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Looking Ahead:
The NHL Trade Deadline
All eyes are focused on the Olympics right now and rightfully so. The USA has been captivating to watch and matchups such as Russia against Canada keep hockey fans coming back for more. However, looming just over the horizon, is the all important NHL trade deadline on March 3rd. I've touched on the subject a few times over the past couple weeks and given my thoughts as to what might happen, but now it is time to get more serious on the matter. The Blues will need to improve in several areas if they hope to ever make a serious run at the Stanley Cup. Aside from scoring, the Blues will need a more prominent goaltender to lead their team as opposed to the current system.
The Blues return to action on March 2nd against Phoenix. Shortly after, the trade deadline will come and go on March 3rd. One would think that the outcome of the Phoenix game might influence what deals are arranged before the deadline, and that could certainly be the case. My money however is on the idea that the St. Louis front office, like all other front offices, have been very busy during this Olympic break. In reality, who knows what deals might already be near completion that have just been put on hold until the Olympic freeze is lifted.
Have the Blues been actively negotiating? My feeling is a big 100% yes. Whether they have reached any outcomes is a different matter, but I doubt the organization has been idle during the Olympics. With this in mind, what will we see? I'm not going to make any bold predictions – I'll leave that to others (cough, Eklund, cough). I'd rather report and talk about what I know and not just churn out rumors that have no foundation in fact. That being said, I am all up for discussion and speculation. The Blues sit just outside the playoff picture (4 points) but more importantly sit behind four teams as well. The team is still very much in contention.
One name that has appeared regularly in trade rumors is Keith Tkachuk. Walt has been linked to numerous teams and would make a solid addition to a club that needs a guy that can hold his position at the top of the crease. However, Andy Strickland (from KFNS) has reported that Tkachuk would rather remain in St. Louis and retire as a Blue. Other sites have mentioned that Tkachuk doesn't want to move too far from family just to serve out his time as a rental player, so to speak.
Still, I could see Tkachuk considering a move if it was to a team 1) in contention and more importantly 2) to his liking. His hometown, Boston, might be a fit for the second category, but far now I'd assume Walt will be staying here.
Looking beyond Tkachuk, the Blues have plenty of spare parts that could be packaged for fresh faces. The defense is a crowded group and I wouldn't be surprised to see one go prior to the deadline.
Fans have mentioned their desire to move Paul Kariya and Brad Boyes but hefty salaries and lack of production have left few (if any) teams interested. Moving them is much easier said than done.
Other fans have stated they want the Blues to stand pat, and move forward with the faces we have currently. I'm on the fence with this one. Yes, I do think this team has greatly underachieved and is capable of winning games like we saw near the end of last year. However, I do not think the current group is capable of making a splash in the playoffs, assuming they reach them. In my opinion, there are several areas on this team that definitely need some upgrading.
– Goaltending
– Scoring
The defense I really can't say much about, as I feel Erik Johnson has plenty of room to grow and Roman Polak is just a beast back there. Maybe another puck moving defenseman would do the team well, but clearly there are other areas in much greater need of improvement.
I'm as big a Chris Mason fan as anyone, and I think the addition of Ty Conklin prior to this season was a great one. However, if the Olympic have shown us one thing it's that a star goaltender makes an enormous difference on the ice. Currently the Blues have been using a tag team rotation of goalies that are realistically more backups than they are stars. Just look to Ryan Miller, Tomas Vokoun and the others involved in the Olympic competition and watch how they can change the shape of a game in a way that Mason and Conklin can't – at least not on a regular basis.
Obviously, these goaltenders are extremely tough to find and have an enormous price tag when talking trade. However, this will be an area the Blues must address moving forward.
The Blues have scored the fewest goals since the lockout ended. It's true – you can look it up yourself. The team hasn't just lacked offense this year but in each of the past several seasons and will have to address this point as well. I imagine the front office thought they had this point addressed when bringing in Kariya, but injuries and age have destroyed that notion. The team needs a star – one that can move the puck and help create chances in any situation. The Blues right now have a lot of good parts/pieces, but currently no great ones. The youngsters could grow into the role, but likely will never reach the high-scoring ways the Blues could use.
Looking Ahead
So where does that leave us? Long term, the Blues need to add a star player to help run the offense and need a goalie that is not only reliable each night but can change the shape of a game on a more regular basis. These are extremely tough holes to fill as the price will be monstrous.
The trade deadline could see the Blues patch some of their holes (Tim Thomas could be on the move), but I look to the summer as the point when the real moves could go down.
The Blues need only look to the Olympics to see how pivotal having a star in net can be and how important it is to have a guy who can steal you a win (Ryan Miller).


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Malone University honors student will present thesis December 2
November 27, 2013 | Release # 6786
Malone University honors student Kim Farkas, a senior art major from Canton, will present her thesis presentation "who do you say that i am?" on Monday, December 2 at 5:30 p.m. in the Fountain Gallery, located within the Johnson Center for Worship and the Fine Arts, located on the campus at 2600 Cleveland Avenue N.W. in Canton, Ohio. The exhibit is free and open to the public. Farkas will explain the project and her work leading up to the installation.
The Honors Program at Malone University exists to support Malone's intellectually gifted and highly motivated students as they respond to Christ's call to love God with heart, soul, strength, and mind and as they move to transform themselves and their world as followers of Jesus Christ.
Honors Program students participate in both curricular and co-curricular activities. Co-curricular activities both on campus and off-campus foster the development of the honors community as well as provide enriching activities for honors students.
To learn more about the Honors Program at Malone University, please click here.
Malone University, a Christian university for the arts, sciences, and professions in the liberal arts tradition, affiliated with the Evangelical Friends Church, awards both undergraduate and graduate degrees in more than 100 academic programs. Malone has been recognized by the prestigious Templeton Foundation as a leader in character development, as one of Northeast Ohio's Top Workplaces by the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and is ranked among the top colleges and universities in the Midwest under the category Regional Universities according to U.S.News & World Report's America's Best Colleges 2014,has been awarded the designation Military Friendly School by Victory Media, and is named to AffordableCollegesOnline (ACO)'s Best Lifetime Return on Investment list for the State of Ohio.
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Six Flags Magic Mountain is cleaning up, shaping up and it's not for sale.
It's no secret locals recently viewed the theme park as more of a menace than a destination for family fun.
"My son tells me that I can't go there because that's where all the gangs hang out," said Susan Reynolds, a senior partner at Newmarket careers in Santa Clarita.
But Reynolds was one in a room full of local business executives who were surprised when park president Jay Thomas presented Magic Mountain's new direction at the Valley Industrial Association's luncheon Tuesday.
Now, one would be hard-pressed to find a cursing smoker waiting in line for Goliath, let alone a gang-banging trouble-maker.
With new leadership came a new code of conduct for Six Flags, Thomas said. The park is enforcing zero tolerance for smoking, profanity, bathing suits (not effective for Hurricane Harbor) and line-cutting.
Park officials expelled 4,500 people from the park in 2007, Thomas said.
Another aspect of Thomas' new business philosophy is treating different areas of the park as separate business units-making for a total of 300 individual business venues.
At each of those venues, employees are "going to do something to make you say, 'Wow, this is Six Flags Magic Mountain? Way to go,'" he said.
Employees are placed in positions that fit their personalities. A shy teenager will no longer work an interactive games booth.
Alongside increased employee morale, comes a cleaner and more aesthetically appealing park, Thomas said.
Believe it or not, Thomas recently challenged employees with the "insurmountable task" of cleaning up the park's fallen leaves.
Leaves encourage trash, according to Thomas, and since the "no leaves" policy went into effect, Thomas is seeing more park visitors pick up their own trash.
Thomas and park officials are seeing these changes have a very direct and visible impact.
"We have worked diligently to make sure we are improving the park experience," Thomas said. "Guest compliments for the 2008 year to date have already exceeded 2005, 2006, and 2007's compliments combined."
Season pass upgrades are up by 74 percent.
"We are getting ourselves back in to the community," he said.


