreement that certain tasks would be completed in the remaining period of U34 grant funding. Consultation with the appropriate Program Officer is strongly encouraged, as described here.
NIAMS policy is that a U34 Clinical Trial Planning Grant be obtained before proceeding to a U01 Clinical Trial Implementation Grant. However, when the planning process has already been completed through other means, for example by a previously funded R34 grant or with private funding, an investigator may wish to apply directly for a U01 without a preceding NIAMS U34.
Clinical Trial Planning Milestone Checklist and/or Requests to Waive the NIAMS U34 Planning for a Clinical Trial Implementation (U01) grant application
In cases where the clinical trial planning milestones have been completed (either through the NIAMS U34 planning grant or other means), applicants should submit a Clinical Trial Planning Milestones Checklist to demonstrate the necessary planning accomplishments. The checklist summarizes each of the planning Milestones and provides a status and timeline of each task. Any tasks that remain incomplete before the trial can open for recruitment must be detailed and justified. Applicants should consult with a NIAMS Program Director or Clinical Research Manager to determine if the NIAMS will consider a U34 waiver request. Please note that the NIAMS may also ascertain that substantial additional planning is necessary and not grant a waiver to the U34 requirement. Those applicants will be directed to apply to the Clinical Trial Planning Grant (U34) Cooperative Agreement FOA and delay submission of the U01.


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Scientific Name: Halichoerus grypus
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Gray seals can dive over 200 feet underwater.
If you see a gray seal go underwater, it may be a while before you see it surface again. Gray seals are great swimmers and can stay underwater for up to 20 minutes! These aquatic animals enjoy spending their time in the water so much, they only return to land to mate and molt.
STATUS: Not endangered, however, their numbers have declined due to hunting and poaching. Seals have also been lost as a result of drowning in fishing nets and diseases produced by heavy pollution. Despite this population loss, protected status keeps the species at lower risk of extinction.
HABITAT: There are three primary gray seal populations. The greatest populations are in the western Atlantic and off the coast of the British Isles. The western Atlantic population lives off the coast of Nova Scotia and may be found as far south at Nantucket Island, Massachusetts. The smallest of the gray seal populations is in the Baltic Sea.
DIET: Gray seals feed on any fish available in their habitat. They also enjoy certain crustaceans and mollusks.
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Shane Battier Earns His 'Ribeye' In Game 7
Benched in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals, Battier delivered one of the best quotes of the postseason.
"Sometimes you've got to eat a turd sandwich," he said. "Makes the ribeye taste better next time."
Battier's Game 7: 18 points on 6-8 shooting from 3.
"Shane ain't hit a shot since I don't know when," Dwyane Wade said. "But tonight, he was unconscious."
Said Erik Spoelstra: "I mean, how awesome is that? It's so true. You have to be absolutely pure at heart about it and not get bent out of shape and get caught up in a dilemma. He was smart enough to know that sometimes it's about matchups, series, things change. But he's so important to what we do that eventually he would get his chance again. When he did, he made the most of it."
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I agree with columnist Connie Schultz that "language matters." This is what makes her argument in her Nov. 28 column, "Abortion ban must go from (health reform) bill" nonsensical.
Dictionary definitions cause me to wonder why clarity is obscured.
In many parts of our world, medical care is inaccessible. That means that a person who is sick can't get help because there are no medical facilities near enough to make travel possible for the sick person — although the individual may have a great need for that in order to sustain life.
When issues of this sort, which affect all of society, are discussed, the word "right" rarely comes into it, only "need."
Schultz mentions (that women have raised billions of dollars for breast cancer research), but neglects to recognize that this women's health issue gets no argument at all, since it is seen by men and women alike as a life-threatening condition.
In our advanced medical times, child-bearing is rarely a life threatening condition to the mother. Child-bearing is actually a dictionary definition of "reproduction." Abortion in no way equals "reproduction."
I continually wonder why the phrase "what a woman chooses to do with her body" is applied to the removal of a baby from its safe, well-designed, life-nurturing place, but the actual choice of what she did with her body earlier is disregarded. Babies do not self-generate. It takes two bodies, and choice. And choices by individuals do affect society as a whole in uncountable ways.