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Before considering a dive boat's schedule and price, you should look at its safety and suitability for diving. And don't forget creature comforts, which assume greater importance at the end of a long day of diving than might seem likely when you made your reservations.
Of course, no one boat will have it all. The skiff that makes a 10-minute hop from the resort to the reef has far different capabilities than an oceangoing vessel that will stay out all day. Provided the smaller boat stays within its capabilities, it can be just as safe, dive ready and fun as a larger one.
The safety considerations for a trip to the California Channel Islands or the New Jersey wrecks are different from those for a short ride inside the reef. But any boat in water deep enough to drown you must meet certain basic safety requirements. After that come extras.
If the dive boat is traveling a significant distance offshore or operating in an area prone to quickly developing weather, you'd also like it to have:
Boats that are either not designed for diving or not extensively modified to accommodate divers make uncomfortable dive platforms. A dive-ready boat has distinctive physical characteristics and procedures:
Live-aboards range from scruffy cattle boats to mini (and not-so-mini) luxury liners. All the considerations that apply to short-range dive boats apply with even greater force to live-aboards:
Rushing around builds anxiety while being ahead of the game builds calm. Whichever it is, you'll take it with you into the water.
Think the little things are unimportant? Think again. Comfort saves energy that can go into another dive. Besides, you're supposed to be enjoying this.
This subject is surrounded by misinformation because the experts don't understand exactly what causes seasickness. But here are suggestions for dealing with it, based on my 40 years spent in boats:
Click here for a guide to the best shark, sea lion and other big animal dive adventures in San Diego.
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Wonderful Experience!
After spending a considerable amount of time researching for a quick getaway, my fiance and I decided to book a week night at Once Upon A Mountain. Actually, we just got back a few hours ago! We had a wonderful time!! The inn turned out to be a beautiful large log home up on a mountain. Yes, the views from the house were truly breath-taking! Christa, our hostess, was very kind and accomodating. She is also very bright (check out all the books around the house!). She has two dogs, Mr. Mack and Willie that are so friendly. You will love them! We stayed in the Queen's Suite which had a very comfortable sleigh bed, a two-person bath tub and a private entrance to the deck. We didn't do much except shopping in Luray, but it was very nice to come back to the inn. After a romantic dinner at a restaurant of her suggestion, we spent a quiet half hour in the hot tub. It was so relaxing and made the trip from Fairfax totally worth it. The next day we woke up to a pot of terrific coffee and tea. Christa made for breakfast: yogurt granola parfait as the first course, then a plate of fritata, sausage and fresh fruit for the main course. It was -so- delicious! The worst part of the trip was leaving. My fiance and I will come back in a few weeks. Once Upon A Mountain is less than a 2 hour drive from Washington DC and I highly recommend it! Christa, I know you are reading this and wanted to say thank you so much for your hospitality and we look forward to coming back soon!
A Magical Place!
My wife and I got married on Once Upon a Mountain. This is a magical place. Quiet, beautiful, and clean. We could not have asked for more. I highly recommend it.
Yea, this place is GOOD!
This place is FANTASTIC! First of all, the Shenandoah valley in the fall in gorgeous, and this house does the valley justice! We had a room which overlooked the valley. In addition, there is a hot tub open year-round with the same fantastic view. My wife and I were relaxed after 10 minutes. Would we come back, ABSOLUTELY!
A Wonderful and Tranquil Retreat...
My boyfriend and I went to Once Upon a Mountain to celebrate our 6 year anniversary. There we were greeted by the B&B's wonderful host, Krista, and her adorable dogs. The view was breathtaking, and stargazing in the hottub was an ethereal experience. Krista's breakfasts were delicious and she knew how to keep us happy. We will definitely come back here again.
Wonderful Getaway!
We just returned from a wonderful stay at Once Upon A Mountain, and can't recommend it highly enough!
When we arrived, Christa (the Innkeeper) greeted us warmly, gave us a tour of the beautiful house, and we had nice conversation with her over freshly brewed ice tea. It's obvious that Christa really likes people, and that her warmth is genuine.
We also had some fun visiting with Christa's dogs, Willie and Mr. Mack. They are both a real joy - just as friendly as can be (and also very well behaved!)
The house itself is a beautiful log home. Rather than being rustic, it manages to be elegant and even majestic while still having a warmth and coziness that is instantly appealing. This is a refreshing change from some of the lacy, flowery, Victorian decor found in other B&Bs in the area. And of course the mountaintop setting is extraordinary; excellent views can be had from almost anywhere in the house, especially the long deck that runs the entire length of the back of the house.
We stayed in the Queen's Suite, but Christa showed us all the rooms when we arrived, and they were all very nice; each one with its own unique features. Special touches were abundant: the bed and bath linens were top-notch, including luxurious bath robes which came in handy for our night-time visit to the outdoor hot tub. There was also a nice snack basket waiting for us, and a wall full of books and movies in our room.
The best special touches, however, were in the superlative service Christa provided. We came back from an excellent dinner (at a cafe called A Moment To Remember; a great recommendation from Christa!) to find our bed turned down with chocolates on the pillows. When we awoke the next morning, we found fresh coffee waiting outside our door, which went well with the fresh morning air we enjoyed from the lounge chairs on our own private deck. And when we emerged for breakfast, we were treated to a delightful and delicious meal.
It was an altogether wonderful getaway, and we'll definitely return!
Wonderful Experience
I was a little bit nervous because I had never stayed at a bed and breakfast before, but this place was wonderful. Christa, the hostess, is an absolute delight. We loved coming home to our sheets turned down, and chocolates placed on our pillows. We stayed in the Queens Suite, with a wonderful (huge) jacuzzi bathtub. The candles that Christa placed around the bathtub were definitely a nice touch, as were the plush bathrobes for both of us. I particularily loved the breakfasts- interesting and delicious items I had never had before, and beautifully presented. Christa also puts a beverage of your request outside of your room about an hour or two before breakfast, and I requested blueberry tea- which was a fantastic luxury to wake up to! The house is large, yet comfortable, and the view gorgeous. We also had a great time in the surrounding area: horseback riding, tubing, and visiting Luray Caverns. We had a decadant dinner at the Jordon Hollow Inn one night, and visited a local Italian place another. The scenery is gorgeous, and it was a very relaxing break from the real world. I was sad to leave, but am looking forward to finding an excuse to go back. Thanks again Christa for such a wonderful stay!
A Beautiful Escape!
For my birthday surprise, my wife took me to the Once Upon A Mountain Bed & Breakfast. A long, winding, gravel drive leads you to Christa Le Clere's beautiful hide-away, high up in the hills, set right in front of an astonishing view of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Imagine my bewilderment as we transitioned from the fast hustle & bustle of Washington D.C. to the consuming peace of the Shenandoah Valley!
Christa brought us into her mountain lodge for an immediate tour. The house has a comfortable spaciousness while keeping the cozy warmth necessary to feel at home. The landscape is breathtaking and the wonderful array of windows allow you to experience the scenery. The house has all the accommodations one would need - a luxury bath, shaded deck & patio, satellite TV, DVD & CD player, fireplaces, comfy furniture, and a wide range of reading material and games. Be sure to enjoy the outdoor hot tub!
Christa cooked a marvelous breakfast that was worth the trip alone! Her warmth and hospitality was obviously genuine. It was easy for us to feel welcome at her B&B. We highly recommend Once Upon A Mountain!
A Home Away From HOme
I absolutely loved the weekend we spent at Once Upon A Mountain, and am looking forward to staying there again!
The mountain location is very peaceful and relaxing. Christa made us feel at home right from the beginning. Besides the great food and wonderful atmosphere, I feel like I've made a new friend.
Thank you, Christa, for a wonderful weekend!
The ultimate luray get away
Once Upon a Mountain Bed and Breakfast is a great place to spend a relaxing weekend. My wife and I have enjoyed a stay there twice so far, and will undoubtedly return again.
Convenient to the famous Luray Caverns, there are plenty of activities to entertain including hiking, horse back riding, antiques and a couple of good restaurants. There is the historic town of Luray, a zoo, antique car museum, nearby Skyline Drive and even the famous Garden Maze. Maybe you laugh when you read "garden maze" but it took us a good 45 minutes to find our way out. OK, so keep laughing.
So maybe you just want to relax and really get away? Once upon a mountain B&B is a perfect hide-a-way with a great scenic view of the mountains, hot tub, out-door fireplace and an incredible innkeeper (Christa).
Christa creates the perfect breakfast, which is a work of art in itself. The house (lodge) is very impressive, beautifully decorated with an international theme and perfectly nested high up on the side of a mountain. You will not be disappointed.
The house doggies Mr. Mack and Willie will quickly become your best friends.
Check out the web site out for more photos of the accommodations.
Spectacular Mountain View!
My husband and I decided to go to Lurray for our honeymoon. Neither of us had been there before and I insisted on staying at a Bed and Breakfast. So we searched for a few bed and breakfast places online and decided upon "Once Upon A Mountain". We read the description and saw some photographs on the website and it seemed to match our criteria.
However, what we did not expect was to be so mesmerized by the place. The mountain view is absolutely stunning, the house is beautiful with a fire pit and hot tub outdoor in the garden area, and the host was so gracious! We recommend "Once Upon a Mountain" not just for honeymooners but for anybody who needs a getaway! This place is perfect for that. We're already making plans to go back at the end of the year! Visit: -----------
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Shenandoah National Park
... of the picnic areas. It was a good time at the park.
Once we got back to the coach, we took Mousse on another walk to the river where he is getting increasingly more interested in the water. Today, he ventured out to the deep water and was swimming.
Tomorrow, we pull out of Virginia and head to Pennsylvania.
Happy Trails,
Chuck and Sheila Noel & ...
Mousse Does Washington DC - and doesn't like it
... It was also a bit hot so Mousse was dragging. Mostly drinking water and peeing. We got a far as the World War II Memorial before Mousse was ready to go home. So we called it a day and headed back to the car. Mousse crashed in the car all the way back to the coach.
Tomorrow we will do Shenandoah National Park.
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After the debacle at Camping World, we headed to Front Royal, Virginia. Front Royal is in the Shenandoah Valley. It is about a 45 minute drive to Washington, DC. We are staying at North Fork RV Resort on the North Fork of the Shenandoah ...
Shenandoah NP - last one… maybe?
... It is a really nice forest walk. Rocky paths shaded by the trees. It takes us just a bit over an hour to the Lewis Falls. They are suppose to be the tallest falls in the park but it must be drier than usual. The falls were not that impressive but we chill out with a banana snack and enjoy the trickle of water that is the falls.
We hike back and grab a quick lunch of chicken and fruit. We check out some of the look out points on the way back but after 2 or 3 ...
Lazy Saturday drive
... and headed back. We had all brushed our teeth and washed faces and were heading to bed when we drove past the amphitheatre and saw by the program schedule that there was going to be a talk. So we stopped and took part, the title of the talk was why Bats are not rats and the familiarity of animals that confuses people it was very interesting.
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God, I can't even imagine the bastardly TREASON of some of you yuppy little kids saying things as STUPID as "If there's no Shoutbox, I won't buy it!!"
Your ignorance is overwhelming. Too many of you have been caught up in this Ultra-Modern fad of everything having to be Totally Cutting-Edge or it's complete crap. Get over yourselves!
SSBB is going to be one of the awesomest games of ALL TIME and you're sitting here crapping your diapers because of no "Shoutbox". IDIOTS!!
This is just like all the immature little turds who said they would NOT BE BUYING Metroid Prime 3: Corruption because of no ONLINE MULTIPLAYER. IDIOTS! I was laughing at you while playing through that game, having a total BLAST and knowing how much you were missing out on!
So seriously, grow up and stop acting like stupid crap like a 'shoutbox' is going to spoil your life.
This is like refusing sex with a stunning-hot model because you find out she has a scar on the bottom of her foot.


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ORLANDO — Ernie Rivera came to give the unvarnished truth to leaders of the Florida National Guard. Someone later asked if that made him nervous.
"I don't care about those guys," the former Florida Guard sergeant and platoon leader said of officers who were once his commanders. "They've never been in a firefight. I'm not afraid of them."
They had come Friday to honor Rivera with a Purple Heart — awarded after five years of red tape and frustration. Men in Rivera's platoon have faced similar delays to obtain other decorations, he said.
"As civilians we go home, we don't go back to our unit. We have to integrate back into being police officers or schoolteachers," Rivera told a small crowd at a Florida Guard armory in Orlando. "We don't have the same support" as regular Army troops.
"Let's take care of the guys," Rivera urged the assembled Florida Guard brass.
Rivera, 42, a medically retired member of a Florida Guard unit with its headquarters in Pinellas Park, suffered multiple wounds and injuries during a deployment in Iraq in 2006 and 2007. He suffered traumatic brain injury from a roadside bomb. The Orlando-area resident was treated at Tampa's Haley VA Medical Center polytrauma unit in 2007.
Traumatic brain injury, often called the signature wound of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, is an invisible wound that doctors say can be as damaging to the body as a bullet or shrapnel.
Until April 2011, when the Army changed its policy on Purple Hearts, it was often difficult for soldiers to get the medal for traumatic brain injuries. TBI's telltale signs can be hard to detect. Rivera was repeatedly turned down for the award.
While Rivera said the Army is partially responsible for the delay in him getting the medal, he said after the ceremony that he thinks Florida Guard leaders can be more aggressive taking care of the stateside needs of their troops. He acknowledged the Guard has improved but said it can do better.
That's the message he gave Maj. Gen. Don Tyre, assistant adjutant general of the Florida Army National Guard, in a conversation after the ceremony.
Jefferson Werts, who served in Iraq as a squad leader in the platoon Rivera led, retired from the Guard three years ago. At Friday's ceremony, he received a meritorious service medal marking high achievement during his 22 years in the service.
"They want dedication for their troops," Werts said of Guard leaders. "But that works both ways. I've got to respect Ernie for standing up for us."
Tyre, who pinned the Purple Heart next to a U.S. flag pin on Rivera's chest, said he understood Rivera's frustration. As for Rivera's Purple Heart, Tyre said, it was Army policy that delayed things, not the Florida Guard.
Tyre said it can be challenging to provide Guard troops with a seamless transition back into the civilian world, lining up medical care, financial support and other services. He said the Florida Guard has limited staff compared with the Army but has made great strides since 9/11.
"It can sometimes be difficult to get around to everyone in a timely manner," he said. "But as I told Ernie, if we're anything, it's tenacious."
A roadside bomb in 2006 lifted a truck Rivera was riding in off the ground. At first, Rivera thought he had escaped injury. But in the weeks that followed, he suffered vertigo, headaches, muscle weakness and problems with cognition and memory loss. Rivera refused to leave his men, taking nothing but aspirin.
The traumatic brain injury, Rivera said, was aggravated by a second explosion more than a month later. Rivera was finally forced to leave Iraq for medical attention. Back in the United States, Rivera discovered he also had a crack in a vertebra. Today, Rivera is 100 percent disabled.
He said he may not carry the colors for his country any longer but will remain diligent for those who still serve.
"This ceremony isn't about me," he said. "It's about my men."