My question, as one of the women whom Schultz thinks ought to be concerned about my rights, is what actually happens to my rights if I — and all other citizens — am forced to pay for the ending of every inconvenient pregnancy.
My birth was pretty inconvenient to my 40-year-old mother of five, struggling to feed a family in times harder than we understand. That didn't leave me unloved. In fact, I was her caregiver, one of the roles that Schultz mentions as being left to women. I couldn't have done it without the help and support of my husband.
As far as I can understand, the "pro-choice" point of view on health care reform is: "I get to do whatever I want, and you shouldn't have the right to choose whether or not you want to fund my choices."
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Make a beautiful American Girl crochet hat with this free crochet pattern from Lisa Hamblin that will dress up your girl's doll. Save a little money by making your own doll accessories.
- Red Heart 4 ply, worsted weight acrylic yarn (black) - Main Color (MC)
- Red Heart Sport Weight Yarn (small amount of black with shiny filament) - Contrasting Color (CC)
- Hook Size J
- Tapestry Needle
Stitches: ch, hdc, hdc2tog, sl st.
Difficulty: MEDIUM
R1: Working with two strands of MC at once, ch3, work 9hdc in 3rd ch from hook. (10hdc)
Join with sl st in top of beg ch3.
R2: Ch2, do not turn. 2hdc in ea st. (20hdc)
Join with sl st in top of beg ch2.
R3: Rep R2 (40hdc)
R4: Ch2, do not turn. Hdc in next st. Hdc2tog.
(Hdc in next 2 sts. Hdc2tog) around.
Rs5-6: Ch2, do not turn. Hdc in ea st. Join with sl st in top of beg ch2.
R7: Ch2, do not turn. 2hdc in ea st. Join with sl st in top of beg ch2.
Fasten Off.
Using a yarn needle, weave two strands of CC yarn through base of R6 and tie a bow.
You can turn the hat so the bow is on the side, back or in the front - your choice.
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queenuvdenial 2881 484
Nov 15, 2011
I make a lot of doll clothes - and I would for sure make this hat! I can't wait to see what else is posted for doll clothes. :)
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Nov 10, 2011
The hat is very cute and I would definitely make it. In fact I plan on making it for my neice.
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Nov 10, 2011
Very nice , I will certainly try to make it !
Nov 10, 2011
I have made hats for my girls' dolls and they love them. You can use any preemie pattern and they fit.
Nov 10, 2011
Love this <3
Nov 10, 2011
It would be nice to have an outfit to go with the hat! I will be making this over the winter for my little sweetheart and her American Girl Doll that I bought for her 2 yrs ago. I have a lot of sewing stuff for the doll but very little crochet and I love to crochet so much more than sewing.
Nov 10, 2011
I would make the hat for this doll or any doll that Im working on at the time, if I thought the outfit needed it..I would like to make hats for adults...dot
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Nov 10, 2011
I have 1 granddaughter that has an American Doll, and I've been making clothes for that doll for 2 years now. Another granddaughter will receive her first American Doll for Christmas this year, and I'm making clothes for her. Thanks for this pattern, and look forward to other AD clothes/hat patterns.
Nov 09, 2011
I prefer to make hats for people rather than dolls. I have made quite a few ladies' hats, lots of beanies or "warmy" hats for guys, several chemo hats, and lots of hats for children. I just finished a "Little Man's Hat" for a little guy I know. He will love it. I don't sell them; I give them away.
jburress023 391310 4
Nov 09, 2011
I am currently making American Girl clothes for my grand-daughter and great-niece for christmas. This will make a wonderful addition to the new wardrobes. Thanks so much.
maryalice34 289743 7
Nov 09, 2011
I made 5 hats for my great-granddaughters. Good way to use leftover yarn. I decorated them with scraps of my left-over crafting ribbon, lace,etc. Needless to say, I have orders for lots more. I would like a pattern for matching dresses for mommies and dolls. Thanks Maymay
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Nov 09, 2011
Would like to make hats, etc. for the America Girl Doll and matching items for my Granddaughter.