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Stock Market Today: No Surprises from Draghi or Yellen, Markets Fizzle
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- What started out as one the most anticipated events for the capital markets each year concluded Friday on a somewhat anticlimactic note.
While the markets got exactly what they were looking for from Federal Reserve Chief Janet Yellen -- her sticking to her script on U.S. labor slack and her dovish outlook -- they also did not get any of the surprises they were looking for from European Central Bank President Mario Draghi. There was not even a hint of something that was going to change or an adjustment in ECB monetary policy.
Watch the video below for a look at what will matter for markets in the coming week:
WATCH: More market update videos on TheStreet TV | More videos from Jill Malandrino
Major U.S .stock indices finished higher for the week but mostly settled on a muted note for the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 0.22% on Friday to 17,001.22. The S&P 500 was down 0.2% to 1,988.40. The Nasdaq was up 0.14% to 4,538.55.
As economic data continues to come in weaker-than-expected in Europe, the markets were building up for a specific and concrete announcement from Draghi in the afternoon -- a hint at a form of a QE announcement; a big surprise. But once again, it was all talk and no action.
"He has been fairly successful in talking the market -- in other words jawboning the markets. But what investors are now saying is 'look you can't keep talking the market, you can't keep jawboning the market, you've got to just do something'," said Quincy Krosby, market strategist with Prudential Financial.
U.S. market action was already fairly subdued after the Yellen's speech in the morning. "There was some long-trading in advance," said Dave Roda, regional CIO for Wells Fargo Private Bank. "The markets were fairly strong in the last week, and that was front-running the expectation that Yellen would remain committed to lower, longer."
Companies that garnered attention Friday included Apple
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When a person (usually an exotic entertainer) places an amount of glitter into his/her rectum and then flatulates a sparkling cloud onto another person. This service is usually performed for a fee in addition to the normal tip.
"Scott" got a unicorn kiss from the cowboy at Gloria's on his bachelor party, but he was so drunk, he still doesn't' know.
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jaNDSBOB tarafından 2 Mart 2012, Cuma
When two people softly rub their foreheads together as a sign of affection. Similar to Eskimo Kisses (nose) or Butterfly Kisses (eyelashes).
The dildos strapped boldly upon their chests slapped against each other hypnotically in rhythm to the awesome music stylings of Collins Era Genesis while they gently gave each other unicorn kisses.
Aunt Gemima tarafından 16 Ağustos 2014, Cumartesi
When you give ,said "unicorn" kisses on arm or head showing love and affection not just lust.
I like unicorn kisses on my birthday.
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Laboratory equipment
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Laboratory equipment are tools and equipment used by scientists who work in a laboratory. These can include tools like Bunsen burners, and microscopes as well as equipment such as operant conditioning chambers, spectrophotometers and calorimeters.
Laboratory equipment is generally used to either perform an experiment or to take measurements and gather data.
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At first, taking fish oil for weight loss might seem a little weird. However, studies show that fish oil can actually help with three factors commonly associated with weight loss.
Understanding these factors can help you make smarter decisions when it comes to weight loss. Let's see what they are.
Weight Loss Is Often Associated With One Of These 3 Factors:
- Metabolism
- Obesity
- Weight Control
Ignoring Your Metabolism Is The Biggest Mistake You'll Ever Make
Most doctors seem fairly convinced that a sluggish metabolism is pretty rare. This is because the bigger you are, the more calories your body needs to burn to stay active. However, we've ALL experienced those nagging hunger pains not too long after eating. What's up with that?
Yep – You're not always hungry when you think you are. And, you can thank your metabolism for that! According to the National Institutes of Health, omega-3 type fatty acids s are healthy fats that trigger "I'm full" signals to the brain and help quash hunger signals. Ignoring this problem can quickly sabotage your weight loss goals.
A renegade metabolism can lead to obesity. Natural fish oils, which are rich in omega-3s, can positively influence metabolism, with regular consumption reducing an individual's risk for becoming obese In animal studies, omega-3s stimulate the secretion of leptin, a hormone that helps regulate metabolism.
Obesity: Is It Just Genetics, Or Something Else?
If you've come to terms with the fact that your metabolism is fine, but your waistline didn't get the memo you're probably wondering what else is going on here.
Like most people, if you listen to the news, chances are you've heard that scientists have been investigating the 'fat gene'. Most people are well aware that obesity tends to run in families, or at least that's how it seems. Recent research suggests that there may be something else going on, though.
Scientists at the School of Medicine University of Illinois at Chicago were able to show that feeding lab animals a diet lacking in omega-3 produced obese offspring in only three generations!
Weight Control Isn't What You Think It Is
For those who've decided to take control of their metabolism, or who are interested in preventing or reducing obesity, the first step often involves weight control. Traditionally, this step has focused primarily on a calories in vs. calories out approach. However, special enzymes actually play a larger role in weight loss than you might think.
In a study that lasted 12 weeks, researchers gave omega-3s to a group of obese adults daily, along with supervised moderate aerobic exercise 3x a week. The researchers compared the results of this group with other groups that were not given omega-3s. The group that had the omega-3 fish oil lost significantly more weight, particularly around the abdominal region, than the people who'd not taken omega-3s. What's so special about that?
The researchers concluded that omega-3 reduces body weight and increases fat loss. The theory is, omega-3s help activate the enzymes responsible for burning fat, and combined with exercise and increased oxygen intake, they increase your metabolic rate. So, controlling your weigh may actually have more to do with controlling your fish oil intake!
How Can Taking Fish Oil Help With Weight Loss?
For starters, research shows that fish oil can help with metabolism, obesity, and weight control. And remember, your weight loss goals probably involve at least one (if not more!) of these areas.
There's reason to believe fish oil has a positive effect on your metabolism, too. Studies at the University of South Australia have found that taking omega-3 fish oil combined with moderate aerobic exercise boosts weight loss, and also reduces insulin resistance.
What Works Better Than Diet & Exercise Alone?
Fish oil does, according to one study involving 69 overweight patients being treated for hypertension found that a weight-loss program incorporating daily fish meals rich in omega-3s (3.65 g) was more effective than either measure alone at improving metabolism and dyslipidaemia (high cholesterol, high blood triglyceride levels).
Perhaps more importantly though, fish oil can actually help you bodybuilders burn calories at a faster pace. In one recent study, study participants given omega-3s burned about 26% more calories a day than those not given fish oil.
How You Can Make Smarter Choices About Weight Loss
Taking a close look at how metabolism, obesity, and weight control factor into your weight loss concerns is one of the smartest things you can do.
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What Are Teachers Like On Twitter? Follow #KinderChat And Find OutBuzz Bishop
Ever wonder what your kid's teachers are really like? Look them up on Facebook or Twitter.
At the start of this year, my son's kindergarten teacher was very open about how they will use technology in the classroom. She uses Evernote to share pictures and videos with the parents, and the class engages in regular Twitter conversations with kids in other kindergarten classrooms around the world.
"What's your twitter account?" I asked her. She served up @happycampergirl quickly, and then, afterwards in a one-on-one conversation admitted that she had read many of my parenting blogs.
Teachers can snoop on the parents, just as easily, you see.
Following my son's teacher on Twitter has given me a greater appreciation for her passion for teaching, and how she is devoted to it day in and day out. She's a far cry from Carly McKinney, a 23-year-old math teacher at Overland High School in Aurora, Colo (right). She was called out last week for tweeting marijuana pics, topless shots, and jailbait jokes about her students. (This is why you should be following your children's teachers on social media).
Over the course of the year, I've seen Amy tweet a lot with the hashtag #kinderchat. It's a hashtag she uses to stay in touch with kindergarten teachers and classrooms around the continent.
"Kinderchat is 2 things," she says. "A community based around a twitter hashtag, co-created by me and @hechternacht. The overarching goal of it all is to build connections between professionals who work with young children. While "kinder" is most strongly associated with "kindergarten" it actually refers to young children in a global sense."
It is also "a weekly formal chat on a specific topic, moderated by a rotation of amazing educators. We rotate through 7 themes on a weekly basis: Reflection/Assessment; Curriculum Areas; Classroom Life; Play; Special Topics; Professional Life; Technology. Every week's discussion is centred around a specific topic related to the theme. On the 8th week, we just hang out and chit-chat, cocktail-party style."
Last week, the teachers were discussing the Sandy Hook situation and whether or not they would like teachers to be armed at school.
Ok…so here is the tough question…since Sandy Hook…do you feel teachers should be armed? #kinderchat
— Michelle Hiebert (@MauiMickey) January 29, 2013
If you're on Twitter, you're more than welcome to participate or simply lurk the #kinderchat hashtag. The formal chats take place on Mondays at 7p MDT. Just as people make judgements about parents without fully understanding the mess that Moms (and Dads) have to deal with on a daily basis, we can get that judgey about teachers without a full appreciation for what they do.
"We do messy, noisy , sticky, sometimes stinky, work. Sometimes our jobs make us crazy," admits Amy. "Many teachers spend all day in a room with small children, with very little contact with other adults. With #kinderchat, we are not alone. There is always someone to listen, to laugh, to help problem-solve. #Kinderchat is like a 24/7 staff lounge where every teacher there understands the Early Childhood setting, and wants to help and support instead of criticizing and complaining."
So walk (or click) a mile in your teachers' shoes. If you have kinder kids, pop in and follow the hashtag to see what sort of issues are important to teachers, the strides they are making to tackle them, and exactly how they deal with indoor recess on a cold winter's day.
Nothing like watching 5yr olds do Thriller!#kinderchat #danceparty #indoorrecess
— Mandi McIntyre (@AquaMac25) January 29, 2013
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Frankly, she pulled her punches.
"I think Larry King didn't understand what the pageant was about," said Wynne, who said she had been wounded by King's comments. "If he knew the work and hours and the blood, sweat and tears that went into it, he wouldn't have been so quick to be insensitive."


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Festive Fridays: The Squeezettes
M.I.K.E. on our Festival Green opens one last time in 2014 for one crazy, polka, rock, and beer garden extravaganza (complete with pretzel necklaces)! Open to all ages, with cider for the kids. Live music and dancing, complimentary snacks, a cash bar, dance instruction, plus fabulous exhibitions to explore make Festive Fridays a complete package that is more fun than should be allowed in one night.


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An unarmed black teenager killed by a white officer in Missouri was shot at least six times, including twice in the head, a preliminary private autopsy has found as violence raged in Ferguson.
United States riot police have hurled tear gas and marched on rioters in the St Louis suburb, racked by race riots since police shot dead Michael Brown, 18.
Missouri Governor Jay Nixon signed an executive order to deploy the National Guard to Ferguson to "help restore peace and order".
Police tried to disperse the mob of mostly young people about three hours before the midnight local time curfew came into effect yesterday.
The man in charge of security, Missouri State Highway Patrol Captain Ron Johnson, said: "I had no alternative but to elevate our level of response".
He said shots had been fired at police, Molotov cocktails had been thrown and protesters created makeshift barricades to stop police from going into certain areas. Seven to eight people had been arrested.
Some of the youths carried signs protesting police brutality, many had their hands up in surrender and others threw the tear gas canisters back at police.
Images posted on Twitter showed vandals smashing the windows of a McDonald's restaurant. Johnson said McDonald's employees had to lock themselves in a storage room.
The New York Times reported that an autopsy by Dr Michael Baden, a former New York City chief medical examiner, found that one of the bullets entered the top of Brown's skull, suggesting that his head was bent forward when he suffered a fatal injury.
Baden said it was likely the last of bullets to hit Brown on August 10.
Police have said little about the encounter between Brown and the officer, except to say that it involved a scuffle in which the officer was injured and Brown was shot.
Witnesses say the teenager had his hands in the air as the officer fired multiple rounds.
Baden told the New York Times that Brown was also shot four times in the right arm and that all the bullets were fired into his front. The newspaper said the bullets did not appear to have come from very close range because there was no gunpowder on his body.
That determination could change if there were residue on Brown's clothing, which Baden did not examine, the newspaper said.
Some of the bullets entered and exited Brown several times, the newspaper said, including one that caused at least five wounds.
It said one shattered his right eye, went through his face, left through his jaw and re-entered his collarbone. The last two shots in the head would have stopped him in his tracks and were likely the last fired, the New York Times said.
Baden told the newspaper Brown would not have survived even if he had been taken to a hospital immediately.
Attorney-General Eric Holder yesterday ordered a federal medical examiner to perform another autopsy on Brown.
Watch: Protests heat up in Ferguson before curfew
The "extraordinary circumstances" surrounding the death and a request by Brown's family prompted the order, Justice spokesman Brian Fallon said.
Last night in the latest violence, police moved in after people in the crowd threw petrol bombs at officers, KMOV-TV reported. There were also reports of gunshots fired in the crowd.
"Once there was a shooting, police had to come in. That being said, I'm troubled by tweets I'm reading saying children were gassed. #Ferguson," wrote Antonio French, a local politician who has been trying to calm the crowds.
The protest, held near the site where Brown was killed, followed a much larger and peaceful march outside the Greater Grace Church in Ferguson earlier in the day honouring Brown.
Young people who had gathered outside the church held their hands in the air, paying homage to what some witnesses said was Brown's last gesture before being shot.
"I'm astonished at the reversal of the mood," civil rights activist Jesse Jackson told CNN, saying that the mood earlier in the day among Ferguson residents had been more constructive.
"We were marching peacefully towards the police station just wanting to bend down on our knees with our hands up and say to the police, 'our hands are up, don't shoot'. All of a sudden they turned around and started shooting," Lisha Williams, who was in the march, told CNN.
The Justice Department has deepened its civil rights investigation into the shooting. Officials said a day earlier that 40 FBI agents were going door-to-door gathering information in Ferguson.
The first night of a state-imposed curfew in Ferguson ended with tear gas and seven arrests after police dressed in riot gear used armoured vehicles to disperse protesters.
The captain
The trooper in charge of tamping racial tensions in the riot-hit US town of Ferguson says he will stay "as long as it takes", after one person was shot and seven arrested in fresh violence.
Captain Ron Johnson, 51, of the Missouri Highway Patrol, brought in last Friday by Governor Jay Nixon to take over security, also apologised for a white police officer's shooting of Michael Brown, 18. "I want to start off by talking to Mike Brown's family.
Captain Ron Johnson. Photo / AP
I want you to know my heart goes out to you, and I say that I'm sorry," Johnson said to applause from more than 1300 people at a church in Ferguson.
"I will be here as long as it takes." Johnson, who grew up in St Louis, acknowledged the personal toll. "The last 24 hours have been tough for me," he said. "This is my neighbourhood. You are my family, you are my friends, and I am you. And I will stand and protect you." Johnson stressed why resolving the unrest in Ferguson was important to him and other black families.
"When this is over, I'm going to go in my son's room, my black son, who wears his pants sagging, wears his hat cocked to the side, has tattoos on his arms, but that's my baby." Johnson reportedly "won early plaudits for his hands-off strategy, and his easy manner with people who had taken to the streets persuaded many that he felt their pain".
But rioting meant that from Sunday "he had to enforce an order for them to stay in their homes". At one point Johnson adroitly defused a tense gathering of youths. He shook hands, listened, engaged, flattered. The youths drifted away, peaceful but not placated. "He may be ice, may be cool, but he's a cop," said their leader. "It's the company he keeps."
The protesters
Protesters who have for days lined a busy suburban St Louis street not far from the place where a white police officer fatally shot an unarmed black teenager have walked from nearby apartments, driven from neighbouring communities and flown in from states hundreds of kilometres away.
Some are young parents carrying infants. Others, university students, retirees or professionals taking a break from their jobs.
They have chanted, marched, shouted, danced on vehicles and - though most have remained peaceful - also looted and vandalised stores during late-night clashes with armoured police.
"Being black in America is basically being born with a target," said Keyon Watkins, a 26-year-old computer science college graduate who joined in a protest on a late weekend night. Witnesses say Michael Brown had his hands in the air - a sign of surrender - as he was shot.
So the protesters chant "Hands up! Don't shoot!" while raising their own arms. They write the words on posters, and print them on T-shirts.
Michael Johnson, 42, lifted up his shirt to show the scars on his torso that he said he received when he was shot by a St Louis police officer at age 18. Because of the injuries, he had to abandon his dream of joining the Marines.
"That one night cost me my whole future," said Johnson, standing in front of a looted and burned-out store. "If I got to die tonight, I don't mind ... I'm dying for a cause." LaVon Stennis-Williams flew in from Omaha, Nebraska, to join the protest with her daughter who is attending law school at St Louis University.
"Maybe this will be a catalyst of change in this country to get people to become more tolerant and more respectful of their civil rights."
The suburb
The spectacle of American police acting like an occupying army in the St Louis suburb of Ferguson has shocked and baffled outsiders, but there was an explanation, of sorts, in a sleepy, tree-lined street five minutes' walk from the mayhem.
Vickie Place is a row of single family homes built in the 1950s. They are modest but spacious, with gardens front and back, plenty of squirrels and a constant buzz from cicadas.
The family of Michael Brown, the unarmed 18-year-old African American gunned down by police, live in a cream-coloured house with a peeling door, a broken bell and a tattered chair on the porch.
The teargas and screams from West Florissant Ave, where mainly white police used military might to cow black protesters, did not reach Vickie Place, only a few blocks away.
But a simple fact about the street, and those around it, sheds light on the police mindset. One by one, carload by carload, year by year, in an inexorable, remorseless exodus, white faces, faces like theirs, have vanished.
The legacy, for the white officers supposed to police it, appears to be a forbidding, alien, territory. A land of the other. It might as well be Fallujah.
"The police don't like coming here," said Don Williams, 52, who moved to Vickie Place with his family in 2001. "It was majority white then. Now, almost all black."
The absence of street lighting made everything pitch dark after sunset, intimidating patrols, he said. "We have break-ins but the police barely investigate. They're not worth nothing."
Opposite the Brown home is one of the street's last white residents, Doris McCann, who has lived here for 55 of her 86 years.
"It's a changed neighbourhood. Everyone that's white moved out," she lamented.
The use of armoured vehicles and sniper nests in the height of a Missouri summer has exposed the extent and consequences of segregation in America's heartland.
The Ferguson city and St Louis county police departments showed hostility, incomprehension and fear as they confronted protesters, heedless that their militarised response had stoked anger and radicalism over Brown's death.
Only three of Ferguson's 53 officers are black and only one of six city councillors is black - in a city where two-thirds of the population is black.
The separation of races should be a fading anachronism - a black man occupies the White House and black artists suffuse mainstream culture. But half a century after the civil rights movement triumphed, the dream of an integrated multiracial society in this sprawling city by the Mississippi is largely dead.
"It was gradual but they all packed up," said McCann of her old neighbours.
The new ones were friendly and respectful, but - "we don't know each other, it's not neighbourly the way it used to be."
A recently-arrived reporter for a local broadcaster said she soon found that Delmar Boulevard formed a demarcation line known to all.
North of it, 98 per cent of the population is black (median income, US$18,000); to the south, 73 per cent white (median income, US$50,000).
St Louis is far from the worst case. A study last year ranked parts of Buffalo, New York, Cleveland, Detroit and Milwaukee even more segregated.
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MySims, formerly The Sims Wii and Nintendo Sims, is a video game developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts as a spin-off to Maxis' The Sims franchise for the Nintendo DS and Wii in 2007, then re-released for Microsoft Windows and Mobile phone in 2008.
Apart from creating a custom Mii-like character, players may also modify their houses and build furniture and appliances using a selection of building blocks. This gives the player more building options, allowing them to create objects by using blueprints, a change from the usual virtual catalog found in The Sims. There are 80 characters with whom the player may interact in the Wii version (30 characters in the Nintendo DS version), such as a mad scientist, a magician, a librarian, a pizza chef, and a martial arts teacher. Some of these characters may ask the player to build things for them. As with previous Sims games, meeting people and forming relationships is a major gameplay focus. Becoming a Sim's best friend will earn the player either a special blueprint not available anywhere else in the game, or a style of clothing for their wardrobe. Players can also earn blueprints by performing tasks for Commercial Sims (Sims who have their own businesses). Typically this involves building around 5-10 items for Sims, depending on the Star Level (the 1-5 level) of the player's town and the essences they have access to.
A feature new to MySims is "Essences". They can be found in various locations in town or by interacting with Sims or objects. Essences are used for a number of things including paint for the walls of houses, construction of items, as well as decoration. The mini-games in the DS Version include racquetball, paragliding, Scuba diving and more.
Character design[edit]
Compared to previous Sims titles, MySims has a more Chibi-inspired look, with super deformed character designs. This was Emmy Toyonaga's idea; in Official Nintendo Magazine she remarked: "Well, Mario and other Nintendo characters are pretty short and stubby. Also, being Japanese, I'm used to the mindset that fun games should have shorter, stubbier characters. So these characters kind of came naturally". Official Nintendo Magazine, March 2007 In Nintendo Power, designer Robin Hunicke said that the character designs also imply youthfulness, and that the aesthetic was chosen for worldwide appeal, while referring to the lesser sales of previous Sims games in Japan compared to other territories.
According to Official Nintendo Magazine one of the characters in MySims, Chaz McFreely, is based on their then editor, Chandra Nair.
The game's music was composed by John Enroth and Silas Hite of Mutato Muzika. There is no generic theme for the areas of town, however the music changes depending on what type of building the player is visiting. There is a specific motif for each business and for each Interest, which will play when the player approaches a building.
The Sims[edit]
Geeky Sims
Buddy the Bellhop, Vic Vector, Jenny, Stephen Albright, Professor Nova, Dr.F, Gertrude Spackle, Ian Arneson, Liberty, Star (uber sim), Brendan, Clayton Dander, Rob Jarrett, Spencer, Alexa Lexington*.
Cute Sims
Poppy, Ms. Nicole Vogue, Clara Belle, Shirley, Dolly Dearheart, Bean Bradley, Jeremy Snoars, Pinky, Hopper (uber sim), Beebee, Billy, Penelope, Renee, Taylor, Terry Toymender*.
Fun Sims
DJ Candy, Supergroove, Rhonda, Roger, Travis, Master Aran, Sandra, Cap'n Ginny, Annie Radd, Odin Revolution, Amazing Daryl (uber sim), Chaz McFreely, Pablo, Summer, Flipper*.
Studious Sims
Mayor Rosalyn P. Marshall, Elmira Clamp, Gordon, Matt, Trevor Verily, Amelia, Linda, Makoto, Samurai Bob (uber sim), Abigail, Eliza, Luis, Yvette, Natalia Roshmanov*.
Tasty Sims
Patrick Rhino, Chef Gino Delicioso, Roxie Road, Maria, Chef Watanabe, Grandma Ruthie, Edwin, Sasha, Chancellor Ikara (uber sim), Iggy, Jimmy Watanabe, Karine, Noelle, Cedella*.
Spooky Sims
Violet Nightshade, Sir Vincent Skullfinder, Cassandra, Ray, Goth Boy, Raven Wright, Madame Zoe, Crystal, Yuki, Mel (uber sim), Blaine, Brandi, Esma, Morcubus, Wendalyn*.
Anyone with a * is an exclusive character to the PC version of the game.
An uber sim is a sim that comes to your town once it reaches the maximum interest.
MySims has received fairly mixed, but generally decent reviews. It is known for having colorful graphics, and cheery and fun gameplay, but criticized for having too much focus on construction and collecting essences. IGN said that "The problem is that nearly all of the objectives revolve around the same two tasks: the collection of essences and the construction of houses, buildings and items. All of the Sim management and social interaction elements of the previous games – well, you're not going to find much of that in the streamlined Wii affair". GameSpot praised the Wii game for the construction being intuitive and flexible and for the presentation being cheery and clean. It was also criticized for having longer than usual load times. Its Nintendo DS counterpart is regarded as virtually an all new game in design; However, reception of its control scheme varied greatly. Resolution Magazine said the game would be enjoyed by "those whose age is a single digit," but that the game would quickly grow tiresome for anybody else.
Five sequels have been released for MySims.
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|MySims Racing
|June 8, 2009
|MySims Agents
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|MySims SkyHeroes
|September 28, 2010
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This word represents honesty and relieabilty. Also you can spot humor and smile. A lot of people likes him, but can he let someone close to himself?
Who is the best man in this place?
Karlis, ofcourse.
Karlis, ofcourse.
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god, i love karli
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A crazy wild thing that doesnt care if people look and stare when she is making a seen.
That girl is quite karli.
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the most wonderful and absolutely amazing person in the entire world (besides the creator of this definition) who had the most devoted and wonderful boyfriend. see perfect, goddess, and amazing.
Dear Lord Karli, how can you be such an awesome person with such great taste in music, yet still have time to make me feel soo great? (She has a whole little section in my profile to prove, too!)
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Karli is the most entertaining person there is! When your with her you ALWAYS seem to be entertained and having a great time. Her friends mean the absolute world to her, and they love her as well. Soemtimes she can seek attention without knowing it. She also is EXTREMELY gorgeous and many people envy her. She has the most glorious eyes. Karli has an amazing laugh, and is hilarious. She is a born leader and is always popular in her group of friends. Lastly, she is way smarter then she believes, Yale here Karli comes!
"Woah! Did you see that? Karli just walked by! I'll be right back!"
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The most amazing girl in the world, by far. Beautiful, smart, sexy, funny, sweet, and perfect by every definition.
Have you met my girlfriend, Karli?" "EPIC WIN BRO
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name of very awesome person
Person 1: "Look, there is Karli!"
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a girl who is the bestest friend in the world, who doesnt give a shit what other people say about her, she loves her style and loves to hang out with friends and people say shes a whore but she just like to impress guys in that sorda way, she cant help it if shes a bf-gf stealer shes just that purdy :3 and she can take a risk, shes not uptight at all. shes up for ANYTHING will plan anything at the last minute
Karli: okay, lets chill at the mall in like 5 minutes xD im bored
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The Flyers have continued a season-long trend by winning games and losing players.
Despite seeing Claude Giroux depart late in the second period due to a head injury and goalie Ilya Bryzgalov leave with 13:01 left in the game, the Flyers defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning, 5-2, Saturday at the Wells Fargo Center.
The Flyers lead the Eastern Conference with an 18-7-3 record (39 points).
Giroux was hurt late in the second period when he was inadvertently kneed in the head by teammate Wayne Simmonds.