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A singer once said "His pitch was right on the nose: his word enunciation letter perfect: his understanding of a song thorough. He will be missed very much, not only by myself, but by his fans all over the world." The singer was the legendary Frank Sinatra, the man he spoke about: Matt Monro. <P> Matt Monro: The Singer's Singer, is the highly-anticipated story of one of Britain's most iconic singers, tracing Matt Monro's life from his poverty stricken upbringing in post-war Britain to his day job as London bus driver to the steady rise to fame that saw the singer battling the highs and lows of the entertainment industry to become one of Britain's best-loved entertainers. This is the man behind the image, the man who rubbed shoulders with some of the most famous names in the business, who recorded the very first James Bond theme song (From Russia with Love) and the international hits Softly as I Leave You, Born Free, Walk Away and Portrait of My Love. <P> In an intimate portrait written by the singer's daughter, Michele Monro, and drawing on more than two hundred interviews from the most important characters in Matt's life, The Singer's Singer exposes the man behind the voice, telling the story of how Terry Parson overcame poverty, prejudice and alcoholism to arrive at the very heart of the post-war British entertainment industry as the unforgettable Matt Monro. <P> Including never-before-seen photography, exclusive correspondence between Matt and some of the biggest names in the music business and a rich array of personal anecdotes, this is the first comprehensive look at the life of the man his peers dubbed 'the Singer's Singer', the irreplaceable Matt Monro.
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by Livia
April 27, 2011
I love the dress it hugs and shapes to your every curve. It is abit too shear to wear without anything on under it. I can't say anyone complained about it but if you don't want to be followed by strange perverted old men wear something under it. I'm abit of an exhibitionist so I really did'nt mind.
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by Lee
April 13, 2011
I got this in small cranberry and I love it. I'm 5'5" 125lb and it fits perfectly. I LOVE the low scoop neck that gives it a sexy counterbalance to the longer hem. Very soft and comfortable.
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by mamapt
March 4, 2011
It looks pretty good, I'm 5'4" and 140 lbs - 32 DDDD bra - but I can't work ou twhat undies to wear with it, would love suggestions. It's jsut tooo clingy for anything I try.
by Sarah
January 25, 2011
I just bought this dress in light aqua and I'm not pleased with the color. I suppose I should have known better with the "sheer"-ness of it. It's completelly see through...it would probably work better as a cover-up on the beach. That being said, I love the length and fit despite the one size fits all. I'm 5'4" and 155 lbs with a bit of a tummy. I'm not giving up on this dress yet. I think I'll try the black and/or cranberry next based off other reviews.
by Cara
January 1, 2011
I was expecting this dress to be quite sheer, but when I received it and put it on (I bought it in black), it wasn't as sheer as I had expected. I am 5 foot 7 in. and slim with subtle curves, but when I put this dress on, I felt like a bombshell. The dress hugged my curves in a flattering manner, and I still felt classy :D. Great product
by Amanda
December 3, 2010
I'm a big fan of this dress. I'm 170cm / 57kgs and it fits me just like the model in the black dress. I have this in black and it does require a slip. Also, I always wear it backwards as the scoop neck is a bit low for me. Looks great with a cardigan or a belt.
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by Lise
November 9, 2010
This came in the mail today, and I was slightly worried about getting a one size dress, because I'm usually a size L or XL, but it fits GREAT!
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by Judders
September 4, 2010
5'10", busty UK 10/US 6; got this in the post today, put it on with a pair of whatever sandals, went down to the pub, and was mobbed. So that's a win right there. Cons: If you're not out to pull/will be out in bright light, you should probably wear it over a slip, and it bags a bit after you've been sitting down for a while.
by Nicola
June 9, 2010
I have this dress in black. For such a simple style it is really sexy on. comfortable, too.
by Theresa
May 19, 2010
I really love this dress. I bought these dress in black and the fit is just perfect for a one size fit all dress, usually it is hard for me to use a OS. I am 5.5" and 110 lbs. I really like it, so I got another one in Cranberry. I can't wait for the silver grey to come out.
by Jillian
May 11, 2010
Fantastic. I am not a skinny girl and felt so comfortable and pretty in this dress. The length is great for girls with a longer torso. Needs a good slip because it is pretty see through.
by Eleanor
May 10, 2010
I just got it in black... most flattering thing I own! If you're looking for a little black dress, this is the one to buy!