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There are still quite a few question marks surrounding Robomodo's upcoming skateboarding game Tony Hawk: Ride, mainly with regard to its use of a new skateboard peripheral designed to give players the tactile feeling of boarding without all the real-world consequences, like broken bones and cool scars. While it certainly makes sense as a device, it's just hard to imagine that the peripheral could offer the same depth and variety of maneuvers as the revolutionary thumbstick controls introduced by EA's Skate franchise.
Well, if you share my skepticism then perhaps you should check out our E3 2009 interview with Robomodo president Joshua Tsui, as he talks in-depth about the tech behind the new peripheral and what players can expect from it in terms of the overall game experience. And hopefully you find yourself fawning over the board, because the game doesn't support standard controls, so it's board or nothing. Again, the board is a fine idea, but putting all your heel flips in one basket by forcing players to use it is an even bigger gamble than the peripheral itself.
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Focused on specialized clinical care and research on conditions such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, Butler Hospital's neurology department is staffed by a team of national and international experts in neurology, neuroimaging, and neuropsychology.
The neurology department offers specialized care in the following areas:
Memory and AgingThe Memory and Aging Program at Butler Hospital specializes in treating people with Alzheimer's disease and other memory disorders and in the treatment of neuropressure hydrocephalus (NPH). The program also offers national and international clinical research trials for Alzheimer's disease and NPH.
The Memory and Aging Program also includes a Center for Advanced Diagnostics and Therapeutics in Alzheimer's disease (AD), which combines an advancedbrain imaging laboratory, an infusion suite, and a functional outcomes laboratory to improve early diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
Movement DisordersThe Movement Disorders Program specializes in treating people with Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders.
ResearchParticipation in national and international clinical research at Butler Hospital is a major component of each program.
Butler Hospital's neurology services are offered all under one roof in the Weld Building at Butler Hospital with easy access to the highway and plenty of parking.


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JUSTIN ROSE expected a moment like this, posing on the 18th green of the famed Blue Monster at Doral with a World Golf Championship trophy in his hands. It's the rest of the script that made yesterday so surprising.
The biggest charge came from Rory McIlroy, eight shots behind until he crept within one of the lead late in the round.
The early departure came from Tiger Woods, who muddied his Masters future by limping off the course after 11 holes with soreness in the left Achilles' tendon, the one that caused him to miss two majors last year.
Bubba Watson went from a collapse on the front nine, when he lost his three-shot lead in four holes, to a clutch shot on the final hole when he hit a bullet of a 4-iron out of the palm trees to 9 feet from the cup that put one last scare into Rose.