by Claire
April 26, 2010
I just got this in Cranberry last week and it might be the best dress I've ever worn. I wore it with the deeper neckline in the back, with the black wide elastic clasp belt and a pair of black heels. All night I had women coming up to me and telling me I looked gorgeous. I'm about to order like 2 more so I have a plan when my self-esteem needs a boost! Great cut, and as someone who just can't ever do one-size pieces I was thrilled with the fit on this.
by Laura
April 22, 2010
Thanks AA! I love this dress, I got a similar one once at a different store but it was just too short! This one is wonderful, it has the same body hugging sexiness of my other one without making me look like a hussy. I followed some of the advise on here and bought two so I could double up to be sure that I won't have a problem with transparency and i am glad i did, it also makes it a bit warmer. so far I am loving this dress. Also i am a smaller size than most, 5'8'' and 110 lbs and i was very afraid that the one size would be too big even though it looks ok on the models, but it fits great.
by Greg
April 14, 2010
I love this dress! I was looking for something that was simple and longer than the usual AA mini length. This hits me at the knee and still looks pretty with flats. I also like that since it is 100% cotton, it loosens up as you wear it(since i don't like everything skin tight). I'm 5 '7 and i usually wear a 2 or even a 0 and this is very formfitting, I wish they made more sizes. The fabric is pretty thin though so i bought several in different colors and layer 2 together. Its ends up looking very cute. I would have to disagree that this is work appropriate though. Its much to casual for that IMO.
by sophie
April 10, 2010
I ordered this dress for my grandaughter for her birthday and she loved it, found it so versatile for both business (with a cardigan) and fun times and can be effective in many seasons and multiple ways.
by Rebecca
April 9, 2010
I put this on (black) with my new red thigh high socks and boots and this look is so hot!! My new favorite dress. Sooo very flattering. I'm curvy 5'2" 130 lbs and the length/size is just fine - fitted without being tight. I will get the other colors ASAP!!!
by sabrina
March 14, 2010
I love the shape of this dress, the fabric is perfect for summer but it's all kind of pointless when only after 1-2 hours it becomes extremely baggy and shapeless :( I don't understand what everyone else is doing for it to be worth 5 stars. Is there something you ladies are spraying on the fabric for it to keep it's shape throughout the day?
by gina
March 3, 2010
I got this dress through the post today and it's wonderful <3 I bought it in the cranberry and don't think there are any 'sheer' problems in that colour, though I can see how a lighter colour might be more see through.
I'm 5'2 and a UK size 8/10 and it fits beautifully. The 'one size fits all' had me a bit worried that it would be super tight but it hugs my curves without being too clingy. It's quite long on me and a little past the knee but I'm a bit of a 50s style type girl so that wasn't a problem. I also didn't have as much of a problem with the shoulders being too big as I do with some of my other low back dresses, and the hem on the sleeves is a lovely detail.
Really wish it came in some brighter colours <3 I'd buy tonnes!
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by Kara
January 18, 2010
I tried it on in the store and it looked great- even with my tummy. I liked how long it was, too, as it looks much more sophisticated that way.
But, I didn't buy it. The fabric is really really sheer. I tried on the black, but I still could see my bra and belly button right through it. The fabric is rather flimsy, too, and I could tell this dress could only have a life expectancy of a couple of months. With the $35 price tag, I just couldn't bring myself to get it.
Were it, say, $20, I would've bought it. Or, alternatively, made with a better fabric, one that would be more durable, I would've forked over my money.
But, as it is, it's just simply not worth the price.
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I bought this to where under costumes, I was looking for a low back. But it was way to thin for me. It has lots of stretch, but no support, and is see though.
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Campbell Sectional Sofa Set by Wholesale Interiors
Keep it clean and simple! Modern style makes for a clean slate for your living area and the Campbell sectional is the perfect fit. The two-piece set consists of a freestanding sofa and chaise made with a wood frame, foam cushioning, and beautiful cream twill fabric upholstery. All pillows and cushions shown are removable, repositionable, and feature zippered fabric covers. The sectional base's upholstery can also be removed if needed via Velcro fasteners on the bottom of the set. Completing the look are steel legs with a decidedly modern chrome finish.
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