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PAIN, suffering and triumph. Or is it suffering, pain and then triumph? Benon Lutaaya mulls over which order the words should be in to sum up his life so far. He's only 27 and at such a high point in life right now that perhaps the pain and suffering are behind him.
Ugandan-born Lutaaya is making his name in SA's art world, with his first solo exhibition opening last month. He is a slight, unassuming man, seeming so shy and quiet that I suspect speaking to him is going to be difficult. He starts with a few sentences he has clearly practised before: "Each one of my art works is the fruit of a struggle, much like my life."
But as he talks about his work, his past, his aspirations and ambitions, he speaks more rapidly and grows more animated. Later, he admits that talking doesn't come easily.
"I have been a loner for a long time and when I got to Johannesburg I realised I needed to talk." I look at him askance. We expect artists to have some temperamental quirks, but self-imposed silence seems rather extreme.
"I couldn't talk," he says. "When I'm writing I'm good but when I'm talking it's another story. It was something I had to teach myself." He has learned well; his words keep flowing.
We're sitting on the stairs inside a vast room where there are no chairs. Around us, the space is being transformed into a gallery. Paintings are unwrapped and hung and spotlights tested ready for opening night. This is the new home of Ithuba Art Gallery and the Ithuba Art Fund, which gave Lutaaya the cash to take the steps that finally got him noticed. The fund was set up when inner-city property developer Citiq decided its social responsibility money should support emerging artists.
"Citiq wanted to get more involved in the arts and have a pictorial record of how the city is changing," says curator Lavendhri Arumugam. She was hired to head the initiative to identify emerging artists, fund their work, help to develop their careers and promote them in its gallery. Until last month, it was a very mobile organisation, mainly based on Arumugam's laptop. Then Citiq saw the potential of the warehouse in Juta Street in Braamfontein and offered it to them as a gallery.
Artists who want funding must present a proposal saying what they need and why, and can be financed for six months. "Some people just apply for material costs, others need funds to sustain them and pay for their studio," says Arumugam. "We judge their proposal on how feasible it is. The quality of their work is definitely factored in and their ability to run a project, because we want to help people who can help themselves." The fund is hardly bottomless at R200,000, but Lutaaya needed only R20,000 to kick-start his career.
Arumugam says she has never seen anybody work like he does: "He's in his studio all the time. He took this opportunity and grabbed it to do what he wanted to do, which was learn to paint and develop his skills. His style has really matured over the past few months and it's amazing to see how much more confident he is."
The present exhibition for Ithuba artists features work from six people. Lutaaya is not included as he was a beneficiary a year ago, but his first solo exhibition is being held at Room, another gallery in Juta Street. Arumugam hopes the shows will attract gallery owners seeking fresh work, and corporate funders, who could buy art for their offices or donate money so Ithuba can support more artists. Business and Arts SA has already stepped in to help fund the work.
Lutaaya's story is a moving tale of resilience against dreadful difficulties. He was abandoned by his mother as a baby and raised by his grandmother, a teacher in a small village. She enrolled him in school, but at 10 he left for Kampala to live on the streets: "The need for food isn't a problem. I'm not someone who eats a lot and I'm used to going without food." He used money he earned from odd jobs to pay to attend an under-resourced school and, through hard work, ended up top of his class. That earned him a bursary and another year in school.
Then a sympathetic aunt enrolled him in high school, and he passed his A-levels with the support of a teacher and self-help books. That won him a scholarship to study art at university.
He graduated without a job, and collected materials and paper from rubbish tips so he could continue producing art in the form of collages.
By then he had seen an advert offering foreign artists a three-month bursary to study at the Bag Factory Artists' Studio in Johannesburg, and he created a portfolio to apply.
"I'd go around the streets looking for paper because I couldn't afford paint. I was in tears in my small space trying to create work that could get me out of there."
Lutaaya won and arrived in SA in 2010. When the three months were up, he knew he wasn't going home, as there was no home to go to. He persuaded the Bag Factory to let him stay a couple more months, and just as his time was up, the Ithuba grant arrived.
Of the emerging artists Ithuba funded last year, Lutaaya was the most disadvantaged, yet a year later he believes he is ahead of anyone his age in terms of technical improvement and income, after selling all seven pieces the money let him produce.
"I played with materials just to try to learn, knowing at the end if I didn't have any money at least I'd have the experience. But the project was successful and I sold all my artwork for R110,000."
He has spent the past few months ensconced in his studio. "I'm very self-demanding of the best possible. The scary thing is I feel I'm just 30% of what I could be, so the simple interpretation is to work really hard to improve."
He often blends collage and paint and his subject is usually portraits. Each painting helps him to confront his past, so I ask how he can paint a portrait of another person that reflects himself. He is not trying to produce a physically accurate portrait — a camera can do that better, he says: "I'm not showing you, but how I feel about you. Don't expect me to represent you, but expect something inspired by you, in your image. So you love it more because I'll show a new reality about you."
Oddly, he refuses to tout his work to galleries, thinking they will come to him if he is good enough. That sounds short-sighted, perhaps born from a fear of rejection as he still harbours a niggling doubt about whether he is good enough.
Arumugam urges him to show his work to more people, but concedes that Johannesburg's art world may be small enough to get him noticed by word of mouth.
"Artists often don't know the first thing about promoting themselves and it's the people who have that drive who become successful," she says. Now, Ithuba Art Fund is likely to help them to achieve that.
• The Ithuba Art Gallery is in Anchor House, 100 Juta Street, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, www.artsithuba.co.za.


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MOUNT PLEASANT--The Bishop England girls' lacrosse team upset No. 1 seed Wando, 15-13 today to win its first Lower State championship since the sport was sanctioned by the High School League four years ago.
The Bishops will play either J.L. Mann or Fort Mill in the state championship. The state championship will be contested at 11 a.m. Saturday at White Knoll High School.
Today's victory was the Bishops' first over Wando in three games. The Warriors posted 14-12 and 12-10 victories in the regular season. But the third game was the one that mattered most as the Bishop improved to 15-4 and ended Wando's bid for its second state championship in three years. It marked the second straight year the Warriors' season ended in the Lower State championship.


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South Jersey business, government, and transportation officials on Tuesday celebrated the signing of an agreement that will provide $18.5 million to improve vital freight-rail links in the region.
Though the federal stimulus funds were awarded last year, the contract-signing ceremony at the nascent Paulsboro Marine Terminal allowed local politicians to tout the windfall just two weeks before Election Day.
The federal money, coupled with local and corporate contributions, will provide $117 million to upgrade a 42-mile rail line that runs from the port of Salem through Swedesboro, Paulsboro, and Camden to the 116-year-old Delair rail bridge, which spans the Delaware River next to the Betsy Ross Bridge.


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Medics Far from Home—and a Desperate Need
A Team of New York City Emergency Workers Answers a 911 Call to Help Out in Pakistan
But last October, when Suarez, who works two paramedic jobs to make ends meet, saw harrowing images from Pakistan of the massive earthquake that took 73,000 lives—half of them children—he felt compelled to do more than just count his own blessings. "People were dying as the result of infection and trauma, and that's the paramedic's specialty," he says. "I said to myself, 'That's what we do.'"
Soon Suarez, 35, learned that a number of colleagues felt the same way. Intent on traveling to Pakistan to provide hands-on relief, they juggled shifts to get time off, cajoled bosses into granting vacation time and eventually collected $250,000 in donations and 10,000 pounds of supplies. Their group, now known as NYC Medics, came to number some two dozen EMTs, paramedics and M.D.'s, a few from as far away as California and Texas.
On March 6 Suarez and a team of 12 arrive in Islamabad and, after a four-hour drive along hairpin mountain roads in the shadow of the Himalayas, reach the place they will call home for the next two weeks: a field hospital on the outskirts of the village of Garhi Habibullah, 10 miles from the quake's epicenter. It doesn't take long for news of their arrival to spread through the tents that dot the hillsides. By 8:30 the next morning, 80 patients have lined up at the camp gate. One is Ambreen, a 10-year-old on crutches, grimacing in pain. Her father, Gulnaz, explains that she was injured in the quake and, despite three surgeries, still cannot walk.
Paramedic Chris Summers, 36, a former Coast Guard search-and-rescue boat-crew leader, begins to clean the wound on her leg. "That was when I realized the white spot I was scrubbing was actually the bone sticking out," he says. Summers spares her the news that she'll need yet another surgery. For now, she's burdened enough with fear of another quake. "If it happened once, it will happen again," she says. What pains her most, says Ambreen's dad, is not being able to go to school. Every day when her younger sisters come home with their books, he says, "she takes their writing slates and pretends she's teaching them."
Six months after the earthquake, much of its rubble has been cleared, but devastation remains: 3.3 million homeless, 10,000 schools destroyed, countless clinics and hospitals in ruins. In the immediate aftermath of the quake, nearly 1.3 million kids were inoculated against measles; today respiratory and intestinal infections are the most common health risks for people living in camps, half of whom are already weakened from chronic malnutrition.
Near midnight, sudden shouts from the guards herald an emergency. Arbab, a 3-year-old girl, has arrived in a truck after falling from a rooftop terrace and landing on her head. She is lying on a stained vinyl-covered examining table, her tiny feet trembling with convulsions. Working frantically, eight team members work to stabilize her with a breathing tube and a tangle of IV lines. Tufail, a Pakistani soldier and camp guard, watches the tense scene from the back of the tent, an AK-47 on his shoulder, prayer beads in hand. "I am worried," he whispers to paramedic Carl Otto, 63, a Vietnam vet. "It is good you Americans are here, but tonight I will pray to Allah as well. Do you know Allah?"
"Do we know Allah?" says Otto. "Why, of course we do. He's the reason we're here."
Minutes after Arbab is evacuated by ambulance for a CAT scan, 20 feet away in a corrugated metal shed—the makeshift maternity ward—a different kind of drama is unfolding. Noreen, 22, who arrived from a tent village two hours away, lies on a cot, exhausted. Nearby, her mother gently reveals what's in the bundle she's cradling: an hour-old infant, sound asleep, his mouth opening and closing like a baby bird's. "All he needs now," says Nighat, a young Pakistani midwife, "is food and heart." The baby's family has already chosen a name: Abdullah, "man of God." Tonight, beneath a bright crescent moon, "there has been much sadness in the camp," says Nighat. "But now I feel happiness too."
For five days the relentless procession continues: pneumonia, gastritis, heart disease. Five-year-olds the size of 3-year-olds because of chronic infection and too little food. Feverish kids with rattling coughs and what the paramedics call "junky lungs." Though Pakistan is seeing political strife—mujahideen operate along the Afghan border, and the nation is still engaged in a bitter, longstanding conflict with neighboring India—here in the field hospital there is one type of injury that has yet to turn up: The team has not seen a single gunshot wound or stabbing. "These people are just trying to survive," says paramedic Steve Muth, 39, a Long Island father of three. "They don't seem to be very interested in killing each other."
In their first five days, the paramedics, along with two local doctors and two Pakistani midwives, see 2,500 patients. But what makes the job daunting is not just the numbers but the lack of basic equipment and supplies. The medics coddle a balky respirator like an old car engine, and they fashion shoes from duct tape and cardboard to keep barefoot kids from infecting their sutured wounds. "What we're doing here is medicine on the fly," says the group's executive director, Nick Lobel-Weiss. "You learn to do your best with what you've got." At times, though, the shared sense of frustration boils over. For Suarez, it comes from one too many cases of pediatric double pneumonia that could have been prevented with 25 cents' worth of antibiotics. At the end of one 18-hour day he stumbles into the camp office. "You know, governments can mobilize whole armies to invade a country within days," he says, rubbing his face in fatigue. "After a while you wonder why they can't do the same thing for humanitarian relief."
Sometimes members of the group head out of the camp for a much-needed break. On the outskirts of Garhi Habibullah they come upon what's left of the Government Girls' Higher Secondary School, a hillside compound where, on the day of the quake, 300 girls, aged 11 to 16, died. "When the quake first hit," says Niaz Akhtar, the school's caretaker, "it sounded like a bomb blast. For five seconds there was absolute silence, then just screaming." Akhtar tried to reach little girls running from a two-story section of the building, but in the time it took to sprint across the courtyard, the structure collapsed on top of them. "Every night before I go to sleep, the memory reels like a film in front of my eyes," he says. "I will remember the sight of it for as long as I live."
As days pass, the team shares small triumphs. Three days after her horrific fall, 3-year-old Arbab is well on her way to recovery, and her mother brings her to the camp for a visit, showing her off like a precious jewel. Each of the American medics can cite cases like hers as reason enough to be here—and, they hope, on the scene of other emergencies around the world that have yet to happen. For Suarez it's the memory of an old woman he patched up in the remote mountains of Kashmir. "Nothing major—just some cuts and scrapes that I cleaned up and gave her some antibiotics for," he says. The woman kept chattering to him in Urdu, intent on communicating a message. Suarez turned to his interpreter. "I have adopted you," the woman was saying. "From this day forward, you are my son."
At that, Suarez decided to buck a basic rule of Muslim etiquette. "It's not really proper, but I didn't care," he says. "I went over, put my arms around her and gave her a hug. Then I told her, 'Yes, from this day forward, I am your son.'"
To learn more about the Pakistan disaster, visit www.NYCMedics.org or www.UNICEFUSA.org.
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Chrome gets a shiny new version
Ciara O'Brien
Google Chrome and I have a volatile relationship. It promised all sorts of exciting things, from faster browsing to easier searching. I installed it, full of anticipation, and was hooked. I had high hopesThen came the crashes. The nice page freezes where Chrome flashes up a little animation and informs you, as if you didn't know, that something has gone wrong. But at least it only crashes the tab you were using, and not the entire browser, right? Er, yeah. Sometimes.It went downhill from there.There were the sites that appeared not to recognise Chrome as any sort of browser and refused to work properly. Then there were the plug-in "issues". Not to mention the fact that Chrome ratted me out every time I opened a new browser widow, where it displayed other sites I had opened recently. Thanks very much Google, I really didn't want to announce to the world that I had been researching Miley Cyrus (it was for a review, I swear). I browsed in "incognito" mode almost exclusively after that. The last straw came when my browser windows unexpectedly shut down, no warning, no amusing graphics, no choice to wait or shut down myself. We were finished. I uninstalled it, went back to Firefox and things were great again.But now Google has tempted me with Chrome 2.0. There's nothing startlingly different about the browser, but subtle changes have made it easier to use. The ability to automatically fill in forms for a start, and the previously AWOL full-screen mode. And you can also remove thumbnails from the 'New tab' page, meaning any embarrassing web searches will stay private. Two thumbs up. It has also – allegedly – fixed a lot of bugs, but I'll reserve judgment on that until I've put it through its paces fully. I give it two weeks until I'm reinstalling Firefox and swearing I'll never stray again.


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I don't often try to get into conversations about libraries with the general public but it still happens. Recently it was déjà vu all over again when I heard:
"A year ago I was using the library all of the time. I'd start going again if I didn't have to pay those fines I racked up."
If I had a quarter for every time I've heard this, I think I could pay off everyone's library fines! Seriously!
Fines make so little sense to me that I find it hard to believe libraries are still bothering. I'd really like for there to be a "Let's get rid of fines" movement, so in the spirit of that I've created a page called Anti Fines Here's a little chicklet that you can display on your website if you're interested in pursuing this with me.
Here's what I put on the page so far, but I'm hoping that interested parties will work with me developing some more content.
Why does collecting fines hurt libraries?
Fines are a barrier to providing service.
How will we get our items back into the library?
Consider implementing a "no overdue" policy in which patrons that have even one item overdue (that can't be renewed) can't check out any more library materials.
How can I get my library to stop collecting fines?
In most cases you'll have to show that the money you're bringing in via fines isn't worth the staff time it takes to collect them. You could also take a survey of your patrons and see what *they* have to say. The lack of revenue and negative attention drawn to the library should be sufficient reason to stop


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email@example.com wrote:
> I use Firefox and Thunderbird. I'm have a problem with Thunderbird
> not loading images in my e-mail. I researched and think I found the
> problem. Its says I need to go to my preference page In Mozilla
> Firefox/Images and turn this on. My problem is when I click edit in
> the toolbar there isn't a preference button in the drop down. I have
> uninstalled Firefox and removed my profile to no avail. Reinstalled
> Firefox. Still no preference page. Is there a backdoor path to
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1st , as you actual problem ( image load ) is TB related then please use
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2nd. to get preference list in FF : type 'about:config' in location bar
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My life has suddenly become consumed by Tim Tebow.
His name has overtaken my Twitter timeline. He's become a hot topic for my friends who don't really follow sports but use me, their sportswriter friend, to keep them updated in case the topic comes up socially. I swear to you, as I'm typing this Tebow is being talked about on the television.
I am annoyed by all of this. And it's not even Tebow I'm annoyed with—he's just doing his thing.
No, it's everything else that surrounds him that is annoying me. Let me explain...


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"My favorite book of 2012 was Bring up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel. Her brilliant fictional account of the deadly war of wills between Thomas Cromwell and Anne Boleyn is so present, so precise that she actually tricks you into thinking you don't know the ending."
"My other favorite reads this year were Gods of Gotham by Lyndsay Faye—one of the most unnerving, entertaining, involving period mysteries I've read in years (and I read a lot of period mysteries)—and Losing Clementine. Ream's novel about a manic-depressive artist who is planning her own suicide is poignant and insightful and also surprisingly funny, thanks to its nasty, charming narrator."
Return to Amazon's Best Books of 2012 page.


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The concert, which benefits the Million Pennies for Children campaign, will feature country artists Trace Adkins, Craig Morgan, Gloriana, Joe Nichols, Josh Turner and Big Kenny performing in the traditional guitar pull round robin acoustic format.
Tickets cost $25 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Convocation Center, 375 Robert Bell Parkway in Aiken. For more information, go to the radio station WKXC site, www.kicks99.com.